
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 ...

At least 1 Wang to get a CFDA award _ and maybe 2
Alexander Wang and Proenza Schouler are among the leading nominees for this year's Council of Fashion Designers of America awards, topping a list of ...

Wintour charged with Conde Nast 'creative vision'
Conde Nast is expanding the role of Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. She has been named the company's artistic director. The appointment was ...

Tailors to the popes pray for perfect fit
The favorite guessing game in Rome these days is who will be the next pope. Few take it more seriously than the Gammarelli family, tailors to the ...

New Balance running customization in new direction
New Balance is taking customization much further than choosing colors or other aesthetic details: The athletic brand is introducing a track-specific ...

Inside Kate Moss' hotel room at Louis Vuitton
The classic Hollywood scene of a mysterious and glamorous woman leaving an anonymous hotel room inspired Louis Vuitton's ready-to-wear show, moving ...

Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition headed to London
Nautical sailor tops and Madonna's conical bra are coming to London next year in an exhibition of the work of fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier.

Venus Williams has her sport wardrobe all lined up
You know the whole thing about a woman's prerogative to change her mind? Venus Williams can't do it — at least not when it comes to her tennis ...

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 ...

Strange sight on college basketball court: sleeves
College basketball's tournament time is taking on a new look this year, with lots of double-takes expected. Six teams will wear special uniforms for ...

Cinderella's slipper: the ultimate must-have shoe
There would be no "happily ever after" for Cinderella without her glitzy glass slippers, so careful attention was paid to the shoes for the ...

Glamorous Diana dresses up for auction
If dresses could talk, this dark navy, figure-hugging velvet number would have the best stories to tell. Princess Diana wore it on state visits, at ...

The party's over for Fashion's Night Out
The party's over for Fashion's Night Out. The annual shopping event has been part of New York Fashion Week each September since 2009, when it was ...

'Breaking Bad' donates cast clothing to NM shelter
A Walt White robe. Baby Holly's pink hoodies. Sweaters worn by DEA agents trying to break up a drug smuggling ring. These are among the items the AMC ...

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 ...

Armani, Dior rack up fashion wins at Oscars
Forget glamour girls Jessica Chastain versus Jennifer Lawrence. By the end of a long Oscars telecast, the only person who could have stolen the ...

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 ...

Nudes check out nudes at Austrian museum
These museum goers didn't just leave their coats at the coat check. They handed over their shirts, trousers and underwear. Everything, in fact, except ...

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 ...

Media Day features loose champ, dating drivers
Brad Keselowski strolled through the Daytona 500 Club with his cellphone in one hand and a half-empty bottle in the other. Nope, not beer. Not this ...

Coach's longtime CEO Frankfort to give up title
Coach's longtime CEO Lew Frankfort, who transformed what had been a small leather goods business into a global luxury brand, will step aside next year

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 ...