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Vienesse designer Nikola Fechter hosts the Bravo Ball.

This past weekend guests paid curry to sublime Vienesse designer Nikola Fechter and her court. In keeping with the festivities back in Austria where the Vienesse Opera Ball was being manifested, Ms Fechter decided if she couldn't be in...

Barnes and Nobles doesn’t want you to be shocked by the androgynous state of undress of Andrej Pejic.

Are you an adrogynous looking individual offending the public's sensibilities? Trying to understand what actually constitutes masculine or feminine? dailymailco.uk: Two major U.S. book retailers have censored an image of androgynous male model Andre Pejic 'in case customers confuse him...

Why did this swimsuit cause an uproar at the Rosemount Australian Fashion week?

Be careful what you send down the runway... styleite: When Lisa Burke sent a one-piece printed with an image of HIndu goddess Lakshmi down the Lisa Blue Swimwear runway at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week, she had no clue that an...

Grazia Magazine is playing games with Kate Middleton’s figure on its covers.

Denial is the preferred weapon when caught in a lie... It's seems fashion magazine Grazia has got itself caught in a bind. In it's latest international release of Kate Middleton on the cover, fissures have been exposed with respect to...

The death of the Gentleman’s dress code. Or so it seems…

I have a confession to make from the outset- I don't dress up unless I am obliged to. Most of the time I am to be found wearing a raggedy  looking cardigan, a tethered newsboy cap and a non...

The relegation of another French designer: Balmain’s Christophe Decarnin.

It looks like there is more drama unfolding behind the scenes in the fashion world than there is usually in front of the catwalks that we are accustomed to. The latest casualty- stalwart designer Christophe Decarnin, who single handedly...

Blogger calls another blogger curvy and the blogging world goes awol.

It's either an issue of political correctness, an issue of hijacked fashion ennui or simply the idea that the fashion world is having a hard time accepting the double standard it has created with respect to the way it...

The sweeping changes in David Beckham’s hair and our kindred fascination with him.

In case you haven't noticed- David Beckham, the English soccer player is every woman's wet dream (and I'm going to assume a great degree of mens too)- at least that's what I have read in most mainstream media. To...

The Victoria’s Secret photoshop miscue.

Why do the fashion houses insist on misrepresenting the truth? No matter how many times we in the media point out the glaring photoshop miscues, and how that betrays the reality of the...

Does your Bra make the grade?

Jene’ Luciani’s The Bra Book made me keenly aware that my ill-fitting bra was not welcomed in this event. Self-consciously I handed a release form that stated that I agreed to be on Bravo which instantly exacerbating my bra...

A.Z. Araujo 2011 Fall RTW; a taste of South America

  Swimwear designer A.Z. Araujo definitely brought a taste of South America to the wintry streets of New York.  Sky Room managed to transform into a Brazilian lounge for the night with exotic rum cocktails and plush couches awaiting guests inside.  With...

Stephen Burrows Remains a Staple

  Everyone at the Stephen Burrows  Fall 2011 RTW show were all smiles and familiar faces, not at all worried that the freight elevator to take us up the 8 floors to the empty warehouse stalled, after all, Stephen is...

Bebe for the Babies

  With colors such as cobalt and magenta on the collection sheet and an overly excited Huffington Post intern demanding if I'm allowed to sit next to her in the press section (here's my seat assignment sweet heart) followed by...

Rad Hourani, at Milk Studios

  Rad Hourani-- the 28-year-old Jordanian-Syrian designer-- recently featured his fall 2011 collection, at Milk Studios. Having launched his line four years ago, the avant-garde designer has been likened to both Karl Lagerfeld and to “vampires.” Liberated from convention, rules, and indoctrination, Rad Hourani is an anti-conformist with...

Pamella Roland’s East Meets West Goes Quite South

    In the first few minutes of Pamella Roland’s collection the concept was clear. With an image of distant foggy hills projected on the runway entrance to the Far East stylized musical composition coming from the speakers, the beaver, fox...