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Source: news.comDesigner Gwendolynne Bur kins clothes have regularly been described as works of art, so it's only fitting her creations will end up in the National Gallery. And gallery newcomer La Cigale, the saucy sister of the Young and Jackson Hotel's local nymphet Chloe, eyes the Melbourne designer's wares with interest. Gwendolynne's latest range will star in a display of another type during next week's Motorola Melbourne Spring Fashion Week in the Gallery Official Evening Parade on September 6. Also featuring designs by Ess. Hoshika, Manvious, Out with Demons, Richard Nylon, TV and Vixen, the parade would blur the line between art and fashion.
Source: ndtv.comThe Wills India Fashion Week kicks off in New Delhi today. In addition to the glamour and glitz, all the designers would be eager to bag some fat orders post the shows. The ramp is set and the finishing touches are final as the Spring Summer 2007 edition of Wills India Fashion week opens at 1.30 pm (IST) with Manish Arora's show at Delhi's Grand Hotel. More than 70 fashion designers from around the country would be showing their collections worn by 40 models.
Source: canada.comThe fashion industry in fact is ready to forget and forgive: Longtime nemesis The Legging has been welcomed back by women who are altering their uniform to tunic tops and slim bottoms. It started on the runways, with Ralph Lauren showing loden green knit leggings under a comfortable cable knit wrap and Derek Lam pairing grey ones with a trapeze-shape coat. Next come’s the Hollywood starlets such as Lindsay Lohan, who was photographed in knee-length leggings and a baby doll top. And even though it's still summer, women on the streets of New York by now are covering up their fresh-from-vacation tans with leggings.
Source: usatoday.comStar-struck high school grads are racing to New York City's runways, but their highlights aren't set on the exciting lives of fashion models. Instead, the hit TV reality show Project Runway has given birth to a new generation of wannabe designers. Cable network Bravo says Project Runway (tonight, 10 ET/PT) is No. 1 show of all time. More than 3.4 million viewers an episode have tuned in this period to watch contestants improvise casual dresses, beauty pageant gowns and three-piece suits using discount fabrics, household furnishings and even junk from a New Jersey recycling dump.
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The British Fashion Council has come up with a new plan to support, not new designers, but second age group labels which have a recognized presence in the fashion arena but still require a helping hand to get them to the next level. Fashion Forward, sponsored by Westfield retail property group which is launching a fresh lifestyle and shopping development in White City in two years time? Would allow designers whose businesses are in a vital stage of their development to continue showing at the event, plus providing them with business mentoring services. I am thrilled that we've been able to launch this initiative with the support of Westfield, says Hilary Riva, chief executive of the BFC.
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You will not see any familiar Bay Area fashion retailers such as Gap or Levi's showing at the third annual San Francisco Fashion Week. But that's specifically the point, says Erika Gessin, founder and producer of the home-based event that opens at the San Francisco Design Center Galleria on Wednesday. It's really about exposing or promoting local talent on the brink, or more avant-garde couture talent, says Gessin, who runs Mystery Girl Productions of San Francisco. It's about opening doors.
Source: dnaindia.comSome Mumbai-based fashion designers variable loyalty to Delhi has managed to stir up enthusiasm in the upcoming fashion weeks. The last time the two fashion weeks, held roughly back-to-back in Mumbai and Delhi respectively, had even the country's fashionistas all 'fashioned out'. Now Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week will start the season once more from August 31 with Lakme Fashion Week subsequent from October 31. Manish Malhotra, Falguni and Shane Peacock and Rocky S, who were some of the most sought after designers at the previous LFW held in Mumbai, have now determined to showcase their lines in Delhi. "Last year due to personal reasons we could not go to Delhi," reasons Falguni. "WIFW has translated into better business and has become a platform where the participants are selected on sheer merit."
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Women in their 40s and 50s today are as healthy and beautiful as their mothers were at 30, and many women aren't frightened to show it off. The good news is that some of the leading fashion trends of this year and next would be completely suitable for older women. Pantsuits and "anything gray" are going to be enormous for fall, according to David Wolfe, original director for the New York-based Doneger Group, the world's biggest fashion consulting firm. Retailers from Wal-Mart to Nordstrom pay plenty for Wolfe's words of insight on what's hot and what's not, and he says older women and their closets have many to look forward to this year. "This spring, women were pretty happy with what's in the stores, and when fall comes, they are going to be ecstatic," he said. "There are so many grown-up clothes that are going to be flattering and sophisticated. The catch phrase is `60 is the new 30,' and it is in fact going to hold some water because older women are going to look beautiful in the fall clothes. "We couldn't say that a couple of years ago."
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Fun fashion for all the ages, door prizes and a salad lunch were all a part of Monday’s fashion show at Grace Memorial Baptist Church. The clothing showcased was from Janet’s Korner Thrift Store, a division of Community Christian Concern (CCC) in Slidell. CCC opened the store three years ago to help the deprived in Slidell. The organization gives vouchers to buy clothing at Janet’s Korner to those who qualify. They could then choose and try on clothing. Eugene Wellington, the director of CCC, thinks it is a immense program, saying it’s suitable and protects confidentiality. The store sells clothing for all ages and occasions, from school uniforms to party dresses. All proceeds benefit Community Christian Concern and it’s a lot of projects. All clothing is provided by donations.
Source: scoop.co.nzExperienced fashion forecasters and marketing duo Jill Carrol from Color-waves and Neil Henson from Australian business, Fashion Bytes would be presenting revealing and interesting seminars on marketing and forecasting designs, trends and colors for the coming seasons at ‘fashion-source’, September 18 & 19, 2006. Both Neil and Jill have been concerned in forecasting business for at least 25 and 10 years, correspondingly, and have presented workshops in Australia and New Zealand. Neil Henson has most lately been involved in presenting successful seminars for ‘Resenes’ on the pioneering concept of 5D marketing (using the five senses). A good example of this idea is Nike’s newest marketing campaign encompassing infusing their shoes with good-looking smells, therefore drawing customers in with this primal approach.
Source: starpulse.comMotley Crue bassist Nikki Sixx has followed band mate Tommy Lee into the fashion business with his own clothing line. Sixx is teaming up with Kelly Gray - the former co-president and spokes model for St. John Knits - to launch a range of modern sportswear, according to Women's Wear Daily. Gray says, "I don't think anyone else could have convinced me to get back into this business but he has a passion for clothing that is unparalleled. I was happy to take a year off, but (Sixx) had a passion for this business that I have only seen in the mirror."
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Jessica Farrell has kicked off her gumboots and poor on some heels to be the face of Melbourne's Spring Fashion Week. The 21-year-old, who has been modeling for only 14 months, grew up on a dairy farm in Congupna, 10km from Shepparton. Wearing a White Suede yellow floor-length dress, the dark beauty admitted to be on the search for own self spring racing festival outfit. "I just love Nicola Finetti, and some of the independent street fashion Melbourne has to offer is incredible,'' she said. Tickets for the Motorola Melbourne Spring Fashion Week twilight parades cost $14.50 and are available at thatsmelbourne.com.au or at the Melbourne Town Hall box office from tomorrow.
Source: smh.comAttention, rock'n'rollers. Elton John is sick of your tattoos and piercing. John, who would perform at the third Fashion Rocks concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall on September 7, says he will like American bands to adopt the cutting-edge, glam-rock style made popular by his peers. "It's been a thing the British have always been very superior at, with Bowie, I, T.Rex, the Who, Queen. We all embraced that side of it," John, 59, told Fashion Rocks magazine.
Source: kristv.comAustin - Kim McLagan, a British fashion model in the 1960s and the wife of former Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan, died Wednesday in a traffic accident. The 57-year-old spa owner was hit by a dump truck when she ran a stop sign in Travis County, said James Parrish, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety. She was pronounced dead at the prospect. No other injury was reported. McLagan was originally from London and stimulated to the Austin area with her husband in 1994, according to the Web site for her spa, K.M. Skincare, located southeast of Austin in Smithville.
Source: sunshinecoastdaily.comThese couture creations designed by two Coast high school students have been selected as finalists in this weekend's Ambiwerra Festival fashion awards in Brisbane. Both girls were forced to use their mind's eye as their designs were inspired by alcoholic drinks, champagne and merlot — and neither of them is lawfully allowed to drink. Melinda Toomey and Sarah Kalwy are busy this week like mad putting the finishing touches on their creations which had to match the festival's food, wine and jazz theme. Both girls say they are besieged at the view of their clothes appearing at the festival on Sunday.
Source: contactmusic.comRachel Roy - the designer wife of hip-hop star Damon Dash - has been hailed for her exclusive clothing line after picking up the 2006 Bollywood Fashion Award on Saturday. The prize was presented by rocker David Bowie’s wife, super model Iman, at Manhattan's Roseland Ballroom. Iman also sung Roy's praises, praise her elegant and alluring line of clothing for the modern working woman. Roy says, I'm so honored that my first honor in fashion is from this community.
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