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Monthly Archive for January, 2012

Fashion in the BIG little City!

Media Release 26 January 2012 Fashion in the BIG little City brought to you by Resene- More reason to indulge in the colourful New Zealand Fashion Festival The inaugural Fashion in the BIG little City event on Saturday March 3 will be celebrating the very best in fashion glamour, creativity and public shows, as part [...]

New York Fashion Week: Steve Madden ‘bringing fashion to the people'

Ian Abercrombie, a veteran British stage and screen actor whose TV roles included Elaine’s boss Mr. Pitt on “Seinfeld” and the voice of Chancellor Palpatine in the animated TV series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” has died. He was 77. Article source: http://news.yahoo.com/york-fashion-week-steve-madden-bringing-fashion-people-100520613.html

Fashion Incubator San Francisco Welcomes Six Local Talents To Inaugural “Designers in Residence” Program

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Fashion Incubator San Francisco at Macy’s Union Square (FISF) today unveiled its inaugural class of local designers who will enter the year-long Designers in Residence program starting in March. FISF will nurture and mentor these designers and provide them the tools, workspace and access to experts and resources to establish and grow [...]

Putting Charleston on fashion map

Carriage rides, shrimp and grits and historic plantations. Charleston is known around the world and on many a list as a top-notch destination for food and tourism. File But what about fashion? A few designers have set up shop on King Street, recently named one of the Top 10 shopping streets in America. Among them [...]

Fashion agenda: Stockholm, Madrid and Copenhagen Fashion Weeks

With New York Fashion Week just around the corner, some of Europe’s smaller-scale fashion weeks including Stockholm and Copenhagen will be setting the tone in the coming week. All eyes will be on the newly named Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid too, as its new sponsor for the Fall 2012 edition is expected to raise the [...]

Mixed views on Winehouse fashion

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 [...]

In fashion-magazine biz, Vogue still No. 1

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 [...]

'Fashion Star': Meet the cast

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. [...]

Dubai Fashion begins tomorrow

(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 [...]

Dunedin fashion week to support Christchurch designers

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 [...]