Atlanta Fashion Week!

No, Atlanta Fashion Week is NOT one of the The Big Four: which always take place in this order: New York, London, Milan and Paris. Yet, Atlanta Fashion Week has a lot to offer. Atlanta Fashion Week also deemed, HauteLanta Fashion Week is starting TODAY July 22nd to July 26

“Fashion Weeks” are all about dictating the clothing trends to happen . ATL International Fashion Week has only been going for 3 years and already...has a five day event, that is suppose to attract 3,000 to 5,000 participants and guests from the UK, Australia, Canada, Africa, Japan, India, Puerto Rico, and the Caribbean.

Oh, honestly I wish I could be there...still in Europe. Other than the fashion; I want to go because I love the venues; they just sound so fancy. It will be at the Biltmore Hotel, Hotel Palomar, Eros Lounge, Opera Night Club, and Dolce in Atlantic Station. So pretty much the hottest and best of ATL will be coming out for this Fashion Week.
I only hope the fashion show is better than there website. It is impossible to navigate...Ill post all the designers showcasing once I check the list.
Anyway another reason, since inquiring minds want to know...I wonder will the women from Real Housewives Atlanta be there?
So Anyone who will be @ Hautelanta Fashion Week send me a picture of you there, your designs or you modeling and I'll post it...submissions no later than the 28th of July, 2009.
Maybe there will be a special gift for BEST PICTURE SUBMISSION! leave a comment below with your email and I will answer you with mine for the submission.

Organic Fashion

Eco-friendly products are gaining major popularity. I can't seem to stop thinking of them. This
GO GREEN
campaign has taken over.
It's not all bad though the products incorporate concerns for the environment, the consumers & the people working in the fashion industry. This lens will hopefully guide you in the direction of some great organic products

Eco-friendly clothes are made using organic raw materials, such as cotton grown without pesticides and silk made by worms fed on organic trees. Eco-friendly fashion doesn't involve the use of harmful chemicals or bleaches to color fabrics! All environmentally safe fashion is suppose to be "from fair trade" - meaning the people who make the items are paid a fair price and have decent working conditions .
It is important to practice
Responsible Consumerism-

The act of consuming products and services while taking into account the impact and consequences for the environment and the society at large.

These are some of my favorite pieces from Organic by John Patrick from Spring 2009. Organic had an ethical focus to the runway show. Seventy percent of the line is made entirely from sustainable materials right here in the U.S., with the organic knitwear produced by Patrick's cottage-industry artisans in Peru. This was such a resourceful design.

Guess who else jumped on to eco-fashion?

Isaac Mizrahi

Not only is Isaac Mizrahi using the salmon skin for shoes- he also made a collection which I believed appeared at fashion week. Mizrahi's dress and shoes are made of discarded skins of Alaskan salmon. The dress has the Alaskan salmon sewn onto chiffon. Eco-fashion is growing but even Isaac said

"Frankly, unless something is really glamorous and amusing, I'm not going to sell my artistic principles short for the sake of 'going green.'"

The honest designer is able to keep his "artistic principles" in tact. Would you wear Alaskan Salmon skin if it was available at Target .
What do you think of eco fashion? --->poll
For my favorite eco-fashion--->sidebar

Colors to Wear 2009

The colors of 2009 have been made official in the Pantone Fashion Color Reports- unaware that such a thing existed? You are in the right place, fashion color info is always changing and can be very overwhelming. Here is a color breakdown because at least if you are wearing last seasons outfit you can wear this seasons colors!

2009 Summer/ Spring Colors to Wear

Spring 2009 will bring a lot of new bright colors that will allow you to explore your creativity and fashion personality. Many of the bright feminine colors will be combined with more masculine looks TIP think 80's shoulder pads. Spring 2009 colors allow a more whimsical look to grace the runways as seen in this Roberto Cavalli image from Spring-Summer Fashion Week 2009.

Pictured- model Maryna Linchuk wearing a salmon rose spring fashion color with a feminine paisley-like design. The 3-piece Roberto Cavalli ensemble has both feminine attributes- floral and salmon rose color; but this season structured and tailored masculine looks are strong. The mid-thigh length blazer with shoulder pads adds more structure and masculinity to the more lighter spring-summer 2009 fashion.

2009 Fall/ Winter Colors to Wear

This Fall these colors are charming the runways with elegance and beauty. A selection of an appealing pastel palette, fashion colors that is obviously infused with elements of nature. Everyone from SoCal to Manhattan and across the pond have been going green with everything from environmentally coucious totes to runway couture and these fall colors are earth, wind and fire inspired to say the least. They also have a deep look that can easily be paired with a brighter under layer to add a little element of surprise. Since layering is always big TIP layering of scarves and sweaters in fall colors with a bright-pop spring color underneath. Contrast and juxtapoistion. This fall you will see the use of bright items to set off the background of more earth tones.

As seen in the L'Wren Scott Fall 2009 Ready-to-Wear collection (above)bright colors add a much appreciated element of surprise to a conservative color look.

“When in doubt, wear red.”

-Bill Blass

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