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John Frieda, the hairstylist who fixed the world’s frizzies, is preparing to turn hair care on its head again by carving out a new category: color glazing.

Industry sources say Burberry’s president and chief operating officer, Brian Blake, might soon be leaving his post at the British firm.

Two-time Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank is said to be in talks to be the new face of Guerlain.

Fitch Ratings upped its debt rating on J.C. Penney Co. to investment grade on Thursday.

“I’ve done two presidential terms, and I’m starting to look like Clinton, Bush and Blair.”

Although consumer spending on apparel got a jolt in the second quarter, it still lags behind what shoppers dole out on furniture and other household goods.

A brief look at some of the day’s stories.

Actresses work the glam shift.

All teenagers suffer from mood swings, but 19-year-old Amanda Seyfried takes it to extremes: She’s an emotional chameleon professionally.

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, a rising star on Europe’s avant-garde dance scene, is sipping apple juice at a picnic table outside a pub and talking about “Zero Degrees.”

Biotherm Homme, the men’s arm of the L’Oreal-owned Biotherm brand, will introduce Anti-Rides Line Peel, a daily antiwrinkle treatment for men.

The Body Shop International plc reported Thursday first-half operating profits down 9 percent compared with the same period in 2004, but said it’s on track to achieve growth of 17 to 22 percent for the full year.

At the 26th annual Skin Sense Award Gala Tuesday, the president of the Skin Cancer Foundation, Perry Robins, M.D., had good news to share.

Parfums Jacomo is set to introduce a women’s scent designed to bump the brand into the high-prestige stratosphere.

There were some musical moments at the Cosmetics Executive Women’s 2005 Achiever Awards last week.

Maybelline New York is hosting an open house for the public to receive free products, makeovers and makeup advice.

The innovations at cosmetics manufacturer Schwan-Stabilo; Changes in advertising and marketing strategies.

The most recent fashion defector, Marie Regan, is a former Donna Karan executive whose passion for products led to the start of her own company, Piaffe Beauty.

All that glitters is gold, at least according to Glamour magazine’s latest Glamtone quarterly promotion.

Blondes not only have more fun, they’re rich, too.

Ferragamo Parfums intends to keep its Emanuel Ungaro license.

Japanese facialist Shizuka Bernstein’s eponymous skin care line may capture the Zen of Eastern philosophy, but Shizuka New York Skincare System is designed to deliver results, too.

With new ABC rules taking effect next year about sponsored sales, magazine and advertising execs are rethinking the definition of paid circulation.

It looks as if the British fashion title Harpers & Queen is set to dethrone the monarch.

Negotiators wrapped up two days of trade talks in Beijing Thursday, but offered no signs of progress, prompting U.S. textile groups to declare it a “collapse.”

Groupe Clarins reported Thursday net sales for its third quarter ended Sept. 30 were up 8.7 percent at average exchange and 8.3 percent at a constant exchange rate to 238.1 million euros, or $285.3 million.

Champagne is as omnipresent as cigarettes on the fashion circuit, so Perrier Jouet has tapped a few of the design-minded to celebrate the release of its 1998 Fleur de Champagne.

France’s Carrefour, the world’s second-largest retailer after Wal-Mart, on Wednesday reported improved third-quarter sales, lifted by better-than-expected gains at home.

Two former Halston creative directors are showing Los Angeles fashion week attendees there’s more to that town than contemporarywear.

A new MoMA show, “Safe: Design Takes on Risk,” addresses everyday fears with objects made to fend off the effects of all sorts of disasters.

Easy dresses in silk and chiffon dominated the action for spring-summer 2006 collections at the latest round of boutique trade shows here.

The Premiere Classe accessories fair, which ended its four-day run here Monday, reflected an optimistic retail outlook for next summer with budgets up by as much as 30 percent.

The second edition of Diamonds by JCK, held at Pier 94 here, showed some sparkle.