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Model walks the runway at the Valentino Spring 2010 haute couture show in Paris on Wednesday, January 27, 2010.Paris – Valentino offered a large dollop of eco modernist fashion in the house's Spring 2010 haute couture collection, presented before huge images of swaying digital trees projected on the walls of the medieval convent hospital in Paris where the show was staged Wednesday, Jan. 27."Hidden Eden" was the name the design duo of Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli gave to the col..

MILAN - Milan's menswear shows kicked off on Saturday with major Italian designer names Dolce & Gabbana turning to a film about Sicily as inspiration and Giorgio Armani looking to geometry and urban grey for next winter's fashion.Their shows were some of the first of just under 40 catwalk runs taking place during Milan's autumn/winter 2010/2011 menswear fashion week, which runs until Tuesday and comes amid hopes for a recovery in the crisis-hit luxury sector.Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabb..

fashionbrand - AngelinaJolie,overshadowed,St.John,fashion,brand' /ANGELES - Actress Angelina Jolie, the former face of U.S. luxury knitwear maker St. John, "overshadowed the brand", the label's chief told an industry publication on Friday as the company unveiled its new look.St.John this week launched a new spring 2010 print advertising campaign starring British model Karen Elson, 30, a redhead who is married to White Stripes singer Jack White.Absent from the promotion, was Hollywood superstar..

While many 2010 People's Choice Awards attendees chose platinum jewelry designs, "Favorite Movie Actress" award winner Sandra Bullock stood out in yellow gold from Amrapali. Earring-bracelet pairings like Bullock's abounded though. Photo: Courtesy of D'Orazio and AssociatesLos Angeles--The 2010 awards show season has officially kicked off, and it seems that the stars are ringing in this new decade in the same manner that they rang in the last one: with plenty of bling.At the 2010 People's Choi..

Longtime Diamond Dealers Club staffer Jeanette Bronstein, 89, passed away Dec. 26.New York--Jeanette Bronstein, a longtime employee of the Diamond Dealers Club (DDC) in New York, passed away Dec. 26 after a long illness. She was 89.Bronstein joined the DDC as a bookkeeper in 1947. Over 35 years with the DDC, she was the go-to person for all aspects of members' needs. Bronstein was the assistant to the executive director, welcomed out-of-town visitors, managed the Benevolent Association and adm..