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Fast food- and fairytale-inspired fashions hit Milan runway

By Elly Ayres | Feb. 26, 2014

Sandwiched between London and Paris fashion weeks, Milan’s autumn/winter ready-to-wear collections brought a delicious dose of cool to the table. For the past week, designers dished up the most enviable of cold-weather trends — their inspiration rising from the depths of centuries-old fairytale books to the height of McDonald’s golden arches.

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New York Fashion Week 2014 showcases fur, feather, prints

By Olivia Muenter | Feb. 19, 2014

Even though New York Fashion Week officially ended Feb. 13, the debut of the fall collections is only the very beginning of a new season of popular colors, patterns and trends Gainesville can look forward to.

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Stores introduce new mannequins with more realistic curves

By Silvia Rueda | Feb. 5, 2014

Your favorite store’s mannequins may be getting a makeover.

Gainesville Fashion Week model Tamima Mehrotra sits through hair and makeup before an early-season editorial photo shoot last month. Hair: Nicole Collazo. Makeup: Niko Pifferetti

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Gainesville Fashion Week hosts casting call for new models

By Lauren Zika | Jan. 29, 2014

Aspiring Gainesville models and designers may get their big breaks at Gainesville Fashion Week’s model casting call on Saturday.

Employees organize the aisles of Urban Thread, located at 1512 NW 13th St., Wednesday afternoon.

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Urban Thread moves locations, expect sales and new stock

By Lauren Zika | Jan. 22, 2014

Urban Thread announced Monday via Facebook that it will be moving to a new location.

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Miley Cyrus announced as face of Marc Jacobs

By Olivia Muenter | Jan. 15, 2014

Miley Cyrus is once again creating a massive buzz in the entertainment world, carrying her 2013 media domination into the new year. Announced last week, Cyrus is officially the face of Marc Jacobs’ spring 2014 campaign, a major collaboration for the 21-year-old “Bangerz” singer.

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New Peter Pilotto for Target line leaked

By Elly Ayres | Jan. 8, 2014

A handful of individuals were able to sneak a peek at the highly anticipated Peter Pilotto for Target collection, thanks to leaked images that infiltrated online fashion feeds in December. If you missed the window of opportunity, you’ll have to join the rest of the fashion world waiting for the line’s in-store debut Feb. 9.

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H&M debuts collab with French designer

By Olivia Muenter | Nov. 20, 2013

Global retail powerhouse H&M debuted its long-awaited collaborative collection with high-end designer Isabel Marant this past week. Isabel Marant pour H&M was available for purchase as of Nov. 14 and was met with out-the-door lines and a frenzy of online activity that briefly shut down the H&M website.

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Try scarily cheap makeup tips

By Niko Pifferetti | Oct. 23, 2013

Regina George of “Mean Girls” loves Halloween, and so do makeup artists — but for a decidedly classier reason.

Telecommunication junior Lindsie Herring, 21, right, poses with her mother, Judith Herring, left. Lindsie Herring started Sweet Southern Tees in February.

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Fake pockets make real difference for charities

By Michelle Jackson | Oct. 23, 2013

“Frockets,” or T-shirts with a faux pocket sewn onto the front, are saving the world one minutely stitched monogram and chevron-patterned pocket at a time.

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Here’s Johnny — Keep Halloween weird with Johnny Depp inspired costumes

By Angela Skane | Oct. 9, 2013

Fall not only brings out the best coffee flavors, i.e. pumpkin spice. it also means it’s Halloween time. If you start planning now, you could rock a costume that screams Spooky Sally.

A model presents a creation as part of Valentino's ready-to-wear Spring/Summer 2014 fashion collection, presented Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in Paris.

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Paris Fashion Week illuminates trends for spring/summer 2014

By Olivia Muenter | Oct. 9, 2013

Paris Fashion Week has officially ended, rounding out the most magical month in the fashion world.

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Shoe design gives new life back to old materials

By Christine Flammia | Oct. 2, 2013

Foam might be the future of footwear fashion. Two environmental experts at UF are optimistic about a shoe design that would be made from biodegradable, or recyclable foam, materials.

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Target collaboration for stylish clothing suits students

By Jennifer Hernandez | Sep. 18, 2013

Tilman Monsanto thinks shopping for men’s clothing in Gainesville is horrible.

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Black Milk Clothing to launch Harry Potter-inspired women's clothing line Sept. 10

By Lauren Adamson | Sep. 4, 2013

The kids who flocked to see the midnight premieres of the Harry Potter movies wearing striped scarves, fake glasses and lightning bolts drawn on their foreheads with their mom’s eyebrow pencils are all grown up.

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Consignment website Modabound expands to Gainesville

By Abbie Dorwart | Aug. 28, 2013

More than a thousand people are using a new site to find inexpensive brand-name clothes. One hundred and fifty of them are at UF.

A UF student’s “underbutt” peeks from the bottom of her denim shorts. The trend is becoming more prominent across campus.

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'Underbutt' shorts trend is an outbreak on campus

By Lauren Adamson | Aug. 21, 2013

Something is emerging on campus. Maybe it is the heat that brought them out.

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‘But it was 99 cents!’ A guide to Gainesville thrift shops

By Kelcee Griffis | Aug. 14, 2013

Looking for a place to pop some tags? Only got $20 in your pocket?

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Improved social media promotes Wolfgang online store launch

By Olivia Langdon | July 17, 2013

Wolfgang fashion clothing store off University Avenue has long forgone paper advertising after it saw little return for sales during the year of its establishment in 2007.

Sarah Parmenter, 20, steps up to a panel of judges to strut her stuff at the GFW Model Casting Call.

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A haute summer night: Gainesville Fashion Week to host first summer show Saturday

By Patricia Butler | July 17, 2013

If you’re the type who likes half-naked models strutting their stuff down a runway, then keep your calendars open Saturday evening.