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First babes, now BAUBLES

 Brangelina's Next Role: 
 Jewelry Designer 

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie devise a snake-inspired line for Asprey

Nov 16, 09 10:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have joined the celebrity designer ranks with a new jewelry line for Asprey inspired by—somewhere, Jennifer Aniston is chuckling—the snake. Pieces include gold and diamond rings, bracelets, pendants, earrings, silver baby spoons, tooth boxes, and picture frames; all feature serpents, an animal Jolie... More »

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entertainment • Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • celebrity • jewelry • fashion designer • Jay-ZTV

CINTRA WILSON

 Ann Taylor Finally Gets Good 

Cintra Wilson finds the retailer infused with sophisticated details, for less

Oct 22, 09 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - After a game of fashion musical chairs brought Ann Taylor a new designer, Cintra Wilson decided it was time to reexamine the label—long a "corporate office submissive" look designed to "attract a nice tax attorney husband." She ate her words after checking out the new line... More »

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fashion • fashion designer • Ann Taylor • Jay-ZTV • women's issues

 Gaultier Designing 
 Collection for Target 

It debuts in March, probably inspired by Madonna

Oct 21, 09 3:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lovers of cheap chic, rejoice: Jean Paul Gaultier is designing a collection for Target that will hit stores March 7, reports Women’s Wear Daily. Gaultier is third in the chain’s Designer Collaborations series, following Alexander McQueen (collection inspiration: Leila Moss) and Anna Sui (collection inspiration: Gossip Girl).... More »

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fashion • Madonna • Target • fashion designer • fashion label • Jean Paul Gaultier

 Lilo: I Didn't Know 
 About the Pasties 

Lohan claims lack of time, experience to blame for sad state of Ungaro show

Oct 15, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - How in the world can Lindsay Lohan justify the inclusion of pasties in her fashion line for Ungaro? Easy. “I wasn’t aware of the nipple tassels on the girls until they were walking out,” she tells People. As for the general disaster that was the rest... More »

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entertainment • fashion • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • fashion designer • designer fashion • Emanuel Ungaro

 Lagerfeld Slams 'Fat Mummies' 

Karl Lagerfeld won't be joining the real women revolution anytime soon...

Oct 12, 09 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Karl Lagerfeld is not a fan of Brigitte magazine’s recent decision to stop using models in its pages. The 71-year-old designer tells Focus magazine the decision is “absurd” and “no one wants to see round women,” the Guardian reports. The women who complain... More »

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fashion • magazine • fashion designer • Karl Lagerfeld • Jay-ZTV • models

SLIDESHOW

 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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fashion • Paris • runway • Fashion Week • fashion designer • fashion industry • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion

SLIDESHOW

 The Latest 
 From Paris: 
 12-Inch Heels 

Alexander McQueen creates a stir with his towering shoes

Oct 8, 09 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alexander McQueen’s collection, inspired by Charles Darwin’s Origin of the Species, had quite a few avant garde elements when it was unveiled last night in Paris—think shaved eyebrows, gills painted on temples, and devil-horn-shaped hair—but the shoes took the cake. The crystal-studded creations, part shoe... More »

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fashion • shoes • fashion designer • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion • Alexander McQueen

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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entertainment • fashion • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • Fashion Week • fashion designer • fashion industry • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion

SLIDESHOW


 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

SLIDESHOW

 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

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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fashion • Milan • Fashion Week • fashion designer • fashion label • fashion industry • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion • Cathy Horyn

movie review

 Coco Before 
 Chanel Is 
 'Beautifully 
 Woven' 

Reviewers mostly positive on biopic of French designer

Sep 25, 09 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Coco Before Chanel gets mostly positive reviews for its portrayal of the legendary designer in the days before her rise to fame.
  • “The most obvious credit goes to the strong, sure performance of Audrey Tautou,” writes Kenneth Turan in the Los Angeles Times. “Tautou
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fashion • film • movie review • Chanel • fashion designer • fashion label • Jay-ZTV • Coco Chanel • Audrey Tautou • Emile Zola • Theodore Dreiser

 No One Really Wears This Stuff 

Except Madonna, and even she looks 'ridiculous' in runway fashions

Sep 16, 09 1:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - For everyone who’s ever looked at runway fashions and wondered, “Would anybody really wear that?” Claire Suddath has the answer: No. New York Fashion Week's over-the-top designs, from clothes befitting a 19th-century French prostitute to “outfits that literally have no armholes” are “a form of wearable... More »

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fashion • Louis Vuitton • runway • Madonna • fashion designer • fashion industry • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion

 We Love Justin, Not His Jeans 

For celeb designers like Timberlake, recession means hard times for fashion lines

Sep 16, 09 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The latest casualty of the economic crisis: celebrity clothing lines. “Every D-level celebrity who thought they could make a quick buck by designing a handbag or whatever is going to disappear,” Vogue editor Anna Wintour tells the Wall Street Journal. “And I think that's a... More »

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entertainment • fashion • celebrity • Vogue • Nicky Hilton • Justin Timberlake • Jennifer Lopez • fashion designer • Anna Wintour • fashion label • Saks • fashion industry • Lauren Conrad • Jay-ZTV

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 • Fashion Week • fashion designer • fashion label • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion

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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fashion • Fashion Week • fashion designer • fashion industry • Jason Wu • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion

fashion

 Suddenly, Everyone's 
 Copying Rick Owens 

Designer's dark style spawns wealth of imitators

Sep 3, 09 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - In every decade, says a retail expert, there’s a time when “everybody seems to be on the same wavelength, and for now that wavelength is Rick Owens.” The California designer has stayed true to his “angular flaps, zigzagging zippers, gossamer T-shirts and biker jackets” for years—... More »

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fashion • style • fashion designer • American Apparel • Topshop • Alexander Wang • Rick Owens

Designer Sentenced to
59 Years for Sex Crimes

Alexander lured victims to his home with promises of modeling work

Sep 1, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(AP) - A fashion designer has been sentenced to 59 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting aspiring models he lured to Los Angeles, AP reports. Anand Jon Alexander, 35, was convicted of 14 crimes, including forcible rape. His victims ranged in age from 14 to 21. Alexander, who has been... More »

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Anand Jon • rape • Beverly Hills • sentencing • sex crime • America's Next Top Model • fashion designer • sexual assault • prison sentence

 Runway Designs for Romijn 

Pregnant actress gets the custom treatment, with mixed results

Aug 28, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Project Runway designers were hit with the “fun challenge” of crafting a maternity dress last night for “impossibly-beautiful-at-any-stage-of-fertility Rebecca Romijn,” writes Claire Zulkey for the Los Angeles Times:
  • Malvin Vien: It was obvious he “was going to be in trouble when his
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entertainment • reality TV • fashion • celebrity • Project Runway • fashion designer • celebrity pregnancy • Rebecca Romijn

GLOSSIES


 Designer 
 Cavalli 
 Defies the 
 Recession 

Designer talks beautiful women, fast cars

Aug 25, 09 1:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Roberto Cavalli’s name is synonymous with sexy, edgy designs. The father of animal print and Lycra jeans talks to Vanity Fair’s Mark Seal about his rebellious childhood in Florence, his rise to the top of the fashion world, and his confidence at staying there. “I declare... More »

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fashion • Roberto Cavalli • fashion designer • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion

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