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SN style: Japanese influence

It's no secret that Japanese culture is infiltrating what we think is trendy. We have sushi restaurants springing up everywhere, and the movie "Memoirs of a Geisha" won multiple Oscar awards. So it should be no surprise that Japanese design is influencing fashion designers around the world.

MICHIGAN

Canine fashions big hit in Lansing

The spring runways all followed the same trends: pretty sundresses, formal gowns, sporty athletic gear and avant garde one-of-a-kind ensembles. But in Lansing's Old Town on Sunday, the models were a little more concerned with sniffing each other than primping in front of the mirror. Gone 2 the Dogs held its first fashion show in Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St., featuring 15 pups.

NEWS

All eyes on Scar

Decorated with spikes and an armor-like lion costume, Dan Donohue knows almost every eye in the packed theater is on him as he stalks around the stage, tempting Simba to visit an elephant graveyard. "I walk out on stage and I know the audience is wondering, 'What is he going to do?'"he said.

NEWS

Wharton's 'mane' event

With a flurry of color, music and dancing animals, Disney's "The Lion King" will parade — literally — into the Wharton Center tonight beginning a nearly seven-week engagement. Wharton, which has continental seating, or no center aisle, required an alteration for the cast to make its grand entrance into the theater.