Burberry Leads Other Fashion Brands On Facebook

Facebook suits fashionmarketing, especially for Burberry. That’s from a study of 49 fashion brands by L2. The think tank found that all but one had a presence on Facebook as of September 2011, up from 86 percent in September 2010, and 79 percent in September 2009. Among other findings in the L2 study, a total of 73 percent of the brands offered direct links to their Facebook brand pages from their websites The L2 Digital IQ Index: Fashion study examined the brands’ effectiveness by studying their websites, digital marketing efforts, social media marketing, and mobile presence. The overall top 10:  – - follow this Review

Costume Designer Ray Aghayan, Partner of Bob Mackie, Dies

Ray Aghayan, a two-time Oscar nominee who won the first Emmy Award for costume design, dressed the glamorous Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross and did the costumes for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 83. Aghayan, the longtime partner of Bob Mackie, who started as his assistant, died of “unknown causes,” the Archive of American Television said Wednesday. Aghayan was instrumental in persuading the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to officially recognize the contribution of costume designers. With Mackie, he won the first ever Emmy for costume design in 1967 for NBC’s Alice Through the Looking Glass. He went on to earn two more Emmys (amid nine total nominations) and received a career achievement award from the Costume Designers Guild in 2008.  – - more on this Story

Harper’s Bazaar Greatest Hits Book Party

During this past week’s City of Lights fashionable happenings, Harper’s Bazaar toasted its new Greatest Hits book celebrating 10 years of Glenda Bailey’s tenure at the magazine. oining in on a cocktail party hosted by Charles H. Rivkin, Ambassador of the United States, and his wife, Ms. Susan Tolson, were guests including Olivia Wilde, Jared Leto and Karl Lagerfeld. Also in attendance at the swanky soiree were Alber Elbaz, Diane von Furstenberg, Carine Roitfeld, Anna Dello Ruso and Rachel Zoe. — Read more

20 Most Outrageous Looks From Fashion Week

Posted October 7, 2011 3:03 pm by Chi Diem Chau

 

Now that you’ve checked out the most gorgeous gowns from Paris Fashion Week, it’s time to turn your attention to the quirkier side of fashion. Just in time for Halloween, we gathered the 20 most outrageous runway looks from New York, London, Milan, and Paris for your viewing pleasure. From ghoulish goblins at Vivienne Westwood to space age creatures at Gareth Pugh, let’s just say there’s enough to keep you amused. Click the slideshow to see what all of the fuss is about, then tell us which one you think is the craziest! — take a Peek at more

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Kanye West Fashion Story

Every fashion week season, we avidly watch New York Times fashion writer Eric Wilson‘s show coverage—which, over four weeks, subtly shifts in tone from cheerful optimism at New York fashion week to hilarious deadpan tell-it-like-it-is-ism by the end of the Paris show schedule. In today’s Style section, Wilson takes on Kanye West‘s debut womenswear collection. With relish. Here are some of our favorite parts of Wilson’s story.

On Kanye West’s problems:

…[West] said he had taken out loans to hire the best models, designers and location.“I gave you everything that I had,” he said, one of his few printable remarks.

If that is true, Mr. West faces bigger obstacles in life than credit-card debt. – – follow this Story

Designer handbags at dawn: Fashion Weeks best …!

No Doubt, this ‘Little Diddy” of a bag made of Pearl, was the Star studded gem on the Runways of Paris, this Season. The Looks, the Style, the Pin-age of the Paris Collections for Spring 2012 is ALL caught up in this fabulous cluster. Go Karl…! 

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Who was THE Supermodel of Paris Runways?

Karlie Kloss was Paris Fashion Week’s Top Model

Watch the slideshow Karlie.Photo: Alessandro Lucioni

This year’s Paris Fashion Week included special cameos by supermodels like Kate Moss, who closed what might be Marc Jacobs’s final collection at Louis Vuitton, and Gisele Bündchen‘s close for Givenchy. Meanwhile, Natalia Vodianova had the honors of opening for the latter show, and also bookmarked Stella McCartney’s runway. Yet the dominance of Karlie Kloss cannot be denied. The 19-year-old American, who’s getting more mature bookings by the day, landed the opening slots at Jean Paul Gaultier and John Galliano as well as the closing slots at Christian Dior, Lanvin, Elie Saab, Gareth Pugh, and Roland Mouret. See all of Karlie’s looks in the slideshow.

From English teacher to fashion designer, meet Fedor Vozianov

“Unwilling to pass as a gay, Vozianov kept his designer’s skills to himself. He went public when his work got successful abroad.”

As fashion houses worldwide spawn next season’s collections, Ukrainian designers are preparing to catwalk their creations during Ukraine Fashion Week, starting Oct. 13, 2011. There is one established designer, however, who won’t grace the stage in Mystetsky Arsenal this year. A former linguist, designer Fedor Vozianov, is cool enough to miss iVozianov is busy conquering Italy and France, where he presented his autumn-winter 2012 collection last month. A gracious white jacket with folded shawl lapels flowing all the way down to the knees looks almost like a sewing pattern thrown over the model’s shoulders. — read more about Fedor

‘Miu Miu’ at Paris Fashion Week

Fun motifs paired with well defined structural touches have made the spring 2012 Miu Miu collection memorable at this edition of the Fashion Week. Colorful yet fairly conservative, the collection brings several interesting touches that separate it from the style concepts presented at Prada. After the delightful women and engines themed collection presented by Prada at the Milan Fashion Week, fashion enthusiasts have had the chance to see the Miu Miu spring 2012 collection which maintains many of the same structural touches we have previously seen, yet comes with a whole new approach in terms of prints and color. Different, without being any less exciting, the line focuses on femininity with carefully placed accents that immediately attract attention. – – view more Highlights from Prada’s Miu Miu