Fashion Wire Daily - It was 1960s modernism meets Louis XIV at the latest collection of Miu Miu, the final show of Paris fashion week that ended Wednesday evening, March 10.
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Miu Miu’s Regal Pop (Fashion Wire Daily)
Louis Vuitton’s womanhood celebration closes Paris (AP)
AP - After a week of shows dominated by the rail-thin teens who are ubiquitous on today’s catwalks, Paris fall-winter ready-to-wear 2010-11 displays concluded Wednesday with a sensual celebration of women in all their curvaceous glory at Louis Vuitton.
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Digital mirror: fashion brands convey glamour online (Reuters)
Reuters - With videos of catwalk shows, pictures of glamorous models and a catalog of chic products, luxury brands are creating “digital mirrors” online as they turn to the internet to tap into growing e-commerce demand.
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After “Avatar,” Japan fashion show to go 3D (Reuters)
Reuters - Move over, Na’vis: some of Japan’s top models will strut down the catwalk in a 3D fashion event this weekend, highlighting the increasing dazzle of the third dimension beyond the movie industry.
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Louis Vuitton’s Silver Screen Femininity (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - It was all very 1950s heroine chic at Louis Vuitton Wednesday, March 10, in Paris, when the label’s designer Marc Jacobs sent out a series of proper, feminine looks onto a runway that circled a huge water fountain in a courtyard of the Louvre Museum.
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Chanel’s Fake Fur Ice Maidens (Fashion Wire Daily)
Fashion Wire Daily - One season after staging a Chanel runway show in a reconstructed Normandy farm, the house’s designer Karl Lagerfeld presented its latest collection Tuesday, March 9, in Paris, in the midst of a custom-built iceberg, literally imported from Scandinavia.
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Chanel does climate change, with real icebergs (AP)
AP - Models in head-to-toe yeti suits picked their way around towering but quickly melting icebergs, sloshing through a deep puddle of Arctic melt in their shaggy fake fur.
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Chanel muses on global cooling with iceberg show (Reuters)
Reuters - An event based around hundreds of fashionistas flying in from all over the world was never going to be a convincing platform for environmental campaigning, but designers in Paris haven’t let that stop them.
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McQueen’s final fashion show a celebration of life (Reuters)
Reuters - British designer Alexander McQueen’s final collection on Monday revealed a feast of colors and textures, celebrating his skill and passion for spectacle just weeks after his suicide.
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Celebrities? So last season, say Paris fashionistas (Reuters)
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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