As shoppers made their way around Union Square and its environs on a recent Friday night, it felt like a neighborhood block party with a twist of nightclub dance music and a dash of Halloween thrown in. It was the second annual Fashion's N…

The classics of the ballet repertoire have become easy prey for directors impatient to acquire a snappy image. All it usually takes to rebrand an old favourite is a twist of the plot or a new setting. One common device Christian Louboutin …