Martha Davis: Industrial Design Meets Shoes (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - Martha Davis may not yet be a household name when it comes to shoe design. But in the world of industrial design, her specialty of 20 years, she made her mark in a way that has since affected millions of women: dial pack birth control packaging for Johnson & Johnson. Now she hopes to change the lives of millions more, but this time, with her shoes.

The "Salt" Premiere Shakes Up Hollywood (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - Collective sighs of relief echoed down Hollywood Boulevard as Brad Pitt joined his superstar partner Angelina Jolie at the massive premiere of her new action flick "Salt." Jolie looked gorgeous as always in a skimpy black beaded minidress, but Pitt looked positively stunning after months of sporting a mountain man grizzle of facial hair that obscured his handsome visage.

Partying for a Cause at the "Inception" Premiere (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - What made the huge Hollywood premiere of "Inception" on Tuesday, July 13, different from most? It wasn't that it was staged at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard; that's been the spot where movie premieres have happened since 1927. Nor was it having a huge movie star like Leonardo DiCaprio head across the street to the screaming crowd, signing autographs and posing for photos with adoring fans, for that's been done, too.

Michalsky: Conservationist Chic (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - Local fashion star Michael Michalsky staged Berlin's biggest bumper fashion event on Friday, July 9, with a multiple runway show, opera performance and mini sketch from the local equivalent of a Broadway show.

Chanel Couture: The Lioness in Winter (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - A giant golden lion, his burly head standing 45-feet above the audience in Paris' Grand Palais stood sentry over the latest thoroughly chic floral fantasy couture collection from Chanel, staged with customary aplomb in Paris Tuesday, July 6. And while the lion was mammoth, the collection's silhouette was lean and, especially for couture, short, with skirts trimmed four-inches above the knee.