Fashion
Celebs in front row at Vivienne Westwood show (AP)
AP - The grande dame of British fashion, Vivienne Westwood, took center stage at London Fashion Week when a celebrity-studded audience gathered for the first look at her spring and summer "Red Label" collection for 2009. More »
In London, Vivienne Westwood turns up the heat (Reuters)
Reuters - Warm, sun-kissed colors evoking the exotic combined with edgy tailoring and feminine draping captured the mood of British designer Vivienne Westwood's Red Label collection at London Fashion Week on Thursday. More »
Four faces — and outfits — to watch at the Emmys (AP)
AP - The red carpet at the 60th Emmy Awards on Sunday will surely be a parade of beautiful people wearing beautiful things — the faux pas of years past are out. More »
Roksanda Ilincic's Utopian Romanticism (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - Anyone who thought that the age of romanticism was over should have attended the runway show of Roksanda Ilincic, an incandescently beautiful Spring 2009 collection staged with arty poise that was a defining fashion moment Wednesday, Sept. 17, in London. More »
Giles Deacon's Conceptual Glam (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - If one took a straw poll of which show mattered most and managed to create the clearest fashion moment in London this season then it would have to be the stylish romp, 1930's glam and Grand Guignol theatre that was Giles Deacon's runway bash Tuesday evening. More »
Christopher Kane: Space Age Prehistoric (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - The big buzz show of the London show of the season, at least in the past few years, is usually Christopher Kane, the Scottish wunderkind, who this season went for Reptilian Roll, a pre-historic romp that was thoroughly inventive, albeit stylistically taxing. More »
Credit crunch no worry for Middle East fashionistas (Reuters)
Reuters - Some London-based designers may be seeing fewer U.S. and European customers because of the credit crunch, but demand from the Middle East remains strong. More »
Retailers considering crunch by the London catwalks (Reuters)
Reuters - The catwalks are humming and buyers are still trawling the stands at London Fashion Week, but behind the scenes luxury clothing retailers are considering the knock-on effects of a global financial crisis. More »
Italian fashion house Gucci denies ousting CEO (Reuters)
Reuters - Italian fashion house Gucci on Wednesday said the sudden departure of chief executive Mark Lee had nothing to do with lackluster first-half results. More »
Fashion capitals hammer out schedule compromise (Reuters)
Reuters - London Fashion Week staved off a tight squeeze between rival shows in New York and Milan next season in a compromise deal with fashion councils in New York, Milan and Paris, the British Fashion Council said on Tuesday. More »