Category Archives: Fashion

Nooka’s Yogurt watch gives culture new meaning

March 23, 2011 – 8:35 pm

by Kate Connolly WHAT’S HAPPENING Nooka Inc., a fashion brand known for its wristwatches, teamed up with designer Karim Rashid to create the Yogurt by Karim line of watches. The timepieces are packaged in plastic tubs like those used for food. Made of transparent plastic, the packaging shows off the vibrantly colored watches. Text on […]

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AdVinylize turns companies’ used billboards into promo items

March 2, 2011 – 4:40 pm

by Jana Branch WHAT’S HAPPENING We’ve seen handbags made from materials like seatbelts, bike tires and rice bags. Why not billboards? AdVinylize does just that, targeting companies who’d like to repurpose their own ad spends instead of burying them in a landfill. The results are one-of-a-kind, brand-driven promotional items for employees or customers. Billboards are […]

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Fish leather helps fashionistas live the new sustainable luxury

February 17, 2011 – 11:44 am

by Jana Branch WHAT’S HAPPENING Fish leather is showing up in bespoke shoes, handbags, purses and anywhere else that conscientious fashionistas want an unusual texture without endangering exotic animals. Designer Marianne Kooimans creates high-fashion, handcrafted shoes and accessories made from custom-dyed tilapia, perch and salmon leathers. At $425, her shoes are a one-of-a-kind purchase of […]

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Indian metrosexuals are not skirting this issue

February 10, 2011 – 9:17 am

by Kiran Manral WHAT’S HAPPENING Some metrosexuals in Indian metros are confident being seen in skirts, and not just on the ramp or at a fashion show after-party. The lungi, mundu, kilt, sarong — call it by whatever name — has made an entry into casual wear like never before. It’s not just the transsexuals or […]

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PHONING FOR FASHION ASSISTANCE

February 1, 2011 – 1:29 pm

by Nissa Hanna I’m picky about the apps I download; to gain entrée to my phone they need to be functional. That’s why Stylebook recently caught my eye. It merges two of my favorite things — fashion and fashion preparedness. To use: Photograph each piece of a wardrobe, remove the background and let the ensemble-making […]

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Retro makes a comeback in party themes

January 27, 2011 – 8:52 am

by Kiran Manral WHAT’S HAPPENING With Bollywood films like ‘Action Replayy’, ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbai’ and ‘Om Shanti Om’ bringing back the Swinging Sixties and the Disco Seventies, retro fashion is all the current flavour. From upteased contemporary variants of the bouffants, to the poker-straight centre-parted hair to the Cleopatra eyeliner and the […]

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Luxury laundrette services make a clean entry into India

January 12, 2011 – 9:40 pm

by Kiran Manral WHAT’S HAPPENING Designer wear in India is finally getting the treatment it deserves. A range of new premium laundry services is setting up shop in India, giving a whole new meaning to the phrase “being taken to the cleaners”. The clothes will be pampered, lathered up in the best soap and washed with […]

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Style-conscious youngsters set their own trends with help from Purple Ink

January 5, 2011 – 4:48 pm

by Sajita Krishnan WHAT’S HAPPENING Young, urban style-conscious Indians are increasingly finding new avenues to express their individuality. New kids on the design block, Bangalore-based Arpita Rao and Pia Rajendra offer this very promise of uniqueness to scores of youngsters. They call their service Purple Ink and create clothes and accessories based on individual style. […]

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There are two sides to every pair of Bleulab jeans

January 5, 2011 – 1:01 pm

by Nissa Hanna WHAT’S HAPPENING There’s no wrong way to wear Bleulab’s line of reversible jeans (and jeggings). Designed to take women from day to evening — with a quick pant-reversing change in between — the trendy, skinny styles have a casual wash on one side and a more polished look on the other. Each […]

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Minipreneurs R us: Re-jigged upcycled kidswear

December 17, 2010 – 6:34 am

by Sairica Rose WHAT’S HAPPENING Clothing upcyclers Re-jigged put a quirky spin on reviving castoffs by snapping up damaged, discarded adult clothing from charity stores and jumble sales and transforming it into mini-couture for kids (Easier.com, 9 November 2010). The Hertfordshire farm-based company teams up with EnviroAbility — a charity that manages projects to integrate […]

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Westfield London does a spin on the digital catwalk

December 10, 2010 – 10:41 am

by Sairica Rose WHAT’S HAPPENING Fashion fanatics were able to snap up a garment hot off the runway from the virtual front row at Westfield London’s first click-to-buy fashion show. The shopping centre premiered a digital catwalk to accompany its Fashion Lives Catwalk show, which took place in October 2010 and showcased its Autumn/Winter collection, […]

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Blogger invites black entreprenurial women to walk In Her Shoes

December 7, 2010 – 5:00 pm

by Lisa Parks WHAT’S HAPPENING A budding entrepreneur, Crush Media founder Renae Bluitt sought like-minded female business owners to share experiences with. Her solution: launching a blog called In Her Shoes, which seeks to empower female African American entrepreneurs with content to encourage and enlighten. Smart and sassy, the blog includes categories like “In the […]

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Fashion lovers get on the bus for vintage apparel

December 7, 2010 – 3:55 pm

by Stephanie Davila WHAT’S HAPPENING Fashion is always in constant motion, so why can’t the store be, too? Lodekka is a vintage clothing boutique that opened in a converted 1965 double-decker Bristol Lodekka bus. The retailer-on-wheels is parked at the corner of Williams and Failing in northeast Portland, OR, and is a nod to the […]

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Rachel Roy makes fashion interactive with Microsoft Tag

November 30, 2010 – 3:43 pm

by Abby Shannon WHAT’S HAPPENING The price tag has grown up. Fashion designer Rachel Roy is embracing (and leveraging) technology by attaching Microsoft Tags to the apparel in her latest Macy’s capsule collection (Mashable.com, 5 November 2010). Smartphone shoppers can use the Microsoft Tag Reader app to scan codes on the garment tags and unlock […]

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Knitting grannies go high fashion

November 19, 2010 – 12:00 pm

by Lindsay Patersen WHAT’S HAPPENING Ex-model Lily Cole has harnessed the power of knitting grannies to produce high-fashion knitwear — from the fleece of rare sheep saved from the slaughterhouse (ThisIsLondon.co.uk, 12 October 2010). Her company, the North Circular, taps the talent of real grans to produce rather pricey sweaters (£350), hats (£60) and scarves […]

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