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NEWS ABOUT: runway

runway stories: 17 news summaries
model behavior

 Walk the 
 Runway 
 Like a Pro 

America's Next Top Model's Miss J teaches a reporter a thing or two

Nov 12, 09 12:07 PM CST
(Newser) - J. Alexander—otherwise known as Miss J, the 6’4" drag-dressing America’s Next Top Model judge—has been coaching models on how to rock the runway for almost 20 years. Cathy Horyn of the New York Times takes a lesson and offers a few tips:
  • Develop your own
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entertainment • runway • model • America's Next Top Model • Jay-ZTV • runway model • models • 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

 UK Stylist Quits 
 Over 'Average 
 Size' Runway 
 Models 

Designer Mark Fast responds to complaints about starving catwalkers

Sep 20, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A London stylist quit in a snit after a fashion designer chose three "average size" models for his runway show, reports the Guardian. Mark Fast, known for his body-hugging mini-dresses, used three models sizes 8 and 10 to show off his collection yesterday. The move followed a warning by... More »

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bulimia • fashion • London • anorexia • starvation • runway • Fashion Week • stylist • catwalk

 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

(Newser) - A pilot was killed and at least ten passengers were injured when a plane skidded off the runway and crashed into an air traffic control tower on the Thai island of Koh Samui today,  AP reports. The Bangkok Airways plane, flying from the resort of Krabi, slid off the... More »

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Thailand • plane crash • runway • airport

analysis

 New O'Hare Runway 
 Eases Travel Nationwide 

Delays at second-busiest airport can hold up flights all over

Jul 23, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 8-month-old runway at the nation’s second-busiest airport has helped Chicago’s O’Hare escape its status as the “tar pit” of US air travel, writes Scott McCartney in the Wall Street Journal. With three runways now available, the airport’s on-time arrival rate increased 27% this year... More »

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travel • Chicago • runway • transport • O'Hare International Airport

(Newser) - Mating season came to a speedy end for some turtles who strayed onto a runway at New York's JFK airport yesterday, the New York Post reports. After a pilot told air control he had  run over some turtles on his way to take-off, wildlife workers shut down the runway for... More »

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JFK Airport • wildlife • runway • airport • turtle

(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

updated

Plane Veers Off Runway
in Denver; 38 Injured


Dec 20, 08 10:30 PM CST
(Newser) - A Continental jet at Denver's airport veered off a runway and into a ravine tonight, sending 38 people to local hospitals, the Denver Post reports. None of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening. The 737 jet, which had been trying to take off for Houston, caught fire on one side... More »

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Denver • runway • airport • winter • winter travel • airplane

De-icer Shortage May Mean More Flight Delays

De-icer shortage could make things slippery for airports in storms

Dec 5, 08 11:22 AM CST
(Newser) - If your flight leaves late this winter, consider blaming Canada. A mineworkers' strike there has led to a shortage of a key chemical used to de-ice runways. Airports plan to use other chemicals instead, but that will take a toll on both budgets and the environment, reports USA Today. More »

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chemicals • runway • flights • airport • ice • winter travel • winter weather

TRAVEL

 World's Diciest Landing Strips 

From the US to Bhutan, a tour of white-knuckle airports

Jun 29, 08 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The scenery is spectacular, but lofty mountaintops, stiff trade winds, and abbreviated tarmacs make for teeth-clenching landings at the world’s most harrowing runways, per Travel and Leisure:
  • Paro Airport, Bhutan: Surrounded by 16,000-foot-high Himalayan peaks, what could possibly go wrong?
  • Barra Airport, Scotland: Hold on tight. The
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Bhutan • JFK Airport • runway • airport • Gibraltar • Reagan National Airport

Air Safety Experts Most Worried About Runways

Ground incidents increase over last six months

Apr 25, 08 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - FAA-mandated wiring fixes have grounded thousands of flights lately, but the runway is no safe place for planes, New York Times reports. Serious runway incidents nearly doubled to 15 over the past six months, compared with the same period a year ago. “Where we are most vulnerable at... More »

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FAA • airline industry • runway • airline • airline safety

Fashion Icon Enlists Kiddies

Designer Westwood collaborates with 7-year-olds for Paris show

Feb 28, 08 3:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Children proved the future indeed for Vivienne Westwood at this year's Paris Fashion Week, with the British designer enlisting three dozen 7-year-olds to help with her latest collection. The British schoolkids painted bugs, plants, and snakes on Westwood’s eco-minded show "Chaos Point," which took to the runway... More »

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climate change • fashion • Paris • runway • Fashion Week • fashion designer • Vivienne Westwood • Sex Pistols

Polyester Sticking to the Runway

Once-disdained fabric makes synthetic splash in spring fashion shows

Feb 20, 08 7:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Once shunned as tacky, scratchy and smelly, polyester was front and center on spring runways this year. "In fashion when something's so hideous, it's great," Marc Jacobs tells W about his use of the synthetic in Louis Vuitton cardigans and skirts. Japanese designers Rei Kawakubo and Issey Miyake... More »

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fashion • Louis Vuitton • runway • fashion designer • Lanvin • Marc Jacobs • polyester • Rei Kawakubo • Issey Miyake • Commes des Garçons • Alber Elbaz

Marant Defines Parisian Cool

French designer gains popularity among models, actresses

Feb 7, 08 10:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Paris runways are glamorous, swanky, exaggerated … and casual? Many designers showcase clothes you couldn't imagine going anywhere in, but Isabel Marant shuns haute couture for an effortless chic that's come to define Parisian cool. Her loose dresses, slouchy pants and light makeup aren't just all the rage in February's... More »

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fashion • Kanye West • Paris • runway • Kate Moss • Kirsten Dunst • fashion label • Isabel Marant

NASA Releases Pilot Gripes on Tired Crews, Air Traffic

Surveys uncover twice as many problems as official reports

Jan 1, 08 4:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Bowing to pressure from Congress, NASA has grudgingly released thousand of pages of pilot complaints, CNN reports. They include complaints about crowded skies, tired crews, and communication problems. The surveys of more than 30,000 pilots found twice as many collisions with bird, near-collisions with other aircraft, and runway incursions... More »

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NASA • runway • accident • airline safety • air travel • pilot

Vogue Says Models Are Back  

Vogue teaches Tyra Banks how to really spot the next top models among us.

Apr 30, 07 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vogue's May cover spotlights the next top models—real ones, not the reality-show variety—and makes the case that models with star quality are making a comeback. Jonathan Van Meter speculates that  our cultural obsession with warblers who can't sing and celebrities who can't behave is about to expire. More »

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entertainment • fashion • Doutzen • magazine • Tyra Banks • runway • model • Vogue

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