Fashion Salad

We’ve found some videos of buyer Rich Morris as he takes you to NYC & talks with representatives from different designer lines carried at his store.

Get tips from Frankeys.com on what to wear and how to dress yourself in today’s hottest trends!  To learn how to  brush up on your style with the lastest fashions they have a Denim 101 section on skinny leg jeans & information on popular denim lines like Diesel, 7 for all mankind, Earnest Sewn, etc.

Paris couture may be reserved for a handful of wealthy clients, but Giorgio Armani on Wednesday gave the whole world a glimpse of his exclusive creations by becoming the first designer to broadcast an haute couture collection live on the Internet.

"Now through the democracy of the Internet, we can provide a front row seat for everyone,'’ the 72-year-old Italian said in a statement.

The Armani Prive display capped a week of extravagant catwalk shows, signaling the start of a frenzied campaign by top fashion houses to dress Hollywood stars for the Oscars.

[via Guardian Unlimited]

The final countdown has started!! The Glam.com Network is celebrating their 260+ blogs and sites with their own blog awards.

Your last to cast your vote for some of the best fashion blogs out there – voting ends this Wednesday, Jan 24.

Vote for best buzz, best new, most creative voice, best shopping, and more!!

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Here are some fashion highlights from the blogosphere…

Big bang baby! Bangs are back! Fab Sugar shares hair trend from Spring 2007 Marchesa show.

January "it girl" is picked by The It Lists is Corinne Bailey Rae.

Big bag baby! Couture in the City’s Luscious Handbag find of the Day: Louvre Satchel by Hayden Harnett

Just starting Valentine’s Day with custom bracelet and tags at Omiru.

Why do we love our beauty products? Is pondered by Back in Skinny Jeans.

A truck full of shoes were stolen enroute to this week’s Golden Globe awards. A total of 120 pairs of Taryn Rose footwear worth $50,000 were taken.

Luckily some of the bigger starlets, such as actress Felicity Huffman and Cate Blanchett, had already collected their shoes in advance. But many others were left to find last-minute replacements.

Dr. Taryn Rose changed the footwear industry in 1998 by creating a line of luxury shoes that are as fashionable as they are functional. It looks like many stars’ toes will have to wait for another time to feel glam & cushy!

Source: Post Chronicle 

Fashion Salad is proud to be associated with Apparel Search – only the fashion bible to anything and everything to do with the fashion industry (from models to textiles suppliers).

And now Apparel Search has launched three online job sites that are free to the apparel marketplace. Both www.ClothingIndustryJobs.com and www.fashionjobsearch.com offers descriptions and links to a diverse range of open positions, from executive sales roles to manufacturing and design jobs.

The third site, www.DesignerSearch.com facilitates connections between fashion and textile industry artists, designers, and design studios. Designers can post their portfolios and employers can use search tools to find artists and designers. Freelance bonus! potential employers can contact project seekers without seeing the artist’s full contact information.

If Britney could keep her music career on the same path her fashion sense has taken her she would be just fine. Instead, its her inability to dress (sometimes literally) that has put her at the top of Blackwell’s Worst Dressed Women in 2006. For Spears this is the 2nd year in a row atop the dubious chart.

Lucky for Britney she has company, celebutante Paris Hilton wasn’t content with her sixth place finish last year and did something about it. Or maybe she did nothing about it and that’s why she joins Brtiney Spears as  co-worst dressed women leading Blackwell to dub the pair “screamgirls.”

Blackwell went on to describe them as “style-free and fashion deprived – two peas in an over-exposed pod.”

Cammila Parker-Bowles found herself in the number two slot on the list. The Brit hasn’t won over many fans of the feathered hats she dons. Lindsay Lohan was labeled as “tragically trapped in fashion’s fast lane” and sped her way up the charts to number three.

Richard Blackwell has published his ten-worst dressed women list since 1960, and it has gained cult like status amongst the media. Blackwell was a fashion designer into the sixties.

Blackwell’s worst-dressed women of 2006 are:

 1) Britney Spears/Paris Hilton
 2) Camilla Parker-Bowles
 3) Lindsay Lohan
 4) Christina Aguilera
 5) Mariah Carey
 6) Paula Abdul
 7) Sharon Stone
 8) Tori Spelling
 9) Sandra Oh
10) Meryl Streep

[via Transworld News] Image: Source

Guess? has announced new roles for Maurice and Paul Marciano as the Company continues its global expansion. Effective immediately, Maurice Marciano will transition from his position as Co-Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer to the position of Chairman of the Board, and Paul Marciano will transition from his current position as Co-Chairman of the Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer to the role of Vice Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.

Commenting on the new roles and responsibilities, Maurice Marciano said, "Paul and I have worked together as partners for more than 30 years, and we have leveraged one another’s strengths as we built Guess? from a small denim company to the global lifestyle brand the Company represents today, with annual revenues in excess of $1.1 billion. In my new role, I plan to continue to be actively involved in driving the Company’s strategic vision…."

Mssrs. Marciano have served in the capacity of Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs since 1999. At the time of the Company’s initial public offering in 1996, Maurice Marciano served as Chairman and CEO while Paul Marciano served as President. Both have held executive positions with Guess? since 1981.

Guess?, Inc. designs, markets, distributes and licenses a lifestyle collection of contemporary apparel, accessories and related consumer products. At December 31, 2006 the Company operated 336 retail stores in the United States and Canada. The Company also distributes its products through better department and specialty stores around the world. For more information about the Company, please visit http://www.guessinc.com/.

[Via PRNewswire]

In Style magazine featured a hip new fashion accessory – Pepperface.com’s Swarovski crystal sparked up pepper spray. It’s just a new way to spice up (no pun intended) your self defence.

What In Style didn’t mention is the celebrity auction of celeb styled one of a kind Pepperface’s to raise awareness for domestic violence protection. Bling and sting for a good cause!