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Paris Fashion Week: Anne Fontaine, Emanuel Ungaro, Yohji Yamamoto, Bruno Pieters, A.F. Vandevorst February 29, 2008

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Anne Fontaine & Guido Mocafico: Bringing Fashion & Art Together

PARIS, Feb 29, 2008 / FW/ — Known the world over for the white shirts she creates every season, Anne Fontaine collaborated with artist / photographer Guido Mocafico to introduce her Fall 2008 collection. [more]

Emanuel Ungaro Fall 2008: Esteban Cortazar Debuts in Paris

PARIS, Feb 28, 2008 / FW/ — New York’s fashion darling Esteban Cortazar debuted at Emanuel Ungaro today, making the 23-year old American designer the talk of the town during a day when he had to compete with fashion’s big names to the likes of Karl Lagerfedl, Akris, Ennio Capasa of Costume National, Dries Van Noten, Christian Lacroix, Givenchy and Hussein Chalayan. [more]

Yohji Yamamoto Hits A Trifecta for Fall 2008

PARIS, Feb 28, 2008 / FW/ — Yohji Yamamoto hits a trifecta and that’s after his very successful Y-3 catwalk show in New York. The Japanese designer who is a great at multi-tasking (1) will personally direct and present a fashion show in Beijing on April 24 of his Y’s collection; (2) is collaborating with Hermes to create a new signature sac for the French fashion house; and (3) just broke new grounds in fashion with his Fall 2008 collection presented Tuesday here in Paris. [more]

Bruno Pieters Fall 2008: The Manly Girl

PARIS, Feb 25, 2008 / FW/ — Bruno Pieters must be enjoying his job as a consulting designer at Hugo Boss. His Fall 2008 collection features only trousers; no skirts or dresses unless it is proposed as a top! Other womenswear designers have created collections without pants, only skirts and dresses; but Bruno Pieters decided to go the exact opposite, perhaps proving that a girl can wear only masculine clothes and still retain her femininity. Or did she? [more]
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A.F. Vandevorst Celebrates 10th Anniversary

PARIS, Feb 25, 2008 / FR/ — Sunday night, husband and wife design team An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx celebrated their 10th anniversary at the Maison des Métallos. It was a fashion show cum party with endless champagne and 14 video screens showing the progress backstage as models get ready. [more]

Milan Fashion Week Runway Report: Pollini, Normaluisa, Giorgio Armani, Blugirl, Emporio Armani, Missoni February 22, 2008

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PolliniMILAN, Feb 20, 2008 / FW/ — Rifat Ozbek went to the Far East and found Japanese sensuality so irresistible that for Fall 2008, he reinterpreted mystic allure of the geisha to 1970s glam thus creating the Japanese Roxy cover girl, an anthem to the constructions and architectural shapes of the clothes, played around well-defined lines. [more]

NormaluisaMILAN, Feb 20, 2008 / FW/ — Collaborating with Vitra, a Swiss manufacturer of designer furniture, Normaluisa aimed for fashion equilibrium as she sent a collection expressing essential and measured elegance that in so many ways was complimentary to the ultra modern furniture on the background. [more]

Giorgio ArmaniMILAN, Feb 20, 2008 / FW/ — Only in the fashion world that a healthy love-hate relationship can exist and all protagonists can kiss & make up within the next 3-6 months as if nothing happened. The latest incident, Cathy Horyn, Fashion Editor of the New York Times was ‘exiled’ from the Giorgio Armani show yesterday. [more]

BlugirlMILAN, Feb 18, 2008 / FW/ — With Anna Molinari, there is always a spirit of generosity in her collections and Blugirl Fall 2008 is not an exception. One could go on and on how beautiful the collection is beginning with the varying shades of white from cream to coral rose provided warmth. Or, how the inventive combination of wool and fur with organza, chiffon and lace made luxury also ethereal. [more]

Emporio ArmaniMILAN, Feb 18, 2008 / FW/ — Remember when Giorgio Armani did a treatise on ‘Theory of the Leisure Class’? For Fall 2008, the Italian design maestro might as well be doing a fashion treatise on the “Nash Equilibrium” a Nobel Prize winning economic theory made very popular by the movie ‘A Beautiful Mind’ starring Russell Crowe. [more]

MissoniMILAN, Feb 18, 2008 / FW/ — There is a running joke among the fashion set, i.e., there are more fashion victims than fashion connoisseurs. And, though the fashionistas in general talk about it openly, very few will accept that they are slaves to fashion to the point that they have become fashion victims. And Missoni has found the cure for fashion victims! [more]

Milan Fashion Week Runway Report February 20, 2008

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Gianfranco FerreMILAN, Feb 19, 2008 / FW/ — During fashion week, rumors always abound and one of the most repeated since Milano Moda Donna started was the ‘imminent arrival of a new Creative Director at Gianfranco Ferré.’ Yesterday, the company issued a very short press release quashing that rumor and saying, “the company has at present no negotiations underway regarding the hiring of any new in-house figure.” [more]

Les Hommes-FemmeMILAN, Feb 19, 2008 / FW/ —It may seem strange to have a women’s collection by two Belgian designers and a French name that means “the men”, but in reality duo Tom Notte and Bart Vandebosch make it work. Les Hommes started off, through the collaboration of the design duo, as a men’s collection but with their success and growth they have branched out to the other sex. Les Homes, women’s collection, is exactly what you may think, a beautiful interpretation of men’s wear for the woman.[more]

New York Fashion Walk of FameNEW YORK, Feb 19, 2008 / FW/ — In New York’s 7th Avenue, nicknamed ‘Fashion Avenue’, from 41st Street to 35th Street is the New York Fashion Walk of Fame. Currently, there are 24 notable New York designers who have been given this honor, wherein decorative plaques honoring these designers are embedded in the sidewalks along the East Side of 7th Avenue. [more]

Diane Von FurstenbergLOS ANGELES, Feb 19, 2008 / FW/ — A collection of personal scenes around Diane Von Furstenberg’s home and studio as she reveals how through fashion, she became the woman she wanted to be. No, this is not a documentary about the New York-based designer’s life. It’s the new TV spot for American Express ‘Are you a Cardmember?’ campaign. [more]

The Other BoleynLOS ANGELES, Feb 19, 2008 / FW/ — Fidel Castro’s resignation as Cuba’s President might be headline news, but people are more interested with the 16th century British royals as two sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn vie for the affection of King Henry VIII. [more]

MILAN, Feb 19, 2008 /FR/ — Only three weeks after Valentino himself has retired Valentino Fashion Group has announced that the chairman of Valentino, Matteo Marzotto would leave company on March 19 2008, when financial results are published. [more]