Topic: Western Europe
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African-born fashion designer and entrepreneur Lesego Malatsi has gone from stitching ready-to-wear garments in a Soweto township mall set amid shanties to savoring the sweet success of London's fashion week.Malatsi had his first international show at the weekend ...
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 Britain's clothing industry.Middleton has graced magazine covers since she announced her ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Designers at London Fashion Week opted for the bold, colorful and sexy for next spring's womenswear, with plenty of sparkle and embellishment on the catwalk to entice cash-strapped shoppers wanting that special item for their wardrobe.Figure-hugging dresses and detailed ...
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 ...
LONDON (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 ...
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 ...
Jesus del Pozo, one of 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 ...
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A growing desire for the glossy, long locks of celebrities is fuelling a multi-million pound (dollar) global trade in human hair, with demand for hair extensions surging in the past year, according to e-commerce website Alibaba.com.Searches for human ...
The billionaire founder of Spain's Inditex, the world's biggest fashion retailer and owner of the Zara brand, handed over the running of the group to his deputy on Tuesday.A board meeting approved the appointment of managing director Pablo Isla as chairman to ...
BERLIN (Reuters Life!) - "Green glamour" is returning Berlin's fashion week to the map of trend-setting capitals, just at a time when consumers are turning to all things eco-friendly.Two major "green" shows are exhibiting at this week's Berlin fashion week that ends ...
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