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Amsterdam’s Green Fashion Competition had already bagged a celebrity champion in the form of supermodel-activist Lonneke Engel. But the event, now a capstone of the city’s fashion week festivities, took its credentials to the next level Friday, when it welcomed the future queen of the Netherlands to the front row. Flanked by burly security types, [...]

Doha, Qatar, is the latest hot spot of global luxury. The city’s extraordinary boom, fueled in large part by its winning World Cup 2022 bid, has already seen the arrival of outposts of Hermès, Stella McCartney, Balenciaga, and Alexander McQueen. The latest addition to its luxury Pearl Island complex is a new store catering to [...]

Halle Berry is collaborating on a line with the German shoe retailer Deichmann. Her Fifth Avenue by Halle Berry collection of sandals and wedges hits stores in March. [Vogue U.K.] Reed Krakoff has just unveiled his Printemps pop-up shop on the retailer’s main floor. His 300-square-foot space, with brands like Prada nearby, shows off his [...]

At the request of his friend Angela Missoni, director Pedro Almodóvar stepped in front of the lens for the new Missoni campaign, shot by Juergen Teller. He’s now reprising his role in a campaign video directed by Marco Maccapani. The video pays homage to the Spanish director’s own colorful, campy pop style—all the more so [...]

French brand Sandro opened its first stateside shop in late November in New York. As it turns out, that was just the first step in incorporating a little Americana into the fold. The brand has enlisted Dree Hemingway to design a ten-piece capsule collection for Spring ‘12. “The inspiration was growing up in Idaho and [...]