Word: fashionista
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...from being forced to wear the veil, this devoted fashionista sometimes wonders if she has passed up a trend. "In Dubai, it's not just an abaya anymore?it's an outfit. My friends custom-order and customize, and they look great...
...impress," insists Edna Mode, the diminutive fashionista of the Pixar smash The Incredibles, "you must express!" As Pixar melds with Disney, the big challenge will be to keep expressing originality in an increasingly cluttered field. There's a toon army on the march: this year a record number of animated features will be released, and coming up are the Shrek and Ice Age crews. Here's a sneak peek at what's on the horizon from animation's new power couple...
GENEVA Vacheron Constantin created the ladies' Malte Complication ($30,700) with a pink strap for its fashionista clients...
...mouse-click away--is cashing in on the look of the moment, some Young Turk will thrust a seemingly absurd idea onto the runway and turn the multibillion-dollar global business on its head. Prada did it when she introduced that ladylike look just as every fashionista was baring her navel. And a year ago, Italian designer Stefano Pilati gave the crowd at his debut Yves Saint Laurent show a jolt when he suggested the awkward silhouette of short, tulip-shaped skirts and puff-sleeved blouses. The audience left the show cursing and returned six months later dressed head...
While From Bags to Riches plans a British expansion by year's end, it might not be easy to break in: pouch-for-hire sites have already opened across the Atlantic. Be a Fashionista (be-a-fashionista.co.uk), an upscale site based in London; Secret-Boutique (secret-boutique.com) and Bag Steal and Borrow (www.bagstealandborrow.co.uk)--yes, the name is uncannily familiar--have all been launched in the past year. Dutch bag fans can borrow from Bag Habits (baghabits.com). When it comes to handbags, the status trap, it seems, is a global phenomenon...