Critics are trying to classify all fashion designers as pessimists and optimists. But Albert Elbaz is definitely a realist. He says he always sincerely tries to understand what women need to get out of fashion – dresses, pants suits, blouses, coats. We don’t go to parties and high profile dinners every day. Full story

Compared to Dior Haute Couture collection, critics saw John Galliano’s pret-a-porter line for a French fashion house as lacking passion intrinsic to this designer’s clothing. Yet, inspired by Paul Poiret fashion ideas, the 20-s, and Oriental style, the clothing line was stunning Full story

Every woman wants to look like a queen on her wedding day. At the last London Jewelry Week, Adami fashion house showed off 240 000 pounds sterling platinum wedding gown. Only a few could afford this luxury. Today, we are going to talk about fashionable wedding dresses for mere mortals. Full story

Men like women with beautiful legs, women envy other women their long legs. Everybody knows that the way our legs look greatly depends on what footwear we have on. But I'm sure that only few are aware of little tricks which can help accentuate the beauty of female legs. Raise your awareness from this article. Full story

Call it anything, from totally impractical design concept to a great idea of transformer dress. We've already seen Lindsay Lohan's torn leggings and Victoria Beckham's heel-less shoes. So why should this dress of zippers look weird or impractical? And who says fashion should be practical anyway. Do you wear stiletto heels? Practical enough. Full story

Today's shoe fashion is Janus-like. Some fashion designers are giving a new lease of life to the trends of past decades. Others are trying to look into the future. The interaction of these trends is what influences the contemporary fashion. Creating the fall footwear collections, many fashion designers relied on the ideas they came up with last spring. Hit fashion trend is still expressing an extreme femininity embodied in amazingly high heels or in a silent "cat's" gait that absolutely flat sole shoes create. Let’s discuss fall shoe trends 2008 more detailed. Today we’ll talk about colors and textures. Full story