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Leigh Lezark Might Have a New Job!

admin — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:31:11 +0000

She looks so excited to be her.

Leigh Lezark is Matthew Williamson‘s new muse, according to rumors coming out of London. Leigh is, like Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, a hyphenate in denial. She still does D.J. gigs all over the world, but is increasingly focusing her energies on modeling. Signed with IMG, Lezark recently appeared in ads for Mango. Yet she doesn’t commonly refer to herself as D.J. slash model. Lezark would be replacing Sienna Miller as Williamson’s muse. Sienna’s clothing line Twenty8Twelve really started taking off this year, so maybe she’s too busy with that to hang out with Williamson in his studio. Or maybe Williamson wants to use an edgier face to diversify his boho customer base, now that the entire world is paying attention to him because of his H&M line. We don’t mean to vex you with nagging, unanswered questions like this as you head into your weekend, but sometimes extremely important and significant news such as this happens on Friday evening.

Is the New New: Leigh & Sienna [Fashionista]

Moschino, Alberta Ferretti, Pollini to Lower Prices

admin — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:31:10 +0000

Michelle Obama in a Moschino blouse.

Italian fashion group Aeffe SpA owns Alberta Ferretti, Moschino, and Pollini brands and produces collections for Jean Paul Gaultier among others. They’re pretty broke these days, since they just lost $389,781 in the three months ended March 31. That doesn’t sound like a lot, but in the same period in 2008 they enjoyed net profits of $9 million. So they’re reacting “in a prompt and determined way” — with price cuts. They’re also reducing the size of the collections and laying some people off. All this should save them about $13.6 million in 2010. But! Have they considered riding the Michelle Obama wave? The woman wears Moschino. If the stuff is getting cheaper on top of that, marketing that brand should be cake.

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Designer: Roberta Chiarella

admin — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:31:06 +0000

Roberta Chiarella : I simply adore sparkle! I have been in love with crystals since I was a little girl I would collect sequins, beads and crystals in a little box I kept in my room-my own treasure chest..

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Designer: Mercedes Salazar Joyeria

admin — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:31:06 +0000

Mercedes Salazar Joyeria : With incredible amounts of creativity and talent, Mercedes Salazar’s designs use traditional handcrafted techniques, versatilely combined with the most unusual materials. These beautiful and unique pieces “will connect you to the Universe”, in the designer’s own words. Besides gold, silver, bronze, semiprecious stones, diamonds and emeralds, pips, acrylic, glass, pearls, steel, aluminum, fabric and industrial materials can be found on the different pieces, creating an interesting contrast of light and color which Mercedes skillfully puts together thus creating a jewel that reflects all her love for existence and will never go unnoticed.

Mercedes Salazar was born on June 17th 1975 in Bogota DC, Colombia. She attended the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes’ Craftwork School in Mexico City (2000). Her work is diverse, sophisticated, voluptuous, and always tries to show the two sides of the coin, the balance between lightness and weight, roundness and squareness. To her, opposites are fundamental.

Mercedes Salazar is a young woman who watches what goes on around her and takes inspiration in the everyday life to turn those seconds and words into jewels. She spends the whole day with her artisans creating jewels, exploring and retrieving ancient techniques. Diverse, cheerful and defiant, she does not hesitate in breaking the rules with a profound conviction. The never-ending search for her own roots is the main nourishment of her spirit. Her lines are refined and subtle, and they reflect her admiration for hand-made jewelry.
The Mercedes Salazar Jewelry Company was created seven years ago and its headquarters are located in Bogota, Colombia. It includes boutiques in the stylish Parque de la 93 and the El Retiro Shopping Mall in Bogota, and the historical quarters of Cartagena de Indias, the magical city that was deemed World Heritage by UNESCO. At present, Mercedes Salazar’s work can be found in fine boutiques and distribution points in more tan ten countries around the world, including the United States, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Venezuela, Australia, Japan, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Mexico. This Colombian designer has exhibited her work at local fairs as Expoartesanias, and international trade shows such as ENK – Accesorie Circuit in New York City on its three annual versions, Première Classe Paris, SIMM Madrid and Democircuit Barcelona.

The Company is an active member of the Colombian American Chamber of Commerce: www.amchamcolombia.com.co

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Designer: Erika Peña

admin — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:31:06 +0000

Erika Peña : I am a designer, an entrepreneur and, above all, a dreamer. I was born in Puerto Rico, after my parents, Juan Isidro Peña and Maritza Milagros Peña, had emigrated from the Dominican Republic. On my 18th birthday, I moved to New York to study at Parsons School of Design. This is where my adventure begins.

In New York, my focus was fashion design where I worked with many designers, most notably Donna Karen and Josie Natori. Following my work with these talented women, I was inspired to launch a clothing line called “epe”. It was during this period, when I was collaborating with a number of different designers on various projects, that I started looking to the future for my inspiration and this led me on the path to launching the Erika Peña line.

The inspiration of my jewelry line comes from my move from Manhattan to Puerto Rico. I wanted to convey this experience through my jewelry, which is part rough and edgy like New York, and light and airy like the Caribbean. In 2006, I joined forces with my sister Bielka Peña-Bevillard, with her financial background and my creativity we are building our clientele and expanding the Erika Peña Brand.
In spring 2008, I launched my first men’s line, Simon & Simone. This collection centered on cultural, religious and magical icons combined with the force of energy from the love between men and women; the ying and the yang to create a powerful form of wearable art for both.
Currently, on my ninth collection I have plans of launching Erika Peña Handbags and eventually a clothing collection.

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Skinny Jeans, Strategize for Feeling Skinny

admin — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:31:05 +0000

Here are some thoughts about trying skinny jeans:

Skinny jeans, when they fit properly, can give you a long, lean line, and are fitted all the way through the calf. Two places that they are not tight are at the knee, and the ankle.

The thickest part of the calf is in the upper back of your shin, so the legs are going to be a little looser at the knee to accommodate, especially when you have to bend your knee.

As shown in a Red Book Magazine spread, you should wear your skinny jeans with a loose top. Not only is this proportion more balanced, but you can also get away with wearing a waistband a little tighter than usual. A flowing loose top allows you to hide any waist-pudge above your waistline. I feel that it is better to have skinny jeans fit very tight on top so you don’t have to constantly hike them up when the waistband loosens up, so feel free to choose a smaller fit in the waist for skinny jeans.

The last part of your jean that must fit on a skinny jean is at the leg opening and length.

There are several length options to choose for your new skinny jeans:

-You can cut them off at the ankle.

-You can also leave the hem slightly longer than you think.

Since skinny jeans are so narrow, it’s ok to have scrunches around the ankle if they’re too long, which is how some of the more vertically challenged celebrities are doing it. If you wear heels with them, eventually that scrunch will work its way around the heels of your shoes if they’re too long. Enjoy feeling skinny!

Connie Chen
Technical Designer (clothing)
True Jeans Guest Blogger

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Jerry Hall’s Chanel Shots Are Out and They’re Spicy

admin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:54:39 +0000

Jerry Hall for Chanel, shot by Karl Lagerfeld.The return of nineties supermodels Christy Turlington for Bally or Claudia Schiffer for Yves Saint Laurent â€” isn’t a trend we’re getting tired of anytime soon. In fact, we say keep them coming. These women look smoking, and it gives us mortals some hope of aging gracefully in the era of incessant Botox. Jerry Hall, 52, is the latest beauty to resurface, appearing in the Chanel accessories catalogue, shot by Karl Lagerfeld, the photos of which premiered today online. Hall plays the older woman in a boudoir fantasy, which is inspired by the ChÃ©ri novel by Colette. And it gets steamy. She’s draped in silk lingerie, tumbling under bedsheets covered in Chanel bags, and tugging at the necklace of her hot young lover, Baptiste Giabiconi (who, might we add, has the sexiest tousled hair). It’s a convincing postcoital shot if we ever saw one. See, Madonna? You’re not the only one who can bag a hot young thing. Age doesn’t matter when sex always sells.

Just In: Jerry Hall’s Chanel Shots [Grazia]

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Kimora Lee Simmons Embraces the New Modesty

admin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:54:38 +0000

You know things are bad when the Queen of Bling scales back her fashion show. Kimora Lee Simmons is cutting the guest list for her usually flashtacular Friday-night Baby Phat show by half, to approximately 800. She’s moving from Roseland Ballroom to the smaller Gotham Hall and only holding a small cocktail reception instead of her regular massive after-party. “Now’s not the time to be running all over and flaunting the money that we don’t have,” she told Heard on the Runway. What? Does this not go against the principle of fabulosity the label was founded on? Which we’ve always understood to mean trying to show you have money in order to compensate for something else you feel is lacking within? “Now’s not the time to have all these people come to the show who are coming because they’re your best friends — the people who need to be there are the buyers who need to see the clothes, the editors,” Kimora continued. This season her show will take place on a Tuesday, so that international buyers who often leave New York before her old Friday-night slot can see the clothes. Okay, great. So they’ll be there. But they will not understand the true essence of fabulosity, which is a tragedy. We hope she doesn’t skimp on the hair extensions or acrylics for the models. These foreigners need at least a taste of fabulosity.

Baby Phat Tones Down Glitz This Season [Heard on the Runway/WSJ]

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Richie Rich’s Fall Line to Include Swimsuits, Neon

admin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:54:37 +0000

Richie Rich says his new line debuting at Fashion Week next week will be “head-to-toe wearable.” That means ruffled silk dresses, lip prints, Keith Haring inspired graphics and swimsuits (for fall, mind you) in a “happy palette” of hot pink, neon yellow, and blue. Pieces will start at $29.99. As for Traver Rains, who designed now-defunct Heatherette with Richie? Im still very close to Traver, but its kind of like being in a band,Richie says. Now Im a solo artist, like Beyonce and Gwen Stefani. [WWD]

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Designer: Danielle Welmond Jewelry Designs

admin — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:54:28 +0000

Danielle Welmond Jewelry Designs : Danielle Welmond is a leading jewelry designer living in Los Angeles. Her jewelry is truly original. It is hand-woven with beautiful silk threads, cords, fine gold and silver wire and personally selected gems. Danielle has perfected a unique style of “lace weaving” in her jewelry, using a technique first developed in Europe 500 years ago. While sculpting pendants with this weaving technique, she uses her jewelry as a canvas to exquisitely combine colors as one would see in an Impressionist painting. The result: each style is one-of-a-kind, with timeless romantic and feminine beauty and quality craftsmanship.

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