Archive for the 'Fashion News' Category

Susan Ford: From Her Closet to yours, she offers fashion tips and secrets

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Her Closet, a Muncie specialty dress shop owned by Susan Ford, feels cozy and inviting.
Upon entering the boutique, one of the first things you notice is the delicious fragrance — the aroma wafts from beautiful French Lampe Berger scented oil lamps, sold in the store.
Many of the styles carried by Her Closet are unique; you […]

Duo creates sweet gow

Monday, December 1st, 2008

What: Bernard Callebaut and Paul Hardy Creation for Salon du Chocolat
Coco Chanel once said: “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street; fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”
Calgary chocolatier Bernard Callebaut and fashion designer Paul Hardy are living up […]

Timeless style – updated: Yves Saint Laurent

Monday, December 1st, 2008

‘Iwas thinking about power, and about a powerful woman,” says the Yves Saint Laurent designer Stefano Pilati. “But not a powerful woman in the sense that she is a CEO or anything like that. Instead, this woman is powerful with confidence, with experience, dressed well but, at the same time, quite cool.”
If anything exemplifies the […]

‘Made in England’, sold on Savile Row – but stitched in Mauritius

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

A leading Savile Row tailor, Richard James, sold “Made in England” suits produced by cheap labour in Africa, The Independent can disclose today.
For two years workers on the island of Mauritius – paid a fraction of the wage of a British craftsman – cut the fabric and stitched the suits which sold for between £500 […]

Seattle Fashion Forward Gala

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

There is a hip fashion event coming up in a few weeks that I wanted to share with you all:
This December, treat yourself to the Best of the Best. Industry Leaders Custom Media Solutions and Fashion Week Placement team up to bring you the Mother of all Fashion Events and Industry Parties as a Benefit […]

Sandra Backlund: Sculptural Knits SS09

Friday, November 28th, 2008

The most astonishing collection we saw at London Fashion Week back in September was “Pool Position” by Swedish designer Sandra Backlund. Since then we’ve been eagerly awaiting some images of these radically sculptural knits to share with you. Now these photographs by John Scarisbrick have arrived we are reminded of the fantastical structures that stopped […]

Jewelry Trends for 2009

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Both in 2008 (or what’s left of it) and in 2009, women must forget what their classy mothers were telling them a couple of years ago. The rule of the four pieces of small-seized, paired jewelry can now go directly to the trash bin, where it belongs. What 2008 brought new in terms of […]

The secrets behind Oscar fashion

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Considering that some of our Oscar contenders could be Kate Winslet (for “Revolutionary Road”), Penelope Cruz (for “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”), Anne Hathaway (for “Rachel Getting Married”) and Brad Pitt (for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”), we’re sure to see some stylish fashions on this year’s red carpet. But what are the secrets behind the […]

One dress, seven ways

Friday, November 28th, 2008

One dress. Seven women. Endless possibilities. Janice Breen Burns finds that change is in the air as women look beyond the gloss.

Fashion designer Daniela Orlando, 27, hitched up her dress to mid-thigh, clenched its waistline into a drum-tight 23 inches with a kinked denim vest and cocked her trilby hat at a rakish angle on […]

Hair’s to the three-minute miracle

Friday, November 28th, 2008

It was a night of magic as Pantene unveiled the secret to miraculous transformations and made miracle moments happen, all in three minutes.
An opening dance from Ballet Philippines set the tone for the evening, as flowing fabrics unfurling with graceful movements simulated the beauty of healthy hair — which is unfortunately often lost through months […]