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By Kerstin Gehmlich PARIS (Reuters) - Designer Marc Jacobs put on a stylish show for Louis Vuitton on Sunday, capping a four-week fashion marathon which seemed to encourage fashion victims to wear more sober clothes -- and to start knitting. Front row guests including actress Catherine Deneuve and hip-hop star Pharrell Williams nodded as the American designer paraded models wearing wide trousers and straight tops or knitted gray dresses worn over three-quarter length trousers. Jacobs'...

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A Missouri high school student who was barred from a school dance because he was wearing a Scottish kilt has received an apology from school officials after the action sparked outrage among Scottish heritage supporters. In a letter dated January 9, Jackson School District Superintendent Ron Anderson apologized to Jackson High School senior Nathan Warmack and said the district would train staffers how to properly apply the school dress code. The letter...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. textile industry asked the Bush administration on Thursday to extend emergency import curbs on billions of dollars of clothing from China beyond 2005, U.S. industry officials said. "The reason we need to do this is because China is refusing to negotiate seriously on a comprehensive bilateral" textile agreement, said Cass Johnson, president of the National Council of Textile Organizations. "We will continue to file and refile safeguard petitions until...