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Tim Gunn Goes to Bat for Bunnies
Tim Gunn Goes to Bat
for Bunnies
Dec 21, 2008 8:14 AM CST

Tim Gunn Goes to Bat for Bunnies

Grisly video appeal asks designer to lay off rabbit fur

(Newser) - Project Runway's favorite nice guy Tim Gunn is joining the anti-fur PETA campaign with a personal video plea to designers amid shocking images of screaming skinned rabbits, reports the New York Post. PETA is focusing on designers using rabbit fur from China, where there are no animal protection laws. Any...

Kanye Pursues 'Fashion Dream'

(Newser) - Days after Kanye West wrote on his blog that he's taking a break from releasing singles to let his latest songs “soak into the culture,” the star rapper is heading in a different direction—toward the London fashion world. The rapper will move to England next year to...

LA Fashion Designer Guilty of Rape
LA Fashion Designer
Guilty of Rape
Nov 14, 2008 2:10 AM CST

LA Fashion Designer Guilty of Rape

Anand Jon lured teens home with promises of modeling contracts

(Newser) - A Beverly Hills fashion designer was found guilty yesterday of sexually assaulting seven teens and young women, reports the Los Angeles Times. Anand Jon Alexander, 34, now faces life in prison. The two-month trial revealed repeated sordid scenes in which Jon lured girls as young as 14 to his home...

Fashion's Mr. Blackwell Dead at 86
 Fashion's 
 Mr. Blackwell 
 Dead at 86 
obituary
Oct 20, 2008 7:29 AM CDT

Fashion's Mr. Blackwell Dead at 86

Was founder of 'Worst-Dressed Lists'

(Newser) - Richard Blackwell, the man who created the cheeky annual “Worst-Dressed List,” died yesterday at 86 of complications from an intestinal infection, People reports. Calling himself “Mr. Blackwell,” the designer issued wittily scathing reviews of celebs’ outfits, recently hammering Britney Spears and Paris Hilton and frequently targeting...

'Borat' Crashes Fashion Show
 'Borat' Crashes Fashion Show 
Sep 26, 2008 2:32 PM CDT

'Borat' Crashes Fashion Show

Shooting latest film, actor/comedian has designers on edge at Milan event

(Newser) - Sacha Baron Cohen caused a scene at a Milan fashion show today when he got up on the catwalk and danced violently before being hauled off, ANSA reports. Cohen—stalking the Italian city’s fashion week as he works on a film in which he plays gay fashion reporter Bruno—...

For Political Wives, It's All in the Dress
 For Political Wives,
 It's All in the Dress
opinion
Sep 6, 2008 3:14 PM CDT

For Political Wives, It's All in the Dress

McCain, Obama make statements with style

(Newser) - First lady fashions are more than trivial concerns: Their choices reflect on presidential campaigns and hold the power to spark new trends, writes Robin Givhan in the Washington Post. Cindy McCain "has endorsed the status quo" by turning to White House veteran Oscar de la Renta, while Michelle Obama...

Vogue's India Poverty Shoot Pits Couture vs. Culture

Mag touts barrier-breaking 'power of fashion;' 'downright distasteful,' others say

(Newser) - Vogue India is taking heat for a haute couture fashion spread that uses poverty-ridden locals for models, the New York Times reports. A toothless, barefoot man holding a $200 Burberry umbrella and a rumpled baby in a $100 Fendi bib are just two examples that have irked some critics in...

Mizrahi Giving Liz Claiborne a Makeover

Struggling brand hopes savvy designer will revive slumping sales

(Newser) - Designer Isaac Mizrahi recently previewed his Liz Claiborne line of women's wear, an extreme makeover that could make or break the company, the Wall Street Journal reports. The brand, which generated almost half of the company's $3.1 billion in sales and more than half of its profits in 2000,...

Gossip Girl a Fashion Force
 Gossip Girl a Fashion Force 
Jul 8, 2008 4:46 PM CDT

Gossip Girl a Fashion Force

Despite modest ratings, CW show great at selling garments

(Newser) - CW’s Gossip Girl has enjoyed only so-so ratings in its first year, but it's become a major trend-setter in fashion for young women, the New York Times reports. Retailers say the show, which features rich and preppy teens, has a huge influence on sales, sort of like a Sex ...

Fashion, Politics Unlikely Mix
 Fashion, Politics Unlikely Mix 
GLOSSIES
Jul 8, 2008 2:57 PM CDT

Fashion, Politics Unlikely Mix

Carla Bruni's outfits something of an obsession, though there's a flip side

(Newser) - Move over, Hollywood—these days, fashion designers are dying to get their wares on a new kind of celebrity: politicians. The last time Carla Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy visited London, Dior issued no fewer than five press releases on their outfits, and Louis Vuitton has even hired Mikhail Gorbachev as...

The Man Who Put Women in Pants
The Man Who Put Women
in Pants
Appreciation
Jun 2, 2008 11:29 AM CDT

The Man Who Put Women in Pants

Saint Laurent made Marc Jacobs and Hillary Clinton possible

(Newser) - Yves Saint Laurent wasn’t just another designer. The man who died last night at 71 was an icon who forever changed the way women dress, Robin Givhan writes in the Washington Post. Start with this: Saint Laurent put women in pants. His elegant designs let women swagger like men,...

This Season's Hot Accessory: The Movie Tie-In

Sex and the City cottage industries look more like penthouses

(Newser) - For the innumerable entities cashing in on Sex and the City, the movie due out Friday is the tip of the multimillion-dollar iceberg, reports Forbes. New Line Cinema, which has tie-in deals with eight companies, compares the likely blockbuster to “the Super Bowl for women.” Other high-end beneficiaries...

Fashionistas Chase Fleeting Bargains Online

Sites court shoppers with flash sales on designer brands

(Newser) - New online shops are hooking up high-end customers with discount flash sales on luxury goods such as designer bags and shoes. Alerting members via text message, the members-only sites sell items in private sales that often begin immediately and can last just hours. The created frenzy works: Customers of one...

Jenna Picks de la Renta Design
 Jenna Picks de la Renta Design 
Apr 15, 2008 1:37 PM CDT

Jenna Picks de la Renta Design

First daughter makes traditional choice for May 10 Texas nuptials

(Newser) - Jenna Bush will walk down the aisle in a “casual” Oscar de la Renta gown that suits her "organic and low key" May 10 wedding. Think organza, embroidery, matte beading, and a small train, but don’t expect pictures. Her intended, Henry Hager, doesn’t want to see...

Fashion Icon Enlists Kiddies
Fashion Icon Enlists Kiddies
Feb 28, 2008 3:12 PM CST

Fashion Icon Enlists Kiddies

Designer Westwood collaborates with 7-year-olds for Paris show

(Newser) - Children proved the future indeed for Vivienne Westwood at this year's Paris Fashion Week, with the British designer enlisting three dozen 7-year-olds to help with her latest collection. The British schoolkids painted bugs, plants, and snakes on Westwood’s eco-minded show "Chaos Point," which took to the runway...

10 Tips for the Stylish Gent
10 Tips for the Stylish Gent
Feb 24, 2008 11:13 AM CST

10 Tips for the Stylish Gent

Designer Paul Smith dishes on T-shirts and tailor-made suits

(Newser) - Natty British designer Paul Smith outlines his do's and don'ts for the 21st-century gentlemen in a cagey Details interview. Cologne lovers, beware:
  1. T-shirts seem easy, but they're a big no-no; go with a collar.
  2. A good, bland haircut is better than a failed stylish one.
  3. Women first! Don't ignore them
...

Polyester Sticking to the Runway
Polyester Sticking to the Runway
Feb 20, 2008 7:04 PM CST

Polyester Sticking to the Runway

Once-disdained fabric makes synthetic splash in spring fashion shows

(Newser) - Once shunned as tacky, scratchy and smelly, polyester was front and center on spring runways this year. "In fashion when something's so hideous, it's great," Marc Jacobs tells W about his use of the synthetic in Louis Vuitton cardigans and skirts. Japanese designers Rei Kawakubo and Issey Miyake...

Fashion Lovers Grow Weary of Waif Look

Internet, reality TV spark use of real people as models

(Newser) - Fashion blogs, "Ugly Betty", and other pop staples are nudging the fashion industry to use more real people as models, Newsweek reports. So are YouTube, reality TV, and a slew of designers who make affordable lines for Target and H&M. "People would like to see somebody up...

Valentino Bids Fashion Farewell
Valentino Bids Fashion Farewell
Jan 24, 2008 8:52 AM CST

Valentino Bids Fashion Farewell

Designer's swan song marks end of an era

(Newser) - With one last parade of models in languid, lipstick-red gowns, the Italian couturier Valentino Garavani unveiled his final collection last night. “It’s a happy collection,” Valentino told the crowd. “It’s not a collection with tears in between.” But the departure of Valentino, who dressed...

Futuristic Geek Chic Hits Catwalk
Futuristic Geek Chic Hits Catwalk
Jan 20, 2008 7:40 AM CST

Futuristic Geek Chic Hits Catwalk

Catwalk king Raf Simons captivates fashion world

(Newser) - Futuristic Belgian designer Raf Simons' otherworldly, vividly colored designs had the audience transfixed at Jil Sander's spring/summer 2008 runway show in Milan. "It's something I hear more and more," the confident Simons told the Observer. People tell me that at the shows you can hear a needle drop....

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