Tag: paris
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Fun, brooding and sea-inspired styles hit Paris Fashion Week
PARIS (AP) — Christina Hendricks, Diane Kruger and singer Charli XCX led the front rows at the half-way point of Paris Fashion Week on Saturday.
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Chiuri raises banner of feminism in first Dior show
In the high point so far of Paris fashion week, the Italian designer — who wore a Superman necklace for the occasion — dressed her female models as if preparing mediaeval knights for a joust with destiny.
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Chiuri at Dior targets Millennials with eclectic wardrobe
By Astrid Wendlandt and Pascale Denis PARIS (Reuters) – Maria Grazia Chiuri, Dior's first woman designer, on Friday took the fashion brand in a new direction with a maiden eclectic collection aimed at connecting with young consumers and re-invigorating sales. Chiuri, who arrived at Dior in July after two decades at Valentino, put together in…
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Why top fashion models never smile
“You don't smile. It is just not done,” said model Ty Ogunkoya as catwalk stars criss-crossed Paris for fashion week. In his decade as a top model, the 26-year-old Nigerian-born Londoner has never once permitted himself a grin.
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Yoshiyuki Miyamae for Issey Miyake: ‘The theme this season is microcosm’
Ahead of Paris Fashion Week (September 27 to October 5), Relaxnews caught up with designer Yoshiyuki Miyamae, creative director of Issey Miyake, whose spring/summer 2017 collection previewed September 30 at 10:30am. The cut of the pattern itself is straight-lined and simple, but using techniques such as 3D Steam Stretch and Baked Stretch gives the clothes…
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Exclusive: India cracks down on illegal mica mines after expose reveals child deaths
By Nita Bhalla and Jatindra Dash NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Authorities in India have raided mica mines, arrested traders and begun steps to regulate the underground industry, local officials said, after a Thomson Reuters Foundation expose revealed a cover-up of child deaths in illegal mica mining. A three-month investigation in the mica-producing state…
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Designer Hussein Chalayan collaborates with Intel at Paris Fashion Week
Fashion designer Hussein Chalayan unveiled on Friday his collaboration with technology giant Intel at his Spring/Summer 2017 runway show at Paris Fashion Week. Chalayan's SS17 collection and runway show featured connected, wearable accessories powered by Intel technology, including never-before-seen glasses and belts. Powered by the Intel® CurieTM module, a tiny, low- power hardware product, the…
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Rainbows and birds on the Paris catwalk at Manish Arora show
PARIS (Reuters) – Rainbows, flowers and birds dominated Manish Arora's colorful collection at Paris Fashion Week on Thursday, with the Indian designer offering plenty of vibrant prints and intricate embroidery for women next spring. Models strutted down the catwalk in an array of tops, skirts, trousers and dresses adorned with patterns of fruit, flowers, flamingos,…
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Mr Porter unveils shoppable Apple TV app
Mr Porter, the men's style destination of fashion e-commerce giant Net-A-Porter, has launched a new shoppable Apple TV app, marking “a first in luxury content and commerce.”
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Rihanna bigs up Marie Antoinette in her Paris fashion debut
The singer turned fashion designer said she took the conundrum as the starting point for her debut Paris collection for her Fenty x Puma brand, which showed late Wednesday. Rihanna's answer was lots of slinky lingerie, slip dresses, bodices and pearls. Which seemed all the more appropriate given Marie Antoinette was guillotined during the French…