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 Christina Aguilera Turns Fashion DesignerPop star Christina Aguilera has now found a new vocation in fashion designing.According to femalefirst, the 'Dirrty' singer is all set to launch her own full range of clothing and accessories aimed at young teenage girls. Christina, who is famous for her sexy outfits, will launch her exclusive range in the market early next year. more www.ker... (449) added by Levent OZLER |
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 Clare Phillips: Shaping Up for a Career in Fashion DesignOkato College Year 13 student Clare Phillips has been selected to represent her school in the 2004 Bernina Secondary Schools Fashion Awards.She will be up against 40 other entrants from schools all over New Zealand in the Excellence in Sewing Techniques and Processes category. "The judging is based on the way it's all put together, not just the design," she said. The winners are announced on November 8. The 18-year-old entered the awards last year with the help of her teacher, but this year she is going it alone. Her entry is based around a shirt she designed and made earlier in the year, and has been altered for this competition. "I made the pattern myself and it's kind of formal. It's a boned bodice which is then attached to a blouse," she said. "I'm also making a black, pin-tucked skirt with a bit of a flare to go with it." So far, Clare has spent more than 15 hours making the shirt and is putting in more time on the skirt. "It's taken a while, but I think it will only take a few more hours to get it all done," she said. With the school year coming to an end, Clare already has her sights firmly set on the future. "I'm entering the Spotlight ball-gown competition as well as the Taranaki Fashion Arts competition, and I've already been accepted into WITT for next year," she said. While t more www.stu... (53) added by Levent OZLER |
 Fur Designs Back In Fashion's SpotlightFur is no longer a status symbol that only the rich and famous can afford, and faux fur is no longer an ugly alternative worn only by social protesters.Both are part of a larger trend: fur — real or fake — as fashion. Designers, manufacturers and retailers have embraced fur in all its forms this season, offering it in more shapes, styles and price points than one might have thought imaginable. On the runway, established furrier and up-and-coming couturier J. Mendel used sheared mink on chiffon to create bolero jackets and capelets while Ann Taylor has a belted rabbit fur jacket and a fur felt fedora. Benjamin Cho, whose spring 2005 catwalk show was sponsored by the U.S. Humane Society, is experimenting with faux fur trench coats, and Kate Spade's faux Persian lamb purse has the same luxe look as the real thing. You want color? Helen Yarmak dyes fox bright red and Kenneth Cole has pink rabbit handbags; Behnaz Sarafpour decorated a delicate lilac dress with fox trim and the most memorable piece from Michael Kors' fall collection was the purple knitted poncho in saga mink. "Fur has come to mean much more than a mink coat, and, to that end, something to scrimp and save for and to be worn only on the most special occasion. Today, it is regarded as a new textile or fabric, and that's why it has become a standard part more enterta... (167) added by Levent OZLER |
 Cherry Cotton Candy's Cute Girl's CollectionCherry Cotton Candy launched the new range at Carlson's catwalk show with a sexy, sassy collection of sportswear and witty references to cheerleaders in long socks with red lips.Girls sang the Beastis Boys as the candy girls walked out in traniers and long socks with red pouts and 1950s coiffures. The sportswear range included kneelength swing skirts cut in shiny yellow sports knit fabric worn with hooded tops and cartoon print sweats. A stand-out piece was a deep v-backed dress with chequered trim on the vee and cap sleeves. Gingham shirts and pastel shorts worn with tight suit jackets totally suited the soundtrack by grrl group The Donnas. It's post-feminist fashion for those that were never going to be tomboys. Designed by two of Carlson's assistants, Cherry Cotton Candy is a delicious mixture of urban wear and out-there Japanese street fashions. It is a fun range of casual daywear that will appeal to early adopters who like a fusion of styles. And that fusion is a result of two very different co-designers whose names helped inspire the Cherry Cotton Candy name - Cara Cotton (23) and Cherry Austin-Spivey, aka Miss Cherry Pie (22). "Cherry Cotton Candy is a little bit schizophrenic, brought about by the fact that our inspirations are so strikingly different. The range is juxtapositions of colour, fabric and styles. Cherry Cotton Candy is added by Bige OZLER |
 Air New Zealand Fashion Week 2004 BeginsGet ready for another dose of fabulous fashion. The big names of New Zealand fashion are back and with them a raft of new design talent for the fourth annual Air New Zealand Fashion Week (18-21 October 2004).The country's biggest fashion names are all committed to the event with the return of Kate Sylvester and Carlson after a year's hiatus as well as the inclusion for the first time of Workshop, Helen and Chris Cherry's highly regarded label. They will show alongside other major stars of New Zealand fashion including Zambesi, NomD, WORLD, Trelise Cooper, Liz Mitchell and Karen Walker. There's a bumper crop of five Dunedin designers, four labels from the capital set to take to the catwalk, and three from Christchurch. Watch our for the eight Verge New Generation labels. They represent the best emerging talent in New Zealand Fashion and include Dawn Raid by Danny Leaosavaii and Andy Murnane, a label best known for its hip hop style, and james & august a new label created by television celebrity and interior designer Sally Ridge, and friends Tessa Apa, and Nicki Blackley. There will also be a featuring fledgling labels from Westfield Pasifika designers. FashioNZ will report daily from Air New Zealand Fashion Week, reviewing the shows as they happen, profiling the designers, collecting the gossip and enjoying the fun. So keep visiting the s more www.sco... (76) added by Bige OZLER |
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