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Amber Valletta is the face of Elizabeth Arden, elegant and prim. Paris Fashion Week features rocker black mini shorts and Nathalie Gervais for Nina Ricci. Gilles Rosier for Kenzo rehashed 1980s rounded shoulders. Tom Ford attempts to find balance at Gucci while elevating Yves Saint Laurent.

Illustration courtesy Michael Faircloth. Red Chantilly-lace evening gown designed for First Lady Laura Bush.

Club Monaco opens a flagship retail store on 5th Avenue in New York City. Club Monaco has stores nationwide in the United States, and international stores in major worldwide cities. The brand provides chic business casual styles for men and women.

Nicole Kidman stars in the acclaimed movie, Moulin Rouge, and becomes a fixture on red carpets with her glamorous Hollywood look and spectacular red curly locks. Designers weighed in on changes to the fashion week schedule when New York debated to move to the front of the set; Bryant Park is the site for the New York shows.

Joan Rivers launches a fragrance line called "Now and Forever," strengthening her selling relationship with television merchant QVC. Cotton Incorporated launches the doll ads for textile trade marketing to show the benefits of cotton in fashion and home decor. The Cottoninc dolls become instantly recognizeable as the face of U.S. cotton.

New First Lady Laura Bush wears a red crystal-embroidered lace dress by Texas designer Michael Faircloth to the President's Inaugural Ball. Faircloth is a couture dress designer who attended the prestigious University of North Texas School of Visual Arts.