Armani Bucks the Trend and Launches Haute Couture
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Giorgio Armani made his name by forging a  fashion for relaxed formality but now he's bucking the trend  and taking on the French at the most intricate end of elegance  by launching his first haute couture show in Paris.
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After Tom Ford bade his final farewells in February, having built Gucci into one of the most charismatic brands in fashion history, next week all eyes will be on Alessandra Facchinetti, who will unveil her first collection at the helm of the label's womenswear.
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Paris haute couture week gets under way on January 21. Gear up for the glitz and glamour with our highlights of past shows
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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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A visit to the A.P.C. store in SoHo proves to be a study in stylish restraint.
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Giorgio Armani pulled out all the stops for his ready-to-wear show for next summer in which Italian cinema icon Sophie Loren had pride of place, flanked by Simon Le Bon and the rest of the 1980s band Duran Duran, on the crest of their successful comeback.
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Designer Giorgio Armani has blamed  stylists and the media for the fashion industry's obsession  with ultra-thin women.
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Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily - Paris - Giorgio Armani will stage an unprecedented multi-collection runway show during London Fashion Week in a joint effort with Red, the Bono-led African AIDS initiative.
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Donatella Versace's latest collection summed up the elegant look Milan is offering up for the fall-winter 2007-2008, marked by a return to top-drawer fashion reminiscent of yesteryear couture.
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Debutta nella capitale francese la prima collezione Armani PrivÃ¨Molto bianco e nero, e un occhio di riguardo per il fondoschiena                                          Re Giorgio conquista Parigi &quot;Basta con la moda-grandeur&quot;
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Radical shape seems to be a theme at the couture shows this season
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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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Designer Giorgio Armani has blamed   stylists and the media for the fashion industry's obsession   with ultra-thin women.
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Fashion Wire Daily - If any designer carves out his own path in Milan it is Giorgio Armani, who in a season dominated by workerist looks and craftsman style entitled his grand, classic modern collection, Regal.
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Fashion Wire Daily - Giorgio Armani, fashion's most dynamic septuagenarian, likes to give his public what they want and need - Giorgio Armani.
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MILAN, Italy  - For years, Roberto Cavalli has led  the trend for skin-tight jeans and skimpy animal print dresses  but next summer his glitterati followers will have to loosen up  and slip into something a little more comfortable.
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Donatella Versace, known for her sexy, glitzy designs for womenswear, kept up the pace on Friday in a winter 2007-08 show full of razzle, dazzle and silver.