Designers and Fashion Insiders Sound Off on Celebrity Designers

From posh Saks Fifth Avenue to budget-conscious Steve & Barry’s, shoppers can now find everything from yoga wear to lingerie designed by celebrities. And there’s more to come.

This month, Spice Girl Melanie Brown unveiled a clothing line inspired by leopard prints, while Heidi Montag of MTV’s “The Hills” launched a collection of junior apparel called [...]

Prisoner designs enter fashion world

A new company in Germany is trying to break into the fashion business selling stylish clothes designed and produced by prison inmates.

The company Haeftling, which in English means inmate, has just opened its first store in Berlin. “We want to have basic, durable, timeless, beautiful clothes,” said Stephan Bohle, one of the company founders.

Many of [...]

Russian Fashion Rules

Though the term “fashion” is associated with lots of money - and it is rather expensive to be fashionable - many designers have pointed out that Russians are very stylish. And not only rich people look smart and fashionable: many Russians choose good clothes, appropriate to their personal style. This promises a radiant future [...]

BBC launching online ethical fashion magazine

The BBC has launched an online ethical fashion magazine.

 

Thread model in ethical clothing

Thread looks at the issues facing fashion conscious people who care where their clothes come from. The designer Katherine Hamnett says “Thread is great because ethical fashion promises to be the next big thing and not just a passing fad. Young people are really [...]

News - Lavish Accessories

Inspiring women through business and fashion is the central concept driving a Langley fashion company. Two years ago, a passion for fashion inspired Jennifer and Susan Stead to create Lavish Accessories, a company offering women a variety of branded handbags, jewelry, and accessories. “Lavish is a women’s company designed to empower women to [...]

Gigi Favela

Monica Favela George, former editor/writer of the corporate world, always loved shoes. The designer created ceramic sculpture since college but found clay insufficient for creating her shoe candy visions. After learning retail and shoe-crafting, Favela George combed the industrial towns of Europe until she found the right high-quality shoe manufacturer in Italy to realize [...]

Nepacena Handbags

About the Designer

With the elegance she developed as a professional ballet dancer and a unique style sensibility from her Bay Area upbringing, Karen Nepacena designs bags that are a vibrant combination of her influences. Each handbag is named after a woman who has inspired her at some point in life, their distinct personalities communicated [...]

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