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Designers of invitations to fashion shows create them imaginatively according to the image and taste of the fashion designers they work for. The invitations or 'cartons', which come in various sizes and materials, can be collected as unique pieces of art and identity.

The nation's capital was taken by storm when EBONY Fashion Fair's 'The Changing Trends of Fashion' came to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall. Well-dressed [...]

On-line fashion shows are growing in popularity as designers scurry to display their creations on Web sites. In Australia, the Web sites allow fashion fanatics to stay ahead of everyone else, as the Northern Hemisphere is constantly a fashion season ahead. When searching for a fashion site on the Internet, Firstview is an excellent tool. It provides an extraordinarily detailed publication of thousands of photos of designers' latest creations. Purchasing haute couture has not become big on the Web, however there are numerous site that sell clothing. On-line catalogs, duty-free sites and buying directly from a designer are some of the options available.

Fall 2015 Paris Collections Chanel: Welcome to Brasserie Gabrielle, a place where the foreign-born proprietor celebrates the innate Franco traditions of diversity, resulting in debate and most of all, style. [...]

Byline: ROSEMARY FEITELBERG All-Star Fashion: From the Hardwood to the Runway Like any other marquee runway show, all the real action happened backstage during Friday's taping of the NBA's first [...]

Byline: MILES SOCHA Chanel Stages 'Act 1' Pre-Fall for Buyers PARIS - Only 10 days after the couture, Chanel staged another fashion show here Friday - although strictly for buyers. [...]

Sitting in a cabana on Lido Beach in Venice, Italy, at dusk--cellists playing, sand in my toes--I have to pinch myself. I'm at the dreamlike debut of Chanel's latest cruise [...]

Byline: by JEAN E. PALMIERI Perry Ellis Returning to Runway NEW YORK - Michael Maccari has been a fashion designer for more than 20 years, but Sept. 4 will mark [...]

Byline: ARTHUR FRIEDMAN Supima Design Contest Grows NEW YORK - The Supima Design Competition has gone national. The seventh edition of the annual event has added two California schools to [...]

Byline: LARA FARRAR Neiman's Takes Show on the Road to China SHANGHAI Neiman Marcus Group took to this city's historic Bund waterfront to stage its first fashion show on the [...]

Karl Lagerfeld was one of the first fashion designers to complain about the early date for July's haute couture show, but he still revealed his new look. A supple and smooth corset under a long dress makes up the centerpiece of his new Chanel wardrobe for fall 1995. Gianfranco Ferre says he has been inspired by the colors of Paul Cezanne. Hubert de Givenchy is making his last couture appearance, while Gianni Versace is making headlines for his planned spectacle involving Madonna, the artist formerly known as Prince, and Elizabeth Hurley., PARIS--A first look at the fall haute couture season which opens here on Saturday can be summed up in three words: Safe, subtle and real. Call it the Season of [...]

Byline: ALEXANDRA BRUELLThose outside the tight-knit fashion PR community might be familiar with Paul Wilmot, who sold his firm to Omnicom's Fleishman-Hillard; HL-Group, which got snatched up by MDC; or [...]

Monsoon, Ecover and Lavazza are among the brands to have sponsored London Fashion Week's first sustainable fashion show. The show, held in partnership with START, an initiative by the Prince's [...]

Marks & Spencer is launching an online TV fashion show hosted by Myleene Klass. Myleene's Makeovers, a series of ten-minute films created by the agency Adjust Your Set, will show [...]

MEMO PAD PRELUDE TO A REBOOT: Time magazine on Friday tapped longtime reporter and editor Jim Frederick to oversee its Web site, and immediately supplied him with marching orders. 'We're [...]

TK Maxx has launched a social media campaign to support its sponsorship of the Alexa Chung-fronted T4 fashion show Frock Me. The campaign, created by media agency Mindshare, centres on [...]

Boots has signed up as a key sponsor of NatMag's fashion and beauty event '30 Days of Fashion and Beauty.' Leading fashion and beauty brands will participate in the September [...]

L'OrA©al Professionnel is the official sponsor of the 2006 Graduate Fashion Week for the third year running. Team leader Hugo Ratzel reports 'The L'OrA©al Professionnel artistic team was on hand [...]

PARIS -- U.S. buyers attending the recent upscale Premiere Classe show here lauded its exclusivity and strong selection of European designers. Held in tandem with Paris Fashion Week, the show [...]

LOS ANGELES -- It's a time of transition for the Los Angeles apparel markets. Both the California Market Center and the Gerry Building, which along with the New Mart and [...]

Byline: Rosemary Feitelberg NEW YORK -- Like a modern-day Holly Golightly, Behnaz Sarafpour will be giving Tiffany & Co. a real taste of fashion. Instead of window shopping like Audrey [...]

BIKINI CULTURE Despite sizzling temps and an hour-late start, a June 13 bikini runway show, held at the rooftop lounge of Los Angeles' Downtown Standard hotel, drew about 350 hipsters [...]

NEW YORK -- A new fashion era is looming on the online horizon. Bridging the gap from virtual runway to commercial reality, America Online and Teen People launching 'Back to [...]

CHANEL: Karl Lagerfeld created his own history lesson with a splash of sexy modernity. Dominatrix-style leather pants -- that were cleverly turned into stiletto boots -- were paired with medieval [...]

LOS ANGELES -- Otis College of Art and Design held its annual Scholarship Benefit and Fashion Show at the Beverly Hills Hilton May 3. The 85-year-old school, based in downtown [...]

When it comes to giving swell parties, New York's Clearly First is one of the best. Its most recent event was an ode to Marimekko, featuring a fashion show of [...]

Byline: Julie Naughton and Andrea M. G. Nagel with contributions from Matthew W. Evans NEW YORK - Beauty's involvement at the fashion tents this season has grown to such a [...]

WHAT'S OLD AND WHAT'S NEW: 'I was a model once, so this isn't anything new to me,' said Lorraine Bracco as she entered Diane Von Furstenberg's show on Sunday night, [...]

Practically never. Jewelry news is reserved for red-carpet moments like the Oscars and Golden Globes. Who can forget that stunning Harry Winston diamond choker Gwyneth Paltrow wore at the 1999 [...]

Attendees at this month's MAGIC in Las Vegas will find that young men's and streetwear labels are sticking hard and fast to the pre-existing military and retro trends, mining them [...]

It's no surprise that the sold-out Donnas show at L.A.'s El Rey Theatre on Saturday drew its fair share of fashion mavens in love with the all-girl quartet's cool-chick style. [...]

CHRISTIAN DIOR: Oh, the anticipation one takes to John Galliano's remarkable reveries for Christian Dior. From his early odes to cryptic countesses to dizzying escapades in Goa, the Himalayas and [...]

YOHJI YAMAMOTO: Haute enough for you? You bet. The collection Yohji Yamamoto showed on Sunday evening provided a high chic entree to the couture season -- even if it was [...]

PARIS -- Could men represent the next frontier for couture? The house of Scherrer thinks so and will unveil some 20 men's wear looks when it stages its winter collection [...]

If we build it to their specifications, they will come. That's the conviction of French trade show organizers, who are fine-tuning their formats in a bid to lure more overseas [...]

MILAN -- Men's Health is serious about fashion and wants the fashion industry to know it. Last month, editors and fashion directors from the magazine's 22 international editions descended on [...]

PARIS -- It must have been Karl Lagerfeld's newly svelte figure, which he loves to show off in tight jeans, that inspired the designer for fall. In his Lagerfeld Gallery [...]

Last week's Sole Commerce proved that the second time's a charm. Shown in conjunction with ENK's Fashion Coterie for a second season, it is clear that this young, New York-based [...]

Anna Sui: If the thought of one more printed peasant blouse sliding off a shoulder sends you screaming for a new trend, you'd be wise to rethink that after seeing [...]

Ralph Lauren: The right balance of tradition and modernity -- the more established and powerful a designer, the harder it is to capture. But right now, Ralph Lauren is doing [...]

NEW YORK -- As the fashion shows progress, one thing is clear: Many designers are opting to keep things on the down low. But that's not to say that everyone [...]

Ralph's got it -- cybervision, that is. The designer plans to mine the online medium for a virtually instant, interactive read on fashion lovers' favorites in his fall 2002 runway [...]

Yeohlee: Yeohlee's architectural collections always have a severe element. Often that's a strength, and sometimes a flaw. But this season, she gave even her most streamlined looks a lighter touch [...]

Marc Jacobs: Is fashion back? Maybe not at retail. Maybe not for the countless designers who are playing it oh-so-safe with fall collections steeped in shades of greige. And maybe [...]

NEW YORK -- Publishers are having a tough year in more ways than one. In fact, you may be hard-pressed to find one this week. While most people have applauded [...]

NEW YORK -- Some designers would prefer that the expression, 'Keep your enemies close at hand,' not be applied to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. While the [...]

PARIS -- Forget that complicated stuff. Pretty clothes are a simple pleasure. And Karl Lagerfeld showed just how refreshing they can be, in a superb spring Chanel couture collection that [...]