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When it comes to high fashion, only two cities matter. Twice a year the fashion houses in Paris and Milan compete for press attention, bragging rights and the dollars of store buyers around the world. Though the lines between the two capitals have blurred - Karl Lagerfeld and Tom Ford design for houses in both cities; French label Yves Saint Laurent is now run by the Italian Gucci Group, which is owned by the French company PPR - arguing about which city puts on the best shows remains a favorite parlor game of the fashion set. For the last 10 years, Milan...
...glamorous? Yet this synthetic rubber, used for fan belts, wire casings and hydraulic hoses, is making its way into the designs of some of the world's most prestigious fashion houses. For spring at Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs offers a white waistcoat and black floral miniskirt, and at Chanel, Lagerfeld weighs in with a gray fishnet jacket--all made of neoprene. At Balenciaga, Nicholas Ghesquiere uses a neoprene-like fabric to make surferesque tops. And where the big designers go, the rest will follow...
...Days before its January show featuring models swamped in giant brocade kimonos, Christian Dior announced sales were up 50%. Not of kimonos but of shoes and bags and sunglasses, bought by those wowed by the couture. And then there's Chanel, where the more wearable couture created by Karl Lagerfeld reportedly turns a profit. Women who pay more than $10,000 for a dress want to be able to wear it, after...
John Galliano was predictably unpredictable at Christian Dior; Julien Macdonald went back to basics at Givenchy; Karl Lagerfeld played with pretty at Chanel; and Donatella Versace retreated to the Versace boutique. At a time when the world's economy is shaky at best, the designers at the haute couture shows in Paris last week took no risks. They each did what was expected of them - even if that meant the unexpected. This time Galliano, Dior's designer, travelled to Asia, bringing back giant kimonos, hats that looked like ancient buildings, and two troupes of Chinese acrobats. The effect nearly made...
...Marie-Chantal of Greece - joined him for dinner and dancing in his Place Vend?me studio afterward. Also present: the consummate Hollywood clotheshorse Gwyneth Paltrow, to better impress Valentino's new owners from Marzotto, including Michele Norsa, the man in charge of the group's fashion brands. At Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld dropped the rock'n'roll of his last ready-to-wear show and instead invited intimate groups of 140 to two viewings in Coco Chanel's original showroom. The clothes - studies in contrasts with tweed jackets over tulle skirts - harked back to those elegance-first days. Sandwiched between the classic...