If fashion strikes people as a separate language, if not a funny Xanadu, it’s hardly surprising. The last days of the fall ready-to-wear season were loud and lugubrious, with designers talking in volumes.
The volumes were most challenging at Louis Vuitton, where Marc Jacobs’s wide pegged-leg trousers, rounded shoulders and spiraling headpieces seemed to make a […]

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Barstow Pageant contestants participate in fashion show The 14th Annual Miss Barstow Fashion Show was held on March 1 at the First Baptist Church in the Fellowship Hall. The Fashion Show provides an opportunity for the Teen and Miss Barstow contestants to present themselves in front of an audience prior to the pageant.
This helps them […]

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The fashion and cosmetics show at the Hotel Nelson to mark one year since retired secretary Gay Boswell died of cancer. Photo: Angela Sharpe

SAM WILLIAMS
07 March 2008 13:20
A fashion show held in memory of a Norfolk woman who lost her battle with breast cancer a year ago raised more than £1,500 for charity.
The […]

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LOS ANGELES — Just as L.A. Fashion Week took a step forward, the celeb-as-designer trend seems to have sent it two steps back.
Although the presence of bigger and more legitimate designers has grown over the past few years, fashion regulars Sue Wong, Kevan Hall and Ed Hardy are not showing Fall 2008 collections at Culver […]

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Hilary Alexander reports from Milan Fashion Week

Consuelo Castiglione staged one of her best Marni collections for several seasons, returning to the chic-boho look we know and love, with a quirky interplay of shape, silhouette, texture, pattern and colour.

Opening ensemble: Marni’s autumn/winter ‘08 collection

From the opening ensemble of pink-on-pink, a belted, open coat over a longer, […]

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Feb 7, 2008 NEW YORK - Who said overcoats had to be drab?
Outerwear got top billing at New York Fashion Week on Thursday, with even daytime coats getting metallic touches, shiny fabric and fur trims.
The renewed attention may reflect economic realities: Jackets are seen as a good investment piece, since they can be worn every […]

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He’s the world’s most sought-after photographer, the man the A-list calls when it really wants to look its best. But what exactly is it that makes Mario Testino’s portraits so alluring?
nterview by John Walsh
Saturday, 8 March 2008

It’s a Friday night in February and, in Tite Street, Chelsea, a party is in full swing: writers, journalists, […]

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The message from Paris was clear: never mind the bumpy economic ride, fashion is eternal. The city turned on a stunning display of pink and white blooms as Karl Lagerfeld showed all that was classic about Chanel - camellias, quilted handbags, the dead-flat pump, a perfect bow and boater.
The strongest designers, Alexander McQueen, Christian Lacroix, Nicolas […]

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