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Patagonia directs sales to environmental causes. A designer vows not to dress the first lady. And the Trump boycotts begin.

At least one designer, says she will not dress Melania Trump. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Patagonia directs sales to environmental causes. A designer vows not to dress the first lady. And the Trump boycotts begin.

In her portraits in Vogue magazine, Michelle Obama is not a political star, a famous first lady or a mom-in-chief. She's a powerful celebrity.

CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK: He gripped the lectern, hardly smiled and kept viewers at a distance.

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Iris Apfel says young women must grab opportunity

Fashion icon and interior decorator Iris Apfel, at age 95, has some advice for young female entrepreneurs: When opportunity presents itself, take it and run with it.

New book in ‘Millennium’ series to be published in September

The girl with the dragon tattoo is back. The publication of the fifth book in the Nordic series about hacker heroine Lisbeth Salander will hit the streets in September.

Monroe dress for Kennedy birthday song sold — $4.8 million

Officials say a dress worn by Marilyn Monroe as she famously sang “Happy Birthday” to President John. F. Kennedy has sold for nearly $5 million at a Los Angeles auction.

Thursday night, Wintour co-hosted a Georgetown reception at the home of real estate mogul Connie Milstein.

In Donna Karan's '90s ad campaign, model Rosemary McGrotha wears a double-breasted pinstriped jacket with a triple strand of gumball-size pearls. She appears to be taking the oath of office, with Secret Service agents hovering in the background and a first gentleman watching the proceedings.

The fashion magazine picked Clinton, no surprise. But why did it decide to weigh in?

First lady Michelle Obama chose an Italian designer who oozes Hollywood sex appeal.

"It's very emotional for me,” said Peter Marx, the fourth generation to run the Chevy Chase institution that dressed D.C.'s elite.

On the horizon: flower prints, color blocks, and an overdose of tulle -- if you can make

Designer Karl Lagerfeld has a knack for making customers think they're in on the hot conversation.

The clothes from Rei Kawakubo are hardly inconspicuous. But you can hide inside them.

The pants were still luxurious, of course, but more relaxed than what we've seen lately.

She is a victim of the new kind of celebrity she pioneered. And it can be hard to empathize with a brand.

Today it's just a gesture co-opted by the fashion establishment in a bid for secondhand cool.

The designer uses color like a poet uses couplets: to communicate emotion and nuance.

Maria Grazia Chiuri debuted at the legendary house with a collection savvy to the way women think about fashion now.

A designer who has always found beauty in unexpected places helps us understand what beauty feels like.

Designers are stretching, dissecting, twisting and cropped the banal garment into fashion poetry.

The Marie Antoinette-meets-the-WNBA look -- that hasn't been done before, has it?

After the catastrophic firing of Alber Elbaz, a stunningly gorgeous and glittering collection from new designer Bouchra Jarrar.

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