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The typical luxury consumer has traded in high-priced fashion for quality, durable goods at a lower price, according to a recent report by Bain & Company. As a result, the luxury market is expected to shrink by 10% in 2009, with apparel being hit the hardest. So, when French couturier...
"I know what women want," says Valentino Garavani in Matt Tyrnauer's swank new documentary Valentino: The Last Emperor. "They want to be beautiful." But the question any couturier must answer is, What kind of beautiful do they want to be? For Valentino, as he and the fashion house he...
Haute couture is a small part of a modern fashion house's income - just a way to get publicity for the brand. The real money is in the accessories: handbags, shoes, perfume. But the old-school Valentino declares that his gift is "to design and to create dresses. I always...
Widely considered the greatest French couturier of his generation, Yves Saint Laurent, who died June 1 in Paris at age 71, was also credited with democratizing fashion and empowering women with his strong, sexy silhouettes. He famously brought the vernacular of the street to high-fashion runways--with motorcycle jackets...