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Monthly Archive for October, 2011

UCOL Fashion student shows at Westfield Pasifika

Designs by UCOL second year Bachelor of Fashion student Laura Volp are featuring in a fashion extravaganza in Auckland – this year’s Westfield Best of Style Pasifika NZ 2011 show. Laura was selected as a finalist in the Westfield Style Pasifika Awards which gives her a prized place in the two night gala show (Tuesday [...]

Paris fashion show pays homage to chocolate

On the stiletto heels of Paris Fashion Week, models will sashay down the catwalk enrobed in garb of an entirely different kind this week: cocoa. Chocolate-covered ladies will model haute couture designs at the annual Salon de Chocolat show in Paris where chocolatiers and designers will illustrate chocolate trends against a baroque-burlesque backdrop. Collaborations include [...]

Fashion photos of the week

Paris Fashion Week: A weekend with Galliano, Gisele and Kanye West Sunday, Oct. 02, 2011 9:05PM EDT Amy Verner reports from the runways of Paris Fashion Week. Shows on Saturday and Sunday included the new spring/summer 2012 collections of Viktor Rolf, Cacharel, Sonia Rykiel, Comme des Garçons, Jean Paul Gaultier, Kanye West, Céline, Issey Miyake, [...]

Fashion Week of Rochester continues success with runway show

<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 2–> Andrea Geer debuted her sculptural collection with Elaine Spaull, executive director of Center for Youth, making a surprise modeling appearance in a gray sheath dress with black and white knit striping. Proceeds from ticket sales during Fashion Week benefit the Center for Youth. Last year, the center received $30,000. Geer’s models [...]

Canadian designers to shine at LG Fashion Week

Canadians have barely put on their winter coats. Yet in Toronto, Canadian fashion designers are unveiling their top Spring/Summer looks for 2012 at LG Fashion Week. More than 40 designers and labels are on the lineup for this five-day fashion festival (Oct. 17 – 21), which takes place under the towering tents pitched in David [...]

Fashion Week action happening on more than just runways

Tokyo’s MBFW festivities It’s mid-Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Tokyo (MBFW Tokyo) and there’s still an array of snazzy events to carry you through to the end while keeping you fashionable. So roll up your best, pressed sleeves and read on. The first event you should hit is Tokyo Vansankai, which gets its name from the [...]

Fashion agenda: LA and Tokyo fashion weeks

Here are some of the biggest international fashion events coming up over the next month. LA Fashion WeekOctober 14-21Los Angeles, CA, USA Events begin with Concept Fashion Week at Ace Gallery and conclude with LA Fashion Weekend. http://fashionweekla.com Mercedes Benz Toyko Fashion WeekOctober 16-22Tokyo, Japan After last season’s event had to be canceled in large [...]

Fashion designers put their marques on bicycles

Bicycles are going couture. Ralph Lauren, Missoni and Kate Spade, better known for fashionable clothing, are now taking up a new product line, designer bicycles — and they are selling fast. Three-speed bicycles with the trademark zig-zag and striped patterns of Italian fashion house Missoni nearly sold out the day of their introduction at Target [...]

Amar’e Stoudemire Talks Fashion, The Importance Of Gold Nugget

26 images Gallery: Dwyane Wade: Basketball’s Fashion Avant Guard Video: A Vintage Rolls A Torched Ferrari see photosHannah Elliott Click for full photo gallery: Amare Stoudemire This month must seem agonizingly slow for Amar’e Stoudemire. Aside from the fact that he won’t be playing ball anytime soon, the New York Knick is going from practically [...]

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