Ethical Beijing Olympic Apparel - Eco Team Canada Uniforms

Team Canada has made is very clear that they’re proud their Beijing Olympic outfits are environmentally-friendly. In fact, their sustainable suits have made quite a few headlines as the athletes and their sponsors haven’t been afraid to tout the fashionably green attributes of the clothing.

The Hudson’s Bay Company crafted the eco-suits for all the Canadian athletes in the Beijing 2008 Olympics, using environmentally friendly fabrics. Fortunately, they integrated high tech innovations to ensure the athletes would also be comfortable, and not just green with envy of their competitors who remained cool in suits specialized for Beijing’s heat.

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Wal-Mart's fashion show previews back-to-school

Wal-Mart Stores Inc presented a colorful, casual line of youthful looks for kids and teens on Saturday at a fashion show that previewed the mass-market chain's new low-cost offerings for back to school.

The world's largest retailer has been careful not to accentuate the fashion quotient in its clothing offerings this year ever since a disastrous push into more stylish gear in late 2005 alienated its core customers looking for basics.

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Gucci flaunts hippy chic

Gucci flaunts hippy chic

Billowy summer dresses pinned with gold shells and flared trousers from a bygone era of languid glamour dominated Gucci's pre-spring show at a 17th century hilltop villa in designer Frida Giannini's native Rome.

Supermodels Gaining Weight - Will Karolina Kurkova's Controversy Spur Acceptance?

Supermodel and Victoria's Secret Angel, Karolina Kurkova has been blasted for an appearance at the Cia Maritima show in Sao Paulo Fashion Week. The Brazilian media is criticizing Kurkova for modeling… [More]
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Vatican paper: Pope Benedict XVI doesn't wear Prada

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Vatican paper: Pope Benedict XVI doesn't wear Prada

The devil may wear Prada — but the pope does not via Yahoo Fashion News

French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent dies

French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent has died at the age of 71, hailed as a 20th century cultural innovator who revolutionized the way women dressed.

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"Sex and the City" movie Fashion Week

The hottest movie ticket in town was also the biggest fashion event to hit New York City since Fashion Week, as "Sex and the City" premiered to a packed Radio City Music Hall on Tuesday night. The carpet was pink and the famous foursome who stars in the film version of the iconic television show wore shades of silver, gold, and white for the premiere that some thought would never happen.

Jerry Seinfeld and his wife Jessica, Bette Midler and her daughter Sophie Von Haselberg, Joan Allen and her daughter, too; look another and there were fashion's most famous faces.

"Sex and the City" movie will be the end of the saga of the four fashionistas from New York? According to Sarah Jessica Parker, that one is up to the fans as well, depending on how the film, opening May 30, performs at the box office.

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