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On Thursday night, New York City will transform into one big after-hours shopping party for Fashion's Night Out, a whirlwind of festive, quirky store events to kick off New York Fashion Week. But it's not all high-end specialty stores -- mass retailers are increasingly using FNO to assert their own fashion bona fides.

Clotheshorses already have Project Runway, but coming soon will be project runaway prices. That's right, once the holiday season is over, get ready to pay higher prices for clothes. Less competition among stores, rising labor costs in developing countries and inventory control mastered during this...

When confronted with a sale rumor, standard corporate operating procedure is to ignore it, whether true or false. But some rumors simply need to be knocked down, like today's report in the New York Post that Lagardère, the Paris-based parent of Hachette Fillipacchi Media, is in talks to hand...

Klum-maniacs and Gunn-lovers, take heart -- you'll soon be reunited with "Project Runway." The original fashion reality show is finally out of court and will soon be back on the small screen. The new season bows Aug. 20.Entertainment Weekly's luscious preview of season six included some news on the...

Fashion designer Kevin Christiana is the antithesis of fashion. That's because he's not into the usual hobnobbing, fake flattery, and hype that goes along with the territory. I met him a couple of years ago at an opening night Fashion Week party. After a couple hours of the enforced socializing, he...

Until recently, the big music labels shelled out crazy green to get their talent in front of TV cameras for promotional appearances. Each time a star performed on an awards ceremony or a top-flight chat show, record labels spent excessive amounts to put their moneymakers in front of the cameras....