On a visit to Ashgabat this month, Russian fashion designer Vyacheslav Zaitsev professed his fascination with traditional Turkmen clothes, and announced plans to create a new collection featuring elements of traditional Turkmen costumes.
Zaitsev, who was in the Central Asian republic to take part in the Turkmen Textile Exhibition, said the collection would mostly consist of [...]

By Harnessing the power of “word-of-mouth” advertising Patti Ainalis has driven her fashion label a long way from its humble beginnings in a spare room.
As a 21-year-old, Ms Ainalis decided that the three-by-two room opening onto a footpath, was perfect to display her women’s suits to the public.
“I thought, ‘Well, we’ll open the doors and [...]

Fashion supremo Karen Millen described her surprise and joy at receiving an OBE from the Prince of Wales.
The designer whose stores have brought style and elegance to high streets across the country said it was “amazing” to be presented with the honour at a Buckingham Palace investiture ceremony.
Millen, who has sold her stake in the [...]

Not nearly enough has been said about the massive subcultural phenomenon that has grown out of the photographic narcissism of girls.
Put it this way: the most fought-over toy in our house is my digital camera, which is put to heavy use practically every evening and weekend, taking hundreds of shots of my 15-year-old daughter and [...]

The Oasis sponsored London Fashion in Film Festival 2008, which is running till the end of May, comprises a series of films sharing the running theme of how fashion, costume and styling are used in film to add an air of chic decadence. The films will be screened at five major London arts venues, the [...]

What is not immediately obvious as you stroll into the open-plan, 17th-floor offices of Tommy Hilfiger, brightly lit by windows that stare down New York’s Hudson River, is whether you are entering the home of a fashion house or a music label. Sure there are racks of pick’n’mix clothes rolled across the aisles and a [...]

A dingy street in Surry Hills received an injection of international glamour yesterday when Miranda Kerr arrived for a photo shoot.
The new “face” of David Jones drifted into Kirrily Johnston’s studio 20 minutes late amid chaotic scenes of pattern-cutting and model-fitting, as the designer gets ready for her show that opens Australian Fashion Week on [...]

As Rosemount Australian Fashion Week enters its teens the event is now a destination for international buyers.
On Monday more than 100 fashion designers from Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and India will begin showing their wares at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week’s spring-summer 2008 collections. In the front rows, next to the media and celebrities, local and [...]

Female athletes will wear the sueded alice model - a suede-topped, plastic-soled shoe - for the opening ceremony and all athletes will wear the beach model - a version of the famous plastic slipper with holes in - around the games village.
Olympic chef de mission Dave Currie confirmed the sueded alice Crocs would form part [...]

Major manufacturers and retailers are stepping up their eco-options. Check out the latest catalogs from Sundance, Pottery Barn, West Elm and Crate %26 Barrel. You’ll see hemp rugs, recycled glass vases, bamboo towels and furnishings made of organic fabric and sustainable-certified hardwood.
An ever-increasing number of eco-minded consumers are reshaping the marketplace. These environmentally savvy shoppers [...]