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designer fashion stories: 31 news summaries

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 Some Like 
 it Haute— 
 and Cheap 

'Netflix rental scheme' delivers high-fashion frocks

Nov 9, 09 4:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Budget-minded entrepreneurs are utilizing the strategy of Netflix in high fashion. Now working girls can afford some of the priciest haute couture frocks by renting them on the Internet. The new mail-order service, Rent the Runway , allows shop-aholics to rent top designer fashions for a tenth of their retail cost.... More »

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Internet • fashion • business • rentals • Netflix • designer fashion • haute couture

 Say Goodbye to $600 Jeans 

Thanks to the recession, premium denim comes at a lower premium

Oct 29, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you couldn't afford a pair of "premium jeans" last year, maybe you can now. Though the basic components of jeans haven't changed in decades, prices skyrocketed early in the decade—but thanks to the recession, designer denim that might have gone for more than $300 two years ago... More »

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fashion • jeans • denim • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion • trends

 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

 Designer Fixing 
 Barbie's .... Cankles? 

Louboutin thinks the doll's ankles are too fat

Oct 14, 09 7:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Christian Louboutin makeover of the Barbie doll is going further than just the clothes. “He found her ankles were too fat,” said a Louboutin spokeswoman. At least one of his dolls should be ready for the next Cannes film festival in May, Women's Wear Daily reports. "... More »

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fashion • fat • Barbie • doll • redesign • designer fashion


 Armani's New 
 Underwear 
 Model: 
 Megan Fox 

Transformers hottie follows Victoria Beckham in ads for designer

Oct 14, 09 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Megan Fox is already everywhere you look, but she’ll really be all over the place come January, thanks to her new gig as the face—and body—of new Armani underwear and jeans campaigns, Women’s Wear Daily reports. The label also signed Cristiano Ronaldo, but the... More »

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entertainment • fashion • Armani • celebrity • Giorgio Armani • Emporio Armani • Megan Fox • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion • Cristiano Ronaldo

SLIDESHOW

 Fashion Reality Check: 
 No One Wears Just Lingerie 

Fashion Week's underwear looks leave a lot to be desired for real women

Oct 9, 09 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The lingerie-inspired looks currently abounding on the Paris runways make a person wonder: What woman would really leave the house wearing “micro miniskirts, transparent blouses, pointy Mad Men bras, and panties worn as shorts”? The looks “reveal how hard the industry is struggling to grab... More »

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fashion • Paris • Fashion Week • lingerie • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion

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

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 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

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

OPINION

 Thanks, Michelle, for 
 'Grown-Up' Dresses 

Hopefully, 'streamlined' silhouette spells doom for 'childish' frocks

Sep 9, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a clothing market deluged by “a sea of baby dolls, goddesses, empire waists, and wide A-lines,” Jackie Cooperman is adrift. “Why must it be so difficult to locate dresses cut for women neither childish nor with child?” she writes on DoubleX. Though the advent and popularity... More »

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Michelle Obama • clothing • first lady • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion • dresses • silhouette • frock

(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

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

 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

New Gap Jeans Compete With Designer Denim

But for about a quarter of the price

Aug 14, 09 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gap is taking on the reigning kings of designer denim with its new jeans revamp in an effort “to reinvent Gap as a place of authority on denim,” the company's president says. Gone are the old designs—all of them. In their place are six new styles that... More »

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fashion • jeans • Gap • denim • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion

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