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For the Spring Summer 2011 men’s collection, Miuccia Prada explained that she had wanted everything as simple as possible in terms of fabrication, construction, and silhouette. And here we go, as you can see she used a lot of cotton and the color blue.

What’s on your mind – thumbs up or down?

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We grabbed Nadia Rahman, a German model who lives in Manhattan and was just about to head to a photoshoot, on the streets of New York a few weeks ago. She was such an eye candy and catched everyones attention with her beautiful and colorful summer dress, jewelry and clutch designed by Jovana Mirabile who recently graduated from Parsons Design School. This is definitly a very special New York streetstyle outfit and deserves all thumbs up! Congrats to fashion designer Jovana Mirabile too.

We all know what a sleeve is, don’t we? But do you also know what a raglan sleeve is?

Must known fashion term #9: Raglan Sleeve

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Give your day look a luxury edge with these impressive beige leather sandals by Mystique. A cluster of two large turquoise stones, mixed with five smaller ones and turquoise and clear crystals, decorate the top of the sandals. Make the perfect match and go extra bold with gold fashion accessories like this Chamak ball braclet.

On your marks, get set and jump in! This Obakki jumpsuit made in silk is just perfect for a hot summer like this year. Light, short and therefore comfortable to wear we’ll highly recommend this beautiful one-piece jumper. So, what are you waiting for? Get it now online here. And in case you want to see similar pieces just have a look at our Fashion Style Tip repertoire.

The so-called mini-skirt is a skirt with a hemline well above the knees that is generally no longer than 4 inches (10 cm) below the buttocks. In the olden days it was not usual, even a scandal if you attempted to show more legs then you should. Read the rest of this entry »

Business of Fashion (BoF) founder Imran Amed speaks with the Italian fashion designers Dolce and Gabbana in a video interview recorded in June at London’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel, about how they use digital technologies in their daily business, how this has changed the way they work now and why they are the first brand to put fashion bloggers in their front row back in September 2009.

“It’s important to have different points of view and that’s why we decided to invite some bloggers in the front row of our show,” sais Mr. Gabbana convincingly.

During the interview Dolce & Gabbana reveal they are the first luxury fashion brand to have a mobile website in 2004, the first to livestream a fashion show in 2005, and the first to live stream a fashion show on an iPhone in 2009. Not to mention about the fact that no one invited bloggers before to their fashion shows.

You can watch the entire interview below. It’s very interesting.

Dolce & Gabbana, Going Digital from The Business of Fashion on Vimeo.

Christophe Lemaire had been the head-designer of the fashion house Lacoste from 2000 to 2010. He is now the artistic director of the brand Hermès for the women ready-to-wear collection. Lemaire also has his own namesake fashion line since 1991.

This collection is Christophe Lemaire’s last for Lacoste before he took the reins at Hermès. The designer claimed inspiration from modernist architecture for the opgraphic monochrome opening of the show.

What do you think, is this outfit a NO or a GO?

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