Monthly Archives: August 2010

AP – Once known around the world for its cheap garment exports, Taiwan is now seeking to leverage a new opening to the China market to make its mark on the Asian fashion stage.

Fashion Wire Daily – They danced, they sang and host Jimmy Fallon killed it at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards held Sunday, Aug. 29, at the Nokia Theater in downtown Los Angeles.

AP – A late-summer sunset with vibrant purple, red and blue gowns dominated the horizon at the 62nd Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. One-shoulder silhouettes, updos and bold jewelry also were big trends.

AFP – Geoffroy de La Bourdonnaye, former head of London’s Liberty, is taking the helm as new CEO of high-end fashion house Chloe, part of the Swiss luxury empire Richemont, the company said Friday.

AFP – The Japanese unit of Italian fashion house Prada has launched a countersuit claiming defamation against a former employee who is suing the company for alleged sexual harassment and unfair dismissal.

Breakups are everywhere these days. The culture is practically gorging on them.

As “The Real Housewives of D.C.” begins its run, the marriage of Catherine Ommanney to her photojournalist husband is over, and their family dissolved.

Connie Britton — Tami Taylor of “Friday Night Lights” and an Emmy nominee — had to choose a red-carpet-dress among a glamorous collection of gowns.

Interest in reincarnation is on the rise, and its purveyors are not monks or theologians, but therapists.

The days of memorizing phone numbers by repeatedly dialing them are gone.