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Supermodels Step out for Dolce and Gabbana Launch
FRESH DIRECT: On the arms of Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer and Eva Herzigova were cheered on arrival by a crowd of nearly 3,000 at Rinascente Friday evening. The faces of D&G’s new fragrance collection, the supermodels, clad in D&G’s denim pieces, turned up at the luxury department store to sign autographs and pose for [...]
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H&M Third-Quarter Profits Rise 4 Percent
PARIS — Hennes & Mauritz AB, the world’s third-largest fashion retailer, beat expectations with a 4 percent rise in third-quarter net profit, but reported a worse-than-expected sales drop in August, reflecting a shortage of marked-down inventories. Without providing a specific outlook for 2009, H&M said it remains “positive toward future expansion” and accelerated its store expansion plan to open 240 [...]
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Louboutin, Choo Win Big at Emmys
The long flowing trains often made it hard to pick out the shoes during the 61st Annual 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, but from what we can tell, Christian Louboutin and Jimmy Choo were the clear winners of the night. Celebs, including Mariska Hargitay, Kourtney Kardashian, Heidi Klum and Blake Lively, donned Louboutin’s creations as they walked the red [...]
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M Missoni Opens Milan Unit
MILAN — M Missoni’s first Italian store will be officially unveiled today here, marking a step in line with the brand’s retail strategy, with plans to roll out directly owned and franchised stores worldwide. “A prestigious store in this city is highly significant for us and a signal for current and potential partners,” said Luca Vianello, general director of Valentino [...]
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Creed to Open Unit on Madison Ave.
Creed is setting up house in New York. The Paris-based perfumer has signed a lease to open a 400-square-foot space at 794 Madison Avenue, at the corner of 67th Street, in November. The new outpost will be Creed’s only stand-alone store in North America. The company, headed by master perfumer Olivier Creed and his son, Erwin, operates boutiques in only [...]
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Milan Fashion Week Preview: Scene
SECOND SKIN Anyone looking for some stylish accessories can plan to visit Serapian’s first flagship, opened in May. Known for understated elegance since 1945, the label decorated its new digs with discreet silver birch wood and stainless steel details and cream walls for a bright, welcoming atmosphere. Alongside a large selection of small leather goods, bags and suitcases, Serapian offers [...]
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Blige and Gucci Host FFAWN Charity Event
When Mary J Blige was in pain, the world knew it. Her album “My Life” was a manifesto that captured the despair of women in the ghetto, a tale of life and loss that mirrored the singer’s offstage troubles. Then she started to feel better and became determined to take the world with her. Her last two albums were called [...]
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Fashion Break for ‘Coco Avant Chanel’
After spending the day watching clothes go down the runway, select members of the fashion flock turned out on Tuesday night to gawk at some costumes on the big screen at a showing of the Coco Chanel biopic, “Coco Avant Chanel.” The film’s stars — Audrey Tautou and Alessandro Nivola — joined the likes of Rachel Bilson, Estelle, Jason Wu [...]
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UK Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman speaks to The Telegraph about size zero models
Each year London Fashion Week brings with it a flurry of excitement, new trends and regrettably the size zero debate as waif like models strut down the catwalk, looking as though they are need of a good few sandwiches. Of course, this isn’t a new topic and we only spoke about this a few weeks ago, blaming both magazines and [...]




