Fashion Week opens in New York City
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New York Fashion Week opened with more substance than style Friday.
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London Fashion Week opened for the first  full day of shows on Monday but attention remained more on the  body shape of the models than the clothes they were wearing.
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It must be red-carpet day at New York Fashion Week. The collections presented Thursday by J. Mendel and Badgley Mischka were among the most glamorous to grace the catwalks at the fall previews so far.
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Pop diva, actress and budding fashion designer Jennifer Lopez made her New York runway debut on Friday with an eclectic collection that showed she may be able to bring her star power to the world of haute couture.
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Life & style: In pictures: Valentin Yudashkin kicks off proceedings on day five of Milan fashion week
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New York Fashion Week brings out Hollywood's stalwarts and its starlets. Some bold-faced names from both categories taking in the runway shows Tuesday:
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If fashion mirrors a national mood, this week's catwalk extravaganza in New York will reflect the spirit of strong, confident women, observers predicted.
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Day met night on the runway Friday as New York Fashion Week drew to a close.
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Fur is back and prominently displayed  by top designers this week on New York's fashion runways, with  nary a peep of protest.
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Models wobble, clothes fall off and celebrities don't show up. That's life for new designers at New York's fashion week as they hope to overcome inexperience and compete with industry titans who grab the spotlight.
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It's going to be a bright and sunny spring, judging by the rainbow of colors previewed at New York Fashion Week.
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Ports 1961 took a journey to Africa on Friday morning, with top models Alek Wek and Liya Kebede landing on its runway at the Bryant Park tents as part of New York Fashion Week.
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There was a slight military edge to Proenza Schouler's spring collection, making the Park Avenue Armory an appropriate venue to preview it Friday night as part of New York Fashion Week.
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A woman's best bet for spring fashion success? It's still the dress. But the spring 2008 styles shown at Wednesday's opening of New York Fashion Week were more loose and feminine than the ladylike, polished fall fashions now in stores.
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New York Fashion Week is basking in the success of the dress. It's already been a strong item for fall fashion, but it has emerged as the key piece for spring.
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The first trappings of fall aren't crunching leaves or a chill in the air &#151; they're the brown, plum, wine and rust fabrics that designers Kenneth Cole, Jerry Kaye for Perry Ellis and John Bartlett previewed Friday, the opening day of New York Fashion Week.
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The design powerhouses at New York's  gala week of fashion shows enjoy multimillion-dollar budgets,  extensive staffs and elaborate studios to produce their new  collections. So how does a young designer stage her first  fashion show with just a month's notice?