Fashion Sensei

The Government Wants Your Gift cards

In an effort to find more sources of revenue, the government is now looking to collect on unused gift cards. Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal reported that more and more cash strapped state governments are considering legislation to collect on unused gift cards. With an increase in job losses and bankrupt businesses—states are facing further [...]

Full-Figured Fashion Week Welcomes Fat-shionistas

Velvet D’Amour Photo Credit: Jacques Brinon / AP Photo This weekend kicks off a Fashion Week event that was five years in the making—Full-Figured Fashion Week. Starting today and continuing through the weekend, NYC will be hosting the self described “Fat-shionistas”, showing off the latest in full-figured fashion and discussing “The State of the Curvy [...]

Reader Feedback

Hi guys, I am looking for some reader feedback regarding Fashion Sensei and would love to hear from you. Are there any particular topics that you would like to hear more about? Any navigational issues that need attention? Now’s your chance to speak up! Please leave a comment below. Best Wishes, Tanya Posted in Fashion Sensei [...]

Clever Idea—Rollasole

So you’re out boogieing the night away in your killer heels, you look hot, but you’re not sure after abusing your feet all day—and now night—how your are going to make it home, unless it’s barefoot. Enter, Rollasole. It’s one of those, “Why didn’t I think of that?” sort of inventions. A UK businessman came [...]

Fashionista’s in Training: Sara Jessica Parker Welcomes Twin Daughters

Photo: Us Magazine According to People.com, the Ohio surrogate for Sara Jessica Parker and her husband Matthew Broderick delivered twins today. Word is big brother James Willkie is all prepped and ready to start shopping for princess gear. This on the news that my very own sister is about to deliver her third child, a son [...]

Fashion Sensei Says…

Choo’s 4 All! H&M Great news for shoe lovers! H&M is collaborating with Jimmy Choo to design an exclusive collection for the discount retailer. The luxe shoes which normally sell for $500 or more, will be up for grabs (and I’m sure there will be a few catfights to get your hands on these babies) for [...]

Vogue UK Says Enough is Enough, Start Designing Clothes for REAL Women

In an article published on Independent.co.uk yesterday, it was reported that Vogue UK editor Alexandra Shulman is boldly taking a stand for British women. Shulman reportedly sent a letter to some of fashion’s most prominent design houses including: Prada, Chanel, Stella McCartney and John Galliano to admonish them for sending samples that are so small [...]

Pregnant? Here’s Some Maternity Wear For an Excellent Cause

“Days of our Lives” Donates Maternity Clothes to InStyleBelly to benefit Autism Speaks. Are you a “Days” fan? Can’t get enough of Sami and her antics? Here’s your chance to wear some of the same pregnancy clothes that she and other cast members have donned in the popular daytime show. Not only that, but the proceeds [...]

Karl Lagerfeld Takes Pot Shots At Heidi Klum

Can someone please tell me what Karl Lagerfeld’s problem is? In February, Karl Lagerfeld told media sources that he thought that Heidi Klum was “too heavy” to be a catwalk model and proclaimed, "I don’t know Heidi Klum. She was never known in France. Claudia Schiffer also doesn’t know who she is." Apparently he wasn’t [...]

“Picture Me”

Photo Source In a startling new documentary called Picture Me, model Sara Ziff and her former boyfriend co-director Ole Schell, expose the seedy recesses in the world of high fashion modeling; including those who turn a blind eye to it. In an interview published on Guardian.co.uk; Ziff, who began her career in modeling at the age [...]