Paris Fashions Cater to Women's Many Moods
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Paris designers pulled out the stops as the spring-summer ready-to-wear shows headed into their final stretch, presenting outfits fit for socialites, fashion victims and working mothers. Valentino specializes in what could be called the Liz Hurley school of dressing, and he devoted the bulk of his collection on Sunday to luxurious daywear for ladies-who-lunch.
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Rushing to meet deadlines, finish a project and catch a late train home may leave working women tempted to ignore the latest fashions, but paying attention could pay off.
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Radical shape seems to be a theme at the couture shows this season
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Lingerie items have become âdisplay pieces,â  and corsets, slips, panties and camisoles are as extravagant in their design as Louboutin platforms or a YSL tote.
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A woman's best bet for spring fashion success? It's still the dress. But the spring 2008 styles shown at Wednesday's opening of New York Fashion Week were more loose and feminine than the ladylike, polished fall fashions now in stores.
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As New York Fashion Week begins, traveling editors need to pack and travel practically, but with style.
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Two designers use a Paris show to demonstrate that fashion and politics can mix.
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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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Fashion designers are coming up with unique theme to create their range of collection.
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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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Underwear that helps women slim or men feel cool and fresh -- purveyors of cosmeto-textiles were out in force at Paris's annual lingerie trade fair on Sunday.
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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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The world of fashion is one of professional transgression. The industry's lifeblood is shock and outrage; it survives, in its highest form, by virtue of almost hysterical exhibitionism.
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WOMEN spend an average of more than 96,000 on clothes throughout their lifetime, according to new research.
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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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Several designers, including some runway rookies, are presenting romantic visions of what women should wear
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Reviews of the Chanel, Dior,  Giorgio Armani and Christian Lacroix spring haute couture shows in Paris.