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The American fashion scene celebrates with a Jubilee all its own
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International Herald Tribune
06-04-2002
With designers gathered on a Manhattan rooftop, American fashion kicked off its own Jubilee celebrations over the weekend. Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, Karl Lagerfeld, Donna Karan and the super snapper Mario Testino paid court to Kalman Ruttenstein, the fashion director of Bloomingdale's and an icon of the industry.The party was a prelude to Monday's big event, as the Council of Fashion Designers of America, founded in 1942, celebra...
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America's latest export: design talent.(American fashion influences Italian designer firms' clothing styles)
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; NEW YORK -- Watch out, Milan. You may still prevail as world capital for designer men's wear, but American influence is gaining ground. As exports of popular American culture accelerate and reach all corners of the world, dusty European labels are waking up to their need for rejuvenation. And,
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American fashion is alive and well
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; NEW YORK -- American designers are having their moment in the spotlight at New York Fashion Week and, in the process, they're building a bigger base of fans. Steven Kolb, executive director of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, said Thursday that he's heard from buyers at the chicest
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All that doesn't glitter American fashion designers gain by outsimplifying the Europeans
The Boston Globe
; NEW YORK -- This month at the Paris fashion shows, fewer women were raving about Jean-Paul Gaultier's fantastical cyberhippie creations. Fewer seemed enthralled by Christian Lacroix's fancifully intricate matador clothing. Even Vivienne Westwood's lusty peasant look failed to generate much
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Lowy joining American Fashion as president. (Gary Lowy)(Brief Article)
Daily News Record
; NEW YORK -- For the first time in its 40-year history, American Fashion Inc. will have someone other than a Kurtzman as its president. Gary Lowy, currently vice-president of sales and marketing at Marzotto USA, will join the West Coast-based tailored clothing company on April 17 as president,
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AMERICAN FASHION TO PRODUCE IN ITALY.(Brief Article)
Daily News Record
; NEW YORK -- With the shuttering of its Chula Vista, Calif., factory, earlier this fall, American Fashion has transferred the major portion of its tailored clothing manufacturing to Italy. At its peak, the facility turned out 175,000 suit units a year. The company continues to manufacture a portion
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