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Celebrity handbag designer Nancy Gonzalez hides under an umbrella as she walks with her lawyer Andrea Lopez outside the federal courthouse Monday, April 22, 2024, in Miami. The Colombian designer, whose bags were purchased by celebrities like Britney Spears and the cast of the "Sex and the City" TV series, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison on Monday for leading a smuggling ring that illegally imported into the U.S. crocodile handbags for sale at high end showrooms using couriers on commercial flights. (AP Photo/Josh Goodman)

Celebrity handbag designer sentenced to 18 months in prison for smuggling crocodile handbags

A leading fashion designer whose accessories were used by celebrities from Britney Spears to the cast of the “Sex and the City” TV series was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty in Miami federal court to charges of smuggling crocodile handbags from her native Colombia.
 
FILE - Vogue editor Anna Wintour attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Camp: Notes on Fashion" exhibition on May 6, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Wake up, sleeping beauties. It’s almost Met Gala time

 
CORRECTS TO CAITLIN CLARK NOT CAITLYN CLARK - Iowa's Caitlin Clark, right, reacts after being selected first overall by the Indiana Fever during the first round of the WNBA basketball draft, Monday, April 15, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

WNBA fashionistas showcase their styles at the draft with spotlight on women’s hoops

 
Fashion model Alexsandrah poses for a photograph, in London, Friday, March 29, 2024. The use of computer-generated supermodels has complicated implications for diversity. Although AI modeling agencies -- some of them Black-owned -- can render models of all races, genders and sizes at the click of a finger, real models of color who have historically faced higher barriers to entry may be put out of work. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

AI-generated models could bring more diversity to the fashion industry — or leave it with less

 
Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli talks with journalists prior to the start of the Roberto Cavalli men's Fall-Winter 2014 show, in Milan, Italy on Jan. 14, 2014. Italy’s world-famous fashion designer Roberto Cavalli – known for his flamboyant and glamorous style -- died on Friday, April 12, 2024 aged 83, his company announced in an Instagram post. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli has died at age 83, his company says

 

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FILE - Alessandro Michele poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Don't Worry Darling' during the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 5, 2022. The flamboyant former designer of Gucci Alessandro Michele has been named the new creative director at storied Roman luxury house Valentino, following the sudden departure last week of Pierpaolo Piccioli after 25 years. Valentino confirmed the move in a statement Thursday March 28, 2024. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

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FILE - Cast and crew of Godzilla Minus One arrives at the Oscars on March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. One Japanese creation grabbing attention on the Oscars red carpet wasn't a movie: the kitsch shoes that seemed to be clenched in Godzilla's claw. They were the work of Ryosuke Matsui, who recently described his joy at seeing “Godzilla Minus One” director Takashi Yamazaki and his Shirogumi special-effects team walk the red carpet and win the visual effects Oscar, all while wearing his shoes. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

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FILE - Designer Pierpaolo Piccioli accepts applause for the Valentino Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2024 collection presented in Paris, on Jan. 24, 2024. Valentino’s longtime creative director, Pierpaolo Piccioli, has announced his departure from the storied Italian fashion house. In an emotional statement shared Friday on Instagram, Piccioli reflected on his 25-year tenure with the brand, thanking co-founders Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti and the team that contributed to the brand’s success during his time. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

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FILE - Belgian fashion designer Dries Van Noten accepts applause after his Fall/Winter 2024-2025 ready-to-wear collection presented Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 in Paris. Van Noten said Tuesday, March 19, 2024, he will step down from his namesake brand at the end of June. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)

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In this image provided by MUBI is fashion designer John Galliano in the documentary film, “High & Low --John Galliano," directed by Kevin Macdonald. In the photograph by David Harriman John Galliano returns to the Dior archive for the first time since 2011. (David Harriman/MUBI via AP)

‘High & Low — John Galliano’ explores the rise and fall of a controversial designer

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File - The logo of Swedish clothing-retail company Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) is pictured in Velizy, outside Paris, France, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. A pioneering bill to curb the rampant pace of fast fashion won unanimous approval in the French Parliament, making France one of the first countries in the world to target the influx of low-cost, mass-produced garments. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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Model Naomi Campbell poses for photographers during a photocall to promote the upcoming exhibition 'Naomi: In Fashion' at the Victoria & Albert Museum celebrating her 40 years in fashion, at the at The Dorchester hotel, in London, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

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Ryan Gosling performs the song "I'm Just Ken" from the movie "Barbie" during the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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This combination of photos shows actor Colman Domingo wearing a Louis Vuitton double-breasted tuxedo with crystal buttons and gold-tipped cowboy boots at the Oscars in Los Angeles on March 10, 2024, left, Domingo wearing a mustard yellow suit by Valentino Haute Couture at the 29th Critics Choice Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., Jan. 14, center, and a custom black Louis Vuitton tuxedo and man brooches at the Emmys in Los Angeles on Jan. 15. (AP Photo)

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Jamie Lee Curtis, right, arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Women members of the House of Representatives, pose for photos before President Joe Biden arrives to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 7, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Lila Moss wears a creation as part of the Stella McCartney Fall/Winter 2024-2025 ready-to-wear collection presented Monday, March 4, 2024 in Paris. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

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FILE - In this Oct. 27, Auteur of Style honoree Iris Apfel attends The Fashion Group International's Night of Stars Gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. Iris Apfel, a textile expert, interior designer and fashion celebrity known for her eccentric style, has died, Friday, March 1, 2024. She was 102. .(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

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A model wears a creation as part of the Issey Miyake Fall/Winter 2024-2025 ready-to-wear collection presented Friday, March 1, 2024 in Paris. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

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Models wear creations as part of the Chloe Fall/Winter 2024-2025 ready-to-wear collection presented Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024 in Paris. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

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A model wears a creation as part of the Dries Van Noten Fall/Winter 2024-2025 ready-to-wear collection presented Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 in Paris. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

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A model wears a creation as part of the Christian Dior Fall/Winter 2024-2025 ready-to-wear collection presented Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024 in Paris. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

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