FOR THE DOWNTURN, GUCCI DOWNPLAYS THE LOGOS

How do you sell luxury in a recession? If you're Gucci, you try to convince customers a handbag isn't just an accessory but an investment. The purse getting top billing in Gucci boutiques this season is the New Jackie, based on a style carried by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and marketed as ...

Bad-boy British designer Alexander McQueen's Oct. 6 runway show was the talk of Paris Fashion Week -- and you didn't have to be a magazine editor, high-powered buyer, or Hollywood celebrity to get a front-row seat. A video of the event, featuring a dramatic, aquatic-themed multimedia display and models in reptile-patterned clothing and shoes resembling crab claws, was streamed ...

PARIS (Reuters) - If you've got it, flaunt it and sell it: that was the message at Paris fashion week as collections teemed with lacy stockings, bra straps and exposed knickers. Garter belts -- real, worked into dresses or painted onto skin -- featured heavily at Sonia Rykiel, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Christian Dior and Chanel. At Chanel, designer Karl Lagerfeld mixed innocent white ...