How to Be a Fashion Designer

So perhaps just reading about, purchasing, and drooling over fine fabrics and cutting edge pieces isn’t enough for you. You want those to be your clothes in fashion week and monopolizing the fashion shows. You want someone to say your name when asked “who are you wearing”? You live, breathe, and eat fashion. And now […]

Sarah Jessica Parker – Bitten Fashion in the City

I will admit that the creators of Sex and the City made a huge contribution towards my addiction to fashion and clothes. On this show we watched Sarah Jessica Parker, then Carrie Bradshaw, fall in love with Manolos and Mr. Big – in that order. We saw her heart break when her boyfriend made her […]

Iris Apfel

Iris Apfel has been called everything from a rare bird of fashion to the oldest living teenager and it is easy to see why. She exudes a completely unique and distinct personal style that mixes both high and low end fashion on a daily basis. On any given day you can see her sporting a […]

Donatella Versace

Anyone who has opened a fashion magazine knows who this icon is. Donatella Versace is an iconic Italian fashion designer just like her even more iconic brother Gianni Versace. It was Gianni who founded the Versace clothing kingdom and Donatella is the Vice President of the Group and also its Chief Designer.
Donatella was born in […]

Hair Fashion - Try blond this season

I am not sure if blondes have more fun or not, but designers were making statements all over the spring and summer runways. The swinging pendulum of hair color fashion has struck again. There was no subtlety about the fact that designers wanted their girls in blonde and we saw hues from platinum to honey […]

Waleed Khairzada for Cynthia Steffe

When Cynthia Steffe stepped down from her own namesake line, it was Waleed Khairzada who was named creative director of the house. He was a former Ecco Domani award winning founder designer of the now archived Naum label. His first collection came in spring 2007 and he called it Resort Holiday, saying it took (because […]

This season’s shades are Art inspired

The oversized Olsen girls’ 1970’s shades may finally be going back where they belong – the the ‘70’s. This season designers are using modern art as inspiration for the new crop of sunglasses. It is a bit of a combination between future chic and retro. Colors are literally eye-popping – think neon fushcias and greens […]

Chic in Heat - Fashion Designer`s Summer Dresses

It’s summer, ok, well almost, but it is hot enough to dress as much. Speaking of dresses…..summer is all about dressing light and loose and there is no more classic way to do that than the little summer dress. Not a dress girl? Try pairing those cute tops of yours with some of this years […]

Proenza Schouler

This design house is made of a two man team by the names of Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCullough. Proenza Schouler was formed by adopting the two maiden names of their mothers. How can you not love the guys who name their business after mom? Both men were born in 1979 and met while studying […]

Marni - Fashion Designer Consuela Castiglioni

The house of Marni is the birthright of Consuela Castiglioni. She is one of the IT designers today, and her label is quickly becoming a favorite among the fashion savvy. This Switzerland born fashionista found her mark when she married Gianni Castiglioni at the age of 25. He was then the head of Giwi Furs, […]