Mo' Music, Mo' fashion problems

Fashion today has been inspired from the entertainment industry , especially with the music.
Music quotes are on apparel, poster, bags, or even tattooed on people's arm, because lyrics have a meaning, question is "What is it?" . Old or new music, these lyrics will live on forever.. somewhere in this world. Last Saturday, Girls between the ages of 8- 16, wore shirts with lyrics from One Direction or Justin Bieber and I thought why would your spend money on something like a t-shirt, when you know those lyrics aren't about you or 1 billion other girls in this world, the saddest part is who are the lyrics from? singers these day say that they wrote it (they want females to think they care), but some boy bands/ singer of them really didn't. I always thought the technology industry was worst (Apple) from taking people's money by introducing their latest technology every three- four months (Can't you give your consumers like a year with your stuff!!?!?!? grrface) but its the entertainment industry that takes it to the top by exposing kids and teenagers to "15- minute fame". Like what happened to... see i can't even remember their name who talked about dreams and liquid ( and yes, their was shirt those lyrics were on a t-shirt) Parents are spending money on merchandise and tickets to music that is meaningless, like I could pay a 5 year old boy to tell those girls that "they are beautiful", if thats what girls like. The question at the end of the day is "what would happen to these merchandise", a few years later, people from now won't even know who they are.

Would you see this a few years from now?



Deuces, Jennilee Ortega

...And it was all Yellow

by Justin Boland                

Blue was a much forecasted colour trend that hit menswear in a big way this season. Now, we are also making way for another major colour that has swamped the spring/summer shows; the delightfully season-appropriate Yellow.

                To include a potentially volatile colour such as yellow in a number of this season’s spring/summer collections is hardly surprising. Menswear has favoured the brave this year with a range of bold trends for the warmer months, the likes of daring prints, and coloured shoes. Yellow is often described as the perfect gender-neutral hue. It is deceptively easy to work into your wardrobe because the varying shades can be used to create a number of desired effects. However, the most difficult part of working with yellow is getting the right shade for your skin tone. Medium to dark skin tones work very well with most colours and tones. Pastel and brighter yellow hues work exceptionally well if you fall into this category. Avoid going too bright with your yellow if you have darker skin tones, as you risk creating too strong of a contrast between the colour and your skin. Those with a paler skin tone should be careful with pastels as they can make you look a little washed out. Bold yellows can look great, as do mustard and gold hues, which create strong, flattering contrasts with your skin tone.

As my tan increases throughout the summer, so will my options on shades of yellow to choose from.

Sneaker Wedge, Wedge Sneaker

By: Y-Yen (Bambi) Nguyen

Twitter: @bambi_nguyen

Edea Spike Sneaker
Photo courtesy of: http://www.nastygal.com

Nike 'Dunk Sky Hi Liberty' Wedge Sneaker
Photo courtesy of: http://shop.nordstrom.com/

A trend that I have been noticing and starting to get obsessed with courtesy of my addiction to Nasty Gal and instagram are sneaker wedges. Well that’s what I call them at least. I first saw this look on Nasty Gal’s website when they had posted a pair of Jeffrey Campbell’s on their website then Teen Vogue instagrammed a photo of Nike’s version of them. After I saw Nike’s version I became obsessed. I definitely feel like you could wear these in the summer with a t-shirt or tanks with shorts but carry them over into the fall trading in the shorts for a pair of skinny jeans and throwing on a sweater over the t-shirt and tank and you are set, because lets face it sneakers are always trendy and for a small girl like me having that bit of extra height is a definite plus. So will you be rocking this upcoming trend?

Marc by Marc Jacobs Standard Supply Wedge Sneaker
Photo courtesy of: http://www.shopbop.com

A Wonderful Trip to Tokyo

Garance Dore is the most famous French blog. Garance began her blog in June 2006. She began as an illustrator, and became frustrated with the commissions she had, and in particular by the lack of contact with the readers. The blog allowed Garance a complete freedom of expression, while sharing the vignettes of her day and exploring fashion, illustration, narration and photography. Garance currently gets approximately 70,000 hits per day on her site. Garance Dore is currently dating Scott Schuman of the famed street style blog The Sartorialist.

Recently she was invited by Dior to travel to Tokyo with their bag, the Lady Dior. It was a wonderful trip, because the story of the bag helped to see the fashion life in Japan and meet artists.

This is the video from the trip!

By Mariya Gvozdetska

Lady Dior, Garance Dore

Sounds like Soccer

by Justin Boland

Even though the next world cup isn't until 2014, this summer soccer fans can satiate themselves with the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as the EURO cup. While soccer is still finding its footing with North American audiences, in the rest of the world it's big business. As such we can expect the usual fashion, celebrity, and of course musical tie-ins. Akin to a CD single released for charity, many of the countries participating in the tournaments have commissioned promotional singles to be used as theme music in the broadcast of the soccer matches.

Endless Summer  by German singer Oceana is the official song of UEFA Euro 201  

never to be out done, England of course has their own song 'Sing 4 England'  Featuring Chris Kamara, Charlie Carter with special guest appearances by Taxirun (the band), the It Girls, Joe Public Utd and the England fans. Proceeds from the sale of this single will be donated to the Marie Curie cancer charity.

There is even an offering from Japan, where the UEFA games are being highly anticipated because of Japanese players on European teams. Here is Only You by  Namie Amuro

and from Spain the rousing No hay 2 sin 3 (Gol) by Cali & el Dandee ft. David Bisbal  produced by RedOne who has made songs for Lady Gaga and Britney Spears. 

So this summer keep an eye (and ear!) out for some of these soccer anthems.

Care for some Caviar?

By: Y-Yen (Bambi) Nguyen

Twitter: @bambi_nguyen

Photo courtesy of: http://www.michellephan.com

I first heard about Caviar Manicures through makeup guru Michelle Phan when she had instagrammed a photo of her wearing it on her nails. This look first came when models in Cushie et Och’s Fall 2011 fashion show were seen sporting this look on their nails. Caviar Manicure’s is an Avant-garde look that adds a 3-D affect to your nails. Ciate a UK nail polish brand just created a kit that has been released online and in Sephora stores in 3 different bead colors; rainbow, mother of pearl, and black pearls. However with this upcoming trend the downfall is that the kit costs $25 and only stays on your nails for 48 hours. The question is will this nail trend last as long as the caviar on your nails or will people look past the down fall and caviar their nails.

Rainbow

Mother of Pearl

Black Pearl

Photos courtesy of: http://www.sephora.com 

Ciate Website

http://www.ciate.co.uk/caviar-manicure.html

To Purchase Online at Sephora

http://www.sephora.com/ciate-caviar-manicure-tm-P311207

First PureDKNY Store

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Donna Karan opens first PureDKNY store

05.15.12

Donna Karan has opened its first PureDKNY store in Los Angeles, in the Westfield Century City shopping center. The store measures 2,500 sqft. and is the first of what could be several locations for PureDKNY, reported Women's Wear Daily.

PureDKNY specializes in relaxed clothes and launched in 1999. This weekend also saw DKNY open a 590 sqft. travel retail store for small leather goods and handbags at the Atlanta Airport.

Carol Sharpe, the President of DKI retail, told WWD it made sense to try PureDKNY in Los Angeles because it is a lifestyle-driven city where work attire isn’t as formal as New York and PureDKNY could potentially build a large clientele for weekday as well as weekend dressing. “We toyed with what the right concept was for L.A., and we thought the relaxed concept was right,” said Sharpe.

Prices for PureDKNY are mostly are under $300, but range from $100 for knits to $1,000 for leather items. The shop at Westfield Century City is currently only slated to be open for a year but Sharpe said she’d like to see it become a permanent fixture of the shopping centre.

~Nina Adusei~ From www.stylesight.com