http://www.post-gazette.com/lifestyle/fashion Fashion news and features en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:47:08 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014232-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml When Holly Lattanzi married Jacob DiCesare in Heinz Chapel last year, her heart belonged to her new husband, but her earrings belonged to someone else. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:47:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014354-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml WILLIAM FAULKNER once said: "The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again, since it is life." Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014355-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml IN any marriage, there is a natural division of labor. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014356-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml The pale gold carpet in Bergdorf Goodman's shoe salon was pockmarked with hundreds of small indentations one recent Thursday afternoon. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014357-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml Some are cyberexperts and others are technophobes, but most designers today embrace a variety of technology applications. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014358-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml It was not so long ago that the spread of the mobile phone sent waves of fear through the reserved world of fine watchmaking. The practicality of a portable phone that doubled as an accurate digital timekeeper made the necessity for a wristwatch vanish almost overnight. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1010732-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. In the past five years, more and more couture designers are partnering with corporate retailers to give the average buyer a chance to own an original design instead of the chop house version. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1010738-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml This winter, designers have created hooded scarves and detailed tights to make accessorizing your cold weather wardrobe reasonable and elegant. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1010758-323.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml The holiday season is upon us and it's time to start dreaming, celebrating and creating magical memories. This year, more than ever, is about being with family and friends. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014236-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml This holiday season, savvy shoppers are learning that the road to couture might run through their current wardrobe. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014113-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml The Russian model Natalia Vodianova pulls a fierce face as she tangles with naked winter branches. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014114-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml When the Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Rai glided into Oprah Winfrey's talk-show studio a couple months ago, she dazzled the audience with her grace and glamour. But her appearance also left some observers wondering why she had chosen to wear something as unusual as a black sari. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014115-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml The biggest buzz during the last round of fashion shows wasn't about the trends for next summer, the amazing sets or even the celebrities. It was about the ways that social media -- blogging, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and the like -- have, almost overnight, become an integral part of how fashion brands get their message to the public. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014116-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml As the Chinese ambassador to France, Kong Quan, flipped the switch for a large display of the site, no fewer than 40 chief executives of luxury brands as diverse as Christian Dior, Baccarat, Boucheron, Hermès and the Plaza Athénée hotel were among the beaming spectators -- led by Françoise Montenay, president of Chanel and of the Comité Colbert, the 70-member luxury industry group behind the project. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014117-314.stm?cmpid=fashion.xml Cities, like music, have their own rhythms. They rise and fall in fashion, from Paris in the Belle Époque to Swinging London in the 1960s. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500