del.icio.us fashion links for 2007-06-13

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 22:24

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FT.com / Home UK / UK - Billionaire adds king of bling to royal jeweller

Ron Burkle, the Californian billionaire, has acquired a big minority stake in the business of Stephen Webster, the British jeweller famous for designing the gem-encrusted creations worn by celebrities from David Beckham to Madonna.

(tags: fashion+news jewelry celebrity)
Is This Any Way to Treat Vera Wang? - New York Times

FORGET throwing your wedding dress into a plastic bag and storing it in the attic. Enter the Trash the Dress photo session, in which the bride, post-wedding, jumps back into her gown and puts it through its paces — swimming in it, wearing it on horsebac

(tags: fashion+news wedding trends)
Buyers Mixed on Spring ’08

NEW YORK — Buyers attending last week’s three-day FFANY show reported varied reactions to spring ’08 trends — and some retailers are taking a more conservative approach to next season.

(tags: fashion+news footwear industry spring 2008 trends)
belle Gets A Fresh Look

By MICHELLE BARAN
June 11, 2007

NEW YORK — Sigerson Morrison’s Belle brand is getting a makeover.

(tags: fashion+news footwear sigerson+morrison)
Seven-Year Itch

Seven-Year Itch By JENNIFER CAROFANO June 11, 2007 It’s lucky No. 7 for Mihara Yasuhiro. This year marks the seventh of the collaboration between the 34-year-old designer and athletic brand Puma. “When I started working with Puma, it was rare at that

(tags: fashion+news footwear puma mihara+yasuhiro)
The designer Tom Ford goes global - International Herald Tribune

NEW YORK: Tom Ford stood in front of the class of 2007 at Santa Fe Prep last week - where he graduated 28 years ago. “I gave them lots of words of wisdom,” says Ford. “I told them to learn to do what makes them happy.”

(tags: fashion+news tom+ford)