Archive for the 'Couture Fashion Week' Category



Samsung Diva of Dubai Fashion Week 2010 winner announced

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

The winner of the Samsung Diva of Dubai Fashion Week 2010 has been announced during the annual event. Samsung Electronics is the major sponsor of this high profile fashion event.
Garima Irisha Kapoor has been adjusted the winner of the event. The judges were Dubai-based fashion designer Salma Khan, Bebhinn Kelly, the Managing Director and writer [...]



London Fashion Week opens with tribute to late British designer

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

The London Fashion Week began on Friday with a more solemn note as a wall of condolences for late British designer Alexander McQueen was erected for participants to write on.
McQueen committed suicide with still unidentified reason. McQueen is known for designing smart clothes that revives the nineties and goes beyond the usual norm.
Every fashion tent [...]



Latest fashion trends inspired by Oscar-winning film maker shown n Paris Fashion Week

Friday, January 29th, 2010

A large quantity of 1950s Citroen DS cars and several look-a-likes of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jacques Tati marked through the iconic Paris square during the weekend as fashion house Kenzo unveiled its latest fashion trends in terms of menswear at the Paris Fashion Week.
Tati, winner of the prestigious Oscar trophy for “Mon Oncle” in 1959, [...]



Burberry designer wins biggest prize at British Fashion Awards

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

The British Fashion Awards concluded with a bang last week with Burberry’s creative mogul Christopher Bailey clinching the prestigious “Designer of the Year” award for the second time in his career. Bailey also won the same award in 2005.
The 38-year old Yorkshireman has been getting a lot of accolades this year, including the MBE in [...]



Paris court shuts down fashion house Christian Lacroix

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

A Paris bankruptcy court approved massive cutbacks for once-flourishing fashion house Christian Lacroix, which currently lost nearly all of its employees, with all of its shops headed for closure.
The company will now stop producing ready to wear lines after potential buyers of the company decided to pass on to the opportunity thus going beyond the [...]



Jewelry designers to take part in haute couture fashion week in Paris

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

The Fédération de la Couture Française revealed on Monday that the upcoming haute couture fashion week in Paris will not only feature the usual clothing collections from designers but also stylish jewellery line for the first time.
Jewelry designers from Boucheron, Cartier, Chanel Joaillerie, Chaumet, Christian Dior Joaillerie, Mellerio dits Meller and Van Cleef & Arpels [...]