Fashion Wire Daily - Not that many women wear all-leather looks, which is a slight pity given that the rather stellar opening outfits in the fine and sophisticated Bottega Veneta spring 2009 show staged Tuesday in Milan were almost 100 percent animal skin.

Reuters - As Russia is hit hard by the financial crisis, now is the time to spend lavishly, says Muscovite fashion designer Denis Simachev.

AFP - Four decades after launching his label, celebrity fashion designer Calvin Klein offers an upbeat take on his industry as both solidly grounded and still open to hardworking new talent.

AP - Miuccia Prada is often a step ahead of the pack, so it was no wonder that her latest collection had little to do with what has been going on the Milan runway: easy dressing in light and airy styles.

Fashion Wire Daily - There's a moment when sad is beautiful and melancholy has a certain brilliant charm, which was the case Monday in Milan when witnessing the romantically rural collection by Burberry for Spring 2009.

AP - There are few better weather vanes for changing times than the fashion industry, whose sensitive antennas quickly pick up on a mood and design accordingly.

Fashion Wire Daily - Kristin Chenoweth may not have won the Emmy for her terrific performance in "Pushing Daisies," but that didn't stop the diminutive powerhouse from shining on the red carpet at the Entertainment Tonight/People magazine post-Emmy party held Sunday, Sept. 21, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Fashion Wire Daily - If you really wanted to know what cool girls will be, and should be wearing next spring, then you should have been at the D&G runway show Monday, Sept. 22, in Milan, a sunny, beach chic selection with humor, wit and sass.

Fashion Wire Daily - Giorgio Armani's recent obsession with all things Oriental continued in Milan with the presentation of his Emporio Armani collection on Sunday in the Italian fashion capital.

Fashion Wire Daily - Gianfranco Ferre, oft described as the architect of fashion, saw his label and ideas rebuilt lovingly Sunday in Milan at the debut show by the house's new design duo Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi.

AP - Even with many looks ripped from the high-fashion runways, the risks were few on the red carpet at Sunday night's 60th annual Emmy Awards.

AP - The grande dame of British fashion, Vivienne Westwood, took center stage at London Fashion Week when a celebrity-studded audience gathered for the first look at her spring and summer "Red Label" collection for 2009.