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Man Jailed in Dubai for Wearing Marc Jacobs T-Shirt

Email thisPosted Jun 26th 2009 at 1:53PM by Maureen Dempsey

The T-shirt that led to the big house. Photo: eBay

A Lebanese man visiting Dubai was jailed after wearing a Marc Jacobs T-shirt, reports The Telegraph. Dubai, known for its flourishing shopping scene, wasn't so much dismayed by the designer label, but what was on the tee -- Victoria Beckham, naked.

Raffi Nernekian's T-shirt was one in series that Jacobs designed in 2008 for a cancer awareness campaign. (Proceeds benefitted the NYU School of Medicine Interdisciplinary Melanoma Cooperative Group.) Nernekian's shirt displayed Beckham, nude, with the words "Protect the skin you're in" covering her naughty bits.

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Paris Hilton Hits Dubai

Email thisPosted Jun 24th 2009 at 5:54PM by Jessica B. Matlin

Filed under: Celebrities with Style

Paris Hilton glams it up, Dubai-style. Photo: Haider Yousuf, Getty Images

For once, Paris Hilton is late to the party.

When Hilton appeared at a splashy press conference in Dubai for her new reality series, decked out in her finest Arabian-inspired garb (and flashy gold nail polish), you had to wonder if she got the memo that the city's high-rolling, luxury obsessed culture isn't what it once was.

Still, Hilton will be looking for some willing soul to pop the champagne with, as takes to the hot streets in search of a pal in "My New Best Friend Forever."

Wait, it's more like unscrew the Evian -- Hilton may have trouble finding someone to booze it up with in the largely conservative city. But don't worry, she's prepared. Hilton recently said Dubai is "very strict" and "the rules are crazy out there."

But maybe Dubai is still a fitting destination for Hilton's noble quest. After all, it is the city that plays host to a six-week Dubai shopping festival.

Wishing both Paris -- and certainly Dubai -- the best of luck.

Tags: Arabian, Best-Friend, BFF, dubai, My-New-Best-Friend-Forever, Paris, paris-hilton, Six-Week-Dubai-Shopping-Festiva

Man Found Guilty of Cross Dressing in Dubai - Fashion Crime

Email thisPosted Feb 3rd 2009 at 5:00PM by Josh Loposer

Filed under: Style in the News, Men

A man dressed as a woman performs in a drag show

If you're planning a trip to the rich and worldly city of Dubai -- land of folklore, myth, and Kids Fashion Week -- make sure to pack some clothing that's unmistakeably specific to your own gender, especially if you're a man. An Indian man working in Dubai was arrested by police in the Mall of the Emirates for wearing women's clothing and mascara, then fined $2,722 by a judge. Our question: what if it turns out that he was wearing manscara?

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Tags: Bollywood, Childrens Fashion Week, ChildrensFashionWeek, cross dressing, CrossDressing, Dubai, fashion crime, FashionCrime, Karl Lagerfeld, KarlLagerfeld, luxury market, LuxuryMarket, Mall of the Emirates, MallOfTheEmirates, manscara, Roberto Cavalli, RobertoCavalli, United Arab emirates, UnitedArabEmirates

Dior is for babies - well isn't that cute?

Email thisPosted Sep 13th 2008 at 2:30PM by Josh Loposer

Filed under: Kids and Babies

Looking to make rearing a child in this crazy world a little more stylish and a lot more expensive? Legendary French fashion house Dior has a suggestion for you: spend $600 on an outfit for your little one. Baby Dior has launched its winter line of high-end baby couture, presumably unveiled at Dubai's Kids Fashion Week, and it's super cute. But if you buy it, we've got one question for you: have you gone mental?

We take that back, if you've got the money to dress your baby like they're headed to a photo shoot everyday, more power to you. That way, the rest of us can pick them up second-hand at the thrift store. This darling jumpsuit is priced at $295. To complete the outfit, try the Trapper Hat for $125 and the Faux-Fur Snow Shoes for another $125. Go ahead, blow the kid's college fund on baby clothes that they'll outgrow in a few months. We promise, they'll thank you later -- OK, maybe they won't.

[via TheLifeFiles via Jezebel]

Tags: babies, Baby Dior, BabyDior, Childrens Fashion Week, ChildrensFashionWeek, Christian Dior, ChristianDior, college fund, CollegeFund, Dubai, luxury

Roberto Cavalli opening Cavalli Club in Dubai

Email thisPosted Jul 23rd 2008 at 6:11PM by Kyle Hepp

Filed under: Style in the News, Daily Obsession

Dubai is the land of luxury, 5 star hotels and islands in the shape of the world. And soon, it will become home to Roberto Cavalli's first ever Cavalli Club.

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Karl Lagerfeld to design Chanel homes on Dubai's "fashion island"

Email thisPosted Jul 10th 2008 at 4:05PM by Josh Loposer

Filed under: Style in the News, Celebrities with Style

We know that Dubai is all about opulence and a no-limits attitude regarding gross displays of wealth -- but we really had no idea what that meant until we heard that they're building an island dedicated to fashion (Isla Moda). And that legendary designer/gloved weirdo Karl Lagerfeld will be designing 80 of the island's luxury homes. That qualifies as opulent in our book. Apparently, Isla Moda is part of the larger, even more outrageous, offshore development called "The World."

We're not sure where in The World the fashion island is located -- somewhere near Milan or Paris, we presume. We do know, however, that Isla Moda will be decked out with haute couture boutiques, fashion resorts, a medical facility, and of course luxury residential villas designed by Lagerfeld and decked out with Chanel furnishings. The idea is to manufacture an international fashion hot spot that will play host to fashion shows, product launches, etc. You never know, it may be the site of next year's Children's Fashion Week.

Read what Karl had to say after the break.

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Children's fashion week? Dubai is weird

Email thisPosted Jul 8th 2008 at 9:30AM by Josh Loposer

Filed under: Style in the News

We're not sure if there's actually anything wrong with having a Children's Fashion Week, but something about it seems a little unsettling. As Dubai continues to blossom into the center of damn near everything rich people do -- including designer hotels and indoor skiing -- we find ourselves wondering if the city's latest invention is really in good taste. More importantly, will Kids Fashion Week wreak as much havoc on the human spirit as beauty pageants do? We seriously hope not.

At Dubai's 6th annual Kids Fashion Week, children in the Dubai area will be strutting down the catwalk in styles by some of the "biggest names in children's fashion." You know: Diesel, Moschino, Bennetton -- stuff that kids are into. Something about getting children involved in a multi-day fashion event just seems kinda odd -- like it's a little too much like pimping your kids out to the fashion industry. Do we want kids to be obsessed with designer fashion? Is that healthy?

[via Fashionista]

Tags: Bennetton, children, Childrens Fashion Week, ChildrensFashionWeek, Diesel, Dubai, Dubai Fashion Week, DubaiFashionWeek, Festival City, FestivalCity, indoor skiing, IndoorSkiing, kids, Moschino, United Arab emirates, United Colors, UnitedArabEmirates, UnitedColors

"Haute-tels" - designer hotels

Email thisPosted Sep 18th 2006 at 3:40PM by Sarah J. Gim

Filed under: Haute Home, Celebrities with Style

karl lagerfeld and schlosshotel, germany

I'm calling them "haute-tels" because they are luxury resort hotels that are being built by fashion designers.

Back in 2004, when Bulgari teamed up with Marriott/Ritz Carlton, there was no connection between fashion and travel, except for designers and models shacking up in fancy hotels on their glamorous globe-trots. But today, everyone from Betsey Johnson to Vera Wang is getting into the hotel and hospitality world. However, according to Forbes, industry analysts are skeptical because not only is the hospitality industry notoriously difficult (as if fashion isn't -- pshaw!), but diluting a specialty luxury brand is risky. Designers, though seem to want exactly that -- expanding their specialty reputation in shoes or leather or ballgowns into a "lifestyle brand."

Here are Forbes' 10 picks for designer hotels:

Anouska Hempel has four hotels around the globe: Blakes London, Blakes Amsterdam, The Hempel (London) and Warapuru (Brazil). www.anouskahempeldesign.com
Betsey Johnson's Betseyville is on the Pacific coast of Mexico. www.betseyville.com
Bulgari Hotels and Resorts are currently in Milan and Bali, with more to open. www.bulgarihotels.com
Casual footwear maker Camper has a hotel in Barcelona, Spain near their headquarters. www.camper.es
Salvatore Ferregamo has teamed up with luxury hotelier Lungarno Hotels, with the newest property opened above a Ferragamo boutique in Rome. www.lungarnohotels.com
In the playground for billionaires, Dubai developer EMAAR has invested $1 billion in Giorgio Armani's Armani Hotels, the first of which will open in Dubai in 2008. www.emaar.com
Karl Lagerfeld has re-done a German castle into the Schlosshotel in Grunewald. www.schlosshotelberlin.com
K Club in Barbuda, West Indies is the property of Mariuccia Mandelli, the designer behind Krizia. www.kclubbarbuda.com
Though she doesn't own the entire hotel, Vera Wang has designed a suite in the Halekulani Resort on Oahu. www.halekulani.com
Donatella Versace has built the palatial Palazzo Versace in Australia. www.palazzoversace.com.au.

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