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In the cutthroat world of fashion, a designer can quickly lose rising star status — a fact that Alessandra Facchinetti knows only too well. For the second time in her career, the 36-year-old designer on Friday faced the prospect of losing her job after only two seasons at the ...
Cotton underpants on sale at Muji in Japan. Lingerie in Japan is changing, with more organic fabrics and comfortable, easy to wear styles appearing in stores. For a long time, underwear was a taboo topic in the world of Japanese fashion - lingerie simply wasn't discussed in the ...
From left, Dov Charney, the founder of American Apparel, garments from American Apparel and Antonia Weiss, a trainee architect from Frankfurt, holding an American Apparel gym bag. Ask Dov Charney if a borderless world - his idea of utopia - would erode cultural identities and he ...
High U.S. tariffs are hurting Cambodia's garment sector, with the industry complaining that high import costs and a slowing U.S. economy could sink the Kingdom's key industry, state media reported Tuesday. In 2007, Cambodia paid 419 million U.S. dollars in tariffs on 2.46 billion ...
Despite a looming economic recession in the United States and some European countries, Indonesia's textiles and footwear industries are upbeat on cushioning adverse impacts by reducing production costs and diversifying export markets. While exports will remain robust this year, ...
The Golden Hall, above, a $75 million renovation of a 2004 Olympics building, is to open in November with labels like Salvatore Ferragamo, Tod's and Furla. At the new Bottega Veneta boutique in a leafy suburb of the Greek capital, the no-logo handbags spell discreet elegance and ...
Models present creations by French designer Pierre Cardin as part of his 2009 spring/summer and autumn/winter ready-to-wear fashion collection in Theoule-sur-Mer, southern France, October 6, 2008. French designer Pierre Cardin poses with models at the end of his 2009 spring...
Why aprons? Why a symbol of women tied to the kitchen? Why now - when the return of the power woman has been a constant theme of the summer 2009 season? "I like them," Miuccia Prada said disingenuously of the mini pinafores of pleats wrapped around dresses. They mixed matte and ...
Listen up, fashionistas. Celebrity stylist Jorge Ramon wants women to know that wash and wear is the new rock and roll, when it comes to fashion trends. That’s good news for every woman who’s ever skipped lunch just to pay her dry cleaning bill. “In these economic times we’re in, ...
Models display creations from Blumarine's Spring/Summer 2009 women's collection during Milan Fashion Week September 23, 2008.
With Edith Piaf - that most visceral of Parisian singers - on the soundtrack and fashion channeled from every species of bird feather, animal pattern, reptile skin and ethnic inspiration, the Louis Vuitton show made a bold statement at the Paris summer 2009 collections. Later in ...
Models walk the runway wearing Maria Luisa De Chavez Spring/Summer 2009 during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Mexico at Antara Polanco on October 14, 2008 in Mexico City.
POLICY paralysis in the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) is compounding problems for the region's struggling clothing and textiles industry. Sacu is yet to review the industry's key industrial incentive -- the duty credit certificate scheme (DCCS) -- just five months before ...
Eva Mendes promotes Calvin Klein's new range of Seductive Comfort bras at Harrods on October 14, 2008 in London, England.
Models present creations from fashion designers Lecoanet and Hemant's Spring/Summer 2009 collection on the first-day of Delhi Fashion Week in New Delhi October 14, 2008. Models present creations from Indian designer Sonam Dubal's Spring/Summer 2009 collection on the second-day of ...
Four fashion capitals and four weeks of runway previews didn't add up to a single must-have look for spring-summer '09. That might be just fine with consumers who, considering the economic meltdown of recent days, probably are in no mood to start their shopping lists for next ...
Models display creations by Ukrainian designer Oleksiy Zalevsky during fashion week in Kiev October 16, 2008.
India pledged to consider a legal reform that would help luxury goods companies gain a more certain foothold in one of their biggest untapped markets, potentially worth $15 billion in annual sales. During a visit to Paris on Wednesday, the Indian trade minister, Kamal Nath, said ...
Remember 1976? Shops closed early one day a week, Chelsea Girl was the height of fashion and Leslie Crowther wooed television audiences nationwide by plugging a £21.50 reed organ in the Wonder of Woolworths advertising campaign. It was also the year that Britain's first shopping ...
Couromoda 2009 will introduce the new collections of the Brazilian industry in all types of footwear (from winter boots to tropical sandals), leathergoods, sportswear, garments, components and technology for the footwear industry. Footwear and accessories are the foremost ...
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Xi Jinping to lead national security commission
Xi Jinping to lead national security commission
The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee has decided that ...
China's reform leading group holds first meeting
China's reform leading group holds first meeting
BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's leading group for overall reform ...
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Bill Gates talks nuclear
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates confirmed on Wednesday that he is ...
Xinhua Insight: Emerging economies able to secure steady growth
Xinhua Insight: Emerging economies able to secure steady growth
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Emerging economies are ...
China cuts retail oil prices
China cuts retail oil prices
BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- China's top economic planner announced on ...
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
IMF chief warns of risks to recovery
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary ...
Shell companies struggle to stay listed
Shell companies struggle to stay listed
China is planning to clamp down on back door listings. A back door ...
HK Disneyland Gets Toy Story Land
HK Disneyland Gets Toy Story Land
A general view of Toy Story Land at Hong Kong Disneyland is taken ...
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
Retailer's Net Profit Falls 3%
A Wal-Mart store is seen in Stratford, Connecticut, the United States. ...
Ghana qualifies for FIFA U-20 women's World Cup
Ghana qualifies for FIFA U-20 women's World Cup
Ghana qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-20 women's World Cup following a 4...
Stars 'Big Three' fall short of title in 1st year
Stars 'Big Three' fall short of title in 1st year
Miami Heat's LeBron James (R) stands with teammates Chris Bosh (C) and ...
Yao's gift of sport for all
Yao's gift of sport for all
Chinese NBA player Yao Ming teaches a boy with special needs how to ...