New York-based designer Rebecca Minkoff has perfected the art of masterminding products for the technology-savvy woman, creating unique shopping experiences through the novel use of technology, and using social media to engage with fans and customers in unprecedented ways.
Abstract German artist Blinky Palermo (1948-1977) earned global recognition for producing works that emphasize the beauty of simple geometric shapes: his 1969 “Blaues Dreieck” work, for instance, consists of a cobalt blue equilateral triangle painted using gouache on paper, while his 1970 “Flipper” diptych features a grid of red, white, and blue squares resembling those found on the sides of the pinball machine Palermo often hovered over at his favorite café.
When designing her colorful, kinetic, decidedly urban Spring 2016 collection, fashion designer Nicole Miller found inspiration in New York City’s long-standing relationship with street art, sending down separates and dresses with prints that seemed plucked out of the pages of Subway Art or nodding to the elaborate mosaic designs found in subway station walls or outdoor library and playground murals.
Fashion designer Marissa Webb’s penchant for juxtaposing seemingly contradictory ideas and concepts, her ability to explore these tensions in a way that yields aesthetic harmony, was again evident at the designer’s Spring 2016 runway show. The designer’s collection was inspired by a collection of family photos dating back to the 1950s that showed her grandfather in full military garb standing alongside his doting wife, who was wearing the demure fit-and-flare dresses of the era.
Bedazzled brows have been a somewhat common runway occurrence since Chanel’s Fall 2012 show, when models stormed the runway with sequin-covered strips resembling encrusted crystals covering their arches.
According to the non-profit research organization Economic Roundtable, nearly 1 million people in the city of Los Angeles experienced homelessness over the last nine years, with around 13,000 people winding up on the streets each month and half of these being children.
Guided by their shared philanthropic ethos, footwear company Jack Rogers and eco-conscious beauty Josie Maran Cosmetics have partnered up this month, unveiling an exciting campaign designed to raise funds for Imagine Program, a non-profit global initiative that Through August 14th, when customers log onto JackRogersUSA.com and buy one of the four sandals in the “Josie Maran’s Picks” section, 10% of the proceeds will be donated to Imagine Program, which seeks to empower women in developing countries, helping to instill in them a greater sense of self-worth, thereby giving them the agency to seek out the resources and opportunities necessary to lift themselves out of poverty.
It’s been years since the term “ombré” forayed from the fashion and home design worlds into the beauty realm, becoming the go-to descriptor for dip-dyed, pastel-toned ends; hair color jobs that revealed deliberately darker roots and lighter more sun-kissed mid-lengths and ends (think Rachel McAdams in True Detective); lipstick looks that emphasized a deep and saturated perimeter and a paler center; and manicures that explored the varying intensities of a single hue.
As usual, Zoya released two six-color collections for Summer 2015: one named Island Sun and consisting of creamy and robust shades and the other dubbed Paradise Fun and incorporating glistening metallic hues.
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