Gianfranco Ferré, the man dubbed the “architect of fashion” for his sculptured silhouettes, died Sunday night at the San Raffaele hospital here after being hospitalized for a brain hemorrhage. He was 62.

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While the established designers had a break from the ramp and went back to their drawing boards for the upcoming season, young designers staged a mini-takeover of the ramp and the results have been astounding. In fact for the past month or so, Johannesburg fashion scene had been playing host to a number of events specifically dedicated to unearthing new fashion talent.

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So, is it the smoky eye or the natural eye? The red lip or the pale lip? People are always telling us what to put on our faces, but how many of us can really keep up?

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Have you ever seen an ugly bride? Probably not. No woman intentionally goes out of her way to plop down more than $887 (the national average, according to the Fairchild Bridal Group’s American Wedding Survey, 2005) to find an unattractive gown that does little to enhance her assets.

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The weather is getting warmer and the sun hotter if you haven’t thought about it already its time to consider the summer fashion trends of 2007 It’s time to think of lighter and brighter clothes that complement the season and take advantage of the bold and fun outfits that will be in for summer 2007.

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They say trends either trickle down from the catwalk or bubble up from the street, and when you’ve got students designing their graduate collections, you’re treated to the best of both worlds.

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We all realize the hazards of regular consumption of fast food and its effects on healthy lifestyle. Yet, millions of adult men and women find it extremely difficult, rather impossible to resist the temptations of fried chicken, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, French fries, sodas or pizzas.

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In a marriage of discount and dreams, a major retailer wants to prove that a once-in-a-lifetime experience doesn’t require a once-in-a-lifetime investment. So here comes the bride… in a budget wedding gown from Target. The gowns, sold through Target.com for less than $200, have appeared in recent weeks on “Oprah” and on the pages of Lucky and Glamour magazines.

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Summer makeup means creating a face that radiates with warmth and shimmer. Bronzers, powders that glisten, muted hues on eyes and lips — these are what make you look summer-healthy and get you glowing! “The ‘dos’ for this season include kissable lips created by using neutral shimmers alone or over your own lipstick.

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With delicious heartthrobs like David Beckham setting the standard for male beauty, it’s totally hip these days for your guy to be metrosexual. It just means his grooming habits may rival yours — and that he may occasionally steal your moisturizer, borrow your hair highlighting kit, use your tweezers and hog the bathroom longer than you ever did. But if you’re just getting back into the man pool, or you’ve slept through the whole metrosexual revolution, you might find all of this a little confusing.

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