Written on February 11, 2010 by juliehoylen

Alexander McQueen

I was so saddened to hear the news of the untimely passing of designer Alexander McQueen.  His runways shows have been some of the most creative and inspiring the fashion world has seen over the past decade.  He blurred the line between fantasy and fashion like no one else.  He was inspiring, unique and unbelievably [...]

Written on April 4, 2008 by Kate Smith

Purple of Mogador

The Spring 2008 collection from Swedish menswear and womenswear designer, Carin Wester caught my attention when she referred to a legend about the creation of color.

The Spring/Summer 2008 collection called ‘Purple of Mogador’, is inspired by an African legend about the black alchemist Amogador, who as legend goes, discovered how to create the color purple.

Written on February 13, 2008 by juliehoylen

Fashion Forward Flowers

I think my brain has finally gone into “fashion overload”. I’m not sure what finally set me over the edge- perhaps the gazillion photos of Spring ready-to- wear images I’ve been looking through recently or maybe it’s my nightly habit of watching hour after hour of Full Frontal Fashion’s coverage of New York’s Fall [...]

Written on February 12, 2008 by Kimberlin Brown

I was chosen by Zac Posen

I have had a very exciting, challenging, crazy, wonderful whirlwind of a week!!

I woke up last week to the flu with teeth chattering, chills and sweats. You know when you feel so bad, that no matter what age you are, all you want is your mom and ginger ale? So when the phone rang, [...]

Written on January 22, 2008 by juliehoylen

One minute you’re in and the next minute you’re umm… in again

While making dinner the other night I caught the tail end of a Project Runway re-run on Bravo. To be exact it was episode #4 from Season 4, and yes I had seen the episode twice before- yet somehow I never tire of this show so I watched it yet again.
If you are [...]

Written on December 1, 2007 by Kate Smith

Pantone Spring 2008 Fashion Color Trends

The latest color trends forecast released by Pantone shows what they report to be the ten hottest colors for Spring 2008.
See the colors here…
Download a copy of the report here…

Written on April 8, 2007 by Kate Smith

The first Fashion Week ever in Dubai

Dubai hosted its very first International Fashion Week in March 2007. Lovely colors, beads, and sparkle graced the catwalk alongside less glamorous, but still stylish, garments. Here are a couple of my favorites.
I love the unexpected combination of brown with the red-orange and fuschia.

This warm neutral with metallic sparkle also caught [...]