Posts with tag designers

When you're hosting an entertainment TV show like E! News, you're constantly being shown in between clips of red-hot celebrities looking their best. Wouldn't that freak you out?

Giuliana DePandi has very little to worry about, of course. She's gorgeous, and in this photo she's wearing a beautiful dress she got from the genuises at Prairie New York.

Broke fashionistas everywhere, rejoice -- Alexander McQueen is coming to Target! The internationally renowned designer will be doing a line called McQ for the retail giant as part of a new program they're starting.

It's not even Thanksgiving yet and already a trio of designers are getting into the holiday spirit with charitable activities to benefit the children of the world.

Blumera, previously credited as "One of those designers you should know by now," recently had a trunk show at the exclusive Clarabella boutique in New York City.

The designer, lovely Mehera Blum (at right), was there and glowing with the kind of sparkly good energy you get from her handbags. The shop was filled with her gorgeous creations, some of which you can see here on our website and here on her website. Mehera Blum has been busy!

As the Wall Street jobs thin out, some of the people who traded their creative passions for "stable" banking jobs are giving their artistic aspirations a second chance.

One of the top names in this current wave of artists is Christine Marchuska. A little Wall Street know-how can take a fashion designer a long way! Fashion is, after all, a business. And it's a hard one.

Tonight on ICONOCLASTS, the Sundance Channel's TV show where famous people interview each other, one of our favorite designers, Stella McCartney, and artist Ed Ruscha exchange ideas about their industries, fashion, art, and life.

No matter how many of her black and white films we see on AMC or glance over the tons of iconic images featuring her signature deep eye brows and drawn on lips, there's only one thing that comes to our mind when we think of film legend Joan Crawford: "No wire hangers ever!"

"One should either be a work of art or wear a work of art." -Oscar Wilde

Exciting times, friends. You can walk around in Keds designed by the seriously great artists of Gen Art. This limited edition pair by Anne Faith Nichols, as well as another by Caia Koopman, is available from Keds for $60.

Tucker, a chic and relaxed clothing line by Gaby Basora, began in 2006 and is on fire.

Tucker has been seen on Lipstick Jungle, Gossip Girl, The Hills, and celebrities Cameron Diaz (right), Liv Tyler, Brooke Shields, Julia Roberts, Drew Barrymore, and Jessica Simpson!

The concept is interesting.

For all the lip-service paid to loving diversity and ladies of all sizes, designers still show preferential treatment to the literally little ladies.

Rockoko Designer Jewellery is an British boutique in Leamington Spa, England, that features a number of great international designers--and a few British finds worth importing!

One example of a British designer you don't want to miss is Pebble. Kate Moss donned some Pebble jewelry for W Magazine's recent Hammam shoot. Watch the video of Kate's shoot here (NSFW!).

Um...hot. See our top picks from Pebble below, and don't forget to visit Rockoko!

Be honest: Do you ever really get sick of playing the "Which Sex And The City Woman Am I?" game? I used to be mostly Carrie, with a healthy dose of Charlotte and a nice dash of Samantha thrown in for spice. Now that I'm married, I'd say there's been an in increase in the Charlotte factor. I could go on...and I suspect that you could too.

Luckily, the mastermind behind the women's astonishing, character-defining fashions for the SATC series and the movie (as well as The Devil Wears Prada and many other hits), Patricia Field, has brought that level of chicness off the screen and, possibly, into your closet. And I got to meet with her! Now, I ask you: what does one wear for something like that? Answer: A Corey Lynn Calter "painted" blue dress. She liked it. It will now be in heavy rotation.

In a super short mini dress that showed off her flawless legs, Field was so nice and very thoughtful about her new one-off collection, Destination Style New York for HSN (buy items from this collection here). It's comprised of 50 pieces, and yes, each one evokes one of the characters. So if you're feeling a little bit more Miranda-esque today, no problem. The average price is -- get this -- only $75. And pieces come in sizes 2-16.



So what does Fields think is coming up next in the world of fashion? "Things are going to get sleeker, like Halston-era '70s with lots of solid color jerseys," she said (as I mentally prepared my next shopping must-haves).

Also: "Accessories, like gloves and hats, and leg adornments of all kinds. Things we haven't ever seen." She added: "Everything's getting simpler, so it's the person you see, not the embellishments on their clothes." Nice!

And what trend does she think is O-V-E-R? "Statement necklaces." From the lips of the Goddess of Style straight to your ears, you heard it here first.

Chanel is revamping its makeup and fragrance counter at Saks Fifth Avenue's flagship New York store.

The new, 850 square-foot space--bigger than most New York apartments--will offer fragrance experts to introduce customers to Chanel's 43 perfume concentrates, eight makeup artist stations, and a digital history book about the French fashion house.

Our favorite feature is Chanel's Miroir Lumiere light-box mirror, tucked away inside the "VIP consultation room." The mirror mimics sunlight at different times of day and in different seasons.

After all, if a shade of lipstick works whether it's summer or winter, morning or night, we might be able to justify its $36 price tag.

At a terrific party in Soho, NYC, for up and coming designers represented by PR whizzes Jack + Bill, we spotted Dannijo.

Dannijo is a jewelry line created by sisters Danielle and Jodie Snyder (that's Danielle at right). Their line features subgenres like "Rock'N'Chains," "Lost at Sea," "Joie de Vivre," and "Medieval Princess." We like! Their rich, complex designs vary from fanciful wisps with pearls (like the piece you see at right), to chunky metals with substantial stones and a strong visual impact. What you can count on from Dannijo is solid designs, imaginatively executed.

Girls all over the club (Tailor) wore Dannijo's elegant necklaces. See our gallery below for the jewelry in action, and be sure to visit their website to view more of their luscious designs.
The party itself was a glitzy collection of young professionals and new designers. Our favorite moment? On our way out the door, they handed us coupons for a free soft pretzel from the vendor outside! Very nice touch.

Ethical fashion is an approach to socially and environmentally sustainable design, sourcing and manufacture of clothing. The ranks of ethical fashion designers are growing exponentially, and the fashions are finally hot, sexy and wearable.

This is a long overdue positive change, and the Re:fashion Awards are a way to celebrate the designers, consumers and manufacturers who are taking the steps to make sustainable fashion appealing and available.

The fashion contest is open to contestants all over the world, with eleven prizes in three categories:

• Designers - The RE:Designer of the Year Awards celebrate outstanding design coupled with pioneering sustainable practices.
• Making a Difference - The Making a Difference Awards celebrate initiatives which have achieved real positive change in the fashion sector.
• Innovation - The Innovation Awards celebrate innovative initiatives and ideas with enormous potential to achieve positive change in the fashion industry.

The awards ceremony will be held in London on November 13, 2008, and the submission date for entries was just extended to August 22nd, so you still have time to enter. If you're a new or established ethical fashionista, this is a chance for you to show the world your stuff!