Couture Fashions | Couture Clothes News for 12/31/2008



Highlights of Vera Wang Couture.
She also offers lingerie, linens, mattresses, fine papers and eyewear. Not to mention her fragrance line, which includes Bouquet, Sheer Veil, Signature, Truly Pink and Princess. Tags: vera wang couture, couture clothes, ...

Michelle Obama Credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images
From The Smithsonian The National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., recently reopened its first-ladies exhibit...

French fashion designer Ted Lapidus dies (Daily Telegraph)
Ted Lapidus the fashion designer who in the 1960s redefined chic with safari suit and the unisex look died on Monday aged 79...

Milind Soman - the 'Marathon' man with many faces
Chandigarh And we thought that only women could multi-task! Catch up with the 'marathon man' Milind Soman, and you'll be amazed at his juggling act...

Donations accepted for Posh Palm Beach sale to benefit the vision impaired
Melinda Porter, director of merchandising for the Posh sale benefiting Lighthouse International, and volunteer Nancy Kennedy, with some of the racks of designer clothing collected so far...

Affliction Hires 11 Execs to Diversify Clothes - Orange County Business Journal

Affliction Hires 11 Execs to Diversify Clothes
Orange County Business Journal, CA - Dec 6, 2008
Affliction now generates more than $125 million in yearly revenue selling clothes under the Affliction, Sinful and Xtreme Couture labels at Seattle-based .
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Ten style commandments for 2009 - Independent

Ten style commandments for 2009
Independent, UK - Dec 29, 2008
At Balenciaga, Nicolas Ghesquière transformed crin, a high-shine ribbon, normally the preserve of haute-couture underpinning, into the prettiest and most .
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A generation accustomed to addition learns to subtract - Pioneer Press
When we visited our son with autism over parents' weekend this fall, he hugged his dad, then handed him a list of 24 items he would like for Christmas. He lives a cloistered lifestyle at a remote, old-fashioned school that has no Internet or TV ...

Couture Mens Clothing for the Well Dressed Gentleman.
. womens designer clothing, it is definitely available from some of the finest design houses in the world. They include Karl Lagerfeld, Armani, Ralph Lauren and many others. Tags: couture mens clothing, couture clothes, couture fashions...

Top to toe
Personalized style comes to Hong Kong in the shape of exclusive menswear brand Pheres...

Bonnie Roseman's BLT, Island Company open stores on Worth Avenue
For one longtime observer of the island retail scene, the recent arrival of the Bonnie Roseman and Island Company boutiques harks back to the days before luxury fashion and jewelry houses opened Worth Avenue ...

Shop till you drop in Aspen - Aspen Times

Shop till you drop in Aspen
Aspen Times, CO - 17 hours ago
ASPEN EUR” The Roaring Fork Valley, and particularly Aspen, are a shoppers paradise EUR” a banquet of everything from haute couture to bargain basics. .
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A generation accustomed to addition learns to subtract
When we visited our son with autism over parents' weekend this fall, he hugged his dad, then handed him a list of 24 items he would like for Christmas...

Ceramic Couture - Clothes Made of Porcelain (GALLERY)
Clothes Made of Porcelain (GALLERY): These stunning couture creations fashioned from pieces of porcelain are the work of Chinese designer, Li Xiaofeng. In an e...

Twilight Couture Clothes from Hot Topic | BuyTwilightStuff.com .
New Twilight Couture Clothes from Hot Topic, including Twilight t-shirts, Twilight baseball shirts, and Twilight zip-up hoodies...

Trashy Fashion - Wearable Recycled Art From WalterWorks
Hurray for more green fashion and recycled wearable art, this time from London-based WalterWorks...

Fashion Forward: Sift through the closet of a 'Shopaholic' (USA Today)
This week: Bluefly helps you re-create the looks of Rebecca Bloomwood, on-screen shopper extraordinaire..

Mommy and me fashions both of you will want to wear - ABC 15 News
Mommy and me clothing has come a long way since the days of homemade skirts and blouses in matching floral patterns. Now, there are hipper options, although those outfits were pretty stylish back in the day with the lace ruffles topped off with the ...

French fashion designer Ted Lapidus dies at 79 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Ted Lapidus, the fashion designer who redefined chic with the 1960s unisex look, has died in France. He was 79...

Tributes paid after death of 'designer of the street'
Ted Lapidus, the 1960s fashion revolutionary whose accessible clothing earned him the epithet "designer of the street", has died on the French Riviera at the age of 79...

Ted Lapidus, 79, French fashion designer, dies (International Herald Tribune)
Ted Lapidus, the fashion designer who redefined chic with the 1960s unisex look, has died in France...

Ted Lapidus, 1960s Paris fashion revolutionary, dies aged 79 - guardian.co.uk

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Ted Lapidus, 1960s Paris fashion revolutionary, dies aged 79
guardian.co.uk, UK - 19 hours ago
After becoming a member of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, Paris's exclusive high-fashion club, in 1963, Lapidus soon diversified the business .
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Art gallery opens with local work - Abington Mariner
Local artists were at the fore at the opening of the Gallery Della-Pianas EURœHoliday EUR˜Winter Arts Exhibit and Sale.EUR Ten current and former residents of Hamilton and Wenham, and others from the greater North Shore and Cape Ann area ...

Bonnie Roseman's BLT, Island Company open stores on Worth Avenue - Palm Beach Daily News
For one longtime observer of the island retail scene, the recent arrival of the Bonnie Roseman and Island Company boutiques harks back to the days before luxury fashion and jewelry houses opened Worth Avenue shops. "It's like the old days, when ...

Tips for Locating Wholesale Authentic Juicy Couture.
The reason for this is because legitimate wholesalers are often a well-kept secret and there are lots of fakes and scam artists out there. Tags: wholesale authentic juicy couture, couture clothes, couture fashions...

Oh, Mrs. O! What Will Michelle Wear Inaugural Day?
From The Smithsonian The National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., recently reopened its first ladies exhibit...

French fashion designer Ted Lapidus dies at 79 (Las Vegas Sun)
Tue, Dec 30, 2008 (3:03 a.m.) Ted Lapidus, the fashion designer who redefined chic with the 1960s unisex look, has died in France. He was 79...

Ten style commandments for 2009
Forget the austerity look for spring 2009, fashion designers have unleashed their wildest fantasies...

Milind Soman EUR the EUR˜Marathon man with many faces - Indian Express

Milind Soman EUR the EUR˜Marathon man with many faces
Indian Express, India - 3 hours ago
EURœSee, there are pret, couture and mens fashion week. Now, there are two pret weeks, and so on.and the industry is at a very nascent stage of being .
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Haddai exclusive for the fashion conscious - Sunday Times.lk

Haddai exclusive for the fashion conscious
Sunday Times.lk, Sri Lanka - 23 minutes ago
Be it clothing or design for costumes, corporate functions, launches, advertisements, weddings, parties, events, haute couture, pattern making, .
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Shop provides training for group with special needs
Carol Soave walked out Grosse Pointe North High School, her arms overflowing with designer clothes and a smile on her face...

Just Plain Neighbors: Yesteryear twinkles through decades at the Garden
Historic items keep showing up on my desk and I never really know where they come from...

Father of unisex fashion image dies (Texarkana Gazette)
PARISEUR”Ted Lapidus, the fashion designer known for creating the unisex image in the 1960s, has died at age 79. President Nicolas Sarkozy responded by praising Lapidus as a designer who democratized French elegance and classicism...

Castoffs can make your wardrobe - Calgary Herald

Calgary Herald

Castoffs can make your wardrobe
Calgary Herald,  Canada - 23 hours ago
Or, click away for some vintage couture at paperbag-princess.com. It is a virtual treasure trove of used designer duds, including brands like Versace and .
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Rise in crimehas Mexicanslooking overshoulders?
Lourdes Morales and two friends had just come out of a movie at 9 on a brisk fall evening when a beat-up grey Ford pulled up alongside them...

Prostitution 101: Johns, Bring Cash
Common sense would tell most folks who hire hookers to pay in cash. Not so for a recently accused Austin Police Officer and a dumb kid from WilCo...

Art on Your Sleeve? - Haaretz.com
NEW YORK - On a recent gloomy afternoon in Central Park, a short line of people stretched out in front of an alien spaceship. Concocted of fiberglass and steel, the spaceship haughtily stuck its nose out at the crowd. As it turns out, the spaceship ...

2008 - year of consolidation for India's fashion world (Calcutta News)
Split, slugfest and consolidation - that about sums up the state of India's fashion world in 2008. For the first time, the industry witnessed six major fashion weeks - totally all of 30 days - and there is ample room for a few more in the coming years...

Couture Apparel for Everyday Wear.
Some even offer their lower priced items in popular department stores. For example you can find Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren clothes in many stores. Tags: couture apparel, couture clothes, couture fashions...

Shop till you drop in Aspen
The Roaring Fork Valley, and particularly Aspen, are a shopper's paradise - a banquet of everything from haute couture to bargain basics...

Tracey Ross Boutique in West Hollywood to Close
The Tracey Ross Store, a hip boutique carrying designer labels in West Hollywood, will be closing its doors...

[Lane Crawford ad]
Can the woman behind the reinvention of a venerable Asian retail brand keep it humming through a global recession? "It definitely is a challenging environment," says Jennifer Woo, daughter of one of Hong Kong's ...

Old Colorado City welcomes art gallery
Jim and Donna Heikes, owners of Thunder Mountain Trading Co., have opened an upscale art gallery next door at 2508 W. Colorado Ave...

French fashion designer Ted Lapidus dies (AP via Yahoo! News)
Ted Lapidus, the fashion designer who redefined chic with the 1960s unisex look, died Monday. He was 79...

French fashion designer Ted Lapidus dies at 79 (USA Today)
Ted Lapidus, the fashion designer who redefined chic with the 1960s unisex look, has died in France. He was 79. President Nicolas Sarkozy, in an homage to the designer, said Lapidus "democratized French elegance and classicism" and "made fashion accessible to men and women in the street."..

Milind Soman EUR the EUR˜Marathon man with many faces - Indian Express
Related Stories: Looking back at 2008 in Bollywood style! December gives some respite with 2 hits Emraan Hashmi is resigned to his 'serial kisser' fate Zoya talks about the music of 'Luck by Chance' Even after 211 years, Ghalib's legacy lives on ...

2008 St. Louis Fashion Originals: Speak with fashion - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

2008 St. Louis Fashion Originals: Speak with fashion
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,  United States - Dec 27, 2008
Individual Statements EUR¢ The brothers are wearing Bespoke Couture clothing head to toe. Mark (on right) wears their Cooper Travel jacket in wool/cashmere .
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How to Find Couture Petite Sizes.
. of expensive fashion can be altered to suit your size. You will find that most of the time these designer fashions run on the small side which can definitely benefit petite sizes. Tags: couture petite, couture clothes, couture fashions...

Post-Christmas, Checking the Consumer Pulse on the Bus to the . - New York Times

New York Times

Post-Christmas, Checking the Consumer Pulse on the Bus to the .
New York Times, United States - Dec 29, 2008
Lucy Waters Rudge, 16, had spent $260 on shirts and pants at the Juicy Couture store. Her father, Andrew, had bought Nike sneakers for $50. .
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Convenient couture to launch in County - Norwalk Hour
Contrary to what popular culture tells us, it is possible to love clothes and not like shopping. At least it is according to Frances Schultz -- and she ought to know. "I love clothes," exclaimed the North Carolina-born director of development for the ...

Rusty Gets Stocking Stolen Over Christmas Weekend - Surfline
Sometime over Christmas break, vandals broke into Rusty North America's headquarters and made off with top secret clothing samples and leave the building in disarray. Just part of the missing couture includes the coveted Ecostrech Hybrid Boardshorts ...

Brooklyn's Couture Collection Moves to the Met - Gothamist

Gothamist

Brooklyn's Couture Collection Moves to the Met
Gothamist, NY - Dec 17, 2008
The Brooklyn Museum has become nothing more than a storage closet for its "storied couture clothing collection," but now the Brooklyn Paper explains the .
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Brooklyn woman designs a oerecycled fashiona
Resembling a human disco ball, Brooklyn resident Jennifer La Mastra models a sustainable pantsuit outfit she created of recycled CD's - which she entered in this year's Portland Junk to Funk Fashion Show...

Couture Accessories Add Glamour to Any Outfit.
. both casual and formal clothing ensembles. One of the best things about these accessories besides the famous labels and fine craftsmanship is the wide selection available. Tags: couture accessories, couture clothes, couture fashions...

Spring Hill princess gives back to her Nigerian village - Nashville Tennessean
Ogunleye returned to Emure EUR” a kingdom in Ekiti, Nigeria EUR” when her cousin was crowned as king in February. It was the first time she'd been back in 23 years and she said it opened her eyes to a world in need at her mother's village about 500 ...

What to Expect from a Couture Shop.
. and have a much smaller number of pieces on display. Also you aren't going to find rows and racks of different sizes. This is because couture is tailored to fit each individual. Tags: couture shop, couture clothes, couture fashions...

French fashion designer Ted Lapidus dies - Daily Telegraph
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in a tribute to the designer, said Lapidus "democratised French elegance and classicism" and "made fashion accessible to men and women in the street." An assistant of Rose Torrente-Mett, Lapidus' sister, said ...

Jack Shainman Gallery: Nick Cave, Recent Soundsuits
A diverse selection of the highly imaginative, mixed-media, wearable sculptures, Soundsuits, for which Cave has become well-known, are on view starting January 8th...

Ted Lapidus, 'poet of French couture', dies from leukaemia aged 79 (Daily Mail)
Ted Lapidus, the French designer who pioneered the unisex look and safari suit in the 1960s, has died from leukaemia aged 79. Edmond Lapidus opened his fashion house in 1958...

The Luxury of Couture Clothes.
Couture clothes are often custom tailored to fit each individual client and are very expensive. There are lots of designers who provide high fashion clothing and accessories including Chanel, Prada, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, ...



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