Luxury firms seek styles to make good times last

Luxury firms seek styles to make good times last
By Christina Passariello
The Wall Street Journal Europe
29 Sep 2006

MILAN—As the luxury-goods industry enjoys one of its biggest booms ever, the mood on the catwalk during fashion week here has been bright and upbeat: glittering mini-dresses at Gucci, canary yellow jackets from Ferragamo and toe-tapping pop music at... read more...

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Fur and Ferretti From the ridiculous to the pretty sublime

Fur and Ferretti From the ridiculous to the pretty sublime
Hadley Freeman Milan
The Guardian
28 Sep 2006

Milan fashion week always provides a nice illustration of what the phrase from the sublime to the ridiculous actually means. One minute you’re outside walking past the spiralling Duomo, or queueing up to see Da Vinci’s The Last Supper, the next you’re... read more...

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Foil thin But boho just gets bigger

Foil thin But boho just gets bigger
Hadley Freeman Milan
The Guardian
27 Sep 2006

After a poor start, the second day of Milan fashion week proved all was back to normal. Burberry (above) and Marni had pretty and wearable shows, the former including candy-coloured metallic skirts and slim tunics reminiscent of the Chloe show last... read more...

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I sHeaehvnen’t be o e? G

I sHeaehvnen’t be o e? G
ianni Versace and Andy Warhol
Stella
24 Sep 2006

Many designers have appropriated Andy Warhol’s silk-screen printed images of Marilyn Monroe, including Yves Saint Laurent, but the borrowing that had the most impact was Gianni Versace’s in 1990, when both his career and the supermodel phenomenon were... read more...

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24 Sep 2006

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Bulgari hopes accessory stores can add shine

Bulgari hopes accessory stores can add shine
By Kenneth Maxwell
The Wall Street Journal Europe
25 Sep 2006

MILAN—As Milan prepares for this week’s women’s fashion shows, luxury jeweler Bulgari SpA has unveiled its own brand-stretching plan to increase profit. The Rome company, best known for million-dollar jewelry pieces favored by Hollywood starlets,... read more...

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‘Diffusion lines’: same glitz, lower prices

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‘Diffusion lines’: same glitz, lower prices

‘Diffusion lines’: same glitz, lower prices
By Christina Passariello
The Wall Street Journal Europe
25 Sep 2006

AT THEIR MILAN atelier last week, designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were wrangling over the theme for their G fashion show today in Milan. Which backdrop, music and props would render the spring-summer 2007 collection more “sexy, glamorous... read more...

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Moneyed chic After a waspish fashion

Moneyed chic After a waspish fashion
Imogen Fox
The Guardian
19 Sep 2006

London fashion week is being taken more seriously, thanks to an improved profile and cash investments from the likes of M&S and Westfield, an Australian property company. This seems to be having a effect on the designers deciding to show on its... read more...

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Generation fashion

Generation fashion

Stella
17 Sep 2006

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TOO THIN for the CATWALK?

TOO THIN for the CATWALK?
By Karen Kay
Daily Mail
18 Sep 2006

AS TOP Uruguayan model Luisel Ramos floated down the catwalk last month to rapturous applause from fashion mavens and frontrow celebrities, she thought she’d reached a new career high. The already skinny 22-year-old had been informed by her model... read more...

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NewYork gig fades to beige

NewYork gig fades to beige
By HOLLY BYRNES
Daily Telegraph (Sydney)
13 Sep 2006

Kit Willow Proenza Schouler Oscar de la Renta AUSTRALIAN designer Kit Willow Podgornik has made a career out of her fondness for beige. But in the shadow of September 11 memorials yesterday, her New York Fashion Week collection had neither the... read more...

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Light rites of spring

Light rites of spring
Standout of the week: Star talent:
Australian
08 Sep 2006

comes into its own. Shock, gasp, a fashion week with food! There is more to eat at this three-day event than all of New York Fashion Week’s after-parties put together. Managing the dining schedule so kindly laid on by the Sea Bath’s Soul Mama... read more...

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Footless and fancy free

Footless and fancy free

Weekend
02 Sep 2006

The best thing about growing up is not having to go back to school. Those faux-cheery signs plastered above ghoulish racks of polyester uniforms at the end of summer used to make me gnash my teeth. Nowadays the shops barely wait for the holidays to... read more...

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