Very nice fashion site filled with great links…I havent looked at it properly yet but what i’ve seen so far seems quite cool.

Pretty Polly joins Asprey by taking on a young non -model british face to promote their products.

Take a look back to when the 80’s were oh so fashionable

You might even get some tips for the present…like British Knights shoes, Camp Beverly Hills, Doubling socks with different colors, Fingerless gloves…etc

I found the article below re Is Fashion still cool? from the site Notes of a shopaholic and I forgot to say thanks.

Quite long but a great article by the NY Times entitled Is Fashion still Cool?
I have tried to write my view but I keep deleting and re-writing. I just can’t decide what my opinion is on this matter. Sometimes I feel that fashion is still cool and still has an edge to it, and at other times I’m disappointed with the fashion industry. It feels like fashion used to be a little island of its own where only a select people could visit and the rest would appreciate from looking …

New York Fashion Week is upon us and I’m sooo excited. Can’t wait to see what’s in store for Spring ‘04. One of the designers partcipating is Marie Claudinette Jean (Wyclef Jean’s wife), displaying clothing from her label Fusha
Fusha is a couture collection that blends the designer’s love of 18th-century fashions and her Caribbean heritage.

(click the pic above for a link to more info about Marie Claudinette Jean)

Fusha Designs, INC.
499-7th Ave Suite 1601 So
New York, New York 10018

The city and the Rodeo Drive Committee, a business group made up of merchants, landowners and hoteliers, has chosen Armani as the first honoree on its new Rodeo Drive Walk of Style. A 14-foot, torso-shaped sculpture created by artist Robert Graham will serve as the anchor of what organizers hope will become yet another destination for shoppers.

I never thought of Mos Def as a sharp dressed male but now thinking about it, he is quite cool

However I think my choice for sharp dressed male would be Pharrell….he’s too COOL…

This is a very interesting article which highlights the point that unlike the music and film industry the fashion world accepts rather than rejects imitations. I have never actually thought about this in depth before and I have always viewed copying as the norm in the fashion industry. It is not unusual that you have the runway shows full of new trends and creativity and within 6 months there are duplicates in the high street shops. If there are complaints from designers I don’t hear about it too much and …

Lately I’ve been loving the latest Gucci campaign and I’ve been wondering who is that model cause she’s gorgeous. Yesterday while reading this month’s Glamour, I came across the story of Nadine Willis . I really like her and she seems quite genuine. Hope she becomes v. successful!