Reuters - Maybe it’s the effect of recession, maybe it’s simply a case of Hollywood fatigue — whatever the reason, buyers and designers at Paris fashion week are declaring the end of the celebrity cult.
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Paris waxes retro with Kenzo, Valli collections (AP)
AP - Paris pulsed with retro energy on Monday, as the French capital’s fall-winter 2010-11 ready-to-wear shows moved into day six with Giambattista Valli’s feather-light display of 1960s elegance and a boho chic ’70s collection from Kenzo.
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Valli’s Walk of Shame Chic (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - If style is grace under pressure, as Ernest Hemingway once defined it, then designer Giambattista Valli surely has it in spades.
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Predictable Wins at the 2010 Oscars (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - At this year’s 82nd Annual Academy Awards, there were very few surprises.
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Yves Saint Laurent’s New Corporate Woman (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - The house of Yves Saint Laurent took a step into a rather new dimension Monday, March 8, in Paris with a collection the label’s designer Stefano Pilati said was targeted at women in powerful positions.
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Retrospective revisits YSL’s enduring great themes (AP)
AP - Yves Saint Laurent, the master of couture, has returned less than two years after his death in a major retrospective previewed Monday, covering his four decades as a fashion designer whose artistry empowered women.
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Lindsay Lohan’s fashion adventure ends after one show (Reuters)
Reuters - Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan’s design career has ended after a single collection for Parisian label Emanuel Ungaro, leaving the fashion world divided over whether her work was a disaster or a much-needed bit of fun.
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Review: `House of Versace’ built on solid ground (AP)
AP - “House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival” (Crown, 352 pages, $26), by Deborah Ball: “House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival” chronicles the life of fashion designer Gianni Versace, from his humble beginnings in Reggio, a town in southern Italy, to his death in 1997.
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In Paris: Practical clothes vs. crazy ones (AP)
AP - Sober workaday chic and theatrical extravagance battled for the hearts and minds of the fashion glitteratti on Sunday, day five of Paris’ marathon fall-winter 2010-11 ready-to-wear displays.
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Clean and lean at Celine (AFP)
AFP - Clean and lean summed up Phoebe Philo’s autumn-winter collection for Celine on Sunday, which was refreshingly uncluttered and looked ready to step straight off the runway into the street.
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