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Paris runways: Shaking things up

2013-03-10 00:00:00

PARIS — We saw a giant spinning globe at Chanel, heard live music by Antony and the Johnsons at Givenchy and snapped front-row pics everywhere of celebrities, including Jessica Chastain, Naomi Watts, Frank Ocean, Zoe Saldana, January Jones, Kourtney...

Paris Fashion Week fall 2013: Dior review [Updated]

2013-03-01 09:40:00

PARIS -- The Dior fall 2013 collection by Raf Simons was such a triumph that the question is, will anyone want to wear anything else? For his second ready-to-wear outing for Dior on Friday afternoon during Paris Fashion Week, Simons created a runway set...

Hair: Delicate decorations top off the season

2013-03-03 00:00:00

Nothing captures summer's sunny joie de vivre like a devil-may-care hairstyle polished off with a pretty hair ornament. Head-turning hair accessories were front and center in the spring runway collections. Satin bow headbands topped off '60s-inspired...

Southern California dreaming on 2013 spring runways

2013-03-03 00:00:00

One of the great joys of being a fashion critic is the ability to observe how designers all over the world riff on and reinterpret the L.A. look. Watching the spring runway collections, whether I was sitting at a runway show in the crumbling Beekman...

Paris Fashion Week fall 2013: Rick Owens review

2013-03-01 08:39:00

PARIS -- A rush of wind and billowing smoke at the top of the runway signaled a new mood for Rick Owens. The California-raised, Paris-based designer who made his name on second-skin leathers with a dark and moody bent showed his fall 2013 collection...

Paris Fashion Week fall 2013: Rochas review

2013-02-28 14:59:00

PARIS -- A handsome woman. That’s the slice of femininity that designer Marco Zanini was going for with his fall 2013 collection for the house of Rochas, presented Wednesday afternoon during Paris Fashion Week. The look: A masculine-feminine mix...

Paris Fashion Week fall 2013: Balmain review

2013-02-28 15:19:00

PARIS -- Malibu gal pals Cher, jewelry designer Loree Rodkin and Chrome Hearts co-founder Laurie Stark sat front row on Thursday afternoon at Paris Fashion Week, taking in Oliver Rousteing’s rocker-chic Balmain collection. The inspiration: The...

Anna Wintour, the ambassador in Prada (and Dior and Rochas ...)?

2012-12-04 15:21:00

There’s buzz that Anna Wintour, the powerful editor of Vogue magazine, is being considered by President Obama for the prestigious post of U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom-- correctly known as ambassador to the Court of St. James's. When White...

Paris Fashion Week: Sleek and chic

2012-09-30 00:00:00

PARIS — This season of Paris Fashion Week, which runs through Wednesday, is shaping up to be about new beginnings as designers show their spring-summer 2013 collections. In the first of two main events, Belgian designer Raf Simons blew the dust off...

Shopping: Beach-town boutiques from Venice to Laguna

2012-07-08 00:00:00

With summer in full swing, it's time to hit the beach — for sunning, yes, but also for shopping. There's a new level of sophistication in shopping along the coast. Locally owned boutiques with a curated point of view are changing the flavor of...

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2011-12-01 16:37:46

Frugal Fashion: Olivia Palermo in spring prints

2012-03-14 16:32:15

Combat boots at Saint Laurent. Platforms and extreme heels, be gone. Instead, we saw metallic creepers at Damir Doma, lug sole flats at Rochas, lug-sole loafers at Stella McCartney and lug-sole boots at Miu Miu. At least when you do step into fall, it will be with feet firmly planted.

2013-03-04 00:00:00

Looks from the Rochas spring-summer 2013 runway collection shown during Paris Fashion Week.

2012-09-26 00:00:00

A model presents a creation by Italian-Swedish designer Marco Zanini during the Rochas Spring/Summer 2012 ready-to-wear collection show.

2011-09-28 00:00:00