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Varela + Brooks | Fall 2011 Collection .. A Label to Look Out For

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Varela + Brooks: Clean, Colorful, Contemporary

By: Amanda Montgomery, guest blogger

“Women cherish fashion because it rejuvenates them, or at the very least renews their spirit.” – Madame de Preizeux

Scoring an ‘All Access’ pass to New York Fashion Week for reporting purposes involves a rather intricate layer of protocol and procedure.  Each year, many an admirable fashion journalist fight tooth and nail for this insider privilege to cover the haute couture, hot gossip, and season trends that will shape future style influences.  A pass like this is the ultimate golden egg, bee’s knees, cat’s meow… needless to say it’s virtually impossible to acquire unless you happen to know Anna Sui personally. [Read more...]

May 15, 2011

{iStyle} A Princess in Waiting: Kate Middleton’s #Fashion Evolution

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As the final days, before the highly-anticipated royal wedding, unfold it only seems natural to take a step back and admire the birth of a modern day princess.

Kate Middleton, the 29 year-old fiancee to England’s Prince William, is much more than a potential future queen -she is a talented, bright, poised young women – who just happens to have an admirable fashion sense.

Over the years, Kate has stayed true to her natural, demure style. Never forcing a trend or a particular look, always looking polished, perfect and quite frankly pretty.

From the moment that her relationship hit the British headlines, [Read more...]

April 22, 2011

Sex and the City, Kotex and the Reinvention of a Brand

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By: Lindsay McHugh, guest blogger

What do Sex and the City and Kotex have in common?

Emmy-winning and Oscar-nomiated fashion designer, Patricia Field.

Kotex has been through a bit of rebranding in the past year after survey results found that women were tired of the institutional experience of pads.

Ditching the stereotypical white and sterile product packaging, Kotex opted in favor of more bold colors and sleek black casing.

The new packaging has separated Kotex from the competition, and their latest contest is set to do the same.

Ban the Bland [Read more...]

April 18, 2011

Dropping an Album? Buy an iPad. That’s What The Gorillaz Did…

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By: Amanda Montgomery, guest blogger

When studying the history of music and looking back at a timeline of significant moments atonal aficionados often recall tender moments like when Sinatra slide across a smoky Vegas stage, Woodstock ’69, Michael Jackson’s Solo Glove, the debut of Hip Hop, Lady Gaga’s Meat Dress and so on.

But when dredging up the archives of Music History going forward, another moment unlike any before will highlight the context of time and change:  12.25.2010 / The Gorillaz release their new, highly anticipated album, entitled ‘The Fall’ – available on their homepage as a free ‘App’ download.

The entire album was created using an iPad.   [Read more...]

January 26, 2011

Surviving in a Design World: What Every Student Should Know

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By: Amanda Montgomery, guest blogger

Each year, countless students enter into highly competitive design programs in universities around the world with the intention to develop an invaluable skill set that ‘supposedly’ lays a strong creative foundation and will help them to become better professionals.

However in a recent article from Fast Company Magazine, notorious designer Gadi Amit voices several concerns not only about how he continues to see design student portfolios lacking the quality they once offered, but more importantly if this lack of quality is stemming from the very institution in a position to correct this trend.

Even prior to the economic recession [Read more...]

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