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Runway shows are notorious for their over-the-top, impractical outfits, and the Spring 2010 New York Fashion Week (which runs Sept. 10-17, 2009, obviously) was no exception. Alexander McQueen showed off his Speedo design; Christian Dior went for some sort of 19th century French-prostitute look; and Y-3 paraded their models in see-through outfits that literally had no armholes. While fashionistas and critics praised the designers for their original ensembles, the rest of us were left to wonder, Would anybody really wear that? (Read TIME's Fashion Week blog...
...with the City’s approval for the Harvard-backed plan to relocate the Charlesview Apartments hinging largely on the community’s support, renewed opposition to the proposal’s design may set back residents’ hopes yet again...
...project for Finland's main utility, Teollisuuden Voima Oyj, is designed to showcase Areva's 3G earthquake- and missile-proof design, known as a European Pressurized Reactor. Areva spokesman Jacques-Emmanuel Saulnier said winning the contract over Westinghouse and GE-Hitachi was crucial to establishing the firm as the leader in advanced nuclear tech. "You only see how it works once you've built it and proved it's what you'd said it would be," he said. "That's why winning the Finnish contract and building the world's first third-generation reactor is so important...
LONDON London Design Festival See the latest in new design, from Penguin chairs by Peter Opsvik for Varier (above) to a life-size interactive chess set in Trafalgar Square by Jaime Hayón (Sept...
Grammy-winning producer and DJ Mark Ronson has an ear for music, and he also has an eye for fashion. Once an avid shoe collector, he now joins a number of style-savvy musicians, including Kanye West and Beth Ditto of the Gossip, who have channeled their love of designer labels into their own designer products. Ronson teamed up with Gucci creative director Frida Giannini to design a series of limited-edition shoes to coincide with the launch of Gucci Icon-Temporary, a traveling pop-up sneaker store that will make its first stop in New York City next month...