Fashion Sensei

“AVEDON Fashion Photographs 1944-2000” Comes to the DIA

Delight In the Brilliant Fashion Photography by Richard Avedon Spanning Nearly Six Decades, but Just Don’t Do the Cha-Cha I felt anxious with anticipation as I purchased my tickets to see Richard Avedon’s fashion photography exhibit, (running now until January 17) at the Detroit Institute of Arts last weekend. As I made my way through the [...]

Product Review: RAW Minerals

A few weeks ago, I was approached by RAW Natural Beauty to review their RAW Minerals 7-Piece Discovery Kit. What appealed to me about the makeup was that it is all natural. They don’t use any harsh chemicals, artificial dyes, parabens or synthetic preservatives. Something else that I found interesting, was that RAW Natural Beauty [...]

My Trip To Tim Gunn’s Fashion Road Show

picapp.com Not Just Your Ordinary Mall Fashion Show, Tim Gunn Dishes On Personal Style, Project Runway And A Little Potty Humor. There was more than oggling new looks and runway beauties at a recent Somerset Collection fashion show, emceed by the pope of fashion himself—Tim Gunn. Much to my delight, America’s fashion guru injected the show with [...]

Opening Ceremony Unveils Their Where The Wild Things Are Collection

Just in time for tomorrow’s release of Spike Jonze’s new movie Where The Wild Things Are, design house Opening Ceremony has a collection of amazing fashion, T-shirts, jewelry and yes that covetable Max suit, all for purchase. Look, I understand that most of us couldn’t get away with wearing the Max suit, [...]

Did Ralph Lauren Fire a 5’10, 120lb Model For Being Too Fat?

Hot on the heels of Karl Lagerfeld’s comments, model Filippa Hamilton-Palmstierna came out yesterday on the Today show and stated that she believes she was fired from Ralph Lauren for being too fat. The 5’10, 120lb size 4 model said that her agent received a letter that she says read, “We’re terminating your services because [...]

Karl Lagerfeld : “Curvy Women Have No Place on the Catwalk”

Velvet D’Amour Photo Credit: Jacques Brinon / AP Photo The Kaiser is at it again. If you remember, designer Karl Lagerfeld took pot-shots at Heidi Klum for being too fat for the runways. Well, he’s now spouting off to news magazine Focus, “No one wants to see curvy women”. Even worse, he is quoted as saying: "You’ve got [...]

Paris Fashion Week: Spring 2010

Those of you who watch Rachel Zoe’s reality show know her famous phrase “I die!” when she see’s something beautiful. I would say this sums up the incredible fashion displayed at Paris Fashion Week. When you review the images from the events, one thing to keep in mind is that when executing a fashion show, it’s [...]

Plaid to Meet You!

A trend I’m sure you have noticed by now are the plaid patterns that are popping up on bags, shoes, jackets and dresses. I’ve also admired a groomsman styled in cranberry colored plaid pants and a charcoal sport coat as a daring alternative to the traditional tuxedo for a wedding. I thought today I would share [...]

Fashion Sensei Says…

Mantyhose?! Photo Credit: Telegraph.co.UK Seinfeld popularized the Manziere, and now a UK lingerie brand called Unconditional is banking on men rushing to the stores to purchase their 120 denier thickness man tights (£70 a pair). David Walker-Smith, Selfridges’ director of menswear and beauty, said: “This winter the city’s most stylish men will have a secret [...]

Hold On To Your Hair, First Lady of Cameroon’s Style Screams For Attention

While surfing the net today I ran across a report on both The Cut and the Huffington Post about Cameroon’s first lady Chantal Biya, 39,—a woman who looks like a cast member from the popular 80’s television show Dynasty. Her wig is so high and big, I think Kim from the Real Housewives Atlanta may [...]