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The designer Manish Arora in his office in Noida, India.
IHT SUSTAINABLE LUXURY CONFERENCE 2009
By LIZA FOREMAN
Indian designers find their local style sensibility, their lack of Western business practices and limited funding make it hard to succeed in the global retail market.
By GUY TREBAY
It's Fashion Week in India, and it's clear that the mainstream of India's vast middle class are seen as the new target market.
IHT SUSTAINABLE LUXURY CONFERENCE 2009
By SUZY MENKES
Stella McCartney talks about caring for the world and the role it has in high fashion.
IHT SUSTAINABLE LUXURY CONFERENCE 2009
By SUZY MENKES
Having the time and the money to care about where clothes come from is set to be a key feature of 21st century luxury.
By SUZY MENKES
Although the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week and its competing Indian fashion events may not yet have made a global impact, designers in this 21st century should be able to thrive on craft and creativity.
By SUZY MENKES
European designers have turned to the sari for their inspriation in draping fabric.
By SUZY MENKES
The Moncler down jacket soars on high altitude, and in high fashion.
PARIS FASHION WEEK
By SUZY MENKES
The Louis Vuitton show by Marc Jacobs was a sugar rush homage to 1980s haute couture.
By SUZY MENKES
A return to real values of quality and excellence — was the message at Hermes as the Paris autumn 2009 season closed Thursday.
By SUZY MENKES
'I don't believe in looking back — I don't want to revisit the 1980s," said Azzedine Alaia, whose private show Thursday was a delight.
By MARGUERITE SUOZZI
Pharrell Williams of the Neptunes is now part owner of Bionic Yarn, a small textile company that produces fabric from recycled plastic bottles.
By JESSICA MICHAULT
A new private pedicure service and a women-only hammam open in the City of Light.
By SUZY MENKES
The house of Chloé, home of fluidity and femininity, offered a break dance between the sexes.
By SUZY MENKES
It was as if all the British designer's fantastical visions were on the runway, enlarged by a computer click.
By SUZY MENKES
The designer Antonio Marras spent more time in the country of Doctor Zhivago and the Soviet Republic for the autumn 2009 collection.
By SUZY MENKES
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac's wide-eyed, childlike view of the fashion world has grown into a brand that keeps on resonating in pop culture.
By SUZY MENKES
Saab's collection turned out to be the City of Light, circa 1988.
By SUZY MENKES
It's official! Big jewelry is back, And none is bolder or more dramatic than the garden of mineral delights at Dior.
By SUZY MENKES
The Norwegian designer Peter Dundas used the fur of non-endangered animals, treating fox to look like rare lynx or leopard.
By SUZY MENKES
The Chanel show defied definition, with Karl Lagerfeld sending out Coco hats, fluffy knitwear and Art Deco-style jewelry.
By SUZY MENKES
From Stefano Pilati, autumn 2009 is sharp cutting, rigorous style and a fine balance between male and female.
By KATIE WEISMAN
The economic downturn has led U.S. boutique owners to rethink their European shopping lists.
By SUZY MENKES
Christian Lacroix embraces the concept of "less is more" -- for ready-to-wear, at least.
By SUZY MENKES
With the man/woman story in vogue, Stella McCartney was in her element.
By SUZY MENKES
Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren reflected the season's interest in draping as well as lasting value.
By SUZY MENKES
Valli dresses mothers and daughters, clothing both generations with equal panache.
By SUZY MENKES
Karl Lagerfeld has always said this secondary line represents the graphic German side of his aesthetic.
By SUZY MENKES
Jun Takahashi has used new insulation and high-performance linings to combat the elements.
By JESSICA MICHAULT
The designer Albert Kriemler has an architect's eye and his Akris collection always has some sort of geometric underpinning -- this season, the trapezoid.
By JESSICA MICHAULT
At Costume National the designer Ennio Capasa likes his women to be, well, almost everything.
By JESSICA MICHAULT
It was hard to tell which of Andrew Gn's designs were ready-to-wear and which were custom made.
By SUZY MENKES
Van Noten's collection mixed colors like saffron and decayed shrimp.
By SUZY MENKES
The emotion of womanhood married to a casual masculine confidence - that is the message from an exceptionally powerful Paris season.
By SUZY MENKES
Draping is the hot story of the season, as seen at Emanuel Ungaro and Haider Ackermann.
By SUZY MENKES
Jean Paul Gaultier's show was so politically incorrect that it drew a sharp intake of breath - until the audience burst into laughter.
By SUZY MENKES
Events, installations and collections at Paris Fashion Week
By JESSICA MICHAULT
Stuart Vevers harnessed the Spanish leather brand's history and bent it to his designer's imagination.
By JESSICA MICHAULT
Sophia Kokosalaki sends out a collection of her greatest hits from the last decade.
By SUZY MENKES
The designer Alber Elbaz sent out a collection that showed technical skill and an exceptional choice of fabrics.
By SUZY MENKES
John Galliano took Dior down an Orientalist route - and sent out a quietly beautiful show.
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