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Dear readers, I would like to extend an invitation to you to ask me for help!
Need advice on how to break into the industry?  Dying to have Fashion Lawyer cover certain topics on the blog?  Really want to learn about something that I’ve never written about?
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Fashion Lawyer’s been on hot on the trail of the story surrounding the lack of minorities on the runways.  It seems that Vogue Italia is attempting to counter the racial problems in the fashion industry from the inside.

Vogue Italia’s July 2008 issue will feature nearly exlcusively African American models shot by acclaimed fashion photographer, Steven Meisel (who […]

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Bravo’s parent company, NBC Universal filed a breach of contract suit against Harvey Weinstein yesterday in state court in Manhattan over a conflict arising out of popular fashion reality TV show, Project Runway (New York Times).  Weinstein is the Project Runway’s producer. 

At the heart of the controversy is NBC’s alleged contractual right of first refusal to air yet-unmade seasons […]

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Mrs. Tom Cruise is pulling inspriation from her home life in her newest project.  Suri Cruise, Katie Holmes’ little daughter is the muse for Katie’s new design collaboration with Giorgio Armani.

Come Spring 2009, the fashion line Katie Holmes for Armani will debut with a collection of chic clothing for toddlers. When Fall 2010 arrive, the line […]

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As an American transplant in London, Simone Baret Innamorati spends her days freelance writing and decorating her flat, along with her husband.  With an eye toward the Classicly Chic, Innamorati loves to pour over the latest fashion trends. 

Luella Bartley, Vivian Westwood—only these names can cause my pulse to quicken and my palms to sweat. Westwood’s […]

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Dolce & Gabbana is under investigation for possible tax evasion, reports WWD.

A criminal investigation of the company and its procedures is currently underway in Italy.  Although neither Domenico Dolce nor Stefano Gabbana have been implicated, the company may be liable for 125 million euros ($192 million U.S.) in payments to the Italian government.  Apparently the issue arose out […]

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Slinging fashion tidbits to the obsessed trendsetters, the fashionably corrupt and the temperamental divas, The Fashion Slinger, Rhana Kennedy, is here for you with her unwaivering faith in fashion.  
He came out of New York with an attitude that couldn’t be ignored. Full of ego and tenacity, Sean Combs (who now prefers to be called Sean John, but was […]

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It’s the very last day of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, and the line-up is quite media-heavy today!  First off this morning is the Project Runway fashion show in the main tent! 

Other shows on Fashion Week’s last day:

Two Raulph Lauren shows
Tadashi Shoji
Carmen Marc Valvo
Willow
Donna Karan Collection
Anne Bowen
Zang Toi
Sean John

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Remember that old adage that says if the stock market is good, hemlines get shorter?  What does a slow U.S. economy mean for the fashion trends of Fall 2008?
Various media outlets are already writing up piles of articles about the trends from this week’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Curious?  Well, Fashion Lawyer’s got the run-down:

Emphasis on separates!  OK, maybe […]

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