New York fashion houses unleash haute-couture for Japanese canines and their owners. Posing poodles in embroidered pants, pet papillons in knitted manteaux and greyhounds in crystal studded gabardines -- these are only a small part of the latest trends on the catwalk for canine haute-couture this year at the New Year Dog Party show in Tokyo which was held on Saturday (January 12). While the main show was mostly of New York fashion brands, who had transported their Pet Fashion Week NY to Japan this year, the audience was captivated. While its a relatively new trend in the west, its an old trick for Japanese dog owners who are nevertheless lapping up the new overseas collections. "Everywhere you go all over the world today, you see people with clothes on their dogs. Paris Hilton started this trend again, but this is an old thing. And I think Japan is one of the first countries that started dog clothing," said Bjorn Gardsby, Swarovski's dog outfit designer, who proudly presented his...