Paris Fashion Week: Guy Laroche Spring Summer 2011

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While the muted palette at the Guy Laroche Spring Summer 2011 show featured at Paris Fashion Week may have made for a tame collection, women looking for a simple yet sophisticated spring wardrobe would be remiss in overlooking designer Marcel Marongiu ’s presentation of feminine tailored basics . The show …

Paris Springs Into Fashion Week, Dresses For Fall

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Fall is among us and Paris is feeling autumn’s cool-yet-comfortable temperatures. I’ve been itching to don my Fall/Winter gear but the stubborn NYC heat has held off its departure, so touching down in the chilly air across the Atlantic put a smile on my face. Indeed, …

Milan Bids Adieu to Fashion Week with amFAR Gala

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Even after an exhausting week, the fashion industry wrapped up Milan Fashion Week in style with amFAR ’s second annual black tie benefit, held Tuesday evening at the art space La Permanente. Roberto Cavalli , who presented his 40th anniversary show that very day, co-hosted the gala with …

Paris Fashion Week Kicks Off With Anthony Vaccarello Spring/Summer 2011

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Whereas Milan Fashion Week featured a number of collections that easily translated into everyday wear, this was not so much the case for the opening day of Paris Fashion Week as designers debuted spring collections that were a little more art and a little less practical. Take, for example, the…

Fatima Lopes Takes a New Direction for Spring

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Paris Fashion Week kicked off yesterday, and Portugese designer, Fatima Lopes launched her spring 2011 collection. Lopes was fascinated with fashion at an early age, and after she moved to Lisbon, she opened the boutique, ” Versos “, which focused on international designers. Back in 2000, she learned how to draw attention…

Paris Fashion Week: Industrial-Chic at Nicolas Andreas Taralis Spring 2011

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Day 1 of Paris Fashion Week was a tribute to emerging, little-known talent and highly conceptual collections, shunning established trends from New York , London , and Milan . Sometimes challenging and altogether fascinating, it’s the perfect kick-off to nine days of extravagant fashion in the most creative of the fashion …

Look of the Day: The Bee’s Knees

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Knee socks are no longer the property of Catholic schoolgirls–they’re back, with a somewhat sexier, trendier twist. Lookbooks user Carolina Krews looks fierce in a black micro-mini, a pair of socks daringly pulled up to mid-thigh, and teeteringly tall Zara pumps; with such a form-fitting …

Aganovich Design Duo Present at the Hotel de Crosilles

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Designers Brooke Taylor and Nana Aganovich presented the spring 2011 collection of Aganovich yesterday, at the Hotel de Crosilles . The emerging designers wanted to be sure they weren’t labeled as? traditional. ?So what do they do? Import a rustic anchor from Holland. The models dawned slicked hair and brooding eyeshadow as…

Lady Gaga Forms Massive Multimillion Dollar Partnership with Armani

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Gaga will leave no stone unturned. The songstress and Armani have formed a massive multimillion dollar partnership that will involve the legendary designer making the costumes for Gaga’s tour in December. ” A huge company like Armani has the duty to always be alert to trends and what appeals to…

Vogue Paris Celebrates 90 Years with a Bal Masque

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Marking the magazine’s 90th anniversary , the highly anticipated Vogue Paris October 2010 issue was released yesterday just in time for the launch of Paris Fashion Week . A haunting Lara Stone graces the cover wearing only lacy black gloves, a black Victorian choker, and a lacy black mask shielding her eyes…