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Paris designers pull out the stops

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PARIS (AP) -- Paris designers sought a balance between showmanship and substance in their ready-to-wear displays on Saturday, as the fashion industry seeks new revenue sources to make up for the millions in Wall Street bonuses that have gone up in smoke....  comments (0)  | report problem



Let’s Play Buzzword: Defining Phrases Used in Skin Care Advertising

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We asked four women having their hair done last Friday at the Patrick Melville Salon in Manhattan for their definitions of phrases used in recent face-cream advertising.   comments (0)  | report problem



Homes of the future: Housing estate wins prestigious prize

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A contemporary housing estate described as giving "hope for us all for the future" wins the 2008 Stirling architecture prize.  comments (0)  | report problem



First Ladies and the Fabric of the Nation

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The season of political conventions ended Thursday in St. Paul, Minn., just as the spring 2009 fashion season was getting underway in New York. The convergence of politics and fashion brings together the substantive and the superficial, with neither industry having a monopoly on frivolousness...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem



Transbay Terminal tower designs have chance to redefine San Francisco

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The competition to build a new transit center and skyscraper on Mission Street isn't a beauty contest. It's a gamble in city-making that could redefine San Francisco in the sky and on the ground. How fitting, then, that the tower best suited to replace the Transamerica Pyramid...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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It's an Ugly Business When Fashion and Reality TV Converge

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PARIS As designers have been sending their spring 2009 collections down the runways here, sometimes it has been hard to know whether one was watching a global industry engaged in its most urgently creative sales endeavors or if one was in the midst of a...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem



Fine Points: Your Earlobes Want to Join the Party

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Necks have been weighed down with statement necklaces, but that is about to change as party earrings prepare for their comeback.   comments (0)  | report problem



Faces of Berkeley - Alum’s ‘Streetwear’ Proves Popular

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Business is booming for Berkeley natives Adamu Chan, Josh Hartman, who said he goes by Jae, and their clothing line, Red Clay. Without any formal training in the area, both followed their passions and took a risk in the competitive industry. The company produces clothing targeted for the...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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Fashion designers shiver as economic crisis hits

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In the cutthroat world of fashion, a designer can quickly lose rising star status - a fact that Alessandra Facchinetti knows only too well.  comments (0)  | report problem



Currents | Goods: Just Like Mother Used to Wear

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Suvir Saran’s new tabletop collection for Wade Ceramics reflects his fascination with his mother’s collection of saris and shawls as a boy growing up in New Delhi.   comments (0)  | report problem



Fashion Diary: The High Line Steps Out for a Night

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The Calvin Klein party was held at one of the livelier site-specific installations seen around here since Christo’s and Jeanne-Claude’s “Gates” was erected in Central Park in 2005.   comments (0)  | report problem



A Label Man Who Defies One

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Polo shirt, cargo shorts, an orderly coif of commas and twists. Todd Hyman looks like someone you'd trust with your income taxes. But your iPod? Erm, no thanks. But perhaps you should. The 35-year-old has been releasing some of the most wildly experimental and widely...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem
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