Fashion News

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Itsy bitsy bikini completes 60 years of tease
After having songs, films and books dedicated to it, the world's smallest piece of clothing has turned 60. Where would Brigitte Bardot, Ursula Andress and Raquel Welch be if designer Louis Reard hadn't invented the bikini? And Brian Hyland's Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini would have never seen the light of the day.
04-Jul-2006 - Details

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Why the fashion pack is swopping stilettoes for surf boards
Surfing has always had a certain grungy cool, but now a generation of fashionistas are ditching handbags, heels and high-maintenance lives in favour of hoodies and wetsuits
04-Jul-2006 - Details

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Scarlett Johansson Wears Reebok
Hot on the heels of the announcement that Elizabeth Hurley would be the spokesmodel for Jordache comes the news that actress Scarlett Johansson will do the same for Reebok. According to The Boston Globe, the gorgeous 21 year-old actress Scarlett Johansson appeared at the Canton headquarters of Reebok yesterday to announce that she would be the face of the new collection, a "fashion-forward, athletic-inspired" footwear and apparel line.
29-Jul-2006 - Details

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Wear your heritage
Desi fashion aficionados have all heard of the celebrity designers JJ Valaya and Ritu Beri. Their creations are now being exclusively retailed by Heritage Boutique, a trendily designed store launched by Maninder Kaur in Dublin, California.
02-Aug-2006 - Details

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More hot stuff: Fashion, beauty and tech trends
The “Material Girl” tries her hand at fashion this month. Madonna has partnered with fast-fashion retailer H&M to create a signature track suit, which she is wearing on her world tour ... and it's coming to an H&M near you this month! The track suit comes in black, white and purple and consists of a narrow
07-Aug-2006 - Details

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Fashion trends trickle down to childrens clothes
Some of fall's top fashion trends are trickling down - way down - to children's clothes.

When kids go back to school, they'll likely be wearing darker denim, gauchos, long shorts and skinny pants just like their teenage siblings and even their parents. Family-style fashion continues with rugby stripes, layers and novelty hosiery.
09-Aug-2006 - Details

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On the Globalisation of Fashion
Upon first glance, the images of men and women in Papua New Guinea dressed in tattered rags and shredded T-shirts tempt you to view them as yet another advertisement meant to elicit sympathetic donations.

Even the children — although smiling — wear filthy T-shirts held together only by carefully re-knotting the already detached shreds.

You may even feel a sense of guilt upon viewing the obvious Western influence in the dress of these people. They appear to live in such poverty, and their traditional dress has now been replaced by one of the most simplistic mass-produced wares of the west — the T-shirt.
21-Aug-2006 - Details

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Trend Selection New York : Autumn-Winter 2007-2008
The 29th and 30th of August are the dates for the 12th edition of Trend Selection at The Altman Building in New York, with the presentation of the new Autumn-Winter 2007-2008 collection of leathers, fabrics, components and accessories for footwear, leather goods and clothing.
23-Aug-2006 - Details

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French photographers give new life to fashion
How many times has fashion been criticized for being fickle, churning out so-called trends season after season, only to be recycled after several years?

Another thorny question is whether the glossy fashion photography belongs to the walls of a museum or a gallery, or even called art, even when fashion is such crucial part of culture, and the influence of art on fashion, and vice versa, is undeniable.
23-Aug-2006 - Details

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Fashion Designer Says the Olsen Twins & Jessica Simpson Have No Style
Acclaimed fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has lashed out at celebrities such as Jessica Simpson and the Olsen twins, accusing them of having no style or taste. Lagerfeld, who has worked with fashion powerhouses such as Chloe and Fendi, launched into a scathing verbal attack on "frumpy" stars.
26-Aug-2006 - Details

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Smart fabrics are back in fashion
There is even a museum there dedicated to its history, so there is no better place to weave together traditional Italian know-how with digital technology and come up with the next generation of cloth, what they are calling "smart fabric".

A company called Luminex has hit on the idea of weaving fibre-optics into fabric, so the wearer can really light up a room when they enter it.

Luminex's Cristiano Peruzzi says: "It is a fabric containing, amongst other things, fibre-optics, but there is also a technical side to it.
28-Aug-2006 - Details

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Fall Fashions From International Male
This fall International Male provides fashion-conscious men with a full line of must-have, fashion forward apparel and accessories by adding a contemporary twist to classic looks. Creating attention- grabbing and unique looks is sure to make you stand out from the crowd, sys Neil Mulhall, president of International Male. Whether your look is Ivy League, New School, Metro Chic or Rock & Roll, you can find the perfect looks for the season in International Male's fall/winter 2006 collection.
31-Aug-2006 - Details

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Playboy Adds Mens Fashion to Its Lineup
After a lifetime of undressing beautiful women, Playboy now has a new cause -- dressing men.

Seeking to expand its lucrative licensing business, Playboy Enterprises Inc. (PLA) has launched a line of menswear that represents a hip departure from the silk smoking jackets favored by its 80-year-old founder, Hugh Hefner.
02-Sep-2006 - Details

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Marketers serve up athletes as if they were fashion models
n the days leading up to the U.S. Open, which began Monday, media consumers have been hit with a collection of advertisements focusing on the relationship between tennis and fashion.
04-Sep-2006 - Details

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Skinny models wearing thin in fashion shocker
The world's first ban on overly thin models at a top-level fashion show in Madrid has caused outrage among modeling agencies and raised the prospect of restrictions at other venues. Madrid's fashion week has turned away underweight models after protests that girls and young women were trying to copy their rail-thin looks and developing eating disorders.
13-Sep-2006 - Details

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New York Fashion Week Goes Hollywood
It doesn't matter whether the stars are showing up to New York's annual Fashion Week to see the clothes or just be seen themselves, because, either way they are driving the photographers crazy.

Paris Hilton did her part, arriving at the Luca Luca show while pretending to talk on her cell phone in order to avoid having to speak to the press. Nicky Hilton, however, wasn't as interview shy. "It's pretty insane," she said, "but thank god I'm staying right across the street…so all I have to do is get in my elevator and walk ten steps and I am here."
13-Sep-2006 - Details

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Lacoste: The Alligators Back in Style
Now enjoying an upscale renaissance, the clothing brand started by a tennis star at one point endured mass market shame under the Izod name
13-Sep-2006 - Details

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Fashion Week Message: Fur is New Nothing
Fur is the new nothing. You’re not likely to see that headline splashed across the pages of Vogue magazine anytime soon, but that’s the message that Jay McCarroll—the dishy designer who won the first season of Bravo’s Project Runway—will be sending at New York Fashion Week, now in progress. McCarroll’s highly anticipated collection, his first since delighting fans with his sharp wit and innovative creations on his way to becoming “The Next Big Fashion Designer,” will be completely fur-free. “The animals need their fur more than I do,” he says.
14-Sep-2006 - Details

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Glamour editor says splurge on accessories, scrimp on trends
In a perfect world, you’d conduct your fall fashion shopping spree with style. You’d do it with elegance, with sophistication, maybe even with panache.

How about doing it with Glamour?
20-Sep-2006 - Details

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Fashion Makers vs. Fashion Followers
he line between the fashion world and the wearable art designer has always been sort of blurry. Are we part of the fashion community who often wear our products, or are we on the outside since we wearable art designers are responsible for crafting fashion goods. How important is it for designers, for example jewelry designers, to keep up on current fashion trends when we actually should be the ones making the trends?
20-Sep-2006 - Details