New York Fashion Week is in full swing, with the best of the best designers
showcasing their Spring/Summer 2016 collections.
From bold design patterns to chic classic cuts, the world’s top fashionistas
are lighting up the runways.
“For me, the fashion [this season] is right on my target. It’s a lot of the
hippie-chic style, the 70s all the way,” celebrity stylist Irma Martinez told
Fox News Latino recently. “High-waisted pants, bell bottoms, a lot of fringes,
clear transparent clothes, a lot of flowing material. Very hippie.”
“(It’s) something that you can go from day to night and look amazing,” she
added. “A lot of layers. I love dressing with layers.”
The Colombian-born stylist said she is noticing that a lot of the collections
on display are offering a very feminine and romantic feel to the clothes.
“This year, more than anything I’ve seen (designs) going back to that era
where we were free, the hippie-free era from the 60s and 70s when women would
say ‘I want to wear whatever I want’,” Martinez said. “I like that.”
Martinez, who resides in Miami, has been working as a celebrity stylist for
nearly 21 years. She has dressed the likes of Gloria Estefan, Ricky Martin, and
Thalia, making them red carpet-fabulous every time.
“Since I was little I knew I wanted to be in fashion,” she told FNL. “My mom
used to sew and I just sat next to her taking the things she would throw and
start making things of my own. So it was something that came natural (to
me.)”
As a teenager she moved to Miami – first to learn English and then to attend
fashion design school – not knowing that her path would lead her to working with
some of the biggest names in the business.
“I always say it’s a two-way street, a team effort. I cannot take all the
credit for myself. At the end of the day, the celebrity has the final word,”
said Martinez about styling different celebrities.
She said it all starts with the DNA of the celebrity – their personal style –
and from there Martinez builds an outfit.
“I don’t want to change it, I just want to make it better,” Martinez said. “I
think that’s part of my success. I don’t impose any trends or anything on any of
my clients. I like them to feel comfortable in their skin, not like they are
wearing a costume.”Read more at:short formal
dresses | formal
dresses perth
2015年9月10日星期四
Local Art Institute student makes New York Fashion Week debut
Deron Shields knew the only way for him to make it in the fashion industry
was to move from Baltimore to New York City.
Since he graduated from Baltimore Community College in 2006 with a degree in apparel technology, he's exceeded his expectations, landing internships and sewing jobs with household names such as Vera Wang, Zac Posen, Rachel Roy and Cynthia Rowley. On Tuesday, the 30-year-old will premiere his collection for the first time in New York Fashion Week as a designer.
Shields, who is pursuing a degree in fashion design at the Art Institute in New York City, is one of 12 designers chosen to showcase their designs during the annual Art Institute runway show.
best
celebrity dresses
The show highlights the work of the school's top students. With professional models and hair and makeup artists among the backdrop of New York Fashion Week, this is a full-on production.
"To work with models that are industry standard is amazing," he said. "I would love to do this every day. It's a dream come true."
Shields immediately caught the attention of the faculty at the Art Institute.
"Deron was an easy choice for our Spring 2016 show," said Mai Vu, interim director of the department of fashion design. "His work ethic, enthusiasm and attention to detail, in addition to his talent, made him not only a perfect candidate for inclusion in the show, but one to watch in seasons to come."
This isn't Shields' first brush with the spotlight.
In 2012, he was cast as a sewing expert on Lifetime Television's "24 Hour Catwalk." During the reality show, he showed off his skills before industry leaders such as Alexa Chung, James LaForce, Derek Blasberg and Rowley. That experience led him to stints with top designers.
"It was a great experience," he said. "These are all people I aspire to be like."
Shields said his sewing technique has evolved leaps and bounds with his New York City work experience. That craftsmanship is reflected in his collection.
"I have one piece with over 200 hand-sewn ruffles," he said. "Another dress has over 400 hand-sewn ruffles. Those pieces are pretty amazing. I've really impressed myself."
Shields has come a long way from his Baltimore roots, raised by his grandmother in the city's Highlandtown neighborhood.
"I was bullied as a child," he said. "As an adult, to see people gravitate to my style and energy is a great feeling."
He remembers having to steal expensive fashion magazines from the supermarket as a youngster because his grandmother wouldn't purchase them.
"I was 11, and I picked up my first copy of Harper's Bazaar. I saw my first Valentino ball gown," Shields said. "He has been one of my favorite designers ever since."
Now Shields hopes that everyone will appreciate the strides he's made in the fashion industry.
"I want to shed some positive light on Baltimore," he said. "Not everything and everyone from Baltimore is negative."
formal dresses short
Since he graduated from Baltimore Community College in 2006 with a degree in apparel technology, he's exceeded his expectations, landing internships and sewing jobs with household names such as Vera Wang, Zac Posen, Rachel Roy and Cynthia Rowley. On Tuesday, the 30-year-old will premiere his collection for the first time in New York Fashion Week as a designer.
Shields, who is pursuing a degree in fashion design at the Art Institute in New York City, is one of 12 designers chosen to showcase their designs during the annual Art Institute runway show.
The show highlights the work of the school's top students. With professional models and hair and makeup artists among the backdrop of New York Fashion Week, this is a full-on production.
"To work with models that are industry standard is amazing," he said. "I would love to do this every day. It's a dream come true."
Shields immediately caught the attention of the faculty at the Art Institute.
"Deron was an easy choice for our Spring 2016 show," said Mai Vu, interim director of the department of fashion design. "His work ethic, enthusiasm and attention to detail, in addition to his talent, made him not only a perfect candidate for inclusion in the show, but one to watch in seasons to come."
This isn't Shields' first brush with the spotlight.
In 2012, he was cast as a sewing expert on Lifetime Television's "24 Hour Catwalk." During the reality show, he showed off his skills before industry leaders such as Alexa Chung, James LaForce, Derek Blasberg and Rowley. That experience led him to stints with top designers.
"It was a great experience," he said. "These are all people I aspire to be like."
Shields said his sewing technique has evolved leaps and bounds with his New York City work experience. That craftsmanship is reflected in his collection.
"I have one piece with over 200 hand-sewn ruffles," he said. "Another dress has over 400 hand-sewn ruffles. Those pieces are pretty amazing. I've really impressed myself."
Shields has come a long way from his Baltimore roots, raised by his grandmother in the city's Highlandtown neighborhood.
"I was bullied as a child," he said. "As an adult, to see people gravitate to my style and energy is a great feeling."
He remembers having to steal expensive fashion magazines from the supermarket as a youngster because his grandmother wouldn't purchase them.
"I was 11, and I picked up my first copy of Harper's Bazaar. I saw my first Valentino ball gown," Shields said. "He has been one of my favorite designers ever since."
Now Shields hopes that everyone will appreciate the strides he's made in the fashion industry.
"I want to shed some positive light on Baltimore," he said. "Not everything and everyone from Baltimore is negative."
formal dresses short
2015年9月6日星期日
Project Runway design speaks at Delta
Emily Payne, one of the top fashion designers of Project Runway Season 13 is coming to Stockton to share her experiences with the Haute Couture Society and students in the Fashion Program at Delta College on Saturday, Sept. 12.
Emily was born in Michigan and raised in Temple, Texas. She earned a fashion degree from the Dallas Art Institute. Directly out of design school, Emily started her first street-wear label called “BRICK” which won her acclaim as “the San Francisco street wear brand” as stated in Sportswear International 2002. The brand received write-ups and editorial that year in Nylon, Paper, SOMA, 7x7, I-Look (Hong Kong) Olive (Tokyo) San Francisco Magazine, as well as the full front page of the San Francisco GUARDIAN. She was also invited to participate in GEN ARTS’ fresh faces show in 2002 and appeared in Women’s Wear Daily for her work. At that time, her label was available for purchase in well known-boutiques such as Patrica Fields and American Rag.
unique formal dresses 2013-2014
unique formal dresses 2013-2014
Payne’s been designing since 1997, and lived in SF from 1999 to 2004, then moved to LA to work for a private-label design firm. She moved back to SF in 2011 and has made it her home. As a private-label designer, she worked for companies that sold goods at Hot Topic, Urban Outfitters, and Forever 21.
In 2007, Payne and her now-husband Isaac had a daughter and she moved into kid’s clothes, launching Devon Rose, which was named after her daughter and which soon became a cult-fave. Devon Rose quickly gained fans for its edgy silhouettes, keen attention to detail and use of uniquely beautiful textiles. The line has been featured in Papier-mache mag, Small magazine, and Babiekins magazine and was previously sold at upscale children’s boutiques Sweet William and Little Bean, as well as Payne’s own Etsy boutique. DevonRose was hailed as an “Etsy cult favorite” in the well-known StrollerTraffic Blog in 2010. Her line is available sells via the brand’s websites: www.devonrosekids.com. In 2011, she started her women’s line, Leather Tongue, which she sells through Etsy.Payne will be on the San Joaquin Delta College campus Saturday to share her design insights with the members of the Haute Couture Society of Stockton. She’s start off with a presentation at 10:30 a.m., sharing her experiences on the show, followed by a trunk show of her latest collections for her brands. After lunch, she’s conduct a draping workshop with those interested in learning her design secrets.
The Haute Couture Society is a nonprofit organization of individuals who have joined together to learn and share their interests in creative arts, design, and fashion. Although based in Stockton, California, the members reside up and down the Central Valley. They meet once a month with a different agenda and activity for each meeting. They conduct field trips to fashion centers and various fashion exhibitions and present their own original work at their annual fashion show. They also support fashion education with scholarships to local students who study fashion at area high schools, Delta College or four-year institutions.
yellow formal dresses for women
2015年8月31日星期一
Latest Accolades of a Korean Inventor and Three Fashion Designers
Korean fashion has influenced not just Asians, but also people in the West. This is why many 'fashionistas' are keeping an eye on Korean designers who will present emerging styles that will surely become a trend globally.
Take for example two Korean designers will represent the entire Asia in International Woolmark Prize. Munsoo Kwon (menswear) and J Koo (womenswear) - who both appear in Seoul Fashion Week regularly - will compete with other designers worldwide, according to CNN Style in an Aug 19 article.
Aside from the two, Suecomma Bonnie is also making a name in the fashion industry, particularly in accessories and footwear.
The international acclaim of these designers show Koreans have a lot more to offer, as new trends emerge every now and then. And not just in fashion, but also in other fields - ingenious design concepts, in particular.
A good example of this is the creation of Korean designer Jang WooSeok who has come up with something to brighten up mornings.
A lot of people agree that a cup of coffee is always a good idea upon waking up in the morning. But how about getting a kiss from the coffee cup? Sounds lovely... and creepy!
Jang has invented a new coffee lid design, which he calls 'Coffee Lid: Take Kiss' Out.' He says the creation is different from the typical coffee lids that people are used to.
"Different from the other coffee lids, which have a usual hole to put a straw or to drink directly, Take Kiss Out looks like a human face," Jang says in his email to Mashable, as reported last week. "Therefore, a coffee drinker experiences a visually funny and emotionally different coffee when drinking."
Jang describes his creation: "I love both coffee and kisses. I always have coffee a day, but kiss can't. So I began to sketch the idea at the cafe. Funny, I imagined people have a pure joy when walking around kiss lid in hand."
"There is only mouth on the lid to start with prototype. However I felt like there was something missing in our early design concept. I realized that touch the noses is essential point in order to feel realistically while I kissed."
He went on, "So I add the nose and face muscle to the lid. Finally, it has the lineaments of that of a Greek statue as well as a friendly face. I am sure that it is an important point to get public attention."
open back formal dresses
2015年8月23日星期日
Missouri Style Week, a showcase for area fashion designers, expands to offer Columbia runway show
Missouri doesn’t typically top many lists for major fashion hubs. Paris, Milan, London, New York … somehow, this region gets overlooked.
And yet, fashion has been an important part of the state’s history. The lucrative fur trade played a major role in the founding of St. Louis in the 1800s, and both St. Louis and Kansas City once had thriving garment districts — think textile mills and shoe factories — up until the 1960s.
“Over the decades, we’ve grown away from that,” said Cillah Hall, publisher of Gazelle STL, a glossy lifestyle magazine in St. Louis.
Still, she said, there is a strong creative current.
“A lot of designers are graduating from Missouri universities,” Hall said.
To recognize the design talent in the state, she and Kristy Lee, an adjunct fashion marketing professor at the Art Institute of St. Louis and fashion editor at Gazelle STL, started Missouri Style Week.
purple formal dresses under 100
purple formal dresses under 100
“We wanted an avenue that gives designers the opportunity to show their work and make connections that help them with their careers,” Hall said.
Missouri Style Week initially was called Missouri Fashion Week. Its first runway shows, held in 2013 in St. Louis, featured collections from 20 designers — most of them from Missouri. About 500 people attended the shows, which were spread out between Friday and Saturday dates.
Building on that success, Hall and Lee produced a second event in 2014, this time renaming it Missouri Style Week so as not to create fear of confusion with St. Louis Fashion Week, a retail-focused show that creates a stage for designers from other parts of the country who are reaching out to customers in the Midwest.
And now Missouri Style Week is expanding to include more designers and reach more viewers.
Last spring, Hall and Lee were invited to participate on the Stephens College School of Design and Fashion’s Jury of Selections, during which a panel of fashion industry experts, including designers, merchandisers and editors, reviews each garment constructed by fashion design students and selects the best to appear in the department’s annual fashion show.
Hall and Lee were impressed. The experience opened their eyes not only to Stephens’ fashion program, but to Columbia as a whole.
“We literally just said, ‘You know what? This is the reason we do Missouri Style Week,’ ” Hall said.
And so just three months away from their third series of runway shows, they decided to add a third evening in Columbia.
The show in Columbia will be held Wednesday at the Plaza Event Center at Parkade Center.
A preshow featuring ensembles from two local boutiques, Swank and Muse, will kick things off.
Anna Coleman, manager at Muse, said the event offers an opportunity to show off the shop’s fall looks.
“Muse has done a few fashion shows in the past, and they are always a really fun way to reach out to the community so we were really excited to be a part of Missouri Style Week’s show,” Coleman said.
The idea of community is integral to the event. Hall described a give-and-take between the designers and attendees. On the one hand, seeing new work can be exciting for fashion fans.
“It’s kind of like going to the movies. You’re not necessarily a movie producer, but you enjoy the art of it. It’s the same thing with fashion. You can shop or you can celebrate it,” Hall said.
And providing this excitement is rewarding for the designers.
“They have a lot of down times where they are doubting themselves. When you have an event like Missouri Style Week, it helps get them going,” Hall said.
The designer lineup that evening is Nasheli Juliana, a professor at Lindenwood University’s fashion design program who also has worked for such well-known names as Donna Karan and Oscar de la Renta; Kara Henry, a 2015 Stephens College graduate; Kechena Richardson, a Kansas City-based designer; Jaer Caban, a Puerto Rican designer who will be showing an entirely different collection in St. Louis later in the week; and Richard Cotto, a student at Lindenwood University and who also will be showing a different collection in St. Louis.
Hall said some of the designers will present ready-to-wear collections, but that many will be more conceptual in nature.
“Generally, the designers that are attracted to us are more excited about the more couture, avant-garde looks. Those are the designs that inspire,” Hall said.
While some might question the value in presenting garments for which a person would be hard-pressed to find occasion to wear it, Hall said these are the designs that inspire new fashions.
“Out of every avant-garde garment, something fresh gets created. It’s inspirational. Nobody wants to go to a fashion show and see something that they’ll see on the rack at a store,” Hall said.
After Wednesday’s runway show, the event moves back to St. Louis where it will resume with a couture show Friday and a conceptual show on Saturday.
princess formal dresses australia
2015年8月20日星期四
Meet four of Hong Kong's hottest young fashion designers
One of the local designers creating the most buzz at the moment is Kay Kwok, who despite launching his label just two years ago, has already shown at London Fashion Week, where he impressed New York Times fashion editor Suzy Menkes. Kwok is a firm believer in fashion education, which he says has improved drastically in Hong Kong in recent years. His fashion design studies at Hong Kong Polytechnic University gave him the confidence and the skill set to go to the prestigious London College of Fashion (alumni include Jimmy Choo and Patrick Cox) and then to work at Alexander McQueen. "Hong Kong gave me key skills, like pattern cutting and computer-aided design," says Kwok, adding that London further honed his creativity.
Kwok's aesthetic is avant-garde with his last autumn-winter collection featuring UFOs and extraterrestrials. His latest collection is influenced by the themes of futurism and technology, and combines computer-generated prints with asymmetrical cuts and a jaunty colour palette. Kwok says he values creativity over monetary gain, not an obvious choice for many up-and-coming designers. "I was first approached by Joyce after my degree show, but I turned them down as I wasn't ready," says Kwok.
It's an offer that most young Hong Kong designers would give an arm for, but Kwok turned down Joyce two more times before finally letting them buy and sell his collection in their stores. It is this willingness to be patient and learn the trade, he says, that has set him up for long-term success.
Great technical skill and buckets of creativity helped Whosthat garner international attention, highlighted by a nomination for the International Woolmark Prize. Created by designer Meiyi Cheung, the brand was singled out by a panel that included American designer Thom Browne and Cyril Rahon, head buyer at Milanese retailer 10 Corso Como.
Cheung describes her aesthetic as "genteel and exquisite", and says it has a young attitude and subtle sexiness. She's no fan of the fast fashion that dominates Hong Kong and believes that the mindset of Hong Kong consumers is still one of "MTR culture", meaning convenience and price still rule. But, she says, the situation is improving for local designers and will only get better, even if the city's future is becoming more uncertain. "To me, Hong Kong is a great place for business, yet it has been too safe and too comfortable for a long time to generate creativity," she says. "Great creativity always come from challenges and limitations."
www.queenieaustralia.com/vintage-formal-dresses-au
www.queenieaustralia.com/vintage-formal-dresses-au
Cheung has, however, taken advantage of Hong Kong's location to help her brand grow. "The city is a fertile place for fashion start-ups, because it is a hub of major global brands' branch offices and sourcing centres, along with the fact that it's located next door to the world's factory," she says.
Hei Lau also made the short list for the International Woolmark Prize with a style that's both clean-cut and feminine. Its founder, from whom the brand takes it name, has shown at Australian Fashion Week, put on a catwalk show in Macau and was also selected to show at the Asahi Kasei Chinese Creativity Award Collection at China Fashion Week in Beijing for spring-summer 2015.
Despite its Hong Kong roots, Lau sees her brand as international. She relocated to Shanghai this year to explore the Chinese fashion scene, and she says her platform is in Europe.
"I meet all my international buyers in Paris three or four times per year and I travel with my collections to do catwalk shows/promotions around the world," says Lau, who this year relocated permanently to Shanghai to explore the Chinese fashion scene.
Grana became the poster boy for Hong Kong fashion start-ups after securing US$1 million in funding from investors that included fashion group Bluebell. The brand's co-founder, Luke Grana, says he decided to set up his company in Hong Kong rather than his native Australia, partly as it's a free tax port. "It's also the world's sourcing city for the garment industry," he says. "And Hong Kong is a huge distribution hub. There are five DHL planes that fly to Australia every day, 12 to the US and 16 to Europe."
Grana was able to secure a deal with DHL, and being based in Hong Kong has allowed the company to keep costs down. Being an e-tailer also means they don't have to deal with crippling rents. Like other Hong Kong fashion e-tailers such as A Boy Named Sue, Grana is thriving in international and local sales as Hongkongers take to online shopping in a big way.
www.queenieaustralia.com/one-shoulder-formal-dresses
Grana was able to secure a deal with DHL, and being based in Hong Kong has allowed the company to keep costs down. Being an e-tailer also means they don't have to deal with crippling rents. Like other Hong Kong fashion e-tailers such as A Boy Named Sue, Grana is thriving in international and local sales as Hongkongers take to online shopping in a big way.
2015年8月17日星期一
NISOLO IS HIRING A GRAPHIC DESIGNER & MEDIA ASSOCIATE IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Nisolo is a disruptive, socially conscious lifestyle brand creating value for consumers and producers in the fashion space through the design, manufacturing, and direct-distribution of handmade leather shoes, accessories, and select apparel goods. We are recruiting a Graphic Designer & Media Associate to elevate the Nisolo brand story through strong visual communication online and offline.
QueenieAustralia vintage bridesmaid dresses
QueenieAustralia vintage bridesmaid dresses
About Nisolo
We make the highest quality, most beautifully designed, ethically sourced shoes and accessories on the market. We are a young company composed of smart, driven teammates committed to constantly improving our work. We are passionate and compassionate, ambitious and pragmatic. In less than four years, we have grown from a handful of people with a good idea to 40 individuals passionately pursuing a common dream. With our eyes set on our long-term goals, we seek to build a strong company infrastructure and culture, performance, and social impact. As a Graphic Designer + Media Associate at Nisolo, you will work closely with our Creative Manager to create beautiful assets to communicate our story to our customers, manage those assets, and share them on our various channels.
About You
- Eye for design, clean + sophisticated aesthetic, and strong interest in fashion
- Strong voice, commitment to social impact, and always striving for excellence
- Highly motivated, self-managed, and able to think independently
- Crazy attention to detail, a perfectionist that can also make a tight deadline
- Responds positively to feedback and adapts quickly to change
- Thinks with both sides of the brain: creative vision and strong organizational skills
- Takes initiative and doesn’t need to be asked anything twice
- Listens well and no task is too small
- Innovative thinker always seeking to grow and push brand direction forward
- Strong interpersonal skills and enjoys working with a team
Responsibilities
- Design lookbooks & printed materials for events
- Create weekly fashion forward marketing emails
- Photography Photoshop retouching
- Assist in photography selection
- Design website layouts, packaging, store assets, online ads, & social media assets
- Develop fresh content for our social channels and handle day-to-day management of Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, Tumblr and several others
- Manage organization of assets and flow of assets between creative and social
Skills & Qualifications
- Previous experience at a top end lifestyle or fashion brand, or creative agency is preferred
- Adobe Suite wizard
- Clean + sophisticated design sensibility
- Solid creative portfolio with design, typography, and branding projects
- Passion for learning, always seeking to sharpen skills
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
QueenieAustralia black bridesmaid dresses
2015年8月9日星期日
Andrea Fascinetto -- Successful By Design
I recently sat down with a relatively new fashion designer in NYC who is quickly making a name for herself. She is Mexican born and Paris educated, Andrea Fascinetto, and with the release of her first collection, Minuit Bleu, in February, she has already gained the attention of fashion score keepers like Saks Fifth Avenue and Vanity Fair Magazine. How does a twenty-something fashion designer from Mexico enter the New York fashion scene and immediately gain traction? You are about to find out. It certainly hasn't been easy, but Andrea is successful by design. Here are her five simple secrets for achieving big dreams in the highly competitive business of fashion.
cheap ball dresses perth
Absolute Confidence: Andrea studied fine art and photography before finding her passion for fashion. She went on to apply for a seat at one of the most prestigious fashion schools in the world, Parsons Paris. Her chances of being admitted into their program were slim because competition is always heavy and Andrea, at that time, didn't yet even know how to sew. How did she win her seat? Andrea says that it was all about confidence. She showed up at her interview 100% confident that she would get accepted. The confidence came out when she described what she was going to do in the fashion world. She had been making beautiful art her entire life, she explained to the school, and the only thing that was different about fashion was that the canvas was a human being. Andrea was admitted into the program. She was one of about 40 students. She immediately bought a sewing machine and learned to sew. Despite having not been trained in fashion up until that point, Andrea was one of roughly 6 students who completed the arduous program. Her confidence would soon come into play again. In November of 2014, Andrea was offered a dream job with a massive, publicly traded, fashion house. Absolutely confident that she could break into the fashion scene on her own, Andrea turned down the job and launched Andrea Fascinetto, her own fashion line.
cheap ball dresses perth
Absolute Confidence: Andrea studied fine art and photography before finding her passion for fashion. She went on to apply for a seat at one of the most prestigious fashion schools in the world, Parsons Paris. Her chances of being admitted into their program were slim because competition is always heavy and Andrea, at that time, didn't yet even know how to sew. How did she win her seat? Andrea says that it was all about confidence. She showed up at her interview 100% confident that she would get accepted. The confidence came out when she described what she was going to do in the fashion world. She had been making beautiful art her entire life, she explained to the school, and the only thing that was different about fashion was that the canvas was a human being. Andrea was admitted into the program. She was one of about 40 students. She immediately bought a sewing machine and learned to sew. Despite having not been trained in fashion up until that point, Andrea was one of roughly 6 students who completed the arduous program. Her confidence would soon come into play again. In November of 2014, Andrea was offered a dream job with a massive, publicly traded, fashion house. Absolutely confident that she could break into the fashion scene on her own, Andrea turned down the job and launched Andrea Fascinetto, her own fashion line.
Tell A Story: The way Andrea Fascinetto sees it, success in business and life comes down to your ability to tell a great story. She says that you have to give people something to believe in. You have to paint a picture for them. It's much easier for people to buy into your dream when they understand the story. Andrea launched her first clothing line, Minuit Bleu, in February of 2015 and she designed the entire line around a story. The story had many components. First, her line incorporated the Nike of Samothrace, which is a 2nd century BC marble sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike. The sculpture is one of the most celebrated in the world, and has been displayed at the Louvre since 1884. The work is notable for its rendering of a pose where violent motion and sudden stillness meet, creating balance. You can see Fascinetto's interpretation of this in her line which features contrasting hues from silvers to pure black, representing the idea of perspectives and looking at things from every angle. Secondly, Minuit Bleu, is the story of ending romances. The line represents the contrast of falling in love and then falling apart. Fascinetto's fashion show where she released this line featured sultry jazz musician, Katrina Cunningham, whose music was the perfect backdrop for a show that featured such contrasting artistic concepts. Fascinetto's fashion line was well received by the industry, which furthers her belief that when people believe in the story, they believe in you.
My Dream or Yours?: One of the best parts of Andrea's story is that she turned down a dream job with a massively successful fashion house. I wondered why she wouldn't have at least tried that position before going after her big dream of launching her own fashion line. Andrea explained that working at the larger, established firm would have been amazing, admittedly a dream come true. She said that it was when she was talking to the head of menswear that she knew she couldn't take the job. He was explaining to Andrea how well the company takes care of their people. He said that working there was like working with family and that many have been with the company for decades. Andrea said that it all sounded amazing, but she knew then and there that if she accepted that job, she would never want to leave it. To her, choosing that position would mean sacrificing her dream. Admittedly, launching her own fashion line right out of the gate would be hard, but she knew in her heart that she needed to go after her own dream, not someone else's.
Surround Yourself With Undying Advocates: Andrea says that the real secret to her early success in the fashion industry is that she has surrounded herself with people who are her undying advocates. They believe in her 100%. For example, Andrea, an only child, says that she is blessed to have parents who have never once doubted her ability to make a name for herself as an artist. They have supported her creative license ever since she was a little girl. Whether it be painting, photography, or fashion, Andrea's parents have her back in whatever she's doing. As well, her business partner, Eric Geiger, dropped what he was doing and moved to NYC from Paris to help her launch the business. Even her publicist, Felicia Quaning, started promoting Andrea and the new line even when all she had to show for her idea was a sketch. Andrea says that when you are launching anything that is new, you need people who trust you so much that they will take a leap of faith and believe in you. Andrea's entire network is made up of such people. They trusted her vision, and in true Andrea Fascinetto fashion, she pulled it off with her first clothing line, Minuit Bleu.
Compare Yourself to Nobody: I asked Andrea which fashion designer she compares herself to. "Really, nobody," she explained. Andrea says that she doesn't spend a lot of time studying other designers because the little time she does have is spent on her own designs. She said that she has gained inspiration from people like her uncle, an architect, who taught Andrea long ago that it was ok to be very bold in art. He would tell her to never second guess her strokes when painting, to be bold, and to worry little about mistakes. Andrea says that all of those little insights from her uncle growing up have come through in her fashion work, but as for comparing herself to other designers, she's not even interested in trying. Andrea says, "I am bold. I am not afraid to make mistakes. I am one of kind when it comes to my designs."
Smart, confident, bold, driven, and ambitious beyond words, Andrea Fascinetto is making a name for herself in the world of fashion, and it hasn't even been a year since she walked away from that dream job job! This designer is going places because she is successful by design.
orange formal dresses for juniors
2015年8月3日星期一
Student design pops up at Plaza for catwalk of talent
FOR fashion design students, one experience is invaluable to their future
career - the chance to sell their designs in a major shopping centre.
For the first weekend of every month until October, TAFE Queensland East Coast fashion design students will get to do just that.
In the Fashion Incubator event, students will sell their wares in an interactive pop-up clothing and accessories market at the Sunshine Plaza Shopping Centre.
The first Incubator was held last weekend on August 1 and 2.
Sunshine Plaza shoppers had the opportunity to purchase bespoke pieces from the young designer students' latest ranges.
Fashion student Stephany Eland, 18, from Mapleton, said her love of fashion
design started from making cosplay costumes as a hobby.
"I've always enjoyed looking at the way fashion speaks about a person or culture and the way that even though it's an individual choice, culture chooses the way it moves," she said.
Aaron Grant, 18, from Nambour, said up until about six months ago, he had no idea what he wanted to do as a career.
"Fashion to me is an art form and a way for me to express myself creatively," he said.
"But what I really like about the whole realm of fashion is designing and creating things that I see in my head."
Sunshine Plaza marketing manager Kylie Riches said the Fashion Incubator concept provided a synergy between fashion and the local community.
"We've received a sneak peek at the students' latest ranges and they look great," she said.
"We are very excited to offer a retail space for the students to exhibit and sell their all-new designs.
"It truly is a great opportunity to support local up-and-coming talent in the region."
The students' fashion teacher Amanda Knights said hands-on training was essential for TAFE students.
"The Fashion Incubator offers a fantastic launching pad for our fashion students, giving them a chance to show off their designs and a taste of the real-world fashion industry," she said.
The next Fashion Incubator will be held on Saturday and Sunday September 5 and 6 at Level 1 Sunshine Plaza, outside Myer.
vintage style formal dresses
For the first weekend of every month until October, TAFE Queensland East Coast fashion design students will get to do just that.
In the Fashion Incubator event, students will sell their wares in an interactive pop-up clothing and accessories market at the Sunshine Plaza Shopping Centre.
The first Incubator was held last weekend on August 1 and 2.
Sunshine Plaza shoppers had the opportunity to purchase bespoke pieces from the young designer students' latest ranges.
"I've always enjoyed looking at the way fashion speaks about a person or culture and the way that even though it's an individual choice, culture chooses the way it moves," she said.
Aaron Grant, 18, from Nambour, said up until about six months ago, he had no idea what he wanted to do as a career.
"Fashion to me is an art form and a way for me to express myself creatively," he said.
"But what I really like about the whole realm of fashion is designing and creating things that I see in my head."
Sunshine Plaza marketing manager Kylie Riches said the Fashion Incubator concept provided a synergy between fashion and the local community.
"We've received a sneak peek at the students' latest ranges and they look great," she said.
"We are very excited to offer a retail space for the students to exhibit and sell their all-new designs.
"It truly is a great opportunity to support local up-and-coming talent in the region."
The students' fashion teacher Amanda Knights said hands-on training was essential for TAFE students.
"The Fashion Incubator offers a fantastic launching pad for our fashion students, giving them a chance to show off their designs and a taste of the real-world fashion industry," she said.
The next Fashion Incubator will be held on Saturday and Sunday September 5 and 6 at Level 1 Sunshine Plaza, outside Myer.
vintage style formal dresses
2015年7月28日星期二
Drexel Programs Rank Highly on Fashion Schools List
This month, a website dedicated to helping direct students aspiring to enter
a career in fashion design to the right schools once again ranked Drexel in its
top 10.
Drexel ranked seventh in the United States on the list for Fashion Design on Fashion-Schools.org’s Top 50 list. It has been named one of the ten best schools in the country for fashion design since 2012.
Drexel’s Design & Merchandising program also ranked highly, coming in at no. 14 on the list ranking schools in the United States offering that major.
The top administrators for those programs shared with DrexelNow what they
think puts them fashion’s top echelon year after year.
Allen Sabinson, dean, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
“With well over 40 years of history, Westphal’s programs in Fashion Design and Design & Merchandising (D&M) have produced generations of talented designers and industry professionals who fanned out across the world, working in many of the world’s most well-known fashion and merchandising businesses.”
“You only need attend the annual Drexel Fashion Show to witness the lavish production staged by the D&M students featuring the exquisite designs of Fashion students and you’d know we have very special programs.”
Roberta Gruber, head, Department of Design, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
“The Fashion Design and D&M programs often work in concert with each other as well as with other majors, forging many interdisciplinary initiatives. The two most popular are the annual student Fashion Show and the D&M Magazine.”
“Our programs stand out for a variety of reasons. Our excellent faculty who have industry experience and maintain valuable research and/or creative activities, a rigorous curriculum, a diverse student body, superior facilities, easy accessibility to cultural institutions and activities, study abroad opportunities, a focus on professionalism and experiential learning through Drexel’s co-op program all serve to stimulate creative thinking and doing.”
“Also, the Fox Historic Costume Collection is an outstanding resource as a teaching tool where students visit with faculty or on their own for inspiration.”
Lisa Hayes, program director, Fashion Design
“Drexel fashion students learn to master critical design skills while exploring a wide variety of opportunities within their field and beyond. We encourage a collaborative approach to design and research where students can experience a broad range of disciplines throughout the university.”
“Students are supported by accomplished faculty mentors and industry liaisons. Our diverse student body enjoys both a local and global approach to design thinking, as they work to solve design challenges for the future, with fashion as a catalyst.”
Catherine Fox Byers, program director, Design & Merchandising
“While there are more fashion merchandising programs in the United States, Drexel’s Design & Merchandising is a program that incorporates both the principles and aesthetics of design with sound industry practices.”
“Of course, Drexel’s co-op program sets ours apart from others, with students working for a full six months, broadening their value to employers and enriching their experience.”
www.queenieaustralia.com/orange-formal-dresses
Drexel ranked seventh in the United States on the list for Fashion Design on Fashion-Schools.org’s Top 50 list. It has been named one of the ten best schools in the country for fashion design since 2012.
Drexel’s Design & Merchandising program also ranked highly, coming in at no. 14 on the list ranking schools in the United States offering that major.
Allen Sabinson, dean, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
“With well over 40 years of history, Westphal’s programs in Fashion Design and Design & Merchandising (D&M) have produced generations of talented designers and industry professionals who fanned out across the world, working in many of the world’s most well-known fashion and merchandising businesses.”
“You only need attend the annual Drexel Fashion Show to witness the lavish production staged by the D&M students featuring the exquisite designs of Fashion students and you’d know we have very special programs.”
Roberta Gruber, head, Department of Design, Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
“The Fashion Design and D&M programs often work in concert with each other as well as with other majors, forging many interdisciplinary initiatives. The two most popular are the annual student Fashion Show and the D&M Magazine.”
“Our programs stand out for a variety of reasons. Our excellent faculty who have industry experience and maintain valuable research and/or creative activities, a rigorous curriculum, a diverse student body, superior facilities, easy accessibility to cultural institutions and activities, study abroad opportunities, a focus on professionalism and experiential learning through Drexel’s co-op program all serve to stimulate creative thinking and doing.”
“Also, the Fox Historic Costume Collection is an outstanding resource as a teaching tool where students visit with faculty or on their own for inspiration.”
Lisa Hayes, program director, Fashion Design
“Drexel fashion students learn to master critical design skills while exploring a wide variety of opportunities within their field and beyond. We encourage a collaborative approach to design and research where students can experience a broad range of disciplines throughout the university.”
“Students are supported by accomplished faculty mentors and industry liaisons. Our diverse student body enjoys both a local and global approach to design thinking, as they work to solve design challenges for the future, with fashion as a catalyst.”
Catherine Fox Byers, program director, Design & Merchandising
“While there are more fashion merchandising programs in the United States, Drexel’s Design & Merchandising is a program that incorporates both the principles and aesthetics of design with sound industry practices.”
“Of course, Drexel’s co-op program sets ours apart from others, with students working for a full six months, broadening their value to employers and enriching their experience.”
www.queenieaustralia.com/orange-formal-dresses
2015年7月24日星期五
An Entire 3D Printed Fashion Collection Was Created By A Recent Design Graduate And The Results Are Beautiful
From printing out three-dimensional organs to 3D printed jewelry, 3D printing
aficionados have clearly explored the many possibilities of the technology. 3D
printed clothes have also had their share of the limelight, but an entire 3D
printed fashion collection takes it to the next level. Recent graduate from
Israeli university, Shenkar College of Design, Danit Peleg created her entire
graduate fashion collection using laser work and 3D printing technology.
On her website, Peleg described how 3D printing was fairly new to her, but after working with a few experts, she was able to produce the first piece of her ready-to-wear collection — the Liberte jacket. With a deep neckline and a structured outline, the jacket looked very similar to a chic blazer. Using Eugène Delacroix’s painting, Liberty Leading the People, as her source of inspiration, Peleg created the outerwear by linking various 3D printed triangles. The best part about her collection is that the silhouettes are not at all “out of style” and they are all very much trendy.
As she was first embarking on her exploration of 3D printed clothes, she
immediately noticed that most PLA filament produces fairly stiff clothing. So
after testing out a variety of different filament, she ended up choosing
FilaFlex because of its fabric-like qualities.
Using the fashion design software called Optitex, she was able to create 3D graphic renditions of her designs and transfer them to the 3D design software, Blender. Peleg described the finished products looking, “a little bit like lace,” and she said, “it moves beautifully.”
In her YouTube video 3D Printing Fashion: How I 3D-Printed Clothes At Home, she shows various models wearing pieces from her collection, which revealed how they flow, fit and look. At the very end, Peleg spoke about the more real world application that her collection brought light to, “Just imagine the potential. If you’re cold, print your own jacket. Traveling with no luggage? Just print your clothes in the hotel room,” and she ended with this great question, “Will we soon be able to design, share and print our own clothes directly from home?”
royal blue formal dresses
On her website, Peleg described how 3D printing was fairly new to her, but after working with a few experts, she was able to produce the first piece of her ready-to-wear collection — the Liberte jacket. With a deep neckline and a structured outline, the jacket looked very similar to a chic blazer. Using Eugène Delacroix’s painting, Liberty Leading the People, as her source of inspiration, Peleg created the outerwear by linking various 3D printed triangles. The best part about her collection is that the silhouettes are not at all “out of style” and they are all very much trendy.
Using the fashion design software called Optitex, she was able to create 3D graphic renditions of her designs and transfer them to the 3D design software, Blender. Peleg described the finished products looking, “a little bit like lace,” and she said, “it moves beautifully.”
In her YouTube video 3D Printing Fashion: How I 3D-Printed Clothes At Home, she shows various models wearing pieces from her collection, which revealed how they flow, fit and look. At the very end, Peleg spoke about the more real world application that her collection brought light to, “Just imagine the potential. If you’re cold, print your own jacket. Traveling with no luggage? Just print your clothes in the hotel room,” and she ended with this great question, “Will we soon be able to design, share and print our own clothes directly from home?”
royal blue formal dresses
2015年7月16日星期四
The next big untapped fashion market: Muslim women
Think the Muslim market isn’t interested in fashion? Check the numbers:
Globally, Muslims spent $266 billion on clothing and footwear in 2013. That’s
more than the total fashion spending of Japan and Italy combined, according to a
recent report from Thomson Reuters. The report also notes that that figure is
expected to balloon to $484 billion by 2019.
And yet industry watchers say the market for Muslim women’s fashion is still relatively untapped—though perhaps not for long.
Several mainstream designers have started producing clothes and collections especially for Muslim women. It’s a trend that recognizes Islam’s rapid growth—Pew Research predicts that the number of Muslims in the world will equal that of Christians by 2050—along with its constituents’ impressive spending power.
![MANGO_Ramadan(2)[2]](https://fortunedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/mango_ramadan22.jpg?quality=80&w=1024&h=1436)
“Globally, the Muslim population is a youthful and growing demographic,” says
Reina Lewis, professor of cultural studies at London College of Fashion UAL and
author of the forthcoming book Muslim Fashion: Contemporary Style Cultures.
“This makes Muslims a very important consumer segment for anything.”
“The market for Islamic commodities started out looking at food and finance,” she adds. “I’ve been saying for the last few years that fashion is going to be the third F—and this is indeed what is beginning to happen.”
DKNY went first, unveiling a women’s capsule collection for Ramadan last year. Tommy Hilfiger launched its own Ramadan capsule collection this June, and fashion designers, manufacturers and retailers including Net-a-Porter, Zara, Oscar de la Renta and Mango are currently offering lines specially themed for the holiday as well. A Mango rep says the Barcelona-based company is pleased with how well the Ramadan collection is selling, noting that Arab-speaking countries made up 5% of the company’s sales last year.
The emphasis on Ramadan comes from its increasing status as a shopping holiday among Muslim communities. While Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, founding editor-in-chief of MuslimGirl.net, says that designers are in a sense “cashing in on Ramadan—for the other 11 months of the year, we really don’t hear anything from these companies or brands,” she also likens the Ramadan fashion collections to Christmas- or Hanukkah-themed ones.
“There are times of year about specific groups of people, and it’s cool for us to be included in that,” she says. “We see fashion designers giving a nod toward the Muslim community [with these Ramadan collections]: We understand this is your month.”
The question is whether designers will eventually target Muslim shoppers beyond their annual holy month.
Shelina Janmohamed thinks so, and as vice president of the Muslim-focused brand consultancy Oglivy Noor, she has researched the subject extensively.
“It’s easy to understand why designers have gone for Ramadan,” she says. “But actually, it’s the rest of the year that’s really important to these consumers and young Muslim women. I think brands are going to have to start developing [year-round] lines for this audience.”
Uniqlo is one retailer that’s going in that direction. The Japanese clothing company launched a new Hana Tajima LifeWear collection on July 3, available in certain Singapore stores and online. Tajima, a Muslim fashion blogger, created loose blouses, skirts and dresses for the new collection, along with more traditional kebaya and hijab.
But Uniqlo describes Hana Tajima as “a special modest-wear collection,” with no mention of Muslims or Ramadan. Lewis thinks that’s because Muslim-focused fashions can serve other cultures as well, as part of an emerging “modesty movement.”
The other question is whether these Muslim-oriented collections will reach Western stores. DKNY, Tommy Hilfiger and Oscar de la Renta offered their capsules exclusively in the Middle East. Mango and Zara’s are available online, but only through the Middle Eastern versions of their websites.
“What’s the point of having these Ramadan collections from these huge brands and huge designers if they’re only being made available to people overseas who are already well aware of Ramadan and inclusive of it?” Al-Khatahtbeh says. “Really, it’s here in the U.S. or other Western countries where that kind of visibility would go a long way.”
“I don’t think they’re recognizing the potential of our demographic here,” she adds. “Honestly, that’s a huge loss for them because we’re a virtually untouched market right now.”
But Janmohamed is optimistic that designers will soon expand their new Muslim-focused collections to Western stores. She says it was “almost unheard of” to find Muslim fashions in the mainstream five years ago. “Within five years, we’ve seen it go from something talked about to something designers are actually marketing,” she says. “The growth curve has been escalating faster and faster.”
vintage inspired bridesmaid dresses
And yet industry watchers say the market for Muslim women’s fashion is still relatively untapped—though perhaps not for long.
Several mainstream designers have started producing clothes and collections especially for Muslim women. It’s a trend that recognizes Islam’s rapid growth—Pew Research predicts that the number of Muslims in the world will equal that of Christians by 2050—along with its constituents’ impressive spending power.
“The market for Islamic commodities started out looking at food and finance,” she adds. “I’ve been saying for the last few years that fashion is going to be the third F—and this is indeed what is beginning to happen.”
DKNY went first, unveiling a women’s capsule collection for Ramadan last year. Tommy Hilfiger launched its own Ramadan capsule collection this June, and fashion designers, manufacturers and retailers including Net-a-Porter, Zara, Oscar de la Renta and Mango are currently offering lines specially themed for the holiday as well. A Mango rep says the Barcelona-based company is pleased with how well the Ramadan collection is selling, noting that Arab-speaking countries made up 5% of the company’s sales last year.
The emphasis on Ramadan comes from its increasing status as a shopping holiday among Muslim communities. While Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, founding editor-in-chief of MuslimGirl.net, says that designers are in a sense “cashing in on Ramadan—for the other 11 months of the year, we really don’t hear anything from these companies or brands,” she also likens the Ramadan fashion collections to Christmas- or Hanukkah-themed ones.
“There are times of year about specific groups of people, and it’s cool for us to be included in that,” she says. “We see fashion designers giving a nod toward the Muslim community [with these Ramadan collections]: We understand this is your month.”
The question is whether designers will eventually target Muslim shoppers beyond their annual holy month.
Shelina Janmohamed thinks so, and as vice president of the Muslim-focused brand consultancy Oglivy Noor, she has researched the subject extensively.
“It’s easy to understand why designers have gone for Ramadan,” she says. “But actually, it’s the rest of the year that’s really important to these consumers and young Muslim women. I think brands are going to have to start developing [year-round] lines for this audience.”
Uniqlo is one retailer that’s going in that direction. The Japanese clothing company launched a new Hana Tajima LifeWear collection on July 3, available in certain Singapore stores and online. Tajima, a Muslim fashion blogger, created loose blouses, skirts and dresses for the new collection, along with more traditional kebaya and hijab.
But Uniqlo describes Hana Tajima as “a special modest-wear collection,” with no mention of Muslims or Ramadan. Lewis thinks that’s because Muslim-focused fashions can serve other cultures as well, as part of an emerging “modesty movement.”
The other question is whether these Muslim-oriented collections will reach Western stores. DKNY, Tommy Hilfiger and Oscar de la Renta offered their capsules exclusively in the Middle East. Mango and Zara’s are available online, but only through the Middle Eastern versions of their websites.
“What’s the point of having these Ramadan collections from these huge brands and huge designers if they’re only being made available to people overseas who are already well aware of Ramadan and inclusive of it?” Al-Khatahtbeh says. “Really, it’s here in the U.S. or other Western countries where that kind of visibility would go a long way.”
“I don’t think they’re recognizing the potential of our demographic here,” she adds. “Honestly, that’s a huge loss for them because we’re a virtually untouched market right now.”
But Janmohamed is optimistic that designers will soon expand their new Muslim-focused collections to Western stores. She says it was “almost unheard of” to find Muslim fashions in the mainstream five years ago. “Within five years, we’ve seen it go from something talked about to something designers are actually marketing,” she says. “The growth curve has been escalating faster and faster.”
vintage inspired bridesmaid dresses
2015年7月13日星期一
Female designers rising in the Turkish fashion industry
For a long time, the fashion industry, which is generally thought of as
dedicating itself to fulfilling women's wants and desires, has been dominated
mostly by male designers. Despite the fact that most fashion brands generally
cater to women, very few are led by them. To illustrate the point, certain
female designers such as Phoebe Philo, Stella McCartney, Alessandra Facchinetti,
Jenna Lyons and Clare Waight-Keller have introduced some of the most
interesting, successful, inspiring creations in the fashion industry, yet when
it comes to talking about prestigious fashion designers around the world, the
first names that come to our minds are Christian Dior, Jimmy Choo, Alexander
McQueen, Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Pierre Cardin and Roberto Cavalli.
Although men seem to hold the fate of the fashion industry in their hands, can it be true to say that there is a rising trajectory in the careers of female designers? When we think of Istanbul, we clearly see some favorable changes regarding this. Over the past decades, the city's fashion scene has experienced a notable change, as has it arts and design environment. With the new generation of Turkish designers, the fashion industry in Istanbul is getting more attention both from locals and international fashionistas and the number of female designers is increasing significantly.
With the debut of Istanbul Fashion Week (IFW), also known as "Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week," the city's fashion scene clearly changed: The fashion industry in
Istanbul is increasingly turning into a world managed by female designers. Each
season, the majority of individual designers attending the IFW are female. These
trend-setting women enthusiastically introduce new concepts and collections to
fashion lovers. There are many boutiques selling top-line clothes and jewelry in
the Galata, Nişantaşı, Cihangir, Tophane, and Bebek neighborhoods.
When Istanbul started to prove itself as a global fashion capital at the beginning of the 2000s, some female designers such as Arzu Kaprol, Zeynep Tosun, Dilek Hanif and Gamze Saraçoğlu stood out among the others with their stunning creations. These female designers are now considered as some of the most influential women in Istanbul's fashion scene.
Studying at Mimar Sinan University and the Paris American Academy, Arzu Kaprol has become a brand name reflecting the mystery of Istanbul and Ottoman culture. At first sight, her dresses feature a simple cut design, but in detail, they have a sublime female touch. She also creates sculptural texture designs with the use of lush fabrics. Kaprol has participated in many fashion weeks in Istanbul, Milan, Paris and Dusseldorf and designed dresses for celebrities like Meg Ryan, Gisele Bündchen and Sienna Miller. Currently, she continues to design attire in Istanbul. She has branches in Nişantaşı, Galata and Bağdat Avenue.
Zeynep Tosun, who worked with the famous Italian dressmaker Alberta Ferretti, is particularly known for her designs in haute couture. Founding her own brand in October 2008, she held her first fashion show at the 2010 Istanbul Fashion Week. Defining her style as eclectic, masculine and with contrasting harmonies, Tosun has a shop in Akmerkez Shopping Mall in Etiler. Lady Gaga, Nicole Sherzinger and Keri Hilson are some of the well-known celebrities who have appeared in Zeynep Tosun's designs.
Dilek Hanif, the first Turkish fashion designer admitted to the official Paris Haute Couture Week in 2004, has won many prestigious awards since 2002, including "Most Successful Fashion Designer of the Year" by Avon and "Most Successful Women of the Year" by Oriflame. Today, such celebrities as Jane Fonda, Rebecca Romjin, Katherine Heigl, Nicole Richie, Iggy Azelea, Miranda Kerr, Kelly Brook and Sophia Bush prefer to wear her exquisite collections. In 2012, Hanif opened a boutique in Teşvikiye.
Founding her own brand "Gamze Saraçoğlu Fashion Design Studio" in 2004, Gamze Saraçoğlu sells her products not just in Istanbul but also in Paris, London, and Copenhagen, as well as across the rest of Europe. Between 2007 and 2010, she created designs for many brands including Zara, Marks& Spencer, Kokooi, Nafnaf, Etam, Promod, Chevignon and Apple. Running a boutique in Teşvikye, Saraçoğlu is the board member of the Fashion Design Association and hosts her shows every season at the Istanbul Fashion Week. Mentioning all of these exquisite designers, I recommend you pay a visit to any of these boutiques, if you have time for shopping during your Istanbul trip and would like to know about the tastes of Turkish designers. Zeynep Tosun's inspiring boutique is my recommendation for those who like bohemian fashion trends.
backless formal dresses australia
Although men seem to hold the fate of the fashion industry in their hands, can it be true to say that there is a rising trajectory in the careers of female designers? When we think of Istanbul, we clearly see some favorable changes regarding this. Over the past decades, the city's fashion scene has experienced a notable change, as has it arts and design environment. With the new generation of Turkish designers, the fashion industry in Istanbul is getting more attention both from locals and international fashionistas and the number of female designers is increasing significantly.
When Istanbul started to prove itself as a global fashion capital at the beginning of the 2000s, some female designers such as Arzu Kaprol, Zeynep Tosun, Dilek Hanif and Gamze Saraçoğlu stood out among the others with their stunning creations. These female designers are now considered as some of the most influential women in Istanbul's fashion scene.
Studying at Mimar Sinan University and the Paris American Academy, Arzu Kaprol has become a brand name reflecting the mystery of Istanbul and Ottoman culture. At first sight, her dresses feature a simple cut design, but in detail, they have a sublime female touch. She also creates sculptural texture designs with the use of lush fabrics. Kaprol has participated in many fashion weeks in Istanbul, Milan, Paris and Dusseldorf and designed dresses for celebrities like Meg Ryan, Gisele Bündchen and Sienna Miller. Currently, she continues to design attire in Istanbul. She has branches in Nişantaşı, Galata and Bağdat Avenue.
Zeynep Tosun, who worked with the famous Italian dressmaker Alberta Ferretti, is particularly known for her designs in haute couture. Founding her own brand in October 2008, she held her first fashion show at the 2010 Istanbul Fashion Week. Defining her style as eclectic, masculine and with contrasting harmonies, Tosun has a shop in Akmerkez Shopping Mall in Etiler. Lady Gaga, Nicole Sherzinger and Keri Hilson are some of the well-known celebrities who have appeared in Zeynep Tosun's designs.
Dilek Hanif, the first Turkish fashion designer admitted to the official Paris Haute Couture Week in 2004, has won many prestigious awards since 2002, including "Most Successful Fashion Designer of the Year" by Avon and "Most Successful Women of the Year" by Oriflame. Today, such celebrities as Jane Fonda, Rebecca Romjin, Katherine Heigl, Nicole Richie, Iggy Azelea, Miranda Kerr, Kelly Brook and Sophia Bush prefer to wear her exquisite collections. In 2012, Hanif opened a boutique in Teşvikiye.
Founding her own brand "Gamze Saraçoğlu Fashion Design Studio" in 2004, Gamze Saraçoğlu sells her products not just in Istanbul but also in Paris, London, and Copenhagen, as well as across the rest of Europe. Between 2007 and 2010, she created designs for many brands including Zara, Marks& Spencer, Kokooi, Nafnaf, Etam, Promod, Chevignon and Apple. Running a boutique in Teşvikye, Saraçoğlu is the board member of the Fashion Design Association and hosts her shows every season at the Istanbul Fashion Week. Mentioning all of these exquisite designers, I recommend you pay a visit to any of these boutiques, if you have time for shopping during your Istanbul trip and would like to know about the tastes of Turkish designers. Zeynep Tosun's inspiring boutique is my recommendation for those who like bohemian fashion trends.
backless formal dresses australia
2015年7月8日星期三
Cool Girls & Fashion: Montreal Creative Tatiana Poblah’s Style Illustrations
Tatiana Poblah is a multidisciplinary artist born in Montreal to a Haitian
mother and a Beninese father. From landscape architecture to illustration and
now fashion design, Poblah has developed a unique style that says feminine and
strong. With her new clothing line, TATI P., set for an August release, we
caught up with the Montreal-based artist to talk about her creative
approach.
What do you think?Samantha Etane for Okayafrica: Did you always know you wanted to be an illustrator?
Tatiana Poblah: Yes I did! I attended a Leonardo da Vinci exhibit when I was 6 and decided that I would be an architect and artist at that exact moment. I received my Bachelors and Masters in Landscape Architecture, both while perfecting my skills as a fashion illustrator.
What do you think?OKA: How has your work evolved over the years?
TP: I think I keep getting better as an artist because I trust myself more. My Mom gave me a quote from Hans Urs von Balthasar [the Swiss theologian and Catholic priest] a few years ago that says “What your are is God’s gift to you, what you become is your gift to God”. It has become my motto. Every day I keep developing my strengths as well as working on accepting my weaknesses.
What do you think?OKA: What made you decide to add “fashion designer” to your list of achievements?
TP: I’ve been wanting to launch a line for a while now and every time I would come up with excuses to convince myself that I wasn’t ready. This year I didn’t want to waste one more second of my life doing something else. I also decided to launch TATI P. because I am a curvaceous woman with a small waist and curvy hips AND a voluptuous butt and I am constantly having problems finding skirts, pants, and dresses that fit properly; they often leave a waist gap, are tight at the hips, or fit on top and not on the bottom, or vice versa. I wanted to look good without having to wear clothes with stretch all the time; instead I wanted to wear polished garments made of quality natural fabrics like linen, wool, and silk that would last a long time as well as accentuate my curves. After doing my research I saw that there weren’t many lines dedicated to this market and chose to market the line for this niche.
What do you think?OKA: Was the creative process different this time around?
TP: Yes! Drawing the clothes is one thing but drawing them and executing is another level of creativity. Add that to the fact that I am launching the business as a sole proprietor! It’s been a crazy and an extremely lovely year so far.
What do you think?OKA: How would you describe the woman who wears Tati P. clothes?
TP: The woman who wears TATI P. knows herself and what expresses herself through her personal style; she is a professional, an entrepreneur, a hustler. She grinds and constantly strives to better herself and the world around her.
What do you think?OKA: How would you describe your style?
TP: Home girls in Paris! Solids colors and classics mixed with bright colors and custom patterns that show off my customers’ swag.
What do you think?OKA: What’s next for you and your work?
TP: Right now I can only think of one thing – launching the website on August 23, 2015 and creating pieces that my clients love and buy!
What do you think?
long red formal dress
What do you think?Samantha Etane for Okayafrica: Did you always know you wanted to be an illustrator?
Tatiana Poblah: Yes I did! I attended a Leonardo da Vinci exhibit when I was 6 and decided that I would be an architect and artist at that exact moment. I received my Bachelors and Masters in Landscape Architecture, both while perfecting my skills as a fashion illustrator.
TP: I think I keep getting better as an artist because I trust myself more. My Mom gave me a quote from Hans Urs von Balthasar [the Swiss theologian and Catholic priest] a few years ago that says “What your are is God’s gift to you, what you become is your gift to God”. It has become my motto. Every day I keep developing my strengths as well as working on accepting my weaknesses.
What do you think?OKA: What made you decide to add “fashion designer” to your list of achievements?
TP: I’ve been wanting to launch a line for a while now and every time I would come up with excuses to convince myself that I wasn’t ready. This year I didn’t want to waste one more second of my life doing something else. I also decided to launch TATI P. because I am a curvaceous woman with a small waist and curvy hips AND a voluptuous butt and I am constantly having problems finding skirts, pants, and dresses that fit properly; they often leave a waist gap, are tight at the hips, or fit on top and not on the bottom, or vice versa. I wanted to look good without having to wear clothes with stretch all the time; instead I wanted to wear polished garments made of quality natural fabrics like linen, wool, and silk that would last a long time as well as accentuate my curves. After doing my research I saw that there weren’t many lines dedicated to this market and chose to market the line for this niche.
What do you think?OKA: Was the creative process different this time around?
TP: Yes! Drawing the clothes is one thing but drawing them and executing is another level of creativity. Add that to the fact that I am launching the business as a sole proprietor! It’s been a crazy and an extremely lovely year so far.
What do you think?OKA: How would you describe the woman who wears Tati P. clothes?
TP: The woman who wears TATI P. knows herself and what expresses herself through her personal style; she is a professional, an entrepreneur, a hustler. She grinds and constantly strives to better herself and the world around her.
What do you think?OKA: How would you describe your style?
TP: Home girls in Paris! Solids colors and classics mixed with bright colors and custom patterns that show off my customers’ swag.
What do you think?OKA: What’s next for you and your work?
TP: Right now I can only think of one thing – launching the website on August 23, 2015 and creating pieces that my clients love and buy!
What do you think?
long red formal dress
2015年6月29日星期一
Off-White Spring 2016 Honors the Working Man
At this point it seems almost too wrong to slot Off-White into the rapidly
growing "streetwear-meets-luxury" brand profile. Sure, the simply
catchyleathers, jeans, and tees from Virgil Abloh's label have earned major
celebrity praise. Add in his recent LVMH award nomination, and Abloh has proven
to the public that he's hustling to create—not just hit collections or pieces—a
hit brand.
The mix between tongue-in-cheek references with conceptual reinterpretation—as seen in Off-White's Spring 2016 collection—shows that Abloh is well on his way to establishing his own aesthetic in the realm of luxury design.
The collection, titled "Blue Collar", draws not just from the working class, but a literal reworking of the blue collared uniforms of England's Royal Mail postmen.
It wasn't just that he sourced the old postman uniforms to simply re-present
them in Paris (though, to be fair, there were a few pieces that seemed
completely recycled in full). Instead, Abloh spliced the oxfords into wool
topcoats, creating entirely new body panels or shirting arm bands.
But it wasn't just the shirting that was redone either; uniform-grade khakis were reconstructed into jackets, full on shirting, and...well high-waisted, pleated khakis.
Naturally, the designer did include T-shirts. The latest augmentation—not just graphics, but uneven hems—looked like, as Style puts it: "a sartorial glitch."
The most blue collar of fabrics (literally and metaphorically), denim, received it's due as well. The final four looks of Off-White's presentation were full-on Canadian tuxedos. Considering that Off-White's denim is one of it's most visible products, it seems like a combination of the brand's ability to simultaneously play to its strengths, while still remaining firmly "in theme."As Abloh continues to move his label higher on the luxury ladder, it's conceptual collections like this that earn him even more fans: from high-fashion bastions to celebrity red carpets. Just expect Abloh to get there in his own time, and (more importantly) in his own way. We just can't help but feel like this is Abloh's blue collar grind—blooming into full-on success.
www.queenieaustralia.com/semi-formal-dresses
The mix between tongue-in-cheek references with conceptual reinterpretation—as seen in Off-White's Spring 2016 collection—shows that Abloh is well on his way to establishing his own aesthetic in the realm of luxury design.
The collection, titled "Blue Collar", draws not just from the working class, but a literal reworking of the blue collared uniforms of England's Royal Mail postmen.
But it wasn't just the shirting that was redone either; uniform-grade khakis were reconstructed into jackets, full on shirting, and...well high-waisted, pleated khakis.
Naturally, the designer did include T-shirts. The latest augmentation—not just graphics, but uneven hems—looked like, as Style puts it: "a sartorial glitch."
The most blue collar of fabrics (literally and metaphorically), denim, received it's due as well. The final four looks of Off-White's presentation were full-on Canadian tuxedos. Considering that Off-White's denim is one of it's most visible products, it seems like a combination of the brand's ability to simultaneously play to its strengths, while still remaining firmly "in theme."As Abloh continues to move his label higher on the luxury ladder, it's conceptual collections like this that earn him even more fans: from high-fashion bastions to celebrity red carpets. Just expect Abloh to get there in his own time, and (more importantly) in his own way. We just can't help but feel like this is Abloh's blue collar grind—blooming into full-on success.
www.queenieaustralia.com/semi-formal-dresses
2015年6月23日星期二
How Loralee Baron-Soong Makes Fashion Her Business
SoFA Design Institute co-founder Loralee Baron-Soong’s philosophy to design
is simple and tested. “Good design is one that is appealing, functional, and
sturdy; not only must it be beautiful, it must serve its function as a product,
and be of quality,” she shares. Seeing how this vision is shared by emerging
Filipino designers, she wanted to provide them with opportunities to study
fashion right here rather than needing to go abroad.
Continuing to develop the Philippines not only as a fashion capital but also as a design mecca, Loralee understands that appreciating the fashion industry doesn’t stop at simply admiring the collections. It’s about looking at the business aspect as well. “It was a very enriching experience for me to travel the world’s fashion capitals (New York, Paris, Milan, Hong Kong) regularly to view the latest collections and meet with luxury brand representatives to learn how they would market their brands.”
She takes cues from the international scene to forward the local trajectory.
“It is in this same experience that I’ve come to appreciate the unique identity
and potential of Filipino design and saw the opportunity to grow Filipino
talents through establishing a specialized design college. This would eliminate
the need to go abroad and pursue studies in design, empowering Filipino
designers to grow their brands in the same standard as those abroad,” she
believes.
With this, she is positive that fashion, design, and creative talent will not only be limited to its initial borders. “Creative thought is actually essential to almost any field! it’s always important, even if you’re working in a desk job, to find a solution that is creative.”
royal blue formal dresses
Continuing to develop the Philippines not only as a fashion capital but also as a design mecca, Loralee understands that appreciating the fashion industry doesn’t stop at simply admiring the collections. It’s about looking at the business aspect as well. “It was a very enriching experience for me to travel the world’s fashion capitals (New York, Paris, Milan, Hong Kong) regularly to view the latest collections and meet with luxury brand representatives to learn how they would market their brands.”
With this, she is positive that fashion, design, and creative talent will not only be limited to its initial borders. “Creative thought is actually essential to almost any field! it’s always important, even if you’re working in a desk job, to find a solution that is creative.”
royal blue formal dresses
2015年6月22日星期一
Designer Todd Oldham to have solo exhibit at RISD museum
Todd Oldham may have left fashion behind nearly 20 years ago, but an upcoming
exhibit will celebrate the multidisciplinary designer's enduring sense of
style.
"All of Everything: Todd Oldham Fashion" is scheduled to open next spring at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. It's the first solo museum exhibition to focus on the designer's runway opus of the 1990s. It will feature nearly 70 ensembles, many of which were last seen on supermodels like Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington.
Oldham and RISD collaborated to make the pieces new again, mixing seasons and years to create a fresh point of view.
"I said, 'Why don't we try to look at how this stuff works together?' It's
not a season; it's 10 years of stuff," Oldham said. "It worked beautifully."
Oldham arrived on the fashion scene in 1989 and gained recognition for his colorful designs and handcrafted textiles. The Nueces County, Texas, native was featured prominently on MTV's "House of Style," hosted by Cindy Crawford, where he gave viewers tips on everything from thrift shopping to reupholstering furniture.
He left the industry a decade later to pursue other creative projects, including his arts and crafts line Kid Made Modern, and he often gives lectures at RISD, which awarded him an honorary doctorate last year.
For the upcoming show, Oldham is designing one new dress, made from textiles he and his RISD students made in a class last spring.
"We're still working on it because it's got a ton of elaborate embroidery," he said.
Known for his playful point of view, Oldham said shifting back into fashion design was easy because he has the same spirit no matter what he's working on.
"I wouldn't in any way say it ignited a desire to return to this industry," he added with a laugh.
The idea for the exhibit came about last year, while Oldham was touring the RISD museum. Curator Kate Irvin was installing some 1920s beaded dresses that immediately caught the eye of the designer, known for his own highly embellished textiles.
Irvin, the museum's costume and textiles curator, said Oldham's designs are striking in person.
"The significance is what a thoughtful artist and maker he is, and that comes through when you see these pieces," she said.
And while some of the pieces are more than 20 years old, they don't seem dated, Irvin said.
"It wasn't made in the '90s with the idea that this is the fashion trend for the season, and I think that will come through when we put these pieces on display in 2016," she said.
Oldham is giving many of his designs to RISD, and a few will be on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City for the show.
Meanwhile, Oldham said he continues to be inspired by passion, singularity — and free-thinkers.
"Those are usually the things that startle me in great ways more than anything else," he said. "Frankly, I think Miley Cyrus is astonishing."
cheap formal dresses online australia
"All of Everything: Todd Oldham Fashion" is scheduled to open next spring at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. It's the first solo museum exhibition to focus on the designer's runway opus of the 1990s. It will feature nearly 70 ensembles, many of which were last seen on supermodels like Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington.
Oldham and RISD collaborated to make the pieces new again, mixing seasons and years to create a fresh point of view.
Oldham arrived on the fashion scene in 1989 and gained recognition for his colorful designs and handcrafted textiles. The Nueces County, Texas, native was featured prominently on MTV's "House of Style," hosted by Cindy Crawford, where he gave viewers tips on everything from thrift shopping to reupholstering furniture.
He left the industry a decade later to pursue other creative projects, including his arts and crafts line Kid Made Modern, and he often gives lectures at RISD, which awarded him an honorary doctorate last year.
For the upcoming show, Oldham is designing one new dress, made from textiles he and his RISD students made in a class last spring.
"We're still working on it because it's got a ton of elaborate embroidery," he said.
Known for his playful point of view, Oldham said shifting back into fashion design was easy because he has the same spirit no matter what he's working on.
"I wouldn't in any way say it ignited a desire to return to this industry," he added with a laugh.
The idea for the exhibit came about last year, while Oldham was touring the RISD museum. Curator Kate Irvin was installing some 1920s beaded dresses that immediately caught the eye of the designer, known for his own highly embellished textiles.
Irvin, the museum's costume and textiles curator, said Oldham's designs are striking in person.
"The significance is what a thoughtful artist and maker he is, and that comes through when you see these pieces," she said.
And while some of the pieces are more than 20 years old, they don't seem dated, Irvin said.
"It wasn't made in the '90s with the idea that this is the fashion trend for the season, and I think that will come through when we put these pieces on display in 2016," she said.
Oldham is giving many of his designs to RISD, and a few will be on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City for the show.
Meanwhile, Oldham said he continues to be inspired by passion, singularity — and free-thinkers.
"Those are usually the things that startle me in great ways more than anything else," he said. "Frankly, I think Miley Cyrus is astonishing."
cheap formal dresses online australia
2015年6月14日星期日
Images haunting the role of women
I know. If you read another inch of newsprint dissecting the transgender life
of Bruce Jenner, you will pack up and move to Canada! It’s too much, right, the
air-brushed photos of a former Olympic athlete, posing in a white satin
one-piece bathing suit, showing off cleavage and painted fingernails?
The cover of Vanity Fair magazine with Bruce, now Caitlyn, Jenner, smiling, sporting a come hither haircut and a small waistline, is all vanity and man-made glamour, words that continue to haunt the image of women.
Caitlyn Jenner may offer new hope for young lives struggling with gender issues, but a swimsuit pinup magazine cover amps up the pressure. No matter, male or female at birth, once a member of the fairer sex, an admiring eye tends to follow those who are, well, fairer!
In a recent article by a writer of novels whose photograph had been barely
noticeable on her book’s cover, she bemoans the exposure of body and soul to the
public as she chats up her novel on TV and at book stores around the
country.
Suddenly, each phone aimed in her direction includes a camera and every gray hair on her head is a flaw. She writes she is considering Botox injections to get rid of frown lines. At the same time she is preaching inner beauty to her daughters and reminding them who they are matters more than how they look, she is pondering Spanx as under-armor to smooth out a waistline with more than an inch to pinch!
Though in our most grown-up moments, we know faithfulness and talent trump toned and tanned Victoria’s Secret beauties with legs up to yonder, we are drawn to how women look. This year, for the first time, designers from the fashion world offered evening gowns to actors presenting Tony Awards.
Gifted performances on the Broadway stage are what count, but, if a television audience is to tune in and be attentive, viewers want to be surprised by sequins and satin, the drama as lace trails a form-fitting dress.
So, we are of two minds. We enjoy beauty, women as “eye candy,” but, hopefully, we also want to see them applauded for their unique gifts, for leadership and research, for empathy and brain power. The hang up is we have an urge to step back when we see them as too powerful.
Bryce Covert, who is the economic policy editor at ThinkProgress, filled an opinion column with views and statistics on the frustrating role of women who do get a chance at CEO roles in companies today, though, too often, only when they are pushed off “the glass cliff,” expected to magically cure corporate ills in a time of turmoil.
He reminds us Congress is less than 20 percent female and it’s been nearly a century since the first woman was elected to the House of Representatives. Should we agree it is more tempting to peg a woman, sure of her convictions, as “a politician,” (read: Sen. Elizabeth Warren), than it is to pin that put-down tag on a man?
Is there the sure knowledge the path for women leading to the highest office in the land will be easier this time? Hillary Clinton and Carly Fiorina, both candidates for president, are running as part of a procession of others who marched, protested and finally bent history in their direction.
Caitlyn Jenner may have a reality show, be paid a lot of money, pose for magazine covers and grant interviews, but to make a difference in today’s world as a woman, she’ll need more than plastic surgery and bikini waxes.
A woman needs courage to break the mold, finding her inner and true voice. But, at some point in her life, God willing, there will be that moment of truth, when, even with cheekbones that could cut glass, she looks across a table at a husband, partner or king of the workplace and says: “Take me seriously. I am more than a pretty face.”
QueenieAustralia formal dresses adelaide
The cover of Vanity Fair magazine with Bruce, now Caitlyn, Jenner, smiling, sporting a come hither haircut and a small waistline, is all vanity and man-made glamour, words that continue to haunt the image of women.
Caitlyn Jenner may offer new hope for young lives struggling with gender issues, but a swimsuit pinup magazine cover amps up the pressure. No matter, male or female at birth, once a member of the fairer sex, an admiring eye tends to follow those who are, well, fairer!
Suddenly, each phone aimed in her direction includes a camera and every gray hair on her head is a flaw. She writes she is considering Botox injections to get rid of frown lines. At the same time she is preaching inner beauty to her daughters and reminding them who they are matters more than how they look, she is pondering Spanx as under-armor to smooth out a waistline with more than an inch to pinch!
Though in our most grown-up moments, we know faithfulness and talent trump toned and tanned Victoria’s Secret beauties with legs up to yonder, we are drawn to how women look. This year, for the first time, designers from the fashion world offered evening gowns to actors presenting Tony Awards.
Gifted performances on the Broadway stage are what count, but, if a television audience is to tune in and be attentive, viewers want to be surprised by sequins and satin, the drama as lace trails a form-fitting dress.
So, we are of two minds. We enjoy beauty, women as “eye candy,” but, hopefully, we also want to see them applauded for their unique gifts, for leadership and research, for empathy and brain power. The hang up is we have an urge to step back when we see them as too powerful.
Bryce Covert, who is the economic policy editor at ThinkProgress, filled an opinion column with views and statistics on the frustrating role of women who do get a chance at CEO roles in companies today, though, too often, only when they are pushed off “the glass cliff,” expected to magically cure corporate ills in a time of turmoil.
He reminds us Congress is less than 20 percent female and it’s been nearly a century since the first woman was elected to the House of Representatives. Should we agree it is more tempting to peg a woman, sure of her convictions, as “a politician,” (read: Sen. Elizabeth Warren), than it is to pin that put-down tag on a man?
Is there the sure knowledge the path for women leading to the highest office in the land will be easier this time? Hillary Clinton and Carly Fiorina, both candidates for president, are running as part of a procession of others who marched, protested and finally bent history in their direction.
Caitlyn Jenner may have a reality show, be paid a lot of money, pose for magazine covers and grant interviews, but to make a difference in today’s world as a woman, she’ll need more than plastic surgery and bikini waxes.
A woman needs courage to break the mold, finding her inner and true voice. But, at some point in her life, God willing, there will be that moment of truth, when, even with cheekbones that could cut glass, she looks across a table at a husband, partner or king of the workplace and says: “Take me seriously. I am more than a pretty face.”
QueenieAustralia formal dresses adelaide
订阅：
博文 (Atom)