While most fashion students tend to concentrate on mastering draping or designing colorful collections, Liberty University student Luis Quijano has been consumed with a project of a different nature: growing his own clothes. Through the unlikely pairing of fashion, microbiology and mechanical engineering, Quijano has produced a leather-like material composed of fermented water, sugar, green … Read More →
One of the industry’s most beloved creative minds, Azzedine Alaïa’s legacy as both an unparalleled couturier and an independent force willing to buck the fashion system is without question. Alaïa, who passed away early Saturday morning, opened his first atelier for private clients in his Rue de Bellechasse apartment in the late 1970s. He debuted his first ready-to-wear … Read More →
There was buzz behind the scenes at the American Music Awards that lifetime-achievement award winner Diana Ross was a supreme fashion diva — but a top stylist who met with her says it was a dream come true. Ross consulted with one of the music world’s most of-the-moment stylists, we hear, for the AMAs — Zendaya and Demi Lovato style guru and … Read More →
Photo: Lifetime Growing up in a family of 11 children, Ayana Ife had a fairly no-frills lifestyle, but her love for ruffles and bows runs deep. For proof, look no further than the clothes she’s created as Project Runway’s first-ever modest — and first Muslim — fashion designer. The series finalist has been a season 16 frontrunner since … Read More →
York College graduate Laura Sedman has designs on success with her new fashion label, reports MAXINE GORDON EVERYONE has to start somewhere – and for Laura Sedman, it is a log cabin in her back garden. From here, she has launched her own fashion label – Laurelle Woman – designing and making the collections for an … Read More →
A LIFELONG passion and dream has finally come to fruition for young fashion designer Ashleigh White. She launched her self-titled label at her first Mackay stockist on Friday and will be doing the same in other states, and possibly overseas, in months to come. The first lot of clothing from Ms White’s summer/spring collection will … Read More →
We’re obsessed with Mira Rajput. We can’t get enough of the woman who shot to fame as the other half of Bollywood favourite Shahid Kapoor. And it seems we’re not alone. Mira, who has traversed the gap from being a young Delhi girl to transform into a full-fledged celebrity, made her fashion editorial debut in … Read More →