Gaultier Nods to Africa with Exotic Couture Designs
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French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier  transported guests from the freezing pavements of Paris to the  steamy climes of Africa as he sought inspiration from Mombasa  to Cotonou for his latest haute couture collection on  Wednesday.
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The fickle finger of fashion is pointing toward French designer jeans, making a small Baltimore clothing company the hottest investment in Maryland, Virginia or the District so far this year.
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Alviero Martini appropriately used his  trademark travellers' map of the world design in outfits on the  last day of womenswear shows here before the fashion crowd  moves on to Paris next week.
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The Hong Kong company that bought global label Guy Laroche last week says it plans to use the prestigious French brand to spearhead its push into the yet untapped fashion riches of China.
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Ghanaians swap Western attire for local garb to help the country's textile industry.
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Army fatigues, gas masks and camouflage patterns swarmed the catwalk on Thursday as Paris designers reflected on troubled times in their menswear collections for next summer.
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What models wear is noted, copied and may be fashionâs next hits.
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KIGALI/NAIROBI  - The veil that cloaks the head of  Zafran Mukanwali is a modest symbol of a potentially dramatic  shift in religious affiliation in Africa.
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Giorgio Armani took inspiration from  gypsies and Japan for his womenswear collection for winter  2008-09 on Monday, wrapping many of his outfits in shawls of  velvet or lace and using floral print silks for evening.
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Choreographers Bosco-Caesar are going the international way.
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The traditional pattern shakes its fussy image as designers give it a new look
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Alviero Martini appropriately used his trademark travellers' map of the world design in outfits on the last day of womenswear shows here before the fashion crowd moves on to Paris next week.
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Couture is really a demonstration of corporate power, and, of course, ego, in a world that seems to increasingly demand it. Cathy Horyn visits the shows at Dior, Chanel and Givenchy in Paris.
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British designer John Galliano injected  some street cred into the rarefied world of haute couture on  Monday, staging a 1960s-style "happening" to showcase his  latest made-to-measure creations for Christian Dior.
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Corporate ownership is changing the face of haute couture.
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"Fashion is not just for a chosen few who have front-row seats in some elite tent somewhere."
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Giorgio Armani swung toward Shanghai, Pollini reprised the colonial styles of India and Christian Lacroix traveled to Planet Pucci in this week's collections in Milan.