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Dior Suspends Galliano, is AW 2011 Next?

By: Kelly Ahern, guest blogger

As rumors circulate and press intensifies, John Galliano’s Thursday night arrest continues to send shockwaves through the fashion industry.

Upon hearing the allegations that Galliano reportedly assaulted and made anti-Semitic comments toward a Parisian couple, he was suspended from his professional role within the House of Dior.

“The House of Dior declares with the greatest firmness its policy of zero tolerance with regard to any anti-Semitic or racist statement or attitude,” Dior Chief Executive, Sidney Toledano, said in a recent statement.

“Pending the outcome of the inquiry, Christian Dior has suspended John Galliano from all duties,” Toledano later explained.

As with every story there are two sides [Read more…]

February 28, 2011

{iStyle} Get The Look: RAMY’s Red Hot Oscar #Makeup

By: Kelly Ahern, guest blogger

This Sunday marks one of Hollywood’s biggest and most celebrated events—the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.

Every year, awards season means much more than just recognizing the talent of deserving actors and actresses; it gives fashionistas a reason to curl up next to the television and day dream. We drool over the luxurious gowns, the sparkling jewels and of course the shoes—waiting patiently for the day that we can feel A-list glamorous.

But why wait? [Read more…]

February 25, 2011

Ivete Sangalo + YouTube + Carnaval = #ytcarnaval

Every year millions of people across the world participate in Carnival.

Technically, a festive season [Read more…]

February 23, 2011

GUESS? Inc. Opens 13,000 sq ft North American Flagship on 5th Ave

GUESS?, the American lifestyle brand, famous for their denim and black & white adverts, opened the doors to its newest one-stop shop, its brand new North American flagship store, on February 17, 2011.

Located on [Read more…]

February 18, 2011

{iStyle} NYFW FW 2011: Victoria Beckhams’s 100th Dress + Marc Jacobs’ Bold Prints

Major NYFW Trend: Calf-Length Skirts

By: Kelly Ahern, guest blogger

There comes a time where fashionistas everywhere join together in gleeful anticipation.

Twice a year fashion’s biggest and brightest minds meet in bustling New York City to share their latest creations. Besides the fact that this A-list crowd of designers throw one hell of a party– it’s the trends we yearn for. Those few not-so-subtle commonalities that we integrate into our seasonal wardrobes.

NYFW Fall 2011 was no exception.

Among the major emerging trends [Read more…]

February 18, 2011

Innovative Designers at Nolcha Fashion Week FW 2011

By: Stephanie Kornblum, guest blogger

I was given the pleasure of attending Nolcha Fashion Week, held on February 10, 2011.

Nolcha Fashion Week is globally focused platform for showcasing high-end, an often independent fashion designers.

What is great about NFW is that it is concurrent with Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, allowing [Read more…]

February 15, 2011

Color and Trending Combine to Power Grey Canada’s Global Mood Clock

Advertising agency, Grey Canada – part of the award-winning, international Grey Group – has recently launched their infographic clock app which aims to help us kick off 2011 in the most innovative and tech-savvy way possible.

The application, which will soon be made available through the Apple App Store for the iPhone, pulls together geo-tagged data from major cities around the world.

Additionally this one-of-a-kind app has the ability to not only tell time, but reflect the “mood” of each city by displaying the dominant color that results from the latest geo-tagged photo uploads to Flickr, the area’s top Google searches and Twitter trends—all in real-time.

The Global Mood Clock takes [Read more…]

February 14, 2011

{iStyle} Architecture Meets Fashion via Donna Karan and United Nude

Courtesty of Martyn Thompson for Architectural Digest

By: Kelly Ahern, guest blogger

As a very modern and very chic fashion designer Donna Karan is typically best known for her New York-inspired collections—those which fully embody a well put-together metro fashionista.

But every designer – no matter how much of a niche has been established – evolves and grows.

Karan certainly is no exception.

As a business-savvy designer with an extraordinarily [Read more…]

February 11, 2011

Hidden Impact of Display Advertising: Starwood Hotels

[**Disclosure: Sasha H. Muradali is employed by a WPP-owned company.**]

A recent 2010 study by Dynamic Logic (part of WPP) explored the impact of display advertising on brand perceptions and search intent for Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc.  properties in Hong Kong, China, Japan, Singapore and Australia.

The in-depth study found that display adverts have different impacts on target audiences during the different phases of the brand-consumer relationship.

More importantly, the study brought out information, that while applicable to the Asia-Pacific region, should be highly considered in western markets as well.

It showed that messaging tactics should be [Read more…]

February 10, 2011

5-Star Finest: New York’s Plaza Hotel Offers Guests an Apple iPad Per Room

Jealous, much?

You should be.

Starwood move over because Fairmount is stepping it up a notch…or ten.

In a world where most people are lucky enough to get complimentary Wi-Fi included in their rooms, according to Luxist, the latest trend from a technologically savvy hotelier is the hottest item on the market right now.

Owned by few, envied by many – New York’s premiere luxury hotel, The Plaza, is offering each guest an Apple iPad in their room. [Read more…]

February 9, 2011
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