Fashin News

• First lady surprises designer with choice of gown

  AP – Thu May 20, 1:09 pm ET
  AP

  Michelle Obama stuck to some of her fashion favorites for the state dinner honoring Mexican President Felipe Calderon and his wife, Margarita Zavala: a one-shouldered silhouette, a belted waist, a bold color — and designer Peter Soronen. Full Story »

• The King is Celebrated at the "Prince of Persia" Premiere

  Fashion Wire Daily – Tue May 18, 12:57 pm ET
  Fashion Wire Daily

  Los Angeles - Jake Gyllenhaal may be cinema's new "Prince of Persia," but even he bowed down to the real king of Hollywood on Monday, May 17, as the film's producer Jerry Bruckheimer was honored at Grauman's Chinese Theater before the film premiered there. Bruckheimer, who has been one of the most prolific producers in the history of both film and television, placed his hand and footprints into the concrete as a who's who of Tinseltown looked on. Full Story »

• Jean Paul Gaultier unveils first collection in Russia

  AFP – Fri May 14, 5:04 pm ET
  AFP

  MOSCOW (AFP) - French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier on Friday achieved a long-held dream by presenting his first haute couture collection in Russia at a Moscow railway station. Full Story »

• Whose 'nude'? Fashion debates a loaded color term

  AP – Fri May 14, 8:58 am ET
  AP

  NEW YORK - When you hear the word "nude," what do you picture? Full Story »

• At Chanel Cruise, a Fashion Parade and Posh Petanque in St. Tropez

  Fashion Wire Daily – Wed May 12, 2:25 pm ET
  Fashion Wire Daily

  St. Tropez - Chanel took over St. Tropez this week with a premiere packed with movie stars for a fashion film directed by the house's designer Karl Lagerfeld, a hotly contested championship of petanque, the local term for boules, and a classy cruise runway show on the chic port's dockside Tuesday night, May 11. Full Story »

• Dash for Jimmy Choo shoes ends with a winner

  Reuters – Wed May 12, 10:52 am ET

  LONDON (Reuters) - Shoe lovers in London can give their Blackberries and iPhones a rest after one lucky fashionista won the race for a pair of free Jimmy Choos. Full Story »

• Chanel goes barefoot with hippie chic cruise show

  AP – Tue May 11, 7:25 pm ET
  AP

  SAINT-TROPEZ, France - Chanel, known for its stark black and white elegance, went baba cool Tuesday with a 2010-2011 cruise collection steeped in the burnt ochre hippie chic of the 1970s. Full Story »

• Pregnant Claudia Schiffer poses nude for German Vogue

  AFP – Tue May 11, 10:51 am ET
  AFP/HO

  BERLIN (AFP) - Heavily pregnant supermodel Claudia Schiffer appears naked on the cover of Germany's Vogue magazine, snapped by fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, the publication said on Tuesday. Full Story »

• Riding on the Choo Train

  Fashion Wire Daily – Mon May 10, 10:41 am ET
  Fashion Wire Daily

  New York - Maybe it's a sign of the times - spring, the recession - but everyone seems primed to take a deep breath and chill out for a while. While vertiginous heels with aggressive embellishments (spikes, studs) seemed like a good escape plan last year, shoes have slowly started returning to Earth. Full Story »

• Nipple tassles aside, Aussie Fashion Week strikes serious notes

  Reuters – Fri May 7, 3:12 am ET

  SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Feathers stuck on eyebrows. Men in skirts. Pink nipple tassles. Models painted blue who could have come straight off the set of the movie Avatar. Full Story »

• Versace wins $20 mln damages in counterfeit case

  Reuters – Thu May 6, 12:09 pm ET
  Reuters

  MILAN (Reuters Life!) - Versace won a record compensation of $20 million in a counterfeit case against U.S. retail stores, the Italian fashion house said Thursday. Full Story »

• Make It Work: Chicago 'Aida' Producers Create Design Competition

  Playbill – Mon May 3, 5:03 pm ET

  Bailiwick Chicago is taking a cue from TV's "Project Runway," the fashion-design competition program, to create four "looks" for a new production of the Elton John-Tim Rice musical, Aida. Full Story »

• Japan going frugal with Forever 21 Ginza opening

  AP – Thu Apr 29, 4:32 am ET
  AP

  TOKYO - Move over Gucci. Here comes Forever 21. Trend-conscious Japan is outgrowing its longtime love affair with luxury brands and turning to a new passion: Fast fashion. Full Story »

• Asia's couture craving feeds Singapore's haute hopes

  Reuters – Thu Apr 29, 3:07 am ET
  Reuters

  SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - Legions of status-seeking shoppers with deep pockets are turning Asia into the next big catwalk for international designers, boosting Singapore's aspirations to become the region's Milan or New York. Full Story »

• British designer McQueen took drugs before suicide

  AFP – Wed Apr 28, 2:04 pm ET
  AFP/Getty Images/File

  LONDON (AFP) - British fashion designer Alexander McQueen took cocaine, sleeping pills and tranquillisers before hanging himself, leaving a note asking his family to "look after my dogs", an inquest heard Wednesday. Full Story »

• Coroner: McQueen tried to overdose before suicide

  AP – Wed Apr 28, 12:07 pm ET
  AP

  LONDON - A depressed Alexander McQueen twice tried to overdose on drugs in the months before he hanged himself, the fashion designer's psychiatrist and a coroner said Wednesday. Full Story »

• McQueen hanged himself after drugs: report

  Reuters – Wed Apr 28, 9:16 am ET

  LONDON (Reuters) - British fashion designer Alexander McQueen hanged himself after taking a mixture of cocaine, tranquillizers and sleeping pills, the inquest into his death concluded. Full Story »

• Muslim-inspired fashion flaunted in Russia's Chechnya

  Reuters – Wed Apr 28, 8:53 am ET
  Reuters

  GROZNY, Russia (Reuters Life!) - Models in floor-length gowns of crimson and gold, their heads downturned and framed by hijabs, showed off Eastern-inspired designs on Tuesday to the elite of Chechnya, where Moscow is battling Islamist extremism.