Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall 2008:

• Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall 2008: Farah Angsana

LOS ANGELES, Mar 14, 2008 / FW/ — Farah Angsana has menswear, ready-to-wear and couture lines. Though she showed during the Paris Haute Couture season, albeit, off-calendar, it is good to note that she is actually showed a different collection here in Los Angeles, i.e., a real fall collection instead of just repeating her Spring 2008 couture collection. [more]

• Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall 2008: For Nicky Hilton, The Jury is still Deliberating

DALLAS, Mar 14, 2008 / FW/ — Being called for jury duty prevented me from attending Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios, but as a fashion editor I have the privilege of seeing the collections via the eyes of our correspondents and streaming video. Among the designers showing in Los Angeles, Nicky Hilton attracted my attention the most. [more]

• Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall 2008: Ashley Paige

LOS ANGELES, Mar 14, 2008 / FW/ — When I got this assignment, my editor told me that Ashley Paige is a swimwear line and I might find it strange that is being shown during the fall / winter season. And though my editor was right ( I did find showing swimsuits for fall / winter was peculiar), I kept an open mind and found that I like Ashley Paige on personal and professional levels. [more]

• Los Angeles Fashion Week Fall 2008: Falguni & Shane Peacock

LOS ANGELES, Mar 14, 2008 / FW/ — If there is a collection that is so aptly named, Falguni & Shane Peacock is. From start to finish, every item, every exit, every look is an unconventional combination of prints and colors (similar in effect to the real peacock) that surprisingly worked. [more]

Happy New Year

• Cell Phones: The Latest Fashion Arena

DALLAS, Jan 1, 2008 / FW/ — First, it was Dolce & Gabbana, followed closely by Prada and Giorgio Armani. And now, Dior and Swarovski had announced that they are joining the mobile phone arena with the launch of new luxury handsets this year. [more]

• Mother Earth Wins At The Rose Parade with Rain Bird’s 2008 Preservation Celebration Float

LOS ANGELES, Jan 1, 2008 / FW/ — With the ‘Passport to World’s Celebrations’ as the 2008 theme of the Rose Parade, Rain Bird Corporation, the leading manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services chose to celebrate life by paying tribute to the central role that water plays in sustaining all of the Earth’s inhabitants. [more]

• Happy New Year! Lucky 13 and a Decade Old

DALLAS, Jan 1, 2008 / FW/ — 2008 marks two milestones for FashionWindows. Technically, the website turns 13 in September and officially, the FashionWindows Newsletter turns 10 this February. Formally, we celebrated FashionWindows’ 10th anniversary last September 2007, because 1997 was the year that we became a full-pledged fashion website. In 1998, we launched the Visuals Newsletter. The rest is history. [more]