Monthly Archives: May 2008

The SAIC Preview

This is coming up tomorrow. Our managing editor Tenisha Anderson made her way to the SAIC fashion show in Chicago and has plenty of random musings and reviews. It’ll be up on the magazine side tomorrow.

By Eva | Posted May 14, 2008 in events | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Restyled D-Bag Tote

“God, Tod’s is the shit” that’s what was overheard recently when shopping in NYC and the reason being was this Restyled D-Bag Tote. On closer inspection the sentiment was dead on. The bag is not the gaudy monstrosity you see bing perpetrated by fashion designers. It’s not about causing permanent back damage and bending vertebrae, [...]

By Eva | Posted May 13, 2008 in trendspotting | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

A Word about Banana Republic Monogram

To the Gods at Gap this is just a personal observation. I walked into the 6th avenue Banana Republic in NYC. Normally I run into the store to pick up something when a. all my clothes are in the laundry and there’s nothing to wear or b. I need something for an event and the [...]

By Eva | Posted May 13, 2008 in Bitching and Complaining, trendspotting | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

Jewish designer cold disses Obama…

In the you can’t make this stuff up category, Jewish designer Doron Braunshtein aka Apollo Braun to the fashion followers in NYC put together a line called Jews Against Obama. Whether this is self deprecating humor or some sort of publicity stunt remains to be seen as Braun is adamant that he is against Obama. [...]

By Eva | Posted May 13, 2008 in newsbits | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

American Students Design Abayas

You can hear the conservatives saying it now, it’s that damned Barack Obama’s fault our kids are designing Muslim garb. Alas Obama can’t be blamed for this one. In actuality the assignment came from Virginia Commonwealth University. The task: design an Abaya, the long black cloak-like Muslim garb that women wear for modesty in Muslim [...]

By Eva | Posted May 13, 2008 in trendspotting | Tagged , , | Comments (1)