Posts Tagged ‘ fashion house ’

Moscow Designer Eyes Turkmen Fashion, As Locals Vie With Strict Dress Code

Jun 13th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Fashion

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 [...]



Hilfiger Is Trying To Regain His Cutting Edge With A Star-Studded Rock’n'roll Show

May 18th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Entertainment

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 [...]



Bruni new first lady of fashion

Mar 31st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Fashion

The former model and wife of President Nicolas Sarkozywas dressed throughout her trip in a30 thousand pound (NZ$75,000) wardrobe provided by French fashion house Christian Dior.
The Telegraph newspaper called her %26lsquo;French fashions secret weapon and said she organised her State Visit wardrobe with the precision of a commander planning a military campaign.
Lucy Yeomans, editor of [...]



Fashion and flames: that’s hot

Mar 31st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Fashion

Doing her hair and nails? That too, she says, but mostly training for her teams involvement this weekend in the rural firefighters Wajax competitions at Te Anau.
It has been a great and exhilarating week out fighting fires, according to the trained volunteer who joined the Kingston brigade as soon as she arrived to settle in [...]



Fashion and flames thats hot

Mar 26th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Entertainment

Doing her hair and nails? That too, she says, but mostly training for her teams involvement this weekend in the rural firefighters Wajax competitions at Te Anau.
It has been a great and exhilarating week out fighting fires, according to the trained volunteer who joined the Kingston brigade as soon as she arrived to settle in [...]



So sew me the fashion swindle

Mar 19th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Culture

These two dresses are the key pieces of evidence in a landmark
Federal Court case that is sending a warning to copycat fashion
designers.
The case has ended with a victory - and an award of $17,500
damages - for Melbourne fashion label Review over the Sydney
company behind fashion labels Charlie Brown and Lili.
Justice Christopher Jessup found that the [...]



Why we should just say no to designer labels

Mar 19th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Culture

There are plenty of reasons why being a slave to designer labels
is a bad idea.
Some cite ethical and moral issues, and a recent series of tests
on labels for sale in Shanghai found that wearing designer clothes
may even be bad for your health.
Garments from 40 labels including Armani, Burberry and Polo
Ralph Lauren were declared substandard after [...]



Why we should just say no to designer labels

Mar 19th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Culture

There are plenty of reasons why being a slave to designer labels
is a bad idea.
Some cite ethical and moral issues, and a recent series of tests
on labels for sale in Shanghai found that wearing designer clothes
may even be bad for your health.
Garments from 40 labels including Armani, Burberry and Polo
Ralph Lauren were declared substandard after [...]



Why we should just say ‘no’ to designer labels

Mar 18th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Fashion

Some cite ethical and moral issues, and a recent series of tests on labels for sale in Shanghai found that wearing designer clothes may even be bad for your health.
Garments from 40 labels including Armani, Burberry and Polo Ralph Lauren were declared substandard after quality control tests by Chinas Bureau of Commerce and Industry.
Of the [...]



Uproar over an old bag

Mar 14th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Fashion

Cashmere make-up artist Mariessa Waddington bought the bag at the retail shop attached to Florian Leathergoods Ltd in Madras Street in February.
It was one of several Jimmy Choo and other luxury brand-name handbags available in the store.
She thought she was buying a genuine Jimmy Choo handbag and on inquiry was told, she said, the bag [...]