Archive for the ‘Fashion’ Category

Canadian fashion duo Kirk Pickersgill and Stephen Wong are the brains behind innovative label Greta Constantine. Their use of textures and shapes is incredible and what catches the eye most is the use of a certain safety item – the seat belt. “When you think the process of building a seat belt,” Pickersgill tells Ecouterre, “it’s to save our lives. It’s a type of armor.” Armor indeed. The texture and fabric of the seat belt are perfect for creating the armored shapes!

Greta Constantine

via ecouterre

With magazines folding faster than a bad hand at poker, perhaps it’s time they ventured back to their roots? Vogue particularly could lose some of the tacky fonts and cheesy headlines and in turn focus on glamour, art, style, and oh yeah…fashion. Perhaps highlighting those areas can attribute to the success of Flaunt, Nylon, and Eliza. Fresher and more modern magazines that really know their target market and cater to it. Regardless, it’s interesting to see Vogue’s evolution below. Boy how times have changed!

All images courtesy Conde Nast

There’s no hearty food on the cover of this cookbook, just two anorexic-esque models who probably haven’t eaten in days. The not-for-profit trade association, The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) requested that many of their noteworthy members contribute to this book with recipes of their own. The American Fashion Cookbook includes everything from appetizers to entrees within its pages. 100 American Designers were asked to contribute including: Isaac Mizrahi, Carolina Herrera, Mark Ecko, Derek Lam, John Varvatos and more. There is even a forward by Martha Stewart. I haven’t seen the book in person yet, it’s actually not on CFDA’s website either, but you can get it via Amazon for $29.50. Apparently food and fashion and go together after all.

Surprisingly, I’m not sick of “Your Sex is on Fire” from Kings of Leon as of yet; after all it is played on every radio station repeatedly, inside shops, parties, you get the idea. What I think is completely random is that they’re teaming up with French designers Surface to Air for a limited edition collaboration clothing line. Really? Do we need ANOTHER musician-turned-designer line? Especially one that looks exactly like items I could already purchase for any guy at Target or even a local thrift store. Alas, guys are VERY picky when it comes to fashion – they need that perfect fit without too much flare. That’s what this Kings of Leon and Surface to Air collab provides. No word on if the garments are going to be available in the states, but they will be at ParisTexas boutique in Copenhagen, Denmark if you happen to be in the area.

via 24bit and ParisTexas

Fashion’s Night Out received lots of publicity as a way of kick starting New York Fashion Week and aiding struggling (and not-so-struggling) retailers. So when something works well – why not do it again? Except, do it bigger, better, and with a more global reach. Well, that seems to be the aim for the next wave of Fashion’s Night Out events already in the planning stages for September 9, 2010.

It was obviously a HUGE hit in NYC, who doesn’t like parties with free champagne? Retail sales were significantly increased for the evening and almost all party goers purchased a lil somethin’ somethin’. But that was NYC, in LA however there were a few events around town, but wasn’t really a huge deal. Saks Fifth Ave and a few boutiques got into the action, but nothing on the NY scale. That may change next year, with more boutiques looking to capitalize on the event’s publicity and the lure of a better economy in the coming new year.

After the programs success this past year, plans are being made to stage FNO once again in places such as London, Paris, Milan, Berlin, Madrid, Moscow, Athens, Taipei, Tokyo, Beijing, Sao Paolo and New Delhi.

“The international Vogues want to make good things happen for our readers and for the fashion and retail industries,” commented Jonathan Newhouse, Chairman of Condé Nast International. “Fashion’s Night Out was highly successful, generating more store traffic and higher sales, and it was a lot of fun too. We are proud to be leading the effort again.”

Vogue‘s Editor in chief:

“We were absolutely bowled over by the response to Fashion’s Night Out. It was only fifteen minutes after the event began and we were getting reports about lines around the block at stores throughout the city,” said Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour. “It was wonderful to see people embrace this initiative, and we are thrilled that they wish it to return.”

It’ll be interesting to see if FNO events in LA reach the large scale of NY, or if anywhere else on the globe compares with NYC’s shopping power. We’re more casual out in the wild wild west – we can shop any day of the week. We shall see what thrilling soriees are in store for us Sept 9, 2010.

For more info visit Fashion’s Night Out

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True story: I had to convince my dad that joining facebook had nothing to do with his credit card receiving unauthorized charges from Amazon.

He’s still on the networking site, but rarely uses it. I actually think it’s an awesome way for relatives to keep in touch. You can see new babies and weddings without having to actually take part in the event (whether you wanted to or not). Besides, nothing say’s “I Love You” like a picture comment. I also use it to keep in touch with old colleagues, college friends, and high school friends. It’s like you literally never lose touch with anyone.

It does takes some family members longer than others to really get the hang of the site. After all, it was originally college students only uploading party pictures and such, I haven’t deleted any of those pics and don’t plan on it either. I have no shame. Sadly visitors of Oh, Crap My Parents Joined Facebook probably do have some shame. The site gives hilarious screen shots of status updates and other family related facebook antics.

I feel The Onion gets this hilarious phenomenon best with their video explaining how parents can use facebook and twitter:

Whether or not most of your relatives are on facebook, its popularity can’t be denied.