Reuters - Forget satin, silk and cashmere. Denim took center stage at this year's Los Angeles Fashion Week in a reminder to fashion watchers that premium jeans mean big business.

AP - Fashion waits for no one — unless they're celebrities like Jack Nicholson. Wearing his signature shades and a grin, the 68-year-old actor arrived an hour late for daughter Jennifer's packed show at Culver City's Smashbox Studios. When he took his seat on the front row, the show began.

AP - Rock & Republic brought new meaning to rock 'n' roll style with a black-tie concert featuring the Pretenders to unveil its new line.

Reuters - The capital of the movie industry may finally be gaining the respect it craves from fashion watchers this week, as it rolls out its home-grown talent in an eclectic series of runway shows.

Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily - Los Angeles - It's no mere accident that the Agent Provocateur runway show staged Monday evening in the main tent of Culver City's Smashbox Studios gave L.