Hussein Chalayan

Jean Nouvel, the French architect, is credited with creating "installations" for the Los Angeles Philharmonic production of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," although "transformations" would be more accurate. Azzedine Alaïa designed the striking...

Suffice to say that Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte weren't thinking about Proposition 8 when they composed "The Marriage of Figaro." The 1786 comic opera follows bullying Count Almaviva's efforts to invoke droit du seigneur to sexually conquer...

It has been more than a decade since Target launched its first designer collaboration, sparking a seemingly endless number of imitators. The pairings lure customers with the promise of designer looks at mass market prices, while the designers and...

Topshop, the global fashion juggernaut with more than 400 stores operating in 38 countries, has arrived on the West Coast at long last, opening a new store at the Grove in Los Angeles last Thursday. At 25,000 square feet with nearly 40-foot ceilings,...

Seeking a quintessential Los Angeles fashion experience? Here are our picks of the top boutiques where you can have one. Elyse Walker The vibe: Beachy casual with a metropolitan edge, a shop that includes Alexander McQueen evening gowns and Prada flip-...

L.A. boutique owner Desiree Kohan and jewelry designer Annie Costello Brown launch Deer collection....

Spring is a season of equals and opposites, not just meteorologically speaking. The spring 2012 fashion runways teased trend spotters, showing pajamalike pastels one day and body-hugging neoprene dresses the next. Cropped tops bared midriffs. Peplums...

Who doesn’t love a pair of classic Converse Chuck Taylors? After that, jump up the  style ladder  more than a few rungs with a pair of kicks that will make heads turn. New this winter is Puma’s Urban Swift shoes, right, which look like motion...

L.A.-based brand and celebrity denim go-to, J Brand, is branching out into ready to wear....

Victoria's Secret models Miranda Kerr and Karolina Kurkova might have been more interesting than the clothes at Christian Dior's runway show at Paris Fashion Week on Friday, and more news from the Spring-Summer 2012 collections....

I admit it. With all the uproar over Princess Beatrice's odd-looking Philip Treacy fascinator at the British royal wedding recently, I've become -- well, fascinated by fascinators. And over-the-top hats. too. So here's a treat: Camilla, Duchess of...

Princess Charlene of Monaco, who wore a sky-blue Karl Lagerfeld ensemble for her civil marriage ceremony on Friday and a Giorgio Armani Prive gown for the religious ceremony Saturday, changed into an elegant, sleeveless white gown with tiered ruffles for....