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Could neckties be cool again?

PARIS (AFP) ― Now that older men have ditched it to look cool, the stylish young are reclaiming the necktie as their own, with the once-derided accessory making a stealthy comeback on the menswear ru...

Updated : 2012.01.25 18:27

Fasten your seatbelts: Chanel flies couture sky-high

Giorgio Armani Prive (AFP-Yonhap News) PARIS (AFP) ― Chanel flew the fashion crowd sky-high on Tuesday, conjuring up a life-sized plane as the runway for an all-blue spring collection as it headlin...

Updated : 2012.01.25 18:26

Dior impresses and Versace dazzles in couture

PARIS (AP) ― France may have lost an A in its credit rating, but fashion seems to have won it back with a flourishing start to haute couture week ― from the A-list celebrities to Dior’s 1950s A-li...

Updated : 2012.01.24 19:11

Rodarte designers leap into the world of opera

LOS ANGELES ― Rodarte designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy are slated to design their first opera costumes for the Los Angeles Philharmonic production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” in May, which will b...

Updated : 2012.01.11 18:00

Hundreds protest at D&G photo ‘ban’ in Hong Kong

HONG KONG (AFP) ― More than a thousand people protested outside a Dolce and Gabbana store in Hong Kong on Sunday after the Italian clothing store allegedly prevented people from taking photographs of...

Updated : 2012.01.09 18:31

Paint it black? No way! Fashion gets colorful

PARIS (AFP) ― As the economy splutters, fashion will naturally turn to solemn greys and blacks, right? Wrong, according to fabric gurus who unveiled their top trends for spring-summer 2013 in Paris o...

Updated : 2012.01.09 18:31

Shoe clubs are in step

Once a month, you can automatically receive in the mail a bottle of wine, a box of organic fruit and now, a pair of sequined stilettos. In a cyber twist to the traditional monthly sales clubs, shoe ...

Updated : 2012.01.09 18:31

Spain’s ailing retailers slash prices to lure shoppers

MADRID (AFP) ― Spanish retailers are offering deep discounts in their post-Christmas sales to try to get cash-strapped shoppers to open their wallets as a sharp economic downturn drags painfully on....

Updated : 2012.01.04 19:08

Vogue’s vast archives make online leap from paper

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Bookshelves groaning under the weight of every issue of American Vogue ever published since December 17, 1892, and there have been about 2,800 of them, can now heave a sigh of reli...

Updated : 2012.01.02 18:29

Fashion’s most relatable new trends arrive early

NEW YORK (AP) ― You’ll find a drop-waist dress when you set off on your first shopping spree of the new year, and you probably already can find a flouncy ruffle attached to a chic, trim jacket or s...

Updated : 2012.01.02 18:27

Fashion world eagerly bids adieu to Paris shows

Updated : 2012.01.01 12:51

Japan’s ‘Lolita’ style: cutesy and disturbing

TOKYO (AFP) ― Outlandish pannier skirts with layers of frilly lace; teenage girls with larger-than-life make-up; a dash of sexuality and lashings of Victoriana are the order of the day for Japan’s Lo...

Updated : 2011.12.21 19:15

CoverGirl pulls ‘enhanced’ Taylor Swift mascara ad

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― A mascara ad featuring Taylor Swift has been pulled from U.S. magazines following a complaint that it had been digitally altered to enhance the looks of the chart-topping country m...

Updated : 2011.12.21 19:15

Frugality still prevalent among holiday shoppers

ORLANDO, Florida ― Amy Selleck is a frugal shopper, and the folks on her nice list are reaping the benefits this year. Someone is getting a laptop, purchased with free online credits to a daily dea...

Updated : 2011.12.21 19:15

Giambattista Valli joins haute couture club

PARIS (AFP) ― Italian designer Giambattista Valli is to join the exclusive club of haute couture fashion, showing a spring-summer collection in Paris next month, organisers said Monday. A Paris comm...

Updated : 2011.12.21 19:12