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Kelly Wearstler Introduces Ready-to-Wear and Jewelry Collections

If you consider yourself a fashionista and have never heard of Kelly Wearstler you can be forgiven for now. For the last 20 years the 44-year old mother of two has made a name for herself with one of fashion’s closest relatives, interior design and in the decorating world everyone knows her name. Wesrstler’s impressive […]

Pricey Leather Forces Designers to Get Creative

Between May 2010 and May 2011 rates for domestic leather surged 13.9 percent. Meanwhile in Italy, home of the world’s most sought after tanneries used by most major brands the price of raw hides increased a whopping 40% over the same period. While this increase in price, and for most brands thereby cost, has not […]

Burberry Busts Profit Predictions

With many sectors of the global economy, including retail, still trying to fully recover from the collapse of the financial markets it is a rare sight these days to see any designer, fashion house or line outperform its economic predictions. Which is why Burberry’s recently implemented growth strategy must be praised, after the luxury retailer […]

Burberry Body Taps Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s star is certainly on the rise in the second half of 2011. The blonde bombshell started her career as a model but has rocketed into the public eye over the past few months after she was selected to replace Megan Fox in the summer blockbuster Transformers: Dark of the Moon. The film is […]

Silver is the New Hot Metallic for Summer 2011

Summer is officially here bringing with it long sunny days and warm inviting nights and as always this time of year fashonistas everywhere are breaking out their warm metallic colors, but unlike summers past 2011 has one cool additional to those golden and bronzed hues because gunmetal silver is proving to be the hottest metallic […]

The Man with the Golden Glove

British jeweler Shaun Leane has been enjoying a great deal of success with his recent collections, so it is no surprise that he has tapped Daphne Guinness to be the latest collaborator in his efforts to begin defining the jewelry 21st century. Guinness, who is well know for her Gothic flair, modeled the first show […]

House of Harlow 1960 to Launch Handbag Line for Fall

Reality TV star turned real serious designer Nicole Richie announced earlier this week that her lifestyle collection, House of Harlow 1960, would be offering a small selection of handbags for fall. “Handbags have always been a part of the equation since we first launched the House of Harlow 1960 brand” Richie was quoted as telling […]

Versace for H&M Coming in Fall 2011

Swedish mega-retailer H&M announced today that their newest collaborator for fall 2011 is none other than Donatella Versace. While the details of this new and intriguing fashion alliance are still under wraps it is obvious that H&M will be releasing a Versace for H&M collection this fall as they recently did with their Lanvin for […]

Eyebrow Threading a New Clean and Green Fashion Trend

Sometimes the oldest oldest tricks still work the best… If you happen to be a trendy spa regular, someone with very sensitive skin or very environmentally sensitive then chances are you have probably already heard about one of the ‘latest’ trends in beauty, eyebrow threading. For the rest of us allow me to elaborate on […]