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Seven fashion pros who dress top showbiz insiders reveal when it's OK to wear an item more than one and the new rules of power suits: 'Bring your whole self [...]

Byline: MARCY MEDINA Photographs by ART STREIBER Typographic embellishment by NIM BEN-REUVEN The Oscars Being Brie Best actress nominee Brie Larson savors her moment in the sun while sharing her [...]

Byline: BY MARCY MEDINA Confessions From The Red Carpet AS A FASHION CONSULTANT, ELIZABETH SALTZMAN HELPS CELEBRITIES ACHIEVE AWARDS-SHOW CONFIDENCE. JUST DON'T CALL HER A STYLIST. I always shiver when [...]

Byline: - MARCY MEDINA Hit the Slopes Hollywood descended on Park City in Utah this weekend for the Sundance Film Festival, where screenings and bidding wars were punctuated by - [...]

Byline: MARCY MEDINA PHOTOGRAPHS BY AHMED KLINK MEN'S DESIGNER Greg Lauren Greg Lauren epitomizes what makes Los Angeles such a creative nexus right now - blending art and fashion into [...]

Byline: BY EVAN CLARK AND MARCY MEDINA ILLUSTRATION BY LUIS GRA�ENA Board room Famous CELEBRITIES ARE TRYING THEIR HAND AT BUSINESS, MOVING FROM HOLLYWOOD TOWARD WALL STREET. Call it phase [...]

Byline: - MARCY MEDINA, ERICKA FRANKLIN AND LINDZI SCHARF Gold Mine After the shiny statutes were handed out on Sunday night, celebrities of all varieties scattered to different corners of [...]

Byline: - MARCY MEDINA State of the Art Hollywood's - and Gucci's - go-to museum is toasted with LACMA's Art + Film Gala. WED. NOV. 4 - SAT. NOV. 7 [...]

Byline: EDITED BY TAYLOR HARRIS AND ERIK MAZA MARCY MEDINA Hammer Time Julia Roberts and Ed Ruscha? Hollywood and the art world collide at the Hammer Museum's Gala in the [...]

Byline: BY MARCY MEDINA Photograph by EMMAN MONTALVAN Styling by LISA MOSKO Showtime, Synergy! With Aubrey Peeples, Jem is back in all her bubblegum-pop glory. It's a common joke in [...]

Byline: - MARCY MEDINA Meanwhile, Out West... In L.A., a Parisian and a New Yorker were the toast of the town. SEPT 24 'L.A. can be so schlubby.' On Thursday [...]

Briefs LIMITED EDITION Rodarte Accessorizes Mandarin Oriental Rodarte and Mandarin Oriental New York have teamed up again. The Manhattan-based luxury hotel has tapped designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy for projects [...]

Byline: MARCY MEDINA Photograph by RAINER HOSCH Alba's Next Act On the heels of a controversy surrounding her sunscreen, Jessica Alba unveils Honest Beauty, her ambitious new skin-care and makeup [...]

Seacrest's Rising Tide The celebrity host expands his Macy's line into new categories for fall. Macy's celebrity tie-ins have been a mixed bag. For every Jessica Simpson, there's a Martha [...]

Byline: - MARCY MEDINA Tech Talk Tom Nastos had been chief executive officer and president of ENK International for three years when Advanstar bought the trade show in 2012. He [...]

Byline: - MARCY MEDINA DeMoulin Reflects Chris DeMoulin was appointed executive vice president of fashion and president of MAGIC in January 2008. Managing MAGIC - which encompassed all the men's [...]

Byline: BY MARCY MEDINA GRIFFIN'S MISSION CHRIS GRIFFIN KEEPS NUDGING THE BUSINESS AHEAD. Reflecting on his eight years at WWDMAGIC, Chris Griffin, president of Sourcing @ MAGIC and playground (he [...]

Byline: BY MARCY MEDINA Illustrations by GLUEKIT MASTER PLANNER ADVANSTAR CEO JOE LOGGIA HAS BEEN THE ARCHITECT OF GROWTH FOR THE WOMEN'S SHOW. Joe Loggia, the current chief executive officer [...]

Byline: MARCY MEDINA ATOMIC PARTICLES The Smith siblings are typical multitasking - and successful - Gen Zers. It's hard not to stare at the Smith siblings, especially at close range. [...]

Briefs Curve Appeal With Fit for Me Fruit of the Loom is breathing new life into its new brand. Fruit of the Loom is relaunching and expanding its plus-size underwear [...]

Briefs Erin Wasson's Fine Play After almost a decade designing jewelry ranging from one-off to mass market, Erin Wasson is launching a fine jewelry line called Wasson. The 25-piece range [...]

Byline: EDITED BY DIANNE M. POGODA By MARCY MEDINA Photograph by DONATO SARDELLA Second Time Around Nicole Richie is in the midst of transformation. Nicole Richie knows a thing or [...]

Briefs Proenza's New Partner The deal is done, now the hard part. After months of wrangling and speculation, Proenza Schouler brought in Castanea Partners as a new investor this week. [...]

Byline: LISA LOCKWOOD and MARCY MEDINA EDITED BY ARTHUR ZACZKIEWICZ Band of Outsiders Stops the Music Finding it tough to be independent, the buzzy L.A. contemporary men's and women's brand [...]

Byline: BY MARCY MEDINA EDITED BY JEAN E. PALMIERI AND ALEX BADIA Photographs by JAMES LEE WALL Perse's World The designer has built a $150 million business on everything from [...]

Byline: MARCY MEDINA Photos by RAINER HOSCH The Guru Angela Lindvall Goes From Runway Regular to Wellness Master 'I've always had a dream: to have a piece of land and [...]

Byline: MARCY MEDINA Lauder Unveils New Dimension Line Estée Lauder wants to transform the beauty landscape with its latest offering, the aptly titled New Dimension collection. Fronted by actress Eva [...]

Byline: - MARCY MEDINA Hail Mary Mary Katrantzou is having a good April. Last week, Bergdorf Goodman hosted a dinner in her honor in New York. And on Monday, Matchesfashion.com [...]

Byline: - MARCY MEDINA Animal House Two years after the much lamented closing of the popular late-night pizzeria Damiano's Mr. Pizza, a new spot is opening in its place. And [...]

Byline: - MARCY MEDINA Brit Stars To fete the opening of its Rodeo Drive flagship, Burberry brought a massive dose of British flavor to one of Hollywood's most iconic locations, [...]

FASHION SCOOPS BACK IN L.A.: The Beckhams may have retreated back to London a few years ago, but the couple is clearly finding it difficult to part ways with their [...]

FASHION SCOOPS COPPING IN CHICAGO: 'It's great to come to Chicago. I couldn't think of anywhere better to start,' Peter Copping said on Monday afternoon. Oscar de la Renta's newly [...]

Byline: MARCY MEDINA B. Akerlund App to Help Designers Get Started LOS ANGELES - She has the power to pluck designers out of obscurity by putting their creations on stars [...]

FASHION SCOOPS MARANT'S MOMENT: You'd be hard-pressed to find an article on Isabel Marant that didn't at least mention her provenance. 'She's got that Parisian cool thing down,' Mamie Gummer [...]

Byline: MARCY MEDINA Oliver Peoples, Byredo Team Up Pushing the boundaries of perception and partnership, Los Angeles-based luxury eyewear brand Oliver Peoples has linked with Stockholm-based fragrance house Byredo to [...]

Byline: - MARCY MEDINA India's Expanding Empire India Hicks, the island-dwelling aristocrat who built a licensing empire on her Bahamas-meets-Britain lifestyle, is launching a new collection and a new company, [...]

Byline: MARCY MEDINA Ruffian Designers Launch Wolk Morais Designers Brian Wolk and Claude Morais are still in the honeymoon phase of their Los Angeles love affair. Inspired by their recent [...]

Byline: - MARCY MEDINA Austin Formal At south by Southwest, which wrapped up Sunday, denim shorts and overalls ruled, Converse kicks were the preferred shoe of choice, and a girl's [...]

FASHION SCOOPS MAKE A LEFT: Saint Laurent is going back to its roots - the Left Bank of the Seine river, where the Paris fashion house was originally founded by [...]

Byline: MARCY MEDINA Diddy's New Day: Combs Reenters Fragrance Sean 'Diddy' Combs wants to hit the 'reset' button. After a six-year hiatus from the fragrance business once Estée Lauder Cos. [...]

MEMO PAD SECRET SERVICE: The fourth episode of Dior's 'Secret Garden' video series is slated to feature Rihanna . The film and print campaign, shot this week by Steven Klein [...]

FASHION SCOOPS CALVIN KLEIN DRESS HEIST: Calvin Klein officials had no comment Thursday about Lupita Nyong'o 's pearl-embellished Calvin Klein gown that was stolen out of her room in the [...]

FASHION SCOOPS HOUSTON CALLING: The Webster plans to open its first store outside Miami Beach in November at the Houston Galleria. The 5,000-square-foot store will occupy part of a freestanding [...]

Byline: MARCY MEDINA Wright's Style Evolution on 'Cards' LOS ANGELES - Robin Wright, who plays first lady of the United States Claire Underwood in the highly anticipated third season of [...]

Byline: - MARCY MEDINA Among Winners After a three-hour-plus Academy Awards, Hollywood finally got what it was waiting for: dinner. Wolfgang Puck served up his annual feast at the Governor's [...]

Byline: MARCY MEDINA Hollywood Says Hooray Tom Ford knew exactly what he was doing when he moved his fall runway show to Los Angeles during Oscar weekend. Not only did [...]

Byline: - MARCY MEDINA AND LINDZI SCHARF Three's Company On the night before the Academy Awards, Hollywood always honors a handful of traditions. The Film Independent Spirit Awards are handed [...]

Byline: - MARCY MEDINA First-Name Basis While it's a given that fashion houses get their moment to shine at the Academy Awards when reporters shout 'Who are you wearing?' this [...]

Byline: - MARCY MEDINA Good Vibes While Hollywood savors the glamour and glory of Oscar week, it's savvy enough to realize that it's sometimes best to temper such extravagant partying [...]

Byline: BY MARCY MEDINA Kathy Griffin: The Next Joan of Snark? PUNDITS BE DAMMED - KATHY GRIFFIN HAS GONE AHEAD AND ANOINTED HERSELF THE NEW 'GRANDE DAME OF COMEDY,' CARRYING [...]