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Wearing the pantsuit again
Sometime between Melanie Griffith as "Working Girl" and Hillary Clinton as presidential contender, the pantsuit retired from the ranks of high fashion, as well as from most women's closets. Make room for its resurgence. Pantsuits commanded designer...
Tags: Frida Kahlo, MTV Video Music Awards, Dries Van Noten, Ralph Lauren, Sundance Channel (tv network)
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Fair Isle's new yarn
!["In the 1920s, Fair Isle knitting became very high fashion, thanks to the Prince of Wales, who was sent a jumper" — that's queen's English for "sweater" — "by a local woman here," said Carol A. Christiansen, textiles curator of the Shetland Museum and Archives in Lerwick, Shetland. "Once he wore it at the golf course at St. Andrews, it became very fashionable."](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-01/59020764-26163000-187105.jpg ""In the 1920s, Fair Isle knitting became very high fashion, thanks to the Prince of Wales, who was sent a jumper\" — that's queen's English for \"sweater\" — \"by a local woman here,\" said Carol A. Christiansen, textiles curator of the Shetland Museum and Archives in Lerwick, Shetland. \"Once he wore it at the golf course at St. Andrews, it became very fashionable.\"")
"In the 1920s, Fair Isle knitting became very high fashion, thanks to the Prince of Wales, who was sent a jumper" — that's queen's English for "sweater" — "by a local woman here," said Carol A. Christiansen, textiles curator of the Shetland...Tags: Human Interest, Atlantic Ocean, Junya Watanabe, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945)
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INSIGHT-Luxury brands position for U.S. boom
Reuters* Affluent U.S. consumers feel it's safe to spend again * China second to U.S. in 2012 luxury retail growth * Influx of tourists will help as Obama reworks visa wait * Top brands expanding across the United States By Astrid Wendlandt and Phil Wahba...Tags: Government, Personal Data Collection, Brazil, Hugo Boss, Ralph Lauren
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Insight: Luxury brands position for U.S. boom
ReutersPARIS/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most men might balk at spending $600 on a pair of Dior sneakers but for U.S. shoppers like Ephraim, an upbeat 30-year-old, such indulgences are becoming increasingly commonplace. Ephraim is the kind of man who gives luxury...Tags: Personal Data Collection, Government, Brazil, Ralph Lauren, Hugo Boss
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A mermaid, a fashion film, a bath bomb and 'The Great Gatsby' [Updated 4:37 p.m. May 10]
Members of L.A.’s film music elite mingled with weather-beaten eco-warrior sailors and neo Edwardian fashionistas amid costumes from Baz Luhrmann’s "The Great Gatsby" Tuesday night at the multi-textured unveiling of musician-arranger-...
Tags: Arts, The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013), Entertainment, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Vivienne Westwood
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Bloombox of prints
As deafening as AC/DC in the '80s, prints and patterns clashed over the past year like Metallica versus Megadeth, Blur versus Oasis, Mariah Carey versus Nicki Minaj. This spring, it's safe even for Nana to open her eyes, uncover her ears and skip the...
Tags: Mariah Carey, Versace, Peter Pilotto, Nicki Minaj, Gucci Group NV
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New York's Met Museum celebrates punk's influence on fashion
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - With their black leather, studded jackets, ripped jeans, bondage trousers and messages of rebellion and anarchy, punks from the 1970s probably never envisioned that a major museum would be celebrating their influence on fashion 40...Tags: Arts, Human Interest, Versace, Prada, Fashion Trends
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Naya Rivera, Clare Bowen bare almost all for Allure
Patrick Demarchelier photographed Naya Rivera, Jennifer Morrison, Christa Miller and Clare Bowen wearing their birthday suits by a pool in Beverly Hills for Allure's annual nudes issue, on sale Monday. The nudes are carefully posed so you don't see more...
Tags: Versace, Harvey Weinstein, Jennifer Morrison, Roberto Cavalli, The Huffington Post
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Menswear takes on a cocooning cast: way easy and relaxed
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMilan, Italy WITH the sorry state of the global economy and the escalating cost of gas, why even bother changing out of your pajamas at all? Why not punch out, cocoon in your geodesic dome, dig in your garden, go on a Bohemian safari, become a...Tags: Eyewear, Derek Jarman, Barack Obama, Entertainment, Mutual Funds
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T-Mobile to start selling iPhones on April 12
NEW YORK (AP) — T-Mobile USA on Tuesday said it will start offering the iPhone on April 12, filling what its CEO said was "a huge void" in its phone lineup. T-Mobile, the fourth-largest of the national U.S. phone companies, has been losing...
Tags: Samsung Galaxy S III, Deutsche Telekom AG, Apple iPhone, T-Mobile, Chelsea (Manhattan, New York)
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Doris Raymond, The Way We Wore debut March 7 on Smithsonian Channel
Doris Raymond and her La Brea Boulevard vintage shop The Way We Wore are the focus of a six-episode unscripted docu-reality series called “L.A. Frock Stars” that debuts March 7 – on Smithsonian Channel. Shot over the course of 24...
Tags: Versace, Celebrities, Debi Mazar, Entertainment, Rachel Zoe
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‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’: Katniss, Peeta in character posters
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesNew character posters for “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” are out, heralding the return of victors Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) ......
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