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Karl Lagerfeld Becomes Fashion's Sarah Palin With Climate-Skeptic Runway Show

Chanel's legendary designer flips the bird to climate science, with a 240-ton "iceberg" created for his latest ready-to-wear collection.READ»

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Lagerfeld Dictionary!

Karl Lagerfeld (aka the Kaiser), famous designer for Chanel, Chloe, and Fendi designed the 2009 edition of France’s premiere dictionary “Le petit Larousse illustré” (Larousse Small Illustrated Dictionary) released on November ...READ»

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Wear Apparent

Meanwhile, in the world of fashion, I learned of two notable successions of sorts. At Gucci, Tom Ford has been replaced by a "young handbag designer." (Online subscription required.) And Karl Lagerfeld is stepping back to let a team ...READ»

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Magazine Making as Art: The New Visionaire Unveiled

Visionaire is more than a fashion magazine: Concieved as a limited edition "album" of fashion and art, each issue is an art object itself, pushing the boundaries of the book form. New issues cost hundreds, even ...READ»

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Tanking Economy Shutters Chanel's Artsy Pavilion

Even tony brands like Chanel are trying to cut corners in this merciless economy, which means indulgences like the traveling art pavilion face the budget ax.READ»

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The Future of Design

From the $300,000 table to the $30 teakettle, design is dressing up the American way of life. READ»

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The Catalyst

How open-source design (and a big shot of fashion) saved Puma, and invented an industry.READ»

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The big names chief rage markets

The big names chief rage markets have brought their collections for give-summer 2010 at Milan shape week. Following you will determine the trends for next hot spice.Les Copains presents an Urban lady who is irksome leggings made of ...READ»

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Amazon's New Cineplex

Cruising around Amazon looking for a book yesterday I happened on a curious little tease - a link to a little film called "Portrait", featuring Minnie Driver as a domineering fashionista. It didn't appear to be promoting any new ...READ»

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Art + Sex + Zaha Hadid + Brandbuilding = Chanel

Fueled by a fortune built on a handbag, a glossy white art-filled spaceship has touched down in Central Park. It’s designed by Zaha Hadid, the Pritzker Prize winning Iraqi architect and underwritten by Chanel, making for a kind of architecture-meets-fashion-meets-art-meets-brand promotion fantas-magoria.READ»

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High Fashion at Low Prices

To my amazement while flipping the pages of People yesterday, I saw that the youthful, high fashion label, Alice + Olivia, now has a collection at Payless.  Has everyone gone to the cheap side? Not that I'm complaining in the ...READ»

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Design Crimes: The World's Most Expensive Bottled Water

With an estimated price of $60,000, this might be the least sustainable product in the world. Naturally, the proceeds are going to a global warming "charity."READ»

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The Masters of Design

If you're leading a team or mapping out a strategy -- if you're trying to solve a problem -- you're engaging in design. And the creative folks featured in our second annual celebration of design's best and brightest have a lot to teach you.READ»

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M-Powered

A skunkworks at BMW builds customized, high-performance screamers. It's also building a better BMW.READ»

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M-Powered

A skunkworks at BMW builds customized, high-performance screamers. It's also building a better BMW.READ»