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• SI cover girl Refaeli nudges her swimsuit south - 2009 Fashion news

  
  11 February 2009
  
  

   

  NEW YORK – The world knows a lot more about Bar Refaeli today than it did yesterday, including where her tiny tan line falls.

  Sports Illustrated Swimsuit unveiled the 23-year-old Israeli, who has been romantically linked to Leonardo DiCaprio, as a first-time cover girl on Tuesday.

  This gig, more than top fashion or entertainment magazines, can be career-altering as it puts a model's face (not to mention, her fantastically toned body) in front of millions of eyeballs, appealing to both men and women, sports fans and fashionistas.

  It's the cover that matters most, says SI group editor Terry McDonell, but each model — 19 for this issue — gets an equal shot at the cover. Refaeli wears a string bikini by Missoni — and the strings on the bikini bottom are being tugged south.

  "The cover has to reflect the athleticism and sexiness of the culture. This photo is modern, her hair and swimsuit look natural. You see her freckles. Her body is amazing and she looks intelligent," McDonell said.

  It's also purposeful, he noted, that the models have healthy, sometimes curvy, figures. "A skinny waif won't work here."

  McDonell, along with Swimsuit editor Diane Smith and SI creative director Steve Hoffman, sifted through 90,000 photos this year. In consumer testing, it's inevitable that the raciest one is the favorite, but that's not the one that lands on the front. "There are marketplace considerations," McDonell explained. "I want to be at the front of the store, not the back."

  Refaeli told The Associated Press that she had the feeling that this particular shot of her in the water on Canouan Island in the Grenadines was her chance to be on the front.

  "This is the one I felt the most comfortable with," said Refaeli, who twice before was featured on the inside pages of the magazine. "You have the beach, blue water and a body. That's it. I liked that the top of the suit was on."

  You can be sexy without revealing too much skin, said veteran supermodel Cheryl Tiegs, who first appeared on the Swimsuit issue cover in 1970 — and then again in 1975 and 1983.

  That shot happened at the end of a full day shooting in Hawaii, and she was cold. Someone gave her long-sleeve top to warm her up and when the photographer asked her to take it off, Tiegs refused — and she wouldn't take off her sunglasses either, she recalled. That photo, she said, really captured a moment, though.

  "I remember walking by the newsstand and seeing I was on the cover and picking up a copy or two. That was the celebration then. ... But I'm still signing covers for fans," Tiegs said.

  SI's swimsuit issue began in 1964, when February marked the low point of the sports seasons. The NFL ended in December, there were no national televised hockey games and the NBA had only a half-dozen teams. After putting safe-driving tips and dog shows on the cover, SI decided to put an attractive female on the cover and call it a "skin-diving story," recalls Smith.

  It was popular from the start, but Smith thinks it was Tiegs' cover that made it a phenomenon. However, it was Kathy Ireland in a white strapless bikini in 1989 that remains the best-selling cover.

  "I've done many, many, many different covers in the fashion world ... but never had as big a splash as Sports Illustrated," said Heidi Klum, the cover model in 1998. "I went to `(The Tonight Show with Jay) Leno,' the morning shows in New York and LA — it was a huge thing — suddenly I became a household name," she said.

  But more than the fame, Klum said she appreciates from SI the professionalism shown to a relatively untested model wearing next to nothing. "I had wanted it to be so good. I'd arch so hard ... but they'd say, `Look sexy with your eyes. Don't overpose. Be yourself and have fun.'"

  There's a balance between wholesome and sexy the editors are always straddling, without ever being sleazy, Hoffman said.

  The magazine spends an average of three days shooting each model, each with an average wake-up call of 4:30 a.m. because the light is best at dawn, and have about 10,000 bathing suits to choose from.

  And even with the outfits so small, SI spends an average of $2,000 in overweight baggage fees per location.

  "The logistics are horrifying ... but the Swimsuit issue is probably the healthiest of all the Sports Illustrated franchises, and it's good to be with things that work, especially these days," said McDonell.

   

  (Yahoo news)

• 'The Duchess' exhibition: costumes and portraits at Chatsworth House - 2009 New Fashion

  
  09 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - BAFTA-winning costumes from the 18th century period drama ‘The Duchess’, are planning to be displayed at Chatsworth House next month, alongside portraits of television and film stars that have adorned the walls...

  

  Wedding woes: Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes wear Georgian attire designed by BAFTA award winning costume designer Michael O'Connor

  The BAFTA-winning costumes from the opulent 18th century period drama, ‘The Duchess’, will be on show at Chatsworth House next month, when the home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire re-opens to the public.

  The wedding attire worn by Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes, in the movie about the fascinating Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who scandalised Georgian society with a very public ménage à trois, will be at the centre of an exhibition showing the leading role the house has played in film and on television.

  The exhibition will feature other costumes designed by Michael O’Connor, who picked up the BAFTA on Sunday night for his work on ‘The Duchess’, and is now tipped as a possible Oscar winner at the Academy Awards later this month.

  Scenes from ‘The Duchess’ and previously unseen footage filmed on location at Chatsworth, will be on view for visitors, together with a collection of personal objects including a letter in Georgiana’s own blood, written to her six-year-old son, and a lock of her hair – souvenirs of her turbulent life.

  Another highlight of the exhibition will be behind-the-scenes glimpses of the blockbuster horror movie, ‘Wolfman’, starring Benicio del Toro and Sir Anthony Hopkins, which is due for release in November. ‘Wolfman’ is the third feature-length film to be shot at Chatsworth in the last four years, along with ‘Pride and Prejudice’, filmed there in 2005, which also forms part of the display.

  A portrait gallery including everyone from the Hairy Bikers to Griff Rhys Jones, will illustrate the range of television stars and personalities who have filmed at Chatsworth House.

   

  (telegraph)

• Coco Chanel: classic and legendary - 2009 New Fashion

  
  09 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - As we mark a century of Chanel, high street homages continue. Hilary Alexander picks the best of the new collections...

  It is difficult to imagine fashion without the imprint of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel.

  Her influence today is as potent as at the height of her career – if not even more so. From the Little Black Dress, to a string of pearls, to the nautical look, to the cardigan suit, to supple sportswear, almost anything to be found in the modern woman's wardrobe can be traced back to this astonishing fashion revolutionary.

  Her ideas are often described as classic, something which would have delighted the couturier who railed at "innovation", saying all she wanted was to design classics. But, in fact, her designs transcend "classic": they have the regenerative powers of a phoenix, always fresh, always contemporary, always attuned to the moment.

  This year marks exactly a century since Coco Chanel began selling hats from a friend's apartment in Paris. A year later, she opened her first shop in the rue Cambon, a few doors down from no. 31, which remains today the location of the boutique, the haute couture atelier, her exquisite apartment and the study of Karl Lagerfeld, designer and couturier at the house since 1983.

  Chanel does not traditionally acknowledge anniversaries. Even so, celebrations have already begun to mark her life and times.

  In December, the Paris Mint struck "Coco Chanel" limited-edition gold and silver coins to honour the 125th anniversary of her birth. The coins bear an image of Mademoiselle Chanel, chosen by Lagerfeld, wearing one of her famous hats and that legendary pearl necklace. A string of pearls and the letters "COCO" form the border of the coin, finished with Lagerfeld's signature; the reverse side features the "quilting" we associate with one of the most recognisable handbags in the world.

  Two movies that celebrate the couturier's life are due for release this year; one with Audrey Tautou as the young Coco, and featuring a series of specially commissioned hats designed by London's Stephen Jones; the other starring Anna Mouglalis and centring on Mlle Chanel's supposed affair with the composer Igor Stravinsky.

  Lagerfeld, who recently masterminded a 10-minute "silent" on Chanel, has disassociated himself from both big-screen films. And at the Paris haute couture season at the end of January, he also denounced Shirley MacLaine, who played Chanel in a new American cable television special, as too fat. "She should have lost 30lb," he fumed. "Chanel was never fat, not even in her eighties."

  All this is sure to turn the spotlight even more strongly upon the "Chanel look".

   

  (telegraph)

• M. I. A: House of Holland stars at the Grammys - 2009 New Fashion

  
  09 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - Heavily pregnant singer M. I. A shows off Henry Holland's latest summer designs for House of Holland, whilst performing at the Grammys yesterday evening.

  

  Singer M.I.A performs at the Grammys yesterday whilst showing off her pregnancy bump in one of Henry Holland's latest s/s '09 designs for House of Holland Photo: EPA / GETTY

  It was a great night at the Grammys for British music stars – but it was also an occasion to celebrate a hint of BritFash.

  The black and white polka dot tulle mini worn by the heavily-pregnant M.I.A. as she sang ’Paper Planes’ was from the House of Holland spring/summer 2009 collection, designed by Henry Holland.

  The dress was last seen on the catwalk at London Fashion Week in September.

  Holland, best friend to top British model, Agyness Deyn, is now busy preparing his autumn/winter collection for ‘09/10, which he will show under the Topshop New Generation banner with support from Sebastian Professional, at London Fashion Week later this month.

   

  (telegraph)

• Baftas 2009 fashion: the stars and their dresses

  
  09 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - It was the 'Year of the Ear' on the Baftas red carpet.

  Necklaces were virtually banished in favour of plain, unadorned cleavage.

  Millions of pounds' worth of diamonds by Tiffany, Cartier, David Morris, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Garrard dangled from the best-dressed lobes.

  Kate Winslet and Penélope Cruz wore more than £1 million of Chopard diamond earrings between them, while popster Alesha Dixon, in a feast of black organza ruffles by Giovanni, and matching gloves, carried off the prize for the biggest pair with her giant, black beaded vintage chandeliers.

  The fashion face-off between leading actress nominees Kate Winslet and Angelina Jolie turned into a study in contrasts: Queen of Cleavage vs. cutting-edge Earth Mother.

  Winslet chose a retro style, by the American designer, Zac Posen, which could have stepped straight from a 1950s Oscars night: a black halter-gown with a deep 'V' neckline and a fishtail skirt. Jolie opted for the modernist route in a strapless, mid-calf, fitted dress, bisected with lightning bolts of neon-yellow, from Giorgio Armani's Privé collection.

  Black – often given the appearance of being crystal-encrusted because of the raindrops was the colour of choice.

  Penélope Cruz was easily amongst the best-dressed in a criss-cross necklined, velvet, figure-hugging slink by Azzedine Alaia. Kylie Minogue wore a delicate, beaded, ruffled gown from Chanel couture. Bond Girl, Gemma Arterton, picked a polo-necked, short-sleeved vintage Dior, with jet-encrusted shoulders. Goldie Hawn, bucking the no-necklace trend, filled the décolletage of her black satin Dolce & Gabbana with an OTT beaded breastplate.

  Sharon Stone bucked the safety of black for the 'scarlet woman' approach in a bright red, strapless slink by John Galliano. Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto was pretty in pink ruffles by Oscar de la Renta, Emily Mortimer chose smoke-grey by Yves Saint Laurent; Marisa Tomei picked a one shoulder pastel Etro gown; and Amy Adams wore a sapphire Maurice’ dress from the RM by Roland Mouret collection which fitted like a glove.

  The best-dressed men included Brad Pitt, in Tom Ford; Dev Patel, in Aquascutum with a neat skinny tie; and 007 Daniel Craig, in Burberry.

  Mickey Rourke rewrote the red carpet rules in a Dolce & Gabbana DJ, piped in white, worn tie-less, with an open-necked black shirt, white belt and chains, dark glasses and a mess of stringy hair which could have been rained on or might have just been suffering from too much product.

  RED CARPET STYLE

  HITS

  Kate Winslet in Zac Posen

  Penelope Cruz in Azzedine Alaia

  Sharon Stone in John Galliano

  Angelina Jolie in Giorgio Armani Privé

  Freida Pinto in Oscar de la Renta

  MISSES

  Amy Adams in RM Roland Mouret

  Goldie Hawn in Dolce & Gabbana

  Sam Taylor-Wood in Yves Saint Laurent

  Judy Cramer in leggings

  Thandie Newton in vintage

  LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE BOYS

  Mickey Rourke in Dolce & Gabbana

  Steve McQueen in tartan

  Mick Jagger in the purple

  Dev Patel in Aquascutum

  Brad Pitt in Tom Ford

   

  (telegraph)

• 2009 Fashion Collection of Matthew Williamson (Part 3) - 2009 New Fashion

  
  09 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - 2009 Fashion Collection of Matthew Williamson (Part 3)

  
  

  Matthew Williamson: Fashion Designer

  
  

  Since launching in London in 1996, the Matthew Williamson label has become synonymous with bright, kaleidoscopic hues and equally vibrant patterns and prints. The designer never met a color he didn’t like and subsequently works it into his often-trippy but usually flirty, pretty dresses. Since calling the New York runways home in 2002, he has consistently thought up cheery concoctions for flashy—never trashy—girls: covetable cashmere and silk knits, peppy coats, and those swingy Technicolor dresses.

  
  

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• 2009 Fashion Collection of Matthew Williamson (Part 2) - 2009 New Fashion

  
  09 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - 2009 Fashion Collection of Matthew Williamson (Part 2)

  
  

  Matthew Williamson: Fashion Designer

  
  

  Since launching in London in 1996, the Matthew Williamson label has become synonymous with bright, kaleidoscopic hues and equally vibrant patterns and prints. The designer never met a color he didn’t like and subsequently works it into his often-trippy but usually flirty, pretty dresses. Since calling the New York runways home in 2002, he has consistently thought up cheery concoctions for flashy—never trashy—girls: covetable cashmere and silk knits, peppy coats, and those swingy Technicolor dresses.

  
  

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  2009 Fashion Collection of Matthew Williamson (Part 3)

• 2009 Fashion Collection of Matthew Williamson (Part 1) - 2009 New Fashion

  
  09 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - 2009 Fashion Collection of Matthew Williamson (Part 1)

  
  

  Matthew Williamson: Fashion Designer

  
  

  Since launching in London in 1996, the Matthew Williamson label has become synonymous with bright, kaleidoscopic hues and equally vibrant patterns and prints. The designer never met a color he didn’t like and subsequently works it into his often-trippy but usually flirty, pretty dresses. Since calling the New York runways home in 2002, he has consistently thought up cheery concoctions for flashy—never trashy—girls: covetable cashmere and silk knits, peppy coats, and those swingy Technicolor dresses.

  
  

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  2009 Fashion Collection of Matthew Williamson (Part 2)

• 2009 Fashion Collection of Louis Vuitton - 2009 New Fashion

  
  09 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - 2009 Fashion Collection of Louis Vuitton

  
  

  Louis Vuitton: Fashion Designer

  
  

  Louis Vuitton is one of the oldest names in the business. In 1854, Louis Vuitton opened his first store in Paris, hawking finely made trunks, hat boxes, and other luxury luggage for the well-traveled set. By 1888, he had his signature brown and tan checked pattern, and by 1896, the now iconic monogram that peppers its supple leather goods, including some instantly collective women’s bags—the Speedy, the Steamer, the Pochette—appeared. Amazingly, the company didn’t tap into the ready-to-wear business until 1997 when New York designer Marc Jacobs joined, immediately adding an incredibly lucrative clothing business while bringing Vuitton up-to-date by collaborating with such artists as Stephen Sprouse (who irreverently graffitied bags) and later Takashi Murakami (who added a bubble-gum anime humor to the line). Today, the label encompasses ready-to-wear, watches, jewelry, beauty, home, and, of course, that want-worthy luggage.

  
  

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• 2009 Fashion Collection of Lanvin - 2009 New Fashion

  
  09 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - 2009 Fashion Collection of Lanvin

  
  

  Lanvin: Fashion Designer

  
  

  Lanvin born in 1867 in France, Jeanne Lanvin was just 22 when she ventured to Paris to set up shop as a milliner in 1889. Over the next two decades, Lanvin dressed all of Paris’ elite—gentlemen, ladies, and children—resulting in her induction into the esteemed Chambre Syndicale de la Couture in 1909. In addition to ready-to-wear and couture, Lanvin created one iconic perfume after another, most notably being Arpege, which had an early fan in Josephine Baker. Lanvin’s fashions reflected her own innate sense of elegance and refinement, never pandering to the whims of current trends—a tradition current designer Alber Elbaz continues today.

  
  

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• 2009 Fashion Collection of Roberto Cavalli (Part 2) - 2009 New Fashion

  
  09 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - 2009 Fashion Collection of Roberto Cavalli (Part 2)

  
  

  Roberto Cavalli: Fashion Designer

  
  

  Roberto Cavalli is synonymous with glam and rock. Look to Cavalli for color, and lots of it. A genius when it comes to leather, his designs are wild, sexy, erotic, and fluid. His materials vary (leather, denim, silk, feathers) but the results are often unforgettable.

  
  

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• 2009 Fashion Collection of Roberto Cavalli (Part 1) - 2009 New Fashion

  
  09 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - 2009 Fashion Collection of Roberto Cavalli (Part 1)

  
  

  Roberto Cavalli: Fashion Designer

  
  

  Roberto Cavalli is synonymous with glam and rock. Look to Cavalli for color, and lots of it. A genius when it comes to leather, his designs are wild, sexy, erotic, and fluid. His materials vary (leather, denim, silk, feathers) but the results are often unforgettable.

  
  

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  2009 Fashion Collection of Roberto Cavalli (Part 2)

• 2009 Fashion Collection of J. Mendel - 2009 New Fashion

  
  09 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - 2009 Fashion Collection of J. Mendel

  
  

  J. Mendel: Fashion Designer

  
  

  Joseph Breitman, a furrier to the Russian aristocracy, founded the small family company for his elite clientele back in 1870. In 1981, the fifth generation Gilles Mendel took on the role as designer and CEO of the brand and began experimenting with ways to use fur as a fabric. Mendel now produces six full ready-to-wear collections each season.

  
  

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• 2009 Fashion Collection of Isaac Mizrahi - 2009 New Fashion

  
  09 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - 2009 Fashion Collection of Isaac Mizrahi

  
  

  Isaac Mizrahi: Fashion Designer

  
  

  Isaac Mizrahi born in Brooklyn in 1961 of Syrian Jewish descent, Isaac Mizrahi had an early start in fashion. His dad was a children’s clothes manufacturer and his mother constantly encouraged the arts and artistic endeavors. For high school he attended the Yeshivah of Flatbush High School of Performing Arts, where he began to develop his design abilities. Upon graduation he was accepted into New York’s prestigious Parsons School of Design.

  
  

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• 2009 Fashion Collection of Emanuel Ungaro (Part 2) - 2009 New Fashion

  
  09 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - 2009 Fashion Collection of Emanuel Ungaro (Part 2)

  
  

  Emanuel Ungaro: Fashion Designer

  
  

  Italian by heritage but born and raised in France, Emanuel Ungaro learned to sew from his father. But by his mid-20s, Ungaro was designing at the hallowed house of Cristobal Balenciaga before moving on to Courreges. In 1965, he launched his own boutique and label in Paris. Within a few decades, the line would be known across several continents and come to encompass menswear, accessories, and several fragrances. Ladies flocked to his door for the precision cut and body-skimming silhouettes he used to flatter most figures.

  
  

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• 2009 Fashion Collection of Emanuel Ungaro (Part 1) - 2009 New Fashion

  
  09 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - 2009 Fashion Collection of Emanuel Ungaro (Part 1)

  
  

  Emanuel Ungaro: Fashion Designer

  
  

  Italian by heritage but born and raised in France, Emanuel Ungaro learned to sew from his father. But by his mid-20s, Ungaro was designing at the hallowed house of Cristobal Balenciaga before moving on to Courreges. In 1965, he launched his own boutique and label in Paris. Within a few decades, the line would be known across several continents and come to encompass menswear, accessories, and several fragrances. Ladies flocked to his door for the precision cut and body-skimming silhouettes he used to flatter most figures.

  
  

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  2009 Fashion Collection of Emanuel Ungaro (Part 2)

• 2009 Fashion Collection of Doo.Ri - 2009 New Fashion

  
  08 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - 2009 Fashion Collection of Doo.Ri

  
  

  Doo.Ri: Fashion Designer

  
  

  In 2001, Doori Chung started hawking her label, Doo.Ri, at her downtown store Klee, and she debuted on the runway for fall 2003. Before getting a much-needed boost financially and psychologically from an Ecco Domani award and a finalist slot for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, she had been working out of the basement of her parents’ New Jersey dry-cleaning store. This year, she won the coveted CFDA’s Swarovski Perry Ellis award for womenswear. Editors and shoppers alike love her designs for their interesting architectural details that are rarely tricky. She works in ever-flattering jersey that drapes, gathers, and droops in all the right places, adding small touches—chains closing a dramatically plunging back line, leather bands cinching the waist—to each piece.

  
  

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• 2009 Fashion Collection of Donna Karan (Part 2) - 2009 New Fashion

  
  08 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - 2009 Fashion Collection of Donna Karan (Part 2)

  
  

  Donna Karan: Fashion Designer

  
  

  Donna Karan made her name by revolutionizing the working woman’s wardrobe, starting with her famous “Seven Easy Pieces” 1985 collection that proved it was possible to be simultaneously comfortable, professional, and feminine. In recent years, influenced by her late husband, the artist Stephan Weiss, and her own explorations of yoga and spirituality, she’s softened that look. What unifies Karan’s designs is the sensuality of fabric—she loves tissue-weight leathers, gossamer silks, and the softest cashmeres (one of her fragrances is Cashmere Mist)—and her own personal understanding of what parts of a woman’s body she’d like to have highlighted.

  
  

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• 2009 Fashion Collection of Donna Karan (Part 1) - 2009 New Fashion

  
  08 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - 2009 Fashion Collection of Donna Karan (Part 1)

  
  

  Donna Karan: Fashion Designer

  
  

  Donna Karan made her name by revolutionizing the working woman’s wardrobe, starting with her famous “Seven Easy Pieces” 1985 collection that proved it was possible to be simultaneously comfortable, professional, and feminine. In recent years, influenced by her late husband, the artist Stephan Weiss, and her own explorations of yoga and spirituality, she’s softened that look. What unifies Karan’s designs is the sensuality of fabric—she loves tissue-weight leathers, gossamer silks, and the softest cashmeres (one of her fragrances is Cashmere Mist)—and her own personal understanding of what parts of a woman’s body she’d like to have highlighted.

  
  

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  2009 Fashion Collection of Donna Karan (Part 2)

• 2009 Fashion Collection of Christian Lacroix - 2009 New Fashion

  
  08 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - 2009 Fashion Collection of Christian Lacroix

  
  

  Christian Lacroix: Fashion Designer

  
  

  In the late 80's, fashion reporters clocked the rapid success of Lacroix. Studying Art History with dreams of becoming a museum curator or costume designer, Lacroix fell into fashion by chance. He was an assistant at Hermes, collaborated with the couturier of the Tokyo Imperial Court, and then joined the House of Patou in 1981. Five years later, he launched his own label with the bouffant, or "pouf," a milestone in fashion history. His label, regarded as "one of the fastest growing brands in the LVMH universe" has spawned a line of perfume, linens, and children's clothing. In 2002, Lacroix was appointed Artistic Director of the House of Pucci, which, since his arrival, has been very successful.

  
  

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• 2009 Fashion Collection of Chloé - 2009 New Fashion

  
  08 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - 2009 Fashion Collection of Chloé

  
  

  Chloé: Fashion Designer

  
  

  Founded in Paris in 1952 by Egyptian-born Gaby Aghion, Chloé has always represented a freewheeling bohemian spirit. In the seventies, the stylish likes of Jackie O and Brigitte Bardot all shopped chez Chloé, a tradition that continues with today’s hipsters such as Sienna Miller and Kate Moss. The label’s lure resides in its effortless mix of street chic—influenced by London’s girls about town—and luxe. For several seasons, owning a Chloé bag, like the Paddington, has served as a barometer of how stylish someone is.

  
  

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• 2009 Fashion Collection of Carolina Herrera - 2009 New Fashion

  
  08 February 2009
  

  2009 New Fashion - 2009 Fashion Collection of Carolina Herrera

  
  

  Carolina Herrera: Fashion Designer

  
  

  Venezuelan-born Carolina Herrera designs precisely crafted creations that hint at couture. Founded in 1981, her internationally renowned company encompasses perfume and accessories lines that are as crucial as her fashions; nearly ten men’s and women’s fragrances have been created in conjunction with Antonio Puig since 1988. With a business reputation that’s on par with fellow designers Oscar de la Renta and Bill Blass, Herrera’s clothing mirrors the designer’s own sophistication and class, and puts a modern spin on Old World charm.

  
  

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