Karl Lagerfeld, Tom Ford and J.W. Anderson among the big winners at the British Fashion Awards 2015

The hottest talents on the UK style scene were toasted last night at the British Fashion Awards 2015.

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Karl Lagerfeld, Tom Ford and J.W. Anderson among the big winners at the British Fashion Awards 2015

Moncler launches Rolling Stones collection

Luxury fashion label Moncler is honoring the legendary rock band The Rolling Stones with a new capsule collection.

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H&M releases holiday campaign video, featuring Katy Perry singing her new festive track

Katy Perry's latest music video comes in the form of the H&M holiday campaign film. The track has been playing in H&M stores for one week, but this is the first time it has been released into the wider world. The video clip sees Perry dressed as a festive fairy, backed by a cast of gingerbread men, elves and toy soldiers.

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Shopbop.com teams up with Mira Mikati on holiday collection

Luxury online fashion retailer Shopbop.com has launched an exclusive capsule collection with London-based designer Mira Mikati for this holiday season. Known for her playful motifs on sophisticated ready-to-wear silhouettes, Mira Mikati has branched out to include cold weather accessories, jewelry, and lifestyle products in the limited-edition collection. Varsity jackets, sweaters, pom-pom beanies and scarves all feature in the collection, as well as a pyjama set complete with a matching eyemask.

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Obama doesn’t dye and tell

President Barack Obama stood before an audience of students and admitted the obvious: he doesn’t dye his hair, unlike some leaders he could name, but would not. “When I came into office I had no gray hair and now I have a lot…I don’t dye my hair and a lot of my fellow leaders do. A leader’s true hair color has sometimes been a matter of controversy.

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Donna Karan Talks About Her Decision to Have an Abortion

The designer, who recently revealed the experience in her new memoir ‘My Journey,’ opens up about ending her pregnancy during an interview with HuffPost Live.

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Gwyneth Paltrow to open Goop pop-up store in New York

After conducting practice runs in Los Angeles, Dallas and Chicago, Gwyneth Paltrow will be opening her first pop-up boutique for Goop in New York starting next week. On Monday, November 23, Paltrow will open a brick and mortar shop for her online lifestyle concept at the Time Warner Center in New York, which will showcase a capsule collection in collaboration with Valentino, reports women's trade publication WWD. The Valentino x Goop “Wonder Woman Valentino” collection is overseen by the fashion label's creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli.

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NY’s Met celebrates fashion muse Jacqueline de Ribes

Muse to the world's most celebrated designers, aristocrat and international symbol of Parisian elegance, Jacqueline de Ribes is star of the latest New York exhibition that opens on Thursday. “Jacqueline de Ribes, the art of style,” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute showcases her unparalleled wardrobe and life as a French aristocrat, loved by Saint Laurent and Valentino. De Ribes, 86, who lives in Paris, had been due to attend a dinner in her honor in New York on Wednesday, but cancelled after last week's attacks on the French capital killed 129 people.

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Polo Ralph Lauren raises its tech game with interactive fitting room mirrors

Polo Ralph Lauren is rolling out a new smart mirror in the fitting rooms of its flagship New York store Wednesday, in the latest evidence of the fashion world embracing new technology.

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Mali’s famous bazin cloth seen as path to better lives

By Joe Penney BAMAKO (Reuters) – Gasps of delight filled the convention hall as models, decked out in Mali's signature bazin fabric in crimson reds, indigoes and neon greens, strutted the catwalk. Bazin, a polished, heavy cotton fabric with a distinctive sheen, is extremely popular across the region and is worn at almost all formal occasions in Mali. “If you show up to a marriage without wearing bazin, you might as well not show up at all,” said Baba Sereme, a designer known for his bazin suits for men, hand-dyed elaborate color schemes.

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