Antwerp fashion designers happy out of the limelight
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The fashion world is not known for its shrinking violets. But in Antwerp, designers are happy to eschew the bright lights of Paris or London to get on with their work.
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Need to cool down in the dog days? Take a taste of these refreshing stylists
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Maria Cornejo and Vera Wang's collections stood out because the designers were probably thinking about women who want to appear serious without feeling as if they are being trussed up like a turkey (or browsing in the mother-of-the-bride department).
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Want to buy glamorous attire from a  luxury store or rather get it off the high street? Fans of  Dutch duo Viktor and Rolf can have it both ways this autumn.
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Smiling models skipped down the catwalk in Milan on Tuesday under instruction from designer Gentucca Bini to think of day out shopping.
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Annelies Kruijthoff is the epitome of the happy Dutch worker.
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In Hollywood, Paris and Milan, fashion turns down the fuss
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The Payless people are hoping that the editors, stylists and other tastemakers at New York Fashion Week look down. If they do, they'll see shoes crafted by the designers of Abaete, Lela Rose and Alice + Olivia, done specifically for the mass retail chain.
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For many designers, New York's gala  week of fashion shows represents the height of success, but  plenty of aspiring fashionistas are finding their way without  the bright lights and crowded catwalks.
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There's been a lot of talk about happy, sunny clothes at New York Fashion Week as spring collections are previewed on the runway. But until the Anna Sui show, there hadn't been many signs of happy, sunny models.
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Paris designers showcased casually luxurious outfits to take men from the boardroom to the bedroom Saturday, proving that dressing down has never been so chic.
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The world of fashion is one of professional transgression. The industry's lifeblood is shock and outrage; it survives, in its highest form, by virtue of almost hysterical exhibitionism.
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A review of the Thom Browne, Alexander Wang, Vera Wang and Preen spring collections from New York Fashion Week.
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It is Prada's effort to make the Helmut Lang brand profitable without the designer that is being described as risky business.
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Prada evoked birds with her superslim shorts, Fendi's clothes had a wonderful Riviera lightness and MaxMara injected a street edge to its African themed clothes on Thursday.
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At New York Fashion Week on Monday, everything old felt new again.
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Is traditional the new modern? Several innovative designers at the French fall menâs shows made that case over the weekend, none more plausibly than Raf Simons.