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Designer honored by French order

Designer Moon Young Hee is a rare example in the Korean fashion scene: a designer with a unique perspective who has been presenting her signature style to the global audience every season at Paris Fas...

Updated : 2013.05.08 20:21

Punk gets pretty in Met museum exhibit

NEW YORK (AFP) ― Punk rockers wanted anarchy. They wound up with a $565 T-shirt.That’s the story told in a big new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York called “Punk: Chaos to couture.”The exhibit, which opened to a crowded preview Monday, traces the unlikely merger ...

Updated : 2013.05.08 20:20

Korean designers to be showcased in Singapore

A group of Korean designers will present their collections at one of Asia’s biggest fashion showcases in Singapore this month. Twelve young designers and Lee Suktae will attend the Asia Fashion Excha...

Updated : 2013.05.01 20:36

10 Corso Como in limelight after appearance in Psy music video

With Psy’s “Gentleman” music video being watched by hundreds of millions of people around the world, some of the spots where the video was shot are receiving worldwide attention. The spots currentl...

Updated : 2013.04.24 19:55

Portugal’s retro brands win new fans

LISBON (AFP) ― From vintage sardine tins and embroidered napkins to artisanal soaps, Portugal’s retro products are winning new fans as a handful of companies introduce their old-school aesthetic to ...

Updated : 2013.04.17 20:25

Male grooming: New trend or old tradition?

“Honey, can I borrow your makeup?”That’s not a question you hear men asking their wives or girlfriends very often. But, if recent evidence is any indication, it may soon be. In a new study of the grooming habits of 1,800 British men aged 18 and over, approximately 1 in 10 said they wear...

Updated : 2013.04.10 19:55

Surprises in traditional winter black and gray

There seemed to be a unifying theme in the fall/winter menswear collection of Seoul Fashion Week, which kicked off Monday, as designers presented safe variations of traditional tailored suits, and fit...

Updated : 2013.03.27 19:57

Grown-up Minnie Mouse gets mature Lanvin make-over

CHESSY, France (AP) ― Forever-young Minnie Mouse is growing up and moving on from her old red and white polka dots.Lanvin has designed the loveable Disney rodent a new dress ― a more mature frock in...

Updated : 2013.03.25 19:20

Seoul Fashion Week begins next week

Seoul’s fashionistas will get a preview of what’s hot and in for the fall/winter season next week when the 2013 F/W Seoul Fashion Week kicks off on March 25.Some 75 shows will be presented by both e...

Updated : 2013.03.20 20:12

Iconic Princess Diana dresses fetch $1.2M in UK

A collection of some of Princess Diana‘s most memorable evening gowns, including one she wore to a White House dinner where she danced with John Travolta, fetched over 800,000 pounds ($1.2 million) ...

Updated : 2013.03.20 17:28

‘Modern elegance’ theme of Wang’s 1st Balenciaga show

PARIS (AFP) ― New York fashion star Alexander Wang last Thursdsay presented his much anticipated first show for Balenciaga with a collection praised as “elegance, modernity, structure.” Wang paid h...

Updated : 2013.03.06 20:39

Chanel turns 100, as McQueen turns Elizabethan

PARIS (AP) ― A hundred years ago, the legendary Coco Chanel opened her first boutique in the Normandy seaside town of Deauville. Today, the boutiques number 300 and Chanel spans the globe.Karl Lagerf...

Updated : 2013.03.06 20:36

Clothes speak volumes

On her inauguration day, President Park Geun-hye was seen wearing five outfits. While Park cannot be charged guilty of vanity for changing so frequently ― each event did call for attire appropriate f...

Updated : 2013.02.26 20:44

Weather’s silver lining: coat comfort on runways

NEW YORK (AP) ― Rain, snow, ice. There’s a lot of grumbling about the stiletto-adverse weather during New York Fashion Week. But there’s a silver lining: cozy coats, especially styles with oversize...

Updated : 2013.02.13 20:19

Disgraced designer Galliano seeks damages over Dior dismissal

PARIS (AFP) ― British designer John Galliano has begun a lawsuit seeking substantial damages for his sacking as artistic director of fashion house Christian Dior following an anti-Semitic outburst in a Paris bar, his lawyer said on Tuesday.Chantal Giraud-van Gaver, confirming a report by ...

Updated : 2013.02.06 20:10