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LONDON - Brilliant and controversial British fashion designer Alexander McQueen was found dead in his London home today after anguished Internet postings that revealed his deep sorrow at the death of his mother. He was 40 years old. The circumstances pointed to a possible suicide but there was no official confirmation from police or McQueen's publicists. Police said the death was not suspicious, apparently ruling out foul play, and did not give any immediate indication of how the death was discovered. More Times Breaking News * Designer Alexander McQueen found dead - 4:00 pm * Kerrigan: Family will help brother...

Saida Mouradova "A journey of a thousand miles, begins with a single step," said Lao-tzu. For Designer, Saida Mouradova... her journey in to the world of Fashion, which brought her to The Parson School of Design in Paris, and then to New York City, began at age 15 in her native Azerbaijan. Fashion Time: Saida, you are from Azerbaijan, a small country to the north of Iran, bordering the Caspian Sea. Can you share with us something unique about Azerbaijan, that no other place in the world possesses? Saida Mouradova: I don’t think I can speak for the whole world,...

Roberto Cavalli is going to get his hands on Coca Cola, literally. The Italian designer, who recently began producing wines, is now going to design the Coke bottle in his signature zebra stripes and leopard prints.

If you hadn’t heard of England’s Dean Thomas before, now you shall. Hailed as the next ‘Big Thing’ by the UK’s Daily Mail, he is a rising star of the British fashion scene, an innovator in fabric and feathers, whose creations have already drawn the appreciation of Vogue, establishing himself as one of the trendiest young designers in the world. Thomas, a native of Dulverton in Somerset, attended and graduated from the prestigious Central Saint Martins, Britain’s renown school of art and design, known for such alumni as actor John Hurt, painter Lucian Freud, and noted designers Stella McCartney, John...

The items include a 1958 cocktail dress for Dior and a 1970s Rive Gauche camel cable-knit sweater trimmed in fox fur similar to one Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis wore. “What’s exciting about the collection is that you see the progression of his career. He was a real style-setter,” said Christie’s couture specialist, Laura Leyfer to AP.