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- Ma Ke's anti-fashion couture show
- PARIS AFP — Ma Ke, the first Chinese designer to be invited to show in haute couture week, used the opportunity to make an anti-fashion statement and stage performance art on the last day of the collections here. To present her collection which she called "Wuyong" (which means 'useless')...
- Research articles 2008-07-03
- Taxi drivers run the gauntlet in Jerusalem
- JERUSALEM AFP — Hostility from some sections of the Jewish population in Jerusalem towards Palestinians is nothing new. It is most evident in the ultra-Orthodox areas, where the bearded men are clad in black coats and hats and the women wear long skirts and headscarves. Local media recently...
- Research articles 2008-06-11
- fashion: Getting the celebrity treatment; Most young girls dream of living the celebrity lifestyle. SUHAINE STEVENS gives one teenager a taste of the high life in the fashion department
- Byline: SUHAINE STEVENS BEAUTIFUL clothes, make-up artists and hair stylists on call - oh to be a celebrity. Kerri Kennedy, 13, from Heaton, won a competition in conjunction with the Mint Campaign, which encourages young people to make the most of their youth. As part of her...
- Research articles 2008-05-31
- Curbs avoided; World briefs
- USA: The military is using the FBI to skirt legal restrictions on domestic surveillance to obtain private records of Americans' internet service providers, financial institutions and phone companies, says a top civil rights group. The American Civil Liberties Union based its views on a review of more than 1,000 documents...
- Research articles 2008-04-02
- Gaultier goes down the Silk Road at Hermes
- PARIS AFP — Jean-Paul Gaultier fits like a glove at the luxury-led house of Hermes, as he demonstrated yet again with his impeccable collection for next autumn-winter on Saturday. The oriental carpet runway and backdrop signposted the Silk Road as his inspiration. Beautiful, tassled silk rope belts, satin...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- Chanel's merry-go-round, Castelbajac's funky fun
- PARIS AFP — A giant merry-go-round occupied centre stage at the Chanel ready-to-wear show on Friday, but instead of horses there were enormous versions of the house's iconic camelia, quilted handbag, ropes of pearls and earrings with the double-C logo. Models even got a ride on them when Karl...
- Research articles 2008-02-29
- Texas-sized excess and drama at Milan fashion week
- MILAN AFP — Milan went into deluxe overdrive this week as designers shoveled fur, jewelled accents and time-tested lace onto the catwalks to create a deeply sensuous and opulent look for next winter's woman. Hemlines dropped mid-level between knee and ankle while Gucci recreated the 1920's Jazz Age and...
- Research articles 2008-02-22
- Stapled dresses and lace: old meets new in Milan
- MILAN AFP — Salvatore Ferragamo's winter range for women showcased funky dresses and coats held together by staples while others went for profusions of frothy lace lining blouses, jackets and skirts. The venerable Italian house of Ferragamo, founded more than 80 years ago, threw out cunningly stapled trenches, cocktail...
- Research articles 2008-02-19
- Gaultier explores the wonder of the deep
- PARIS AFP — From seashells to mermaids, real and imaginary inhabitants of the deep were the inspiration of Jean Paul Gaultier's summer haute collection on Wednesday. His show opened with a cheeky reinterpretation of Copenhagen's famous little mermaid reclining on a rock surrounded by soap bubbles. Gaultier's mermaids,...
- Research articles 2008-01-23
- Haute couture: Exuberant tour de force from Lacroix
- PARIS AFP — Christian Lacroix pulled off an exuberant tour de force with his summer haute couture collection on Tuesday, which was a riot of colour and brimming with gowns in which to get noticed. Lacroix does not dress shrinking violets and some chutzpah would be needed to carry...
- Research articles 2008-01-22
- Galliano's invitation to the ball
- PARIS AFP — John Galliano's haute couture collection for Dior for next summer was a seductive invitation to the ball in the romantic setting of the Bois de Boulogne park in Paris. In a giant marquee, his models frolicked in sumptuous gowns in rich, vibrant silks, embroidered with gold,...
- Research articles 2008-01-21
- Brazil sees a black winter as Sao Paulo Fashion Week starts
- SAO PAULO AFP — Brazil's summers may be a carnival riot of color and flimsy attire, but when it comes to winter, or this coming winter at least, Brazilian designers are seeing black. That staple in women's wardrobes from New York to Paris was out in force on the...
- Research articles 2008-01-16
- Gucci steps back into primmer 1950s
- MILAN AFP — Gucci, which Texan designer Tom Ford put on the international fashion map with his steamy, overt sexuality, has taken a step back in time to revisit the more restrained 1950s for its collection for next summer. Frida Giannini, now in charge of the label, delved into...
- Research articles 2007-09-26
- Mirza finds perfect partnership with Peer
- LONDON AFP — Indian star Sania Mirza is thrilled to be playing with Israel's Shahar Peer at Wimbledon, two years after they broke up under pressure from religious hardliners. The close friends made their first appearance since feeling forced to split due to militants furious about Mirza, a Muslim,...
- Research articles 2007-06-30
- MOTORING: REAR VIEW Mirror - ENJOY A CUP OF HOT YARIS T
- I HAD an opportunity to spend a little time with the Toyota Yaris T-Sport, the final version of the new Yaris range and likely to remain the rarest. In many ways that is a pity, although the 1.8 litre engine and EUR22,670 (ex-works) price tag will not...
- Research articles 2007-06-10
- Blown away: fresh and fabulous gowns are in the air.(Cover story)
- Star Turn Zang Toi silk satin mini slipdress with silk organza full-length ruffled duster with train, in melon, $18,000, Saks Fifth Avenue. Double-strand cultured pearl choker with pave diamond circle clasp $10,500; South Sea pearl ear-rings with white, black and golden pearls and...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- Dior's genteel polish versus tribal Gaultier
- PARIS AFP — John Galliano for Christian Dior updated polished old-style glamour, harking back to when a woman's shoes, bag, hat and gloves perfectly matched her neatly-belted suit. At the opposite end of the thematic scale, the Paris winter womenswear catwalks Tuesday also featured memories of punk and the...
- Research articles 2007-02-27
- Another news 'flash'
- Contrary to recent celebrity news reports, there might be times when it's OK to not wear panties. But it's not OK to be photographed in the act. Alas, Britney and Paris and Lindsay did not get the memo. They are surely not the only members of the Hollywood pantyless brigade,...
- Research articles 2006-12-06
- Paris haute couture: Lacroix's rich mix, rebel chic at Chanel
- PARIS AFP — Christian Lacroix embarked on a romantic journey through his fashion favourites, while jeans brought an attitude of rebellious practicality to Chanel's winter couture. Swinging from 1960s tailoring to the Spanish Renaissance, Lacroix unfurled a rich autumn-winter 2006-07 haute couture collection of changing moods and styles but...
- Research articles 2006-07-06
- Paris haute couture opens to high theatrics, high glam
- PARIS AFP — Paris haute couture week kicked off in star-studded, dramatic style, with John Galliano's theatrical vision of the Renaissance for Christian Dior and plenty of high-glam sheen at Valentino. With A-list Hollywood stars Liv Tyler, Drew Barrymore and Mischa Barton, as well as US singer Cher, making...
- Research articles 2006-07-05
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