Thursday, October 26, 2006

Project Runway: Good TV, not so fabulous fashion

Project Runway: Good TV, not so fabulous fashion

CLIFFORD PUGH HOUSTON CHRONICLE

Toronto Star

26 Oct 2006



NEW YORK— The fashion crowd is ablas bunch. So on the final day of Olympus Fashion Week in New York, it was refreshing to hear an audience buzzing before the start of a designer show. But they weren’t breathless over Ralph, Calvin or Donna. It was all... read more...

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Do ya think I’m classy?

Do ya think I’m classy?

By Ellen Vanstone

Toronto Star

22 Oct 2006



ofter, more feminine, a little less raw sex (that leather bustier notwithstanding) and a lot more classy sophistication — such was the message at Toronto’s L’Oral Fashion Week, which finished yesterday. The event featured designers from Canada, Los... read more...

Monday, October 23, 2006

Fashion

Fashion

Stella
22 Oct 2006

read more...

stellaloves...

Friday, October 20, 2006

Versace plans to add nine more stores in China

Versace plans to add nine more stores in China

The Wall Street Journal Europe
20 Oct 2006

LUXURY-GOODS and fashion house Gianni Versace SpA said Thursday it plans to invest about OE8 million ($10 million) to increase the number of its directly managed stores in China to 14 by the end of 2007 from five now. Giancarlo Di Risio, the company’s... read more...

Monday, October 16, 2006

Seem a bit familiar?

Seem a bit familiar?

The Guardian
16 Oct 2006

Marty McFly, surely one of the more memorably namedmovie characters of the modern age, required three Back to the Future films, of decreasing quality, to return to 1985, even though to do so meant contending with such perils as a potentially incestuous... read more...

Make it new

Make it new

The Guardian
14 Oct 2006

T “omorrow’s world — today!” The motto of the 1939 New York World’s Fair is one that sustained Gotham as the cultural capital of the world throughout the second half of the 20th century. USA Today, the title of Charles Saatchi’s show of his latest,... read more...

Thursday, October 05, 2006

Greek classic Kokosalaki’s new lines

Greek classic Kokosalaki’s new lines
Hadley Freeman Deputy fashion editor
The Guardian
05 Oct 2006

Faced with the might of an increasingly powerful — and increasingly sophisticated — mass market, the fashion industry could easily crumple to the ground like a badly made shoe. It’s hard to convince people to shell out over 1,000 for a coat from... read more...

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Yes, You Can Be Too Thin (Sueddeutsche Zeitung Deutschland-Ausgabe, 02 Oct 2006, Page 44)

Yes, You Can Be Too Thin

Sueddeutsche Zeitung Deutschland-Ausgabe
02 Oct 2006

If fashion models were purebred dogs instead of underfedwomen, there would be an outcry over the abusive standards for appearing in shows and photo shoots. The prize for women who aspire to the catwalk is a ridiculous size 0, though overachieving ... read more...

Industry too blase

Industry too blase

San Jose Mercury News
02 Oct 2006

Liz Jones, former editor of the U.K. edition of Marie Claire magazine, recently wrote an opinion piece in an Australian newspaper and recounted her concern about a model she saw during London’s fashion week. ‘‘Her back was so cadaverous, her arms and... read more...