AP – On day two of Paris’s frantic three days of haute couture collections, Chanel took the fashion crowd to the skies and highlights included super-sexy, celebrity-filled Armani Prive.

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VH1 is teaming up with the reigning queen of celebrity style, June Ambrose . Known as much more than simply a stylist, June has been styling and designing wardrobe for some of the biggest names in pop culture for over two decades. Throughout June’s career celebrities such as The Dave Matthews Band, Sean Combs , Alicia Keys , Kelly Ripa , Kim Cattrall , Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige and countless others have all sought June’s expert advice. “The June Ambrose Project” (working title), a half-hour docu-series, is scheduled to premiere in early 2012.

Salvatore Ferragamo announces the launch of the Spring/Summer 2012 Women’s Runway online trunk show to go live on Thursday, January 26th . This important digital initiative marks the only opportunity to purchase the RTW collection via e-commerce which will be available for pre-order on the site for a limited time period. The trunk show will offer a range of head-to-toe runway looks from the Spring Summer runway collection including clothing, shoes and handbags.

Jill-e Designs , the leading maker of stylish, protective carry bags for today’s technology-rich, on-the-go lifestyle, has created a bag inspired bythe world’s most talked-about tablet – the Apple ? iPad II. ?Its new E-GO ™ Leather Tablet Tote is a functional, supple leather carry bag with chic appointments that organizes, transports and protects your essential “tech-cessories,” such as the most popular tablets and e-readers.

I truthfully describe myself as a translator by profession and a hand bag and jewelry designer by accident. I literally stumbled my way into both. ?I didn’t study fashion design or anything even close but years ago I discovered a certain creativity inside me that was begging to be set free. I initially started with jewelry and when that still didn’t satisfy my creative spirit, I ventured into designing hand bags. Being African, I’ve always been exposed to African fabric and textiles and had always wondered why these beautiful pieces of artwork had remained so under-utilized in the fashion world, although things are changing. So, I decided to experiment by making a bag using African fabric and Italian leather which was a combination that I felt had potential. I made one sample and put it on Etsy. I really didn’t know what I was doing. I just figured I’d give it a try and see what responses I would get. I wasn’t at all expecting the bag to sell. I think I was more focused on actually working through the process of coming up with an idea, transforming it into a tangible product and getting it onto my website to test how people would respond to it. Well, to my utter amazement one of the Etsy staff contacted me asking for precise measurements of the bag and more details. It never even occurred to me to include the bag measurements and other relevant info. She ended up buying that bag which sold for $135.? She sent me a follow up email after she received it saying that not only did she love the bag but that people had been asking her where she had bought it. But what made me truly happy was her comment on quality and how well-made it was. This marked a turning point for me and from then on I decided to just go for it.

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AP – The final day of Paris’s spring-summer haute couture week saw Jean Paul Gaultier serve up a cigarettes-and-all homage to late singer Amy Winehouse and Valentino show off the dazzling couture work of seamstresses who toiled for thousands of hours to create a lavish white collection.