Givenchy Couture: Arty And Andean
(Fashion Wire Daily)
 Fashion Wire Daily - Givenchy couture took a tour of the Andes this week in Paris, as the house's creative director Riccardo Tisci sent out a phalanx of models in alpaca en route on a motorbike tour of Peru.
[more]Valentino's New Alien Couture
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 Fashion Wire Daily - Valentino's creative director Alessandra Facchinetti faced trial by jury Wednesday at 6.30 PM in Paris.
[more]Young designer joins couture pantheon
(AP)
 AP - Designer Alessandra Facchinetti on Wednesday dispelled any doubts about her ability to fill legendary designer Valentino's shoes, drawing warm applause for her first-ever haute couture collection for the Italian label.
[more]Giorgio Armani Red Carpet
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 Fashion Wire Daily - Giorgio Armani calls his haute couture collection Armani Prive, but maybe he might consider renaming it Armani Red Carpet.
[more]Chanel's Haute Expressionist Couture
(Fashion Wire Daily)
 Fashion Wire Daily - The giant, faux aluminum grain silos practically touched the glass roof of the Grand Palais Tuesday, as the haute collection created by Karl Lagerfeld similarly soared to new heights of chic and levels of aesthetic fancy.
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Romeo Gigli hires African students for new project
(Reuters)
Reuters - Italian fashion house Romeo Gigli
is taking on aspiring African designers to create a menswear
collection as part of a project aimed at adding an
international influence to its clothes. [more] Russian label Irfe rises from its ashes in Paris
(AP)
 AP - The history of Russian fashion label Irfe reads like a rollicking bestseller, but for designer Olga Sorokina, it's a fairytale come true.
[more]Christian Dior: Lisa Fonssagrives Lives
(Fashion Wire Daily)
 Fashion Wire Daily - Christian Dior: Lisa Fonssagrives Lives
Godfrey Deeny
June 30th, 2008 @ 3:56 PM - Paris
Beauty as an ethereal phenomena that makes the viewer feel, even be, better from seeing it was the real message at the thoroughly excellent Christian Dior haute couture collection staged Monday in Paris, a requiem for arguably the most iconic model of them all, Lisa Fonssagrives.
[more]Lanvin: Light Weight And Lovely
(Fashion Wire Daily)
 Fashion Wire Daily - If any fashion house in Europe set a new agenda on how men should dress in the future, it was Lanvin, which presented an exhilaratingly great collection Sunday morning in Paris.
[more]Dior Homme Inter-Galactic After Party
(Fashion Wire Daily)
 Fashion Wire Daily - We got a large dose of pop futurism at Dior Homme on Sunday afternoon, in a markedly improved performance by its designer Kris Van Assche.
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Model's death after NYC apartment fall was suicide
(AP)
 AP - The death of a fashion model who plunged from the ninth floor of a Manhattan building has been ruled a suicide.
[more]Raf Simons' Galactic Groove
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 Fashion Wire Daily - Will a lot of guys wear jump suits cut with shorts here on planet earth? Do you expect men to don pleated mini pants with jackets coated in imitation white chocolate flakes when they return from space travel? These were the questions one asked one's self, exiting the latest thought-provoking runway outing by men's fashion single most influential player Raf Simons.
[more]Vatican paper says pope does not wear Prada
(AP)
 AP - VATICAN CITY (AP) — The devil may wear Prada — but the pope does not. According to the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, the bright red loafers that Pope Benedict XVI wears are not designed by the Milanese fashion house, as has long been rumored.
[more]Ann Demeulemeester: Growing Old With Grace
(Fashion Wire Daily)
 Fashion Wire Daily - An elegiac series of images Saturday afternoon by Ann Demeulemeester dedicated to the ability to age gracefully made for easily the best fashion moment so far in the French season.
[more]Designers take on relaxed feel for Milan menswear
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Italian designers showed that next
summer will be all about chilling out for men, with slim-look
tops and loose trousers epitomizing a relaxed feel to
collections.
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