15 Designers On the Line Up for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim
Models wearing Red Carter swimsuits NEW YORK, Jun 27, 2008 / FW/ — The boys are back in town in Europe but the girls are keeping things hot in Miami as the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim with the announcement of 15 designers from Australia to Brazil, the UK to the US will be joining the event. “Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim is the leading platform for designers...
Brioni: Giving The Gift of Knowledge
The Winners MILAN, June 25, 2008/ FW/ — The art of tailoring is as important today as it was in it’s prime, when selling a suit had a lot more to do with fit then the name on the label. Brioni, a brand known for its mastery in tailoring and in fact was started by a master tailor, Nazareno Fonticoli, is making sure that the art and techniques of the trade, aren’t...
Biagiotti: Born to Web
Biagiotti Uomo MILAN, Jun 24, 2008 / FW/ — The fashion world would have not noticed, but, Bill Gates is actually retiring from IT this month, as the Microsoft co-founder steps down from his job at the software giant. So, it is interesting to note that Laura Biagiotti’s theme this season is the man in the network, as in high tech network. Smart is the new sexy, with...
Alessandro Dell’Acqua: Smart is the New Sexy
Alessandro Dell'Acqua Menswear Spring 2009 MILAN, Jun 24, 2008 / FW/ — The high school social class called ‘nerd’ disappeared with the advent of the internet. The once ‘socially unacceptable’ interest in computers has become a must-have if one has to be ‘cool’ and in turn be ‘in.’ In short, smart is the new sexy. And this is who Alessandro Dell’Acqua...
Alexander McQueen: The Quintessential McQueen
Alexander McQueen Menswear Spring 2009 MILAN, Jun 23, 2008 / FW/ — When a designer can actually outdo himself or herself, it is a sign that he or she is peerless; that comparisons with others will be futile because it will be like comparing apples and oranges. That’s where Alexander McQueen belongs, in a league of his own, untouchable by mere mortals and out of reach...
Burberry Prorsum: Dressing Up to Dress Down
Burberry Prorsum Menswear Spring 2009 - 13 MILAN, Jun 21, 2008 / FW/ — Dressing up to look dressed down, Christopher Bailey once again proved how he has his finger on the fashion pulse. As the Internet generation comes of age, with some them already part of the workforce, a design house has to cater to their unique need of being the ‘coolest’ guy around, but do not...
Diesel Kicks Off Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim
Miami MIAMI, Jun 19, 2008 / — Diesel jumpstarts the 2008 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim show in South Beach on July 17th, 2008, at 7pm, at the chic Raleigh Hotel. Diesel will open this exciting week with a fashion show that will preview the spring/summer 09 swimwear as well as showcase select fall/winter 08 shoes, eyewear and small accessories that will concurrently...
Red Carter Named Mercedes-Benz Presents Designer
Red Carter with models NEW YORK, Jun 18, 2008 / FW/ — Swimwear is no longer just for babe watch as the tiny bikinis enter high fashion with the upcoming Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim. Slated from July 18 – 22, 2008 at The Raleigh Hotel in Miami, Florida, the event has become the vehicle for several international designers to launch their swim line. With Mercedes-Benz...
Reese Witherspoon, Avon Global Ambassador Visits Japan
Reese Witherspon LOS ANGELES, Jun 13, 2008 / FW/ — In her silver screen roles, Reese Witherspoon had empowered women. This time, she is doing it for real as the Avon Global Ambassador and Honorary Chairman of the Avon Foundation. With women’s issues as its main concern, the Avon Foundation focuses on breast cancer, domestic violence and emergency relief initiatives....
Jayson Brunsdon Named Judge to Project Runway Australia
Jayson Brunsdon Project Runway AUS LOS ANGELES, Jun 10, 2008 / FW/ — The U.S. might be in summer reruns already, but in Australia, new shows are actually premiering. The highly successful reality series about budding fashion designers, ‘Project Runway,’ will have its Australian version under the auspices of FOXTEL and Fremantle Media. Headlining the Australian...
