“Helen Seamons picks her 10 favourite shows from Paris fashion week, from Spanish dressage horses at Hermes to vintage cars at Emanuel Ungaro.” (Guardian) “Luxury designers such as Lanvin and Valentino were playing safe at Paris fashion week with collections strongly focused on their traditional styles, though they were declaring the downturn over.” (Reuters)...

“San Francisco has historically been an also-ran in fashion, but members of its varied style tribes sport an off-hand cool manner.” (New York Times) “Lanvin and its star designer Alber Elbaz will collaborate with Swedish fast-fashion behemoth H&M for a one-time holiday collection.” (WWD) “FashionStake, a New York City-based company that allows consumers to...

“It looks like H&M has snared one of the hottest labels in Europe — Lanvin — for its next designer collaboration.” (WWD) “Environmentally friendly fashion will be putting its best foot forward in a special two-day show at the Metropolitan Pavilion during New York Fashion Week.” (The Independent) “Top global luxury brands like Burberry...

“A recovery in advertising spending and excitement around Apple Inc.’s iPad have helped perk up the magazine industry this year.” (WSJ) “In the top 100 of fashion ‘influentials,’ Peter Marino is up there on page one, alongside creative geniuses and big brand managers.” (New York Times) “French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier has been...