Ryder Cup 2012: Europe beats USA in dramatic comeback fashion

Delete some of their worst memories of the Ryder Cup, the Europeans were the picture of Seve Ballesteros on his sleeve and gave heart to joy Sunday in Medina, the biggest comeback in the history of the house and head fit with the precious gold trophy. Europe took recreation Brookline. German Martin Kaymer redemption golf Kiawah Iceland. Louis Vuitton Outlet Online Jose Maria Olazabal clenched his eyes and fought back tears when Kaymer holes 6-foot par putt - about the same length failed as his compatriot Bernhard Langer in 1991 Kiawah - Steve Stricker beat and to Europe where they had to cut to keep. Tiger Woods missed 3 ½-foot par putt on the 18th Hole and conceded the same Francesco Molinari, who halved their match, the extra half point, which makes a clear victory for Europe, 14 ½ -13 ½. Woods and Stricker, anchor the line, did not win a single game in Medina. "This is for all of Europe," said Olazabal. Will always be with this team, "Seve. He was an important factor in this event for the European side and the last night when we had this meeting, I think, boy heard to believe that the most important thing. And I think they did. " Ian Poulter was the first Olazabal, who was perfectly reasonable to assume. It was Poulter who has hope in Europe Saturday night, when he made five consecutive birdies to make a loss in profit momentum and impetus for Europe. Poulter at the height of his fist pumping, bulging eyes rounds again on the last day, won the last two holes in his match against U.S. Open Webb Simpson. And he had a lot of help. Europe's top five players in all have won, including Rory McIlroy had the the chance to play. McIlroy not stop thinking, his game was at 12:25 clock - it was part-time East, Central Asia is not - and he needed a police escort for more than 10 minutes to spare. Then he came back with birdies key Keegan Bradley his first loss of the week. The biggest game could have belonged to Justin Rose. He was about to lose when Rose Phil Mickelson holes 12-foot putt for par on the 16th to halve a 35-foot birdie made behind the green 17, to win the hole, then Mickelson closed with a 12-foot birdie on the final hole.

ID man the police who killed himself on television after a car chase

A man who stole a car at gunpoint, shot at the Phoenix police and led them on a chase that ended with his suicide broadcast on national television Saturday as a wanted criminal has been identified with a long criminal record. Jodon F. Romero, 33, was wanted for violating his parole for a conviction had many weapons and other violent crimes in the lower police spokesman Sgt. Tommy Thompson. Prada Laptop Bags At the end of an hour to exercise inter-West Phoenix Friday, Romero moved to the desert and shot at him, but it seems that he misses, Thompson said. Romero then left the dirt, put a gun to his head and killed himself. Fox News covered the hunt, which began on Friday afternoon with a helicopter shot live from Phoenix affiliate KSAZ-TV. Anchor Shepard Smith told viewers that the video should be could actually cut off on a delay so if anything went wrong. "We have really messed up, and we are all very sad," Smith said suicide minutes after broadcast. Fox has apologized for showing violence in the air. KSAZ itself was not broadcast hunting. On Saturday, Thompson said police did everything in their power to resolve the situation, but Romero seemed determined spree a crime that began with a small incident where he apparently struck a passing car by hand to keep track of what a Call the police. As officers were in the area south of Phoenix on the way, they learned that the Dodge Caliber sedan was at gunpoint in restaurant parking lot near stolen. They found the car and gave chase, but withdrew when Romero red lights and endanger public, Thompson said. Instead began unmarked cars and a police helicopter to follow him at a distance. Romero leads in an industrial area and found two police units with an officer who speaks next to a car with another officer identified. He turned into her lane and opened fire, missing officers, but by pushing a patrol car. He then got on Interstate 10 west to California at speeds exceeding 100 mph. The police helicopter and unmarked police vehicles, remote monitoring and Fox began his helicopter coverage. Romero shot the police helicopter during the chase, but not taken, Thompson said. About 75 miles west of Phoenix is ​​on the highway and went into the surrounding desert. He finally stopped, got out of the car and went into a dirt road. This is when a police officer fired a shot at him. Although Thompson said it appears to overlook, television pictures showed Romero stumble and fall and feel his chest before waking up in the bushes appear. That's when he was shot in the head. An autopsy will determine if he actually killed by a police officer as well. Thompson said it was clear to the officials that they should stop Romero again a populated area. "Those who take on the police, which is a complete disregard for her shows is to shoot anyone," he said. "And it must be stopped. Even after we pushed it all units marked to go further." Arizona Department of Corrections records show Romero April 2010 to June 2012 was jailed for illegal weapons for a fee.

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Second Rate Increases Famke Janssen career with blue chip directorial debut Bringing Up Bobby in

Sensitivity acted, carefully written and directed with compassion, Bringing Up Bobby is a small independent film on a captivating austerity budget in 22 days. It marks the beginning of the letter-head of the Dutch actress and former Chanel model Famke Janssen, a B-movie actress who play hard, sexy, women, alternatives in the city limits, the Company specializes in thrillers (House on Haunted Hill) and the epic action as the X-Men franchise. Who knew she had so much hidden talent? This is the story of a beautiful loser named Olive, stranded a Ukrainian immigrant and single mother who somehow ended up in Oklahoma as a fraud in trouble. (The tagline of the film says, "Meet Olive. Mother, head of household, felons"), she came to America to be a disaster to escape private existence, because it is a place where you can be what you want. What it does is, however, the church social swindle gullible mountain participate donations false Christians in Europe, and write bad checks for cars take an accomplice who sold sufficient profits to his 10-year-old son, Bobby (Spencer List). It is her priority, she loves distraction, and the goal is to get him the first person in his family to go to university. But Bobby is showing signs of a chip of the old block. He steals, makes prank calls to the neighbors, throw the cans in passing cars and F's on his homework. Growing up in the shadow of a crime on the day, with a mother who always done well up to the sheriff, Bobby thinks crime is cool, impatient dream inventive ways to join her mother fraud. Bobby is on his board meeting driven by an elegant convertible with a kind, respectable real estate mogul (Bill Pullman) is the lucky olive was hoped. She sees dollar signs in his future, but can be inflated before his trial against the insurance company to investigate his criminal past inevitably they win, and Olive goes to jail. To register with the authorities Bobby minors, the child is legally represented by the man who was beaten and his wife (Marcia Cross of Desperate Housewives), both still grieving the loss of Bobby Age adopted son. Eight months later freed and pardoned, Olive sees an improvement in the quality of life of his child (chess lessons, art classes in school, and a private pool), it is obliged to reconsider it. To find a way back into the life of a child who can do better without them, they must go straight, turn a new page and find a job. She did the best she could, but she can handle a modulation toilets, living in a homeless shelter and wearing a sign around his neck muffler shop advertising. Broken heart, she is forced to make the hardest decisions. The script will stop at one of these three Kleenex, Moses-in-the-bulrushes finale, but there's no question that the establishment Bobby will never be the same. Olive is a clear role Famke Janssen plays blindfolded, but could for her directorial debut, she put the next best girl for the job. Milla Jovovich, who hit his stride as one of the most popular models of Richard Avedon at the age of 11 years, is the perfect replacement. There are times in certain angles and in a soft light, even if it looks like Ms. Janssen. Such as olive oil, she was actually born in Kiev, although they never have an effect on the screen as much. Trash awkward as The Fifth Element with Bruce Willis and pictures of five installments Resident Evil did not raise his career prospect, but Ms. Jovovich is as an acute awareness of their strengths, she reveals magical elements, I do not I would have never thought possible. She manages both olive and irresponsible, selfish and generous, compassionate, and despair do, sometimes within the same scene. With his charming accent, knocks Ph.D. in the school of hard and unique way for the murder of the English language, it keeps you riveted. Toast, she laughs, "Down by the panel!" Misty eyes and helpless, she's irresistible.

Vuitton, Gucci risk "first mover disadvantage" in China

Luxury goods in China beginning makers have long relied on to grab the consumers of this $ 1,000 handbags and other expensive - and profitable - goods. Now Chinese tastes in a way that the brands that have the most aggressive in the country expanded develop can hurt. In addition to Louis Vuitton (TM) bags, wallets Gucci, Omega watches and towns from flooding, such as Beijing and Shanghai, the consumers can easily avoid products with the logo in favor of alternatives are more pronounced. "As the luxury industry grows, the Chinese are getting more sophisticated about the products they buy," said Fflur Roberts, global head of luxury goods research at Euro Monitor in London. "It's not just the look of bling." The transition to products less visible and often more expensive in Europe and the United States happened after the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. 2008 Brothers, the tooth can grow Vuitton and Gucci, which until recently, more than half of the luxury sells handbags in the world's second largest economy, HSBC estimates. Store sales of luxury brands such as niches Bottega Veneta and Yves Saint Laurent, of Paris-based PPR SA belongs is expected to almost triple to increase over the industry average this year, a growth slowdown Economic takes its toll on demand for, HSBC. Cheaper bagging such as New York-based Coach Inc. (COH) may also benefit the increasingly demanding consumers, value for money, the agency predicted. Always spend "Consumers continue to spend in China, but they spend differently," Uche Okonkwo, Executive Director of Paris Luxe Corp Consultant As Chinese consumers said better information on trends become "luxury companies work harder to have to sell that before five years. It is a question of balance. " China's gross domestic product grew by 7.6 percent in the second quarter of last year, the smallest increase in three years and the sixth quarter slowdown. China is the world's fifth largest luxury that. 92 billion yuan ($ 14.6 billion) in sales in 2011, according to Euro Monitor Move upmarket Vuitton, Gucci belongs to PPR (PP) and Burberry Group Plc (BRBY) responded in part by pushing the prices and the introduction of more exotic products such as Gucci shoulder bag and Burberry python ￡ 6.000 $ 4.100 ($ 9.700) alligator clutch their upscale image . Recent reports suggest sales strategy does not work. Burberry said same-store sales declined since the end of August, adding that Chinese tourists spend less to visit their trench coats and other products from Europe. "We were the first to report a slowdown, but we will not be the last," said CEO Angela Ahrendts said on 17 September after 2013, the manufacturer of luxury British fashion spring / summer in London. Gucci show in September 19 in Milan Fashion CEO Patrizio Di Marco refused to comment on the company's performance. PPR reported third-quarter sales on 25 October. A spokesman for LVMH, which also makes quarterly sales next month, went on sale Vuitton comment. Chinese consumers can represent more than 25 percent of global sales of luxury, HSBC estimates. Fatigue Logo Luxury sales in China slowed, there are more consumers to travel abroad and see the dresses and accessories can cost twice cheaper in European and American markets, as they do at home. Ahrendts and note that keep the change of direction once a decade in China for luxury brands sales slowed as many people on gifts to officials until it is clear to keep that power. Prada (1913), which uses more leather in their collections of Louis Vuitton bags and leaves differ less on the logos can benefit their products, as consumers seek alternatives to Vuitton and others to HSBC. The Milan-based company said yesterday that same-store sales have slowed in the past two months, even if market conditions deteriorate. Vuitton, Omega and other "mega-brands can begin fatigue suffers branded early entry in many markets," writes Erwan Rambourg, analyst at HSBC. "We call this the" first mover disadvantage "of." "Standardization" Vuitton has 39 stores in China, while Gucci and Burberry to 54 66th Hermes International SCA (RMS), which last month raised its 2012 growth target after interim results beat estimates on demand in Asia has 21 branches throughout the country. Prada has about 20th Supposedly ultra-luxury segment - the most expensive goods - Hermes, where the competition is the fastest growing market, outperforming the rest are held until at least 2014, says Bain & Co. May be available as a result of "normalization", Hermes CEO Patrick Thomas warned on 31 August that the manufacturer of silk scarves and Birkin bag, an increase of 25 percent in the first half, sales in Asia reported. Society of Paris, a slowdown in the second half forecast sales in China, intends to protect its image by limiting the expansion store opened more than 20 branches all over the world in the next five years, he said. Safer Warning surprise LVMH, Burberry has some analysts cautious. Eva Quiroga UBS downgraded the company neutral and lowered its estimate for the second half of the revenue growth in the fashion and leather goods unit. Sales division, the activity profitable and largest group LVMH, growth of 5 to 6 percent in the period, slowing from 10 percent in the first six months of 2012, estimates Quiroga. The total sales of LVMH is expected to increase 8.5 percent in 2012, said Quiroga, grew behind the European average luxury goods sector by 9.2 percent. Hermes luxury division, Cie. Financiere Richemont SA (CFR) and PPR behave better, 12 percent and 13 percent, although it continues to soften Gucci predicts Quiroga. Prada expects to increase sales by 15 percent. "The beauty of the luxury that they are rare, and therefore, they are reassuringly expensive," said Rahul Sharma, founder and CEO of Neev Capital. "You do not want something that is expensive, n is not uncommon."

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Milan Fashion Week opened yesterday with an amazing collection, Gucci has given pajamas and bathrobes with a sensual touch flared sleeves and ruffled necklines swollen. Designer Frida Giannini kept things simple with dresses, suits and pants color piece - light blue, yellow and pink - from the waves at multiple levels of the material gathered smoothed loose neck or sleeves buried below. "These are portraits of aristocratic women, what defines a strong look with a clean, precise, aesthetic,'' said Giannini, whose" eyes'' presented aristographic high necklines and sharp cuts that seduces with its simplicity. It gave a preview of naked flesh with deep cracks on the back of cocktail dresses and cocoon-shaped floor length dresses of silk and satin sparkle sensual pair of earrings and necklaces adorned with flowers. The trend pajamas-as-fashion evening was such a hit with celebrities and fashionistas this year was a touch of the exotic in this Spring / Summer 2013 collection, inspired by the Japanese prints slouchy silk wallpaper. After hours of glamor with an oriental touch was summoned by sea anemone design and tunics with a snake skin pattern were from Japanese paper fibers belonging to French fashion house said. Models sashaying on the podium in a mixture of strains of romantic melodies and pumping beats wore their hair pinned in a bun. Clutches and shoulder bags or transparent colored plexiglass cage sandals adapted ".'' Off last from the rich and bold designs evening wear season Frida Giannini presented the red carpet dresses in only two colors - black and white. Simple black and white evening gown closed the Alberta Ferretti show and on Wednesday in the Italian designer was known for her feminine designs created to introduce a mystical underwater world of sweetness and light. Sirens enchanting seems on track ultra feminine floor-length dresses and skirts in chiffon and satin in shades of turquoise and naked. "It was a dream,'' Ferretti said backstage before the show." This is a collection for women who want the freedom of movement and light. The silhouette is simple, but the embroidery creates a radiant complexion and overlay gives the impression of floating.'' Sequins and beads transparent cover tunics and dresses over the kneecaps were softened by delicate and layered skirts to the ankle. Lace embroidered floral motifs on naked liner designed to give the illusion that the painted directly on the skin gasp from the crowd. Ferretti and Gucci launched a week are 68 Italian and international brands to the start and runway strutting in the middle of a lot of cocktails. Prada star today as Etro took the podium tomorrow with two shows Moschino and Versace. Saturday begins with the German designer Tomas Maier, who is his new line for Bottega Veneta, Fendi, and followed by the highly anticipated reveal Jil Sander collection - the first since she joined as creative director in February. On Sunday it was the turn of Marni, Dolce & Gabbana and Giorgio Armani, Armani, after the house hosting a glitzy opening ceremony for a new exhibition to showcase the most memorable creations by Italian designer. Winds Fashion Week closes DSquared2, Roberto Cavalli and Gianfranco Ferré, Monday, Tuesday with dedicated up-and-coming new designers.

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The Ideal Single-Girl Apartment

So technically I’m not a bachelorette anymore (thank God—isn’t that word awful?), but I feel I spent enough single years in Manhattan to have a well-formed

 opinion on the ideal single girl’s apartment. Mind you, I’m talking about décor. The rental market in this city doesn’t leave room for “ideal.” Interior-

 wise, I find it shocking how many young 20- and 30-something-year-olds are still living in half-formed spaces, surrounded by ugly Bob’s living-room sets or Ikea

 leftovers from the college years. And really, it’s not even about the major furniture pieces, although it would be lovely to go all the way. To craft the

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European Essentials

A clever editor will prep for the European Fashion Weeks like a well-trained marathoner. After all, London, Milan, and Paris Fashion Weeks collectively span more

 than three weeks, and with the preceding chaos of New York Fashion Week, we’re talking a full fashion month. “Fashion Week” is a misnomer. But I digress.

 Somewhere in between the shows, presentations, and parties of N.Y.F.W., one must stock up on a few key pieces to get through the European counterparts. Here, I

 share my tips for a successful fashion marathon (hint: I’m not talking PowerBars):

 A clever editor will prep for the European Fashion Weeks like a well-trained marathoner. After all, London, Milan, and Paris Fashion Weeks collectively span more

 than three weeks, and with the preceding chaos of New York Fashion Week, we’re talking a full fashion month. “Fashion Week” is a misnomer. But I digress.

 Somewhere in between the shows, presentations, and parties of N.Y.F.W., one must stock up on a few key pieces to get through the European counterparts. Here, I

 share my tips for a successful fashion marathon (hint: I’m not talking PowerBars

Poles angry over fashion shoot on Polish graves in Ukraine

  Poland, on Thursday protested a photo exhibition in Ukraine, posing with mannequins as Catholic nuns near the graves of Polish soldiers, an incident that threatened to disturb the close relations between the two neighboring countries dressed Kiev, in the support of Warsaw's Push to closer integration with the European Union, the European Union is founded.

The protest came during a visit by Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, the pressure on Ukraine to put the commitment of Europe standards of democracy and human rights if it wants to join the European club.

On Friday, Mr Komorowski and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is a monument outside Kiev thousands of Polish officers murdered by Stalin to reveal secret police at the start of World War II.

The photographs, taken by Ukrainian fashion magazine and in a museum last week, showed women provocative poses next to a young man with a naked torso in a cross in a cemetery in the western city of Lviv. The graves have died of Polish soldiers who, when the Poles and Ukrainians fought for control of Lviv in the wake of World War I.

Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday that its diplomats in Lviv "the impropriety of exposure that could hurt the feelings and cause controversy" protested and were able to get the exhibition closed.

"It was terrible, it's an insult to the memory of the soldiers of the State, is the all," said Emil Legovich, a leader of the Polish community in Lviv. It is assumed that exposure was organized by "certain political forces", the Polish-Ukrainian relations in the Ukraine hotly contested election to sabotage next month.

Galina Tayan Magazine Online Fashion LZ which organized the shoot, said that the photos were meant to illustrate the controversies of religion and the church. She denied any political context and explained that the photos were taken a year ago, does not intend to offend anyone.

Tayan said they chose the Polish section of the large cemetery of Lviv, just because they thought crosses graves Poland to be photogenic.

The director of the museum, Iryna Magdysh she said regretted the decision to release the photos, saying they were offensive.

"Our freedom ends where the freedom of another person begins," said Magdysh. "And if these young people want to get PR for yourself with this scandal, we have the honor of defending Lviv."

Poland is the closest ally of Ukraine among the countries of the EU and called for Ukraine's integration with the 27-member bloc. Komorowski on Thursday urged Yanukovych between alignment with the European Union and the rapprochement with Russia to choose.

Gucci lights Fashion Week in Milan

  Frida Giannini, creative director of Gucci shows his latest collection with the theme "purism aristocratic"

Many designers of London began their last shows with a touch of pure white. No Gucci. At the first hit show of the season in Milan, the Italian label has hit its stride from the start with a strong opening series head to toe, shocking pink held that for Spring / Summer 2013 of the Italian fashion brand called "strong Azalea."

The first look at the podium in the shadow have a cracking belted tunic with buttons, worn on one side, flared trousers on a kick, has tall, slender heels, sunglasses and a clutch made of beige leather. He set the tone for a show with lots of tile saturated colors - blue and lemon yellow also featured electric - complete with a little jet-setting 1970 key.

For his latest collection, called "purism aristocratic," creative director Frida Giannini, said she wanted to talk about "a strong look with a clean, precise, aesthetic defined".

The strongest looks were separated - the pants were thin and sexy looks and the excess return of the wheel had been robbed. "Minimalist forms" are referred to the first two words in the show notes, the. To this as the central message of the new season

Giannini also checks the name and photographer Richard Avedon and Gian Paolo Barbieri as influences. Sure, photographed the way Barbieri clothing, especially things like a floating sleeve or neckline with ruffles - like in a picture he took worn by Audrey Hepburn - came alive in this show. Although perhaps the transition of them flying in the lives of many ordinary women can be a bit complicated. Then again, maybe not many customers Gucci heavy spent a lot of time up and down the bus.

Hot contenders are affected in the category Accessories infallible. The patent shoulder bag in electric blue or super cage sandals with ankle high, both with the pattern a little home adds punch or sex appeal next spring day or in the evening.

Jewelry were used: balance of glittering earrings necklaces Fantasy occupied or used on the shoulders of a long white dress.

You can always count on a Gucci dress that will show you the way to create a sexy look on the back - a series of garments that this expert.

The last series of black and white at night looks like a perfume by Tom Ford Gucci time. A highlight here is a beautiful high neck tunic with sleeves, however, was worn over a pair of steep missile kick. Complete with mini-clutch Plexiglas It was a fashionable cocktail dress is best for the type of woman who Tilda Swinton on her moodboard.

New trends in London seen as the return of the snake skin, as in Erdem and Preen, was also in the Gucci collection. Made with Japanese paper fibers snake pattern was printed on tunics and trousers and paired with matching accessories.

Fujifilm's XF1 makes a fashion statement at Photokina, we go hands-on

Point-and-shoot or fashion accessory? This is the conundrum posed by the XF1, a new retro-styled point-and-shoot from Fujifilm. It's a nice looking camera with a

 solid and fairly light build, certainly, and while the faux leather (in black, red or tan) might not be for everyone, the company was quick to point out that

 it'll go nicely with your new designer handbag, for whatever that's worth. The textured design is complimented nicely by a metal border on the top and bottom.

 There's a bit of a learning curve here, when it comes to just turning the thing on -- give it a twist and a pull, not unlike a childproof pill cap to put it in

 standby and another pull to get things started.

 There's a big, bright three-inch LCD on the rear of the device. Click the E-Fn button on the bottom right, and you can actually reassign the button mapping on

 the back to your liking on the display. Of course, such style and functionality comes at a price -- this guy will run you $500 when it goes on sale next month.

Video Commerce Network HaulerDeals Launches Its Own Fashion Brand, Local Socialite

If you don’t know about HaulerDeals, you probably should. The network of YouTube personalities has more than 5 million subscribers and a billion video views in

 total, and is quickly establishing a new model for social commerce based on recommendations from its panel of fashion experts.

 So what is a hauler? And how is HaulerDeals tapping into this fashion culture? HaulerDeals is a bit of a niche network for young women interested in fashion.

 These “haulers” go out, buy a bunch of stuff, and then showcase their “hauls” to a video audience. HaulerDeals has designated a view of these girls as

 “gurus,” promoting them within its video network.

 So Haulers, gurus, whatever. The point is these ladies make videos about where to find great fashion styles at a fraction of the price that one would pay at

 designer stores. And they offer up links to those styles, where viewers can actually purchase the stuff that they’re suggesting. In other words, it’s a whole

 new model for making money off of YouTube, that’s not linked to advertising, but instead, commerce driven by recommendations of these fashion influencers.

 That’s where Local Socialite comes in. Local Socialite is an exclusive fashion brand that HaulerDeals launched in conjunction with StyleSaint. The HaulerDeals

 ladies will promote and sell items from the collection, with each choosing their favorite items and highlighting them during their videos. HaulerDeals is even

 running a contest to see which styles are viewers’ favorites. So HaulerDeals isn’t just making affiliate revenue in partnership with existing fashion brands,

 but pulling in revenue off its own brand of clothing.

 HaulerDeals can even go one step further by creating clothing that leverages its haulers’ own personal brands. While the company found that it was able to push

 sales of brand merchandise suggested by its gurus, articles of clothing that included the guru’s name had even higher conversion rates among users. The whole

 thing is an interesting new model for social commerce, and one I expect to see more companies follow as time goes on.

Mulberry Illincic wrap up London Fashion Week.

    Models have reduced the packed temporary tracks. London Fashion Week wrapped up on Tuesday five days shows excited ladies wear, show whirlwind of new colors and textures for next spring by the designers of the big names and newcomers alike.

London is home to an eclectic collection of designers and labels on the fashion weeks in New York, Milan and Paris, and seen the latest crop of spring and summer styles this week was a big mishmash: futuristic Burberry Metallic leather, soft pastels Temperley 50s, Disco Fever `70 Jonathan Saunders, and minimalism of the 90s' in quite a few other shows.

While there is no main theme, there were micro-established trends on their way to high street stores do in the spring. All white and monochromatic outfits were everywhere, seen as the nuances enough candy mint and lemon.

Futuristic, shiny materials such as plastic or fabric with a leaf-shaped chandeliers, iridescent, or even holographic were popular, as is the use of layers of sheer feminine organza, chiffon or mesh.

Tuesday, things started with 70 'inspired floral wide leg pants and mannish suits luxury brand Mulberry, best known for its leather handbags. The collection comes with a humorous flair British nodded several popular trends of the season: pantsuit Sleek all-season leather, metallic jacquard and tumble ice pastels.

Model-turned-designer Roksanda Illincic followed with a collection of dresses with simple feminine shapes and minimal detail, so its use combinations of beautiful colors and shiny fabrics to make it conversational.

Fifth day also saw a handful of collections by young designers and adventurous. Simone Rocha, daughter of John Rocha British fashion institution, cleverly combined schoolgirl innocence and hard line, while outsiders duo Meadham Kirchoff sent home crazy party with a spectacular show fancy Marie Antoinette fashion.

Shows Tuesday ended a week, models and celebrities such as Kate Moss and Harry Styles One Direction flow on the podium line forward looking. Lady Gaga stole the show Sunday with a tour of the milliner Philip Treacy fair returns presented.

The fashion brigade moved to Milan for other shows begin Wednesday. Paris Fashion Week starts next Tuesday.

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MULBERRY

Luxury brand Mulberry has left the most mischief in his last season, presents a series of spring is always weird, but definitely adult.

A zany atmosphere typical English garden very happy with exotic creatures - Mulberry show at Claridge's in London was crawling chic adorned with dozens of garden gnomes and geckos to fake roses.

But appearances are deceptive, and the clothes were even more demanding than the proposed adjustment.

Creative Director Emma Hill sent out models on the catwalk in oversized leather biker jackets and tuxedos mannish in navy, black and white. The collection was inspired update of 1970 embroidery, floor skirts, flower buds, and high-waisted wide leg, with metallic jacquard printed with mini flowers and geckos.

Separates and leather pantsuit balanced flirty pleated skirts. There was muted brown sets with head to toe in soft pastel mint and fish - including pastel shoes and handbags, property sellers of the brand.

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Roksanda ILLINCIC

Inspired by artists, Roksanda Illincic parade had too many sets look for the woman, without too much effort elegantly wants. Simple shapes such as simplified and adapted evolution breezy A-line dresses in color combinations that come really strong influence emerged: tangerine with cobalt, mango, dirty pink or white.

Sometimes all the colors together on a dress, like a modern abstract painting.

Models rocked oversized sleeves satin and wore patent courts with paragraphs colorful blocks.

The show, directed in glamorous ballroom of the Hotel Savoy ended conducted a series of training sessions in a bright, layered organza.

Illincic Account U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and Britain's Kate Middleton among fans of the elegant style. His show was a large number of popular characteristic beautiful colors, high waist, bell sleeves, feminine silhouettes and modest hem to mid-calf or ankle grazing.

But this season the designer said she wanted to shake elegance with casual wear - like when you dress a form and make it from Jersey or T-shirt material.

"There is an element of fun, something unexpected," she said.

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Simone Rocha

To meet young talents Simone Rocha Shoes giant designer, his father, but it seems to take everything into account.

The 26-year-old presented his latest spring collection at London Fashion Week Tuesday, a fashion collection entirely white, steep cuts, neon and leather mixed as a schoolgirl innocence with cool attitude.

The collection began with dazzling white button-up shirts and boys couching forms, but the look was soon replaced by prim thigh revealed irregularly shaped plates summit weakened on the front or rear skirts.

High collar, neatly followed shapes in pastel butter and caramel, but soon things were a dress with bright neon yellow glossy PVC plastic, all-over metallic vests and skirts covered shaken gold and floral crochet skirts and jackets over large coral fluorescent yellow and Neon.

Models wore mannish brogues with the soles and heels made of transparent plastic, a design that has been worn by celebrities like Rihanna and proved to be his best-selling product Rocha.

Rocha made his debut at London Fashion Week in 2010.

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Meadham Kirchoff

English-French design duo Meadham and Benjamin Kirchhoff Edward are to stage performances and rowdy fun various known and met this season, those expectations have stacked with a collection of over-the-top, Marie Antoinette-style corsets, bustiers, bows and ruffles.

Although the invitation and the opener spoke of humor "damsel in distress" theme, the models were more fairy godmothers with an enchanted wardrobe.

Acting sleepy or deep in thought in her costumes, derivative models introduced to the bridge and pluck roses and cupcakes for them.

There were big puffy sleeves, waders, gloves and feathers wholesale skirts layered over skinny jeans, all adorned with ribbons and plenty of jewelry. Not very practical, but certainly fun and entertaining shows face in London.

Out And About On Fashion’s Night Out

As the first day of shows at Lincoln Center was coming to a close, the FNO festivities uptown were already in full swing. Michael Kors put on his own version of American Idol, turning his Madison Avenue store into a karaoke parlor for amateur contestants and bringing in Kate Upton, Nikki Reed, and Debra Messing to judge. Of FNO, Kors said, “It’s a new holiday. It’s Halloween, it’s New Year’s, and it’s all about style.” Not far away, a more seasoned performer was taking the stage at Manolo Blahnik: Cyndi Lauper. “It’s kinky boot night!” Lauper said. (Kinky Boots is the name of the new musical she’s developing, about a drag queen and a shoemaker, which will head to Broadway next year; Lauper was wearing a red suede pair by Blahnik for the occasion.) “I love fashion, I’m sorry, I do. I like to give it a twist here and there, a little tug and a pull, deconstruct it a little. I don’t want to look in a magazine and see a 12-year-old in something I’m being pitched to wear.” At the Calvin Klein store, Dwayne Wade of the Miami Heat was signing copies of his new book A Father First, while models including Karen Elson, Hanne Gaby Odiele, and Kasia Struss, fluttered about. “I always like to push the envelope a little bit,” Wade told Style.com as Ryan Lochte walked by. “With athletes the door is open for us in fashion, and we’re getting into it and enjoying it.” One block over at Bergdorf Goodman, Aerin Lauder (who was celebrating the launch of her eponymous cosmetics line) kick-started the retailer’s 111th birthday celebrations, which later in the night included visits from a host of boldface names like Thakoon Panchigul, Bobbi Brown, and Victoria Beckham and various festivities on the different floors. The scene at Saks was also a multi-story party, ranging from Oscar de la Renta signing fragrance bottles to manicures with Rebecca Minkoff to ping-pong with Susan Sarandon. Before her performance on the eighth floor, songstress Vanessa Carlton admitted, “I’ve never played a shoe floor—there’s some really nice shoes here. And, I’ve never played Saks before.” It was a night of many firsts. At Bottega Veneta, creative director Tomas Maier was enjoying his first-ever FNO in New York, and over at Ferragamo, Miroslava Duma, Elena Perminova, and Anya Ziourova were hosting their first fête at Ferragamo, in honor of the Italian label’s Russian-themed Fall collection. “At first I thought it would be very overwhelming because I’ve never hosted a night before, but now I think it’s amazing,” Ziourova told Style.com while she clutched her Fabergé egg bag. As waiters passed out latkes, borscht tartar, and plenty of vodka, Duma said, “You know, Russians really love toasts. Sometimes there are people in Russia that, when they’ re drunk, they’ll go on toasting for 20 or 30 minutes without reason. But tonight we’ll toast by saying good luck to the fashion industry.” A few guests at the Fivestory party, hosted by Olympia Le-Tan, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, and Arielle de Pinto, could have used that luck for the cut-throat game of Pictionary that was taking place. “I lost,” Le-Tan reported. “The first theme was ‘fashion people’ and I drew Donatella Versace. I think I did a good job but then someone on my team had to draw Mad Men and it was terrible so we lost.” Downtown in Soho, the streets were so packed you could barely move. But the DKNY store, conveniently spacious and air-conditioned, offered some relief. That is, except where model-of-the-moment Karlie Kloss, who just signed with IMG, was standing. A crowd gathered around Kloss, who was holding a tray of Karlie’s Kookies (get the recipe here) made in collaboration with Momofuku Milk Bar. “They are fashion-week approved,” she told Style.com (translation: “There is no butter and no sugar”). And better yet, she swears she eats them. “I have been eating them all day, I just came from the bakery.” There to support a different kind of FEED was Lauren Bush Lauren, hawking her do-gooder bags. Over on the west side at Balenciaga, the line wrapped around the store for an audience with Grace Coddington, Vogue’s longtime creative director. She couldn’t take all the credit. Some went to Pumpkin, her beloved tabby, whom she’d illustrated wearing several seasons’ worth of Balenciaga looks for a Steidl book some years back. Her friend Nicolas Ghesquière was so taken with them that the label printed them on limited-edition bags and scarves, which Coddington happily signed for fans at Balenciaga’s West Chelsea store for FNO. What does Pumpkin think of her newfound fame? “She loves it!” Coddington reported, though, a more press-shy starlet than her owner, Pumpkin wasn’t in attendance last night. A few blocks away, black was the color of the evening—as in BLACK, Comme des Garçons ’ popup-turned-permanent store on 17th Street. Only a few shoppers at a time could fit into the minuscule store space, but many more made an impromptu block party outside, fueled by ice cream from a Brooklyn churner. Near nine o’clock, the designated cutoff time, there seemed no signs of dispersal—perhaps because the plastic snap-band watches CDG offered gratis as FNO gifts were all showing Japanese time. Diane von Furstenberg, however, was running on Democratic National Convention time last night. “Let’s all meditate,” she commanded at her Meatpacking District space. “Today is a little crazy so I’m going to go upstairs to watch the President.” Cue loud cheers. “I see this is not a Republican crowd,” she quipped. “Good, we have that in common.”

Chic in Review | Fashion Week Follies

News Fashion Week is able to print.    Creatures of the Wind  There was no fauns, fairies or elves Chris Peters and Shane Gabier Spring 2013 collection, but there were a lot of cigarette pants, billowing skirts and embroidered butterflies. Dig those Mary Janes!    Della Russo, Anna  A campaign to be the new Diana Vreeland? Discover "Why not?" The answer. "If you are not as important, you can not be in there Sunglasses" "I prefer barefoot instead of wearing cheap shoes." And no, "(She talks about you, you.) eat or drink for a fashion show. It's not polite. "    Dynamic Duo  After all these years - not to mention the shows! - The hairstylist Guido Palau and makeup artist Diane Kendal are still together.    Emporio Armani  Opens a new market on Madison Avenue with a huge bash tonight! Live performances spiders from the battery, Skylar Grey, Lady Hawke and Mayer Hathorne. But what I do know is that the alignment is performed when Armani Junior opens its doors on Madison Avenue next few months should be.    Fashion's Night Out, New York  Michael Kors held a karaoke contest Amateur possible in his Madison Avenue (do not see that one coming)., With the bomb Swimsuit Kate Upton judge Elsewhere in the city, celebrated Cyndi Lauper's new musical "Kinky Boots" with Manolo Blahnik. Swimmer Ryan Lochte was on the screen after it is pressed against the window to Calvin Klein by dozens of fans on request. Downtown is a free-for-all.    Between you and me, was the line of the maximum punishment. As long as I packed wanted Whitney Houston and Britney Spears DVF Meatpacking spin! Check out more parties in this case.    Fashion's Night Out in London  Remember to drink the British. And apparently flash mob?    Peter Som  The designer describes his daughter in the spring of 2013 "hit a little, but still chic." Translation: floral printed jeans, midriffs and hair not brushed.    Rihanna  Yes, she cut her hair. Yes, it does not look very good. But shock, hugged her and kissed her ex Chris Brown, as she made her way to the scene of the MTV Video Music 2012th    Roitfeld, Carine  Presents his highly anticipated magazine, CR this week with a party on Saturday night. The topic of the first question is rebirth. Think Kate Upton with a handful of chickens on a blanket, a pretty girl in a fairy costume with a baby who has just wet on the other.    Siki In  The designer started his spring 2013 collection with ... Tevas! With socks! At least the models looked comfortable for a change.    Wu, Jason  Think black, naked and a touch of pink. For spring 2013, the typical romantic Miss Wu is now a board-leather-plus lingerie. Ludacris might call a lady in the street but. ...

Pose, 1M Users Strong, Brings Its Fashion Photo App To The iPad — And Starts To Make (And Share) Revenue

Pose has made some serious traction since it first launched its iPhone app in early 2011. Its mobile photo-sharing platform that lets people share snapshots of their outfits and tag them with brand and designer details now has one million users who have shared more than two million “poses” on the app. Right now, more than 10,000 poses are added to the platform each day from users all over the world, from Russia to Brazil to the US and far beyond — which CEO Dustin Rosen likes to put in perspective as “more fashion content than Vogue magazine produces in a year.” And now, the Los Angeles-based startup is set to debut new features that could very well make its platform much more popular — for new user growth and current user stickiness. Today Pose will launch its first ever native app made especially for the iPad. And along with the iPad app, Pose is launching its first ever revenue generating component, which will be active across all its platforms: “Shoppable content,” linking items tagged in Pose photos directly to e-commerce sites that sell them, letting users complete a purchase without ever leaving the Pose app. Pose will collect affiliate fees through each sale that has originated on its platform. Sharing the spoils with users Those may seem like pretty standard moves for Pose — but the real twist is how exactly the company is going to deploy that cash it will start making. Pose will take a “small piece” of each affiliate fee it collects when an item is sold, but will give the vast majority of the money to the user who originally shared the item in a photo. This money will be deposited through PayPal; Pose will also show each user detailed analytics on the purchasing activity around the items they’ve tagged and shared on Pose. “We decided we wanted our bloggers to make a majority of the commission that we collect on each purchase because we think it’s really important that we let them really own their content and those links,” Rosen told me in a recent interview. “We just want to further incentivize them to share the best content. They’ve been asking for this [e-commerce] feature, and we really wanted to do it right.” A different spin on user-generated content It’s a very unique move. Most sites that are built on user-generated content — aka, pretty much all of social media — do not share the money they make around that content with the users who actually created it. At first it might seem crazy for a startup to give away the bulk of the cash it brings in on its very first revenue generating feature, but it shows that Pose is really thinking about the long-term. It's hard to think of something that would make users happier than receiving a check each month for doing what they do anyway — snap photos of their most stylish outfits. It'll be really interesting to see how this impacts Pose's growth trajectory going forward; it seems like something that could give the app a major boost in user growth and engagement. More money will follow Pose has raised some $4.6 million in venture capital from investors that include GRP Partners, True Ventures, Mousse Partners, and celebrity fashion designer and stylist Rachel Zoe. The company says that those investors are happy with its revenue-sharing strategy right now because they see the potential for Pose to make even more serious money down the line. "We certainly believe in this grand vision of our company, where content meets commerce. We think of ourselves like a shopping funnel, and within that there are so many opportunities to make money at different points along the line," Pose’s co-founder and VP of creative and partnerships Alisa Gould-Simon told me. "Great content starts with our users, and we just want to be a platform to facilitate that. First and foremost, it's about building an audience."

China favorite affordable designer luxury lifestyle: Starbucks

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The history of Fashion Week and the evolution of its tech

With New York City's Fashion Week approaching on September 6, this infographic by Eventup will give you a crash course on fashion. Fashion Week has lately been evolving as technology is increasingly being adopted by designers, editors and enthusiasts alike, and it will be intriguing to watch the new tech used this Fashion Week season in New York City. And with only just days away from models strutting down the catwalk for Spring/Summer 2012, we’ll give you a crash course on the evolution of Fashion Week. Surprisingly, despite the guise of being a forward thinking industry, fashion has been slow to accept the introduction of new technologies developed by start-ups, and it’s been the designers who are at fault. You’d think that adopting new tech strategies would help quell the chaos of the Fashion Week shows. Among the older generation of designers, there’s an inherent fear that it may instead complicate matters for the non-technologically savvy. In recent shows, some designers have offered bar-coded guest lists and iPad-controlled seating arrangements, which streamline the process of shuffling attendees through the door. Other designers have integrated the bells and whistles, whether it’s a holographic projection or giant LED screen, for garnering the “oohs” and “ahhs” from the attendees. Designers like Narcisco Rodriguez on the other hand, for this year’s Fall/Winter 2012 New York Fashion Week, ended up simply sending out paper invitations. Still the industry is becoming vogue with technology, and you have to give credit to the concerted efforts over time of many designers and event organizers. For example the live streaming of Fashion Week shows is now a normal occurrence for many designer’s shows, and the GPS event-planning and inventory system, Credit Fashion GPS, was adopted by IMG in 2010. There are even services like Eventup that enable the smaller designers to scout locations other than Lincoln Center or Milk Studios for shows during Fashion Week. It’s evident that the future wherein fashion and technology cannot be without the other is arriving at a quicker pace. But before we get ahead of ourselves and talk about the future of fashion and technology, Eventup has provided Digital Trends readers with a brief history of Fashion Week in infographic form. Some notable information includes Fashion Week’s maiden year in 1943, its beginnings in Milan, and its eventual spread across the globe.Today you’ll find the fashion week movement in cities across the world including Beijing, Brazil and even Iran. With the most attended and venerated Fashion Week locations still being held in London, Milan, Paris and New York City. For the contemporary fashion scene, New York City has been the home of fashion royalty including Vogue’s Editor in Chief, Anna Wintour, designer Marc Jacobs, who were also among the most Tweeted about individuals related to Fashion Week in 2011. Others fashion elite that were popular, based on Tweets, are fashion designers, Victoria Beckham and Oscar De La Renta. So behind the scenes just how much does setting up Fashion Week cost? According to Eventup, Designers will on average spend between $30,000 and $100,000 to rent a space and slot on the Mercedez-Benz Fashion Week podium. The maximum price for the rental of a slot was $500,000.

Make Room for Fashion: Seasonal Make-Up

Labor Day was the signal to get back to business (last minute back-to-school shopping, getting the kids back on a regular sleep schedule, and shaking the sand out of our beach bags). But as we say goodbye to long summer days, we also wave adios to the ease of summer dresses, flip flops and a touch of lip gloss to send us on our way. Think about it. We (usually) shelve our white jeans, stash our summer accessories and sandals, dust off the coats and polish up our winter boots. Shouldn’t our make-up change with the seasons, too? In fall and especially winter, when that summer glow wears off and my true paleness shows through, I find myself needing to make a little more effort with make-up. I reached out to the folks at my favorite make-up line, Laura Mercier, to get some advice on how we busy moms should refresh the contents of our make-up bags for fall. “Most women need more hydration for their skin as the weather changes,” says Matin Maulawizada, Laura Mercier Global Artistry Director, and he suggests trading in a tinted moisturizer for a “more cushiony” foundation, which also creates a less casual, more polished look. He says more coverage in eye shadows is a good idea too, moving away from summery, shimmery cream shadows and instead going for a sophisticated matte eye color. Here in Manhattan, cooler days are a welcome relief until they suddenly morph into chilly mornings then freezing winter days and chapped lip prevention becomes a hot topic. According to Maulawizada, fall is the time to replace a sheer color or lip gloss with a crè me lipstick. It’s longer lasting, hydrates chapped lips and adds texture to your look. “Rich browns and taupes are big this fall,” says Maulawizada when asked which colors are new and fresh for the change of season. “All the ‘values’ are medium, which means that there is no heavy smoky eye or super goth lip.” Which probably wouldn’t be a good look for drop off on the first day of school anyway!

Australia’s First Indigenous Fashion Week Launches, Aboriginal Model Samantha Harris Gives Us the Deets

This week in Sydney, Australia’s first indigenous fashion week opened its door for business. Called Australian Indigenous Fashion Week (AIFW), the organization will be a platform for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander designers to showcase high quality traditional and contemporary fashion arts, textiles, accessories and furniture. The first year will include about 30 artists and designers, with shows set to kick off a year from now, in September 2013. Australia’s Aboriginal culture is one of the oldest surviving cultures in the world, dating back over 60,000 years. It is a deeply spiritual culture with a belief system that is inextricably linked to land. Today, it is probably best known for its artistic tradition with the signature Papunya Tula ‘dot art’ style paintings easily recognizable around the world. One of the main aims of AIFW is to improve the economic status of Aboriginal people by brokering relationships with local and international buyers. Beyond that, it is also a chance to celebrate indigenous designers and increase their profile. There have been a few recent examples of Aboriginal artists working with contemporary Australian brands. The label Antipodium collaborated with indigenous artists Barbara Merritt, Manapa Butler, Ruby McIntosh and Roy Merritt on a collection a few seasons ago, and recently the swimwear label Kooey worked with Aboriginal artist Anne Hanning Knwarreye on exclusive prints. Less is known about Aboriginal fashion and design outside of Australia, though last year debate erupted over the reference of Aboriginal art in Rodarte’s fall collection. Rodarte properly licensed the textiles that they used and proceeds went to the artists involved, but it still angered Aboriginal law professor and member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Megan Davis. Hopefully the fashion week will be a chance to promote Aboriginal designers and artists in a context free of controversy. AIFW organizers All The Perks, an indigenous owned and managed events company, tapped model Samantha Harris to be the face of the event. Harris is one of Australia’s top models and is also half Aboriginal on her mother’s side. We caught up with the stunning beauty to see what she had to say about the launch.

Vintage Fashion

“I LOATHE nostalgia,” Diana Vreeland declared at the beginning of her 1984 memoir “D.V.” She meant nothing of the sort, as Christopher Lehmann-Haupt noted in his review in The Times, calling the book a “deceptively frothy meringue of a monologue.” Vreeland was an unconventional editor and an unconventional mother (though something of a traditional mate), and her slant on life was from an angle informed by beauty. She had, quite simply, an amazing eye. This was a very specialized story she was bound to tell. When I saw a screening of “Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel,” an entertaining new documentary that will have its premiere next Saturday during Fashion Week (it opens in limited release on Sept. 21 in New York and Los Angeles, and soon after in other cities), I was struck by how much Vreeland’s voice pervades the film. Of course you see her pages from Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, which she took in 1963 and transformed into a beacon of pop culture. The film’s producer and co-director, Lisa Immordino Vreeland, who is married to Vreeland’s grandson, Alexander, also creates a vibrant backdrop for her subject’s early years in Paris, London and New York. But it’s the surprise and crisp authority of Vreeland’s voice, as narrator, that lures the viewer. Ms. Immordino unearthed television clips and had access to hours of taped conversations that Vreeland made with George Plimpton, who helped her with “D.V.” Drawing on material in those tapes, an actress, Annette Miller, interpreted Vreeland’s voice for the narrated bits. It’s incredibly convincing. “The Eye Has to Travel” follows a spate of fashion documentaries, including “The September Issue,” “Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston” and “Valentino: The Last Emperor,” which may have been responsible for putting filmmakers in a nostalgic mood. Two other new documentaries come out during Fashion Week: “Versailles 73,” by a first-time filmmaker, Deborah Riley Draper, and “Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s,” by Matthew Miele. I haven’t seen Mr. Miele’s 86-minute film, which will feature Candice Bergen and Joan Rivers, as well as the usual fashion suspects, but I watched the Versailles film the other night and was impressed by its thoroughness. It recounts the 1973 fashion show in Paris with five French stars and five Americans, and the battle that ensued. Ms. Draper’s inexperience shows: there are too many talking-head moments, the lighting could be better, and her storytelling is too linear. Still, the film is worth seeing. (Tiffany is featuring the film for Fashion’s Night Out, at the Paris Theatre. It will then be shown at the IFC Center in New York for a week, beginning Sept. 7.) Ms. Draper, an advertising executive in Atlanta, tracked down rare footage (at Vanderbilt University) and financed production herself. She got the idea, she said, after seeing an ABC News spot in 2011 about a lunch at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that brought together the Versailles participants. “I’m a bit of a fashionista, and I had never heard of the event or the story,” she said. Ms. Draper is talking to two distributors. If that doesn’t work, she said, she’ll take the film around the country herself.

Katie Holmes: 'Holmes & Yang' Fashion Show One Week Away

Katie Holmes holds hands with her daughter Suri as they make their way through Hudson River Park on Sunday (September 2) in New York City. The mother-daughter pair, who were reportedly joined by Uncle Martin Holmes and his pet pooch, headed towards Chelsea Piers. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Katie Holmes In exactly one week, Katie will be debuting her Holmes & Yang fashion show at New York Fashion Week! Katie‘s show is going up against Victoria Beckham‘s collection.

Vintage Fashion

“I LOATHE nostalgia,” Diana Vreeland declared at the beginning of her 1984 memoir “D.V.” She meant nothing of the sort, as Christopher Lehmann-Haupt noted in his review in The Times, calling the book a “deceptively frothy meringue of a monologue.” Vreeland was an unconventional editor and an unconventional mother (though something of a traditional mate), and her slant on life was from an angle informed by beauty. She had, quite simply, an amazing eye. This was a very specialized story she was bound to tell. When I saw a screening of “Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel,” an entertaining new documentary that will have its premiere next Saturday during Fashion Week (it opens in limited release on Sept. 21 in New York and Los Angeles, and soon after in other cities), I was struck by how much Vreeland’s voice pervades the film. Of course you see her pages from Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, which she took in 1963 and transformed into a beacon of pop culture. The film’s producer and co-director, Lisa Immordino Vreeland, who is married to Vreeland’s grandson, Alexander, also creates a vibrant backdrop for her subject’s early years in Paris, London and New York. But it’s the surprise and crisp authority of Vreeland’s voice, as narrator, that lures the viewer. Ms. Immordino unearthed television clips and had access to hours of taped conversations that Vreeland made with George Plimpton, who helped her with “D.V.” Drawing on material in those tapes, an actress, Annette Miller, interpreted Vreeland’s voice for the narrated bits. It’s incredibly convincing. “The Eye Has to Travel” follows a spate of fashion documentaries, including “The September Issue,” “Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston” and “Valentino: The Last Emperor,” which may have been responsible for putting filmmakers in a nostalgic mood. Two other new documentaries come out during Fashion Week: “Versailles 73,” by a first-time filmmaker, Deborah Riley Draper, and “Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s,” by Matthew Miele. I haven’t seen Mr. Miele’s 86-minute film, which will feature Candice Bergen and Joan Rivers, as well as the usual fashion suspects, but I watched the Versailles film the other night and was impressed by its thoroughness. It recounts the 1973 fashion show in Paris with five French stars and five Americans, and the battle that ensued. Ms. Draper’s inexperience shows: there are too many talking-head moments, the lighting could be better, and her storytelling is too linear. Still, the film is worth seeing. (Tiffany is featuring the film for Fashion’s Night Out, at the Paris Theatre. It will then be shown at the IFC Center in New York for a week, beginning Sept. 7.) Ms. Draper, an advertising executive in Atlanta, tracked down rare footage (at Vanderbilt University) and financed production herself. She got the idea, she said, after seeing an ABC News spot in 2011 about a lunch at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that brought together the Versailles participants. “I’m a bit of a fashionista, and I had never heard of the event or the story,” she said. Ms. Draper is talking to two distributors. If that doesn’t work, she said, she’ll take the film around the country herself.