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A grey and gold wedding dress modeled at the end of Saab's show was so ornate and full the model struggled to walk down the catwalk, while peering out from behind her gilded veil.

"In Moscow you can wear a very short skirt. Show your breasts and legs forever. You can wear the most beautiful jewels and it is not vulgar. Try that here in Paris," said Anna Sherbinina, a Russian actress after the Elie Saab haute couture show on Wednesday.

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Some designers are eschewing the wider nets strategy to hone in on the clients who are loyal to them. Elie Saab has an enthusiastic following of Arab women, many of whom clapped appreciatively throughout his haute couture show on Wednesday.

Slight alterations to classic designs, a nod to regional tastes and the exclusive allure of the traditional French atelier is proving a useful pattern for today's couturiers looking to stay afloat in a tougher financial climate.

There is also allure in the singular dress from Paris that reflects European tastes and comes from the kind of designer one can only find in the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.

Armani paired skin tight trousers with enormous handbags that seemed to draw the attention of Arab clients and Stephane Rolland presented sculpted dresses from thick taffeta and leather that flatter the rounder figures not normally associated with the rake-thin Western acolytes of haute couture.

"They want to go to a real French atelier. There is no real difference in tastes," said designer Stephane Rolland after his couture show on Tuesday.

Last year Christian Lacroix, who created extravagant and some say unwearable dresses, closed his doors because he could no longer sustain the cost of designing dresses by hand.

Some observers note that haute couture, which is expensive to produce and has only a few hundred clients worldwide, is better served by practical designers chasing new money.

Designers justify the price of haute couture — a dress can cost $100,000 or more — by saying it is art, pure and simple. They set the tone and the clients, hopefully, follow with their pocketbooks.

This year's catwalk shows appear to be bearing in mind the old adages that fashionistas from conservative Gulf states favor long dresses, Chinese clients like to see a hint of red and black, the Lebanese like bright colors and sparkle, while Russians look to body conscious clothes.

His dresses which played on nude and earth tones were long and flattering, with full skirts and voluptuous fabrics.

"On one hand you have to think about your clients, your girls. But once you start following them, servicing (just) them, you are finished…" said Aliona Doletskaya, Editor-in-chief of Russian Vogue.

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(Editing by Paul Casciato)

But others say that if designers cast their nets too wide they risk their unique identity and exclusive status. Chanel remains a powerhouse because most of Karl Lagerfeld's shows still hint at the designs of Coco Chanel from the 1930s.

PARIS (Reuters Life!) – Designers of French haute couture are finding the tastes and pocketbooks of emerging market clients have been a boost for dwindling sales as they spread their commercial nets beyond wealthy Westerners.

She also wrote that Chapman would not be safe if allowed back on the streets.

(Reporting by Jonathan Oatis; Editing by Jerry Norton)

Shukat refused to say whether Ono's most recent letter to the board is the same one she has submitted every two years since Chapman first became eligible for parole in 2000.

Despite some early minor prison violations, Chapman's record has been clean since 1994, the Daily News said.

Robert Gangi, head of the prisoners' rights group, Correctional Association of America, doubts Chapman will be released because of the public outrage it would cause.

In that letter, Ono wrote that if Chapman is released, "I am afraid it will bring back the nightmare, the chaos and confusion once again. Myself and John's two sons would not feel safe for the rest of our lives."

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Yoko Ono will again oppose the release of the man who nearly 30 years ago killed her husband, former Beatle John Lennon, and who comes up for parole next month, her lawyer said.

Chapman — now 55 and serving a 20-years-to-life sentence for the slaying — is scheduled to be interviewed by a three-member parole board panel during the week of August 9. It will be his sixth bid for parole.

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Ono has consistently opposed parole for Mark David Chapman and has again sent a letter to the parole board, her lawyer, Peter Shukat, told the Daily News.

Lennon would have been 70 this October.

Lennon was shot to death on December 8, 1980, outside the famed Dakota apartment building just west of Central Park as he and Ono returned home from a recording session.

Due to his notoriety,Paul Smith, Chapman is kept in a special unit apart from the upstate Attica prison's general population. He works as a porter, cleaning up offices, and assists inmates in one of the prison's law libraries.

"Given that he committed a high-profile crime and he killed one of the most famous and most beloved figures literally in the world, it's highly unlikely three parole commissioners would vote to grant him release," Gangi told the News.

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Katie Holmes plays former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in The History Channel’s upcoming miniseries The Kennedys — and the best part of the gig is the clothes.

And the 31-year-old wife to Tom Cruise and mom of Suri takes inspiration from the late icon for her own style,Christian Audigier, too. “She not only had great style, but she [was] an artist [and] a writer. She was an illustrator. She was an editor,” Holmes told Us.

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She added: “Her great style was both appropriate for every event that she went to and also classic, and also things that were wearable. I feel really lucky to be playing her.”

It’s a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it.

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The controversial 19th-century family drama examines the tension between a mother and daughter after a family secret is revealed. It is regarded as one of Shaw’s greatest plays.

Jones won the Tony for her portrayal of Sister Aloysius in “Doubt.” She also played President Taylor on the hit series,Baby Phat, “24,” for which she won an Emmy.

Hawkins won a Golden Globe for her performance in the British film “Happy-Go-Lucky.”

NEW YORK – Tony-winning actress Cherry Jones returns to Broadway in a revival of George Bernard Shaw’s “Mrs. Warren’s Profession.”

The Roundabout Theater Company production begins previews Sept. 3,Smet, with opening night set for Oct. 3.

Jones plays Kitty Warren, a woman forced to make terrible sacrifices for her family. Golden-Globe winner Sally Hawkins makes her Broadway debut as Kitty’s daughter, Vivie.

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Earlier this year, McDermott fractured his shoulder in a motorcycle accident.

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McDermott, 43, was hospitalized with a punctured and collapsed lung after he got in a crash Tuesday while dirt bike riding with two pals.

“I ended smashing my chest into my bars as I went over the front of the bike,” he Twittered Thursday. “It was a freak accident. We still can’t figure out what happened. None the less, I have a collapsed lung and bad bruising on my right side. Oh, and 3 stitches in my right butt cheek where a stone got imbedded. Let’s just say, I won’t be dirt biking anymore.”

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Radaronline reports that the couple didn’t talk much but were “civil” for the sake of their eldest child. (Son Charlie is 16 months.)

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The occasion: daughter Sam’s belated third birthday party near the Windermere, Fla. mansion the couple once shared. The pro golfer was in California for the U.S. Open on Sam’s actual birthday, June 18.

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The singer credits her upbringing growing up in San Pedro in the Philippines and singing in amateur singing contests as the daughter of a struggling single mother for her drive and ambition.

She already has movie credits to her name, including a brief cameo in the U.S. animated children's movie "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel".

Now her single "Pyramid," which she recorded with singer Iyaz and was released in the United States in March from her self-titled debut album, has received U.S. radio airplay, and a remixed version has soared to the top of the U.S. Billboard dance charts.

But the young singer, whose career was in part propelled by initial popularity on video sharing website YouTube, told Reuters she is not getting caught up in all the attention and has a different career path she eventually wants to pursue.

"I'm mature because of my past," she said, admitting she could be a little bossy. "At (my) age of six years, my mom was getting advice from me."

"I haven't gotten the script yet but I think I'm going to play a foreign student,Chanel," she said. "I'm really nervous. But I'm trying to be normal and act like myself on the set."

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"Some of my friends are giving me law books," she said. "I love reading those. It's like my relaxation."

Since Oprah featured Pempengco, known simply as Charice, on her talk show in 2008,Rock Republic, the pop singer's profile has grown steadily. Although she is just 18, her striking, powerful voice has already shared stages with the likes of tenor Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Filipina singing prodigy Charice Pempengco has a long-term plan that involves a different stage than the ones she has occupied since Oprah Winfrey dubbed her the "most talented girl in the world."

"I want to be a lawyer," she said in an interview with Reuters Television. "Being a famous singer or an international singer — that's my dream, too, but my main goal is to be a real student and be able to graduate and be a lawyer and have my own business."

Although her schedule over this month has her flying throughout Asia on her first big tour in South Korea, Philippines, Japan, Thailand and Malaysia, Charice said she uses her school books to come down from the rush of playing in concert.

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