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AP Photos: Fashion captured by Cannes cameras
Nicole Kidman is the chameleon of Cannes. As a judge at this year's Cannes International Film Festival and a fashion-world favorite, Kidman has proven ...
Norway's chess superstar has cross-over appeal
He does fashion shoots with Liv Tyler, enjoys soccer-style sponsorships deals and was recently named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential ...
Israeli ban on Galliano dress sparks uproar
Israel's national broadcast authority has banned the country's contestant in the upcoming Eurovision song contest from wearing a dress made by John ...
Milan show mixes design, fashion, architecture
Bathrooms that beg indulgence. Tiles that reduce pollution. Lighting that mimics a rainbow. Extravagance, social consciousness and innovation are ...
Koolhaas unites architecture, design and fashion
Shedding his "puritanical" attitude against architects designing objects, Rem Koolhaas has shifted scale to create 11 pieces of furniture for the U.S.
Lady Gaga's stylist Formichetti leaves Mugler
The French fashion house Mugler says Lady Gaga's stylist Nicola Formichetti is leaving the company where he's been creative director since 2011.
Grown-up Minnie Mouse gets mature Lanvin make-over
Forever-young Minnie Mouse is growing up and moving on from her old red and white polka dots. Lanvin has designed the loveable Disney rodent a new ...
Show at London's V&A museum celebrates David Bowie
When did the modern era begin? With the Renaissance? With Elvis Presley? For a generation of music-loving Britons, it started on July 6, 1972, when ...
Rape defendant's death casts shadow on model jail
India's Tihar Jail is a land of bakeries and carpentry shops, where inmates compete in music contests, take classes and perform intensive Buddhist ...
Burberry moves menswear shows from Milan to London
Luxury fashion house Burberry says it is moving its menswear catwalk shows to London after showing them in Milan for more than a decade. The British ...
Moss upstages Vuitton hotel, capping fashion week
On the last day of Paris ready-to-wear shows, if Miuccia Prada was about fun and Elie Saab the familiar, then Louis Vuitton was about Kate Moss.
Inside Kate Moss' hotel room at Louis Vuitton
The classic Hollywood scene of a mysterious and glamorous woman leaving an anonymous hotel room inspired Louis Vuitton's ready-to-wear show, moving ...
Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition headed to London
Nautical sailor tops and Madonna's conical bra are coming to London next year in an exhibition of the work of fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier.
Slimane divides with anti-style Saint Laurent show
As the sun set on the great glass ceiling of Paris' Grand Palais Monday, the eyes of the fashion crowd turned on one man: Saint Laurent's Hedi Slimane
Giambattista Valli gets practical, launches bag
With hints of last season's sleekness, it-designer Giambattista Valli delivered a layered collection for fall-winter 2013-14 that revisited his ...
Jean Paul Gaultier offers varied style
Clothes as body armour was the original concept behind Jean Paul Gaultier's rather dizzying fall-winter 2013-14 show in Paris. A play on voluminous ...
Simons in confident Christian Dior style evolution
The fourth day of Paris fashion week saw Raf Simons unveil the latest chapter of his journey after nearly a year at the design helm of Christian Dior.
Simons confidently evolves Christian Dior style
The fourth day of Paris fashion week saw Raf Simons unveil the latest chapter of his journey after nearly a year at the design helm of Christian Dior.
Issey Miyake's models smile as color steals show
Issey Miyake cast a few minutes of sunshine over a gray Paris sky on Friday with a fall-winter 2013-14 show brimming with color. Checkered patterns ...
Roland Mouret channels '80s Catherine Deneuve
The most Parisienne of the silver screen icons, Catherine Deneuve, was the inspiration behind Roland Mouret's playful, colorful and womanly show at ...
Lanvin, Nina Ricci, Balmain are ladylike on day 3
First it was Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo who played with men's clothing in the 1930s. Then came Yves Saint Laurent, who in the 60s made it ...
Mugler, Van Noten, Pugh create tensions in fashion
Opposites and contradictions fuel contemporary fashion, as seen in the second day of Paris ready-to-wear shows. Wednesday saw an abundance of such ...
Guy Laroche shows brash sexuality
"It's the story of women, women who don't need men," says Guy Laroche's designer Marcel Marongiu of his revealing, even kinky, fall-winter 2013-14 ...
Damir Doma shows mature, slouchy elegance in Paris
Croatian designer Damir Doma was back on top form for fall-winter 2013-14 in a show that saw his slouchy style get an unexpectedly elegant makeover.