Jones Buys Robert Rodriguez Collection

The Robert Rodriguez brand just keeps on getting bigger. After Jones Apparel Group Inc. bought 50 percent stake in Rachel Roy in 2008, the company acquired Moda Nicola International LLC, which owns the Robert Rodriguez Collection. Jones' plan is to expand the women's contemporary sportswear and eveningwear label and grow the name in its 600 stores, which …

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Help for Haiti with Danielle Stevens Jewelry

If you haven't helped for Haiti yet or are looking for products that benefit you as well, this is the perfect match for you.  Danielle Stevens has designed a special engraved necklace to help raise money for Haiti. Stevens will be donating 80% of all sales to the Help for Haiti Necklace to the American …

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Is Fashion Getting Lazy?

You may notice a strange pattern in your Spring 2010 advertisements… All those models? Why are all those ladies laying down? Louis Vuitton earlier released ads with Lara Stone lying in moss and grass. New Versace ads feature a Georgina May Jagger lying on a white fur blanket, while Raquel Zimmermann is on the sand, …

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Balmain's New Look

  Ready for a French history lesson? You can find one at the newly restored Balmain store. The French couturier's original flagship store at has been returned to its original 18th-century look. The new Parisian style gives nod to when Pierre Balmain first set up the shop in 1945 with 18th-century sculptures and stone floor …

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Ultimo Closing After 40 Years

  A sad day to Chicago fashionistas everywhere. Ultimo, one of Chicago's premiere fashion boutique, an influential mecca of high-end fashion for more than four decades, is closing its doors to the public at the end of January. The Oak Street boutique founded by the late Joan Weinstein was introduced to Chicago to European designers such as …

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