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Volume 3 Issue 118 Summary Nov 11 - 17, 2001 Nov 18, 2001

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Backstage Coverage: Spring 2002
We bring you that "sweet spot" between the backstage and the runway.
Shanghai Tang Shanghai Tang Spring 2002
(Photo by Visko Hatfield)
  • Shanghai Tang Spring 2002
    For Asian Chic Spring 2002, Shanghai Tang continues to modify its distinctive style by incorporating elegance, comfort and vitality


  • Cecilia Yau Spring 2002
    For Asian Chic Spring 2002, featured ruffles, embroidery and dressses drippeing with super-long fringe and Swarovski crystals.


  • Dorian Ho Spring 2002
    For Asian Chic Spring 2002, Dorian Ho favored sorbet pastels as his main color palette

  • Michael Hui Spring 2002
    For Asian Chic Spring 2002, Michael Hui showed modern, more structured dresses in satin and chiffon.

  • Silvio Chan Spring 2002
    For Asian Chic Spring 2002, Silvio Chan opted for androgyny, paying homage to eclectic street chic.

  • Blanc de Chine Spring 2002
    For Asian Chic Spring 2002, Kin Yeung, the designer behind Blanc De Chine presented his signature creations that fuses the mystical east and the modern west

  • Bleu de Chine Spring 2002
    The debut collection of Bleu de Chine.

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    Backstage Beauties Spring 2002
    There is as much action backstage as it is on the catwalk during a fashion show!
  • Tatooine Eyes: Alice Roi Spring 2002
    A technically proficient and complicated collection, the challenge for the make-up artist was to continue and bridge the themes in the make-up.

  • Model Faces: Asian Chic Spring 2002
    Two colors of eyeshadow were used as eyeliners. It reminded me of the Yin & Yang eastern philosophy that says it takes two sides to make a whole.

  • Alice Roi Models Spring 2002
    Alice Roi built her Spring 2002 show around three transposable, interweaving themes: Pilgrim, Amish Chic and Hard Candy Stripe.

  • Yigal Azrouel Models Spring 2002
    With the models given an updated look of a modern day Cleopatra, the effect was incredible. The message was, to take a line from Helen Reddy, "I am woman, I am strong, I am soft and I am incredible."

    • Yigal Azrouel Tatooine Eyes: Alice Roi Spring 2002
    (Photo by Visko Hatfield)

    Kenan Duffty
    Model Faces: Yigal Azrouel Spring 2002
    (Photo by Visko Hatfield)
  • Hair: An Amish Princess Leia
    There were two types of hairstyles that were created for Alice Roi's show - the Princess Leia look from the first Star Wars Trilogy, and the more modern straight, no fuss ear-length hair with bangs.

  • Backstage: Anand Jon Spring 2002
    Covering a show backstage also gives you an idea how a designer works. Watching Anand Jon look into even the most minute detail is a delight. I would call him a perfectionist.

  • Model Faces: Yigal Azrouel Spring 2002
    Yigal Azrouel's Spring 2002 show reminded me so much of Cleopatra, the original diva in my book.


    • Fashion Highlights
  • Lingerie Brief
    It seems that knickers - the kind you wear under your pants, not the kind that Sarah Jessica Parker wears on "Sex and the City" - are one of the hottest fashion items around.

  • Model Buzz: Sneak Peek into Spring 2002
    Emanuel Ungaro has hired IMG's Erin Wasson, of Gucci fame, as the new face for the house's top ready-to-wear line Emanuel Ungaro

  • Sophisticated Ease Defines the Holiday Face
    "This holiday season is about girlish sophistication in classic colors ."

  • Los Angeles Fashion Week Spring 2002
    Tinseltown has long wanted a bite of the Big Apple's fashion biz. They may just get a nibble of New York's clout.

  • Book Review: I Am Iman
    Iman labels the fashion industry racist in her autobiography.

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    Lingerie Intimate Apparel Council Spring 2002
    (Photo by Visko Hatfield)

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    Retail Highlights

  • Spiegel Online Sales Continue To Grow

    • Toys (125x125)

    An updated website with zoom technology is giving Spiegel brisk business online. The e-commerce channel of Spiegel continued to grow in October, posting a sales increase of 47%. Last Septemeber, it posted a 7% increase in sales. [more]

  • ShopEast Will Continue As Scheduled
    Following the government's directive to "return to normalcy" and move forward with our lives, VNU Expositions, the organizer of ShopEast announced that ShopEast 2001 will continue as scheduled with no anticipated change in the content, exhibitors and participants. [more]


  • Mall-based Retailers Report Grim October Sales
    While discount merchants like Target have fared quite well recently, October was a rough month for more expensive, mall-based retailers. [more]


  • Booming Business For Discount Retailers
    American consumers are spending their disposable income at discount retailers like Walmart and Target who reported increased sales for October. [more]


  • Fossil Debuts Wrist Watch PDA
    Pretty soon, you will have your "little black book" and your appointment calendar literally on your wrist! Texas-based company Fossil, Inc, will introduce the Wrist PDA™ and Wrist PDA/PC™ in early 2002. [more]


  • Optimetrists Cashing In On Harry Potter
    Optometrists in the UK have never been as popular with children as they are at the moment. And they have the fictional character, Harry Potter, to thank for it. [more]


    • American Flag
    American Flag
    (Photo courtesy of PRNewsFoto)


  • Patriotic Display
    Veterans Day is coming! Although this event is actually in the middle of the Christmas selling season, allotting an area to honor our heroes is a noble thing to do specially in the light of the current situation in the U.S. [more]

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