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Dior: Jennifer Lawrence dress had no malfunction
That was no wardrobe malfunction — that was couture. When Jennifer Lawrence ascended the stairs to accept her SAG Award Sunday night, a bit of skin ...
Valentino shows off timeless, effortless couture
Delicacy, nature, architecture and timeless, effortless beauty. Those words describe one of the most sumptuous displays of haute couture seen this ...
Valentino, Gaultier, Saab shimmer in couture
Haute couture, fashion's most luxurious appellation, can only ever come from Paris. One thing couture week's third and final day proved, however, is ...
Jean Paul Gaultier shows off spicy couture
Did "Life of Pi" inspire Jean Paul Gaultier's latest collection? Or was it exotic Bombay dreaming that led to his quirky, theatrical, spring summer ...
Saab plays it safe with bejeweled couture gowns
Elie Saab's couture never ventures far beyond his safe signature: fitted high-waists and long feminine gowns in powdery sumptuous silk that are always ...
Armani and Chanel draw in celebs at couture day 2
The red-carpet glamor of haute couture — with its dripping paillettes, glistening silks and exorbitant price tag — makes it a natural bedfellow for ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Joseph Beuys inspires slouchy John Galliano show
The trilby hat and short, baggy pants of German artist Joseph Beuys was the muse behind John Galliano's fall-winter 2013 show. Designer Bill Gaytten ...
Correction: Italy-Milan Fashion Week-Calvin Klein
In a story Jan. 13 about Milan Fashion Week, The Associated Press misspelled the surname of the creative director for Calvin Klein. It is Italo ...
Rihanna's fashion collection to debut in February
Rihanna's collection for British brand River Island is slated for its debut next month during London Fashion Week. Fashion week organizers listed the ...
Dries Van Noten sends bed gear down catwalk
When it comes to menswear, Dries Van Noten rarely plays by the rules. But even by his own standards, he set himself a tough challenge for fall-winter ...
Issey Miyake gives fashion an emergency blanket
Issey Miyake is one house with its finger firmly on the pulse of the weather forecast. During last summer's heat wave, the Franco-Japanese fashion ...
Raf Simons in colorful ode to the dandy, geek
Raf Simons gave the dandy a colorful, 21st century makeover in his accomplished menswear show in Paris, replete with flappy collars, cravates, long ...
Confident Valentino in first Paris menswear show
The Valentino fashion house explored new landscapes in its first menswear show in Paris, travelling first class to London's Saville Row via a dash of ...
Carven takes fashion to the office, the subway
Carven designer Guillaume Henry channeled a day in the life of the suited city businessman — on the subway and at the office — for his fall-winter ...