Being Avant-garde, is a choice!

Irregular Choice! An avant-garde United Kingdom designer that specializes in accessories and footwear. My interests peeked when searching, viewing and gawking at the images of all these different designs that Irregular Choice had created. These designs in their footwear collections are extreme, new, original, bazar and yet appealing. The functionality of the shoes are not so everyday, however the thought of having a pair of outrageously designed heels, boots or even flats is something worth the money. And! The are not that expensive. =) Check it out, the links above, super bazar footwear, but real unique.

A_Kuhn

Trend in Italian women's foot wear picked up by American designer

A big trend in Italian women's shoes was the use of lucite in their designs. A widely popular style is the ballerina shoe. American designer Michael Kors has used lucite in his ballerina shoe making this ordinary shoe have an innovative twist. Click on the link to view this shoe.

Steven H.

street wear trends official web site of CASSETTE PLAYA

please clink onto the highlighted name to link onto the site

Miss Sixty closing ten of their 20 U.S retail spaces

According to WWD the foreclosures that hurt residential real estate in 2008 and 2009 are likely to take its toll in commercial real estate, including retail, this year. Italian women's sportswear company Miss Sixty is presently feeling this hardship. They have already closed two retail spaces in Dallas and Honolulu and ten of its remaining twenty U.S locations are scheduled to close. Their 13,000 square foot retail space on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles which costs the company $50,000 a month in rent is one of the stores that will close. Hopefully Miss Sixty can turn around their financial situation and still hold a presence in the American market place.

Steven H.

After class last week, I realized that I had bought a jacket in Paris and it had a diagonal zipper. The picture is below. This jacket was actually on sale because it had been there for some time, so it makes sense that now the zipper trend is coming overseas. Also today while going up the steps from the train I noticed a man's messenger bag infront of me, and the logo looked familiar. It was Belstaff! It was kinda weird seeing it so soon after learning about this company.

Eleni P.

Join the Army of Fashion

With the war in the Middle East the clothes of today are again being inspired by the military look. Just like the rest of the remakes the 1940's military look is revamped. Every designer from Balmain to Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton is focousing on the war of fashion.

P.S. Click on the title to see the slideshow!

H_DeBarge

The Trench Coat

I thought this was a fun video to share with everyone. Now is the "in-between" season, meaning you don't need a heavy jacket but you don't want to leave the house without one either and it is usually pretty rainy in the spring time as well. So here to solve all your problems in the trendy trench coat. They come in a variety of styles, colors, patterns and lengths. This video shows many different people on the streets of New York and how they chose to wear them.
*to view this video just click onto the title
-A.Howard

The Whole Package...

Ladies and or Gents... Fashion is not al about the shirt, denim, mini-skirt or tank; you have to be or have the entire look to be known as "fabulous". To show what I mean, click on the link above. There are trends in makeup and hair as well. There is not one designer that won't agree, a runway is not complete without the entire look being cohesive, strong and appealing. Some of the trends in make-up and hair are repetitive but what makes them more interesting in the combinations of the outfit, accessories that make up that "look".

Natalie Portman: the first face you see from this link. She is stunning. But take notice to the hair how is compliments the eyes as you move down her face you see the lip color and how is accents the ruby color of her earrings. It flows, looks faltering and actually gives her a porcelain glow but with some sass.

Image 5 of 12 is J.Lo... The effortless look that you know had to take forever and was costly, but you and I at home with some Easy, Breezy & BEAUTIFUL CoverGirl can imitate this look. Add our vintage bought clutch and some 20% off gown from Lord & Taylor 3 seasons ago.

Effortless is the new trend with... maybe a little exaggeration in color here and there to spice it up a bit. Heavens for bid we all look the same. What's the fun in that?

A_Kuhn

BRITISH STREET WEAR TRENDS

Check out this blog post on an important designer of club wear called CASSETTE PLAYA. Please also click onto the VIDEO BAR to see four different videos of fashion shows and interviews.

Call it the LWD

I really like the idea of adding white dresses to a dark closet for the spring season!