When ISM Mode popped up on our radar, we knew it was worth taking a look at.
As much as we love the fashion that designers create for the runway, they can’t always be worn the real way.
Designer for ISM Mode, Inka Sherman, blends just the right amount of style & sophistication into her designs.
ISM Mode’s first collection for Spring 2011, features asymmetric cut dresses, comfortable jumper and rompers, and great fitting shorts and jackets.
Their design explores the geometry of form and classic simplicity. Their choice of fabrics look choice of fabrics …

Pieces of sky.’ That’s how turquoise was called by some Native American tribes.
Present in top trends over the last 3 years (seen in the Native American and Moroccan trends), turquoise is back in 2011 as favorite accessory to the tribal and bohemian trends.   The Pantone color of the year, and one of the main colors of the spring 2011 palette, turquoise is often combined with its complementary colors: orange or butterscotch.
Made famous by Hollywood celebs like Megan Fox, Jessica Biel, Cameron Diaz, Nicky Minaj, Katy Perry, and more, this ancient …

His well-crafted, compact phrases and stories, where each word tells a story, compress a ton of meaning into short, raw portraits of L.A.’s underbelly.  His heroes are the poor, the homeless, the forgotten people of L.A., depicted in a stark, non-judgmental light, that presents them as they are, in black AND white, the good co-existing with the bad, the bad being a mere reflection of the human condition.
His work as an organizer in Watts, Compton, and East L.A., as he says, has been about uncovering stories.   He has a first-hand …

For those of you who love grab-and-go glamour, Micha Designs jewelry will be your new go-to accessory.  Her statement pieces, aptly called  ‘conversational pieces’, will instantly turn any old tee-shirt into a stylishly glamorous outfit that will turn heads and start conversations wherever you go out on the town.

Micha Kuechenhoff, the creative force behind this trend-setting line, crafts one-of-a-kind striking pieces out of vintage jewelry, and other discarded odds-and-ends. The seemingly disparate bits-and-pieces are combined into new pieces whose rock-and-roll appeal spans styles and generations.   Micha’s jewelry creations have long been …

Directives West previewed trends for spring 2011; and after having just returned from the runways in New York, I’d venture to say they really got it right with a Southern California twist. Previewed on the runway that rainy morning of October 4, 2010, was a variety of looks that were predicted to be popular next season, with over 170 looks, ranging from simplistic to comfortable to fun for contemporary, juniors, and girls.

Aah, Paris, quelle joie!  Paris was abuzz with Fashion Week and the various fashion markets…Fashion was in the air, people were out shopping for fall clothes, the weather was still warm…
The big trends everywhere:  leather, black leather skirts, dresses, shorts.  Over-the-knee boots – every store had them. Big bulky knits. And studs – studded everything…
 I truly felt like one of the chosen few walking through the crowds lining the entrance at the Vivienne Westwood show at  the Hotel Pozzo di Borgo.
  The show started late, like all fashion shows, but not before …