http://www.fashionweeknews.com Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:15:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Appel & Frank just announced their next shopping event -- Spring into Style --, which will take place in both San Diego and San Francisco. Appel & Frank brings together hip and trendy fashionistas with emerging designers for upscale shopping events filled with style and fashion. Shop aisles filled with fabulous jewelry, ... http://www.fashionweeknews.com/2008/02/23/new-appel-frank-event-spring-into-style-san-francisco-san-diego/ Trouble has been brewing at Milan's 2008 Autumn/Winter Collection Fashion Week. Milan Fashion Week has been branded a "circus without sense" by Dolce & Gabbana amid fears that it rapidly falling behind Paris and London as a vital destination on the haute couture circuit. Long delays, chaotic organisation and unseemly catfights led ... http://www.fashionweeknews.com/2008/02/22/designers-express-outrage-during-milan-fashion-week/ Saturday, February 2008, the 23rd 4:30 pm IMPASSE DE LA DÉFENSE Restaurant Le Train Bleu - Salle Dorée - Gare de Lyon 5:30 pm FATIMA LOPES Hôtel Westin - Salon Concorde - 3 rue de Castiglione - Paris 1er 6:30 pm DÉVASTÉE L'Académie - 14 rue Royale - Paris 8e 7:30 pm IVANAHELSINKI Hôtel ... http://www.fashionweeknews.com/2008/02/09/paris-fashion-week-schedule-pret-a-porter-autumnwinter-2008/ From today's PageSix: Marc Jacobs kicked off Fashion Week with a documentary on the behind-the-scenes life of a designer - although many viewers would have likely been more interested in the secret tryst he's been having with a porn star. Jacobs has been quietly seeing adult film actor Erik Rhodes and whisking ... http://www.fashionweeknews.com/2008/02/03/marc-jacobs-and-porn-star/ The BCBG Max Azria Fall/Winter 2008 collection isn't exactly what you might expect for fall/winter clothing: short sleeves, short skirts, sleeveless coats, even shorter skirts.   Karla Martinez, women's fashion market director, had this to say about the show, which took place at the tents in Bryant Park: About the clothes: Muted colors ... http://www.fashionweeknews.com/2008/02/03/bcbg-max-azria-fallwinter-2008-show-at-new-york-fashion-week/ Friday, February 1 is National Wear Red Day! By wearing red today, you help support women's heart health and heart disease research. National Wear Red Day kicks of American Heart Month. This February, The Heart Truth celebrates its sixth year at New York’s Fashion Week, commemorating the groundbreaking partnership ... http://www.fashionweeknews.com/2008/02/01/the-heart-truths-red-dress-collection-2008/ New York Fashion Week kicks off today, and according the the Post, lots of celebrities have flown into town to attend the shows -- mostly thanks to the ongoing writers' strike: Not many stars came to last year's fashion shows, leaving the front row to D-listers. But this year, the A-list ... http://www.fashionweeknews.com/2008/02/01/heavy-celebrity-presence-at-new-york-fashion-week/ Halston's Back! The iconic American label returns to the fashion spotlight! According to Women's Wear Daily, the new Halston Collection will be on sale the day after the runway show at New York Fashion Week next month. Net-A-Porter, an online retailer of designer clothing, has worked out a deal ... http://www.fashionweeknews.com/2008/01/31/halston-collection-to-be-sold-by-net-a-porter-day-after-show/ From today's PageSix: "RUSSIAN model Natalia Vodianova, 25, retired from the catwalk last week after walking in Valentino Garavani's final show in Paris. To celebrate, the mother of three is taking Valentino to Moscow for a week and then to Brazil for Carnivale. "She may do another show in the future," ... http://www.fashionweeknews.com/2008/01/28/valentinos-retirement-causes-those-around-him-to-retire-too/ Italian fashion legend Valentino Garavani bid farewell to the fashion industry with one final runway show at Paris Fashion Week. The Women's Haute Couture Spring 2008 Collection was typically Valentino -- full of stunning dresses. Unfortunately, Valentino did not have kind words to mark his departure from the fashion world: "This ... http://www.fashionweeknews.com/2008/01/24/valentino-bids-farewell-to-the-fashion-industry/