Workers clearing rubble from the scene of the multistory garment factory that collapsed in Bangladesh killing more than 1,000 workers at last count and injuring around 2,000 more found a woman alive and rescued her Friday, 17 days after the tragedy. The Associated Press reported she was found on the second floor; the New York Times said she was found in a Muslim prayer room in the basement of the building, which afforded her oxygen and enough space to stand up. In any event, she was uninjured, an official on the scene said, but taken to a hospital to be examined. [AP via Los Angeles Times]  [...

Members of L.A.’s film music elite mingled with weather-beaten eco-warrior sailors and neo Edwardian fashionistas amid costumes from Baz Luhrmann’s "The Great Gatsby" Tuesday night at the multi-textured unveiling of musician-arranger-composer Ysanne Spevack’s ambitious music-fashion-film-beauty concept, the Coldwater Project.

There are many layers to Spevack’s Coldwater Project, but in a nutshell, it’s a collection of 13 songs, each with accompanying short film, charity affiliate and brand sponsor.  It’s a novel way to approach an album release but one that...

Kerry Washington, the star of ABC's "Scandal," is featured in her first major fashion magazine spread, appearing on the June cover of Elle wearing Marc Jacobs. Inside she talks about adjusting to the red carpet as her career has soared: “I found out I enjoy the process. All these people show up at my house, they all have kits, someone has dresses. And it’s like, Let’s have fun. It’s not all about me. We’re able to create stories on the red carpet.” The magazine is due out May 21. [Elle]

Ottavio Missoni, founder of the fashion house that bears his name, died...

When it comes to retail taste-makers in Los Angeles, Desiree Kohan is terrific at bringing new designers to her stylish set.

Tuesday night was a prime example, when she hosted friends and clients at her Des Kohan store to meet the talented Dusan Paunovic, a Milan-based, Serbian-born designer whose collection Kohan started carrying this season.

Dusan’s minimalist aesethetic fits perfectly with Kohan’s intellectual approach to fashion. His emphasis is on “simple, timeless pieces," he said, as well as geometric lines and luxurious fabrications.

“Many pieces have no sizes,...

The gift shop of the recently opened ABBA museum in Stockholm is stocking an exclusive collection of jewelry inspired by the band and its music and designed by fellow Swede Efva Attling.

According to Wednesday's press announcement, the eponymous designer has known members of the band since her nightclubbing days in '70s Stockholm, where she and ABBA's Anni-Frid Lyngstad “often did some disco moves together." 

Attling continues:

"Anni-Frid, Benny, Björn and Agneta and I stayed in touch off and on over the years. When I was asked to design an exclusive collection for Abba the Museum, it...

It's two days after the Met Gala, the Costume Institute’s annual Vogue magazine-sponsored fundraiser, and the “Punk: Chaos to Couture” exhibition opening, and people are still buzzing about the red carpet parade — Miley Cyrus’ spikey hair, Nicole Richie’s grayed-out pompadour and pregnant Kim Kardashian’s gloved Givenchy getup.

Of course, there’s much irony to the whole thing — the fashion world’s most exclusive evening with every entitled celebrity on the planet gathered in the name of punk, an anti-fashion, anti-establishment...

Kendall and Kylie Jenner’s summer collection for PacSun is set to go on sale starting Saturday, and to mark the occasion, they plan to make personal appearances at a couple of local stores this week.

It’s the second Kendall & Kylie Collection from Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian’s youngest sisters, following their debut effort in February. The clothes reflect the teenagers’ personal style: fun and young. Pieces include high-waist shorts, cut-out dresses, graphic tanks, crop tops and swimsuits, with prices ranging from $29.50 to $62.50.

Kendall, 17, and Kylie, 15, are...

Beyonce has been to four Met Galas and has learned how to make the most notable entrance. On Monday night, in her Givenchy gown, she made the grandest entrance of all, becoming, says Charlotte Cowles at the Cut,  "a human grand finale" of the evening's celebrity arrivals. [The Cut]

After the gala, celebrities gathered at the Met's Temple of Dendur for the requisite official after-party. Florence Welch introduced Blondie, and Debbie Harry, dressed in Givenchy, belted out songs such as "One Way or Another" and "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)." Kanye West wore a studded mask when he...

CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund winner Greg Chait is spreading his wings a bit with the Elder Statesman's Fall/Winter 2013 peacock-inspired collection, both by adding to the range of super-soft cashmere items he's making and by expanding from his slouchy, mostly unisex collection into distinct offerings for men (think sport coats and chinos) and women (pencil skirts and tuxedo jackets).

On a recent visit to Chait's West Hollywood atelier, the cashmere wunderkind walked us through a collection grounded in grays and blues but with pops of purple and green he explained were originally inspired by the...

All eyes in the fashion world were on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala -- aka the Met Ball -- in NYC on Monday. This is the annual event at which celebrities and fashionistas kick it up a notch and wear their most dramatic looks. Actresses Jennifer Lawrence and Sarah Jessica Parker shared a laugh on the red carpet (perhaps about Parker's Gatsby-esque headpiece?), while co-chairs Riccardo Tisci and Rooney Mara seemed to be dead serious. Mara's frilly white gown betrayed the theme of this year's fashion exhibition, "Punk: Chaos to Couture," in the silver zippers at the...

Otis College of Art and Design added a new element to the mix for its 31st annual scholarship benefit and fashion show Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton -- an honor called the Style Icon Award, which was presented to Sally Perrin, L.A.-based creative director of luxury leather goods brand Perrin Paris.

The inaugural award was presented by costume designer Bob Mackie (one of this year's senior design mentors) who noted: "Personal style has no age or social status, and can exist anywhere in life. Lots of people can pay for style, thank goodness, but few people can possess personal style."

Che...