Month: December 2015
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Yiqing Yin becomes first Chinese-born haute couture designer
The first Chinese-born designer was admitted Thursday into Paris's elite coterie of haute couture creators. Yiqing Yin, who recently quit as artistic director of Leonard to concentrate on her own label, is also one of the youngest, at 30. Haute couture exists only in Paris and is sustained by a small number of the world's…
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Baja East Co-Founder John Targon Weighs in on Fashion Week’s Possible Revamp
One half the design team shared his thoughts at the Venice event announcing the NY-based brand’s arrival on Elyse Walker’s FWRD e-commerce site.
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Tom Ford Will Present His Next Collection at New York Fashion Week
The designer will be showing both his womenswear and menswear collections in the Big Apple in February.
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Supermodel Bar Refaeli Suspected of Tax Evasion in Israel
The model and her mother are suspected of tax evasion for allegedly not reporting millions of dollars in income earned abroad and on luxury items.
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Style Notes: Supermodel Bar Refaeli Reportedly Arrested; Eva Chen Joins Yoox Net-a-Porter Group
Style stories to read while in line for the midnight ‘Star Wars’ premiere.
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Eagle gift from Reagan fetches top price in Thatcher sale
A gift from former U.S. President Ronald Reagan fetched top price in a sale of ex British prime minister Margaret Thatcher's personal possessions which raised more than 3 million pounds ($4.5 million) overall, auctioneer Christie's said. Reagan's gift to Thatcher of an American bald eagle figure fetched the highest sum, 266,500 pounds, and was sold…
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Elie Saab chooses the UK for first flagship store
Elie Saab is opening its first flagship store in London.
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Gigi Hadid Is Designing a Collection for Tommy Hilfiger
Gigi for Tommy Hilfiger will debut next fall.
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Beth Ditto and Jean Paul Gaultier collaborate on t-shirt
Beth Ditto and Jean Paul Gaultier have joined forces to design a new t-shirt. The fashion designer and the musician have created the ‘Corset Tee', an oversized shirt featuring a lithograph print of a corset similar to the one featured in Madonna's ‘Blonde Ambition' tour. The shirt is part of a plus-sized clothing line Ditto…