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fashion designer stories: 79 news summaries

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 Michelle's Killing Us: 
 Top US Designers 

The big names want to get their threads on the First Fashion Plate

Apr 5, 09 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama's sartorial picks have now been hailed the world over, but America's elite designers are grumbling about being snubbed, reports the Telegraph. The first lady has debuted the work of several young designers, both American and foreign, on her European trip—a choice that hasn't sat well with the... More »

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fashion • Michelle Obama • Oscar de la Renta • Donna Karan • fashion designer • G20 • Vera Wang

 Marc Jacobs Engaged Again 

Couple buys townhouse in New York

Mar 19, 09 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Designer Marc Jacobs is engaged once again, Women’s Wear Daily reports. Jacobs and ad executive Lorenzo Martone have been together about a year, and this is the second engagement rumor for the pair—the fourth for Jacobs since 2007, snarks Gawker. The lovebirds just bought a $13 million New... More »

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celebrity • fashion designer • Marc Jacobs • celebrity engagements

Official Portrait of Michelle:
Gun Show

First Lady's first
formal photo highlights famous arms

Feb 27, 09 4:57 PM CST
(Newser) - The White House released the first official portrait of Michelle Obama today, People reports, and it calls attention to her most famous accessory. No, not the Kennedy-esque double strand of pearls—her rock-solid arms. In the photo, snapped in the Blue Room, the first lady also sports a sleek black... More »

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fashion • Michelle Obama • White House • fitness • fashion designer • first lady • Obama administration • Michael Kors • President Obama • Blue Room

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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Fashion Week • fashion designer • hooker • Ashley Dupre

 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

French Model, 50, Rocks Runway in Gaultier Show

Iconic '80s supermodel makes one-off return for couture week

Jan 29, 09 3:16 AM CST
(Newser) - French supermodel Inès de Fressange stole the show as Jean Paul Gaultier showed off his couture collection in Paris yesterday, AFP reports. The 50-year-old Fressange, an iconic model of the '80s but long absent from the catwalk, drew applause from the crowd as she appeared in a body-hugging black... More »

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fashion • model • Chanel • supermodel • fashion designer

(Newser) - As promised, Sarah Palin turned her expensive campaign outfits over to the RNC, but the costly threads haven't gone to charity, reports the conservative New Majority website—they're in trash bags at RNC headquarters. A committee spokesman says the $180,000 wardrobe is being "inventoried and will be appropriately... More »

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fashion • RNC • fashion designer • wardrobe • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin

OPINION

 First Lady's Fashion 
 Reveals Bold Spirit 

Fashionistas applaud Michelle Obama's choice of inaugural outfits

Jan 21, 09 6:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Michelle Obama's striking fashion choices make her the most glamorous first lady America has seen in a while, Cathy Horyn writes in the New York Times. Her vivid, Isabel Toledo-designed inaugural outfit stood out against the sea of red and black coats on the Capitol steps, Horyn writes, outshone only... More »

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fashion • Michelle Obama • fashion designer • first lady • Isabel Toledo • Jason Wu

UPDATED

Michelle Obama Sparkles in Isabel Toledo

Cuban-American outfits Mrs. O; first lady adds green shoes, gloves

Jan 20, 09 11:58 AM CST
(Newser) - The fashion world has been breathlessly waiting to see what Michelle Obama would wear to the inauguration, and the new first lady didn’t disappoint, donning a sparkling lemongrass sheath dress (no traditional suit here) from Isabel Toledo. To ward off cold, parts of the coat and sleeves were pashmina... More »

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fashion • Michelle Obama • inauguration • fashion designer • Inauguration Day • Isabel Toledo • Anne Klein • Michelle Obama pictures

Inaugural Ball Flaunts Fashion Made of Trash

Cans, plastic bags, campaign signs make up 'trashion' lines

Jan 13, 09 12:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Stuck on what to wear to that upcoming Washington gala? How about a shower-curtain-and-aluminum-can cocktail dress? Or a canvas-scrap-and-rusty-nail gown? The actual “trashion,” created by recycling advocate Nancy Judd, will be showcased at Saturday’s Green Inaugural Ball, the Wall Street Journal reports. The fashionista even has a... More »

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Barack Obama • fashion • recycling • inauguration • fashion designer • environmentalists • inauguration ball • Nancy Judd • trashion

Designers Target Red-Carpet Season to Stay in Black

Fashion industry more aggressively seeking celebs to strut its stuff at awards shows

Jan 11, 09 2:49 PM CST
(Newser) - With sales of designer goods plunging like a Hollywood starlet’s neckline, the fashion industry is looking to jump-start spending. Designers say print advertising doesn’t cut it anymore, so they’re lobbying harder than ever to outfit celebrities for red-carpet appearances, the Wall Street Journal reports. Awards shows provide... More »

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fashion • advertising • marketing • red carpet • fashion designer • fashion industry • Jay-ZTV

 Fashion Needs 
 an Obama Stimulus 

One-woman bailout goes to work by getting dressed

Jan 8, 09 12:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Fashionistas are hoping the new first lady can be a one-woman bailout for their struggling industry, the New York Times reports. Presidential spouses always move the needle a little, but Obama’s youthful look and sartorial smarts put her ahead of the pack. “She could potentially do what... More »

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fashion • Michelle Obama • fashion designer • President Obama

Michelle's 'Recession Chic' the Latest Rage

Her fashion sense
has jolted an ailing
retail sector

Dec 23, 08 11:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama may decide how to stimulate the economy, but it's Michelle who's teaching America how to look good in it, CNN reports. She's dumped the traditional first lady look for a "recession chic" fashion—a brazen mix of little-known designers like fellow Chicagoan Maria Pinto and bargain buys... More »

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budget lifestyle • fashion • Michelle Obama • inauguration • fashion designer • President Obama • Inauguration Day • Maria Pinto

Tim Gunn Goes to Bat
for Bunnies

Grisly video appeal asks designer to lay off rabbit fur

Dec 21, 08 8:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Project Runway's favorite nice guy Tim Gunn is joining the anti-fur PETA campaign with a personal video plea to designers amid shocking images of screaming skinned rabbits, reports the New York Post. PETA is focusing on designers using rabbit fur from China, where there are no animal protection laws. Any... More »

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fashion • rabbits • fur • PETA • Project Runway • fashion designer • animal • Tim Gunn

(Newser) - Days after Kanye West wrote on his blog that he's taking a break from releasing singles to let his latest songs “soak into the culture,” the star rapper is heading in a different direction—toward the London fashion world. The rapper will move to England next year to... More »

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music • fashion • Kanye West • celebrity • rapper • fashion designer • fashion industry

LA Fashion Designer
Guilty of Rape

Anand Jon lured teens home with promises of modeling contracts

Nov 14, 08 2:10 AM CST
(Newser) - A Beverly Hills fashion designer was found guilty yesterday of sexually assaulting seven teens and young women, reports the Los Angeles Times. Anand Jon Alexander, 34, now faces life in prison. The two-month trial revealed repeated sordid scenes in which Jon lured girls as young as 14 to his home... More »

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Anand Jon • fashion • Los Angeles • rape • fashion designer • sexual assault

obituary

 Fashion's 
 Mr. Blackwell 
 Dead at 86 

Was founder of 'Worst-Dressed Lists'

Oct 20, 08 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Richard Blackwell, the man who created the cheeky annual “Worst-Dressed List,” died yesterday at 86 of complications from an intestinal infection, People reports. Calling himself “Mr. Blackwell,” the designer issued wittily scathing reviews of celebs’ outfits, recently hammering Britney Spears and Paris Hilton and frequently targeting... More »

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fashion • obituary • Mr. Blackwell • fashion designer • Worst Dressed List

 'Borat' Crashes Fashion Show 

Shooting latest film, actor/comedian has designers on edge at Milan event

Sep 26, 08 2:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sacha Baron Cohen caused a scene at a Milan fashion show today when he got up on the catwalk and danced violently before being hauled off, ANSA reports. Cohen—stalking the Italian city’s fashion week as he works on a film in which he plays gay fashion reporter Bruno—... More »

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fashion • Italy • comedy • prank • Borat • Sacha Baron Cohen • fashion designer

opinion

 For Political Wives,
 It's All in the Dress

McCain, Obama make statements with style

Sep 6, 08 3:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - First lady fashions are more than trivial concerns: Their choices reflect on presidential campaigns and hold the power to spark new trends, writes Robin Givhan in the Washington Post. Cindy McCain "has endorsed the status quo" by turning to White House veteran Oscar de la Renta, while Michelle... More »

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fashion • Michelle Obama • Oscar de la Renta • Cindy McCain • Robin Givhan • fashion designer • first lady • Michelle Obama pictures

Vogue's India Poverty Shoot Pits Couture vs. Culture

Mag touts barrier-breaking 'power of fashion;' 'downright distasteful,' others say

Sep 2, 08 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vogue India is taking heat for a haute couture fashion spread that uses poverty-ridden locals for models, the New York Times reports. A toothless, barefoot man holding a $200 Burberry umbrella and a rumpled baby in a $100 Fendi bib are just two examples that have irked some critics in... More »

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fashion • India • photography • Vogue • poverty • fashion designer • fashion industry

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