AP - A Los Angeles fashion designer convicted of sexually assaulting seven women and teenage girls should not be granted a new trial even though a juror flirted over the phone with the defendant’s sister, prosecutors argued Thursday.
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Fashion Wire Daily - Mongrels, a favored pet, though not atypically a scruffy one, might seem an odd choice of name for a fashion label, but if the latest collection from Mongrels in Common seen Thursday, July 2, in Berlin is any test, then the progeny looks like being a very fine breed.
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AP - Austrian fashion designer Lena Hoschek says she is not put off by the prospect of “Bruno”? Sacha Baron Cohen’s new film where he plays an over-the-top flamboyantly gay Austrian fashion enthusiast.
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Fashion Wire Daily - Husband and wife designers Sachin and Babi have just finished their first full year rotation of fashion collections with their ready-to-wear line, yet their experience in the fashion industry is much further extended. The duo has taken their skills and expertise in embroidery and home decor and sophisticatedly segued into the women’s wear scene.
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AP - A celebrity fashion designer has crashed her car through the front window of a hardware store in San Diego, injuring a customer inside.
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Fashion Wire Daily - If any designer in Paris can walk away feeling justifiably good about himself after the just finished menswear season it is Kris Van Assche, whose subtle collection for Dior Homme in Paris on Sunday, June 28, and edgy fare with his own label both bore one indelible trademark - his own.
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AP - Models at Paul Smith pulled out their best Michael Jackson moves on Sunday, shaking it to “Thriller” as they took a riotous final lap around the catwalk.
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AP - The French capital’s spring-summer 2010 menswear displays wound down Sunday with a harder-than-usual silhouette from romantic label Lanvin, a retro rocker at British dandy Paul Smith and a sheer, shorn look at Dior Homme that sparked catty rumors about the possible departure of the luxury house’s designer, Kris Van Assche.
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Fashion Wire Daily - If any collection best captured the current state of play in men’s fashion it was Lanvin, whose exhilarating show Sunday, June 28, in Paris was probably the coolest collection of clothes in the most assuredly staged show.
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AFP - French fashion giant Pierre Cardin said on Monday it had no plans for a sell-off to Chinese companies but was planning only to sell certain licences.
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