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L.A. designer Tadashi Shoji discusses 30 years in the business

2013-05-28 13:49:00

2013 marks 30 years that L.A.-based designer Tadashi Shoji has been making elegant formal wear for the rest of us. Although he got his start in the glitzy world of Hollywood, creating costumes for the likes of Stevie Wonder and Elton John, and his more...

Chinese tourists' spending in the U.S. takes off

2013-05-24 19:42:00

Minutes after arriving by bus at an outlet mall in Cabazon, a dozen or so Chinese tourists hustled out to buy luggage that they planned to stuff with high-end clothes, shoes and bags. But not Guoshing Cui, a Samsung supervisor from Guangzhou. He made...

New 'Arrested Development': All re-dressed up and ready to go

2013-05-19 00:00:00

"Arrested Development" costume designer Katie Sparks, whose efforts on the first two seasons of the Fox sitcom earned her a 2006 nomination from the Costume Designers Guild of America, was tapped by series creator Mitchell Hurwitz to work on the new...

Sharon Socol views the fashion world through an outsider's lens

2013-05-13 16:28:00

For more than seven years, when her husband Howard was chief executive officer of Barney's New York starting in� 2001, Sharon Socol was his "plus one" at all manner of fashion events, from runway shows to fancy dinners and glitzy parties. A self-described...

The secret to lingerie is in how it makes you feel

2013-05-12 00:00:00

If you're in the market for lingerie, you're in good company. The intimate apparel industry as a whole is on the rise, according to Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at the NPD Group. "Sales in the women's market started off slow in 2012 but...

Ottavio Missoni dies at 92; patriarch of Italian fashion brand

2013-05-09 22:53:00

Ottavio Missoni, patriarch of the Italian luxury fashion brand built on zigzag-patterned knitwear, died Thursday at his home in Sumirago, Italy. He was 92. A family spokesman announced his death but did not give the cause. The Missoni label gained...

Orange County shoemaker counts his star clients by the foot

2013-04-27 17:03:00

There's magic afoot in Orange County that has nothing to do with a giant mouse or a legendary berry farm and everything to do with George Esquivel and his band of craftsmen who, for more than a decade, have been hand-cobbling high-end shoes for a who's...

How one woman turned a casual idea into successful career in high-end jewelry design

2013-04-13 00:00:00

Few jewelry designers can say that they made their first sale in the bathroom of a Neiman Marcus, but for Danielle Yadegar, owner and designer of Bea Millen jewelry, that was exactly what happened. While wearing her own hand-crafted, rose- and yellow-...

That is so 2012: A look back at this year's fads

2012-12-30 00:00:00

IT'S ALMOST 2013 — which means it's time to take a look back at the sartorial standouts (Gwyneth Paltrow on the Oscars red carpet) and fashion faux pas (Paul Ryan on the campaign trail) of the previous 12 months. Though the world didn't end, as...

From Rob Kardashian, socks with real Konnectedness

2013-01-13 00:00:00

Rob Kardashian has taken his first toe-dip into the fashion arena, following in the footsteps of celebrity siblings Kim, Khlo� and Kourtney, who've used their reality TV fame — and family name — as a launch pad into myriad endorsement deals,...

A Sin City Threesome

2013-03-05 13:43:00

You don’t have to be a sinner to love Sin City, but you’d better be an insider to get the most from your visit. Here’s the inside track to all that’s fabulous at The Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian, The Shoppes at The Palazzo...

'Oz' merchandising tie-in treasures

2013-03-17 00:00:00

If Disney's "Oz the Great and Powerful" continues to be a tornado at the ticket counter (opening weekend saw $80.3 million in domestic ticket sales, making it the most successful 2013 release to date), the inhabitants of the Emerald City aren't the only...

Rob Kardashian poses with fans during his new Arthur George by Rob Kardashian sock collection unveiling at Neiman Marcus last month in Las Vegas.

2013-05-25 00:00:00

When Chuck and Mary Kay Nabit's Preakness party invitation suggested guests go for "vintage Havana attire," Elisa Schwartz, 56, decided to be "a little brave. ...My style is very conservative, but my husband wants me to step out of the box, so lately, I've been getting braver.

2013-05-17 00:00:00

There's a new FDA-cleared, at-home hair removal gadget hitting the market this month called Me Smooth, and its promises are the stuff wax-free summer dreams are made of. Legs treated in 10 minutes, they say. Safe for all skin types? That's what they tell us. Painless? Sign us up!

2013-04-30 00:00:00