Goose bumps and bruises as Victoria’s Secret models take to Paris catwalk

It took a fair bit of cheek — and not a little phlegm on a freezing Paris night — for the brash US lingerie brand Victoria's Secret to hold its first-ever fashion show in the city that invented sexy underwear. Lady Gaga — the star draw for the annual extragavanza famous for bringing kitschy Las Vegas glamour to the catwalk — picked up a “couple of bruises from (the) dance rehearsal”, she told her 64 million Twitter followers. The show's mostly American models said they felt “goose bumps” — and not just because of the sub-freezing temperatures.

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All change for menswear this January

City-hopping is also hot right now, and the Fall 2017 menswear circuit will feature multiple calendar changes, such as Moschino taking to Milan to unveil its menswear collection for the first time during Jeremy Scott's tenure as creative director for the luxury Italian house, on January 14. The brand will use the opportunity to reveal its women's pre-fall collection on the same day. Meanwhile WWD reports that US brand Coach, which has shown for the last three seasons at London Collections: Men, is opting out this year and heading back to New York for a special show on December 8, which will simultaneously debut the brand's 2017 collection and honor its 75th anniversary and new Fifth Avenue store.

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UK former first lady Samantha Cameron launches fashion line

Nearly five months after leaving Downing Street, Britain's former first lady Samantha Cameron has launched a fashion label — revealed, naturally, in British Vogue magazine. The 45-year-old wife of former Conservative prime minister David Cameron won many fans for her smart but modern style during his six years in office, drawing comparisons with US first lady Michelle Obama. Art school educated, Cameron was formerly the creative director of luxury leather goods and stationery firm Smythson, where she remains a creative consultant, and has also been studying pattern-cutting.

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Gap goes street for latest RED collection

Gap has recruited an army of street artists for its latest fashion collaboration with RED. The US brand has launched a collection of its ‘utility jackets', revisited by six global female artists, to mark World AIDS Day on December 1. The unisex collection features a patchwork flower design by Olek, a Polish-born street artist specializing in crocheting, and a more urban, street-style offering from Japanese creative Shiro.

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Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show: what to expect from the label’s first Parisian show

The 2016 edition of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show will be held Wednesday, November 30, in the spectacular setting of the Grand Palais in Paris. The heavenly bodies of the Victoria's Secret models started arriving in the French capital from Monday, November 28, flooding social media with all kinds of photos of their exploits. While the lingerie label hasn't unveiled the creations its Angels will be wearing during this full-scale runway event, the brand has let slip enough information to suggest that this could be one of the most memorable fashion shows in the label's history.

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Austrians embrace traditional dress, despite political connotations

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – Many in Austria believe you can quite literally wear your patriotism on your sleeve. “It cannot be denied that people with right-wing ideas are also prone to wearing tracht or like tracht,” said Gexi Tostmann, who ran the upmarket Tostmann Trachten family business before handing it over to her daughter.

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‘Sex and’ the City’ star Sarah Jessica Parker picks Maryland for first boutique

The first standalone SJP by Sarah Jessica Parker store will be located in the new MGM National Harbor resort hotel in Maryland. 

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Seven things about Victoria’s Secret you were too afraid to ask

The US lingerie giant Victoria's Secret is holding its hugely hyped annual fashion show in Paris for the first time Wednesday. The brand has already flown in its “angels” — including supermodels Bella and Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner — in what it called the “world's most glamorous airplane” for the star-studded event at which Lady Gaga will perform. Victoria's Secret may be a household name in the US, but it is almost totally unknown in France, the country that invented lingerie.

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Calvin Klein to merge women’s and men’s collections for 2017 fall show

Calvin Klein will show its men's and women's collections together at New York Fashion Week reports WWD. The fall 2017 runway show will take place on February 10 at 10 am and will feature both Calvin Klein's men's and women's ready-to-wear and accessories. The highly anticipated collection will be the first from new chief creative director Raf Simons, who moved to the brand in August after heading up French fashion house Dior.

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Celebrate Christmas with Beyoncé’s festive-themed collection

Beyoncé has released a collection of Christmas-themed clothing and products.

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