BlueSuits

Bluesuits is a professional and high-fashion company for women who need that perfect fit!

The design and shaping is based on different body- types and you'll never find those gaping 'everyone has no shape' fit mens' waistbands. From New York, New York, Designer and Owner Jamak Khazra even has time to share some industry experience with students. I'm currently working on my final collection and called the number from their website and was able to speak with the designer herself~

They're big on customer service, i spotted on their facebook fan club, that clients can write in and ask about special sizes or designs that they want to wear more often. They're on Twitter, YouTube ++ This customer-designer relationship is the wave of the future!

http://www.bluesuitsonline.com/

No more giant bags

We base the planning of our lives on the escape from our daily, we're carrying these huge bags just incase we might need somthing. But why do we need stuff? ok, you do need some things to get around and home but do you really need that bottle of hand sanitizer (there are tons of places to wash or hands or that provide sanitizer) or extra shoes (for when you can't stand heels any longer) or make-up (do you really think someone is going to attack you and wipe off your makeup? i think they'd take the makeup first) or all those cards so you can get 5% off at that store you go to once every 3 months?

By carrying a huge bag or a bag at all you use almost complete function of one arm and when you've only got two, that's a big deal; your losing 50% of your functioning capabilities. Even those mini, "can't fit anything" bags take effort to keep pinned under the arm. Not all that efficient for a society always looking for saving this and that.

The less money we spend on junk, the more money we invest in stuff that will last and the better paid the workers will be and the more money those workers will have to spend and the better the economy will be. My goal: stop buying crap. People work hard for ideas and why do we need things that will be useless because they lack quality? If all my junk lacks quality, and I see it as expendable, how does that reflect one me? Is it a reflection of self?

I want a bag that doesn't weight me down, hold me back and still looks fashionable, and all those value saving cards packed into one. I want it to be so functional and so versatile that my great grand-children will fight over who gets it when i die.

Marc Jacobs spring 2010: Fear of the Future

Marc Jacobes doesn't believe that today's youth have any individual expression. It's true that with the availability of packed fashions it is hard to create any unique expression which has not been studied, broken down and then marketed. But how can fashion followers find new self expression when designers keep taking trips back in time? His last season was a trip back to the eighties and he wanted this trip to be to the theatre, but what is our obsession with the past? Are we simply living too long? As a society who's population bubble is aging, are designers afraid of an uncertain future? Making them want to keep turning back to the past to best describe today?

I love fashion because it says soo much without saying and the message can change using the exact same assortment of clothing. But the next time fashion changes, really changes, it will be something to be remembered.

The trends of the Marc Jacob show were ruffles, full skirts, retro satin underwear, fanny packs and large woven bags. I think this large bag trend is a safety feature of our time. The bag which holds anything, just in case.

Fashion Crime: Professionalism, a good skirt gone bad.

A pencil skirt is a beautiful addition to almost any wardrobe. It can be worn on a night out with friends, a hot date and to work. But it is not only the accessories which make this skirt make the day to night transition, fit is very important. I have witnessed in the early mornings of downtown that quite a few women either have no idea what professionalism is or the hookers have changed dress codes.

Because of the tightness of the pencil skirt it has a slit or vent known as a kick-pleat at center back or center front. This opening allows you to be able to walk and function in day to day life. The current trend is to extend this opening to just below the butt cheeks. This trend can be daring and attractive look; exposing a shy hint of leg with every stride.

But a number of women in the downtown area have destroyed a perfectly good-looking skirt suit, by creating a 'peep hole'.

A work kick-pleat is not a sexy side slit. It should never be completely open, unless walking. I have seen a few women completely destroy all professionalism by wearing pencil skirts improperly. It is not always their fault, sometimes the designer sucks or they had meant for the skirt to never be worn in a professional setting. Other women are trying to force their way into skirts which are simply too small. I understand it feels good to buy the smaller size if you can fit into it, but a poor fit makes you look cheap and uneducated. So grow-up and make a true woman choice, born of experience and an understanding of self. Try to only buy with your smarts and not your childish whims. When I see a woman with an open kick-pleat it just says "come and get it". It's just too sleazy.

Givenchy Couture 2009 Fall

Wow. This is the most intriguing and truly international collection I have ever seen. It brings together cultural strengths that have been brought together to create a new world; which accepts and nurtures all ideas. The Givenchy vision is one of the future~

Trends in this collection include: Peg-top pants which place emphasis the hips, while closing the ankle. Dropping the crotch of the pants is only able to work because of the luxuriousness of the fabric, which drapes beautifully. But this trend is not for everyone. It might hide heavier hips but it also shortens the body and should be worn with care. The Givenchy practice of perfectly matching socks and shoes is a perfect way to re-extend the leg.

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Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama is a beautiful woman with a smart sense of style.  It is bold in colour, but powerful in its simplicity.  She doesn't blend into the background like most political women, who tend to look too old granny-ish, too forced business-like or simply not in the picture (like which one is she?).  Mrs. Obama is able to project not only an image of leadership, but one of a woman.  An also of a well balanced woman whom is also a wife, mother and friend.  Her style is sophisticated and not overwhelming, but it still grabs your attention. 
The first outfit that I can remember seeing her wear is the black dress with what I could only describe as blood splashed across the front.  The bold choice of red on black told me that this would be a woman who was strong and had her own ideas and what going places; or of a stylist who didn't have a clue.  It reminded me of the battle paint of forever ago which warriors would use to adorn their bodies before a battle.  Using the paint not only to display their ideas, strengths and relations, but to display to others that they had no fear. 

This was a brilliant statement for the new first lady to make.  With America being a focal point in most international issues; it was important that something was said.  For women and men living in other countries with different values and customs its important that these images of strong women are expressed.  I'd get into the debate of the warrior queens and their affects on the world, but blogs aren't meant as essays.

Not only is Michelle Obama becoming the first black, first lady, she is about to be entering into a public position which has a tradition of drama.  This dress says "bring it on"; she's ready and willing to make a difference.
This outfit is a white house classic.  The updated colours, patterns and accessories bring this 1960's ensemble to the now.
Her trend of exposing strong bare arms are able to suggest that not only does she have nothing to hide, but she is ready to get her hands in and get dirty.  

This outfit is a perfect example of mature layering.  The professional length of her skirt shows respect and shows off her trim figure.  The layering of a white collared top with a low-cut sweater give her an every-day edge and a 'this is me' look which allows the general population to relate to her directly; not separating herself in a pant suit, while still being professional.
This picture of Michelle Obama and the French first lady in practically the same outfit (i bet they both have matching dresses underneath), shows her attraction to strong colours and patterns rather then sticking to the safe or basic colours.
I'm pretty sure that i've steamed a dress exactly like this one in the Ryerson University Fashion Collection.  Up close it doesn't matter that it's a 1950's wrap dress, because a truly beautiful dress is timeless.

She would definitely be an interesting individual to meet.

Jean Paul Gaultier Fall 2009 Couture

A well put together collection which many women could base their fall wardrobes on or use to bring life to a wardrobe of classics.  The styles range from business to play, giving a range of items to full one's life.  Gaultier continues his powerful design tastes by including a number of his imaginative ideas, which most likely won't be purchased.  But that is not why they were created and those inspirational and forward thinking ideas are what make him a designer's designer.

 Although the structural lines (seams) are sharp with a strong shoulder, they aren't heavy.  The shoulders tend to reflect that of amour, in their built-up manor, but not of a line-backer.  They're more sleek, with more agility than brute strength.  The trend of emphasis on the hips continues as well, with the hips being caged in built-up frames.

Pant styles are moving towards a harlem influence; skimming over the thighs to bellow just before the ankles and until the leg line curves into the leg itself again.

The colours are in the darkest range of: blacks, greys, deep-set reds, contrasted with golds, whites slivers.

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