Kanye West has clarified a comment he made about not gaining entrance to a Paris fashion show for designer Nicholas Ghesquirere’s ‘Balenciaga’ range , saying that anyone saying something negative has it wrong . The Grammy Award- winning rapper was quoted by the New York Times as saying, We didn’t get a ticket for Balenciaga. I understand it. I get a lot of attention and, you know, sometimes the designers don’t want anything taking the focus off the show.
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French label Christian Dior set the tone with an ode to the carefree 1960s, sending out fur coats and swinging skirt suits fit for a latter-day Mrs. Robinson. To the Simon and Garfunkel song of the same name, models tripped out in boxy cropped jackets and above-the-knee skirts in tangy shades of orange, lime and fuchsia. Guests including “Cashmere Mafia” star Lucy Liu watched the parade, set in a tent in the Tuileries gardens against a spectacular set of cascading water.
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Spring fashion isn’t going to disappoint, either. “I think women are so sick of winter,” said Karen Marquis , owner of Kokopelli in Northpark Mall. “We’ve had a lot of people in buying for vacations and weddings, and I think they’re ready for spring.” Spring clothes come alive in vivid colors such as Kelly green, yellow, tangerine and cobalt blue, fuchsia and bold prints that swing from floral to global and geometric to art-inspired.
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LOCAL woman Fiona Kliendienst, owner of Tuscan Elegance, took out the professional section at The Australian Woll Fashion Awards with a wedding dress that she had designed for a friend. Mrs Kliendiest has been committed for a long time to working with wool, and was last year named Rural Woman of the Year for her efforts in the development of fashion utilising wool.
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FacebookDiggDel.icio.usMore “Intelligence” in the spy-games sense — information collected by secret means for strategic use — features in two intriguing new press releases. Canadian women’s clothing chain Tabi has renewed its subscription to the Business Weather Intelligence Platform, a service of Planalytics Inc. of Wayne, Pennsylvania.
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Email to a friend Printer friendly Font: * * * * This is the first affiliate of Dress for Success to open on the Prairies, with more than 85 affiliates in Canada, the U.S., Netherlands, U.K. and New Zealand. “Finally, what started out as an idea in November of 2005 has become a reality,” said Hildebrandt. Hildebrandt, her co-founder, Jan Forrest, and the volunteer board of directors have put countless hours into a year-long application process.
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This hasn’t really proved to be to her advantage. Hillary hasn’t gained supporters by wearing unflattering pantsuits, and it wouldn’t kill her to get a better stylist (no offense, Chelsea). I may be a somewhat superficial person who thinks that clothing matters. However, I am not the only one to have noticed her lack of fashion sense despite unlimited resources.
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20 years ago, Jojo Cruz was the hottest name in fashion. Then she retired to run her own boutique and raise her family. Now, Jojo is ready to show the fashion world she’s still got style.
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Police say two female suspects obtained the credit card number of a female victim from the Cincinnati area. They used the credit card number to make over $1,000 in purchases from Macy’s in Mentor on February 23. Police say over the course of 2 days, they opened new credit card accounts in the name of the victim at Sears, Levin Furniture and Walmart, charging over $10,000 against the victim’s name. Illegal transactions are known to have also occurred in the Akron/Canton area.
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Reported by: Becky Freemal A local women’s clothing store found itself in the middle of a crash investigation after an Amberly Village officer slammed his squad car into the store’s display window. Amberley Village Chief Monahan said officer, James Drake, broke his left arm and is expected to be fine. Plum Diore, the women’s clothing store at the corner of Ridge and Montgomery road in Pleasant Ridge will have a boarded up window for about a week until a new frame and glass is ordered.
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