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London picks color, bold designs for next spring (Reuters)

Reuters - Designers at London Fashion Week opted for the bold, colorful and sexy for next spring's womenswear, with plenty of sparkle and embellishment on the catwalk to entice cash-strapped shoppers wanting that special item for their wardrobe.

Style icon Pippa Middleton eyes Temperley catwalk (AP)

Members of the audience at a fashion show during The London Fashion Week, include Pippa Middleton, the sister of Britain's Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, right, with American actress Rosario Dawson, left, pictured during the Temperley London Spring/Summer 2012 fashion show held at the British Museum in London, Monday Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo / Katie Collins, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVESAP - Style icon Pippa Middleton took a front row seat as one of her favorite designers, Temperley London, unveiled its Spring/Summer 2012 collection at London Fashion Week.


Asia sales drive 74 percent jump in Prada profit (AP)

AP - Italian luxury fashion house Prada SpA says first-half profit surged on strong sales of leather goods such as bags and wallets to Chinese and other Asian customers.

Burberry: Raffia n' Roll (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD201  Model walks the runway at the Burberry Prorsum show during Spring 2012 Fashion Week in London on Monday, September 19, 2011.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - London's biggest fashion show - indeed the single most important reason major league editors and buyers come to the season here - is the catwalk display of Burberry Prorsum, the hugely successful U.K. label's key collection.


Christopher Kane's Transparent Sophistication (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD101  Model walks the runway at the Christopher Kane show during Spring 2012 Fashion Week in London on Monday, September 19, 2011.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - If next spring's fashion will launch any major new trend it is surely floral transparency, where see-through layers of fabric reveal Pop Art flower, petal and leaf motifs, and the movement's greatest protagonist will be Christopher Kane, who staged a brilliantly realized runway show in London on Monday, Sept. 19.


Marc Jacobs' Dancehall Sweethearts (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD101  Model walks the runway at the Marc Jacobs show during Spring 2012 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York on Thursday, September 15, 2011.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - Just when the whole fashion pack was beginning to expire from the dearth of any new mega trend in the New York season into which it could dig it's editorial and retailing teeth, along came Marc Jacobs and wowed us with a plasticized dancehall sweethearts show that will ignite a half a dozen new movements in the world of clothing and style.


Ralph Lauren's Natty Nuptials (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD201  Model walks the runway at the Ralph Lauren show during Spring 2012 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York on Thursday, September 15, 2011.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - No bride walked the runway in Ralph Lauren's latest fashion show, but wedding bells were unmistakably in the air in this snazzy, celebratory and opulent collection.


Proenza Schouler's Somber Spring (Fashion Wire Daily)

If there has been any dominant movement in American fashion in the past several seasons it's been the meeting of active sport clothing and materials with fine tailoring and a couture touch. And if any label has led that movement, arguably been its forerunner, then it is Proenza Schouler, who presented their spring 2012 collection in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 14.Fashion Wire Daily - If there has been any dominant movement in American fashion in the past several seasons it's been the meeting of active sport clothing and materials with fine tailoring and a couture touch. And if any label has led that movement, arguably been its forerunner, then it is Proenza Schouler, who presented their spring 2012 collection in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 14.


Michael Kors' Safari Sportswear (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD101  Model walks the runway at the Michael Kors show during Spring 2012 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York on Wednesday, September 14, 2011.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - The purest expression of American sportswear - still this nation's single greatest contribution to fashion - was on display Wednesday, Sept. 14, in New York at the latest runway show by Michael Kors.


Badgley Mischka's Sorbet Spring (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD101  Model walks the runway at the Badgley Mischka show during Spring 2012 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York on Tuesday, September 13, 2011.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - Elegant yet playful, refined and still fun, are just a few of the seemingly paradoxical ways to describe the broad spectrum of women that the Badgley Mischka brand appeals to, and the spring 2012 season will be no different, as the pair showed their true colors on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at Fashion Week in New York.


Oscar de la Renta: Is This as Opulent as It Gets? (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD101  Model walks the runway at the Oscar de la Renta show during Spring 2012 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York on Tuesday, September 13, 2011.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - Is there a classier designer anywhere than Oscar de la Renta? Hard to know of any rival after witnessing his latest show, staged an the 25th floor of a mid-town New York skyscraper on Tuesday, Sept. 13.


Diane von Furstenberg's Broken Floral Dream (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD101  Model walks the runway at the Diane von Furstenberg  show during Spring 2012 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York on Sunday, September 11,  2011.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - In a season over run with floral prints, far too many of them formulaic, retro miss-mashes, it was a merciful relief to attend the latest collection by Diane von Furstenberg on Sunday, Sept. 11, and enjoy the far more inventive patterns created by the DVF team.


Inside Dasha Zhukova's Garage, Clyfford Still Museum Preview, Fashion and Art Get It On, and the Week's Other Top Art Stories (ARTINFO)

ARTINFO - The most-talked-about stories on ARTINFO, September 5-9:

McQueen show shuts in NY after record attendance (AFP)

A display from AFP - An exhibit in New York of the works of British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, who committed suicide last year, will close this weekend at the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a smash-success run.


Lady Gaga to appear in interview special on CW (AP)

FILE - In this July 4, 2011 file photo, International pop diva Lady Gaga attends a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan. Lady Gaga will meet with fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier for an interview in a special called 'Gaga by Gaultier,' airing Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. EST on the CW network. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, file)AP - Platinum-selling pop star Lady Gaga will sit down with fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier (go-TEE'-ay) for an interview special airing next month on the CW network.


'Mad Men,' Banana Republic polish office clothes (AP)

This product image courtesy of Banana Republic shows a men's design from Banana Republic's Mad Men Collection. 'Mad Men' has gone beyond a fashion fad. The AMC show about a 1960s ad agency that counts its clothes as an additional character continues to influence runways and retailers, including its own branded collection debuting next week at Banana Republic.     (AP Photo/Banana Republic)AP - "Mad Men" has gone beyond a fashion fad. The AMC show about a 1960s ad agency — in which style is as important as the characters and plot — continues to influence runways and retailers with a branded collection debuting next week at Banana Republic.


New saggy jeans designed to improve mobility (Reuters)

Sagz Jeans products from the new online retail company in New Jersey, which launched a new clothing line this week for men who like to sag their pants down low, are shown in this handout photograph released to Reuters on August 3, 2011. REUTERS/Sagz/HandoutReuters - Men who like to sag their jeans down low but fear they could end up around their ankles may be interested in new pants that snap to special boxer shorts for support and improved mobility.


Kate Middleton repeats on Vanity Fair fashion list (AP)

FILE-  This Wednesday, May 25, 2011 file photo shows U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as they wait to welcome Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip for a reciprocal dinner at Winfield House in London. The first lady is on the latest Vanity Fair International Best Dressed List. Mrs. Obama, a four-year veteran of the list, was named for the first time as part of a best-dressed couple, although President Obama had been named on his own to the list once in 2009.      (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, FILE)AP - Kate Middleton finds herself in the company of Michelle Obama and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy on top of Vanity Fair's International Best Dressed List.


Demi Moore adds her style stamp to Ann Taylor ads (AP)

This undated ad image courtesy of Ann Taylor shows actress Demi Moore in an image from the Ann Taylor fall ad campaign. As a young teenager, before the fame, kids, paparazzi and front-row seats at fashion shows, Moore regularly passed an Ann Taylor store at a local mall, taking note of the clothes. In the years since, she’s been a red-carpet rebel, jeans-wearing mom, bikini globetrotter and Versace model. Now things have come full circle, and Moore is the star of the Ann Taylor fall ad campaign.     (AP Photo/Ann Taylor)AP - As a young teenager, before the fame, kids, paparazzi and front-row seats at fashion shows, Demi Moore regularly passed an Ann Taylor store at a local mall, taking note of the clothes.


Kate Middleton: Her Inner Bad Girl Persona (ContributorNetwork)

ContributorNetwork - A celebrity psychiatrist who has a star-studded clientele in Beverly Hills, Calif., wrote a book that personifies Kate Middleton's inner secrets. Inside Kate harbors a bad girl when she needs to use it. That became apparent when she modeled a see-through dress consisting of a covered tube top, sheer skirt and bikini bottom at a college fashion show the same one Prince William attended. Now you can find out more about this author and doctor, Carole Lieberman, M.D., her book about bad girls and how Kate fits the mold.

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