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A showing of Karl Lagerfeld's own line, Lagerfeld Gallery, wound up Shanghai Fashion Week on Saturday night and his designs left many people surprised and some may have been a little disappointed.
The German fashion icon brought to Shanghai his fashion designs for the cold seasons when all the other brands parading on the city's catwalks throughout the week showcased their spring/summer 2006 collections.
As always, Lagerfeld cut all his lengths short, concentrating on sculpted shapes to emphasize the body.
He used taupe, pink and chocolate brown to emphasize the season.
A general use of fur accessories, either on the neck, head or hands, highlighted the designs and gave an overall impression of luxury.
The previous show by Basso & Brooke was more dramatic and colorful.
Eccentric, artful and ornate patterns were on almost every creation trotted out by the talented duo of British designers, Bruno Basso and Christopher Brooke.
The look was at once familiar but entirely new.
Huge hair, printed leggings and ballooning overskirts hiding tulle petticoats reminded people of John Galliano, Vivienne Westwood and others.
Trumpets, keyboards, violins and roses were used as the decorations in the headwear.
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Alexander McQueen is building his brand at breakneck speed.
The designer, who in September unveiled a footwear line for Puma, will launch a second ready to wear collection called McQ - Alexander McQueen for fall 2006.
The denim based collection will be for men and women and will include accessories, McQueen said in a statement late Friday.
It will be produced by the Italian company SINV Spa.
'The focus of this collection will be younger and more renegade, but always signature McQueen,' the designer said in the statement.
'This partnership will add a new and inspiring dimension to the McQueen world.'
The new rtw line comes hot on the rubber heels of McQueen's new collaboration with Puma.
The Alexander McQueen Puma line will launch in 200 to 250 stores worldwide in January, including McQueen's flagships in London, New York and Milan.
McQueen parent Gucci Group has strongly encouraged its smaller brands to build their businesses by striking deals with outside companies.
Gucci wants the brands, which also include Stella McCartney and Balenciaga, to be profitable by 2007.
The new McQueen line will hit 600 shop floors worldwide in June.
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The women's collection "Stella McCartney for H&M" is being launched in approximately 400 selected H&M stores on November 10.
The focus is on stores in major cities and the collection will be presented in a special area of its own within the store.
"For me, 'Stella McCartney for H&M' is a fantastic way of reaching a wider female audience with a collection that is attractively priced yet offers high quality together with a superb fit and details," says Stella McCartney.
With designs based on favourites from Stella McCartney's own previous collections, the one-off autumn collection comprises of around 40 different pieces and accessories and bares the unmistakable Stella McCartney signature, combining soft feminine style with masculine tailoring.
H&M customers will be able to buy typical Stella McCartney pieces such as narrow drainpipe jeans with stylish details, oversized sweaters, cool tops and t-shirts, sharply tailored suits and feminine evening wear.
"Stella McCartney is a personal favourite of mine and I know she is also one of the favourite designers of our fashion-conscious customers.
She has put together a stylish, easy-to-wear, feminine collection that I think our customers will love," says H&M's head of design Margareta van den Bosch.
25 per cent of the proceeds from the sales of one garment,
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German lifestyle doyenne Aenne Burda, who built a global empire with dress patternbooks and was one of the few women who drove the country's postwar economic miracle, died at the age of 96.
Though the Germans dubbed her their "fashion empress", Burda had little in common with haute couture designers of the same era like Coco Chanel but set out instead to purvey cheap and chic styles.
"My aim is to put together practical fashions at an affordable price that can be worn by the largest possible number of women," was how she defined her mission.
Burda got her start in 1949 when she bought a small fashion publisher.
Her flagship magazine, "Burda Fashion", was launched in 1950.
Two years later she began inserting pull-out dress patterns that helped women in war-ravaged Europe to save money by sewing their own clothes at home.
The magazine is now published in 16 languages in 89 countries.
When Burda started her company she had a staff of 48, but today it publishes 241 titles, 186 of them outside Germany and has an annual turnover of 1.5 billion euros (1.8 billion dollars) despite the boom in mass-produced fashion sold by chains like H&M and Zara.
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The partnership of Missy Elliott and adidas continues, with the launch of the Respect M.E. Spring/Summer 2006 collection.
The complete line of adidas Originals footwear, apparel and accessories captures Missy Elliott's always unique style and delivers a holistic and meaningful fashion collection to young women.
With Respect M.E. adidas and Missy Elliott provide a positive message to the urban sportswear market since April 2004.
Empowerment is the soul of the Respect M.E. collection, which is a platform for positivity, style, skills, friendship and above all, respect.
Missy's unique bond with her audience grew from lyrics that inspire with their intelligence and in-your-face-hones ty and with Respect M.E. adidas shares her values of authenticity, originality and innovation.
In Spring/Summer 2006 Urban Safari meets Miami Beach as a central theme.
The new range lays down a 'Bassline' mixing classic silhouettes and colours with high quality materials, finishing at an affordable price.
This line is designed to flow with every part of a Miami girl's day.
'Rhythm' combines classic tailored styles with details giving an urban twist in earth tone colours and natural, high-end fabrications.
This line heads to the concrete jungle to bring safari inspired sport classics to the street savvy shopper.
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