Giovanni Giannoni
By SUZY MENKES
Everything was so pin-sharp - the taut tailored suits, the metallic clatter of typewriters and the modernist Mussolini architecture - that Thom Browne's Florentine excursion was a pure and powerful distillation of his message.
By SUZY MENKES
Giambattista Valli has attracted a set of young style makers to his clothing line.

All eyes are on Giambattista Valli who returns to his native country this week from Paris for his first fashion show on Italian soil.

By ELAINE SCIOLINO
A sober window display at the Sonia Rykiel boutique.
The recession brings anxiety to France but also a welcomed values debate on the French way of life.
By SUZY MENKES
Oliviero Toscani's vision of the Workwear exhibition in Florence.
Designers are exploring the suit and work clothing at the Pitti Immagine Uomo show this week in Florence.
FRONT ROW
By ERIC WILSON
Fashion designers have been treating the inauguration like a Hollywood event, but that approach may not fit the Washington crowd.
By JESSICA MICHAULT
Maggie Gyllenhaal poses backstage at the 66th annual Golden Globe awards.

Tinseltown was all aglow at the Golden Globes awards Sunday. It was as if Hollywood decided to take a break from the dour economic outlook and give celebrity watchers and cinefiles around the world what they want most: a moment of escapist pleasure.

By NATASHA SINGER
Latisse, the lash-lengthening product from the makers of Botox, has the same formula as eye drops used to treat glaucoma.
The company behind Botox plans to introduce the first U.S. government-approved drug for growing longer eyelashes.
By JESSICA MICHAULT
Anna Sui started dressing her Barbie with her own designs at any early age before becoming a fashion pro. Here is an image of the Anna Sui Barbie, produced in 2006.
Born Barbara Millicent Roberts on March 9, 1959, in Willows, Wisconsin, Barbie has worked more than 100 different jobs over the past half century. But Barbie's real profession is clothes horse.
By GUY TREBAY
On the campaign trail Michelle Obama signaled an interest in both looking stylish and advancing the cause of American fashion by mixing off-the-rack items from stores like J. Crew with high-end pieces from designers like Thakoon Panichgul.
Seventh Avenue hopes Michelle Obama will be the lifeline to revive the fashion industry in a recession.
By LAURA M. HOLSON
Nicole Kidman, left, just after 9/11, sported a subdued hairstyle at the 2002 Oscars; Jennifer Lopez at the 2002 Oscars. Her mink eyelashes are no longer stylish.
Amid an economic downturn, stylists expect celebrities this year to take their cues from stars popular during the golden age of Hollywood, edging toward classic looks and away from any trend that smacks of ostentatious consumerism.
By DAVID COLMAN
Actor Jason Lee, star of the comedy television series "My Name is Earl".
Beards have had their moment, now it's time for mustaches to get their 10 minutes of fame.
By CATHY HORYN
Rumors of Anna Wintour's ouster (much exaggerated) illuminate doubts about her magazine.
By ERIC WILSON
The designer Bill Blass in New York in 1961
The company that Bill Blass built has begun to dismantle after its parent company, NexCen Brands, discontinued the collection.
By KATE TORGOVNICK
Though vegetables and fruits in cosmetics have been around for a while, beauty formulations with ingredients like tomato and mushroom have been appearing with increasing frequency.
By JESSICA MICHAULT
The fashion designer Stella McCartney has opened her first Paris flagship store in one of the cobblestone galleries that surrounds the tranquil tree-lined square.
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