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Saturday, September 6, 2008

Wanna buy some knockoff jeans?

Business | By Alana Semuels | September 6, 2008
In the midday heat of downtown Los Angeles, Chris Johnson squints at the jeans-clad plastic buttocks of mannequins lined up in Fashion District storefronts. Read more
 

Sunday, July 20, 2008

A family affair

Image | By Melissa Magsaysay | July 20, 2008
HEIDI MERRICK may not be a globe-trotting socialite from a high-profile family, but she is royalty. Read more
 

Thursday, July 10, 2008

From trucker hats to a tricked-out club

Entertainment | By Steve Friess | July 10, 2008
DESIGNER Christian Audigier was a few hours from opening his first nightclub last week, a swanky spread that looks out at the Las Vegas Strip from Treasure Island, but he was already moving past all that. Read more
 

Sunday, July 6, 2008

All things American

Image | By Adam Tschorn | July 6, 2008
THIS SEASON’S sartorial tale of two cities may have started with slump-chested pessimism in Milan, where the answer to the sorry state of the world was to throw in the towel, stay home from the office and protest in your pj’s. Read more
 

Sunday, May 11, 2008

From Russia with rubles

Image | By Booth Moore | May 11, 2008
SHE STRUTS into the Ivy with leg to spare and a long ponytail swinging behind her. Read more
 

Glamorous liaisons

Image | By Dan Neil | May 11, 2008
IT’S THE world’s fastest handbag. Read more
 

Moscow by the Pacific

Image | By Melissa Magsaysay | May 11, 2008
KIRA PLASTININA isn’t the only Russian heiress playing the international fashion game. Read more
 

Sunday, December 16, 2007

IT’S THE ULTIMATE DIRECTOR’S CUT

Image | By Booth Moore | December 16, 2007
Ralph LAUREN’S mahogany-paneled headquarters on Madison Avenue is more Old England than Old Hollywood. Read more
 

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Earth to Stella

Image | By Melissa Magsaysay | December 9, 2007
Stella McCARTNEY, a designer who made vegan stilettos chic, has gone organic – creating an 18-piece clothing line exclusively for Barneys New York. Read more
 

Scissors fly, so does fur

Image | By Shana Ting Lipton | December 9, 2007
THIS is not ready-to-wear. Read more
 

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Larger than Lagerfeld

Image | By Emili Vesilind | November 25, 2007
Before leaving his Paris apartment every day, designer Karl Lagerfeld sorts through a large platter filled with chunky silver rings, deftly slipping his selections onto his fingers until his hands begin to resemble medieval armored gloves. Read more
 

IT’S GOLD FOR GREEN DESIGNER

Image | By Adam Tschorn | November 25, 2007
Score another one for the green team: Rogan Gregory, a New York City designer of socially conscious, eco-friendly brands, has won the Council of Fashion Designers of America/Vogue Fashion Fund top prize. Read more
 

REBEL ALLIANCE

Image | November 25, 2007
It’s a marriage made in anti-fashion heaven. Read more
 

LOSE THE SLIPPERS!

Image | By Achrene Sicakyuz | November 25, 2007
For decades, Disney has fed the princess fantasy – Cinderella in her fluffy ball skirt and glass slippers, Minnie Mouse in her vampy red polka dots and pumps. Read more
 

Sunday, November 18, 2007

FAIRY-TALE ALERT

Image | By Melissa Magsaysay | November 18, 2007
Another designer has hit Target, and this time it’s not a bull’s-eye. Read more
 

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Thakoon knocks on L.A.’s door

Image | By Booth Moore | November 11, 2007
Thakoon PANICHGUL, the up-and-coming designer from New York, was given a warm L.A. welcome last weekend courtesy of Tracey Ross. Read more
 

L.A. Fashion winners

Image | By Melissa Magsaysay | November 11, 2007
Just when you thought this town’s capacity for awards shows was busting at the seams, along came the L.A. Fashion Awards to address the city’s fashion industry leaders and achievers. Read more
 

Ed Hardy or Ed, hardly?

Image | November 11, 2007
Counterfeit apparel is easier to spot when it’s compared side-by-side with the real deal. Read more
 

CALL IT ‘PROJECT L.A.

Image | By Steffie Nelson | November 11, 2007
In just three seasons, Bravo’s “Project Runway” has evolved from a TV trifle into an industry obsession. Read more
 

SHE QUIT HER DAY JOB

Image | By Elizabeth Khuri | November 11, 2007
Tammy Dunkley spent the last few years traveling the world as a logistics coordinator for the studios, making sure their films arrived safe and sound at Sundance, Cannes and other glamorous places. Read more
 
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