Fashion News

Fashion week: Model pushes gender limits on runway

9 February 2012, 4:50 am

On a chilly winter afternoon, Andrej Pejic settles into a Manhattan cafe with a cup of Earl Grey tea, sitting gracefully, long legs crossed. The blue-eyed fashion model gazes out a window, unaware that almost every man sitting at surrounding tables is transfixed.


Pantone Announces Fashion Color Report Fall 2012

8 February 2012, 10:01 pm

Pantone LLC, an X-Rite company , and the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, today unveiled the PANTONE® Fashion Color Report Fall 2012, a comprehensive overview of designers’ use of color in their upcoming collections.


Stars campaign for heart health in red dress fashion show

8 February 2012, 7:23 pm

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Awareness of heart disease, the leading killer of U.S. women, received a boost on Wednesday when supermodel Christie Brinkley, singer Gloria Estefan and other stars took to the catwalk in designer red dresses on the eve of New York Fashion Week. The celebrity models wore designs from Oscar de la Renta, Marchesa, Jason Wu, Donna Karan, Tadashi Shoji, Diane von Furstenberg and ...


Fashion Week's first trend: Heart-health awareness

8 February 2012, 7:12 pm

Red is Christie Brinkley's color.


Family, fashion dominate the days of Carolina Herrera

8 February 2012, 5:38 pm

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Designer Carolina Herrera didn't grow up dreaming of a fashion career. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, she spent her childhood riding horses and pursuing favorite pastimes on the family estate. But fashion became her calling and after a lifetime of design, winning awards and providing red carpet looks for stars ranging from Oscar winner Renee Zellweger to Grammy winner Lady Gaga ...


Fashion Designer Camila Alves to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

8 February 2012, 8:23 am

ADVISORY --


UC Davis fashion design students use their talents to advocate for women's heart health

8 February 2012, 7:43 am

( University of California - Davis Health System ) A unique partnership broadens the message of the red dress in raising awareness of heart disease as the leading killer of women.


Navy likely new black at New York Fashion Week

8 February 2012, 5:05 am

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Navy is likely to replace black on the catwalk when New York Fashion Week starts on Thursday, with experts expecting rich fabrics, waist-defining jackets and some 1920s-inspired styles sparked by movies like The Artist. Dresses will continue to feature strongly among the 90 or so designers showing fall 2012 collections, experts say, because of the wide appeal to consumers ...


St. Kevin Women's Club Fashion Show salutes troops

7 February 2012, 1:20 pm

The St. Kevin Women's Club will salute the troops at their hold their third annual Fashion show, March 4, at the Drexelbrook Grand Ballroom. Doors open at 1 p.m. Seating is limited so reserve seats now.


Young Women's Fashion Retailer maurices Announces Music Partnership With Singer-Songwriter Ximena Sarinana, as Final ...

6 February 2012, 12:50 pm

DULUTH, MN-- - The final round of voting has opened for the top four bands vying for votes in the maurices "Hometown Sound" nationwide band search. The leading hometown specialty store and fashion ...