Monthly Archives: August 2011

Last week, Johanna Stout, manager of the CFDA {FASHION INCUBATOR} program spoke at the Fashion Center BID’s monthly Emerging Designer Group to talk about the initiative. In recent weeks, the {INCUBATOR} program has been in the news after the CFDA selected its new class of 10 talented designers. Already popular labels such as Number: Lab, [...]

Irma Bravo takes inspiration from Venezuela and adds her own abstract twist to her newest jewelry line, JungleCHICk. With degrees in architecture and fashion design from Parsons, her skills have landed her roles at Elie Tahari, Jason Wu and with several textile houses for exclusive collaborations. After leaving the corporate world, Irma returned to Venezuela [...]

Long before the bustling feather trend, Heidi Roland was creating beautiful earrings and necklaces that not only made a colorful statement, but helped women capture who they are. A native of Philadelphia and photographer by trade, Heidi started creating jewelry with her own photos and then transitioned into other materials. As her popularity grew, she [...]

This week, Uri Minkoff, co-founder and CEO of Rebecca Minkoff spoke to a packed room at WWDMAGIC and shared with us how he and Rebecca built their brand from the ground up to become the largest independently owned lifestyle brand today. Rebecca’s start was not only fueled by her talent, but a serendipitous chain of [...]

German-based designer Julia Miltenberger takes a twist on the traditional with her conceptual jewelry line that she started back in 2009. Her latest pieces take inspiration from surf culture and are made from neoprene, the flexible, durable material used to create wetsuits. The Soft Diamonds and Neopearls collections, which will surely make you do a [...]

Carolina Porras's creates the ultimate pair of roller skates as her final project for a course at Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogota, Colombia. [...]

The Garment Girls were interns for the Fashion Center BID in New York's Garment District. [...]

The Tents is a documentary by James Belzer that details the origin of New York Fashion Week to its last season at Bryant Park. With narration from Fern Mallis and Stan Herman to interviews by Carolina Herrera, Betsy Johnson and Robert Verdi, the documentary captures the essence of New York Fashion Week. [...]

Sevda Mutlu is not just a talented emerging London-based handbag designer, but a strategic one. Her line SEVDA consists of timeless investment pieces combined with sophisticated silhouettes in tasteful splashes of color each season. With stockists that include, Harvey Nichols, The Private Space in London and online stores like Dia Boutique, she is gaining traction [...]