Urban legend (Designer Fashion Online)
Urban legend
The designer of Florida's much admired town Seaside, featured in The Truman Show, is now at work in Scotland. The architect tells Peter Hetherington that Britain's suburban sprawl is wrong but redeemable
Source: society.guardian.co.uk
Skinny ban enforced
Models present outfits by Spanish designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada at Madrid fashion week. Photo: AFP Spain's top fashion show kicked off today after causing a storm with its ban on skinny models and one well-known designer said he had to replace all the girls in his catwalk line-up.
Source: www.theage.com.au
Queenstown designer heads to Fashion Week
Armed with 100 samples and ready to fit 20 models with clothes, accessories, shoes and makeup, Queenstown designer Lisa Payne is heading to Auckland for New Zealand Fashion Week.
Source: www.stuff.co.nz
The tall man whose shriek has been heard 'round the world -- Little Richard is rock's true king
Unlikely as it may sound, Little Richard is tired. He is sitting in the Hampton Inn outside Detroit, doing a phone interview. He just flew up that afternoon from Nashville, where he has been living the past few years. The following night he will be playing a...
Source: feeds.sfgate.com
U2 lead singer Bono promotes designer T-shirt to raise money for AIDS
CHICAGO (AP) - The lead singer of the band U2 brought his fight against AIDS and poverty to town. Bono and his wife, Ali Hewson, visited the downtown Nordstrom store Saturday to promote a designer T-shirt that will raise money to pay for AIDS medication and medical care in Africa.
Source: jam.canoe.ca
Fashion makes comeback in post-war Lebanon
Beirut has held its first fashion show since the month-long war between Hezbollah and Israel, as normal life strives to return to the usually buzzing Lebanese capital.
Source: news.yahoo.com
More Europe News
Westfield says there would be flagship branches of Marks & Spencer, Debenhams, Waitrose and Next. It will include a "luxury mall" over three floors dedicated exclusively to top designer brands.
Source: www.globest.com
Local Hertz rental franchise offers popular Shelby GT-H
When Ford Motor Co. partnered with fabled car designer Carroll Shelby to design a new tweaked version of the Mustang muscle car with 325 horses under the hood, they agreed to make just 500 of the hot rods.
Source: www.lansingstatejournal.com
Blackberry 7130 g handset launched
Bangalore, Sep 19: Mobile service provider Airtel and Research In Motion (RIM), leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of wireless solutions for worldwide communications market, together introduced the Blackberry 7130g handset in India today.
Source: www.newkerala.com
