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The attendees of the fashion show organized by Nicola Formichetti, the stylist of popular artist Lady Gaga, were treated with a performance by none other than the pop star herself.
According to reports, the show was conducted to launch the new line of menswear for label Thierry Mugler. The line was designed by Formichetti, who’s now the new creative director for the fashion brand.
Via her Twitter account, Lady Gaga revealed that she’s the musical director of the fashion show. Aside from that, she previewed the crowd of her new single “Born This Way.” The song perfectly matched with the garments that were paraded during the fashion show.

The show received positive reviews. Past Lady Gaga hits such as “Poker Face” and “Just Dance” have been played numerously in past fashion shows. Thus, it is not a wonder that her new single is expected to be a hit as well.

The fashion designer behind the outrageous yet very appreciated outfits of talented and award-winning artist Lady Gaga launches his very first collection as creative director for French label Thierry Mugler.
Aside from helping the pop artist from her outfits, Nicola Formichetti is also behind Lady Gaga’s outrageous hairstyles. Just recently, they both grabbed headlines after the MTV Awards after Lady Gaga wore the controversial meat dress.
The trend in the transitioning of stylists to fashion designers has gotten stronger the past few years, thanks to the celebrities who give credit to their stylists for having created their unique and dazzling looks.
This is a highly anticipated debut of Formichetti’s line will take place very soon. She replaced Rosemary Rodriguez for the job. Rodriguez was credited to have re-ignited the interest on the label three years ago.
Formichetti is still the fashion director of the magazine Vogue Hommes Japan.

E-commerce and online retail giant eBay intends to fortify its strong fashion clothes business after the company hired fashion stylist and publisher Andrea Linett as the new creative director. Linett’s role includes taking charge of the fashion, marketing and communications department of eBay’s North America operations.

eBay Fashion Vice President and General Manager Miriam Lahage said that they are excited to have hired a formidable employee such as Ms. Linett to help achieve the goals for eBay Fashion. She added that Linett has more than twenty years of experience in the fashion industry. She also co-founded the successful shopping magazine Lucky and has written bestselling shopping and fashion books. She also once served as fashion editor and writer for Harper’s Bazaar magazine.

eBay Fashion plans to further strengthen its online apparel business. The company generates more than $5 billion in gross merchandise revenues annually.

The organizers of the recently concluded Fashion for the Brave dinner were reportedly disappointed that the girlfriend of Prince William, Kate Middleton, did not attend the dinner for a cause. What made them even more dismayed was the fact that she did not even send any reply to the invitation that was given to her.

The Fashion for the Brave dinner intends to raise funds for Help for Heroes and the Army Benevolent Fund.

There were more than 320 invitations sent out and Middleton was one of the four who did not give any response at all. Her boyfriend sent a reply via his private secretary. According to reports, both Princes William and Harry were unable to take part in the fundraising because they could not easily get leave of absences from their military duties.

The event raised more than £250,000 and was hosted by television personality Angela Rippon. Rippon waived her talent fees for the event.

An alumnus of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) school is currently making waves in the fashion industry.

Fashion designer Kevan Hall has dressed some of the most popular celebrities in Hollywood in some very glamorous and professional outfits. This time he has gone another step further, as US First Lady Michelle Obama was seen wearing one of his creations and the photographed was seen in People Magazine.

Obama wore the dress when she gave a speech in an important event in Washington, D.C. in celebration of the Hispanic Heritage Month.

Hall has dressed actresses Vanessa Williams, who stars in Ugly Betty, Katherine Heigl, Virginia Madsen and Tina Fey. He also created a dress for California Fist Lady Maria Shriver. At this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards, “Glee” star Jenna Ushkowitz wore an original creation by the fashion designer - a beautiful red, off-the-shoulder dress that required the intentive use of a strapless bra.

Hall received a scholarship for FIDM and after graduating, he went to Europe to pursue the career in fashion design.

After hosting one of the biggest sporting events in the world, India plays host to one of the biggest fashion week events in the world as well. The Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week which features Spring/Summer 2010-2011 collection has just started. More than a hundred participating fashion designers are featured in the event which is considered the largest turnout so far in the history of this show. The Spring Summer 2011, collection ranged from breezy and easy going to structured and smartly tailored suits, showing a wide variety of business fashion for the coming year.

The venue is in itself a record breaker since it is the largest ever to host this fashion week. The area measures 11,633 square meters and covers two floors in Pragati Maidan. More than 150 stalls have been erected to accommodate the growing number of retailers and also in anticipation of the huge turnout of customers and potential buyers.

FDCI President Sunil Sethi said that this year’s event is comparable to other top fashion week event that took place in other major cities such as Milan, Paris, New York and London.

High couture brand Prada is reportedly mulling over the possibility of floating its shares via an initial public offering in Hong Kong. This is the Italian family-owned fashion house’s initiative to enter the promising Chinese market in the near future.

The luxury chain has been considering the European or Hong Kong stock markets in terms of the IPO issue.

South China Morning Post, a daily in Hong Kong, quoted Prada’s deputy chairman Carlo Mazzi as saying that if he’s asked for his decision today, he would choose Hong Kong adding that it would likely become the world’s largest stock market in the next decade or so.

Prada is eyeing a massive expansion by placing 28 new stores, including new lingerie stores, in Hong Kong and mainland China in the coming years and expects that its sales in Asia will outperform those in Europe and other continents.

LVMH, the biggest luxury group in the world, reportedly beat forecasts when it reported a 14 percent increase in its third quarter sales. This is due to the strong recovery of its lines of businesses – wines, champagnes and fashion. Expected growth for this period has been placed at 11 percent.

LVMH became the first luxury group in Europe to reveal its third quarter financial reports. Surprisingly, it reported that the significant increase was boosted by its expansion in China as the weaker euro has attracted Asian shoppers to go and by its products.

In 2009, the luxury goods industry suffered a major blow and LVMH was no exception, reported a three percent drop in revenues at the same period.

The retail giant owns popular global brands such as Louis Vuitton and Celine. It also is the biggest champagne maker in the world and owns Moet & Chandon.

Taiwanese fashion designer Jason Wu recently met with Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou on October 7 with the latter acknowledging this great achievements in the world of fashion.  Wu, currently based in New York, said that Taiwan was the major influence on his life wherein one should do his best in whatever field of expertise he or she wants to pursue. Wu said that he’s Taiwanese and wherever he goes, be proudly says that he’s one.  Wu gained international interest last year when U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama wore one of his creations during the presidential inaugural ball. That was the day where President Barack Obama was sworn into office.  The white chiffon gown created by Wu has now been added to the permanent First Ladies exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, according to reports. During his visit, Wu gave First Lady Chow Mei-ching a custom-designed dress.

The London Fashion Week has officially begun and the British designers made sure that this yearly event will be hailed as the “number one fashion destination” by coming up with the latest and grandest collection to rival other major fashion events that took place earlier this year.

British fashion icons Betty Jackson, Paul Smith and Vivienne Westwood have all signed up for the fashion week together with Pringle of Scotland, Mulberry and Burberry Prorsum.

More than sixty catwalk fashion shows over the next six days will be held in this event which takes place after the highly successful New York Fashion Week. With this number of shows, organizers British Fashion Council (BFC) is optimistic that it will produce the biggest ever turnout of global buyers.

Council chairman Harold Tillman said that the event has reinvented itself for the past couple of years and that this transition has been beneficial for them.