FashionReuters - Nail varnish has become the top-selling fashion accessory, replacing lipstick as an affordable indulgence in austere times and leading to a boom in sales as consumers flock to buy bright-colored bottles.
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Tory Burch's clear vision is setting her path (AP)
AP - The Tory Burch woman takes something ordinary and makes it extraordinary. She lives 24-7 with effortless ease, elegance and style.
German fashion designer makes clothes from milk (Reuters)
Reuters - A young fashion designer from the German city of Hanover is revolutionizing high fashion by designing clothes with a staple she can find in her fridge -- milk.
Miu Miu's New Power Generation (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - The last important event of Paris fashion week, and the final major show of the four-city, four-week season of spring 2012 women's ready-to-wear collections, was seeing the latest ideas from Miu Miu on Wednesday, Sept. 5. And it did not look remotely like any of the some 300 shows that preceded it.
No somber mood allowed on Paris catwalks (Reuters)
Reuters - Paris Fashion Week ended like it started with a positive and relaxed spirit and a skillful bow by Lebanese designer Elie Saab with a glamorous 1970s collection for next summer inspired by the American TV series Charlie's Angels.
Romance All the Rage at Valentino (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - There was no more romantic collection in fashion this season than that of Valentino on Tuesday, Oct. 4, in Paris, whose Russian-themed haute couture collection of spring left the icy steppes for a tour of the sun-bleached Latin world.
Out of public eye, Arab women power haute couture (Reuters)
Reuters - They are rarely spotted on the front row of a fashion show and favor discretion when placing orders, yet women from the Middle East have become the world's biggest buyers of high fashion.
Alexander McQueen sees feminine strength for spring (Reuters)
Reuters - With faux feathers and cascades of ruffles, Alexander McQueen brought fantasy and femininity to the runway on Tuesday, while still hewing to the fashion label's edgy, dark side for spring.
Chanel's Conchologist Chic (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - Karl Lagerfeld plumbed the ocean's depth for Chanel this season with a mermaid magic mode collection unveiled Tuesday, Oct. 4, in Paris' Grand Palais reinvented as a giant aquarium.
Yves Saint Laurent's Cool, Courtly Spring (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - One week after a published newspaper report suggested that Stefano Pilati was about to be replaced as creative director of Yves Saint Laurent, the designer responded by staging the most refined collection seen so far this season in Paris.
Givenchy Catches The Perfect Wave (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - The hottest show in fashion today is without a doubt Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci, whose singular tender tough aesthetic, fertile imagination, revolutionary techniques and frankly elitist take on chic put him ahead of the pack.
Gold Plated Gucci's Modern Deco (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - Right after two weeks in New York and London of unadulterated print mania and arty pastoral imagery, along comes Gucci with a hard-edged counter blast, an Art Deco moment of haute glamour.
Elizabeth Taylor's designer clothes to be auctioned (Reuters)
Reuters - Designer clothes owned by Hollywood legend and fashion icon Elizabeth Taylor, including haute couture by Chanel, Yves St. Laurent and Dior, will be sold at auction in New York, Christie's said on Wednesday.
Designer-hungry China in sight at London fashion (Reuters)
Reuters - Presenting luxurious cocktail dresses, white tuxedo jackets and Asian prints at his fashion show, British designer Julien Macdonald says he has a certain market in sight -- China.
Sense and Sensibility for Spring (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - Speaking with designer Charu Vyas, one might be struck by her frankness, down-to-earth nature, and easygoing humor. Her clothes are not altogether different from her demeanor.
Milan fashion picks glam over gloom (Reuters)
Reuters - Designers have prepared a marathon of catwalk shows and gala openings to wow shoppers and woo their wallets at a Milan fashion week which starts on Wednesday amid winds of recession.
Mary Katrantzou: Train in Vain (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - One of the hottest names in London's fashion scene is Mary Katrantzou, a young Greek lady whose dramatic use of hyper size prints and overall sense of explosive color has given her an influence well beyond her age. Katrantzou was born in Athens in 1983.
Bright colors mark London Fashion Week last days (AP)
AP - Cacophonous floral prints and opulent silks brightened up catwalks at London Fashion Week Tuesday, as the weeklong whirlwind of glamour and glitz featured its last day of womenswear shows.
South African designer goes from shanty town to London (Reuters)
Reuters - South African-born fashion designer and entrepreneur Lesego Malatsi has gone from stitching ready-to-wear garments in a Soweto township mall set amid shanties to savoring the sweet success of London's fashion week.
London designers hail "elegant" Kate Middleton (Reuters)
Reuters - Inspiring, chic and effortlessly elegant -- that's what designers at London Fashion Week have hailed Kate Middleton's style, as her sartorial choices could prove a potential stimulus to Britain's clothing industry.
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