09 October, 2010

Extending The Runway : Tatiana Sorokko Style

"Extending the Runway: Tatiana Sorokko Style" is a fashion shows named after Tatiana Sorokko who was the first Russian model to achieve worldwide success. Moving from Moscow to Paris in 1990, she walked the ramp for major designers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Karl Lagerfeld, Miuccia Prada, Issey Miyake and many more.



For over a decade, Sorokko graced the covers and editorial pages of European and American magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Elle and Cosmopolitan.

At present she is a providing her service to the American Harper’s Bazaar as an editor interviewing and styling photo shoots of notable subjects all over the world. Her power as an international style setter and taste maker extends well beyond the podium.

Sorokko was named to the International Top 100 Best Dressed list by American Vogue in 2000 and the Best Dressed Women of All Time list by Harper’s Bazaar in 2007.

"Extending the Runway: Tatiana Sorokko Style" will displays case works from the early 20s till today. The runways become more active and live, due to the participation of renowned designers and trendy houses. Fortuny, Paquin, Lanvin, Madame Grès, Balmain, Patou are some of the name that participate in this International event.

Extending the Runway is a carnival of Sorokko's global fashion career, her fashion, trend and style setting visualization and distinctive style. The setting covers up two Museum arcades and texture, 60 garments and frills of famous designers like Balenciaga, Balmain, Comme des Garcons, Fortuny, Ferre, Halston.

16 September 2010 saw the birth of Tatiana Sorokko Style in US, at Phoenix Art Museum. The event showed a collection of 18000 outstanding works of Asian American European and Latin American Contemporary and modern art along with fashion design.

07 October, 2010

Top 10 Fashion Designers Ever

Fashion is a gigantic industry of the world. Globalization has boosted up the fashion industry and gave it a wider platform to display their talents and introduce different designs to the world.  But from where actually the design come.

These designs are creative and innovative work of fashion designers. These designers have a lasting impact on the fashion world and popular culture throughout the decades. From traditional to assorted, their discrete styles will always manipulate the way people dress, and the way new designers advance their work. Fashion designers work in a number of ways in designing clothing and accessories.

Their style, trend and way are always being waited to prove to the world that can shake the fashion. Fashion designers endeavor to design clothes which are practical as well as aesthetically gratifying.

Fashion design is the ability of the designer relevance to the design and aesthetics or natural beauty for clothing and accessories. Fashion design is predisposed by artistic and social attitudes.

Here we are presenting you with top 10 designers of the world; this list is prepared by our editors after thorough search, still suggestion with authentic reasons to consider the ranking is welcomed.

  1. Valentino Garavani

Valentino is an Italian fashion designer and founder of the Valentino Spa brand and company. He was born in the year 1932. Valentino's signature style is "opulence".

The excellence of luxury in Valentino is never pompous, but rather very strong, absolutely unique and incredibly elegant. “King of Elegance” has dressed famous ladies of world like Elizabeth Taylor and Julia Roberts.  

His rich famous life and widespread album of priceless art are not the only rewards he has been honored with for his talents. France government awarded him Legion d’ Honour in 2006. 

2. Ralph Lauren


Ralph Lauren born on October 14, 1939 is an American fashion designer and business executive; best-known for his Polo Ralph Lauren clothing brand. With finest product lines such as Polo/Ralph Lauren for Men, Double RL, Ralph Lauren Home, Ralph Lauren for Women, and even Ralph Lauren paint, Ralph Lauren has taken the American way of life to new heights.

Ralph Lauren is known for his desire to control every facet of his company’s image: some of his ex-employees tell tales of a control freak with a quick temper and little patience for mistakes. Today, his basic polo shirts and khaki pants continue to remain the base of his empire, along with fragrances like Lauren for women and Polo, his famous men’s cologne.
  
The Bronx born designer is the personification of archetypal and elegant fashion.


3. Tom Ford

He is an American fashion designer and film director. He gained international fame for his gyrate, of the Gucci fashion house and the creation of the Tom Ford label. He is a leading fashion designer and is best known for his designs in extravagance clothing, accessories, fragrance and cosmetics.
   
His line of eyewear were the first of his collection to really take-off, with almost every celebrity from Brad Pitt, Lindsay Lohan, and Madonna to Joaquin Phoenix, Jennifer Aniston and Sally Field being huge admirer of his eyewear collections.
  
Ford stole the show at the first ever VH1 Fashion Awards and won the Best International Designer Award in 2000. He was born in Texas on 27th august 1961.


4. Donatella Versace

Donatella Versace born on 2 May 1955 in Reggio Calabria is an Italian fashion designer. She is currently working with Versace Group as a vice president and is also Chief Designer of Fashion Line.

She supervises over seven brands under the Versace name. Donatella started as an accessories designer at the House of Versace and is known her sexy yet well-dressed designs.


5. Stella McCartney

Stella Nina McCartney born on 13 September 1971 is an English fashion designer. The name itself sounds popularity but a light introduction is required. Daughter of a superstar, Sir Paul McCartney, Stella has managed to whittle a huge place for herself in the fashion world. 

Her clothes are the stature of class and speak a lot of her personal talent. She graduated from Central Saint Martin’s in 1995. Her final year collection was snapped up by the biggest names in retail counting Browns and Bergdorf Goodman and after two years her sharp-tailoring talents landed her to the top job as creative director at Chloe. 

She never promote dresses design from fur, might be due to the heredity love for animal. Her mother was animal activist. 

6.Dolce and Gabbana

Dolce & Gabbana is an Italian luxury fashion house The Company was started by the Italian designers Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana in Milan, Italy. By 2005 their turnover was €750 million. 

Their clothing designs are usually black in color and geometric in shape. These two fashion names have intermingled with the fashion. Every woman who wears D&G can be sure to feel sexy and confident. They both hail from Italy, and are known for making the "stars look like Stars". 

The winning- combination of Dolce's tailoring perfectionism and Gabbana's stylistic theatrics has made the label a powerhouse in today's celebrity-obsessed age and just as influential as the ambassadors of sport, music and film that they dress.

7. Alexander McQueen

He was born on 17 March 1969 and left this world for heavenly abode on 11 February 2010. He was a British fashion designer known for his eccentric designs and stun tactics. McQueen worked as the top designer at Givenchy for five years after which he founded Alexander McQueen and McQ labels. 

McQueen's dramatic designs, at time were worn by celebrities like David Bowie, Lady Gaga, Ayumi Hamasaki and Kelis. He won, British Designer of the Year award four times. However dark McQueen's design, it still achieves a femininity that has seduced everyone from Bjork to the Duchess of Westminster.

He is one of the worlds most innovative and outstanding couturiers known for his theatrical influence, his creations are not only beautiful but also colorful and raw.

8. Oscar De Larenta

Oscar de la Renta was born on July 22, 1932. He is one of the famous fashion designers from US. He’s known for his lavish eveningwear and stunning coats.

De la Renta's designer line is admired by the teenaged socialites and celebrities, as well as the stylish ladies who look for something classy to go for lunch parties. No doubt he is outstanding.



9. Giorgio Armani

Giorgio Armani born on 11 July 1936 is from Italy. He is known today for his clean, tailored lines. He formed his company, Armani, in 1975, and by 2001 was acclaimed as the most successful designer to come out of Italy with an annual turnover of $1.6 billion and a personal fortune of $5.3 billion. His design on menswear is extraordinary.

His popularity went on the seventh sky when he designed the dress of Richard Geri for the movie American Gigolo. After working for renowned fashion house Nino Cerruti, he branched out on his own, delivering his first women’s wear collection in 1974. He’s an institution, an icon and a multinational, billion-dollar brand.

10. Christian Dior

Christian Dior is no more in the world but his designs and dresses are still in the talk. He was born on 21 January 1905 and expired on 23 October 1957. He was from France and enjoyed a very dominant position in world of French fashion designing.
    
He is the director of the famous fashion houses “Christian Dior”. The dresses that are designed in these fashion houses are known for its charismatically seductive designs. Some are internationally accepted.

06 October, 2010

San Francisco Fashion Awards 2010

SAN FRANCISCO FASHION WEEK (TM) 2010 is an elite fashion shows promoting San Francisco's most pioneering and budding fashion designers. This event soar initiate the fashion events concluding the revival of San Francisco Fashion Week.


San Francisco celebrated its third Fashion Awards for the year 2010. It was produced by Del Geronimo. San Francisco’s fashion community celebrates this award to show a sense of gratitude to their local fashion industry which has actually given them the international recognization.


The city gives awards to the Best milestone setter who has set record in the home. There extra ordinary work has boosted up the industry to the higher level of vision. The prime motto of this award ceremony is to give tribute and admiration to the most significant, flair, and able artist who have added novelty, originality and societal transformation in the enduring fashion advancement of San Francisco.


The victorious come back of "San Francisco Fashion Week (tm)" pertinently titled 'THE REINVENTION' was a reverberating victory. The organization request active participation of  the citizen to promote the motto and their objective.