Articles filed under Fashion
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Tampa hosts convention for sexy pin-up cultureMar 24, 2012 7:00 am - TAMPA, Fla. — Kelly Ackley, a 30-something mom of three, is wearing a black bustier, pink taffeta tutu and pink, kitten-heel boots. She's straddling a small rocking hors...
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Fashion loosens up — 1920s styleMar 24, 2012 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Fashion influences from the Jazz Age are making some noise this spring. Dropped-waist dresses, sporty knits, fringe and long necklaces are among the trends bo...
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'Sneakerheads' rush for shoes for cred and profitMar 19, 2012 5:00 pm - They are lined up in the freezing rain, waiting patiently, stubbornly. All night. All for a few pairs of shoes. Sean Rivera is among the 60 or so die-hards on this sidew...
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Layers make lasting impression on fashion playersMar 18, 2012 6:22 am - NEW YORK — Thousands of outfits later, with probably every hemline, color and silhouette turning up somewhere on the runways of New York, London, Milan and Paris, fashio...
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Minis on Mad Men? What's next — dungarees?Mar 17, 2012 7:00 am - NEW YORK — From the moment “Mad Men” debuted, the stylized AMC drama about the men and women who work in Madison Avenue advertising in the 1960s has been a tastemaker fa...
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Nigeria Fashion Week highlights African designersMar 17, 2012 7:00 am - LAGOS, Nigeria — Africa-influenced fashion, from Yves St. Laurent's 1960s collections to Proenza Schouler and Derek Lam's Spring 2012 shows, have been featured in design...
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Choo-choo chic at Louis Vuitton retro showMar 10, 2012 7:04 am - PARIS — When the reconstructed station clock struck 10 a.m. to a noisy blast of steam, spectators at Louis Vuitton’s fall-winter show gaped as they were transported back...
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Louis Vuitton exhibit: It’s the bag, stupidMar 10, 2012 7:04 am - PARIS — “Fashions fade, style is eternal,” Yves Saint Laurent once said. An immutable fashion list must include the Ls Vuitton bag, on display demurely but proudly in Pa...
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Burton creates a 3-D feather fantasy for McQueenMar 10, 2012 6:32 am - PARIS — The wonderment was tangible at Sarah Burton’s accomplished and vibrantly colored ready-to-wear show this week for Alexander McQueen. Feather explosions that ball...
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Gaytten drops Dior hemline in ballet-style showMar 03, 2012 6:33 am - PARIS — To slightly underwhelming applause it was, again, “interim” designer Bill Gaytten who closed Dior’s ready-to-wear show Friday in a playing-it-safe balletic displ...