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• Christian Dior bringing more uber-lux handsets in December

  BNET - 2009-10-21

  If you're looking for a smartphone or an otherwise capable featurephone, you're probably not going to want to buy a handset made by a luxury fashion design house known for their glitz and glam. But, if you're looking to complement your couture outfit with a handset on par with your...

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• Colour me happy

  - 2009-03-14

  Paint the whole world with a spectrum of accessories CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: LEATHER BAG, 870, BY MARC JACOBS, 020-7399 1690; SHOULDER BAG, 495, BY MULBERRY, FROM LIBERTY, 020- 7734 1234; HARD CLUTCH BAG, 750, BY STELLA MCCARTNEY, 020-7518 3100; PEEP TOE SANDAL, 455, ENVELOPE CLUTCH BAG, 220,...

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• Galliano pays homage to Dior archive

  - 2009-03-07

  JOHN GALLIANO is in bohemian mood for Christian Dior in Paris this season. Bohemian, at least, by the standards of a grand house such as Diors, and compared to last seasons overtly sexy, Eighties- style collection, which featured short skirts and bustier tops. Galliano was inspired by Persian...

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• Christian Dior: The Biography

  - 2009-03-01

  Christian Dior: The Biography Marie-France Pochna Overlook Press 141 Wooster Street, New York NY 10012 1585677027, $37.95 www.overlookpress.com Christian Doir was a legendary French fashion designer who caused a worldwide sensation, establishing the House of Doir with striking fashion choices which earned him the 'King...

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• Some like it haute

  - 2009-02-02

  Lavish embroidery, wedding dresses and corsets... For the international super-rich who buy at the Paris haute couture shows, it was business as usual, says Carola Long If the designers, CEOs and customers at last week's Paris couture shows were feeling sheepish about attending a three-day ode to...

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• Dior conjures up past in face of recession

  - 2009-01-27

  "MORE DIOR than Dior." That was how Christian Dior billed its spring/ summer haute couture collection yesterday. It was the first major show of Paris Couture Week, and offered the first answer as to how the luxury houses might respond aesthetically to the recession. An exuberant designer such...

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• Purple reign

  - 2008-10-11

  Style notes 1 Bangles, 8 each, by Freedom, from Topshop, topshop.com 2 Clutch bag, 185, by See by Chlo, from Selfridges, 0800 123 400 3 Necklace, 15, by Freedom, from Topshop, as before 4 Handbag, 945, by Christian Dior, 020-7172...

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• Fashion labels fear psychological backlash of global crisis

  - 2008-10-06

  PARIS AFP — Top womenswear labels are bracing for the psychological impact of the global financial turmoil on consumers but hope to limit damage by shifting buying strategies and raising their profile, industry insiders told AFP. "We are really at the beginning of the crisis in Europe," the head...

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• Malcolm McLaren: the father of punk won't stop until he's conquered the art world, upstaged porn's sex scenes, and put a dead French fashion designer in a broadway musical

  - 2008-10-01

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Malcolm McLaren is a young artist whose video work Shallow was the surprise hit of this year's Art Basel in Switzerland. Well, okay, McLaren is not really young. He's just a new artist. And actually, he's not really new at all. McLaren has been on the...

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• Fashion for the well-heeled Barbie doll

  - 2008-09-30

  Christian Dior was the first big name to show at the spring/ summer 2009 collections in Paris yesterday and, suffice it to say, that the label currently best-known for dressing Carla Bruni- Sarkozy in suitably demure style has just turned up the voltage. Gone was the chic, retro-tailoring reminiscent of...

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