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Share.. The fashions of 2011 varied from the bizarre to surprisingly conservative. The jumpsuit was all the rage during the spring and summer months. This full-bodied fashion trend was seen across red carpets and premieres around the world. The jumpsuit usually came in vibrant colors and was worn as a formal dress or coverall for [...]

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Share..Though for now he is known only by the moniker of “The Prince of Polo,” today it sounds like he soon could become the King. In an article in Fast Company, David Lauren spoke about his role at his father’s namesake company, where he overlooks global marketing and e-commerce in his position as the head [...]

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Share..24/7 Wall St. recently drew up their annual list of brands that are on the verge of extinction. This year’s list reads: Sears, Sony Pictures, American Apparel, Nokia, Saab, A&W All-American Foods Restaurants, Soap Opera Digest, Sony Ericsson, MySpace, and Kellog’s Corn Pops all appear on the list. Last year’s list predicted the demise of [...]

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Share..The second installment of CNN’s “Fashion: Backstage Pass” will air this coming Saturday, May 14th and inside is a trip to the prom with the 17-year-old model of the moment Lindsey Wixson. Alina Cho wrote in the The Huffington Post: “I saw Lindsey, then 16, on the cover of Women’s Wear Daily and I thought, [...]

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Share..It seems as though old Kenneth Cole got the keys to his Twitter account taken away from him after a slight faux pas last month. Here is what happened: During the trouble in Egypt last month, the designer tweeted: “Millions are in uproar in #Cairo. Rumor is they heard our new spring collection is now [...]

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Share..Fashion company, Uniqlo, donated $25.6 million to the Japanese Red Cross in aid to victims of the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. President of Fast Retailing and founder of Uniqlo, Tadashi Yanai, will donate $12.2 million from his own pocket on top of $4.9 million taken from the company. The firm will also be [...]

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Share..The Associated Press sued Urban Outfitters Inc., Nordstrom Inc., and Zumiez Inc. in federal court, on the charge that they sell T-shirts violating the news agency’s copyright of a photograph of Barack Obama on which the artist Shepard Fairney’s “HOPE” image was based. The three companies are being sued by the AP separately that they [...]

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Share..Dov Charney, CEO and founder of American Apparel is being sued by a former employee for “enduring eight anguished months of forced sex…” The 20-year-old, Irene Morales, filed the suit last Friday for $260 million in Brooklyn Supreme court. She began working at the Chelsea store when just 17 years old and the harassment began [...]

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Share..A hot scoop is Beyonce’s photo shoot for L’Officiel Paris’ 90th anniversary issue. In it she poses in traditional African clothes and pays homage to Fela Kuti. According to L’Officiel: Far from the glamorous Sasha Fierce, the beauty posed for the magazine with amazing fashion designers clothes, but also in a dress created by her [...]

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Share..In the March issue of Vogue, Gully Wellis visited Sandra Lee of Food Network fame and First Girlfriend of New York at her Mount Kisco residence. Governor Andrew Cuomo’s lady talked about her “belly,” her beau, as well as her fashion dos and donuts. Diet: “I’m a meat-and-potatoes girl, but I still have to watch [...]

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Share..Founders of Mother Model Management, Mary and Jeff Clarke, shared with the Wall Street Journal some fascinating anecdotes on how they have discovered some of the fashion world’s best known faces. For example Mary spotted Ashton Kutcher at an Iowa bar in 1997: “How old are you?” she asked him. Chris Kutcher asked her to [...]

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Share..The world-famous British trademark, Burberry , opened its doors recently in the State Square at the heart of Tel Aviv. The store is to have three levels and be spread out over 300 meters (more than 980 feet). The store will be selling items for women, men and children, from the tailored Burberry London collection [...]

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Share..Staying true to the name of their stylish brand, Washington-based Plaid Doctrine has turned this stunning tartan fabric into a neat collection of iPad sleeves, totebags, briefcases and other great accessories. Originally launched on Earth Day 2010, Plaid Doctrine consists of products constructed from domestically-sourced materials, that include recycled fabrics and vegetable-tanned leather, Plaid Doctrine [...]

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Share..Google has unleashed its offering to the temple of e-fashion and online shopping. The offering comes in the form a new site called Boutiques.com. Boutiques.com will allow users to compile fashion items they particularly fancy into personalized boutiques, which other users can click through and purchase from an online retailer. Sarah Jessica Parker has been [...]

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Share.. “I make many mistakes. Many mistakes. So I always get nervous when people speak about something that sounds like a role model, because I don’t know if I’ve been a great role model myself. I don’t think I have in certain aspects of my life.” World famous fashion model, Naomi Campbell told Interview magazine [...]

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