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French Vogue Editor Dismisses Labels

It's all about the look, says sexy, stylish Carine Roitfeld

May 20, 09 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Carine Roitfeld, editor of French Vogue, went through the worldwide gossip mill last year when she was rumored to be Anna Wintour's successor at the icon's US edition. But, Roitfeld tells the Guardian in a wide-ranging interview, she was never approached. And if she had been? “It’s really... More »

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fashion • Vogue • Anna Wintour • fashion industry • Carine Roitfeld • Jay-ZTV

 Cheaper 'Fast Fashion' 
 Booms in Japan 

Recessionistas head to cheaper chain stores in once-superstylish district

May 18, 09 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - In Tokyo’s Harajuku district, designer brands are making way for cheaper “fast fashion” stores, where $100 buys an outfit, bag, shoes, and accessories. The most recent chain to debut, Forever 21, drew massive crowds—in a scene reminiscent of November, when 2,500 did the same thing next... More »

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fashion • Japan • Tokyo • fashion designer • H&M • fashion industry • Jay-ZTV • Harajuku • Forever 21

(Newser) - The economy is in freefall, which makes it a good time to be blond, the Times of London reports. Flip through the latest Vogue, and you’ll see page after page of blond-haired, blue-eyed beauties—a shift from the “quirky” faces sought after in recent years to... More »

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fashion • advertising • recession • model • supermodel • fashion industry • financial crisis

 'Obama Effect' Gives Black Models a Boost

Models see shift away from whites-only runways

Feb 14, 09 6:06 AM CST
(Newser) - The figurative—and sometimes real—"Whites Only" signs in the fashion world are starting to come down in the wake of Barack Obama's election win, male models tell the New York Times. Fashion shows in the US and Europe are starting to more closely resemble the real world's diversity,... More »

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Barack Obama • fashion • African Americans • model • male models • fashion industry

Chicago Retailer Guards
First Lady's Closet

Some frown on Ikram
Goldman picking
Michelle's designers

Feb 12, 09 10:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Michelle Obama may have good fashion sense, but it's Ikram Goldman who holds the lock and key to the first lady's closet, reports the New York Times in a look at their unusual relationship. The Chicago boutique owner ultimately selected four designers—each featured in her store—for the inauguration,... More »

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fashion • Chicago • Michelle Obama • White House • first lady • fashion industry • Ikram Goldman

 Men's Spring Fashion 
 Looks on Bright Side 

Designers hope colorful offerings will keep men shopping

Feb 4, 09 4:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Men better get used to wearing pink, or at least orange, as menswear designers are hoping that a splash of color will get reluctant shoppers to open their wallets. Retailers are pushing bold shades for the spring season, the Wall Street Journal reports, and even labels that have emphasized traditional,... More »

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fashion • retail shopping • fashion industry • menswear • Jay-ZTV

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

(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

OPINION

 Spotlight on Michelle's Style 

Critics debate adapted designer dress, look fwd to four years of Obama style

Nov 6, 08 1:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The Narciso Rodriguez sheath Michelle Obama chose for election night has set the fashion world abuzz. The black-and-red dress—a less revealing adaptation of a frock from the American designer’s spring 2009 runway collection—was "a breath of chic air," LA Times fashion critic Booth Moore writes.... More »

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fashion • Michelle Obama • Narciso Rodriguez • first lady • Election 2008 • fashion industry • 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

 Moss: 
 Fashion Biz 
 Made Me Thin 

Models blame industry practices for weight

Aug 28, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Gossip Girl a Fashion Force 

Despite modest ratings, CW show great at selling garments

Jul 8, 08 4:46 PM CDT
(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 ... More »

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

GLOSSIES

 Fashion, Politics Unlikely Mix 

Carla Bruni's outfits something of an obsession, though there's a flip side

Jul 8, 08 2:57 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

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

Korshunova graced covers of Elle, Vogue

Jun 29, 08 2:19 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Only Black Is Beautiful in Italian Vogue

Thumbing nose at prejudice, mag uses only models of color

Jun 19, 08 9:03 AM CDT
(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... More »

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fashion • Vogue • black women • Naomi Campbell • fashion industry • Steven Meisel • Iman

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