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26 January 2012 Last updated at 07:12 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Jean-Paul Gaultier: “She was an icon of fashion” Fashion critics have delivered mixed reviews of designer Jean Paul Gaultier’s latest collection, which was inspired by the late Amy Winehouse. The show featured models with huge, beehive hairdos, exposed [...]

The March fashion magazines grew at a healthy clip, raising hopes that the magazine industry has righted itself and could be headed for a rebound in 2012. All the major fashion mags reported ad-page gains for the closely watched issues — where fashion designers typically advertise their spring and summer collections. Condé Nast flagship Vogue [...]

John Russo/NBC EW has an exclusive look at the 14 contestants who will battle it out week after week on NBC’s Fashion Star. The cast — pictured here and described in detail below — includes a variety of designers, from a former fourth-grade school teacher to a man who grew up in poverty in El Salvador. [...]

(MENAFN – Khaleej Times) This year’s Dubai Fashion, the signature fashion event of the DSF, begins on Thursday and will continue till February 4. It will bring to the forefront the creations of promising, young and exceptionally talented designers, as well as international haute couture styles and trends. Dubai Fashion encompasses an extensive programme for [...]

iD Dunedin Fashion Week will show its support of Christchurch designers with three special ‘Celebrate Christchurch’ capsule collections to feature on the runway of this year’s iD Fashion Show held on Friday 30 March and Saturday 31 March 2012, in Dunedin. Tickets to key events during the week go on sale via TicketDirect on Thursday [...]