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We can’t stop reading Top 10 or Top 5 or “best” lists for 2010 (and there’s plenty of evidence in today’s report). So let’s kick off the morning with mention of BellaSugar’s “Biggest Beauty Moments” of the year. Sure, we…

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Karl Lagerfeld has appeared in an advertisement for Volkswagen cars.The Chanel creative director has played up his fashion credentials in the ad for the new add-on package named Style, for the Golf and Polo models of the German car manufacturer.In the tongue-in-cheek commercials Karl discovers the cars have alloy wheel rims and…

The food and fashion were fabulous, the “celebrity” models crowd-pleasers once again, but the real star of the big event on Lancaster Avenue in Ardmore Thursday night was the town itself.

Another day, another excuse to mention Kate Middleton. No, we know that’s Victoria Beckham above (more on her below) and we don’t have any updates on the impending royal wedding, but we can tell you a little bit about Daniella…

The event organizers promise a new and unique contest, unlike the other beauty shows.

For fashion followers, this was supposed to be a year of relative ease. Trends promised to make pants roomier, fur friendlier and heels chunkier. Even curvy gals like me caught the attention of überdesigners like Miuccia and Marc. But it wasn’t all sweetness and light — some of these over-hyped looks ended up as runway roadkill.

Fashion, beauty, showbiz, health, sex, and current events stories were what lifestyle readers read most this 2010.

– So, what would a Monday morning be without a Kardashian mention? (Unthinkable.) The sisters continue to be strong cover subjects for magazines. In fact, Shape had its best-selling issue of the year on newsstands in June with Kim Kardashian…

Michelle wears a Marc Cain purple down jacket and rib tee, Apriori jean. Fashionistas came together in support of Har El Synagogue at A Passion for Fashion Oct. 5. Models rocked casual and cosy fall outfits provided by Orquidea.

These popular Japanese fashion labels are making their home in Singapore at Isetan.

Taryn Ulmer models a gold sequin dress by Hannah Jo and black leather peep-toe heels with frill detailing by Italian designer Vince Camuto at a fashion show held at Pilar’s in the Village last month. For more photos go to www.nsnews.com.

The past year in fashion was marked by the stunning loss of the industry’s most captivating iconoclast and the dazzling return of its most charismatic star.

The common reaction from folks outside the Beltway has always been surprise that this newspaper - headquartered in the land of Dockers, Lands’ End satchels and sensible shoes - takes its fashion coverage seriously.

A stereotypical thought process has always followed the mention of the word ‘’fashion'’: statuesque models working the runway, designers traveling from Manila to Paris to New York, colorful attitudes, expensive clothes, dynamic trends, and of course, money.However, there is more to the fashion industry and the perceived culture within it.

THE Indian edition of Elle magazine has stumbled into a race row after allegedly whitening the skin of a Bollywood actress on its cover.

Taryn Ulmer models a gold sequin dress by Hannah Jo and black leather peep-toe heels with frill detailing by Italian designer Vince Camuto at a fashion show held at Pilar’s in the Village last month. For more photos go to www.nsnews.com.

THE Indian edition of Elle has been accused of whitening skin of famous Bollywood actress.