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Downtown doyenne and culture chronicler Rose Hartman has documented the worlds of art and fashion in New York and across the globe for more than three decades. Here, she offers her best-of picks for where to see and be seen around town.

A British government-commissioned study has proposed putting disclaimers on digitally altered images of models, warning consumers that the too-perfect woman staring at them from inside a fashion magazineis, in fact, too…

Keri Johnson Bailes, a hairstylist and Redken artist at Ashley ’s Alley salon in the Vista, just got back home to Columbia after spending time in Bryant Park during fall Fashion Week in New York City, teasing hair and applying makeup on supermodels.

A British study has proposed putting disclaimers on digitally altered images of models, warning consumers that the too-perfect woman staring at them from inside a fashion magazine is, in fact, too perfect.

A British government-commissioned study has proposed putting disclaimers on digitally altered images of models, warning consumers that the too-perfect woman staring at them from inside a fashion magazine is, in fact, too perfect.

Susan Klope sold her first design sketches in Toronto by the time she was 13. At 17, her portfolio gained her entree to the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, despite her not having finished high school.

Minutes to go until showtime, and the cool calm that was has turned into a manic frenzy as stylists, makeup artists and hairdressers add the final touches to the models about to strut down the catwalk.

Burberry has become the premiere brand to break through fashion week’s fourth wall this season by staging the world’s first-ever global 3D fashion show. (To note, the British fashion brand wasn’t the only one to engage with the technology conceived more than half-a-century ago: Los Angeles tailored menswear label Native Son’s New York Fashion Week presentation included a multi-dimensional video …

LONDON – February 26, 2010: As the success of menswear showcase during London Fashion Week grows, Maserati GB was proud to lend its support to AMCK Models, London’s only specialist men’s model agency.

Hilary Alexander reviews the Alberta Ferretti autumn/winter 2010/11 collection from Milan Fashion Week.

Audiences won’t always be surprised while watching the Lubbock Community Theatre production of “The Beauty Queen of Leenane.”

Stepping into the wide expanse of shiny mirror finish flooring lit up with designer lamps, it is easy to mistake the place for a chic hotel lobby — that is, until you realize you’re in some kind of a beauty haven where beauty consultants are at your beck and call, ready to answer your most profound questions on beauty, and pampering stations invite you to try out various products, of which there …

A London model agency banned an underweight teenager from auditioning for London Fashion Week because she was ‘too big’.

“Where is Anna Wintour?” asked a message across one runway Thursday on the first day of Milan’s winter womenswear fashion week. It was the question of the moment as fashionistas feared the superstar editor would sit out much of the festivities because of her tight schedule.

Events not miss: Festivals, plays and concerts throughout the metro area.

IU senior fashion design students Casey Heck and Kate Murphy will be presenting their own free fashion show at 7 p.m Saturday in an unconventional location — the Cassady Electrical Company.

Today, social media has evolved into an unshakable phenomenon that has brought all of us fashion lovers a little bit closer to the fabulously exclusive bubble of the fashion industry.

&$ &$Models present creations of Lisa Romanyuk during Milan Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, Feb. 24, 2010. Milan Fashion Week kicked off here on Wednesday and will last to March 2. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaozhe) &$ &$ &$ 【1】 【2】

“Where is Anna Wintour?” asked a message across one runway Thursday on the first day of Milan’s winter womenswear fashion week. It was the question of the moment as fashionistas feared the superstar editor would sit out much of the festivities because of her tight schedule.

British media reports say supermodels Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell have joined Alexander McQueen’s family in London to pay tribute to the late fashion designer.