http://www.mail.com/subjects/170-fashion-design.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/170-fashion-design.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1853974-dior-jennifer-lawrence-dress-malfunction.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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 showed through the skirt of her gown, leading to some speculation that it had ripped. Dior Couture told The Associated Press that wasn't so. The design... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1853974-dior-jennifer-lawrence-dress-malfunction.html 2013-01-29T16:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1847692-what-will-michelle-obama-with-4-years.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama has a new look, both in person and online, and with the president's re-election, she has four more years as first lady, too. That's got many people wondering: What will she do with them? Take on a new cause? Travel more? Trace the path of another first lady and keep the Obama political brand alive by running for office? Th... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1847692-what-will-michelle-obama-with-4-years.html 2013-01-28T07:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1841428-mrs-obama-bangs-analyzing.html NEW YORK (AP) — Before we start rambling on obsessively about Michelle Obama's bangs, let's be clear: The president started it. It was he, after all, who called the new hairdo, unveiled just a few days before the historic occasion of his second inauguration, "the most significant event of this weekend." And he hasn't stopped there. On Tuesday night, he in... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1841428-mrs-obama-bangs-analyzing.html 2013-01-23T23:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1837356-court-native-taiwan-snubs-obama-gown-designer.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Judges in his native Taiwan seem unimpressed that Jason Wu has designed two inaugural gowns for U.S. first lady Michelle Obama. Taiwan's Intellectual Property Court ruled Monday that Wu's new label "Miss Wu" could not be registered as a brand because it was not distinctive enough. Wu is one of only several dozen Chinese surnames, and... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1837356-court-native-taiwan-snubs-obama-gown-designer.html 2013-01-22T23:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1839014-armani-chanel-draw-celebs-couture-day-2.html PARIS (AP) — The red-carpet glamor of haute couture — with its dripping paillettes, glistening silks and exorbitant price tag — makes it a natural bedfellow for A-list actresses the world over. The spring-summer season 2013 is certainly no exception, with Tuesday, the second day of couture week, attracting a throng of top stars, old and young — as it has ... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1839014-armani-chanel-draw-celebs-couture-day-2.html 2013-01-22T21:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1838644-armani-mixes-classic-couture-with-exotic-panache.html PARIS (AP) — 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. Fashion legend Giorgio Armani, 78, is one of them. Proof was Armani Prive's spring-summer 2013 show on Tuesday: a finely balanced affair contrasting the classic with the exotic. In 54 looks, the... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1838644-armani-mixes-classic-couture-with-exotic-panache.html 2013-01-22T19:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1835148-inauguration-watch-special-dress-ends-big-day.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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. A NEW CHAPTER AP National Political Editor Liz Sidoti closes Inauguration Watch by summing up the day's events and what they might mean. No, this wasn't the euphoric celebration of 2009 that mesmerized a hungry nation clinging to pro... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1835148-inauguration-watch-special-dress-ends-big-day.html 2013-01-22T02:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1835476-michelle-obama-wears-wu-to-balls.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama made it a fashion tradition Monday night, wearing a custom-made Jason Wu gown to the inauguration balls. The ruby-colored dress was a follow-up to the white gown Wu made for her four years ago when she was new to Washington, the pomp and circumstance, and the fashion press. She now emerged in velvet and chiffon as a bona f... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1835476-michelle-obama-wears-wu-to-balls.html 2013-01-22T02:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1835760-iris-van-herpen-electrifies-haute-couture.html PARIS (AP) — 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 Parisian salon awaited revelers Monday who suddenly gasped as this "statue" began to move; the figure was in fact a performer inside a black body stocking, standing on a Tesla coil. ... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1835760-iris-van-herpen-electrifies-haute-couture.html 2013-01-21T17:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1834842-lady-wears-thom-browne-coat-dress.html WASHINGTON (AP) — First Lady Michelle Obama is wearing a navy Thom Browne coat and dress. The fabric for the first lady's Inauguration Day attire was developed based on the style of a man's silk tie. The belt she is wearing is from J.Crew and her necklace and earrings were designed by Cathy Waterman. She wore J.Crew shoes, and added J.crew gloves and Reed... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1834842-lady-wears-thom-browne-coat-dress.html 2013-01-21T15:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1833384-lanvin-plays-proportions-snow-quilts-paris.html PARIS (AP) — 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 the building reduced to all white — distilling its 19th-century stones to pure form and shapes. It's perhaps appropriate that designers Alber Elbaz and Lucas Ossendrijver thus chose to explore sh... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1833384-lanvin-plays-proportions-snow-quilts-paris.html 2013-01-20T16:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1830998-joseph-beuys-inspires-slouchy-john-galliano.html PARIS (AP) — 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 was spurred on creatively after seeing installation by Beuys, who died in 1986, and was famous for his slouchy style. Models walked down the Paris catwalk with a swagger in loose and flowing coat... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1830998-joseph-beuys-inspires-slouchy-john-galliano.html 2013-01-18T21:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1830012-john-galliano-invited-to-return-to-fashion.html John Galliano has been invited by Oscar de la Renta to return to fashion for the first time since the designer's anti-Semitic rant at a Paris cafe was captured on video. De la Renta invited Galliano to spend time in his studio over the next three weeks, according to a statement released Friday by de la Renta's company. Galliano was dismissed as creative d... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1830012-john-galliano-invited-to-return-to-fashion.html 2013-01-18T17:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1828284-rihannas-fashion-collection-to-debut-feb.html NEW YORK (AP) — Rihanna's collection for British brand River Island is slated for its debut next month during London Fashion Week. Fashion week organizers listed the pop star on its official calendar of fall previews as they sent out registration materials on Thursday to the editors, stylists and retailers who cover designer collections. ... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 20:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1828284-rihannas-fashion-collection-to-debut-feb.html 2013-01-17T20:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1828044-barrymore-nurturing-beauty-brand-flower-with-care.html NEW YORK (AP) — Drew Barrymore, an accomplished actress, producer and director, is launching her own beauty brand. Maybe, she says, it's the next chapter now that she's married art consultant Will Koppelman and they have a 4-month-old daughter, Olive. She's not just starring in the ad campaign or splashing her name on the box. Barrymore says she is growin... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1828044-barrymore-nurturing-beauty-brand-flower-with-care.html 2013-01-17T19:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1824938-michelle-obama-wardrobe-take-seat.html NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Obama has proven her fashion savvy time and again since she was introduced as first lady in a lemongrass-yellow sheath and coat by Isabel Toledo on Inauguration Day 2009 — so much so that we don't discuss it nearly as much as we used to. Four years ago, there was a daily barrage in the media: Jason Wu gown! J. Crew gloves! Jimmy C... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1824938-michelle-obama-wardrobe-take-seat.html 2013-01-16T21:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1822518-milan-fashion-conservative.html MILAN (AP) — The winter fashion statement coming out of Milan this time has been decidedly conservative. Milan designers stuck to the classics in their menswear collections for next winter, presented during four days of previews that ended Tuesday, but sought to enhance the traditional with a focus on technology and details. Radical fa... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1822518-milan-fashion-conservative.html 2013-01-15T17:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1818718-ap-photos-post-baby-danes-globes-style-wins.html With all the pressure to strike the right style note at the Golden Globes — the kickoff to Hollywood's award season — Claire Danes had one more: a post-baby body. "I am very strapped into this dress. It's Versace and they are masters of illusions," she said after her win Sunday for best actress in a TV drama. She wore a plunging red dress just a month aft... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 04:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1818718-ap-photos-post-baby-danes-globes-style-wins.html 2013-01-14T04:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1818496-bill-clinton-standing-golden-globes.html BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Who can seize the rapt attention of a room full of A-list movie and TV stars? Try a former U.S. president. When the glitterati gathered at Sunday's Golden Globe awards heard the surprise introduction of Bill Clinton, they leaped to their feet and roared their welcome. No, this wasn't some joke, a comedy spoof by co-hosts Amy P... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1818496-bill-clinton-standing-golden-globes.html 2013-01-14T02:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1816832-golden-globe-nominees-celebrate-tea-party.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jon Bon Jovi, Hugh Jackman and other Golden Globe nominees celebrated their good fortune with a cup of tea. They were the guests of honor at the annual British Academy of Film and Television Arts annual Awards Season Tea Party at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles, where the agenda was merely to min... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 03:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1816832-golden-globe-nominees-celebrate-tea-party.html 2013-01-13T03:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1816560-milan-fashion-week-starts-somber-note.html MILAN (AP) — Milan Fashion Week started off on a somber note Saturday, as the design world maintained a vigil for the missing CEO of the family-run Missoni fashion house. The Italian National Fashion Chamber urged the fashion community to post messages on social networks to keep pressure on authorities not to abandon the search for Vittorio Missoni and fi... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1816560-milan-fashion-week-starts-somber-note.html 2013-01-12T21:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1816152-dolcegabbana-offer-masculine-romanticism.html MILAN (AP) — Dolce and Gabbana's menswear collection for next winter is pure masculinity, infused with southern romanticism. With motifs of winter roses, illuminated Madonnas and baroque embossing, the 2014 winter menswear collection previewed Saturday during Milan Fashion Week evokes Sicily, a tip to the designers' roots. And to drive home the point, the... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1816152-dolcegabbana-offer-masculine-romanticism.html 2013-01-12T17:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1815844-fashion-world-pressure-missoni-search.html MILAN (AP) — The fashion world is urging authorities to keep searching for the missing CEO of Missoni as Milan Fashion Week gets under way. The Italian National Fashion Chamber has urged the fashion community to post messages on social networks to keep the search for Vittorio Missoni at the center of authorities' attention. And designer Carlo Alberto Corn... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1815844-fashion-world-pressure-missoni-search.html 2013-01-12T14:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1815724-jil-sander-with-minimalist-austere.html MILAN (AP) — Tall, almost Puritan collars gave gravitas to Jil Sander's first winter menswear collection since returning to the label she founded. The ample lapels made prominent in the collection for next fall/winter presented Saturday on the first day of Milan Fashion Week often contrasted in tone or texture with the jacket or sweater they accented, and... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1815724-jil-sander-with-minimalist-austere.html 2013-01-12T12:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1811996-reactions-to-nominations-85th-academy-awards.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reactions to nominations announced Thursday for the 85th annual Academy Awards: "I'm completely freaking out." — First-time filmmaker Behn Zeitlin, nominated for directing and co-writing best picture contender "Beasts of the Southern Wild." "I got an email from a lot of people sa... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1811996-reactions-to-nominations-85th-academy-awards.html 2013-01-10T19:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1795778-gunn-expands-mentoring-baileywick-to-disney.html NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Gunn has advised divas for years on "Project Runway," so working with a princess is no big deal. In the new Disney Junior animated series "Sofia the First," Gunn's royal steward character, Baileywick, helps the young Sofia adapt to royal life after her mother marries a king. Baileywick not only helps Sofia (voiced by Ariel Winters) dre... Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1795778-gunn-expands-mentoring-baileywick-to-disney.html 2013-01-02T17:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1785114-huge-collection-odd-tv-stuff.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Comisar is the first to acknowledge that more than a few have questioned his sanity for spending the better part of 25 years collecting everything from the costume George Reeves wore in the 1950s TV show "Superman" to the entire set of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson." Then there's the pointy Spock ears Leonard Nimoy wore... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 08:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1785114-huge-collection-odd-tv-stuff.html 2012-12-24T08:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1761732-2012-styles-that-heads-turn.html NEW YORK (AP) — Every year fashion offers up the good, the bad and the ugly. But what the industry is really built on — and consumers respond to — is buzz. Here are the top moments of 2012 that made our heads turn: —Angelina Jolie at the Oscars. The leg that peeked out of the high thigh-high slit of her Versace gown was the most exciting appearance on the... Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1761732-2012-styles-that-heads-turn.html 2012-12-21T20:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1774294-posen-filling-kors-project-runway-hot-seat.html NEW YORK (AP) — Zac Posen is in on "Project Runway" — he'll be the new featured judge, filling the chair Michael Kors sat in for the show's first 10 seasons. "This was an amazing opportunity," Posen said. "I hope I'm here to give a new perspective to the designers." Kors isn't "out" — as host Heidi Klum likes to say to the fashion-design contestants who g... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1774294-posen-filling-kors-project-runway-hot-seat.html 2012-12-18T16:59:00Z