This usually quiet post-semester pre-summer week in Madison offers more than the standard fare. The calendar includes: Wisconsin Fashion Week; the Wetland Gems celebration and the Independent Erotic Film Fest; and live music by Meiko, The Used, Venice Gas House Trolley, The HoneyPot Crew, Con Vivo, Black Moth Super Rainbow with School of Seven Bells, and F. Stokes with Bi-Polar Bear.

adidas, the leading sports brand, launched its global lifestyle brand, ‘adidas Originals’ in Mumbai with the opening of an exclusive store at Linking Road. Inspired by authentic historical moments in adidas’ vast sporting history, adidas Originals is the ultimate street fashion label for today’s lifestyle consumer.

NEW YORK — You just bought the most awesome sneakers. They’re baby-blue and green Converses and have a Koosh ball attached on the front of each shoe. You can’t wait to bust them out of your summer-camp duffel — until you see that no one else has anything remotely similar.

From the local lady indulging her fetish to the fella in need of a fashion update, check out the top ten shoe boutiques in San Diego.

BY JOHANNA D. POBLETE, Reporter The newest Spanish brand in town is Massimo Dutti, launched in a well-attended fashion show at its storefront in Greenbelt 5 on May 14.

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's grey-suited bureaucrats have teamed up with a blue cartoon cat and Tokyo fashionistas sporting 'Gothic Lolita' urban chic in an official drive to promote hip Japan around the world.

Japan’s grey-suited bureaucrats have teamed up with a blue cartoon cat and Tokyo fashionistas sporting ‘Gothic Lolita’ urban chic in an official drive to promote hip Japan around the world.

More and more young women are being asked by total strangers to ‘dress properly.’ — AP More and more does one now hear about incidents and tales where young urban women are being asked by total strangers to ‘dress properly’ or more so, wear a dupatta over their heads or observe hijab.

The Savannah College of Art and Design honored Isabel and Ruben Toledo, internationally renowned artists in the worlds of high fashion, style and design, with the 2009 Andre Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award Saturday, May 16, at the universitys annual SCAD Fashion Show. SCAD President Paula Wallace and Vogue Editor-at-Large Andre Leon Talley presented the Toledos with the award.

TOKYO–Japan’s grey-suited bureaucrats have teamed up with a blue cartoon cat and Tokyo fashionistas sporting ‘Gothic Lolita’ urban chic in an official drive to promote hip Japan around the world.