04/29
Amal Contran, a Sundanese-Egyptian model fell on the runway of the Nigerian Fashion Week today. The expressions of embarrassment could be seen clearly on Contran’s face, but she isn’t the only one who has fell on the runway.
Victoria Beckham is all set to open a retail store in her hometown, London. Beckham says she has been busy trying to balance out her family and professional life at once, but she’s now ready to give her career some time.
Swedish fashion retailer, H&M, is set to open in India soon. H&M will be spending about $130 million to open about 50 stores in India. With H&M’s popular rival, Zara, also having branches in India, H&M might not receive the profit it would want.
04/22
While Russell Westbrook has said to have started the thick framed glasses trend, several NBA players have been seen wearing them. Kevin Durant being amongst the several who wear the thick framed glasses, was also voted 4/10 on the fashion scale, for an outfit he wore yesterday.
Kate Middleton came in at the top of Vanity Fair’s “Best Dressed Pregnant Ladies.” Her short skirts and three-quarter-length coats were called inspirational for pregnant ladies. Middleton manages to look as great with her baby bump as she did without it. Maybe Kim Kardashian should take some notes.
A fashion show was held last Sunday for cancer survivors and patients. They received professional hair care, makeup, clothing, etc. the day of the fashion show. This truly shows that beauty is only skin deep.
04/15
A$AP Rocky, one of the most stylist rappers in the music industry, gives his insight on the dos and don’ts of fashion. According to Rocky, dressing like a golfer and wearing NFL jersey’s with your name on the back, will make you look like a clown.
Kerry Washington wore an elegant black and bright orange high-low Michael Kors dress to the MTV Movie Awards 2013. Ke$ha, on the other hand, decided to vamp it up with deep plum lips and a black hat.
This year’s Coachella Music Festival was a host to extremely stylish human beings. Festival-goers dressed for the occasion and showed off their artistic fashion sense with sunglasses, cropped jeans, bikini tops, headbands, etc.. Some celebrities that attended the festival were: Katy Perry, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Clint Eastwood and The Jonas Brothers.
04/08
Lilly Pulitzer, the famous fashion designer and socialite- who invented floral-printed dresses, tennis skirts, and defined the preppy style, died at 81, yesterday.
Harem pants- which were popular late 80s and early 90s, recently gained media’s attention again, thank to Halle Berry and Justin Bieber. Even though Berry’s pants were baggy, they were nothing compared to Bieber’s low-hanging, sagging diaper-looking pants.
Kim Kardashian is back in the news for her poor fashion choices again. Recently, Kardashian was seen wearing a salmon colored, balloon-shaped maxi-dress, which wasn’t too flattering towards her curvacious body.
04/01
Beyoncé Knowles is the new face of H&M for it’s summer collection. Knowles helped the H&M designer with selecting the designs and fabrics. The summer line is influenced by Knowles’ personal style. The line represents fire, water, earth and wind.
New 2013 trends include floral prints, pastel and neon colors, jackets, shirts, and dresses- curves are in during the spring, and clothes that emphasize your curves will be in style.
Ria Keburia, a Paris-based Georgian fashion designer, showcased her line at the Russian fashion week with topless models. She said her motive behind this was to show off the sexuality behind the clothes.
03/25
The NCAA fans are mocking the latest basketball uniforms, which consist of neon jerseys and camouflaged shorts. Adidas gave UCLA, Kansas, Notre Dame, Louisville, Cincinnati and Baylor new uniforms but they didn’t receive a positive review from fans.
The Miss India pageant was held in India yesterday. Twenty-year-old female, Navneet Kaur Dhillon, was crowned Miss India World 2013. She will represent India in the Miss World 2013 contest later this year.
Kim Kardashian, who keeps being criticized for her poor fashion choices during her pregnancy, is in the news again for the same reason. Her baby bump and voluptuous curves are just not pairing up well.
03/11 Fashion News
Vivienne Westwood, a British modern punk fashion designer, called out Michelle Obama for not dressing appropriately to events. She thinks Michelle Obama shouldn’t have worn an Alexander McQueen dress to a state event, because he is a British house designer. Such comments coming from someone who’s a British designer herself? Interesting.
Rihanna’s River Island collection launched in London on Monday, March 4. Rihanna even made an in-store guess appearance at Oxford Street, London. The starting price of the collection is only $45, making it pretty affordable for almost anyone who wants to look like RiRi.
The twitter face of Wills Lifestyle, former beauty queen and Indian actress, Neha Dhupia, live tweeted the Wills fashion show earlier today. She tweeted about behind-the-scene action, the audience and posted pictures. Neha Dhupia might not have succeeded as an actress, but she sure is succeeding as a good journalist.
3/04 Milan Fashion Week 2013
Gucci took a completely different route at the Milan Fashion Week this year when it comes to its usual sophisticated and elegant runway collection. This year, Gucci presented bright colored fabrics with suits and dresses being rounded and ruffled at the sleeves.
Prada’s collection at the Milan Fashion Week had floral prints as it’s recurring theme. The technical aspect of the collection was inspired by Japanese origami, with most of the dresses being asymmetrically constructed.
Giorgio Armani presented an outer space inspired collection at the Milan Fashion Week this year. Shiny silver and gold fabrics were in the mix, as well as galactic prints.
02/25 Oscars 2013 Red Carpet
Former Abercrombie & Fitch model and now the best actress of 2013, Jennifer Lawrence, flaunted an elegant light pink Christian Dior gown at the Oscars 2013 red carpet. The lush gown suited her big win perfectly, but let’s hope she doesn’t trip walking up the stage again!
OK! maganize may have named Zoe Saldana for one of the best dressed celebrities at the Oscars 2013 red carpet, but I beg to differ. Saladana’s gown consisted of an embellished top paired with a belted, fish-tail skirt. Best wishes to Saldana so she can have a quick recovery from the fashion fail.
For another fashion fail, we have Anne Hathaway. Even though Hathaway’s Prada gown was extremely elegant, it didn’t prevent Twitter from blowing up because of her nipples sticking out the entire time. It’s cold out in L.A., Hathaway. Stay warm!
02/18 London Fashion Week
Burberry Prorsum showcased a powerful runway collection at the London Fashion Week. Animal print was the main highlight of the collection, as well as leather fabrics and neutral colors.
Rihanna launched her very first clothing at the London Fashion Week on Saturday. The collection mirrors her raunchy, punk fashion style with crop tops, thigh-high boots, mini-skirts and leather jackets. The line will be sold at River Island stores next month.
Peter Pilotto showcased his exotic collection on the runway of the London Fashion Week on it’s fourth day. His collection was a mixture of classy, elegant and exotic with bright and vibrant-patterned fabrics.
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