
The sexy scene at the NYC Sex and the City casting call.
Why would Alexander McQueen sell this fabulous home?
Ashley Olsen is surprised she didn't end up like Britney Spears.
Jeremy Scott's disco-tastic Adidas kicks.
Former Burberry pouter Rosie Huntington Whitely strikes a pose for Miss Sixty.
Fast fashion mega-store Forever 21 will open its first Japan flagship in Tokyo tomorrow.
For their second wedding ceremony in Venice this weekend, Salma Hayek wore Balenciaga.
David Beckham will design a range for Adidas Originals by Originals alongside Jeremy Scott.
Gabrielle Greiss has left her position as creative director of Sonia Rykiel after less than 18 months.
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Paris 03/07/09. Photos by Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images & Karl Prouse/Catwalking/Getty Images.
A record number of shoppers will do their holiday shopping online, causes range from the inanity of black Friday, to gas prices, to an overall growing confidence in e-commerce methods. The numbers, as reported by consultancy Deloitte, should be up to 71 percent with apparel reaching the second most popular gift giving category.
Speaking of Black Friday, H&M's New York and San Francisco flagships will be open 24 hours on the biggest shopping day of the year. H&M attributes their decision to the success of last year, when the New York store held around the clock hours.
(Speaking of the success of H&M, Rei Kawakubo drew a three-day wait this week when her collection for the mass retailer opened in the Harajuku district of Japan)
In other news...Michael Kors took his contemporary shoe business in house, Harold's (not Harrods), the high-end Dallas based retailer, filed Chapter 11 and a 24 hour Paper pop-up (say that three times as fast) in Los Angeles hosted in-demand vendors such as Rodarte and Jeremy Scott--no news on whether they sold everything but they did have a 1400 dollar sale at 4am during the event.
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We are so angry at the failure of the American government to propose a reasonable bailout strategy for Wall Street we can barely control ourselves, and while our problem may be emotional incontinence apparently a lack of control is the inspiration for Japan's newest fashion trend. Seriously, a fashion show of "nappies" aka diapers to show an aging population just how fashionable diapers can be happened in Tokyo. The funniest part? They played Relax by Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
Beauty behemoths may be well financed for the rough road ahead but smaller cosmetic firms are in for a tough time.
French Jeweler Mauboussin is opening a Madison Avenue boutique
Belgium designers are getting a grip on business, Maison Martin Margiela, Ann Demeulemeester and Dries Van Noten are opening stores and entering into licensing agreements in order to boost their sales.
It turns out not advertising can be good for business if you have eager broke customers shopping your store for the price point and not that quality.
Men, still the new women.
Jeremy Scott, who will show his namesake collection in Paris on Sept. 30, has signed a multiseason deal with activewear giant Adidas to design apparel and footwear for men and women. Streetwear designers Alyasha Owerka-Moore and Kazuki are also involved. His winged high tops are actually pretty cool.
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