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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

Bieber to sing at Victoria‘s Secret show

Rihanna, Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber have been booked to perform at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, U.S. television network CBS announced. The lingerie runway show is to air Dec. 4. “Victori...

Updated : 2012.10.05 11:01

Chanel heads up imaginative, spirited day of shows

PARIS (AP) ― “Don’t take things too seriously,” said Karl Lagerfeld standing next to a towering wind turbine inside Paris’ Grand Palais, “especially not fashion.” Chanel’s veteran designer, with tra...

Updated : 2012.10.03 19:41

Korean fashion captures eyes of the style capital

Models wear pieces by Korean fashion designers at Seoul’s 10 Soul event during the Paris Fashion Week in France on Wednesday. (Seoul Metropolitan Government) Korean fashion designers captured the e...

Updated : 2012.09.27 20:26

Fur bikinis? Brazil is new horizon for booming fur trade

PARIS (AFP) ― Fur on Copacabana beach? Why not. Boosted by a 10-year surge in sales to Asia, the global fur industry is primed to take on what it sees as the markets of tomorrow. Hobbled during the ...

Updated : 2012.09.26 20:08

Hemlines rise and fall for Summer 2013 Milan Fashion Week

MILAN (AP) ― Women worrying about next summer’s fashionable hemline needn’t fuss. Everything is in. At Milan Fashion Week, it’s clear designers are leaving it up to personal choice, offering eve...

Updated : 2012.09.26 20:07

Weitzman fundraising pits taps Young Hollywood

NEW YORK (AP) ― When you are a hot young starlet in Hollywood, you often get what you want. For Nikki Reed, that meant goose-bump calfskin, and for Chloe Grace Moretz, it was a menswear-inspired desi...

Updated : 2012.09.26 19:56

158.2-carat diamond unearthed in Russia

(UPI) A Russian diamond mining company said it has unearthed a rare 158.2-carat diamond worth more than $1.5 million. Alrosa, Russia's largest diamond mining company, said the gem was discovered th...

Updated : 2012.09.26 13:48

Milan runway not all black and white

MILAN (AP) ― It’s not all black and white in Milan this season. Women’s collections coming off the runway for next year’s warmer weather are all about the pastoral ― relaxing looks in both silh...

Updated : 2012.09.23 19:52

Westwood takes up climate cause at London Fashion Week

LONDON (AFP) ― British designer Vivienne Westwood called for a “climate revolution” as she presented a relatively tame but nonetheless punk-edged spring-summmer collection on day three of London F...

Updated : 2012.09.17 20:17

Foreign cosmetic products sold at relatively high prices in Korea

Customers gathers at the cosmetics counter in a duty-free shop located in downtown Seoul. (Yonhap News) Foreign-branded cosmetic products are more expensive in South Korea than other countries, a re...

Updated : 2012.09.13 14:59

Black, white and printed all over at Fashion Week

NEW YORK (AP) ― The story of New York Fashion Week has been told in mostly black and white ― making it that much harder to ignore all the unusual prints on the runway, even if they, too, were color-f...

Updated : 2012.09.12 20:05

Bringing colors to clothing

Pakistani women celebrate color, style and fashion as much as they do Eid, Muslims’ biggest festival. And Eid celebrations brought with them colorful clothes of all kinds, from the flow of chiffon ...

Updated : 2012.09.10 20:31

What clothes? Skin is ever in at NY Fashion Week

NEW YORK (AP) _ Bikini season may be over, but this is no time to tone down the workout. Many of the styles on the runway at New York Fashion Week flash a bit of skin here or there: bare midriffs, cu...

Updated : 2012.09.10 16:16

Showers at N.Y. Fashion Week, spring in their steps

NEW YORK (AP) ― A flurry of assistants rushed to protect racks of clothes at New York Fashion Week from Saturday’s sudden downpours ― perhaps as potent a reminder as any during these spring previe...

Updated : 2012.09.09 19:32