Calvin Klein’s Costa stirring more attention

By Samantha Critchell | May 18, 2012 - 9:48am

NEW YORK – Francisco Costa has waited – patiently – to make his big splash.

Friendship bracelets for grown women

By Suzanne S. Brown | May 17, 2012 - 9:18am

Like many kids, Stacy Herzog learned to make friendship bracelets at summer camp when she was growing up in Colorado.

Historic diamond sold for $9.7 million at auction

By JOHN HEILPRIN | May 16, 2012 - 10:18am

GENEVA – Marie de Medici wore it at her coronation as Queen Consort of Henry IV in France in 1610, and now the Beau Sancy diamond is a lavish accessory owned by an anonymous bidder who paid $9.7 million for it at Sotheby’s auction.

Dior exhibit traces 60 years of cinema

By THOMAS ADAMSON | May 15, 2012 - 9:52am

GRANVILLE, France – Going back to where it all began, a new exhibit in the childhood home of legendary designer Christian Dior in Normandy sheds new light on the house’s huge contribution to the silver screen.

Ginnifer Goodwin hopes ‘accessible’ style inspires

By LAURI NEFF | May 11, 2012 - 11:35am

NEW YORK – When “Once Upon a Time” star Ginnifer Goodwin attended the recent White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, she wore a $299 dress she got from H&M.Goodwin says that’s not unusual for her.“Last year to the Vogue’s Met gala, I wore a Top Shop dress,” she said in an interview Thursday.

You’ve got to love Meister’s dresses

By Joy Sewing | May 10, 2012 - 8:40am

Designer David Meister is a rock star when it comes to making dresses for the everyday woman.

Teen girls take on Seventeen over altered images

By Leanne Italie | May 7, 2012 - 9:00am

NEW YORK – The girl crusaders held up signs in the drizzling rain with messages for Seventeen magazine: “Teen Girls Against Photoshop!” and “The Magazine’s for Me?

Stefani squeezes in fashion, music around her sons

By Samantha Critchell | May 4, 2012 - 11:08am

NEW YORK – Gwen Stefani is no stranger to multitasking, juggling her music career – she’s wrapping up a new album with No Doubt – and her fashion projects, which include the debut of the newest Harajuku Mini collection at Target next week.

Exotics becoming everyday item with upscale style

By Samantha Critchell | May 2, 2012 - 12:32pm

NEW YORK – Fashion moves in waves, and in today’s easier, unfussy stage, glitz and gold might seem over the top.

Preppy look has a Southern feel

By STEPHEN CHILDS | April 30, 2012 - 11:42am

NEW YORK – From Bourbon Street to Tobacco Road, the South is a place of complex, yet distinct culture, steeped in tradition, rich in heritage.

Customized bridesmaid dress make practical wedding gown

By Emily Fredrix | April 26, 2012 - 9:52am

I’m practical. Never dreamed of having a lavish gown. Didn’t want to endure a long hunt for bargains.

For proms – ties must match the dress

By Beth J. Harpaz | April 19, 2012 - 10:01am

It’s a prom must-have, right up there with the dress and shoes: The guy’s tie must match the girl’s gown.

Colorblocking makes a bold spring style statement

By Samantha Critchell | April 17, 2012 - 2:35pm

NEW YORK – Most of us can pair one bold color with another – it just takes a little confidence.

Fashionista with a cause

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Yellow adds freshness to spring

By Joy Sewing | April 9, 2012 - 9:44am

Though tangerine is Pantone’s official color of the year, yellow may be stealing its sunshine.

June Ambrose: The woman behind the celebrity

By Mesfin Fekadu | April 6, 2012 - 9:08am

NEW YORK– Stylist June Ambrose helped remake the image of Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey as they were preparing major comebacks, but there’s one icon she didn’t get to remake – Whitney Houston.

Fashion loosens up – 1920s style

By Samantha Critchell | March 30, 2012 - 9:13am

NEW YORK – Fashion influences from the Jazz Age are making some noise this spring.

Rainbow of denim is shading spring style

By Samantha Critchell | March 27, 2012 - 11:12am

NEW YORK – Your attention, please: One of the easiest ways to spruce up your wardrobe this spring is with a splash of color.

Burton creates a 3-D feather fantasy for McQueen

By THOMAS ADAMSON | March 26, 2012 - 12:02pm

PARIS – The wonderment was tangible at Sarah Burton’s accomplished and vibrantly colored ready-to-wear show for Alexander McQueen.

All about Yves Saint Laurent

By Suzanne S. Brown | March 20, 2012 - 10:10am

Fashion once was the stepchild of categories considered for museum exhibitions, but such blockbusters as the 2011 Alexander McQueen show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art are making that notion as outdated as last year’s bubble hemlines.

Layers make lasting impression on fashion players for Fall 2012

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Minis on ‘Mad Men’? What’s next – dungarees?

By Samantha Critchell | March 16, 2012 - 10:22am

NEW YORK – From the moment “Mad Men” debuted, the stylized AMC drama about the men and women who work in Madison Avenue advertising in the 1960s has been a tastemaker favorite.

“Fashion Star” show’s designs in stores next day

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO | March 14, 2012 - 10:08am

NEW YORK – The stakes are high. The judges are brutal. The challenges are difficult.

DVF starts courting them young at Gap

By Samantha Critchell | March 12, 2012 - 2:31pm

NEW YORK – Today’s little girls are probably the wrap-dress wearers of the future, so why not just start them young?

Big-budget ‘au revoir’ ends Paris fashion week

By THOMAS ADAMSON | March 9, 2012 - 11:34am

PARIS – Louis Vuitton capped a Paris fashion week dripping with jewels, sequins and glamorous jet-setters by going back in time to one of the most fashionable ages of travel: The era of the Orient Express.