Op-Ed Archive
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London Fashion Week Spring 2009: Avant-Garde to Seriously Edgy
Posted on August 4, 2008 | No CommentsDates: Sep 14 – 19, 2008 DALLAS, Aug 4, 2008 / FR/ — Watching the season’s finale of Doctor Who where David Tennant play the lead role, then reading at... -
New York Fashion Week Spring 2009: A Brave New World
Posted on August 3, 2008 | No CommentsMercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2009 Dates: Sep 5 – 12, 2008 DALLAS, Aug 3, 2008 / FW/ — In one month’s time, the iconic tents at Bryant Park will go... -
The Celebticians: Obama & Sarkozy
Posted on August 2, 2008 | No CommentsDALLAS, Aug 2, 2008 / FW/ — If Paris Hilton started the term celebutante, i.e., short for celebrity / debutante for the uninitiated in entertainment lingo, Nicolas Sarkozy, President of... -
Ramosport reinvents itself with Julien Fournié
Posted on July 31, 2008 | No CommentsDALLAS, Jul 31, 2008 / FW/ — A French company that has been designing and distributing trench coats since 1905, the Ramosport Spring / Summer 2009 collection designed by Julien... -
Farewell to a Master : Yves Saint Laurent’s Funeral
Posted on June 5, 2008 | No CommentsPARIS, June 5, 2008 — /FR/— The ceremony had been expected by all aesthetes in France and around the world since the announcement of Yves Saint Laurent’s death, last sunday... -
Raising Funds for Haute Couture: Parisian Paradox
Posted on February 12, 2008 | No CommentsParis, Feb 12, 2008 /FR/ — Wouldn’t it be inconvenient, unnatural, and even pernicious, to create a charity to fund Haute Couture? The outrageously most expensive clothes and their very... -
Why Haute Couture could be in a Dead End
Posted on February 7, 2008 | No CommentsPARIS, Feb 7, 2008 /FR/— A fortnight has gone since the Paris Haute Couture collections were presented on the catwalk. Now that we are back in the craze of the... -
For Young Men, Suits & Tuxedos Are Not Just For The Prom Anymore
Posted on January 18, 2008 | No CommentsPARIS, Jan 17, 2008 / FW/ — Last December, a Mastercard commercial in the U.S. featured a young man with long curly hair wearing jeans shopping for a Christmas gift... -
Second Life Fashion : Trend-Setting for Real Life Fashion ? Part Two.
Posted on December 29, 2007 | No CommentsSECOND LIFE, December 29, 2007 – (Continued) … Interesting that a Real Life fashion designer also goes to Second Life to explore leather goods ! “His shoes are among the... -
Second Life Fashion : Trend-Setting for Real Life Fashion ? Part One.
Posted on December 29, 2007 | No CommentsSECOND LIFE, December 29 , 2007 – Of course, Second Life – the leading online virtual world open for free to anybody who has a powerful enough computer and a...