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fashion industry stories: 35 news summaries

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OPINION ROUNDUP

 Are Models Skinny 
 Because We're Fat? 

Column blaming the thin trend on society's obesity gets lots of attention

Oct 20, 09 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Robin Givhan's recent Washington Post piece attempting to explain why models are so skinny—"the fatter the general population, the thinner the idealized woman," she wrote—spawned a number of responses in varying degrees of outrage. Read on for a sample:
  • "'The culture' isn't insisting
... More »

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fashion • Robin Givhan • fashion industry • Jay-ZTV • women's issues • models • plus-size • fashion model

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

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

 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 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

 Glamour Goes 
 Plus-Size, 
 Nude Again 

Six full-figured models will join beloved Lizzi Miller in the buff

Sep 1, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Inspired by the outpouring of enthusiasm (and press, no doubt) over the appearance of plus-size model Lizzi Miller—pooch and all—in its September issue, Glamour will feature a bevy of nude plus-size models in a November spread, insiders tell the New York Post. Miller will be back,... More »

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entertainment • weight • model • body image • Glamour magazine • fashion industry • women's issues • models • Lizzi Miller

(Newser) - With no formal fashion training and a celebrity image that’s more cutesy than couture, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have transformed into unlikely fashion icons, the New York Times reports. Sales of their high-end label The Row are around $10 million—better than many established brands—and they’re expected... More »

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entertainment • fashion • celebrity • Mary-Kate Olsen • fashion label • Ashley Olsen • fashion industry • designer fashion • women's issues • Olsen twins

 'Real' Model: I 
 Didn't Like the Pic 

But even though it's
'not the most flattering,' it is 'real'

Aug 24, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The world is still in love with Lizzi Miller, the plus-size model recently featured on Glamour’s page 194—but Miller herself wasn’t a fan of the belly-baring photograph when she first saw it. The 5’11”, 180-pound Miller tells Today, “I’m just like every... More »

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model • Glamour magazine • fashion industry • Lizzi Miller

 Haute Couture Alive, Kicking 

Though many fear its demise, it still has a few tricks up its sleeve

Aug 20, 09 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The death knell is ringing once again for haute couture, as it does every decade or so—but don’t count it out yet, writes Amy Fine Collins in Vanity Fair. Though the house of Lacroix recently filed for bankruptcy and Yves Saint Laurent is gone, haute couture has... More »

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fashion • fashion designer • trend • fashion industry • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion • haute couture

Michelle Inspires Shoppers—All the Way to the Hospital

Quest for Talbots dress KOs one imitator

Aug 7, 09 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama’s taste for off-the-rack clothes has been a boon for retailers—but occasionally hairy for shoppers. The $169 sleeveless rose-print Talbots dress Obama donned for her Essence magazine cover shoot has become the struggling retailer's best-selling item, the Boston Herald reports. And so anxious was one Dallas... More »

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retail • fashion • Michelle Obama • fashion industry • retailers

Sniping Fashion Blogger Unmasked as 'Nice' Designer

Slams products of

Jul 30, 09 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eric Gaskins has had some success in the fashion industry, but he’s never been a big-name designer. His alter ego, on the other hand, has made waves, the New York Times reports. Now that Gaskins’ shop is closing, the “nice guy” has revealed himself as Fluff Chance, the... More »

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fashion • blog • blogger • clothing • fashion designer • fashion industry • Jay-ZTV • Eric Gaskins

 How the Little Black Dress 
 Got to Be Black, and Little 

Coco Chanel didn't create, just popularized

Jun 22, 09 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - The ubiquitous little black dress can be the foundation of a recession-friendly wardrobe. But Coco Chanel—widely credited with inventing the LBD—actually just brought it from strict and severe to chic and sophisticated. Double X explores the history of this staple in women’s closets:
  • Centuries ago, black
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entertainment • fashion • black • Chanel • fashion industry • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion

 Fashion Designers See 
 Signs: Curves Ahead 

Shops offer more trendy, form-fitting clothes to full-figured shoppers

Jun 18, 09 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Full-figured women and girls once had fewer fashion options than their size-0 counterparts, but that’s changing as more designers cater to shoppers who want to flaunt their curves, the New York Times reports. Options for the plus-size fashionista range from pink leggings to—gasp!—horizontal stripes. “Some... More »

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fashion • overweight • Target • fashion designer • fashion industry • Topshop • Jay-ZTV • Forever 21

  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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Africa • fashion • Sierra Leone • Fashion Week • fashion designer • fashion industry • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion

(Newser) - Naked photographers, orders to strip for no reason and sex assaults are a troubling part of the modeling business and involve some of the top names in fashion, according to a new documentary by a popular model. "Every girl I have talked to has a story," model Sara... More »

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fashion • sexual harassment • runway • model • photographers • fashion industry • sex assault

 Designer Shorts 
 Go Long on 
 Price Tag 

What recession? Some styles cost $775 or more

May 21, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Men’s shorts, once the outfit of choice for working outside or lounging around the house, are the new fancy dress pants—or so designers are trying to convince the world. And the new generation of shorts has the price tag to match, the New York Times reports, with high-end... More »

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fashion • clothing • fashion designer • fashion industry • what recession? • Jay-ZTV • Bergdorf Goodman

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