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Tailor fashions wood-bark clothes 

Feature | Fashion
2011-10-9

"OLD Chieftain" Shen Tai-mou, around 80 years old, makes clothes out of tree bark, a traditional skill of the Amis minority in Taiwan. This truly is a lost fashion art. Shen says that after he passes on, there's...

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Big stars strut their stuff at Cannes 

Feature | Fashion
2011-5-13

THE world's most glamorous film festival is all about romance, fantasy, laughs and a whole lot of stars, both on screen and strutting the Cannes red carpet. Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" provided just what...

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Green in fashion 

Feature | Fashion
2011-4-1

ORGANIC cotton and reusable bags are steps toward the greening of the fashion industry, but organizers of the Runway to Green project say it can do much more. The project kicked off on Tuesday night, with 29 top-tier...

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Dressing rooms fit for a queen 

Feature | Fashion
2011-3-4

LILY Ren will never forget the moment when she was in an Yves Saint Laurent store in Los Angeles last summer. She was standing on a platform surrounded by three huge mirrors, trying on a dress from the French fashion...

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Fashion: 2nd gig for Chinese stars 

Feature | Fashion
2011-1-6

LIKE their Western counterparts, quite a few Chinese celebrities make fashion their second job. Some start their own lines from scratch, and others work with established fashion houses. Michelle Zhang reports. On...

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Pre-fall lines preside on the catwalk 

Feature | Fashion
2011-1-4

PRE-FALL collection from Chanel Plenty of designers are content to dabble in the shallows of recent decades for inspiration. Not Karl Lagerfeld. For Chanel's pre-fall Metiers d'Art line, the luxury ready-to-wear...

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A collection to suit all 

Feature | Fashion
2010-12-19

WITH no fewer than 59 looks in the lineup, Oscar de la Renta's pre-fall collection covered plenty of ground. Daywear ran the gamut from trim, tweed suits with cropped jackets to hearty, stretch wool skirts, some A-line...

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Experience Christmas in a European house 

Feature | Fashion
2010-12-19

DURING this festive season, Shanghai Times Square presents a memorable experience of authentic Christmas culture, entertainment and traditions. The lighting ceremony at the shopping mall began the Christmas celebration...

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Expansion heralds long live McQueen 

Feature | Fashion
2010-12-12

THE bumster is born again. As one of the signature and incendiary creations of the late Lee Alexander McQueen, the low-slung pants figure in the revamped McQ collection, which is now under the full control of the McQueen...

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Designer bet frenzy 

Feature | Fashion
2010-12-12

BRUCE Oldfield, who dressed Princess Diana and is a perennial favorite among the ladies of London society, is tipped to be the royal wedding dress designer - according to one bookmaker. Paddy Power, the Irish...

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Model keeps simple perspective on life 

Feature | Fashion
2010-11-28

AT 36, Lisa Selesner (better known by her stage name Lisa S.) seems to have everything most people can only dream of. She is wealthy because of her successful career as a famous TV host and model in Asia, she often...

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Evolution of Marc label 

Feature | Fashion
2010-11-28

ON a Saturday afternoon at 403 Bleecker St in New York, home of the Marc by Marc Jacobs women's store, a 40-something woman, shopping with her two tweenish daughters, is standing by the door, looking a little scared....

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Lanvin line for H&M 

Feature | Fashion
2010-11-28

ALBER Elbaz's beads, bows and very French poufs played well in New York as he previewed a glitzy version of the much-anticipated Lanvin collection for H&M which has been available in the brand's stores around the...

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Victoria's not-so-secret 

Feature | Fashion
2010-11-21

KATY Perry led the dance party that doubled as the finale of Victoria's Secret fashion show, an annual parade of skimpy, sexy and over-the-top lingerie. In a yellow, strapless bustier dress covered in pink hearts,...

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WWD's 100 influential designers 

Feature | Fashion
2010-11-14

FROM Adolfo to Yohji Yamamoto, Women's Wear Daily has recorded the A to Z of fashion over the past 100 years. There are the suffragettes, flappers, career women in pantsuits and, later, miniskirts. Fashion is...