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European fashion buyers look to Nigeria
A model struts the runway wearing a flowing newspaper print gown in this African megacity where international high-end fashion buyers are looking ...
Sarah Jessica Parker among stars honoring fashion
Fashion may have been the focus of the Night of Stars gala in New York, but actress Sarah Jessica Parker was more interested in talking politics.
Vast Broadway costume collection on display in Fla
Box by box they arrived, the once glittering costumes of Broadway legends and theatre memorabilia, now dirty, tattered and forgotten. There were ...
Rising fashion star Roberts talks shopping, style
Emma Roberts isn't just making a name for herself as a rising star in Hollywood — she has four films in the works — she's also leaving her mark in the ...
Skinny Minnie: Disney fave gets Barneys makeover
Did Minnie Mouse do a catwalk cleanse? For a brief moment in Barneys New York's upcoming holiday window display, Minnie becomes a long, lean ...
Katy Perry wears her ballot at Obama rally
Katy Perry's doing her best get-out-the vote effort: At a rally for President Barack Obama, she wore a tight white dress imprinted like a ballot, and ...
Rodriguez's celeb friends kick off Kohl's launch
Even celebrities appreciate a bargain. Perhaps that's why famous pals Katie Holmes and Julianna Margulies joined Narciso Rodriguez as he launched a ...
Shocking! Famed fashion house Schiaparelli revived
Shoe hats, lobster dresses, and spiraling goggle glasses could easily be part of a closet inventory belonging to Lady Gaga. But these objects were all ...
NYC exhibition: Katharine Hepburn as fashion icon
A new exhibition is hailing the fashion sense of Katharine Hepburn, whose trademark khakis and open-collar shirts were decidedly unconventional in the ...
Boston museum shows royal family, celebrity photos
Mario Testino poses for photographs in front of photographs. Cameras flash as Testino stands, arms crossed, in black jeans, black suit coat and black ...
Hollywood costumes exhibition opens in London
Darth Vader, Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp, Scarlett O'Hara and Indiana Jones have all come under one London roof. Not the actual characters, of ...
Justin Bieber turns style icon for Adidas NEO
Teen superstar Justin Bieber has teamed up with the Adidas NEO Label to be its new global style icon. The two-year partnership with the German ...
Warhol Foundation takes on cosmetics with Nars
Francois Nars had Andy Warhol coffee table books in his living room and Yves Saint Laurent in his closet growing up in the '70s in the south of France
Leona Lewis at peace with One Direction fans
Leona Lewis understands that One Direction fans are protective of their lads. Since being linked with Liam Payne from the boy band, the British singer ...
Top designer labels abandon Argentina
Adios, Armani. Hasta la vista, Louis Vuitton. The world's most luxurious designer brands are abandoning Argentina rather than comply with tight new ...
Frida Kahlo, her real look, on display in Mexico
The women on the cocktail circuit of the late 1930s were all curve-hugging dresses and gelled curls. Not Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo.
Louis V, Miu Miu and Elie Saab give grand finale
Marc Jacobs, more than anyone, knows that it's not what you say but how you say it. The Louis Vuitton showman thus capped an incredibly strong Paris ...
Chanel heads up imaginative, spirited day of shows
"Don't take things too seriously," said Karl Lagerfeld standing next to a towering wind turbine inside Paris' Grand Palais, "especially not fashion.
Hurley still gets dressed in pink each October
After nearly two decades, Elizabeth Hurley still finds herself dressed in pink in October to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month. She's been the face ...
Fashion show canceled after collection is lost
There's going to be a one-hour hole in the normally tight Paris Fashion Week calendar, after representatives of label Hakaan said its entire ...
Givenchy, Hermes and Celine get elegant
True style doesn't try too hard. That was the statement at Paris Fashion Week, alarmingly simple, but proved in a number of ready-to-wear ...
Dior hemlines rise and designers use color, black
Spring signals new beginnings. Not only in statement-making prints and new colors — as the Paris spring-summer 2013 season has shown — but in bold ...
Writer behind Suri's Burn Book blog publishes book
Suri Cruise would never wear denim, is on the Dukan Diet and considers Jay-Z and Beyonce's daughter, Blue Ivy, a rival. Not the real Suri Cruise, ...
Fashion shows travel continents and eras in Paris
Paris fashion has no boundaries and no borders. Thursday's cultural melting pot of spring-summer 2013 shows was proof enough. Curious designers, ...
Swimmer Ryan Lochte picks training over Tinseltown
With his camera-ready good looks, quirky catchphrases and funky fashion choices, swimmer Ryan Lochte parlayed the five medals he won at the 2012 ...