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Sustainable Fashion Designer Tierra Del Forte

Tierra Del Forte may not be a designer name you have heard of, but she is trying to change the jean industry into a more environmentally friendly place. She knows the female curves and understands how to design jeans to make women look their best. Tierra started out working with conventional denim, but then decided to make a switch to a more eco-friendly style when she started her own company – Del Forte Jeans. She was inspired if you will after trips to China, where she said the environmental impact was much more visible because China doesn’t impose the same … Continue reading →

Fashion Designer Turned Stroller Designer

She’s used to designing hot outfits for Hollywood heavyweights, but now fashion designer Cynthia Rowley is aiming to please a younger set of fashionistas. The famed designer and mother of two is teaming up with the popular Graco baby company to create a limited number of strollers. Rowley has pimped your kid’s ride with a fashionable fruit design. Its official name is the Cynthia Rowley “Be Fruitful” design and it is available for $300. What do you think of that price tag? Perhaps, you’ll like it more when you find out that Rowley’s foray into the stroller design business is … Continue reading →

Pop Culture Potpourri: Death Of A Fashion Icon and Fashionable Vegetarians

DEATH OF A FASHION ICON I’ve been wearing her designs since high school so it was with great sadness that I learned legendary fashionista Liz Claiborne died yesterday. According news reports, Claiborne had been battling cancer and died at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on Tuesday. She was 78. Claiborne was born in Brussels, but immigrated to the United States as a child and grew up in New Orleans. According to the Claiborne website, the designer founded her namesake company with husband Art Ortenberg in 1976 and retired in 1989. That was around the time when I started wearing her clothes to … Continue reading →

Famous Fashion Designer Dies

The man known as the “architect of fashion” has died. According to news reports, Gianfranco Ferre, the Italian designer acclaimed for his sculpted shapes and his reign at Christian Dior, is dead tonight. He was 62. The announcement was made within days of his arrival at a hospital in Milan. Doctors say Ferre suffered a massive brain hemorrhage. His death prompted top designers from around the world to issue statements regarding the impact Ferre made on the fashion world. Famed designer Giorgio Armani said he had long admired Ferre’s work and considered his passing a huge loss for the fashion … Continue reading →