Fashion & Beauty

PARIS - Could it be the recent death of Maurice Herzog, the first man to scale the 8,000-meter (26,500-foot) Annapurna peak, that inspired Louis Vuitton to climb the Himalayas for his winter menswear outing? Or perhaps just a love of exotic, far-flun

PARIS - Issey Miyake is one house with its finger firmly on the pulse of the weather forecast. During last summer's heat wave, the Franco-Japanese fashion house handed out designer ice packs to clammy menswear spectators.

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PARIS - Raf Simons gave the dandy a colorful, 21st century makeover in his accomplished menswear show in Paris, replete with flappy collars, cravates, long cuffs and sumptuous satin.

PARIS - The Valentino fashion house explored new landscapes in its first menswear show in Paris, travelling first class to London's Saville Row via a dash of British punk rock. It was a highly confident affair.

PARIS - Carven designer Guillaume Henry channeled a day in the life of the suited city businessman — on the subway and at the office — for his fall-winter 2013-2014 fashion show.

MILAN - The winter fashion statement coming out of Milan this time has been decidedly conservative.

MILAN - Designer Angelo Galasso says men are becoming increasingly more fashion-indulgent and vain — but notes that designers must move with caution when nudging them into bolder fashion choices.

MILAN - Next winter marks the "return of the classic suit." That's just what Giorgio Armani does best. Fame came to the designer in the 1970s with his invention of the lining-less jacket.

MILAN - Every season the Canadian designing twins, Dean and Dan Caten, creators of the DSquared2 label, present their wears in a different runway setting.