PADDINGTON BEAR GOES HIGH FASHION

PADDINGTON BEAR GOES HIGH FASHION

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- The popular children's character, Paddington Bear, is trading his famous duffel coat for designer duds. In honor of Paddington's 40th anniversary, 11 fashion designers have created costumes for the bear that go on display today (Nov. 18) at the FAO Schwarz toy store in New York. The designers include Tommy Hilfiger, whose Paddington bear wears jeans, a Tommy logo T-shirt and a fishing hat, and Kenneth Cole who put his Paddington into a space suit-style jumpsuit made of denim.