Thursday, November 08, 2007

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The exhibition at Les Arts decoratifs, which opens to the public on Thursday and runs to April 20, marks Lacroix's 20 years in fashion and makes clear the debt he owes to the past.

"What I wanted to show above all, is that nothing is newly invented and behind every one of my creations, there's something that went before it," he told Reuters on Wednesday.

Les Arts decoratifs, reopened in 2006 after years of neglect, groups art and design from fashion, decoration and advertising.

The exhibition displays creations of Lacroix's alongside hundreds of items he picked out from the museum's own collection of gowns and robes from the 18th century to the 1930s.

"I wanted to give the people who come here -- it could be an old lady who used to work in a couture house, or a young girl who wants to get into fashion or a student working on history -- an unusual choice, a subjective choice of my own," he said.

Chosen according to themes like color or technique, there are sections on the use of white or tartan, favored textures like patchwork or distressed materials or themes such as "Hispanism" or "Liturgy."

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But it wasn't a typical runway show, with live models. Instead, Target used a high-definition video projection for what they termed "the world's first model-less fashion show."

While the holographic projection was too fast-paced and far away to distinguish any of the individual looks from one designer to the next for commuters just casually passing through the terminal's Vanderbilt Hall, where the virtual show was staged, it was nonetheless an eye-catching spectacle.

This isn't the first time Grand Central Terminal has been used for a fashion show. Last year, Chanel and designer Karl Lagerfeld staged a special Chanel resort collection show in the main hall of the station - except theirs, unlike Target's, included actual clothes and live models.

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The top ten are as follows:

1. Natalia Vodianova - Russian, model

2. Thandie Newton - British, actress

3. Agyness Deyn - British, model

4. Helen Mirren - British, actress

5. Lily Allen - British, singer

6. Emily Blunt - British, actress

7. J.K. Rowling - British, writer

8. Anouck Lepere - Belgian, model

9. Irina Lazareanu - Romanian, model

10. Kate Moss - British, model

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Russian model Natalia Vodianova captured first place in the list of actresses, celebrities and models chosen by Harper's Bazaar for their 25 Best-Dressed on the red carpet 2007, while Moss came 10th.

Ahead of the 33-year-old Moss, actress and 62-year-old star of film "The Queen" Helen MirrenJ.K. Rowling, 42, seventh. Moss was also beaten by girlfriends of former lovers. came in fourth place and Harry Potter author

Belgian model Anouck Lepere, who is dating magazine editor Jefferson Hack -- with whom Moss has a daughter -- and Romanian-born model Irina Lazareanu -- who has dated British singer Pete Doherty -- both came ahead of Moss in eighth and ninth place respectively.

It was not all age before beauty, however.

Younger celebrities like Peaches Geldof (daughter of singer and philanthropist Bob Geldof) and actress Keira Knightley also found their way into the list of 25 at 17th and 21st places.

Harper's Bazaar described Vodianova as "an adventurous dresser who rarely succumbs to black for evening dressing."

The full list of 25 best dressed of 2007 is available in the December issue of the magazine on sale from November 8.

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Balancing out the slightly futuristic bent of the fabrics and colors were softer silhouettes like kimono and batwing sleeves, wide leg pants

and soft pleats. "There's a softness in the clothes, but she's still a little sexy," said Carrigan, pointing to bright turquoise stiletto sandal with sporty straps wrapping the ankle from the CK Calvin Klein collection.

Also new for spring will be the CK Calvin Klein Beauty collection, which will be sold in stores such as Macy's and Dillards. Similar to the pops of color in the clothing line, Carrigan said that the collection will be about "playing with color on the face." Coral for the lips and eyes and blue or turquoise eye pencils will be just some of the major CK Calvin Klein beauty looks for the spring collection.

And no Calvin Klein presentation would be complete without the label's infamous underwear, modeled in the flesh, of course. Classic boxer briefs were given a jolt of color like turquoise, while women's underwear featured delicate touches of metallic lace.

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The new men's and women's collections for the freestanding Calvin Klein stores - opening up this fall in Detroit, Los Angeles, Denver, Boston and Atlanta - reflected a youthful, contemporary vibe, with relaxed suits in white and gray; loose, softly structured dresses; and touches of metallic.

"It's iconic American sportswear," said Carrigan.

For Carrigan, jolts of modern colors like orange, fuschia and turquoise were an important aspect to all of the collections, typically known for a more neutral palette of gray, white, beige, black and navy. "When I use color, I really want to use it!" he said.

Balancing out the slightly futuristic bent of the fabrics and colors were softer silhouettes like kimono and batwing sleeves, wide leg pants and soft pleats. "There's a softness in the clothes, but she's still a little sexy," said Carrigan, pointing to bright turquoise stiletto sandal with sporty straps wrapping the ankle from the CK Calvin Klein collection.