
Nicole Richie gets candid in new AOL web series
As the Twitterverse expands with millions of users, it can be hard to have a unique voice. Nicole Richie doesn't have that problem. Some examples: ...

Kenya co. turns old sandals into colorful objects
The colorful handmade giraffes, elephants and warthogs made in a Nairobi workshop were once only dirty pieces of rubber cruising the Indian Ocean's ...

Koolhaas unites architecture, design and fashion
Shedding his "puritanical" attitude against architects designing objects, Rem Koolhaas has shifted scale to create 11 pieces of furniture for the U.S.

Iraq to revive cultural life to heal war wounds
Sewing machines buzz inside the Iraq Fashion House as dressmakers work late into the night behind concrete blast walls readying intricately ...

Rape defendant's death casts shadow on model jail
India's Tihar Jail is a land of bakeries and carpentry shops, where inmates compete in music contests, take classes and perform intensive Buddhist ...

Lanvin, Nina Ricci, Balmain are ladylike on day 3
First it was Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo who played with men's clothing in the 1930s. Then came Yves Saint Laurent, who in the 60s made it ...

Milan designers propose assertive winter looks
Milan designers have proposed assertive and even aggressive looks for next year, as if to fill a power vacuum felt keenly in Italy in the face of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rihanna, Issa light up London Fashion Week
London Fashion Week moved into high international gear Saturday with a debut collection from Barbadian pop diva Rihanna, a Native American-inspired ...

London's glittery fashion week keeps on rolling
London Fashion Week swings into star time with a debut fashion show from pop star Rihanna and other big design names, including Issa and Jasper Conran

NY Fashion Week: tough, tailored, lots of black
Influencers finish up New York Fashion Week on Thursday with a taste of what's to come next fall, their appetite whet by some tough, some tailored and ...

AP Photos: NY Fashion Week's beautiful blur
Fashion Week is a beautiful, strange and infinitely colorful event. For eight days twice a year in New York City, the fashion conscious delve into a ...

NY Fashion Week fades to black on runway and off
New York Fashion Week is fading to black. Fall previews wrap up Thursday night, with the rescheduled Marc Jacobs show, but there's been a steady ...

Model Kloss wouldn't miss fashion week 'reunion'
Karlie Kloss is a favorite finale model, closing the catwalk again Wednesday at Michael Kors at New York Fashion Week. She did the same the night ...

Friendships bubble up at NY Fashion Week
Rachel Roy was at Vera Wang's NY Fashion Week show Tuesday, in a choice seat next to John Legend. Tory Burch regularly attends the shows of Narciso ...

Weather's silver lining: coat comfort on runways
Rain, snow, ice. There's a lot of grumbling about the stiletto-adverse weather as New York Fashion Week hit Day 5 on Monday. But there's a silver ...

Hilfiger updates preppy, menswear styles with mod
Tommy Hilfiger taught a lesson on mixed messages to the New York Fashion Week on Sunday night. At first, the looks at the Park Avenue Armory, staged ...

More coincidence than conspiracy at fashion week
During every season of designer previews at New York Fashion Week a few key, quirky items seem to pop up on different runways. They're not quite ...

Animal prints, flats and a timid cat at Reese
Any model will tell you: It's hard to walk down a catwalk. Especially when you're an actual cat. Designer Tracy Reese's fall-winter show had a guest ...

Beckham weaves some English influences into fall
Of course Victoria Beckham had hot cups of tea at the ready at her New York Fashion Week show on Sunday. It was cold outside, and Beckham knows how ...

The sound of NY Fashion Week: smartphones snapping
Remember clapping? As in when a fashion designer puts on his runway finale and then takes a bow before an adoring crowd. The fashion hordes these days ...

Shovels, skis or a wedding: tales from a snowstorm
From New Jersey to Maine, millions of people, many with Superstorm Sandy still fresh in their minds, dug out from underneath mounds of snow Saturday.

Uggs? Ugh. NY Fashion Week battles the elements
Mother Nature is clearly not a fashionista. A blizzard forced Michael Kors to arrive at New York Fashion Week's "Project Runway" show on Friday in — ...

Rare Afghan fashion show seeks to empower women
Afghan models paraded down a candle-lined catwalk Friday as men and women watched from the audience in a restaurant off a muddy street in Kabul.