Morocco home of late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent up for sale

August 21st, 2009 'Runway' champ campaigns for Kidman to wear dressNEW YORK — Fashion designer Daniel Vosovic (VAH'-suh-vick) has someone very A-list in mind for the winning dress he created for the "Project Runway: All-Star Challenge." Vosovic dreams of getting none other than Nicole Kidman to wear the elegant black-and-white ensemble that secured his victory on Thursday's special edition of the fashion-competition franchise. Vosovic says he feels the urge to start a Web site for his case.

August 15th, 2009 Correction: Yves Saint Laurent Morocco house storyLOS ANGELES — In an Aug. 13 story about the Morocco home of late fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent being for sale, The Associated Press, relying on information from Christie's Great Estates, erroneously identified the broker.

July 29th, 2009 Current wars barely register on fashion's radarNEW YORK — The fashion legacy of World War I includes trench coats and shorter skirts. World War II popularized sportswear, strong shoulders and nipped waists.

July 28th, 2009 CAPITAL CULTURE: Chicago turns 'Milan of Midwest'CHICAGO — In Michelle Obama's hometown, working women hustle back and forth from home to the office in stylish shoes they can walk fast and far in. They wear chic but commonsense coats that keep them warm in the winters — and those famous sleeveless tops favored by the first lady in the summer.

July 1st, 2009 Fashion designer crashes car into Calif. storeSAN DIEGO — A celebrity fashion designer has crashed her car through the front window of a hardware store in San Diego, injuring a customer inside.

June 26th, 2009 Court OKs $53M sale of Fleetwood motor home assetsNEW YORK — Recreation vehicle maker Fleetwood Enterprises Inc., which has been operating under bankruptcy protection for three months, has received court approval to sell its motor home assets to a private equity firm for $53 million. The sale to New York-based American Industrial Partners Capital Fund IV LP includes two motor home manufacturing facilities and Fleetwood's Gold Shield supply subsidiary.

May 11th, 2009 Sutherland's lawyer says actor wasn't instigatorNEW YORK — Kiefer Sutherland's lawyer says an investigation by New York City officials into a charge he head-butted a fashion designer will show he was not an instigator. The star of Fox television's "24" was charged Thursday with third-degree assault after fashion designer Jack McCollough reported the incident.

May 9th, 2009 Chair of IOC evaluation team to return to MadridMADRID — The head of the International Olympic Committee team evaluating Madrid's 2016 bid will return to the city late Thursday, a day after leaving for government business in Morocco. Nawal el Moutawakel left the IOC evaluation commission meetings on Wednesday and traveled to Morocco, where she is sports minister, after King Mohammed VI called a meeting of the council of ministers.

May 9th, 2009 De la Renta says she accepted Astor's jewelryNEW YORK — A diamond-and-gold necklace and earrings once owned by Brooke Astor took center stage Thursday at a theft trial over the late socialite's estate. Annette de la Renta, wife of fashion designer Oscar de la Renta, testified Thursday about accepting two necklaces and a pair of earrings from Astor at a 2001 Christmas party.

May 9th, 2009 Funny man Fallon a college graduate after 15 yearsALBANY, N.Y. — He's a comic, actor, "Saturday Night Live" veteran and "Late Night" talk show host.

May 6th, 2009 French fashion designer Pierre Cardin hospitalizedPARIS — Fashion designer Pierre Cardin has been hospitalized after fainting and falling earlier this week. A spokesman for the Cardin fashion house says the designer was taken Tuesday by helicopter to a hospital in Marseille, on the southern coast of France.

April 30th, 2009 Saudi crown prince in Morocco after surgery in USRABAT, Morocco — Moroccan national television reports that Saudi Crown Prince Sultan has arrived in the north African kingdom after undergoing surgery in the United States. The crown prince, who is also Saudi Arabia's defense minister, left for treatment in New York in February.

February 24th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Hollywood divas Angelina Jolie, Kate Winslet and Penelope Cruz stole the limelight with their elegant gowns at the Oscar's evening. 'Slumdog Millionaire''s Freida Pinto, who made it to No.

February 10th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - US First Lady Michelle Obama has long been hailed for her style. But the announcement by Vogue that she will feature on the cover of the magazine's March issue makes it official: Michelle Obama is now also America's first lady of fashion.

January 21st, 2009 LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON - She's been called a one-woman design stimulus, the leader of the fashion world and a practitioner of change you can wear. But whatever silly title you bestow upon the new First Lady Michelle Obama, 45, there's no doubt that in the first hours of her husband's presidency, she injected a sense of style and modernity that has long been missing from the White House.