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China Fashion Week opens in Beijing with designers showing
their spring-summer 2008 collections. Images of Rosestudio
Fashion Co. Ltd’s “Guo Pei Fashion Show”, an haute-couture
show, and the Cabbeen Clothing Co.Ltd. menswears’ line.

The championship took place in Perth, Western Australia.
Mangold, the 2005 champion, beat Spaniard Alejandro Maclean
in the consolation final.

19-year-old Kristina Dimitrova from Bulgaria and Andrei Andrei
aged 24 from Romania won the women’s and men’s categories
in the world’s best bum contest, organized by the underwear
maker Sloggi. 43 candidates from 28 countries battled it out at
the final in Munich to convince the jury of the quality of their
behind.

It was in 1914 that Mary Phelps Jacob set women free from the
prison of the corset. With a little from her lady’s maid, this
ingenious New York socialite stitched together two handkerchiefs
and a long pink ribbon to fashion the world’s first ever brassiere.
(Jacob laer sold her patent for $1500 to a company that went on to
make $15 million off her invention.)

Breast survivor Leigh Hurst found a lump in her breast when
shw was in her early 30’s. She believes self-exam saved her life.
Now, she’s created the “Feel Your Boobies” campaign to get
the atention of other young women and save more lives.

From sex kitten to flower girl, Cavalli goes for a softer look.
At Gucci, op-art prints were splashed across evening gowns.
Roberto Cavalli and Gucci’s Frida Giannini unveiled collections
for spring/summer 2008.

A famed Italian photographer is protesting super-thin models
and making a statement about anorexia during Fashion Week
on billoards and in ads.

As London Fashion Week draws to a close, African-inspired
prints and colour were the big trends for next spring. It was the
biggest London Fashion Week ever with nearly 40 designers
showing collections. The stamp of approval came with the
arrival of US Vogue editor Anna Wintour.

Tommy Hilfiger, Betsey Johnson, and Zac Posen show their
Spring 2008 collection during New York Fashion Week. (Sept.12)

Buenos Aires was the venue for Argentina’s fashion week. The
organisers produced 37 shows over nine days. Making a return
to Fashion week was local favouriate Benito Fernandez who’s
collection featured fun party dresses with a high hemline.