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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 ...
Reactions to nominations for 85th Academy Awards
Reactions to nominations announced Thursday for the 85th annual Academy Awards: ___ "I'm completely freaking out." — First-time filmmaker Behn ...
Gunn expands his mentoring 'Baileywick' to Disney
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 ...
A huge collection of odd TV stuff needs a home
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 ...
2012 styles that made our heads turn
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 ...
Posen filling Kors' 'Project Runway' hot seat
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.
Cavallari shares her style with 2 accessory lines
Kristin Cavallari may be a new mom, but she still aims to be as put together and stylish as she did pre-baby. It's part of her job these days.
Spice Girls musical 'Viva Forever' opens in London
"Viva Forever"? Time will tell. Girl Power lit up London's West End on Tuesday at the premiere of the new Spice Girls musical — but audiences and ...
Transgenders break into Brazil's modeling sector
Walking the catwalk in a Brazilian bikini is a nerve-racking experience for even the most seasoned of models, but for Felipa Tavares it's nothing ...
Possible Wintour appointment gets London talking
Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, John Quincy Adams ... and now Anna Wintour? A report suggesting that the influential editor-in-chief of Vogue is one ...
Aldridge: Victoria's Secret model, full-time mom
Sure, her job involves parading in lacy underwear and her husband is a rock star. But Lily Aldridge says she does the same things on a given day as ...
NY's Wang named designer at Paris' Balenciaga
Young downtown designer Alexander Wang is taking over the creative direction of storied Paris fashion label Balenciaga, likely bringing his cool-girl, ...
Oh, Yoko! Ono's fashion line gropes for Lennon
You remember that Beatles classic "I Wanna Hold Your Hand"? Turns out Yoko Ono had other things in mind. Ono's new menswear collection inspired by ...