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How the Little Black Dress
Got to Be Black, and Little

Jun 22, 2009 3:12 PM CDT

How the Little Black Dress Got to Be Black, and Little

Coco Chanel didn't create, just popularized

(Newser) - The ubiquitous little black dress can be the foundation of a recession-friendly wardrobe. But Coco Chanel—widely credited with inventing the LBD—actually just brought it from strict and severe to chic and sophisticated. Double X explores the history of this staple in women’s closets:

Centuries ago, black was

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Jimmy Choo Steps Into H&M

Jun 17, 2009 11:27 AM CDT

Jimmy Choo Steps Into H&M

Fashion collection will include designs for men and women

(Newser) - Christmas has come early for recessionistas: Jimmy Choo is teaming up with the budget-conscious retail chain H&M, the AP reports. The shoemaker, adored by Sex and the City’s Carrie, will also include bags, accessories, and clothing in its collection, to launch Nov. 14. “We adore Jimmy Choo’...

Fashion Week Hits Africa

Jun 15, 2009 3:12 PM CDT

Fashion Week Hits Africa

Amidst global downturn, African designers poised to rise

(Newser) - The recession is taking a toll on demand for haute couture, but African designers are betting the youthfulness of their industry will trump the economy at the first pan-African fashion week. “We’re growing,” says a designer from Sierra Leone who trained in New York and Paris. "...

$50K Hermes Bag
Is Recession-Proof

Jun 10, 2009 3:02 PM CDT

$50K Hermes Bag Is Recession-Proof

In tough times, designer's bag sales are up

(Newser) - High-end designers everywhere are closing down storefronts, but somehow Hermes’ sales are up. The iconic brand has managed to beat the recession by ignoring it, continuing to sell $50,000 bags that require years on a waiting list to own. “Hermes’ position is unique; it is at the very...

Berlin Wall Becomes Couture

FASHION ROUNDUP

Jun 10, 2009 2:39 PM CDT

Berlin Wall Becomes Couture

Also, which bracelets are big this summer, and more

(Newser) - The Berlin Wall has long drawn artists, and now the murals they’ve left on its surviving stretch has inspired something else, the AP reports: fashion. Daniel Rodan designed pieces like a green mini dress featuring East Germany’s Erich Honecker kissing Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev for his collection Mauerkleider...

Hermes Breeds Crocs
to Skin for Handbags

Jun 8, 2009 4:33 PM CDT

Hermes Breeds Crocs to Skin for Handbags

(Newser) - Fashion mainstay Hermes is now maintaining its own crocodile farms in Australia to provide skins for its handbags, Reuters reports. “The world is not full of crocodiles, except the stock exchange!” the French company’s CEO joked, feebly. Hermes’ leather-accessory line, which accounts for 40% of company business,...

Common Hails
Triumph of
Actual Style
Over Bling

May 30, 2009 7:00 AM CDT

Common Hails Triumph of Actual Style Over Bling

(Newser) - The world of hip-hop style is forsaking gaudy bling for refinement, to the delight of trendsetting rapper-actor Common. “It’s great that is gone,” he tells the Los Angeles Times of the pendant-and-Cristal days. “That really didn't exemplify style. It was just like, ‘I have the...