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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 ...
What will Michelle Obama do with 4 more years?
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 ...
Mrs. Obama has bangs: Let the analyzing begin
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 ...
Court in native Taiwan snubs Obama gown designer
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 ...
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.
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.
Michelle Obama wears Wu to the balls again
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 ...
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 ...
First lady wears Thom Browne coat and dress
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
John Galliano invited to return to fashion
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 ...
Rihanna's fashion collection to debut in Feb.
Rihanna's collection for British brand River Island is slated for its debut next month during London Fashion Week. Fashion week organizers listed the ...
Barrymore nurturing beauty brand Flower with care
Drew Barrymore, an accomplished actress, producer and director, is launching her own beauty brand. Maybe, she says, it's the next chapter now that ...
Michelle Obama lets wardrobe take back seat
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 ...
Milan fashion: Conservative looks are in
The winter fashion statement coming out of Milan this time has been decidedly conservative. Milan designers stuck to the classics in their menswear ...
AP Photos: Post-baby Danes among Globes style wins
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 ...
Bill Clinton gets a standing O at Golden Globes
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 nominees celebrate at tea party
Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Jon Bon Jovi, Hugh Jackman and other Golden Globe nominees celebrated their good fortune with a cup of tea.
Milan Fashion Week starts on somber note
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 ...
Dolce&Gabbana offer masculine romanticism
Dolce and Gabbana's menswear collection for next winter is pure masculinity, infused with southern romanticism. With motifs of winter roses, ...
Fashion world keeps pressure on Missoni search
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 ...
Jil Sander back with minimalist, not austere, look
Tall, almost Puritan collars gave gravitas to Jil Sander's first winter menswear collection since returning to the label she founded. The ample lapels ...