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Luxe Brands: Biting the Hand That Feeds Them?

At first glance, having a celebrity photographed toting or wearing the merchandise from a luxury goods company would seem to be a marketer’s dream come true. Instead, the purveyors of high-end clothes, booze and bling are increasingly calling in the lawyers on celebs who feature their goods or trademarks without permission.
Last week, high-end designer Louis [...]

Halle Berry’s Main Man

Halle Berry gave Barack Obama some valuable advertising space Tuesday, sporting his mug on her T-shirt while shopping at the Century City mall.
It’s the second time she’s pledged her politics on the fashion front. And she’s not the only one—several stars are supporting Obama stylewise. Though just how long until someone slaps his name across [...]

`Jacob the Jeweler’ Gets 2 1/2 Years in US Prison

The New York businessman known in the hip-hop world as “Jacob the Jeweler” was sentenced Tuesday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for lying to investigators looking into a multistate drug ring.

Jacob Arabov, 43, pleaded guilty in October to falsifying records and giving false statements as part of a deal with federal [...]

France Bids Adieu to Yves Saint Laurent in Fine Style

FRANCE has farewelled fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent at a funeral attended by supermodels, film stars and President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Office workers and residents in nearby buildings leaned out their windows as police held crowds back near the Paris church of Saint Roch, where the ceremony was held.
Actress Catherine Deneuve, whose aura of refined elegance was [...]