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Men’s skin care products drive male cosmetics industry

Korean men more than ever are braving the makeup aisle for themselves, leading to a boom in the retail market for men’s cosmetics and skin care products. “Flower men” are in right now, encouragin...

Updated : 2013.02.06 20:09

Cosmetics battle rages between ‘purple’ and ‘brown’ bottles

MISSHA`s Night Repair Science Activator Ampoule. (MISSHA) Korean cosmetics brand MISSHA’s “purple bottle” (Night Repair Science Activator Ampoule), a type of nutritional face oil product, sold 1 ...

Updated : 2013.01.28 13:20

Fashion designer Lie Sang Bong poses nude

Prominent Korean fashion designer Lie Sang Bong took it all off in front of the camera of a close friend. Lee Yeop, who has been documenting Lie’s collections for the past 10 years, took 20 photos ...

Updated : 2013.01.24 20:09

Spring in the air during Paris Couture week

Christian Dior. ( AP-Yonhap News) PARIS (AP) ― A garden within a garden was the setting for Christian Dior’s flower-obsessed ― and typically decadent ― couture show. Carrying on with the “flow...

Updated : 2013.01.23 20:09

High fashion, high tech intersect at CES confab

LAS VEGAS (AFP) ― The folks who brought you laptop trackpads, voice-activated smartphones and touch-screen tablets are dreaming up new ways for users to interact with technology through wearable, fas...

Updated : 2013.01.16 19:27

Milan fashion: Conservative looks are in

MILAN (AP) ― The winter fashion statement coming out of Milan this time has been decidedly conservative. Milan designers stuck to the classics in their menswear collections for next winter, present...

Updated : 2013.01.16 19:27

Design with a difference: Parsons school comes to Paris

PARIS (AFP) ― From Marc Jacobs to Alexander Wang, star alumni of New York’s Parsons design school have long made inroads in Paris. But now the faculty is going a step further, opening a full-fledged ...

Updated : 2013.01.09 20:23

Maker of premium cashmere gets higher profile

The Sunshine Sue Dress is from The Elder Statesman. Price: $1,245. (Los Angeles Times/MCT) LOS ANGELES ― When Greg Chait won the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award in New York City last month, the man b...

Updated : 2013.01.02 19:17

Does 2013’s style trend spell end of trendy?

NEW YORK (AP) ― The biggest trend in fashion for the new year might just be that there isn’t anything especially trendy. Based on runway and retailer previews, the must-have look in 2013 could be me...

Updated : 2013.01.02 19:15

Niche perfumers give new options

PARIS (AFP) ― Deep in concentration, Tina Queralt sorts through a scatter of white paper strips sprayed with scent. She has whittled the choice down to a handful in her search for The One: the perfec...

Updated : 2012.12.26 19:07

H&M presents collaboration with Maison Martin Margiela

The Swedish fashion brand H&M will unveil a new collection in collaboration with the French fashion house Maison Martin Margiela at around 230 H&M stores worldwide including Seoul next Thursday. The...

Updated : 2012.11.07 19:51

‘May Queen’ actress hits Paris catwalk in chocolate dress

Kim Yoo Jung wears a creation made with chocolate during a fashion show at the inauguration of the 18th annual Salon du Chocolat in Paris on October 30, 2012. The show, the world's biggest dedicated ...

Updated : 2012.10.31 16:06

Seoul Fashion Week: Pushing boundaries of classic men’s fashion

Dominic’s Way A week of fashion shows for the 2013 spring and summer season kicked off with menswear collections shown on Monday and Tuesday at Seoul Fashion Week. Although womenswear shows command...

Updated : 2012.10.24 19:56

Brad Pitt becomes first male face of Chanel No.5

Chanel`s most famous perfume No.5 (Chanel) Brad Pitt is set to become the first male face of Chanel No.5, a role previously filled by such fellow Hollywood luminaries as Marilyn Monroe and Nicole Ki...

Updated : 2012.10.12 15:09

Warhol Foundation takes on cosmetics with Nars

NEW YORK (AP) ― Francois Nars had Andy Warhol coffee table books in his living room and Yves Saint Laurent in his closet growing up in the ’70s in the south of France. “I always feel so terrible ...

Updated : 2012.10.10 19:52