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In Paris: Practical clothes vs. crazy ones

The old dilemma plays out at Paris fashion week: Practical vs. extravagant garments. Sober workaday chic and theatrical extravagance battled for the hearts and minds of the fashion glitteratti on Sunday, day five of Paris' marathon fall-winter 2010-11 ready-to-wear displays.
 

Post-apocalypse sirens, "Mad Men" wives in Paris

Paris' ready-to-wear shows begin with sexy, post-apocalyptic sirens and "Mad Men" wives. From sirens of the apocalypse to sixties chic housewives, picture perfect on the arms of their "Mad Men," Paris had something for everyone on day one of the City of Light's fall-winter 2010-11 ready-to-wear displays Wednesday.
 

In Milan, Versace lays on the leather, Armani soft-pedals

Top Italian fashion designer Versace laid on the leather Friday while Blumarine's Anna Molinari and maestro Giorgio Armani offered a softer, more feminine touch at Milan Fashion Week.
 
At NY Fashion Week, sea of fashionable black

At NY Fashion Week, sea of fashionable black

At NY Fashion Week, sea of fashionable black on runways and in front rows. Naomi Campbell brought an emotional end to the second day of New York Fashion Week on Friday with a runway show for the relief effort in Haiti, capped with a finale tribute to Alexander McQueen.
 

Sparks fly on day 2 of Paris' menwear shows

Sparks, real flames fly on day 2 of Paris' menswear shows. John Galliano put the fear of God into the crowd Friday, with catwalk-side flame-throwers shooting real fire high into the air at his rollicking fall-winter 2010-2011 menswear show.
 

Italian menswear fights glum economy with classics

Italian designers look to combat economic gloom with casual chic, preppy essentials. The menswear fashion industry, teetering on the economic tightrope, has rigged an age-old safety net with its return to casual chic.
 

Italian menswear fights glum economy with classics

Italian designers look to combat economic gloom with casual chic, preppy essentials. The menswear fashion industry, teetering on the economic tightrope, has rigged an age-old safety net with its return to casual chic.
 

Hermes: Anyone for tennis?

Jean-Paul Gaultier turned the runway into a lawn tennis court on Wednesday for his spring-summer 2010 collection for the luxury brand Hermes as the Paris ready-to-wear week drew to an end.
 

Phoebe Philo makes Paris comeback at Celine

Phoebe Philo was welcomed back like a prodigal daughter on Monday when she unveiled her debut collection for the luxury label Celine in a packed venue near the Ritz in Paris.
 

Galliano celebrates Bacall and Bogart in tribute to film noir

Wailing sirens, the sound of a car crash and billows of smoke: ever the showman John Galliano took Dior to the movies on Friday, to the heyday of the classic 1940s film noir.
 

Galliano celebrates Bacall and Bogart in tribute to film noir

Wailing sirens, the sound of a car crash and billows of smoke: ever the showman John Galliano took Dior to the movies on Friday, to the heyday of the classic 1940s film noir.
 

Paris summer 2010 ready-to-wear off to light start

Paris' summer 2010 shows off to a light start, with Gareth Pugh's kinder, gentler apocalypse. The City of Light's spring-summer 2010 ready-to-wear shows got off to a breezy start Wednesday, with British goth Gareth Pugh delivering a kindler, gentler version of the apocalypse, Rochas' seaside resort gear and a heatwave-ready wardrobe from emerging French designer Anne Valerie Hash.
 

In Milan, John Richmond's urban chic meets languid Etro

British designer John Richmond on Sunday pushed chic with attitude while languid femininity floated down Etro's catwalk at Milan Fashion Week.
 

Short is hot for summer 2010 at Milan Fashion Week

Short on the Milan runway is more demure than daring. _ It looks like it's going to be a short summer in 2010 ? at least where hemlines are concerned.
 

The new luxe: Getting down to practicality

New luxury reality: Casual, multifunctional as industry grapples with changing shopper habits. The world of high fashion is coming down to earth a bit.
 

Fall Fashion for Thin Guys

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Fall Fashion for Muscular Guys

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Fashion Week ends with seasonless look for spring

NY Fashion Week draws to a close with Hilfiger blow-out and plenty of seasonless styles. The styles shown at New York Fashion Week were meant for next spring ? not that you'd know it.
 

Postcard from Fashion Week: Exotic is back

Escapism makes its comeback as exotic looks at NY Fashion Week create a virtual vacation. Designers at New York Fashion Week, faced with a grim national mood, looked for a solution far, far away.
 

The new black at NY Fashion Week? Black, of course

At NY Fashion Week, black is back, but without all the gloom. Fashion for spring is back in black.