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Contents of NJ estate once owned by Kimora Lee, Russell Simmons, featured on 'Cribs' for sale. Buyers checking out the contents of a New Jersey estate once owned by Russell and Kimora Lee Simmons should bring a lot of cash.

Contents of NJ estate once owned by Kimora Lee, Russell Simmons, featured on 'Cribs' for sale. Buyers checking out the contents of a New Jersey estate once owned by Russell and Kimora Lee Simmons should bring a lot of cash.

Paris couture shows all about the naked and the dead. Haute couture is all about dressing up ? dressing way, way, up, in fact, in made-to-measure garments that cost as much as a new car. But Jean Paul Gaultier reversed the equation Wednesday, sending out burlesque star Dita Von Teese, who peeled off layer after wildly expensive layer till she was stripped literally to the bone.

Lions, and tigers, and bears, oh Chanel!. A several-story-tall golden lion ? a modest homage to Chanel founder Coco, a Leo ? presided over the luxury giant's over-the-top fall-winter 2011 haute couture display Tuesday, where models in sequin-covered sheath dresses and cropped jackets emerged from inside a giant pearl to trace figure eights between the towering feline's oversized paws.

Lebanese red-carpet pleasers are increasingly filling the gaps in the haute couture calendar left by French houses pulling out of fashion's most extravagant manifestation.

High-end retailers along the Strip ? think Tiffany, Louis Vuitton and Chanel ? are mourning the loss of splurgers ? vacationers who reach deeper into their wallets for a big-ticket purchase because thatÕs one of the frills and thrills of the Vegas escape.These days, MacyÕs is the dayÕs fancy outing. And it helps explain why Strip malls are branding down, and a new retail center planned across the street from the $8.5 billion CityCenter and its uber-posh Crystals mall will be anchored by Walgreens. ÒThe success of high-end luxury retail before the Great Recession was attributed to those who could afford it, and the aspirational consumer who wanted to trade up to luxury,Ó said Pamela Joy Ring, president of the Ring Retail Advisory in Las Vegas. ÒThose aspirational people are gone. They are spending within their means and patronizing the middle market.Ó That recession-triggered adjustment stands in contrast to the heady boom years when three swank operators each opened three stores on the

Paris' menswear designers give the classic suit a poetic makeover. Billowing panels and fluttering swaths of fabric transformed the classic suit into something brooding, romantic and poetic as Paris menswear designers from Dior Homme to emerging Croatian talent Damir Doma served up voluminous silhouettes for spring-summer 2011 on Saturday.

Sequins need not apply: Dior Homme delivers minimalist menswear. Less was more at Dior Homme on Saturday, with a minimalist spring-summer menswear 2011 show of raw seams and flowing panels that proved you can spend more for fewer finishings.

Two New York residents have been convicted of importing over 100 million dollars worth of fake luxury goods from China, in what the Justice Department on Friday called one of the biggest counterfeit cases in US history.

Brazil kicked off Latin America's premier fashion event, Sao Paulo Fashion Week, Wednesday, with parades showcasing its economic prosperity and optimism.

Troubled actress and aspiring style guru Lindsay Lohan wants Chanel to help customize an unwanted fashion accessory -- her alcohol monitoring bracelet.

Troubled actress and aspiring style guru Lindsay Lohan wants Chanel to help customize an unwanted fashion accessory -- her alcohol monitoring bracelet.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coach does not want the City of Big Shoulders to allow vendors to put knockoff bags on people's shoulders.

German supermodel Claudia Schiffer and her British film director husband Matthew Vaughn announced on Saturday the birth of their third child, a girl.

Well-heeled luxury giant Chanel kicks off its shoes with barefoot hippie cruise collection. Chanel, known for its stark black and white elegance, went baba cool Tuesday with a 2010-2011 cruise collection steeped in the burnt ochre hippie chic of the 1970s.

Forever 21 replaces Gucci at downtown store, as luxury-loving Japan goes more frugal. Move over Gucci. Here comes Forever 21. Trend-conscious Japan is outgrowing its longtime love affair with luxury brands and turning to a new passion: Fast fashion.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Shrek and friends have taken part in a bizarrely metrosexual photo spread for a men's magazine ahead of the release of the third installment in the hugely popular animated feature franchise.

The gloves are off. And what will you see on those hands that have been hibernating during the winter? Probably some brittle nails and dry skin.

From her rank cell in a notorious women's prison in Lebanon, Najwa never dreamed she would one day embroider a bag fit for a queen. And then she saw her handiwork in Vogue magazine.

Las Vegas native Maureen Crampton has served as the marketing director of Forum Shops at Caesars since it opened in 1992 as the StripÕs first major retail destination.