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Time-honored hanbok attire in vogue among young

For many years, "traditional" has been a euphemism for "dull" for young South Koreans. But lately there seems one exception: hanbok, or Korean traditional attire. On Thursday's quaint cobblestones o...

Mar 22, 2016
Fashion
Victoria Beckham reveals exclusive dresses for Korean customers

Singer-turned-designer Victoria Beckham revealed four dresses for spring and summer exclusively for Korean consumers on mytheresa.com, an online luxury brand shopping website, Monday. “I picked thes...

Mar 21, 2016
Fashion
Fashion KODE to open during Seoul Fashion Week

Fashion KODE, an annual trade show for Korean fashion designers, will run March 23-24, during Seoul Fashion Week. The fifth edition of one of Korea’s largest fashion fairs will take place at J-Gran...

Mar 16, 2016
Fashion
Polarized luxury jewelry market

Jewelry seen as either investment or affordable luxury

Mar 16, 2016
Fashion
Alpaca fiber from Peru destined for luxury stores

PUNO, Peru (AP) -- The 4 million alpacas that graze on the remote slopes of Peru's southeastern Andes wear warm coats of a silky fiber highly sought in the United States, Europe and Asia. Colored i...

Mar 16, 2016
Fashion
Isaac Mizrahi says new show a survey, not a 'retrospective'

NEW YORK (AP) -- Don’t call the Jewish Museum exhibition on Isaac Mizrahi's work a retrospective. Those, the 54-year-old designer said, are for dead people. This journey through several elegant roo...

Mar 16, 2016
Fashion
Seoul Fashion Week expands trade show component

Be prepared to see hip and trendy Seoulites flocking to downtown Seoul as Seoul Fashion Week returns with fall-winter 2016 collections from March 21-26. The biggest fashion event of the year will t...

Mar 9, 2016
Fashion
1980s glam makes a Paris comeback as Chanel stays classy

PARIS (AFP) - It was back to the future on the Paris catwalks Tuesday as Chanel cleverly tweaked its back catalogue only for Saint Laurent to revive a look that some thought best forgotten. In what...

Mar 9, 2016
Fashion
On the color wheel, Jay Z has an odd bedfellow

NEW YORK (AP) -- Barbie has her own color (pink). So does Tiffany (blue), Gap (also blue), Coach (brown) and even the roly poly Minions (yellow), but rare is the individual who cares deeply enough ab...

Mar 2, 2016
Fashion
Paris fashion looks to ‘fat ladies’ for inspiration

PARIS (AFP) - Fat ladies tend to be thin on the ground on the Paris catwalk. But rising Dutch designer Liselore Frowijn made her ready-to-wear debut Tuesday with a colourful collection to light up ...

Mar 2, 2016
Fashion
Oscars fashion: Many of the red-carpet stars went soft

Alicia Vikander set the tone on the Oscars red carpet Sunday as she walked early in a pale yellow custom Louis Vuitton gown, her hair flowing down her back. The Swedish actress has become an "it" gi...

Feb 29, 2016
Fashion
Seoul's Gangnam supports local enterprises for New York fashion expo

The office of Seoul's Gangnam district said Monday it is supporting local enterprises at an international fashion expo in New York this week. The Gangnam District Office said it is financially suppo...

Feb 22, 2016
Fashion
UK design star Anderson mines influences to dazzle London

LONDON (AFP) - British design whiz kid Jonathan Anderson led the charge on the second day of London Fashion Week Saturday with a celebration of individualism that fused inspirations including the nat...

Feb 21, 2016
Fashion
Vera Wang brings Modigliani, Giacometti to N.Y. runway

NEW YORK (AFP) -- Designer to the stars Vera Wang shored up her artistic clout Tuesday by sending models down the New York runway in towering platforms and elongated cuts inspired by Modigliani and G...

Feb 17, 2016
Fashion
Instant gratification: Fast fashion revolution

NEW YORK (AFP) -- New York Fashion Week this season has put “click and buy” on the map, revolutionizing the antiquated global fashion calendar with clothes that now can be ordered straight from the c...

Feb 17, 2016
Fashion

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