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  • September 2008

    • Vogue 's India Poverty Shoot Pits Couture vs. Culture

      New York Times  |  Sep 2, 08 12:07 PM CDT

      Vogue 's India Poverty Shoot Pits Couture vs. Culture

      (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 a country where 456 million live on less than $1.25 a day. More »

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

  • August 2008

    • Moss: Fashion Biz Made Me Thin

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 28, 08 4:30 PM CDT

      Moss: Fashion Biz Made Me Thin

      (Newser) - Über-thin supermodel Kate Moss blames the fashion industry, not anorexia, for the "heroin chic" look she made famous in the '90s. Moss sets the record straight in Interview , saying her hectic modeling schedule contributed to her scant weight: "You go to a show, and there's no food at all, so if you're doing shows back to back, you can forget eating.  I never liked being that skinny." More »

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      weight loss  • celebrity interview  • supermodel  • Kate Moss  • fashion industry

  • July 2008

    • Gossip Girl a Fashion Force

      New York Times  |  Jul 8, 08 4:46 PM CDT

      Gossip Girl a Fashion Force

      (Newser) - CW’s Gossip Girl has enjoyed only so-so ratings in its first year, but it's become a major trend-setter in fashion for young women, the New York Times reports. Retailers say the show, which features rich and preppy teens, has a huge influence on sales, sort of like a Sex and the City for the younger set. In addition, many designers are incorporating the show’s look into their fall lineups. More »

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      television  • fashion  • fashion designer  • clothing  • network television  • trend  • Gossip Girl  • fashion industry

    • Fashion, Politics Unlikely Mix

      W  |  Jul 8, 08 2:57 PM CDT

      Fashion, Politics Unlikely Mix

      (Newser) - Move over, Hollywood—these days, fashion designers are dying to get their wares on a new kind of celebrity: politicians. The last time Carla Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy visited London, Dior issued no fewer than five press releases on their outfits, and Louis Vuitton has even hired Mikhail Gorbachev as a model. But not everyone thinks the trend is chic, reports W in a look at political stars. More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • fashion  • Angela Merkel  • Carla Bruni  • fashion designer  • Louis Vuitton  • female politicians  • Mikhail Gorbachev  • Christian Dior  • fashion industry

  • June 2008

    • Model Dies in 9-Story Fall in NYC; Suicide Suspected

      New York Post  |  Jun 29, 08 2:19 PM CDT

      Model Dies in 9-Story Fall in NYC; Suicide Suspected

      (Newser) - A Kazakh model was found dead after falling from her ninth-floor Manhattan apartment in an apparent suicide, the New York Post reports. Twenty-year old Ruslana Korshunova had appeared on the covers of French Elle and Russian Vogue , and starred in ads for Christian Dior and Vera Wang. She had just returned from a modeling stint in Paris and looked to be "on top of the world," said a friend. More »

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      obituary  • fashion  • suicide  • death  • supermodel  • Kazakhstan  • fashion industry

    • Only Black Is Beautiful in Italian Vogue

      New York Times  |  Jun 19, 08 9:03 AM CDT

      Only Black Is Beautiful in Italian Vogue

      (Newser) - Black women spend $20 billion a year on clothes, but the fashion world still harbors a racial prejudice that keeps women of color out of the big glossies. Now noted photographer Steven Meisel has teamed with Italian Vogue to produce a special issue, in which all the models are black and all the articles address black women in the arts. The New York Times reports on the issue's genesis. More »

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      fashion  • Vogue  • Naomi Campbell  • black women  • fashion industry

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