Former Gucci designer Ford taps men's fashion boom
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Tom Ford, the designer who helped to  revitalize the Gucci brand, is tapping into a growing market  for male grooming with the launch of a new menswear range and  shop in New York next year.
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Fashion Wire Daily - One of Italy's most dynamic brands, Car Shoe, has opened a tony new Milan flagship, underlining the ambitions of its owner, the Prada Group, for the label.
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The denim handbags and matching short-shorts may feature the famed Louis Vuitton logo, but designer Marc Jacobs has put his own stamp on the French luxury house's fashion line.
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Ever since American designer Tom Ford  shot to fame by saving the Italian label Gucci from near-death,  breathing life into dormant brands has become the Holy Grail of  the fashion industry.
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The Gucci woman is still a sexy, free spirit, despite the departure of Tom Ford, who took the brand to mega-stardom.
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Gucci delved into the vintage trunk and   came out with 1960s silver and white A-line shifts and black,   purple and orange mini-dresses cinched with broad belts for its   spring/summer 2007 collection.
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A few trends are starting to appear in the opening days of Fashion Week: a linear silhouette, a surfeit of men's wear fabrics and a certain sexiness.
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Giorgio Armani tapped a Mediterranean  vibe for his womenswear collection for next spring and summer  on Monday, while D&G found inspiration in Glastonbury Festival  for hippy flares and flounces.
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Tailoring and fresh proportions was the big story of the fall 2005 men's collections in Paris.
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Fashion Wire Daily - Hot rock chick glam was the leit motif of this spring summer 2008 collection, more fertile ground traditionally for Ford than Burberry&#39;s Christopher Bailey, a designer whose richest vein of inspiration is clever takes on British iconography.
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A private equity arm of JPMorgan Chase  & Co.  is eyeing some of Ford Motor Co.'s  luxury  brands, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday, the  latest sign the struggling carmaker is looking to unload assets  as part of a turnaround bid.
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The quiet clothing industry powerhouse is undergoing a makeover in an effort to attract style-conscious consumers.
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Fashion Wire Daily - Italian designers have been making strenuous efforts in the past couple of seasons to get men into adventurous new trousers. Most of their attempts have resulted merely in runway ideas, from tights to dhotis, that will never be worn to a party, never mind an office. But leave it to Giorgio Armani to actually dream up some serious suits with wildly inventive pants that might well radically transform the way men dress, and act.
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Automaker Ford Motor Co.  is in  talks to sell some luxury-auto brands to an investment group  led by its former Chief Executive Officer Jacques Nasser,  Bloomberg news service reported on its Web site, citing four  people familiar with the discussions.
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Designer Ralph Lauren, who has helped  create a classic American style, celebrated 40 years in fashion  on Saturday with a collection of his trademark looks that have  made him one of the industry&#39;s most successful and influential  figures.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn.  - The Mexican-born fashion  designer who created glittering jackets for such stars as Elvis  Presley and Dolly Parton thinks that today's celebrities don't  measure up.
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Bad boys ruled as designers in Paris kicked off the menswear season on Friday with a nod to rebellious icons. Superbrand Louis Vuitton referenced 1960s screen idols like Alain Delon and Terence Stamp with a sophisticated spring-summer 2007 collection that ran the gamut from velvet jackets to slim trench coats.