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Gaultier fetes Winehouse, Givenchy goes futuristic (Reuters)

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:41:42 GMT

Reuters - Jean Paul Gaultier delivered an ode to Amy Winehouse at his spring/summer 2012 haute couture show in Paris on Wednesday. The late pop singer's musical spirit and bad girl fashion sense were all over the runway.

Luxury watches seek solace in glamour of bygone eras (Reuters)

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:01:57 GMT

Reuters - Simple elegance for debt-ridden Europe, glitzy diamonds and gold for booming Asia.

Daisy Lowe, human blob cap Rio fashion week (AP)

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 01:44:35 GMT

AP - An It Girl and an orange spandex blob of writhing humanity capped Rio de Janeiro's five-day-long fashion week Saturday, lending a gimmicky end to the city's otherwise strong winter 2012 collections.

French brand Courreges takes retro fashion online (Reuters)

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:26:16 GMT

Reuters - Courreges, the futuristic fashion brand of the 1960s, is poised to bring its vinyl boots and A-line mini-dresses back into vogue, relaunching the French name online.

Men's underwear getting a little extra attention (AP)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:33:23 GMT

AP - Some things are fashion, and some are necessity. Where do men's undergarments fall? Increasingly, right in the middle.

Look of old Hollywood glamour is a modern favorite (AP)

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:23:14 GMT

AP - In the Hollywood landscape of new, new, new, what really stands out is that today's starlets still emulate the looks of classic screen beauties, including Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe and Rita Hayworth, who ruled the red carpet in the 1950s.

Glee's Lea Michele fills closet with Candie's (AP)

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:51:08 GMT

AP - Lea Michele is moving from a locker to a much bigger closet. She's the star of the new Candie's ad campaign, dubbed "Hanging at Home," shot at a private mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif. The images show her poolside, in the kitchen, in a bed with satin sheets and in a walk-in closet, wearing a new outfit and pair of shoes in each one.

Dandy financiers cut through gloom at Milan week (Reuters)

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:27:42 GMT

Reuters - Fashion designers brushed up capes, trench coats and pinstripe suits to enliven the wardrobes of businessmen who want to cut their way through the gloom.

Gaultier channels Winehouse, stars shop for Oscars (AP)

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:39:50 GMT

AP - The final day of Paris's spring-summer haute couture week saw Jean Paul Gaultier serve up a cigarettes-and-all homage to late singer Amy Winehouse and Valentino show off the dazzling couture work of seamstresses who toiled for thousands of hours to create a lavish white collection.

Jolie and Pitt grace the Globes in glamorous style (AP)

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:11:02 GMT

AP - Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt fully dressed their part as a glamorous Hollywood power couple at Sunday night's Golden Globe Awards: She in a body-hugging white strapless gown with a flash of red at the bustline by Atelier Versace that matched perfectly her lips and handbag, and he in a classic, bow-tie tuxedo by Salvatore Ferragamo.

Chinese haute-couture steps up at HK Fashion Week (Reuters)

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:53:29 GMT

Reuters - China at one time may have been better known for fashion knockoffs than catwalk creations, but Chinese haute-couture is now finding its feet on the international stage -- even as it grows ever more popular with customers at home.

Power of Europe's boardrooms captured in new book (Reuters)

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:38:15 GMT

Reuters - For 15 years, New York-based Dutch photographer Jacqueline Hassink has been making her mark with global art projects, covering subjects as diverse as Haute Couture fitting rooms in Paris, the gardens of Kyoto and the boardrooms of Europe's leading corporations.

Gucci's Poetically Fallen Angels (Fashion Wire Daily)

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:44:00 GMT

Fashion Wire Daily - Poetry is not traditionally the best paid of trades, though poets were certainly dressed as the chicest of success stories in the fall 2012 menswear collection of Gucci, staged Monday, Jan. 16, in Milan.

Dior impresses and Versace dazzles in couture (AP)

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:16:50 GMT

AP - France may have lost an A in its credit rating, but fashion seems to have won it back with a flourishing start to haute couture week — from the A-list celebrities to Dior's 1950s A-line silhouettes.

Dior shrugs off rumors at Paris Haute Couture show (Reuters)

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:50:14 GMT

Reuters - Christian Dior shrugged off talk about who might succeed John Galliano as the fallen star designer's stand-in enjoyed a well-received Spring/Summer Haute Couture show on Monday and seen roaring sales in spite of the global economic malaise.

Hollywood Golden Age a hot look at Golden Globes (Reuters)

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:40:26 GMT

Reuters - Timeless elegance, fitted bodices and mermaid trains ruled the Golden Globes' red carpet on Sunday as A-list celebrities channeled old-style Hollywood glamour.

Chanel aims sky-high, and Armani courts A-list (AP)

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:01:56 GMT

AP - On day two of Paris's frantic three days of haute couture collections, Chanel took the fashion crowd to the skies and highlights included super-sexy, celebrity-filled Armani Prive.

`Frenemies' take a fashion field trip in NYC (AP)

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:43:28 GMT

AP - It goes with the teenage territory: Girls gush over their friends and each other's wardrobes.