Archive for the ‘Fashion’ Category

“Models As Muse” exhibit in New York

May 5th, 2009

Installations for The Costume Institute’s “Models As Muse” exhibit are seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York May 4, 2009. (Photo/Reuters)

A visitor views an installation for The Costume Institute’s “Models As Muse” exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York May 4, 2009. (Photo/Reuters)

An installation for the Costume Institute’s “Models As Muse” exhibit is seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York May 4, 2009. (Photo/Reuters)

A photograph by Irving Penn of Jean Patchett for the April 1, 1950 Vogue cover is seen during The Costume Institute’s “Models As Muse” exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York May 4, 2009. (Photo/Reuters)

2009 Asian Traditional Wedding Show

April 13th, 2009

A model displays a wedding dress designed by Yumi Karsula, in Shizuoka, Japan, April 11, 2009. Yumi Karsula wedding dress show was held here on Saturday as a part of the 2009 Asian Traditional Wedding Show from April 10 to 11. (Xinhua/Hua Yi)

Models display wedding dresses designed by Yumi Karsula, in Shizuoka, Japan, April 11, 2009. (Xinhua/Hua Yi)

Models display wedding dresses designed by Yumi Karsula, in Shizuoka, Japan, April 11, 2009. (Xinhua/Hua Yi)

Yumi Karsula wedding dress show was held on Saturday as a part of the 2009 Asian Traditional Wedding Show from April 10 to 11.

Costumed fans bring fantasy characters to life

April 13th, 2009

Devotees of Cosplay perform during a preliminary contest of the China COSPLAY Super Show held in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, April 12, 2009. Around 1000 Cosplay enthusiasts took part in the contest, the winners of which will be qualified for the final of the Super Show in May. (Xinhua/Li Zhong)

Devotees of Cosplay perform during a preliminary contest of the China COSPLAY Super Show held in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, April 12, 2009. (Xinhua/Li Zhong)

Devotees of Cosplay perform during a preliminary contest of the China COSPLAY Super Show held in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, April 12, 2009. (Xinhua/Li Zhong)

A devotee of Cosplay performs during a preliminary contest of the China COSPLAY Super Show held in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, April 12, 2009. (Xinhua/Li Zhong)

Audiences watch Cosplay performances during a preliminary contest of the China COSPLAY Super Show held in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, April 12, 2009. Around (Xinhua/Li Zhong)

Around 1000 Cosplay enthusiasts took part in the contest, the winners of which will be qualified for the final of the Super Show in May.

Bosnia Fashion Week in Sarajevo

April 9th, 2009

A model wears a creation by Pakistani designer Rizwan Beyg during a fashion show on the first day of Bosnia Fashion Week in Sarajevo, Wednesday, April 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Hidajet Delic)

A model wears a creation by Pakistani designer Rizwan Beyg during a fashion show on the first day of Bosnia Fashion Week in Sarajevo, Wednesday, April 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Hidajet Delic)

A model wears a creation by Pakistani designer Rizwan Beyg during a fashion show on the first day of Bosnia Fashion Week in Sarajevo, Wednesday, April 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Hidajet Delic)

Models wear creations by Pakistani designer Rizwan Beyg during a fashion show on the first day of Bosnia Fashion Week in Sarajevo, Wednesday, April 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Hidajet Delic)

Models wear creations by Pakistani designer Rizwan Beyg during a fashion show on the first day of Bosnia Fashion Week in Sarajevo, Wednesday, April 8, 2009.

Barbie fashion show held in Paris

April 7th, 2009

Barbie dolls are displayed on April 6, 2009 in Paris during the “Barbie Fashion show 2009″. (AFP PHOTO)

A Barbie doll dressed up in a creation of French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier is displayed on April 6, 2009 in Paris during the “Barbie Fashion show 2009″.(AFP PHOTO)

A Barbie doll dressed up in a creation of French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac is displayed on April 6, 2009 in Paris during the “Barbie Fashion show 2009″.(AFP PHOTO)

Barbie dolls dressed up in creations of designers are displayed on April 6, 2009 in Paris during the “Barbie Fashion show 2009″.(AFP PHOTO)

Barbie dolls are displayed on April 6, 2009 in Paris during the “Barbie Fashion show 2009″, an exhibition dedicated to the world’s most famous toy, that takes places at the Galerie Lafayette store from April 6 to 25, 2009 to celebrate her 50th birthday.

The whole 1st floor shows the 29-centimeter (11.4-inch) beauty dressed up in outifits specially created by fashion designers such as Christian Lacroix, Gerard Darel, Sonia Rykiel, Karl Lagerfeld and Jean-Charles de Castelbajac.