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Milan Fashion Week opens with light, ethereal yet grounded looks from Fendi, Ferretti and Marni

Sep. 17, 2024 18:04 PM EDT

MILAN (AP) — Just as the northern hemisphere starts the wardrobe transition from summer to fall, runway shows in the world’s fashion capitals seek to stir the imagination, and desire, for the next warm weather season. Milan designers have been ambiguous about seasons in recent...

Bold looks among boulders at Michael Kors' New York Fashion Week show

Sep. 11, 2024 01:44 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Fashion sometimes involves risk and designer Michael Kors would tell you some risks aren’t worth taking. Last year, his September show was held outside and the weather did not cooperate, so he decided his spring/summer 2025 collection at New York Fashion Week would bring nature...

Hilfiger goes full nautical for Fashion Week, with runway show on former Staten Island Ferry boat

Sep. 09, 2024 06:14 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Tommy Hilfiger loves celebrating New York City and its landmarks. He also loves a nautical theme — and a big surprise. So for his New York Fashion Week show on Sunday night, the designer brought all those elements together in his typically splashy way, inviting...

Tennis attire is everywhere. Credit the pandemic, social media and pickleball

Sep. 07, 2024 17:27 PM EDT

While tennis fans savor the last matches of the U.S. Open, a subset of spectators and TV viewers have watched the year's final Grand Slam tournament as a source of fashion inspiration they can use to serve looks off the court. It may have escaped people who don't pay attention to...

Ralph Lauren draws the fashion crowd to the horsey Hamptons for a diverse show of Americana

Sep. 06, 2024 05:43 AM EDT

BRIDGEHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Ralph Lauren took to Hamptons horse country for a rollout of his signature Americana featuring first lady Jill Biden, Usher and Colman Domingo on his front row and Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington and a bevy of adorable kids on his runway. Horses and...

Wearing prosthetics, Ukraine war veterans take to the runway as fashion week returns

Sep. 03, 2024 14:06 PM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Fashion shows have returned to Ukraine with a striking statement: war veterans — both men and women — walking the runway with prosthetic limbs. Ukrainian Fashion Week is being held for the first time since the start of the full-scale war in February 2022,...

The Olympics are coming to the capital of fashion. Expect uniforms befitting a Paris runway

Jul. 25, 2024 12:19 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Sure, they call it the City of Light. But Paris is also the City of Fashion, one of most influential fashion capitals of the world for decades, no, centuries (remember Louis XIV?) So it’s no surprise that fashion designers across the globe are busy getting their...

Milan fashion mainstay Giorgio Armani celebrates 90th birthday like any other day: at work

Jul. 11, 2024 15:12 PM EDT

MILAN (AP) — Milan fashion mainstay Giorgio Armani celebrated his 90th birthday on Thursday just like any other day —at work. “I couldn’t live my life any other way,’’ Armani told the Milan daily Corriere della Sera. “It wouldn’t be me if I stopped. When I was...

26 million tons of clothing end up in China's landfills each year, propelled by fast fashion

Jul. 10, 2024 16:55 PM EDT

WENZHOU, China (AP) — At a factory in Zhejiang province on China’s eastern coast, two mounds of discarded cotton clothing and bed linens, loosely separated into dark and light colors, pile up on a workroom floor. Jacket sleeves, collars and brand labels protrude from the stacks as workers...

From 'latte makeup' to 'girl dinners,' TikTok has launched tons of trends. Will its influence last?

Jul. 03, 2024 08:56 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok and its bite-sized videos arrived in the United States as a global version of the Chinese app Douyin. Less than six years later, the social media platform is deeply woven into the fabric of American consumerism, having shortened the shelf life of trends and revamped how...