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Fashion's best entrepreneurs are using extraordinary effort and ingenuity to grow their brands in the face of a shrinking economy. Take a few lessons from ten of the hardest working designers in fashion.
Suzy Bales | Posted 10.28.2009 | Style
Not so long ago, buyers used fakes only where real flowers were not practical. Now, it appears, buyers substitute fakes for real ones even when real flowers are easy and inexpensive to use.
Marissa Bronfman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Style
Friday arrived far too soon but featured some wonderfully creative creations and the Dare to Wear Love show wrapped up the week with a blowout show that proved fashion and philanthropy are just as beautiful, glamorous and meaningful as ever.
Refinery29.com | Posted 10.15.2009 | Style
After some of the worst reviews we've ever read (and we mean ever), it's not much of a stretch to imagine that we've already seen the end of the Lindsay Lohan experiment at Emanuel Ungaro.
Mihal Freinquel | Posted 10.06.2009 | Style
It's one thing if you're into a really hot, top designer because you can't get enough of his/her designs, but it's quite another to want simply want something because of the name.
Chauncey Zalkin | Posted 09.30.2009 | Style
The week surpassed all expectations. London surprised me. The design energy there is unmistakably moving forward in creative, thoughtful and innovative ways.
Judy Licht | Posted 09.17.2009 | Style
What do Fashion Week trends say about us? We seem to want the excess and exuberance of the 80's, with a decadent dollop of sadomasochism on the side. Draw your own conclusions.
Marissa Bronfman | Posted 09.15.2009 | Style
I had the opportunity to talk with this philanthropic jewelry designer about what inspired her to start Joan Hornig Jewelry and the lessons she learned along the way.
New York Magazine | Sharon Clott and Amina Akhtar | Posted 10.16.2009 | Style
Inspiration, as we all know, can come from any source: music, art, literature, hell, even bodily functions. As we eagerly await the spring collections...
Lesley Stern | Posted 09.20.2009 | Comedy
A psychological lifesaver for fashion victims victimized by the economy, buying and returning allows you to binge on high end designer clothes and purge them once they're out of style (usually in a day or two).
Alexandra Sinderbrand | Posted 09.19.2009 | Style
Now Target is just another place that enables designer deities to do what they do best: Rip us off.
Alex Geana | Posted 09.17.2009 | Style
Is it cheaper for the retailer to mark down rather then provide champagne and cupcakes?
Todd Greene | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living
If you want to experience design, go off the beaten path, and be accepting of design that permits ease of use while you ponder the relationship we all share with it.
Felicia C. Sullivan | Posted 08.16.2009 | Style
Rachel Roy's eponymous line is the epitome of refined, feminine sophistication. From the optimistic explosion of tropical color in her recent resort collection, to the cigarette pants for Fall '09.
Gioia Diliberto | Posted 07.11.2009 | Style
Skyscraper stilettos, platforms as thick as bricks, straps winding up the leg, caged insteps and vamps bulging with elaborate hardware are all the rage.
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.04.2009 | Style
Mrs. Obama is signaling to the Nation to give others a chance to experience success and the American Dream. What an impressive gesture to give a young person the opportunity to succeed.
Judy Licht | Posted 03.20.2009 | Style
There is a palpable changing of the guard this year. With the sheer number of new multi-ethnic designers, fashion has come to represent the rainbow democracy that is the very strength of our nation.
Alex Geana | Posted 03.18.2009 | Style
There are many new concepts and designers trying to break through. Creative people are trying to figure out how to interpret the new world we're entering through clothes.
Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 02.09.2009 | Home
Humans are ingenious inventors, which may be what got us into this mess in the first place. Now we must invent alternative products that we can enjoy as much as what they replace.
Liz Black | Posted 12.05.2008 | Style
There's an actual chance for those of us without trust funds to afford a McQueen piece! He of elaborate tear-inducing shows and drool-worthy clothes will be designing an upcoming line.
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 10.09.2008 | Style
If any fashion editor ever deserved her own television show, it would be the legendary Candy Pratts Price. Few women can boast her institutional know...
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 08.09.2008 | Style
It's easy for Cate Blanchett or Kiera Knightley to look glorious on the red carpet: they have gaggles of stylists, make-up artists, and the world's...
Carolyn Castiglia | Posted 06.07.2008 | Business
If working class people can get t-shirts with prints created by artists, why should we complain that we don't have health care? Got an open wound? Take that Jeff Koons t-shirt, shred it up and use it as a tourniquet.
Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 04.16.2008 | Living
Produced, directed, and reported by Lesley M. M. Blume Photography by Stephan Wuerth Photo assistant: William Taylor You can probably sense it: this...
Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Gap Inc named New York fashion designer Todd Oldham the design creative director for its Old Navy chain on Friday, in a move designed to revive sales ...
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Refinery29.com | Posted 11.13.2009 | Style