New York Fashion Week Fall 2007 is finally over. Two observations stand out which are the eco-friendly and charity themes. ECO-FRIENDLY/GREEN TREND: Green, eco-friendly fashions seem to be the theme for Fall 2007. Designers and the fashion industry as a whole seemed quite conscientious of creating, making and designing clothes that are environmentally friendly. Hooray! …
Marc Jacobs Knockoff?
“Copy, copy!” is the term some Africans use to refer to those who lack creativity, originality and believe they should steal other people’s work. The “Copy, copy” person and concept is, however, not unique to Africa. Indeed, it is a huge threat to the USA’s national economy. For example, in fashion products alone, the International …
New York Fashion Week Fall 2007
New York Fashion Week is in full swing! For a whole week the city of New York will be invaded with brilliant style stars, fashion, fashion parties, fun and the latest way to keep a Ladybrille woman warm yet fashionable. It has been day three of the shows and I am ready to begin giving …
TowerBrook Capital buys up Jimmy Choo
Shoes on my feet, I got it,” sang Beyonce in the hit song “Independent Woman” with now defunct music girl group, Destiny’s Child. What Beyonce left out was that one of her favorite choices of shoes to keep her feet very “independent” are celebrities and fashion forward women’s #1 choice,Jimmy Choo. With stars like J.Lo, …
Are Skinny African Models Doomed?
The debate over the “super-skinny” model has been so hot it’s reached a boiling point. As of this week, Africa, particularly South Africa, jumped on the bandwagon by banning “super-skinny,” girls from modeling. Now why did they have to do that? “You are not happy about the ban?” you ask. Yes and no. Yes because …