Archive for September, 2007

Portuguese designer Fatima Lopes as part of her Spring/Summer 2008

A model presents a creation by Portuguese designer Fatima Lopes as part of her Spring/Summer 2008 ready-to-wear fashion collection in Paris September 29, 2007.

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Fashion: Italian showgirl Cristina Chiabotto

Italian showgirl Cristina Chiabotto displays a creation of AB Soul Spring/Summer 2008 women collection during Milan Fashion Week in Milan September 29, 2007.

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Teen beauty queen who had pageant meltdown now works as model for Donald Trump

The South Carolina beauty queen who suffered a geographic meltdown over “U.S. Americans” during last month’s Miss Teen USA pageant can now have the last laugh, with the chance to make up to $25,000 a day as a model for Donald Trump.
Lauren Caitlin Upton, 18, of Lexington, S.C., reportedly flew to New York City today […]

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Model, actress and McKeesport graduate puts on a cape to fight the bulls in Mexico

As a young girl growing up in McKeesport, Bette Dingeldein Ford dreamed of someday becoming famous.
That dream carried her through her childhood years during which she and her brother were raised by relatives after being abandoned, first by their mother and then later, by their father.
And it was that dream that prompted her in 1945, […]

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Urban Exotic show turns fashion into art

Young designers behind emerging Canadian fashion labels Karamea, Fieerce and Passenger Pigeon revealed more than their talent and style last week.
They showed you don’t need big brands to achieve urban chic, that young designers can have cross-generation appeal, and that hemp and other eco-friendly materials can be very stylish indeed.
The inspired collections of Michelle Turpin […]

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani is shown in this undated handout photo

A photograph of a naked anorexic woman appeared on Monday in Italian newspapers and on billboards to highlight the effects of the illness during Milan fashion week while promoting a fashion brand.
Written above the photo of the woman, used to advertise fashion group Flash&Partners’s clothing brand Nolita, are the words: “No Anorexia.”
The picture was shot […]

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Top Model in Fashion: Gianfranco Ferre’s Spring/Summer 2008 women’s collection

A model wears a creation as part of Gianfranco Ferre’s Spring/Summer 2008 women’s collection during the Milan Fashion Week in Milan September 24, 2007.

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Fashion: Alessandro Dell’Acqua’s Spring/Summer 2008 women’s collection

A model wears a creation as part of Alessandro Dell’Acqua’s Spring/Summer 2008 women’s collection during Milan Fashion Week in Milan September 24, 2007.

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Gucci king says London is fast overtaking Paris in the fashion stakes

As the head designer at Gucci for a decade, he was king of Milan and a lynchpin of the fashion establishment. Texan-born Tom Ford also tried to conquer Paris when he took over Yves Saint Laurent in 2001. But yesterday at London Fashion Week he launched an attack on the supremacy of the French capital […]

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

Michael Faircloth designs on display in Fashion on Main exhibit

the stories Michael Faircloth could tell – starting with what it’s really like to kick back at the Crawford ranch with the president and first lady. Someday the Dallas designer may actually pen that book, but for now, we’ll just have to be content to savor his work in a new exhibition at Fashion on […]

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007