And the cards were used for everything from designer clothing to gambling at casinos.
In January inspectors from the Shanghai Industrial and Commercial Administrative Bureau began an investigation of foreign designer clothing.
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Three Wharton MBAs have started a business that uses the Web to help designer clothing makers reach college students.
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There are seven suspects, mainly 18- and 19-year-old girls, accused of stealing designer luggage, cash, jewelry, and designer clothing.
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These days, designer clothing on mannequins takes precedence over carcasses on hooks.
Then he diversified, opening several more sports retail chains, including a string of golf stores, and buying franchise rights to operate top brand-name sportswear and designer clothing shops.
The brothers lived a champagne lifestyle, taking exotic holidays, designer clothing, expensive jewellery, artwork, home improvements and private number plates for their cars, jurors in the five-week trial heard.
Two white aides objected, saying that having the First Lady appear in Vogue, inevitably dressed in expensive designer clothing, would look unfeeling when so many people were living in misery.
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Mr. Leone has used his network of stylish female friends a who's-who roster of fashion magazine editors, publicists, designers and socialites to create a stellar offering of their lightly used designer clothing and accessories.
Participating restaurants offer up a fixed number of tables per night, making VillageVines a tool for them to move unused inventory without lowering prices across the board, as Gilt does with designer clothing companies.
When I was in Beijing two years ago, I toured an entire multi-floor mall very publically devoted to counterfeit goods, from golf clubs to watches to designer outdoor clothing purportedly from the likes of North Face and Patagonia.
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New York's Museum of Modern Art acquired a similar piece the first industrial product by a clothing designer in its permanent collection.
While in the Persian Gulf, Defusco picked up a dozen accounts for Jerome Jessup, a clothing designer whose luxury line she manages.
But in less extreme situations, the problem isn't too much communication--it's the wrong kind, says Francesca Rosella, a designer for electronic clothing company CuteCircuit in London.
Swati Argade, a clothing designer who promotes her Bhoomki boutique in the Brooklyn borough of New York City as "ethically fashioned, " says people have been more conscious about where their clothes come from.
It's Marlowe on Avenue Road for cashmere and Corbo on Bloor for a well-edited selection of designer women's clothing.
For instance, many of these sites sold counterfeit sports clothing, designer shoes and handbags and even pirated exercise programs.
Women with a taste for designer clothes and a handsome clothing budget are not left out of the shop-at-home experience.
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Further proof that a fashion background helps in designing a gorgeous home is Michelle Smith, the designer and owner of Milly clothing.
British fashion designer Paul Smith took a break from overseeing his clothing empire to talk to a hundred or so fans and curious observers at the Apple Store in Covent Garden, London on Wednesday night.
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"The bob looks great with minimalist clothing, " said Ms. Fernandez, the swimwear designer.
"When I was a little girl my favorite doll was named Petra and I carried her around with me everywhere, " the designer explains as Vujevic struts down the narrow path in between racks of clothing and accessories littering the floor.
Cohen blames Johnson for adding Stewart to a mix of in-store shops including hipper fare like casual clothing brand Joe Fresh, kitschy homewares line Jonathan Adler and niche womenswear designer Nanette Lepore.
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Founded in 1976 by designer Claiborne (now retired), the company has branched beyond its signature line of stylish work clothing to lines like DKNY casual apparel, Lucky Brand jeans and Enyce hip-hop attire.
The designer is particularly happy with a fabric he calls "technogrid, " which he helped develop and used in clothing as well as bags in his fall collection.
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Launched in September 2011, Project 51 is a Georgian building refitted to house a mix of shops and studios for 16 Irish designers who specialise in crafting luxury clothing and accessories, such as bridalwear and jewellery, including the award-winning brooches of Irish designer Eily O'Connell.
In addition, Catherine Monteiro de Barros, founder and designer of the now defunct Papo D'Anjo, will helm the children's line (which will include clothing for boys and girls, infants to age 14), and Miles Redd, a well-known interior decorator who is already the creative director for Oscar de la Renta Home, will be in charge of the extensive new home-accessories line that is set to launch in late spring.
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