Japan Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
With Japan Fashion Week shows now running concurrently with the Tokyo International Film Festival, it was hard sometimes not to liken the collections to films. Theatre Products had "A Passage to India" theme in its collection of traditional Indian embroidery and linen fused with European lace and modern commercialism (one model cradled a giant bottle of Bombay Sapphire Gin).
Chic in Paris (Free subscription) | yesterday
l’Eclaireur is one of the more unique retail businesses in Paris. Owners Armand and Martine Hadida opened their first l’Eclaireur boutique nearly three decades ago, and they quickly became known for their selection of cool and unusual designs. Over the years, they opened several more stores, each one different in look, feel and product. I’ve [...]
ShoppingBlog.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lara Stone is on the front cover of Vogue UK's December issue wearing a Dior Haute Couture white tulle corset dres. She was photographed by Mario Testino. Vogue UK calls Lara the "girl of the year" which is appropriate since Lara Stone has been talked about everywhere this year. Posted in Fashion Permalink | Recent Headlines | Our News Feeds
Show & Talk - New York Fashion Week Blog - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Carmen at her fashion show in May. Carmen Colle, a 61-year-old seamstress in a small town in Eastern France, is suing Chanel for $3.7 million over a crochet pattern they allegedly copied from her. She runs World Tricot, an ethical clothing company that handmakes haute couture for some of the industry's top designers, and which Colle founded to give employment opportunities to refugees. Colle has made...
00o00 (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
they making a comeback? pierre cardin was considered an avant garde designer back in his days, and was a member of the prestigious "chambre syndicale de la haute couture". but rampant licensing is all i can remember now, which is sad. -
freemovietag - free online movies (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Plot: A story of friendship, a retrospective, and a look at haute couture as business: we watch Valentino Garavani (1932- ) and partner Giancarlo Giammetti from preparation for the 2006 Spring/Summer Collection in Paris to a July 2007 retrospective of Valentino's 45-year career, which included dressing Jacqueline Kennedy. The film documents a year of work, shows, business changes, and decisions. We...
CRM Daily (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
During last year's bleak holiday shopping season, fashion designer Lauren Merkin greatly overestimated the number of handbags she'd sell in upscale retail stores such as Neiman Marcus and Bloomingdale's. She found a good way to sell them elsewhere without consigning them to a bargain-basement rack that might tarnish the brand in the eyes of would-be customers. All year, she's been selling the excess...
Brainsbeauty's Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Think of a winter wonderland, magical, crystal-like snow, pine trees, bright cold sun… Now imagine this in a studio with audience behind double-mirrored glass with Natalia Vodianova as model, Hair and make-up artists Sam McKnight and Val Garland, British Vogue’s fashion director Lucinda Chambers as stylist, Nick Knight as photographer and the shoot? For the cover [...]
Clothes on Film (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Of course Rear Window wasn't all about Grace Kelly...
New york shopping deluxe card (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
With a back beat of traditional Chinese drums and electronic percussion, one of China’s leading haute couturiers takes to the catwalk. Launched in Hong Kong in 1994, Shanghai Tang was taken over in 1998 by Swiss luxury goods company Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA that also owns Cartier, Alfred Dunhill and Montblanc.
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
This week on the Paris catwalks John Galliano created a sensation with his first collection for Christian Louboutin. But Christian Christian Louboutin is a name which has always been synonymous with timeless elegance as these original couture dresses demonstrate. When the final curtain swept down on the haute couture shows in Paris yesterday there remained a lingering doubt about the relevance
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
• Claim for €2.5m damages could shake up industry • Fashion house denies it stole small firm's design A 61-year-old woman from a small town in eastern France is taking on the might of one of world's greatest fashion houses in a case that threatens to shake up the way the industry treats its skilled workers. Carmen Colle, a former social worker who founded an ethical clothing company...
Boxwish (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
In romantic drama, P.S. I Love You Holly (Hilary Swank) bemoans her lack of haute couture fashion ("I buy everything on eBay. It doesn’t count when you’re wearing Marc Jacobs from Minneapolis!” she laments), but we don’t quite believe her. A little snoop around her wardrobe reveals a fair share of tasty designer names, including Diane von Furstenberg and Zac Posen (see...
Fashion Israel אופנה ישראלי (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Itching to accomplish your fashion dreams? Perhaps you should look to Swiss-born Yvan Rodic (now living in London,) a style photographer who’s fashion photographer who’s fashion photo blog Facehunter has grown to such popularity, its given the push to get a book deal, a new show on Web Tv and an iPhoto application. Perhaps coolest of [...]
My Right Word (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Valentino Garavani is one of the world's most famous haute couture and ready-to-wear fashion empire owners. But notice what he's wearing:- The kaffiyeh has gone up a few fashion notches.
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traimi | 21/09/2009
The Cyrus package presented by the tuners at Mansory is all about masculinity and power. Based on the Aston Martin DBS or the DB9, the Cyrus has a newly designed front skirt with enlarged air inlets, the carbon fiber wing extensions and the newly designed rear skirt with an integrated diffuser.
superluxe | 16/10/2008
SUPERLUXE is the site dedicated to the world of luxury and luxury brands. Since 2007, SUPERLUXE has never ceased to develop and retain people enjoying the qualities of this site. Indeed, SUPERLUXE distinguishes itself from other sites dealing with "luxury", because of its presentation simple and effective, its availability in seven versions and the diversity of its topics affecting all sectors of luxury....
estanislaoweb | 01/06/2008
While we were having a summer rest, we had the opportunity to give our showroom a much needed update. Using dark chocolate brown as a base – the revitalised space now has a much more relaxed, lounge-like feel and a luxurious changing area.
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