Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily - Los Angeles - "I don't have any problem with real fur. It's gorgeous," declared fashion designer Kevan Hall just before his eponymous show kicked off L.A.'s Fall 2006 Fashion Week on Sunday evening. His belief in fur as ultimate fashion was obvious on the runway from the first model, who wore a mocha mink vest paired with tweed trousers and a printed blouse.

AP - Rep. Ed Case won't come out and say it, but the message of his campaign to unseat 81-year-old Sen. Daniel Akaka is clear: The old man has to go.

Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily - New York - There is something to be said about a woman who robs banks for a living clad in pencil skirts and mink. Designer Gilles Mendel wanted to capture the essence of that woman for Fall 2006, as he showed his collection with a wink at the glamorous gangster that was Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Parker in the 1967 flick, "Bonnie and Clyde."

Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily - New York - In seasons past, we have not been particularly enamored of Michael Kors brand of super high-end basics, believing as we do that there is more to designing than just making the perfect cashmere turtleneck or the most luxurious mink bathrobe coat.