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Fashion Week stories: 25 news summaries

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SLIDESHOW

 Fashion Reality Check: 
 No One Wears Just Lingerie 

Fashion Week's underwear looks leave a lot to be desired for real women

Oct 9, 09 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The lingerie-inspired looks currently abounding on the Paris runways make a person wonder: What woman would really leave the house wearing “micro miniskirts, transparent blouses, pointy Mad Men bras, and panties worn as shorts”? The looks “reveal how hard the industry is struggling to grab... More »

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 Paris Fashion Week 
 Plays it Safe 

Designers are tamed by recession fears

Oct 8, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thanks to the recession, “disciplined good taste” reigned on the Paris runways this week, leading Bloomingdale’s fashion director to dub the season “terrific, from a commercial point of view, but not so much so that it’s safe and boring.” Guy Trebay begs to differ. “... More »

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OPINION

 LiLo's Fashion Line 
 a Triumph for the Masses 

Sure, Lindsay Lohan's collection was dissed—but really, this is how fashion should be

Oct 7, 09 4:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan’s fashion debut was “widely panned,” which came as “no surprise, of course.” But though “the looks were inelegant, off-trend, and styled with about as much je ne sais quois as a drunk teen let loose inside a Forever 21,” Erika Kawalek... More »

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 Fashion People 
 'Heartless': 
 Stella McCartney 

Designer wonders why the rest of the industry is still using fur and leather

Oct 5, 09 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of fashion’s most famous vegetarians, Stella McCartney talks—a little bit about her rise from “nervous” young designer to successful businesswoman, but mostly about the fashion industry’s lack of eco-consciousness—to the Guardian on the heels of her Paris show. “I think people in... More »

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Paul McCartney • fashion • fur • vegetarianism • leather • Fashion Week • fashion designer • fashion industry • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion • Stella McCartney

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 LiLo's Fashion Debut Slammed 

Lindsay Lohan's collection for Emanuel Ungaro has few fans, to say the least

Oct 5, 09 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan made her fashion debut yesterday at the Emanuel Ungaro show, and the fact that her acting got the better review shows just how awful it was: “We love Lindsay Lohan—as an actress. Period,” one art director tells the New York Times. “Call... More »

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entertainment • fashion • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • Fashion Week • fashion designer • fashion label • fashion industry • designer fashion • Emanuel Ungaro

FASHION WEEK SLIDESHOW

 Yojhi Daughter Limi 
 Goes Big in Paris 


Sep 30, 09 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The fourth and final leg of the spring fashion shows began today in Paris, and the Daily Telegraph weighed in from the sidelines of Limi Feu's hot-pink carpet. The daughter of Yohji Yamamoto dressed models (including a Yorkshire terrier) in mostly oversize black-and-white clothes: "drop-crotch, cropped trousers; a series... More »

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SLIDESHOW

 Best and Worst 
 of Milan Fashion Week  

Some collections reflect current industry inertia, but a few rise above

Sep 29, 09 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - With economic stresses making it more difficult for designers to be creative—and the growing trend of manufacturing being outsourced to other countries—the Italian spring collections in Milan were somewhat “joyless,” but still offered a few standouts, writes Cathy Horyn for the New York Times. The... More »

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 UK Stylist Quits 
 Over 'Average 
 Size' Runway 
 Models 

Designer Mark Fast responds to complaints about starving catwalkers

Sep 20, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A London stylist quit in a snit after a fashion designer chose three "average size" models for his runway show, reports the Guardian. Mark Fast, known for his body-hugging mini-dresses, used three models sizes 8 and 10 to show off his collection yesterday. The move followed a warning by... More »

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bulimia • fashion • London • anorexia • starvation • runway • Fashion Week • stylist • catwalk

FASHION WEEK

 Spring 
 Fashions 
 Feel 
 'Craftsy' 

Designs get whimsical, 'craftsy,' with fabrics that offer a tactile appeal

Sep 15, 09 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - This spring, designers are getting touchy-feely, writes Booth Moore in the Los Angeles Times’ continuing look at Fashion Week. From a rope-weave raffia vest by Carolina Herrera to Donna Karan’s “fabrics seemingly weathered by the elements,” designs have “a craftsy feel”—“maybe it's... More »

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FASHION REVIEW


 For Spring, 
 Optimism 
 Is In 

Cheerful, charming looks and fun, nostalgic designs are back for men and women

Sep 14, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Optimism is the new black,” with designers “laying on the charm” for the spring 2010 season, writes Booth Moore for the Los Angeles Times. The “colors are cheerful,” fun “prints are making a comeback,” and “florals are being re-imagined in a... More »

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(Newser) - Last January, Jason Wu was a relatively unknown designer, employing six designers and selling his clothes in 10 stores. Then Michelle Obama chose to wear his white, one-shouldered gown, to the inauguration. That event made Wu, the Wall Street Journal reports. Now Wu sells his designs at 40 stores,... More »

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  Fashion Week Hits Africa  

Amidst global downturn, African designers poised to rise

Jun 15, 09 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - The recession is taking a toll on demand for haute couture, but African designers are betting the youthfulness of their industry will trump the economy at the first pan-African fashion week. “We’re growing,” says a designer from Sierra Leone who trained in New York and Paris. "... More »

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opinion

Off-Screen
Bickering Spoils Project Runway

No designers at Friday's finale as 6th season stuck in court

Feb 19, 09 1:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Cattiness on Project Runway is part of the show's distinctive flavor, but it's legal wrangling between networks and producers that has kept the whole 6th season off the air. As a result, the finale, a live event tomorrow at New York Fashion Week, will be completely anonymous: Designers will be... More »

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reality TV • NBC Universal • Harvey Weinstein • Fashion Week • Bravo • Project Runway • The Weinstein Company • Lifetime

Designer Loses It When Dupre Crashes Show

Azrouël fires publicist over ex-hooker's front-row seat

Feb 14, 09 4:27 PM CST
(Newser) - A horrified fashion designer dumped his publicist after Ashley Dupre got into his New York show last night, Women's Wear Daily reports. Yigal Azrouël was "shocked" to see Eliot Spitzer's ex-call girl sitting in the front row. "You have to understand, I'm putting so much effort... More »

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 Small Designers Try 
 to Ride Out Recession 

As downturn bites, young designers prepare for worst

Feb 5, 09 9:43 AM CST
(Newser) - The beginning of the decade seemed like a golden age for ambitious American fashion. New prizes, elaborate sponsorships, and an expanded New York Fashion Week made the early 2000s the age of the young designer. But now stores are reducing their orders or folding entirely, and money is drying up,... More »

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fashion • recession • Fashion Week • fashion designer • financial crisis • recession depression • Andrew Buckler

  Mmmm... 
  Miley Flirts 
  as Beau Models 

15-year-old steals the show at LA Fashion Week

Oct 17, 08 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Miley Cyrus raised eyebrows again at LA Fashion Week on Wednesday night, as the precocious 15-year-old star flirted with her 20-year-old underwear-model boyfriend as he strutted the runway. Cyrus seductively licked her lips in response to Justin Gaston's air kisses and winks, and told a friend they were having an... More »

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celebrity • Fashion Week • Miley Cyrus • teenager • Justin Gaston

FASHION REVIEW

Rapper's Old-School Fashion Line Far From OutKast

Andre 3000 designs label for mod preppy

Oct 2, 08 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - With a nostalgic collection far more ambitious than those of most celebrity designers, rapper/actor André Benjamin—aka André 3000, half of the duo OutKast—looks “like Ralph Lauren having a Steampunk moment,” Eric Wilson writes in the New York Times. The Benjamin Bixby collection, “inspired by Ivy... More »

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Skip the Cocktail (and Hangover), Get a Promotion

Fashion insiders stay sober for the sake
of their careers

Sep 16, 08 4:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fashion-industry parties are known for being boozy, but some insiders are staying sober to help give their careers an edge, Page Six magazine reports. "Sobriety has made me productive—to a deranged degree," says Barneys' creative director, who quit drinking 20 years ago. Maybe the teetotalers are on... More »

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New York • alcohol abuse • drinking • model • Fashion Week

 LiLo & Sam:
 Fashion Week's Gossip Girls

Pair causes media mayhem at Ronson sis' show

Sep 8, 08 10:34 AM CDT
(AP) - Nothing grabs attention at New York's fashion week like Lindsay Lohan and girlfriend Samantha Ronson attending your show. The duo sat in the front row for the Saturday presentation of Ronson's sister Charlotte's spring collection, and were swarmed by photographers who brushed past other famous folks like Sean Lennon. More »

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New York City • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • Fashion Week • Mark Ronson • Samantha Ronson • Charlotte Ronson

Fashion Icon Enlists Kiddies

Designer Westwood collaborates with 7-year-olds for Paris show

Feb 28, 08 3:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Children proved the future indeed for Vivienne Westwood at this year's Paris Fashion Week, with the British designer enlisting three dozen 7-year-olds to help with her latest collection. The British schoolkids painted bugs, plants, and snakes on Westwood’s eco-minded show "Chaos Point," which took to the runway... More »

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climate change • fashion • Paris • runway • Fashion Week • fashion designer • Vivienne Westwood • Sex Pistols

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