Time for spring makeoverMaster of organizing’ advises on how to keep your closet organized year roundHeavy boots should be tucked away somehow and sandals should come out front. Winter coats should go in and sun dresses should be out. Even though you might not be a serious hoarder who turns their homes into trash dumps, you could still be at a loss, not knowing where to begin the ambitious spring

NEW YORK, New York (AP) ― Flat-heeled shoes have stepped up their game to emerge as a hot fashion trend for the spring-summer season.The detailed and embellished ballet flats, sandals and peep-toes have been elevated to become a serious alternative to the high heels that some women still feel are needed for dressy or business occasions.In fact, the flat-shoe shape might be a better complement to t

Super trendy K-pop group Big Bang is showcasing its first-ever fashion line. The boy band designed T-shirts and jackets, as well as smartphone and laptop accessories in collaboration with 10 CORSO COMO SEOUL, a lifestyle concept store which sells fashion items by various, usually foreign, designers. “We hope to become Asia’s fashion mecca and Seoul’s landmark by collaborating with Big Bang, who ar

Spring’s hottest shape in sunglasses is the circle. Reminiscent of John Lennon’s signature specs, round frames have been popping up on more than a few celebrities over the last year, but this season round will be the frame du jour.In February, Ray-Ban launched the exact style Lennon used to wear ($145). These are obviously the most authentic in style and shape and would work for anyone who consist

PARIS (AFP) ― It’s getting to be springtime in Paris, but for Karl Lagerfeld it was the moment to send a chill of autumn through the Grand Palais on Tuesday as he presented a tomboyish Chanel fall-winter collection.In a deliberate contrast to the Parisian garden theme that framed the spring-summer show, Lagerfeld sent darker, looser looks down a wooden boardwalk the length of a venue carpeted with

PARIS (AFP) ― Stella McCartney led a very British day at Paris fashion week on Monday, sending out a chic and casual fall-winter collection to an energetic hip-hop soundtrack.Her compatriot Giles Deacon at Emmanuel Ungaro veered towards a more severe dominatrix look driven by the late Ungaro’s famous statement that he dressed mistresses, not wives.Later in the day, Hannah MacGibbon at Chloe widene

PARIS (AFP) ― John Galliano ― the label, not the man ― presented its fall-winter collection on Sunday in the intimate surroundings of a Parisian salon, and in a far more relaxed atmosphere, after a week that saw the spectacular fall from grace of the iconic British couturier.Eschewing Galliano’s signature passion for bigger-than-life theatrics, the lower-key presentation saw some of the world’s to

  Lady Gaga shows a creation of Thierry Mugler Fall-Winter ready-to-wear 2012 fashion collection presented in Paris, Wednesday, March 2, 2011. (AP)PARIS (AP) _ If the singing thing doesn't pan out, Lady Gaga can always fall back on modeling. Lady Gaga shows a creation, part of French designer Thierry Mugler Fall-Winter ready-to-wear 2012, fashion collection, presented in Paris, Wednesday, March 2,

NEW YORK (AP) ― In the two decades since its launch, Allure magazine has tracked an evolution of the American definition of beauty. Surprisingly ― although it really shouldn’t be considering the changing collective face of the country ― is that the public is more accepting of a variety of ideals.There is not the blond bombshell mold that everyone has to fit in to be considered attractive, either b

PARIS (AP) _ John Galliano, long a top fashion-world provocateur on and off the runway, went too far this time.The storied French label Christian Dior said Tuesday it was firing the zany British bad boy after video showing him spouting ``I love Hitler'' in a drunken rant went viral online _ sending shock waves through the start of Paris Fashion Week. John Galliano arrives at the police station in

PARIS (AFP) ― Fashion house Dior has suspended John Galliano after police questioned its flamboyant British star designer for allegedly assaulting a couple and using anti-Semitic insults in a Paris bar.Galliano responded by bringing a suit for “defamation,” his lawyer Stephane Zerbib said late Friday, just days before Paris Fashion Week starts.Police briefly detained Galliano on Thursday evening i

MILAN (AP) ― Cavalli strayed from the top drawer coutour on many Milan runways, evoking a high-end hippie rocker.Cavalli evoked a lot of duality in his collection previewed during Milan fashion week on Saturday: light and shadow, gold and silver, iron and copper, reptile skin and feathers.For next fall and winter, Cavalli created by his own words “a perfect synthesis” of the Cavalli style.The desi