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UK auction clears out '007's warehouse'updated: Tue Aug 16 2011 06:35:00

Aspiring James Bonds no longer need to be On Her Majesty's Secret Service to get kitted out with UK government-issue armored cars and expensive watches -- now they just need to be online.

Designer Galliano goes on trial over anti-Semitic remarksupdated: Wed Jun 22 2011 17:55:00

Flamboyant fashion designer John Galliano went on trial Wednesday, accused of making anti-Semitic comments against at least three people in a Paris cafe.

'The king is dead' at Dior fashion showupdated: Sat Mar 05 2011 12:35:00

For the past week British designer John Galliano has rarely been out of the headlines following his alleged anti-semitic rant at a couple in a Parisian bar.

Designer to face trial over anti-Semitic remarksupdated: Wed Mar 02 2011 14:04:00

Designer John Galliano will stand trial for racial insults stemming from anti-Semitic comments he allegedly made against at least three people, the Paris prosecutor announced Wednesday.

Dior moves to fire Galliano after Hitler commentsupdated: Wed Mar 02 2011 05:13:00

Christian Dior has started proceedings to fire designer John Galliano after he was filmed making anti-Semitic comments in a Paris restaurant, the fashion giant said Tuesday.

Designer's words crash against Dior's imageupdated: Wed Mar 02 2011 05:13:00

CNN's Colleen McEdwards talks to corporate consultant Jeremy Robinson-Leon on Dior's firing of its star designer.

People.com: John Galliano Fired from Diorupdated: Tue Mar 01 2011 16:10:00

The layoff is underway immediately following his "particularly odious nature of the behavior and words"

Dior suspends designer John Galliano after arrestupdated: Tue Mar 01 2011 04:37:00

Days before the fashion catwalk known as the Oscars' red carpet and right before Paris Fashion Week, Christian Dior on Friday suspended designer John Galliano for allegedly making anti-Semitic remarks.

People.com: John Galliano Suspended by Dior After Alleged Café Spatupdated: Fri Feb 25 2011 15:52:00

The fashion house says it has a zero-tolerance policy regarding racial slurs

People.com: Monaco's Prince Albert and Bride to Marry Outdoorsupdated: Thu Dec 23 2010 19:29:00

The July 2 religious ceremony will be held in an untraditional setting

A house that you can wear? When fashion meets architectureupdated: Mon Aug 30 2010 08:15:00

A dress made out of recycled waste; a collection of clothes composed of fresh flowers; a synthetic outfit that looks like wave of water around the body.

People.com: Jane Krakowski Won't Elope Like Calista Flockhartupdated: Mon Jul 19 2010 14:27:00

"My parents would kill me," the actress-singer says about her Ally McBeal costar's tying the knot with Harrison Ford

Update spring wardrobe 10 waysupdated: Mon Mar 29 2010 11:00:00

These key pieces will get you ready for the new season!

Fired exec: 'Starbucks saved my life'updated: Thu Feb 05 2009 13:03:00

Michael Gates Gill was a high-flying, six-figure-earning advertising executive years ago before he was abruptly fired. He had created huge campaigns for companies like Christian Dior and Ford and lived an even bigger life, with luxury automobiles, lavish vacations and fabulous clothes.

People.com: Charlize Theron Settles $20 Million Lawsuitupdated: Tue Nov 04 2008 14:10:00

Details of the actress and the luxury watchmaker's agreement are undisclosed

Time.com: Recession? Not in New Delhi's Luxury Stores updated: Wed Oct 29 2008 14:00:00

The wealth of India's capital is built on a still booming traditional economy, not the diving stock market. And much of it based on cash not credit

SI.com: Richard Hoffer: My own private flight clubupdated: Wed Jul 23 2008 12:13:00

The Grand Olympic Auditorium -- the Grand described the address, not its condition -- was a concrete vault, built for the 1932 Olympics but long since consigned to the indignities of weekly boxing and wrestling. By the time I got there in 1979, to cover the fights for the Los Angeles Times, even those indignities were passing. The networks were beginning to poach whatever attractions they could, leaving the small clubs without the denouement of long-wrought rivalries. It was a failing scene.

People.com: Supermodel Plunges to Death in Apparent Suicideupdated: Mon Jun 30 2008 12:15:00

Ruslana Korshunova, 20, leapt from the balcony of her New York apartment

Stone reaps bad karma for quake commentsupdated: Thu May 29 2008 16:35:00

French fashion house Christian Dior says it is dropping prominent actress Sharon Stone from its advertisements in China after her remarks about the recent devastating earthquake being an act of "karma."

Sharon Stone's bad karmaupdated: Thu May 29 2008 16:35:00

CNN's John Vause reports on the outrage caused by Sharon Stone's suggestion that "bad karma" caused the quake in China.

Time.com: Stone Sorry for China Quake Remarkupdated: Thu May 29 2008 11:00:00

Christian Dior has dropped Sharon Stone from its Chinese ads and released a statement from her apologizing for saying China's earthquake may have been bad karma over Tibet

CNNMoney: Group: Lipsticks test positive for leadupdated: Fri Oct 12 2007 15:39:00

A significant proportion of lipstick manufactured in the United States and used by millions of American women contains surprisingly high levels of lead, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics said Thursday.

Time.com: Lagerfeld: Valentino Should Not Retireupdated: Wed Oct 03 2007 12:25:00

Karl Lagerfeld lamented the decision by Valentino to retire next year, saying Wednesday that he feared the 75-year-old Italian would find life after fashion a bore

Fortune: Does bling beat the market?updated: Wed Sep 05 2007 03:42:00

Remember when it was all the rage to screen socially and environmentally irresponsible stocks, like sweatshop employers or polluters, from your portfolio? Now a new class of niche investment products has emerged to weed out what some see as even worse: the hoi polloi.

CNNMoney: Germany cracks down on eBay's fakesupdated: Fri Jul 27 2007 02:51:00

eBay Inc. disclosed on Friday that Germany's top court ruled several months ago that the world's largest online auctioneer must do more to halt the sale of counterfeit goods on its site.

Time.com: Dreamy Couture in Parisupdated: Thu Jul 05 2007 09:35:00

The soggy weather at the fall 2007 haute couture collections hasn't dampened fashion inspiration

Time.com: Designer Gianfranco Ferre Diesupdated: Thu Jun 21 2007 17:35:00

Trained as an architect, the Italian was hailed as the Frank Lloyd Wright of fashion

Chairman of LVMH, Bernard Arnault TalkAsia Interview Transcriptupdated: Wed Mar 16 2005 04:55:00

Airdate: February 12th, 2005

Socialist-shopping in Shanghaiupdated: Thu Jan 27 2005 06:12:00

You can buy anything in modern Shanghai. Well, almost anything.

CNNMoney: Trump bride picks Dior gown for weddingupdated: Tue Jan 18 2005 12:47:00

Melania Knauss, fiancee of real estate mogul Donald Trump, will be wearing a sumptuous gown made by fashion house Christian Dior when she walks down the aisle this weekend.

Fortune: The Magic Touch LVMH chief Bernard Arnault runs dozens of luxury brands, from Moet & Chandon to Thomas updated: Mon Sep 06 2004 00:01:00

In the conference room of an exquisite townhouse off Hanover Square in London, two dozen executives of luxury powerhouse LVMH are contemplating a critical question: Who should be the new women's we...

CNNMoney: Dior signs Charlize Theronupdated: Fri Aug 13 2004 14:19:00

Actress Charlize Theron has signed a contract with Christian Dior to be the face of its best-selling perfume J'adore, pitting her against fellow Oscar winner Nicole Kidman who will launch a similar campaign for Chanel.

Fortune: Put a Little War In Your Wardrobeupdated: Mon May 14 2001 00:01:00

Like some sort of dark daffodil, camouflage is popping up all over. But even when coming from a chichi fashion house--and many have surrendered to the trend--it gives off a welcome whiff of insurge...

Fortune: What We Wore Simply put, the history of office attire for men goes something like this: suits, suits, suits, updated: Mon Nov 22 1999 00:01:00

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Fortune: Beauty Wars: Lips, Gams, Tansupdated: Mon Jul 11 1994 00:01:00

You diet and exercise until model-thin, but the cellulite on your thighs remains. Can you find help in a bottle? Perhaps. Christian Dior's new cellulite remedy, Svelte, is causing a stampede at cos...

Money Magazine: And wise up to the cost of designer eyewear Wise Up DESIGNER FRAMESupdated: Tue Mar 01 1994 00:01:00

Ever since 1969, when Christian Dior put his moniker on a pair of $45 eyeglass frames, designer eyewear has proliferated, growing from 5% in the mid-'80s to an eye-popping 40% of the $4.6 billion f...

Fortune: COMPANIES TO WATCHupdated: Mon Nov 02 1992 00:01:00

EKCO GROUP A company whose bread and butter is producing cookie sheets, potato peelers, and mousetraps does not make mouths water on Wall Street. But what Ekco Group of Nashua, New Hampshire, lacks...

Fortune: WARNACO CEO EYES THE LANDSCAPEupdated: Mon Oct 21 1991 00:01:00

That well-dressed, freshly coiffed woman busy window-shopping as she scurries to be in her Manhattan office by 7:30 a.m. could well be Linda Wachner, 45, CEO of clothing manufacturer Warnaco Group....

Fortune: TREATING THE RETAILERS AS PARTNERSupdated: Mon Dec 18 1989 00:01:00

As CEO of Warnaco, the $650-million-a-year apparel company she led in a 1986 LBO, Linda Wachner, 43, knows that to sell her Christian Dior, Hathaway, and Olga brands she must listen to what retaile...

Fortune: KING OF CHIC -- AND ARTFUL DEALS BERNARD ARNAULT b. MARCH 5, 1949updated: Mon Jan 02 1989 00:01:00

FRIENDS SAY Bernard Arnault is deeply in love with luxury goods. The 39-year- old French entrepreneur disputes that. ''You fall in love for inexplicable reasons,'' he says. ''This is completely rat...

Fortune: FIVE WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCEupdated: Mon Dec 19 1988 00:01:00

AN ELEGANT STRATEGY BASED ON CLASSY BRANDS One of the new band of tough, U.S.-style European managers, Bernard Arnault, 39, revived a bankrupt textile company, then built a luxury-goods empire that...

Fortune: COVER THE YEAR'S 50 MOST FASCINATING BUSINESS PEOPLE LINDA WACHNER NEW OUTFIT FOR A QUEEN OF BEAUTYupdated: Mon Jan 05 1987 00:01:00

FOR CHRISTMAS a year ago, former Max Factor president Linda Wachner wanted a $905-million present: Revlon's cosmetics and perfume business. She wanted it so badly that she spent Christmas day in he...

Fortune: THE YEAR'S 50 MOST FASCINATING BUSINESS PEOPLE LINDA WACHNER NEW OUTFIT FOR A QUEEN OF BEAUTYupdated: Sun Jan 05 1986 00:01:00

FOR CHRISTMAS a year ago, former Max Factor president Linda Wachner wanted a $905-million present: Revlon's cosmetics and perfume business. She wanted it so badly that she spent Christmas day in he...

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