Soon you may not have to be an A-list celeb, department-store buyer or magazine editor to get a front-row seat at a fashion show. As the luxury and fashion industries continue to struggle with sagging retail sales and consumers’ diminishing interest in $2,000 It bags, designers are looking for alternative ways to show their wares. And more and more of them are turning to the Internet for a bigger audience and to shrink their overhead.
Luxury lifestyle company Michael Kors Holdings’ shares are expected to fly off the shelves as affluent shoppers continue to spend despite a gloomy economic environment. Read more…
It’s known as fashion’s Bible – Vogue magazine, where the elite and the aspiring alike turn for the style of the moment, and the past. And nothing may mean more in fashion than landing on the cover of Vogue. Now Vogue magazine is taking note of its famous covers for its 120th anniversary in 2012.
Atlanta haute couture trend followers and fashionistas, partners Giancarlo Giammetti and Valentino Garavani were the proud hosts of the Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum Launch party at the IAC Headquarters on December 7, 2011 in New York City.
The Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum chronicles five decades of Valentino’s work as fashion designer. A download of the Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum gives you, the user, 10,000 square meters of fashion – a library Read more…
The Italian fashion council, the Camera Nationale dell Moda Italiana, has finally agreed to revert to the originally scheduled programming for the 2012 Milan Fashion Week, after heated discussions and debates. The scheduling imbroglio started following an announcement by the council that the event would be shifted to an earlier time to overlap with the New York Read more…
(Reuters) – “Twilight” fans can have their very own fairytale wedding experience next year when Carolina Herrera’s CHNY boutiques begin selling gowns in the same design as worn by Bella Swan in “Breaking Dawn – Part 1,” the apparel maker’s spokesman said on Monday. The white sheath wedding dress with a lace-embellished back was custom-made for actress Kristen Stewart by New York fashion designer Herrera, who said she was “flattered” when asked to create the gown and felt the pressured to deliver something that would please “Twilight” fans. Click here to read more.
When Lev Glazman and Alina Roytberg founded their company with a single bar of soap in 1991, they never imagined that one day their cosmetics brand Fresh would be rubbing shoulders with the likes of Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Moet et Chandon. Read more…
You want to be recognized as an expert in your field, a specialist with trustworthy credentials that establishes your credibility. How does one become an expert? The traditional path is to spend a lifetime in the industry and earn relevant educational certifications and degrees. But the traditional method takes a long time and is impractical for the new entrepreneur who wants to enter the business arena as a player. Read more…
2011 in retrospect has been amazing!
I secured a publishing deal for my third book with none other than Bloomsbury publishing (home to J.K Rowling)
Won a global dress contest beating thousands of designers for the prize
Flew to LA and met James and Suzy Cameron, attended the Pre-Oscar event with them and met Orlando Bloom
Landed a job running Red Carpet Green Dress
Have spent most of the year with one of the most inspiring and intriguing characters I have ever met – Suzy Amis Cameron
Sat in the wheelchair from Avatar
Had lunch with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Slyerster Stallone’s brother
Amazing road trip across California with my partner
Met some of Hollywood’s most beautiful women including Zoe Saldana
Was interviewed by InStyle, Red, Look, Essence and Vogue
Appearing in the Washington Times and on the official website for The White House
Landed a job writing for Vogue UK
Addressed the Prime Minister infront of an audience of MP’s and government bodies
Was quoted by the Prime Minister 3 times in his subsequent speech
Was named a Woman to Watch under the age of 30 by Red Magazine
Was invited to appear on the ITN 6 O’Clock news
Secured funding for my clothing label which I have been chasing for over 3 years
Secured an amazing creative team for ‘Samata’
Launched my new website
Was asked by the Dean of the London College of Fashion to present the prestigious award for the London College of Fashion for ‘Collection of the Year’
Mentored in total around 100 students in fashion design, fashion enterprise, runway coaching and networking
Met Manolo Blahnik and talked shoes 
Had a 30 minute chat with Sigourney Weaver
Landed a brand endorsement with some amazing kick ass boots – shout out to Mark Charles
Sat down with the Chief Operating Officer of the Oscars and secured a spot on the red carpet for the Oscars next year alongside Suzy Amis Cameron
2012…..all I want is laughter, adventures and more creativity…I could not ask for more than I aready have had! BRING IT!!!!!!!!!
