Category: Fashion

Want your Ears to Stand Out without being Weighed Down? Go for Leather!

Giant bejeweled earrings will always hold a special place in our hearts even as the memory of them weighs down our earlobes.  So these new lightweight leather alternatives are a seriously, and not sorely, welcome. Take a gander at Etsy and Pinterest and you’ll see leather earrings popping out everywhere these days.  And non-traditional jewelry […]

Holiday Fashion Gift Ideas

Looking for that perfect gift of fashion for the woman in your life?  Here are some trending items to look for this holiday season: –Customizable Jewelry – if you want to give her something really personal, look for things you can make your, or her, own. Go for a gold engravable pendant bracelet, a customizable […]

Clogs are the “Ugly” Shoes of the Moment

Ugly fashion is big business. Especially now that the news that clogs, of all things, have become the all the rage in the fashion world.  Clogs?  The wooden clunky, ghastly footwear that make one think of windmills and tulips?  Yes.  But these aren’t your fairytale’s clogs.  Following the unlikely success of Birkenstock shoes and Crocs, […]

Culture Driven Fashion

Thanks to social media and technology, fashion designers and retailers have felt a shift in the balance of power between customers and corporations. As a luxury commodity, fashion has historically been defined by its exclusivity, a slightly out-of-reach ideal that the masses aspire to obtain. But now it seems just as vital, if not more […]

Timeless Style Icon: Audrey Hepburn

Anyone who has seen “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” gets it: the indelible and enduring impact of Audrey Hepburn on modern fashion. For decades, her clean style sensibility and radiant grace have inspired the likes of Hubert de Givenchy, Salvatore Ferragamo and Isaac Mizrahi, all of whom have tried at some point to translate her spirit into […]

Fashion’s Latest Dictate from Consumers: Be Inclusive

The fashion industry is being called upon to expand their range of luxury brand sizes they offer to go beyond the standard 0 to 12. While many fashion companies claim they’re listening, serving their customer’s needs and being inclusive, currently only about 20% of the luxury ready-to-wear fashion market has inclusive sizing. When you consider […]

Platform Sneakers Are Back!

If you loved your LA Gear chunky high-top sneakers and cried the day you finally had to face parting with them, your dreams have just come true. Platform sneakers, those crazy 90’s step aerobics-inspired footwear staples, are back with a vengeance. But these aren’t your grandma’s Jazzersize sneaks, oh no. Brands like Fila, Naked Wolfe, […]

Victoria’s Secret Suffers Backlash

In the wake of last week’s much-hyped Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, seems the high-fashion luxury lingerie line has some ‘splaining to do. The fashion powerhouse has always prided itself on using “culturally diverse” models, even including its first vitiligo model, Winnie Holder, this year. But in responding to queries about expanding their ideas of inclusivity […]