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Yves Saint Laurent in his drawing room with a couture model in 1995; with Léger's "The Black Profile" behind him and a Jean Dunand vase to his left
By SUZY MENKES
Pierre Bergé will auction the artworks he collected with his partner, Yves Saint Laurent, in Paris in February. They include works by Picasso, Léger, Brancusi, Braque; Matisse and Mondrian.
By SUZY MENKES
The Paris exhibition "Sous l'Empire des Crinolines 1852-1870" suggests that crinoline, while a lighthearted pleasure, was also the founding of a commercial fashion industry and the force behind democratic department stores and women's active new lives.
By JESSICA MICHAULT
At the "Les Sapins de Noël des Créateurs" charity auction in Paris, 44 designer Christmas trees in a variety of shapes, sizes and styles were sold.
By DOREEN CARVAJAL
The thieves behind the Harry Winston heist in Paris have been nicknamed the Pink Panthers, after the movie.
By SUZY MENKES
As the new creative director of Garrard, the crown jeweler, Stephen Webster is expected to bring more than the rock 'n' roll spirit he tuned into when he spent the 1980s in California. Ron Burkle, Garrard's current owner, is hoping to match heritage with hip and welcome Webster's smoking-hot celebrity clientele.
By RUTH LA FERLA
Just because the sun is going down on the economy doesn't mean well-heeled women have to stop shopping. But it doesn't mean they're proud of it.
By SUZY MENKES
With the film "Paris-Moscou," the designer added another string to his bow as he unveiled last week both the mini-movie and a new "satellite" collection for Chanel.
By SUZY MENKES
The exhibition "Magnificence of the Tsars" at London's Victoria and Albert Museum (until March 29) traces the development of czar style from Peter the Great to Peter II.
By SUZY MENEKES
The Aurora collection of 296 colored diamonds, with a 267.45 carat weight, has been collected and selected over 25 years by Alan Bronstein. They are now on display at London's Natural History Museum.
By SUZY MENKES
The moment of the "metro-sexual" male is past. This season sweaters are rugged and comforting and the patterns, indisputably masculine.
By GUY TREBAY
Black Friday had an unreal quality for stores selling luxury goods, as retailers had to drastically slash prices to stay afloat during a turbulent economy.
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By JOYCE WADLER AND PENELOPE GREEN
Five design experts offer guidance on what to buy for people who truly are impossible to shop for.
By JESSICA MICHAULT
Well-known luggage brands like Samsonite, as well as luxury brands better known for fashion like Gucci and Prada, are tapping into a desire for distinctive luggage.
By BEN SEIDLER
It's not just a fashionista's fantasy: Pret-a-Portea at the Berkeley Hotel in the Knightsbridge section of London really does serve edible versions of designer collections, updated every six months for a fashionable high tea.
By SUZY MENKES
Jourdan Dunn, 19, picked up the award as model of the year at the British Fashion Awards last week.
By SUZY MENKES
"Sonia Rykiel, Exhibition" at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (until April 19) celebrates 40 years of the designer who was part of a generation that rejected the staid grandeur of haute couture and made prêt-à-porter for the newly emerging, dynamic woman of the 1960s.
By SUZY MENKES
Wearing a crown of his own design, Stephen Jones, milliner extraordinaire, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the model and fashion personality Erin O'Connor at the British Fashion Awards.
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INTERVIEW BY LYNN HIRSCHBERG
Jennifer Aniston could watch herself on a TV, a movie screen, an iPhone or a laptop. But mostly she tunes herself out — while everyone else tunes her in.
By - SUZY MENKES
The challenge for the de Young museum in San Francisco, which is hosting "Yves Saint Laurent" until April 5, is to put this great body of YSL work in context.
By - SUZY MENKES
Jeanne Lanvin's collection of 31 artworks, which reads like a list of Impressionism to early Modernism, goes on sale at Christie's in Paris on Dec. 1.
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