Reuters – Christian Lacroix staged what could be his last haute couture show in Paris on Tuesday, displaying a stripped-down, mostly black collection put together with the help of friends and artisans who worked for free.

Fashion Wire Daily – It’s perhaps not the greatest compliment one can give John Galliano but it’s a revealing one – models probably love to wear his creations more than any other designer, as they did with pride and passion in the Christian Dior haute couture show on Monday, July 6, in Paris.

An American in the Paris fashion world for nearly 25 years, Earl Pickens has stayed mostly under the radar, working with Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and Lee Cooper. But his relative anonymity is about to end. Tomorrow, the 46-year-old designer will present about 60 haute denim looks under his own label, Url Pickens (a name he [...]