
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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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.
Ferretti goes Victorian minimal for next winter
The latest Alberta Ferretti winter collection could be labeled minimal Victorian. There were many elements of 19th-century fashion in the show ...

Mila Schoen creates feminine flounce for winter
Mila Schoen has turned to a new team of international designers to usher in a new era for the label. The first collection, cold weather clothes for ...

London Fashion Week wraps up 5-day run
What's new for fashion in the coming winter? Consider glamorous animal prints, a touch of punk, polished tailoring, furry collars and lashings of ...

Burberry, Tom Ford lead London fashion showcase
Bold looks at Burberry Prorsum and a much-anticipated show by Tom Ford brought London Fashion Week to an exhilarating climax Monday, packed with ...

Burberry takes a walk on the wild side
Burberry Prorsum has taken its classic trench coats on safari for a makeover. In a catwalk show that drew stars such as Kate Beckinsale and Michelle ...
Dark romance at Erdem's London catwalk show
Designer Erdem Moralioglu has garnered a long list of fans with his delicate, ice cream-colored floral dresses, but this season he decided to try ...

Tom Ford offers elegant catwalk show in London
Tom Ford put his stamp on London Fashion Week with a rare catwalk show Monday in the elegant confines of Lancaster House in the posh St.
Camouflage meets velvet at Christopher Kane show
Camouflage has suddenly become stylish. So have big fox fur stoles, velvet and feather trim. Designer Christopher Kane seems to have the Midas touch: ...

Checks, punk, vintage glamor vie at London shows
Tweed checks at Mulberry, punk styling at Preen, pretty vintage-style dresses at Temperley London. Designers showcased their latest autumn and winter ...

Westwood champions Assange on London catwalk
Few designers so consistently mix fashion with politics, or manage to secure her fans' adoration with the same looks almost every season. But Vivienne ...