“There’s nothing sadder than an old hippie,” Hunter S. Thompson once said, but the crowd that gathered at the last annual Big Sur Fair in 1972 seemed as happy as could be. Clad in faded cotton, antique lace and caftans mixed with turquoise and silver jewelry, these veterans of the Age of Aquarius spent an [...]
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“I’m only about five minutes late because I was running around and spraying people,” said Sean “Diddy” Combs, who showed up to an event more than an hour late — in true celebrity fashion — to celebrate the unveiling a Times Square billboard showing off his second men’s fragrance, I Am King, which was unveiled [...]
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PARIS — France’s health minister is planning a checkup for cosmetics to assess the health risks they pose for children and pregnant women, and may introduce a logo for products that are considered toxic to reproduction.
Roselyne Bachelot said during a conference focusing on chemicals, reproduction and child development Tuesday that she’s instructing government agencies [...]
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LOS ANGELES — The fast approaching red-carpet awards season could once again be in jeopardy.
The Screen Actors Guild board is seeking a strike authorization from its 120,000 members, causing shudders among designers and stylists — as well as others in the film industry — who depend on awards season and the Hollywood machine.
The [...]
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Even before the lights faded on the last designer show at L’Oral Fashion Week in Toronto last month, the audience of buyers, media and other industry members were wondering how Canadian fashion will survive in today’s tough economy.
“If anything, Canadian designers are not holding back in the face of economic crisis, but taking the [...]
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PARIS — Inter Parfums Inc., the U.S. parent of Inter Parfums SA, reduced its 2008 earnings guidance on Monday, citing the strength of the dollar versus the euro.
But Inter Parfums SA, based here, maintained full-year 2008 sales guidance of 260 million euros, or $333.8 million at current exchange, and forecast growth of 5 percent [...]
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PARIS – Picking up the pace of its designer collaborations, H&M said Matthew Williamson would create a women’s collection for April 23 delivery, followed by another range for women and men in mid-May.
An H&M spokeswoman said the “exclusive” women’s range would be carried in about 200 stores, with the second delivery slated for all of [...]
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Everyone likes a mystery.
And for the past several weeks, Pantene has treated women to a dose of the unknown with its latest advertising campaign, “Salon Challenge,” which is meant to educate women on a recent blind hair care challenge the brand held. The event saw 70 percent of participants say they favored one brand [...]
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NEW YORK — Much like the drugstore’s jumbo electronic billboard that illuminates Times Square, Walgreens’ newly opened flagship here — which is a major reappearance to the neighborhood for the retailer — shines a spotlight on the chain’s focus on beauty.
Just off the escalators to the second floor of the three-level, 16,000-square-foot store is [...]
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MILAN — Italian designer Alessandro Dell’Acqua is launching a high-end capsule collection called Alessandro Dell’Acqua Black Dress that will be readied for pre-fall 2009.
The image the name conjures is exactly what the project is about — 20 black dresses with a day-into-evening appeal. It will be presented to retailers in Dell’Acqua’s Milan showroom from [...]
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