Vionnet honors heritage with show of sketches
The maison Vionnet is honoring its heritage with an exhibit of sketches of founder Madeleine Vionnet's designs as rendered by the futurist artist ...

AquilanoRimondi update Alice's wardrobe
Instead of "Off with her head!," it's "Off with that bow!" Alice in Wonderland finally can ditch that blue dress and white smock once and for all.

After bad month for French cuisine, farms in focus
Stung by Europe's growing horse meat scandal, French farmers and food industry officials on Saturday were flocking to Paris to show off their wares ...

Jil Sander asserts tailored heritage
Jil Sander is back, and it shows. Belgian designer Raf Simons, now with Dior, had livened up the minimalist label with bold colors and inventive ...

Milan Fashion Week: Cavalli offers winter glitter
For designer Roberto Cavalli, it was a very quiet and surprisingly elegant show. The master of sexy fashion shuns his trademark animal prints and ...

Bottega Veneta looks project strength and decision
Bottega Veneta's looks for women next winter project strength and decision. Creative director Tomas Maier's collection was precisely constructed, with ...

Shoes are the new jewelry on Milan runways
Donatella Versace once famously said that shoes are the new jewelry. This season, her decree is being fulfilled to the hilt — which at times means all ...

Versace nails a new punk look for next winter
Donatella Versace doesn't seek to revisit punk so much as to interpret what it would be if it were born today. She may have nailed it in the women's ...

Colangelo digital-inspired line has 3-D flair
Gabriele Colangelo's womenswear line for next winter drew inspiration from artist Laurent Segretier's "photographic digital distortions" — a concept ...

Etro creates a kaleidoscope of powerful clothes
The Etro collection for next winter was short and to the point. Walking through a kaleidoscope of Etro patterns projected on a screen, the models ...

Taiwan media kingpin pushes hard on China ties
Appearing last year before Taiwanese regulators, billionaire media magnate Tsai Eng-meng appeared perplexed over a decision to fine his flagship ...

Large coats a mainstay for next winter from Milan
Many of the fashions displayed on the Milan runway Thursday had a yesteryear appeal — but with a contemporary edge. Coats are a mainstay for next ...

Just Cavalli thinks ethnic for women next winter
Designer Roberto Cavalli drew inspiration for his second line "Just Cavalli" collection, from a recent trip to Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan, at the ...

DSquared2 features masculine tailoring for her
Both the masculine and feminine sides of the DSquared2 label were shouting over each other for attention. The collection for next winter, presented ...

Prada presents yesteryear opulence
The Prada finale was a long luxurious mink coat with ample collar and cuff like the ones the Hollywood divas used to wear in the 1950's.
Russia seeks EU guarantees over horse meat scandal
Russia may suspend meat imports from European Union nations because of the horse meat scandal, an official said Thursday. Gennady Onishchenko, ...

Fendi in Milan sticks discreetly to fur heritage
Fendi is to fur what Ferrari is to cars. Yet given current concerns about animal rights, the brand has moved from the lavish fur coats that were all ...

British style icon Alexa Chung inspires Blugirl
Blugirl has looks for women feeling both demure and daring at the same time — mixing traditional tartan, peek-a-boo lace and bold leopard prints.
Lego sales soar on demand for new girls' series
Lego's sales soared 25 percent last year thanks in part to its new series of building blocks designed for girls. The privately owned company said ...

Max Mara strikes a note of functional elegance
The German Bauhaus design school gave the world functional yet elegant design in both everyday objects like chairs and teapots to living and working ...

US CEO ridicules French workers as time-wasting
A straight-talking U.S. businessman and a European socialist government were never likely to become the firmest of friends, but a letter from Maurice ...

Gucci woman mixes demure with daring
Milan fashion designers hit a theatrical note in women's winter collections previewed on the opening day of Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday.