National Design Awards: Interior Designer Finalist Clive Wilkinson Architects

First Lady Michelle Obama hosted the National Design Awards honorees at the White House last week in an initiative to recognize today’s revolutionary designers and inspire the designers of tomorrow. In conjunction with her support of arts and design education, the First Lady serves as honorary patron for the 2010 National Design Awards. Interior Designer [...]

National Design Awards: Fashion Designer Finalist Behnaz Sarafpour

First Lady Michelle Obama hosted the National Design Awards winners and finalists at the White House last week in an effort to recognize today’s revolutionary designers and inspire the designers of tomorrow. In conjunction with her support of arts and design education, the First Lady serves as honorary patron for the 2010 National Design Awards. [...]

Designer Diapers: Huggies Jeans Diapers and Cynthia Rowley Diaper Line

Huggies recently released a limited edition line of Jeans Diapers designed to look like the popular denim threads. Disigner Diapers: Huggies Jeans Diapers Despite the innovative commercial and memorable tagline (“The Coolest You’ll Look Pooping Your Pants”) parents are concerned about how these jeans diapers are sneaking commercialism into a baby’s psyche long before they [...]

Career Spotlight: Fashion Designer

What does a Fashion Designer Do? Fashion Design by Design Student Gabriela Hernandez Fashion designers are responsible for the design and creation of clothing and apparel. This includes creating the concept of the clothing on paper, creating a pattern, cutting patterns, constructing clothing, and adjusting designs. They select the colors, fabrics, and textures that would [...]

Gemma Arterton Wears Elie Saab for Prince of Persia Premiere

Gemma Arterton, the female lead in Disney’s Prince of Persia movie, dazzled on the red carpet in a nude crepe georgette number from Elie Saab’s Spring 2010 collection. Known for his elegant and dreamlike evening wear utilizing soft edges and beading, this dress is right in line with Saab’s characteristic style. If you have a [...]

Color Hunting in Amazon Inspiration for Fashion Collection

Fashion experts say that all color is present somewhere in nature. Japanese clothing designer Issey Miyake took that to heart while designing his Spring 2009 collection. He sent his creative direct, Dai Fujiwara, on an expedition to the Amazon rainforest to capture the exact color palette of the jungle to be used in his next [...]

Creativity key to beating recession

Via the ever-popular blog Fashionista, word is that fashion bastion VOGUE magazine is going through a resources overhaul due to advertising numbers being down. “That magazine needs a shake up in a big, bad way,” writes Abby Gardner. “But this is a good thing. I’ve always found that tighter budgets, in the end, lead to [...]

The World Series of Fashion

Right about now, the Paris and Milan fashion weeks have been wrapped. New York Fashion Week starts in early September, completing the “Big Three” of fashion weeks for bastion cities. The video below showcases the highlights of Milan…where fashion rookies and legends alike dream and prepare for all year. If you are in fashion design, [...]

“C’mon…Vogue!”: A career in fashion design

Is your idea of fun curling up with the pages of Vogue or Harper’s Bazaar, studying seasonal fashion trends? Do you have a penchant for sewing - or just generally crafty and artsy? Do you have thick skin and think Andie Sach’s job in The Devil Wears Prada was a cakewalk? People who can answer [...]

Cosmetology Careers: The Magic is in the Makeup.

A cosmetology career is a career in helping other people feel beautiful and confident. Philosophers andsocial commentators often proclaim that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The truth? Beauty is in the eye of the person with the makeup brush. Making other people happy and feel good about themselves is rewarding. Making people [...]

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