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BARCELONA, August 4, 2008 /FR/ — After having announced in a press conference that 30 designers would take part in the second edition of 080 Barcelona Fashion, coordinated and promoted by Catalonia’s Regional government -Generalitat de Catalunya- with the help of the City of Barcelona and sponsored, among other companies, by Volkswagen, the precise schedule was issued today for the event taking place from september 3rd to 5th included. It is to be noted that 080 Barcelona Fashion wil Read more

Dates: 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 the London Telegraph later that the British actor is going to play Hamlet, the most famous role in Shakespeare made me think of where London Fashion Week is going. [caption id="attachment_295" align="alignleft" width="305" caption="David Tennant"][/caption] Since the turn of the century, it was fashionable to ‘skip’ London when doing th Read more

Mercedes-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 up once again marking the start of the New York fashion season. Officially called Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, the Spring 2009 New York season faces a challenge that it had not faced in its 15-year history – a global credit crunch that even the EU nations using the euro experienced a business and consumer confidence plunge in last month. [ Read more

DALLAS, 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 France actually invented a new genre of world leaders – the celebtician, which is as you guess, short for CELEBRITY and POLITICIAN. And guess what, Barack Obama’s rock star status right now makes him another celebtician in the making. Ironically, the controversial political ad by John McCain entitled C Read more

NEW YORK, Aug 1 2008 / FR/ — The Big Apple is serious in reviving its menswear scene as ENK International, IMG Fashion and People’s Revolution collaborated for the second time to bring fashionistas the New York Menswear Spring 2009 season, albeit as part of the Blue and Collective Tradeshows. Last July 21 and 22, Charles G. Bailey, Conference of Birds, Nicholas K, Obakki, Buckler and Orthodox, at Pier 92, unveiled their Spring / Summer 2009 collections during the Blue and Collective trade ex Read more

DALLAS, 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 Fournié is thought provoking. As a fashion observer, one asks, is Ramosport reinventing itself with its new Creative Director. Is it time for Ramosport to be Burberried? Way back in the 1990s, Wall Street asked, why is Pucci not Guccied, referring to Gucci’s rebirth with Tom Ford at its helm, as the American desi Read more