Monday, September 17, 2007

GIDDYUP (Stella, 16 Sep 2007, Page 14)

GIDDYUP

Stella
16 Sep 2007

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Private equity seeks to fashion a success out of Valentino (The Business, 08 Sep 2007, Page 24)

Private equity seeks to fashion a success out of Valentino
fashion jon ashworth
The Business
08 Sep 2007

Damon Buffini of Permira is a bit of a natty dresser; adding Valentino, the Italian luxury fashion house, to the private equity firm’s burgeoning portfolio looked like a smart sartorial move. Yet it did not take long for hard-nosed business acumen to... read more...

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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Fall fashion’s new leaf (The Washington Times Daily, 19 Aug 2007, Page D1)

Fall fashion’s new leaf
By Karen Goldberg Goff THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Washington Times Daily
19 Aug 2007

Casey Lewis had to reinforce the closet shelf holding nearly a decade’s worth of treasure. The plank was straining under so many pictures of shoes, bags, lipsticks and other glamorous items that can be hard to get in Miss Lewis’ hometown of Palmyra,... read more...

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Monday, August 13, 2007

Elements of style (The Herald Magazine, 11 Aug 2007, Page 24)

Elements of style
ELIZABETH McMEEKIN
The Herald Magazine
11 Aug 2007

Make no mistake folks, fashion is a very serious subject. It might be responsible for the resurgence of jodhpurs – quelle horreur – and the popularity of Spandex on the high street, but fashion, like any other creative art form, is an important... read more...

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Smart clothes to power your iPod or light your home … just don’t wash them (The Guardian, 13 Aug 2007, Page 3)

Smart clothes to power your iPod or light your home … just don’t wash them
James Randerson Science correspondent
The Guardian
13 Aug 2007

There was a time when all we expected from our clothes was to preserve our modesty, protect us from the elements and pull in a few curves. Not any more. If the Siggraph 2007 exhibition of future fashions in San Diego is anything to go by, your... read more...

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Smart clothes to power your iPod or light your home … just don’t wash them

Smart clothes to power your iPod or light your home … just don’t wash them
James Randerson Science correspondent
The Guardian
13 Aug 2007

There was a time when all we expected from our clothes was to preserve our modesty, protect us from the elements and pull in a few curves. Not any more. If the Siggraph 2007 exhibition of future fashions in San Diego is anything to go by, your... read more...

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Monday, July 30, 2007

Prada sells Azzedine Alaïa to designer as it scales back
By Stacy Meichtry
The Wall Street Journal Europe
30 Jul 2007

Italian luxury-goods concern Prada Group NV said it sold its Azzedine Alaïa brand back to the label’s namesake designer, the latest step in Prada’s push to scale back operations and focus on its core brands. Under terms of the deal, the Italian group... read more...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

SA fashion bosses ban size-zero models
BIÉNNE HUISMAN
Sunday Times of Johannesburg
22 Jul 2007

TEEN model Kirsty McKenzie, who a year ago was booted off the catwalk for being too skinny, plans to brave the ramp again after gaining seven kilograms. McKenzie, 17, from Johannesburg now weighs in at a more acceptable 54kg and a top South African... read more...
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Monday, July 16, 2007

High price paid for cheap UK clothes

The Guardian
16 Jul 2007

Two toddlers sit on a rusting grille platform built on bamboo stilts at the entrance to one of Bangladesh’s fastestgrowing housing developments. Three feet below them lies a festering mound of rubbish, into which a gushing waste pipe from a nearby... read more...

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