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The fashion tribe will be chic in Fall’s luxe mix of edgy essentials. The look—captured with moto jeans, military jackets, leather, fur and more»
Change is in the air as designers find decidedly different points of view for the Fall ‘10 season. Throughout Los Angeles Fashion Week and Los more»      Source: www.apparelnews.net
crafty folkloric items, sleek biker gear and military-inspired looks… from body-conscious to relaxed. Key items: jeggings and form-fitting equestrian and motocross-inspired denim, slouchy pants and cocoon-like knitwear… plaid, shearling-trimmed vests and workwear inspiration… Biker Chic      Folklore
     Military Invasion
     Outward Bound
     Knit Wits
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Move Over Snuggies, Welcome the New Selk’Bag!
The only thing worse than being trapped in a sleeping bag, is needing to go to the toilet in one. Well cast those fears aside as the new Selk’bag is here. This sleeping bag is more like a body bag ( not the corpse ones ). It’s padded and shaped to the human form and allows free movement both in and out of sleep, where traditional sleeping bags don’t. Read More Source: www.thecoolhunter.net Jerry Leigh’s New HB3 Technology Blends Fashion/Tech
Hoodies and headphones go together like peas and carrots. Now, Van Nuys, Calif.–based manufacturer Jerry Leigh Apparel has combined the two for a new line of MP3- and cell phone–enabled garments. Launched during the Fall/Holiday 2009 season, Jerry Leigh’s patent-pending HB3 Technology features a built-in MP3 jack and washable headphones integrated into the drawstrings of specially designed hoodies. So far, Jerry Leigh has used the technology with a variety of its in-house and licensed brands, including Paul Frank and Abbey Dawn, singer Avril Lavigne’s line of juniors apparel for Kohl’s. Read More Resource: ApparelNews.net Candy Stripes       Haute Pink
     Smokey Signals
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By: – Kate Vandermeer
From Feminine Frills to Tough Chic
Los Angeles is known for its casually chic offerings and bold red-carpet statements. And for Spring, the looks on the runway ranged from soft feminine fashions to tough-chic styles tinged with leather and studs.      ….. the look for the season included a variety of new trends and statement-making pieces. Garments suitable for the stage but wearable enough for daytime included sequined dresses and underwear as outerwear looks with a dramatic effect.
     ….key silhouettes ranged from soft feminine dresses, rompers and harem pants to skinny jeans, leather moto jackets and bondage-inspired gowns. Read More
By: N. Jayne Seward
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Paleoanthropologist Erik Trinkaus purports that man started wearing shoes between 26,000 and 40,000 years ago. The average American woman today is said to own 27 pairs of shoes. This is all interesting stuff if shoes are your passion — as they are for Maecenas Dirk Vanderschueren, owner of Cortina, one of the world’s largest shoe manufacturers.
To share his passion Vanderschueren created a “shoe experience” SONS-Shoes or No Shoes in Kruishoutem (Cruyshautem), in East Flanders, Belgium, about 70 kilometers (40 miles) from Antwerp and Brussels, and close to Cortina’s hometown of Oudenaarde. SONS consists of three collections. The Ethnographic Collection, amassed by former shoe distributor William (Boy) Habraken, includes 2,700 pairs from 155 countries and is acknowledged by the Guinness World Records as the largest collection of tribal and ethnological shoes. Antwerp-based shoemaker couple Veerle Swenters and Pierre Bogaerts contributed the Modern Collection — some 1,200 pairs acquired from artists, many of whom customized the shoes, evoking the question: Are they art or shoes? Shoes or no shoes? Read More By, Tuija Seipell
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