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Dior in talks with Simons to replace Galliano: report

2011-12-13T10:30:28Z

PARIS (Reuters) - Dior, the French fashion house part of the LVMH group, is in talks with Belgian designer Raf Simons to become the brand's chief designer, Li Xingyi struts through a shopping centre in southwest China clutching a Louis Vuitton bag and wearing a red fur coat.

The 25-year-old entrepreneur is one of a growing number of Chinese living outside the booming metropolises of Karl Lagerfeld on Tuesday came to the defence of luxury in a time of economic crisis, criticising ratings agencies and rejecting a climate of "general gloominess".

Lagerfeld, head designer at Chanel for nearly 30 years, made his comments on the sidelines of a Chanel show at the Grand Palai...

Francois Lesage, master embroiderer, dies aged 82

2011-12-01T14:30:46Z

Francois Lesage, a master embroiderer who for decades crafted exquisite pieces for haute couture giants from Chanel to Yves Saint Laurent, has died aged 82, his workshop said on Thursday.

The doyen of French embroidery, a central figure in the fashion world, died in a hospital near his home in Versailles ...

Stella McCartney to return to London Fashion Week

2011-11-24T17:30:28Z

British designer Stella McCartney will show a one-off range as she returns to London Fashion Week next year although she will continue to show her main range in Paris, it was revealed Thursday.

The designer, who counts Hollywood stars such as Gwy...

US designer Jacobs hit by theft of collection

2011-11-17T18:30:48Z

US fashion designer Marc Jacobs has been forced to cancel his European press day following the theft of his entire spring-summer collection en-route from Paris to London.

"Our press day tomorrow (Friday) in the Marc Jacobs store is cancelled due to the theft of the spring/summer 2012 collections during its transfer from Paris," an e-mail sent from the fashion house to t...

Karl Lagerfeld takes to Web to launch own brand "Karl"

2011-10-24T10:30:15Z

PARIS (Reuters) - Karl Lagerfeld, the creative force behind Chanel for nearly 30 years, is launching a fashion brand under his own name with backing from private equity firm Apax in a bid to tap into the Internet retail market.

The legendary designer in January will start selling online a 'rock chic' brand called Karl, ...

Louboutin appeals over red soles fight with YSL

2011-10-20T16:30:21Z

Luxury French shoes manufacturer Christian Louboutin has filed an appeal against a New York court's ruling that competitors can also use the brand's characteristic red soles, a lawyer for the firm said Thursday.

Attorney Harley Lewin said there are a "number of reasons" why the August ruling in favor of MOSCOW (Reuters) - Headbands emblazoned with Russian symbols, cheap accessories and military-style clothes sashayed through the Russian Silhouette fashion designer contest in Moscow this week.

The contest, first launched in 1997 by the Russian Silhouette charity fund, is aimed at supporting young Russian designers and took in 67 collections at the ...

Paco Rabanne styles sexy aliens for spring

2011-10-04T16:30:36Z

Paco Rabanne returned to the catwalks after a five-year absence on Tuesday, as the house's new designer Manish Arora sent out sexy aliens in shimmery python chain-mail and 3-D embroidery.

The Indian designer dug into the Paco Rabanne archives for his spring-summer collection, revisiting the designer's classic 1960s Samourai dress -- a slinky body armour of linked square m...

Alexander McQueen sees feminine strength for spring

2011-10-04T16:30:22Z

PARIS (Reuters) - With faux feathers and cascades of ruffles, Alexander McQueen brought fantasy and femininity to the runway on Tuesday, while still hewing to the fashion label's edgy, dark side for spring.

Creative Director Sarah Burton presented a show-stopper in the best tradition of the theatrical brand, mixin...

Saint Laurent's colourful cascade

2011-10-03T19:30:48Z

Yves Saint Laurent sent out a cascade of colourful silk and organza, in the vivid hues beloved of its founder, as the French house showcased its look for next summer in a Paris mansion on Monday night.

Trademark black and white held pride of place in YSL's ready-to-wear collection but its Italian designer Stefano...

India's Arora brings 'crazy' vision to fashion

2011-10-02T05:30:21Z

Manish Arora's own label look for next spring featured eagle-feather collars, fluo stilettos and shiny silver body armour, but as style director for Paco Rabanne, the Indian designer says he still has some surprises in store.

The New Delhi designer on Tuesday unveils his first line for Paco Rabanne as the hous...

Cool lemon sorbet at Sonia Rykiel

2011-10-01T16:30:12Z

Sonia Rykiel's woman stepped out in soft silk pleats in a palette of yellows from the palest lemon sorbet to rich ochre, as the house showcased its Spring-Summer look for next year on Saturday.

Pretty 1940s curls, parted and pinned to one side, set the tone for a light-as-air collection that paired flowing silk pants, culottes or midi-skirts with sleeveless ribbed knits or fine-pleated tops.

A thin ink-black stripe ran d...

Sonia Rykiel taps Scottish designer Crichton

2011-09-30T16:30:29Z

The Sonia Rykiel fashion house Friday announced that Scottish designer April Crichton is to take over as style director for its ready-to-wear lines, a day before showcasing its new Spring look in Paris.

Crichton, who trained at London's Central Saint Martin's School of Art, worked closely alongside the house's founder, including on the launch...

Dior plays it safe with post-Galliano spring look

2011-09-30T13:30:13Z

Cloche hats and tweedy black and white prints by day, sensual organza at night, Christian Dior, the world's most talked-about fashion house since the fall of John Galliano, played it safe Friday in Paris.

Backstage, Dior Couture's chief executive Sidney Toledano quashed speculation it w...

Designer Chalayan serves up a show in Paris

2011-09-30T12:30:42Z

British designer Hussein Chalayan played the liveried waiter at his own Paris fashion week show on Friday, handing out champagne glasses to models in a mock art-gallery setting.

Young girls took turns staring at a giant lit screen, pretend-sipping from their glasses -- where webcams concealed in the base projected coloured images of their lips onto the...

Galliano succession talk drowns out drab Dior show

2011-09-30T10:00:10Z

PARIS (Reuters) - Dior remained tight-lipped on Friday about the search to replace John Galliano despite the growing clamor of critics who dismissed the French fashion label's second show since it fired its chief designer as a programmatic repeat of past styles.

Dior has now been without a chief designer for half a year s...

Paris defends title as fashion research lab

2011-09-29T12:30:15Z

PARIS (Reuters) - Balenciaga on Thursday proved yet again that Paris remained one of the world's most experimental fashion capitals despite efforts by rivals Milan, New York and London to upstage it.

Fashion knows no taboo and for Balenciaga...

Gold fever at Milan Fashion Week

2011-09-28T08:00:19Z

MILAN (Reuters) - Fashion designers poured gold onto the Milan catwalks this week with collections rich in metallic finishes and designed to appeal to buyers who are keeping the luxury industry afloat in austere times.

Luxury goods firms at Mi...

Paris fashion week opens in black and white

2011-09-27T17:30:27Z

Paris Fashion Week got off to a black-and-white start on Tuesday as a duo of Asian designers sent out Spring-Summer looks for 2012 that played on monochrome in both setting and style.

The global fashion pack descended on a Paris basking in gorgeous Indian Summer sunshine for the finale of the four-week ready-to-wear marathon, after a stop in Milan where the tone was firmly upbeat despite t...

Paris fashion week strutting under cloudy economy

2011-09-27T10:30:22Z

PARIS (Reuters) - Paris Fashion Week kicked off on Tuesday under a cloud of economic pessimism mixed with uncertainty about the creative direction of some of the world's biggest fashion brands including Dior, Louis Vuitton

Stars come out for Cavalli at decadent Milan show

2011-09-26T13:30:21Z

Italian designer Roberto Cavalli cast an air of elegant decadence at his Milan Fashion Week show on Monday with stars including French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo and US rocker Courtney...

Nepal fashionistas woo the West

2011-09-25T15:30:22Z

While the eyes of the style world were on London's autumn fashion week, another couture event was taking place on the other side of the world -- in the Himalayas.

At Nepal Fashion Week the models sashayed down the catwalk in a mix of Western and ethnic apparel, contrasting classic with kitsch in a cornucopia of sassy cocktail dr...

Milan fashion cuts its cloth to fit recession

2011-09-25T06:00:08Z

MILAN (Reuters) - Milan fashion houses hope emerging markets will allow the luxury industry to ride out any new recession.

Executives at Milan fashion week were happy to talk about the prospects for growth this year but were coy about 2012 in th...

Bottega Veneta goes eclectic for Milan show

2011-09-24T14:30:18Z

Bottega Veneta showed off an eclectic spring/summer 2012 collection at Milan Fashion Week on Saturday featuring a riot of textures and lush colours that left observers spellbound.

"This season we wanted to make clothes with a sense of freedom and high spirits," said the French-owned fashion house's creative director, German Armani spring/summer 2012 collection dominated by black-and-white alternations shown off at Milan Fashion Week on Saturday.

Armani said the designs -- many of them interpretations of menswear with blazers and trouser suits that would not look out of place at a regatta -- were "a con...

Discounters not hurting high fashion: Prada

2011-09-23T18:30:18Z

Cut-price retailers are helping, not hurting, the high-end fashion business, says Patrizio Bertelli, owner and chairman of Italy's hip Prada brand.

"People say Zara and H&M are a detriment to luxury. For me, Zara and H&M have fueled luxury," the husband of designer Miuccia Prada told the Fendi's models emerged into a black hangar at Milan Fashion Week on Thursday dressed like characters from an Italian neo-realist film with black and white stripes, knee-length skirts and aprons.

The 1940s -- at least for Fendi director Karl Lagerfeld -- are back.

The spring-summer 2012 sh...

Grab a "swacket" and check your fashion terminology

2011-09-22T09:00:17Z

LONDON (Reuters) - The fashion industry has been dressing up more than just catwalk models in New York, London and Milan this month, as its flamboyant use of language is flummoxing ordinary British shoppers, a major British retailer said.

Even personal shoppers need fashion dictionaries to understand wo...

Fashion's Hugo Boss expresses regret at Nazi past

2011-09-22T09:00:15Z

FRANKFURT (Reuters Life!) - German fashion house Hugo Boss has apologized to people mistreated at a factory making uniforms during World War Two after revelations in a new book financed by the company.

In the new book financed by Hugo Boss, researcher Roman Koester explains ...

Luxury shoemaker Ferragamo in jewelry debut

2011-09-22T05:00:15Z

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian luxury goods maker Salvatore Ferragamo launched its first jewelry collection this week, targeting wealthy clients who see gold, precious metals and jewels as a safe-haven amid uncertain financial times.

Global sales of designer clothes, leather bags and jewels showed double-digit sales growth in t...

London designers hail "elegant" Kate Middleton

2011-09-20T08:00:15Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Inspiring, chic and effortlessly elegant -- that's what designers at London Fashion Week have hailed Kate Middleton's style, as her sartorial choices could prove a potential stimulus to

Hermes to expand Chinese brand

2011-09-16T14:30:32Z

Shang Xia, the brand Hermes launched a year ago in Shanghai, will open outlets in Paris and Beijing after sales beat expectations, the head of the French fashion label Patrick Thomas said.

Industry experts are closely watching the new brand to see what lessons it can offer to other high-en...

London Fashion Week seeks global audience for 2012

2011-09-16T14:30:31Z

The spotlight turned to British fashion on Friday as London Fashion Week opened its doors only a day after the curtains went down on its sibling in New York.

In a year when British designers have taken centre stage with the weddings of Kate Middleton and Kate Moss, London

Designer Giles Deacon to leave Ungaro

2011-09-16T08:30:29Z

British fashion designer Giles Deacon, who took over as creative head of Emanuel Ungaro last year, is to leave the couture house, the French couture house said.

"Emanuel Ungaro SAS and Giles Deacon have mutually decided to end their collaboration," the fashion house said in a statement late Thursday, two weeks before the start of Reuters) - London kicked off the British leg of the fashion calendar on Friday, with designers eager to lift the gloom on the high street with the glitz of the catwalk through some of the edgiest shows in the season.

As summer draws to an end and retailers pack their stores with winter stock, September is one of the most important mo...

Galliano gets 6,000 euro fine for anti-Semitic outburst

2011-09-08T06:00:18Z

PARIS (Reuters) - A French court handed out a 6,000 euro ($8,421) suspended fine to John Galliano on Thursday after finding him guilty of anti-Semitic behavior, marking the end in a fall from grace for the former head designer of fashion house Dior.

For Galliano, whose worth is estimated in the millions of dollars, the pe...

Marc Jacobs may become Dior creative head: report

2011-08-23T05:00:16Z

NEW YORK/PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. designer Marc Jacobs is in talks with LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton to replace John Galliano as the creative director of its ...

Biography claims Coco Chanel was a Nazi spy

2011-08-16T16:30:18Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new book about the life of Coco Chanel published in the United States on Tuesday aims to strengthen claims the French designer collaborated with the Nazis during World War II as a spy code-named "Westminster."

The book, "Sleeping Wit...

Coco Chanel spied for Nazis: book

2011-08-15T18:30:27Z

French designer Coco Chanel spied for the Nazis during the German occupation of France in World War II, according to a new book on sale Tuesday.

"Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel's Secret War," by Hal Vaughan, expands on long-standing evidence that the iconic designer had a double life and was the lover of a spy, Spain's most influential fashion designers, has died of lung failure at the age of 64, the Spanish Fashion Designers' Association said on Sunday.

Del Pozo, who was one of the most prominent figures at Madrid's Pasarela Cibeles annual fashion week, died Sat...

Galliano: Kate Moss wedding dress was 'rehab'

2011-08-11T16:30:25Z

John Galliano, the flamboyant fashion designer who fell from grace after an anti-Semitic outburst in Paris, has said making supermodel Kate Moss' wedding gown this summer was his "creative rehab."

Galliano, long a favorite of arguably the most sought-after model in the world, has been an outcast since a rant in a Par...

McQueen show shuts in NY after record attendance

2011-08-06T17:30:23Z

An exhibit in New York of the works of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, who committed suicide last year, will close this weekend at the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a smash-success run.

"Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty" -- highlighting the Victorian romance and da...

Michael Kors Confirms Wedding Plans; Brian Atwood Engaged

2011-08-05T05:30:25Z

Designer Michael Kors has confirmed he's marrying longtime boyfriend Lance LePere

Designer Michael Kors has confirmed he's marrying longtime boyfriend Lance LePere.

Celebrity tabloid Life & Style first noted that the pair were spotted in New York City on Wednesday applying for a marriage license.

“They were both very c...

Designers go toe-to-toe over high heeled shoes with red soles

2011-07-22T16:00:11Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for Paris-based designer Christian Louboutin asked a judge on Friday to issue a preliminary injunction barring Yves Saint Laurent from producing high heeled shoes with red soles.

Louboutin...

British clothing retailer setting up shop here

2011-07-21T02:30:42Z

The British fashion industry is invading Las Vegas in March.

Fashion Show mall has landed British clothes retailers Topshop and Topman. Both were heavily recruited by other shopping centers along the Strip, but the company signed a 10-year lease with the mall. More than 170 people are expected to be hired.

Topshop focuses on women's clothing and fashion accessories. Part of a chain founded in

Gaultier proves spirit intact in first show since sale

2011-07-06T13:00:15Z

PARIS (Reuters Life!) - Jean-Paul Gaultier turned models into movie stars on Tuesday in a theatrical display for his fall-winter haute couture collection, proving he has lost none of his taste for fun since the sale of his brand.

Fashionistas packed the benches at Gaultier's Right Bank headquarters to see if the...

Chanel dazzles Paris with starlit haute couture show

2011-07-05T18:30:16Z

PARIS (Reuters) - Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld dazzled the fashion world on Tuesday with a rare nighttime presentation of his fall-winter haute couture collection that conjured up all the magic of a walk through starlit Paris.

With his usual sense for high drama, the white-haired designer transformed the

Post-Galliano Dior embraces eclecticism

2011-07-04T17:30:16Z

Christian Dior, taking its time finding a successor to John Galliano, firmly distanced itself from the disgraced British designer Monday with an eclectic collection at the Paris haute couture shows.

Four months after firing Galliano over alleged racist slurs, Dior tasked his longtime right-hand man Bill Ga...

Versace to design collection for H&M

2011-06-21T08:30:26Z

Swedish cheap'n'chic fashion giant H&M announced on Tuesday that Italian fashion house Versace would be its next guest designer.

"H&M is proud to announce that its autumn 2011 designer collaboration will be with one of the world's most legendary fashion brands, Versace," the Swedish company said in a statement.

The Versace line will hit some 300 H&M stores worldwide on November 2011 and "will look back on the heritage of the brand, full of leather, print, colour a...

Italian brands energetic as Asia calls

2011-06-20T20:30:28Z

Style-king Giorgio Armani's label sashays down the catwalk at Milan men's fashion week on Tuesday, as Italian brands shake off the economic crisis thanks to Asia's insatiable appetite for luxury goods.

International powerhouse Prada will begin trading in Jean Paul Gaultier reveals an enchanting universe at a new exhibition at Montreal's Fine Arts Museum.

The 59-year-old, who views haute couture as an art form, welcomes guests to a preview from the top of a grand staircase, sporting a simple knit sea s...

Quality issues trip up Brazil fashion

2011-06-13T20:30:25Z

Brazil Monday kicked off its Sao Paulo Fashion Week -- the most important catwalk parades in South America -- amid concerns voiced by some designers that garment quality was lagging behind their world-class ambitions.

Cheaper and better-made Chinese textiles, below-par training for fashion students, insuffi...

Catherine's wedding dress on display from July

2011-06-06T12:30:24Z

The Alexander McQueen wedding dress worn by Catherine when she married Prince William will go on show at Buckingham Palace from July, alongside the wedding cake, officials announced Monday.

The dress, designed by Alexander McQueen creative director Sarah Burton, ...

Anger as Seoul allows fur in Fendi fashion show

2011-05-23T14:30:18Z

South Korea's capital city will allow Italian fashion house Fendi to feature fur in a show next week, organisers said in a U-turn Monday, prompting a vow from campaigners to disrupt the event.

A spokeswoman for Fendi's public relations company told AFP that fur would be part of the show on June 2 but could not say how many such items would be featured.

The event will be sta...

Hong Kong handbag retailer surges 77% on debut

2011-05-23T02:30:28Z

Second-hand luxury handbag retailer Milan Station soared as much as 77 percent on their Hong Kong trading debut Monday, after a record-breaking initial public offering.

Shares in the firm touched HK$2.96 (38 US cents) in early trade before it ended the morning at HK$2.72, still well above the HK$1.67 IPO price. The benchmark Hong Kong Stock Exchange by year end in an attempt to boost its Asia presence, especially in the fast-growing Chinese market, the company said.

Coach, which is listed on the New York Stoc...

Italy's Roberto Cavalli to open 85 stores in China

2011-05-10T14:30:37Z

Italian fashion brand Roberto Cavalli said it will open 85 new stores in China within the next five years under a deal signed on Tuesday with Shanghai-based retail giant UCCAL Group.

The company will open its first stores under the new deal in Beijing and Shanghai between la...

New legal headache for Galliano as lawyer sues

2011-05-09T10:31:05Z

Shamed fashion designer John Galliano faced a new legal headache on Monday after his former lawyer lodged lawsuits against him alleging defamation and slander.

The British couturier was sacked as French fashion house Dior's creative director in February after being caught on film subjecting cafe patrons to a drunken anti-Semitic tirade.

While criminal charges relating to the outburst are pending, and Galliano could fac...

Retrospective highlights Alexander McQueen's career

2011-05-04T04:30:20Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - From an expertly tailored black silk jacket to a futuristic outfit, a retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art chronicles the extraordinary career of the late British fashion designer Alexander McQueen...

NY exhibit celebrates 'romantic' McQueen

2011-05-03T19:30:35Z

A year after he committed suicide, British fashion designer Alexander McQueen stars in a lavish New York retrospective celebrating his wildly inventive, but always romantic creations.

The Metropolitan Museum show opening Wednesday and running until July 31 drew a star-studded list of guests to a preview gala on Monday that saw rock stars, models and Hollywood hotshots r...

Puig takes over Jean Paul Gaultier fashion house

2011-05-03T15:30:16Z

Spanish firm Puig, owner of couture labels Nina Ricci and Paco Rabanne, said Tuesday it had taken a majority stake in French fashion house Jean Paul Gaultier, whose namesake creator retains artistic control.

Puig paid 16 million euros ($24 million) for Hermes' 45 percent stake while the flamboyant 59-year-old...

Cardin still designing at 88, says label for sale

2011-05-03T13:30:22Z

Pierre Cardin, at 88 still a top name in clothes design, said he wants to sell his label while retaining artistic control, but some say his price of a billion euros is far too high and the brand overused.

Cardin, one of the first to take French fashion design labels into Asia in a big way and one of the first to develop brand licensing, told the Reuters) - Pierre Cardin, one of the longest lasting living French fashion designers, has put his fashion label up for sale, he told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Tuesday.

Cardin, known for his avant-garde designs, ...

Kate Middleton wows crowd in McQueen dress

2011-04-29T06:30:11Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Kate Middleton wore a stunning but simple ivory dress created by Alexander McQueen's Sarah Burton to marry Prince William on Friday, topped off with a tiara on loan from new grandmother-in-law

Disgraced Galliano fired from own fashion label: report

2011-04-18T12:31:00Z

PARIS (Reuters) - Scandal-tainted designer John Galliano has been fired from his own fashion label just weeks after an anti-Semitic outburst cost him his top job at Dior, Women's Wear Daily (WWD) reported on Friday.

The British designer was o...

John Galliano sacked from own label: report

2011-04-15T15:30:19Z

John Galliano, sacked as chief designer at Christian Dior amid a furore over alleged anti-Semitic remarks, has now been fired from his eponymous label, Women's Wear Daily reported on Friday.

Citing sources that it did not identify in a dispatch from Paris, the fashion industry jou...

Red soles are his alone, French designer says

2011-04-08T07:00:26Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Paris-based designer Christian Louboutin, whose pumps have graced many fabulous and famous feet, sued fashion rival Yves Saint Laurent over the use of the color red on shoe soles.

"Mr. Loubo...

Balmain, creative director part ways

2011-04-06T13:30:35Z

Balmain has parted ways with Christophe Decarnin as its creative director for women's ready-to-wear collections, the Parisian fashion house said on Wednesday.

In a statement, Balmain announced "the end of its collaboration" with the French-born designer, whose absence from its fall-winter show in Paris last month prompted rumours that he was suffering from depression.

"Christophe Decarnin's wor...

Prada to float 20% of shares in Hong Kong: source

2011-03-31T14:30:20Z

Italian luxury house Prada is planning to sell a 20 percent stake on the Hong Kong stock exchange in a move that would value the group at up to eight billion euros.

The fashion group filed a request for its highly anticipated public offering to the Hong Kong ...

Dior taking its time to replace Galliano

2011-03-31T07:00:27Z

PARIS (Reuters) - French fashion house Christian Dior is in no hurry to replace disgraced designer John Galliano as it relies on existing teams for new collections, its head said on Thursday.

Dior, one of the biggest brands within luxury goods ...

Call girls, wives check into Marc Jacob's 'Hotel Vuitton'

2011-03-09T17:30:31Z

Marc Jacobs spends a lot of time on the road, so what better theme for his fall-winter collection for Louis Vuitton on Wednesday than the goings-on inside a grand old hotel?

To the sound of elevators arriving, uniformed bellboys opened wrought-iron doors for models stepping out in tongue-and-cheek outfits inspired by, among other things, porn films from the 1940s.

"I spend a ...

Chanel smolders, Valentino grins on Paris catwalks

2011-03-08T11:30:19Z

PARIS (Reuters Life!) - Italian fashion brand Valentino said on Tuesday that 2011 had started well and fended off rumors it was preparing to put itself on the auction block.

"It (the sale) is something that will happen some years from now," Valentino Chief Executive Stefano Sassi told Reuters in a backstage interview after its Autumn/Winter 2011 ready-to-wear catwalk show for Stella McCartney led a very British day at Paris fashion week on Monday, sending out a chic and casual fall-winter collection to an energetic hip-hop soundtrack.

Her compatriot Giles Deacon at Emmanuel Ungaro veered towards...

More relaxed mood prevails at Galliano own-label show

2011-03-06T18:30:31Z

John Galliano -- the label, not the man -- presented its fall-winter collection on Sunday in the intimate surroundings of a Parisian salon, and in a far more relaxed atmosphere, after a week that saw the spectacular fall from grace of the iconic British couturier.

Eschewing Galliano's signature passion for bigger-than-life theatrics, the lower-key presentation saw some of the world's top models emerge from a tall mirrored do...

Dior says to keep John Galliano brand going for now

2011-03-06T12:30:26Z

PARIS (Reuters) - French fashion house Dior on Sunday said it planned to continue supporting the eponymous label of John Galliano, its star designer fired this week over alleged anti-Semitic remarks.

Dior's parting with Galliano, after an online video clip showed him expressing admiration for Jean Paul Gaultier wooed women who, in his words, "don't want to look like their 20-year-old daughters" in a characteristically frisky fall-winter show Saturday during Paris fashion week.

Working with "slightly backward-looking cliches of elegance," plus a soundtrack harking back to the 1960s, Gaultier sought to "recast an image from memory with ma...

Dior puts Galliano behind it at emotional Paris show

2011-03-04T19:30:19Z

The soul of John Galliano was laid to rest as far as Christian Dior was concerned on Friday as the famed Parisian fashion house sent out its last pret-a-porter collection from the disgraced couturier.

Not once was Galliano's name mentioned under the huge marquee behind the Musee Rodin where Dio...

Dior hits the Paris catwalk without John Galliano

2011-03-04T06:00:18Z

PARIS (Reuters) - Christian Dior will on Friday become the biggest fashion brand in recent history to present a catwalk collection at Paris Fashion Week without a star designer to applaud.

Dior -- the jewel i...

Lagerfeld 'furious' over Galliano outbursts

2011-03-03T15:30:17Z

While much of the fashion world remained quiet about top Dior designer John Galliano's alleged anti-semitic attacks, Karl Lagerfeld said he was "furious" over the damage done to fashion's image.

"I'm furious, if you want to know," the German designer told the influential American WWD.com

Paris collections get off to a minimalist start

2011-03-01T18:30:28Z

The fall-winter pret-a-porter collections in Paris got off to a minimalist start on Tuesday, overshadowed by the furore surrounding John Galliano at Christian Dior.

Portugal's Fatima Lopes, Indo...

Hong Kong's Peter Woo takes 8% of Ferragamo

2011-03-01T15:30:38Z

The Ferragamo group has sold eight percent of the luxury clothing brand Salvatore Ferragamo to Hong Kong businessman Peter Woo and his family, the Italian fashion house said in a statement on Tuesday.

"The Ferragamo family holding company Ferragamo Finanziaria SpA has sold 8 percent of the sha...

Dior to sack Galliano over 'anti-semitic' rant

2011-03-01T15:30:24Z

French fashion house Dior said Tuesday it will sack chief designer John Galliano after a video surfaced showing him insulting cafe patrons and declaring "I love Hitler".

The British couturier had already been suspended by the historic firm last week after he was arrested and questioned by French police over allegations that he had subjected a couple to a drunken, anti-s...

Dior fires John Galliano after racism complaints

2011-03-01T07:00:18Z

PARIS (Reuters) - French fashion house Dior said on Tuesday it is firing John Galliano after complaints were lodged with police that their star designer made offensive and anti-Semitic comments.

Dior said it decided to start procedures to fire Galliano after seeing a video clip that purportedly shows the designer shouting abuse at peo...

Giorgio Armani's dream-world, Dsquared2's feisty pioneers

2011-02-28T18:30:29Z

Giorgio Armani stunned Milan Fashion Week with a Cinderella-like dream-world show on Monday, while Dsquared2 kicked off the penultimate day with feisty American pioneers in a snow-covered Wild West.

If the Emporio Armani collection presented earlier in the week had captivated with all blac...

Fashionistas let their hair down

2011-02-27T18:30:37Z

The economic crisis seemed a distant memory at Milan Fashion Week's champagne-fuelled parties featuring a naked model draped in furs, a show on a metro train and a gig by 1980s superstars Duran Duran.

"It's all about partying! Getting dressed up to the nines and having a wild time," said British designer John Richmond, clutching a glass of bubbly ba...

China shifting to no-logo luxury says Chloe CEO

2011-02-25T14:30:39Z

The tastes of China's wealthy are shifting away from designer goods with flashy logos to more understated luxury brands, the chief executive of French fashion house Chloe said Friday.

That shift has helped Chloe become one of the Swiss luxury goods company Richemont Group's fastest-growing labels in China, its CEO said.

"China has been very fast at picking up the most well-known brands," Geoffroy de la Bourdonnaye said in...

Dior suspends Galliano after booze-fuelled bar spat

2011-02-25T08:00:07Z

PARIS (Reuters) - Christian Dior suspended star fashion designer John Galliano on Friday pending an inquiry into drunken insults he hurled at a couple in a bar.

Just a week before Galliano was due to present Dior's catwalk collection,

Dior suspends Galliano pending racism inquiry

2011-02-25T07:00:16Z

PARIS (Reuters) - Christian Dior has suspended star fashion designer John Galliano pending an inquiry into allegedly anti-Semitic remarks, he said on Friday.

Galliano was escorted home by French police late on Thursday after a drinking session ...

Police escort Dior's John Galliano home after outburst

2011-02-25T04:30:06Z

PARIS (Reuters) - French police escorted fashion designer John Galliano back to his home late on Thursday after a late-night drinking session that ended with the Dior star hurling insults at a couple, a police source said.

Galliano was drinking at a trendy bar in the Marais district of Paris b...

Police escort Dior's Galliano home after outburst

2011-02-25T03:00:14Z

PARIS (Reuters Life!) - French police escorted fashion designer John Galliano back to his home late on Thursday after a late-night drinking session that ended with the Dior star hurling insults at a couple, a police source said.

Galliano was drinking at a trendy bar in the Marais district of Reuters) - The French fashion house synonymous with Audrey Hepburn and Breakfast At Tiffany's is eyeing Asia...

'Sam Cam' opens London Fashion Week amid cuts warning

2011-02-18T17:30:25Z

Britain's first lady, Samantha Cameron, opened London Fashion Week Friday in her first appearance as the event's ambassador, while a key figure said the industry was "suffering" under her husband's cuts.

Keeping her style British in a short black dress by Mulberry and a black Sykes jacket,...

Kate-mania pervades London Fashion Week kick-off

2011-02-18T10:00:10Z

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - London took over the fashion week baton on Friday, kicking off six days of catwalk shows in a British capital known for its verve and creativity. Royal bride Kate Middleton, who will marry Gilles Mendel, latest in a French fur dynasty, never went away -- and now he's more in demand than ever.

At New York Fashion Week's Autumn-Winter 2011 show, Mendel is a star, the go-to man in a period when fur is back in demand, helped along by an especially cold winter.

"It's clear that when it c...

Flair lights up runways at NY Fashion Week

2011-02-13T06:30:12Z

In a world of globalization where any successful clothing design is quickly copied and mass marketed, designers like those starring in New York Fashion Week want that little extra wow to make their mark.

Or, in the case of Prabal Gurung on Saturday, a lot of extra wow.

As the first days of the Autumn-Winter 2011 collections got under...

Asian fashionistas flock to NY Fashion Week

2011-02-11T05:30:39Z

New York's Autumn-Winter Fashion Week kicked off with designer clothing houses and the luxury sector feeling well heeled in a resurgent economy.

Putting the threadbare days of the global recession behind them, global fashionistas on Thursday began gathering at Manhattan catwalks as earnings reports pointed to renewed good times.

Italy's Manhattan catwalks as earnings reports pointed to renewed good times.

Italy's Christian Dior luxury holding giant said Friday net income surged 81 percent in 2010 from the previous year, an "exceptional year" that has given the group fresh impetus to open new stores.

Christian Dior is the holding group that controls the French luxury products giant LVMH, with interests from ch...

Fashion Resort

2010-12-21T10:32:00Z

This June 3, 2010 photo courtesy of Michael Kors shows the Michael Kors Resort 2011 collection modeled in New York. Nevermind that there are still post-holiday sales to be had, or that it just recently dipped to the freezing mark in some of the country's traditional snowbird spots, stores and their shoppers want newness _ and resort is how they get it. (AP Photo/Michael Kors, Dan and

Lifestyles It Gifts

2010-12-08T11:01:57Z

This product image courtesy of Tory Burch shows their travel wool socks. Shoes off in airport security lines is our new reality. Clip Tory Burch's wool travel socks in a pouch to a bag and whip them on when the time is right. (AP Photo/Tory Burch) NO SALES

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Britain Fashion Awards

2010-12-07T14:32:41Z

British model Kelly Brook arrives for the British Fashion Awards at a central London hotel, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

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Fashion Comfy Clothes

2010-11-24T10:32:30Z

FILE- This Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010 file photo shows the Alexander Wang Spring 2011 collection modeled during Fashion Week in New York. The season for giving is upon us, and whom do many of us ask the most of? Our clothes. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, FILE)

People Steve Harvey

2010-11-23T03:31:28Z

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2009 file photo, Steve Harvey arrives for the Chado Ralph Rucci spring 2010 collection show during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, file)