March 2009
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Naomi Campbell to Walk Catwalk at Lakme Fashion Week for Mumbai Victims
Naomi Campbell is more famous for her temper tantrums than her goodwill efforts. However, in recent years, the famed fashion model has used her celebrity and connections on the fashion industry to promote her charity work. In 2004 Campbell founded Fashion for Relief, which she has used as a platform to raise money for the [...]
New Round of Rumors that Anna Wintour will Soon Leave Vogue Magazine
It’s the same story, again and again, regarding Anna Wintour’s tenure at Vogue Magazine. CNN reports that Anna Wintour is rumored to be leaving Vogue Magazine in 2009, according to the gossip circulating at recent Fashion Week catwalk shows. As with the last round of rumors, Carine Roitfeld, editor-in-chief of French Vogue, has been named [...]
French Vogue to Become More Frugal in Response to the Global Recession
French Vogue editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld has called for French Vogue to become frugal to reflect the current economic recession. “I think we need to become more frugal,” claims Roitfeld, though “[not] on quality [...] just on organization.” Carine Roitfeld is considered by many to be one of the most fashionable women in the world, only [...]
Valentino out of Retirement?
Famed Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani retired from the fashion industry in January 2008. There was, however, speculation after the recent Valentino ready-to-wear show at Paris Fashion Week that the famed designer himself had a hand in the new collection. According to today’s Page Six: “Legendary fashion designer Valentino retired two years ago, or did [...]
Karl Lagerfeld Hosts Multiple Parties During Paris Fashion Week 2009
Karl Lagerfeld is the man for many reasons. This is further evidenced by the fact that the 70-year-old fashion designer held not one, but two, parties during the Paris Fashion Week festivities — after also having presented his new Karl Lagerfeld Fall/Winter 2009 Ready-to-Wear Collection on March 10, 2009. The first party — to celebrate [...]