Official blog of the fashion merchandising and design society at virginia tech
Fur, a high fashion piece with a horrific background. The reality of wearing the corpse of an animal hardly crosses the thoughts of fur owners. The end product of those glamorous fur coats people gaze at in store windows doesn’t even compare to the cruel and appalling process of how they are made. Animals are [...]
Vogue x Priyanka Chopra Jonas Newly wed and glowing bright as ever, actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas covers Vogue's January 2019 issue. Photographed by the renowned Annie Liebovitz, Chopra softly, yet intensely, gazes into the lens wearing a light Tom Ford dress to match the golden background she poses before. British Vogue x Dua Lipa Across [...]
A month by month recap of a 2018's black magazine covers: January Kofi Siriboe on Essence by Michael Rowe Kicking into the New Year with their December/January issue, Essence printed actor Kofi Siriboe as their coverboy. Photographed by Michael Rowe, Siriboe sported a green, blue, pink, and purple plaid suit as well as sharply trimmed [...]
Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Robyn Rihanna Fenty grew up selling clothes with her father in a stall on the streets. Her life soon changed when she turned fifteen and formed a musical trio with two of her classmates. Rihanna was immediately plucked from the group, and flown to Los Angeles where Jay-Z signed her [...]
In 2016, Calvin Klein made one of its largest re-branding decisions in its history with the signing of Belgian designer, Raf Simons, as their new creative director. The new vision Simons brought to Calvin Klein, however, has come to a halt as the two both came to an agreement this week to end his contract [...]
For me, I will do just about anything to look fashionable as well as stay comfortable. Luckily, it's more simple to achieve than you think. Everyone has at least a couple of random graphic tees that they have accumulated from different times, but don't leave them be! There are so many ways to stay stylish [...]
We all heard it a million times growing up, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I remember my response to the question every time, an excited yell of an answer, “I WANNA BE A FASHION DESIGNER!” I had always loved clothes; I loved the individuality and how the clothes become the [...]
