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Daisy Lowe, human blob cap Rio fashion week

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — An It Girl and an orange spandex blob of writhing humanity capped Rio de Janeiro’s five-day-long fashion week Saturday, lending a gimmicky end to the city’s otherwise strong winter 2012 collections. In a bid to create the kind of buzz its clothes themselves can’t, streetwear label Auslander regularly invites celebrities [...]

Fashion festival company in the red

Stephen Bucknall: ‘This has left a bad taste in the fashion industry’s mouth.’ MODELS wiggled off the Melbourne Spring Fashion Week catwalk last September but the modelling agencies haven’t been paid after the company that ran the event went into liquidation with debts of $398,742. Melbourne City Council engaged Arts Events to stage the fashion [...]

Calls for quotas as black models rare at Rio fashion show

Only a handful of black models sashayed down the catwalk at this week’s Rio fashion show, sparking fresh calls for quotas to ensure greater diversity in a country where more than half of the population is of African ancestry. Some 24 labels displayed their latest designs at the Rio de Janeiro winter 2012 fashion week, [...]

Milan Menswear Fashion Week: Stars to take to the catwalk

The glittery, Champagne-soaked vibe of the Golden Globes spreads through Hollywood days before the ceremony, and the Dom Perignon was definitely flowing at W magazine’s pre-Globes party. Article source: http://news.yahoo.com/milan-menswear-fashion-week-stars-catwalk-160325700.html

Call at Rio fashion show for more black models

Only a handful of black models sashayed down the catwalk at this week’s Rio fashion show, sparking fresh calls for quotas to ensure greater diversity in a country where more than half of the population is of African ancestry. Some 24 labels displayed their latest designs at the Rio de Janeiro winter 2012 fashion week, [...]

Fashion industry pushes for regional collaboration

Petchanet Pratruangkrai The NationJanuary 14, 2012 1:00 am Thailand will continue to support integration in Asean’s fashion and leather-goods industries to make it easier for regional firms to explore new markets and compete against the long-established fashion capitals of Europe and North America, on the strength of emerging growth in Asia. To support the plan, [...]

Milan Menswear Fashion Week: Designers offer peek into inspirations

Getting ready to host the Golden Globes again, Ricky Gervais says he’d rather get laughs than gasps — but he cherishes the gasps, too. Article source: http://news.yahoo.com/milan-menswear-fashion-week-designers-offer-peek-inspirations-143702838.html

Fashion agenda: Fashion weeks, Versace for H&M, limited edition Karl

Among the excitement of the launch of the fashion week season with Milan and Paris setting the standard for Fall 2012 menswear style, the coming weeks also see the unveiling of some hotly anticipated affordable designer collaborations, with Versace’s Cruise collection for HM going on sale in countries where the store has an e-commerce site [...]

Fashion play: Promoter, mentor shows how to put together stylish spectacle

Memphis enthusiasm mixed with Harlem hip proved to be a potent combination recently on South Main. Tossed together in 10 days with little more than social media and morning TV to promote it, an event Saturday sent a stylishly dressed crowd of about 200 pouring into a South Main loft venue for a multi-ring fashion [...]

Fashion Scholarship Competition Deadline is January 20

PITTSBURGH , Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – The deadline for entries to enter The Art Institutes Passion for Fashion Competition for high school seniors is just around the corner on January 20, 2012 . For inspiration, prospective competitors can see what past winners have to say about their experiences during and after the competition at (http://youtu.be/22UNTs2vnCU). [...]