Man, this month's blog is basically decidated to all the hard working women that I know personally and all over the world, I love, love, love you! And I super appreciate you! So with that being said this is for you ladies...........
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Designer Of The Month: The Surrealist, Elsa Schiaparelli
Schiaparelli was born at the Palazzo Corsini in Rome.[2] Her father was Dean of the University of Rome and an authority on Sanskrit.[3] She was a great-niece of astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli, who discovered the canali of Mars, and she spent hours with him studying the heavens.[2] She studied philosophy at the University of Rome, during which she published a book of sensual poems that shocked her conservative family.[2] Schiaparelli was sent to a convent until she went on hunger strike and at the age of 22 accepted a job in London as a nanny.[2]
In Paris, Schiaparelli - known as "Schiap" to her friends - began making her own clothes. With some encouragement from Paul Poiret, she started her own business but it closed in 1926 despite favourable reviews.[2] She launched a new collection of knitwear in early 1927 using a special double layered stitch created by Armenian refugees[2] and featuring sweaters with surrealist trompe l'oeil images. Although her first designs appeared in Vogue, the business really took off with a pattern that gave the impression of a scarf wrapped around the wearer's neck.[2] The "pour le Sport" collection expanded the following year to include bathing suits, skiwear and linen dresses. The divided skirt, a forerunner of shorts, shocked the tennis world when worn by Lili de Alvarez at the Wimbledon Championships in 1931.[2] She added evening wear to the collection in 1931, and the business went from strength to strength, culminating in a move from Rue de la Paix to the Schiap Shop in the Place Vendôme.[2]
Schiaparelli's relationship with the Dada and Surrealist movements continued in collaboration with Salvador Dalí, Leonor Fini, Jean Cocteau, and Alberto Giacometti. Chanel referred to her as 'that Italian artist who makes clothes'.[4] Her collaborations with various artists contributed to the vast range and variety of her work.
Perhaps Schiaparelli's most important legacy was in bringing to fashion the playfulness and sense of "anything goes" of the Dada and Surrealist movements. She loved to play with juxtapositions of colours, shapes and textures,[4] and embraced the new technologies and materials of the time. With Charles Colcombet she experimented with acrylic, cellophane, a rayon jersey called "Jersela" and a rayon with metal threads called "Fildifer" - the first time synthetic materials were used in couture.[4] Some of these innovations were not pursued further, like her 1934 "glass" cape made from Rhodophane, a transparent plastic related to cellophane.[12] But there were more lasting innovations; Schiparelli created wraparound dresses decades before Diane von Furstenberg and crumpled up rayon 50 years before Issey Miyake's pleats and crinkles.[4] In 1930 alone she created the first evening-dress with a jacket, and the first clothes with visible zippers.[4] In fact fastenings were something of a speciality, from a jacket buttoned with silver tambourines to one with silk-covered carrots and cauliflowers
The Princess Of Hip Hop Glam: Ms.Cris
Recording artist, designer, model, and socialite Ms.Cris is a product of the late 80s born and raised in the city of Detroit, MI. With a style that is very eclectic, Princess of Hip Hop Glam, Ms.Cris is influenced by an extensive list of artists and genres of music, allowing her sound to be very colorful. It is a fusion of pop and hip hop which she refers to as “hip hop glam”. Cris is sure to bring the public a sweet new taste of what the entertainment industry is missing with her high energy and bright approach to fashion and music.
industry is missing with her high energy and bright approach to fashion and music.
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Demented/Healing the HeartBreak: Di Li Designs
Di Li Designs launched their first clothing collection April 11, Demented/Healing the Heartbreak. Di Li Designs is a design powerhouse that believes in individuality, we pay great attention to detail; we are always fresh with an element of surprise in everything we do. Some people allow life to define what path they should take while others make roads meant to be followed with their own set of rules. We make an impression everywhere we go changing the world one day at a time.
We have a T shirt line that will be out by the end of the summer....and we will be having a model casting call soon date TBA.
Rich Reflections, LLC really appreicate their garment design and the meaning behind it all, Di Li def reflectsrich..............
Kori Fields: The Extraordinaire
Rich Reflections Presents.........Kori Fields is a Detroit born and raised fashionista on the move that loves art, theatre, fashion, traveling, and of course shopping. Kori is a senior at The Fashion School of Kent State University and is majoring in fashion merchandising with a minor in marketing. While in college Kori helped found MODISTA: Minority Fashion Group a student organization for minority fashion major students lived abroad in Florence, Italy, and is now in New York interning for the summer. In her spare time she enjoys fine arts, designing clothes, modeling, and helping others. After college she plans to gain employment as a wardrobe assistant, eventually heading the wardrobe department of a major magazine or network. After establishing herself as a prominent fashion professional, she will launch her own fashion empire that will bridge both of her passions together, fashion and theatre. Kori will have an image consulting with a fleet of elite fashion stylist and beauty experts working to service her clients.
With knowing Kori for such a long time, I always knew she had the talent that would take her far, keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Connie "Lovely" Jackson:The Angel In Hell's Kitchen
Man.....What really can I say when it comes to Ms. Connie "Lovely" Jackson, other than she's lovely! That word absolutely describes her as a person, as an artist and especially as a Chef. She has accomplished so much in her 24 yrs of living. She has received 3 degrees in Culinary Arts from the Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago, and currently serves as a Culinary Representative for the Alumni chapter of AI. But wait...Not only is she Executive Chef of the "USA Cooking Camps", she is also Executive Chef/Owner of "Lovely Eats". Lovely Eats is a catering company that can cater any event or function. She offers personal chefs, event planners, cooking demonstrations, wedding cakes, and culinary consultations. She has also catered for Atlantic recording artist Trey Songz, Da Internz, Hot 2 Def, radio personalities, DJ’s, etc..NOT ONLY is she Executive Chef of the "USA Cooking Camps", Executive Chef of her own company "Lovely Eats", BUT.......she is vice president/owner of the "TheEntertainmentCompany", better known as T.E.C. TEC offers marketing, promotions, music production, commercial production, consultation, event planning, digital recording studio, and street teams. TEC is also a record label, her album will be the first to be released on the label with productions by BUDA and Tony Baines. Along with her album, "Lovely Eats Vol. 1" the cook book will be released this summer of 09'...so be on the look out! BUT WAIT.......THE BIG NEWS.........RichReFlection's, LLC will love to annouce Connie "Lovely" Jackson will be starring on one the world most known, most watched culinary show......Fox TV's own Hell's Kitchen, which will premiere on Fox on July 21st 8/7c. So Plz with that being said, support RichReflections,LLC by supporting Connie "Lovely" Jackson and tune in! It will def be appreciated! And Chef Gordon Ramsay if you reading this....I hope took it easy on her :)and besides she probably taught you a thing or two!
If you would like to get into contact with Lovely for appearances,performances and hosting email BUDA @ wearetec@gmail.com.
And you can also follow Lovely @
www.twitter.com/cheflovely
www.facebook.com/cheflovely
www.myspace.com/lovelyeats
www.myspace.com/thelovelyfemmefatale
Man,man,man.....Connie "Lovely" Jackson def ReflectsRich!
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