
Armani mixes classic couture with exotic panache
Only a few living designers can execute a couture show where almost every look glistens as much with classic timelessness as it does with innovation.

Stephane Rolland perfects sculptural white couture
Stephane Rolland finally hit the right aesthetic for his spring-summer 2013 couture show in Paris, perfecting his take on pure architectural styles.

Lagerfeld supports gay marriage in lesbian couture
Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel's veteran couturier, has shown his support for the legalization of gay marriage in France by sending two models down a catwalk ...

Chanel evokes 19th century in spring couture show
One palace, 90 oak trees and more than 3,000 bushes is the kind of luxury that spells only one thing: Chanel haute couture. The natural landscape ...

INAUGURATION WATCH: A special dress ends a big day
AP journalists fanned out across the capital to cover Inauguration Day as part of a running feed of content and analysis. Here are their reports.

Spring, electricity in the air in couture day 1
There's never a gray moment for haute couture. As it snowed outside, it was a spring garden party for Christian Dior on Monday, the first day of ...

Raf Simons makes his Dior couture garden grow
A garden within a garden was the setting for Christian Dior's flower-obsessed — and typically decadent — couture show. Carrying on with the "flower ...
Atari US files for bankruptcy to break from parent
Video game maker Atari's U.S. operations have filed for bankruptcy protection in an effort to separate from their French parent company, which is ...

Iris Van Herpen electrifies haute couture
Iris Van Herpen's electrifying haute couture show should have come with a warning sign: Danger High Voltage. A mysterious black statue in a dimly lit ...

Amsterdam-Brussels high-speed rail link is halted
It was supposed to be the perfect 21st century link between two bustling European capitals. Instead, the new high-speed Fyra line connecting Amsterdam ...

80s models return in Galante's natural couture
Maurizio Galante is inspired by nature. To the sound of birdsong, the Italian-born designer presented a textural and organic haute couture ...

More delays at Heathrow as Britain hit by snow
Hundreds of flights were canceled in Britain, France and Germany on Monday as snow and ice blanketed Western Europe. London's Heathrow airport ...

Russia moves to enact anti-gay law nationwide
Kissing his boyfriend during a protest in front of Russia's parliament earned Pavel Samburov 30 hours of detention and the equivalent of a $16 fine ...

Louis Vuitton, Valentino, Dior perfect menswear
White was the color of Paris menswear fashion shows for fall-winter. But it was not in the clothes. The last of five frenetic days of collections saw ...

Heathrow cancels 260 flights, blames snow
London's Heathrow airport canceled 260 flights — about 20 percent of its usual schedule — on Sunday because of snow and low visibility, causing a ...

Lanvin plays on proportions, as snow quilts Paris
The snow fell in Paris all day, blanketing the left bank's grand Fine Arts School, the stage for Lanvin's fall-winter 2013 show. The snowy cover saw ...

Obama says US ready to assist Algerian officials
President Barack Obama said Saturday the U.S. stands ready to provide whatever assistance Algerian officials need in the aftermath of the deadly ...

Damir Doma gets monk-chic in slouchy show
Croatian-born designer Damir Doma went to his roots to explore the patterns of East Europe in a slouchy, texture-rich menswear collection for ...

Hermes lets clothes do the talking in classy show
Hermes has become a byword for simple, unpretentious luxury. With panache, veteran menswear designer Veronique Nichanian proved this again in a classy ...

Dior Homme creates the space-age businessman
It was cosmic musing for Dior Homme's Kris Van Assche, who injected a space-age fiber into the house's DNA of fitted black suit, white shirt and black ...

Player not alone in claiming web wishful thinking
It started out a stunner: The college football star had told heartbreaking stories about a dead girlfriend who didn't exist. Then it became unreal: ...

Rebellious Macedonian village stages carnival
The tiny Macedonian town of Vevcani boasts its own constitution, its own currency and a passport emblazoned with a golden coat of arms. They are a ...

Givenchy makes menswear combatorial
Gladiatorial combat is in the air for Givenchy's ever-creative Riccardo Tisci. For the fall-winter 2013 menswear show, the Italian designer delved ...