Paris fashion house Chloe was awarded $7.2 million on Friday by default in the infringement suit it had filed against LA supplier Mohammed Alexander Zarafshan in 2006. Chloe had first alleged that operator Queen Bee of Los Angeles had been selling counterfeit products on their website. The suit grew as Chloe discovered Zarafshan's company, Alexander …
Last week, I was psyched to find out I would be talking to stylist and makeover extraordinaire Clinton Kelly in anticipation of his appearance here in Chicago over the weekend. Kelly was cruising through town as part of the Chicago leg of his collaborative style tour with Macy's, 'Makeover America'. Through the 'Makeover America' tour, …
We don't mess around here at Second City Style. You know by now, we love all things Project Runway. OK, maybe not this season so much, but when we get a chance to interview past and present participants we jump at the chance. I recently had the chance to speak to season 5 winner …
The French Fashion house of Christian Lacroix has finally found a financier. An Ajman sheikh is set to ink a $100 million deal that would switch the financial responsibility from the American Falic Group to him. This is great news for Christian Lacroix which filed for bankruptcy in June. The last hurdle to overcome before the …
Is the fashion industry beginning to change its mind about models? On the heels of the success of Glamour's "real women" photo shoot, comes the announcement from Brigitte, a German women's magazine, that, beginning in January 2010, real women will be featured in spreads that used to showcase models. In fact, the magazine will no …
