Paris couture week kicks off with Dior
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The Paris haute couture shows kicked off Monday with French label Christian Dior holding a celebrity-studded catwalk show and party at the royal chateau of Versailles to celebrate its 60th anniversary.
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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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London Fashion Week opened for the first  full day of shows on Monday but attention remained more on the  body shape of the models than the clothes they were wearing.
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Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto has  given romantic form to functional workwear, draping cobwebs of  black lace over crisp white cotton in the first major show of  the Paris spring-summer collections.
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Beauty and perfection don't come cheap during fashion week.
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Paris designers looked to Hollywood on Wednesday with elaborate creations that will vie for "best dressed" on the red carpet.
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Change is in the air as New York prepares to kick off the next fashion season Friday with eight days of more than 100 runway shows previewing fall styles.
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American designers are having their moment in the spotlight at New York Fashion Week and, in the process, they're building a bigger base of fans.
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Yohji Yamamoto paid tribute to elegance and the female form in his spring ready-to-wear show Monday that opened Paris fashion week on a high note.
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As Paris wound up a frenetic fortnight of fashion shows, hip social networking site MySpace announced the launch of a new fashion channel offering a showcase for designers and fashion makeovers for users.
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Giorgio Armani is upping the fashion stakes, taking on his French rivals with the launch of his first haute couture show in Paris next month.
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A sneak peek at the financiers, celebrities and designers that make New York fashion week the hottest ticket in town.
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Last year a popular show at the Metropolitan Museum renewed interest in the French couturier Paul Poiret, interest that is likely to continue on Feb. 14 with a sale of his original clothing designs in Paris.
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Paris designers showcased casually luxurious outfits to take men from the boardroom to the bedroom Saturday, proving that dressing down has never been so chic.
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While most of the fashion press will see spring styles for the first time during Fashion Week, any store buyer worth his or her Palm organizer knows what is ahead.
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As fashion week continues, a look at the collections of  Benjamin Cho, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Narciso Rodriguez, Rodarte and Thom Browne.
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Models wobble, clothes fall off and celebrities don't show up. That's life for new designers at New York's fashion week as they hope to overcome inexperience and compete with industry titans who grab the spotlight.