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Dream Fashion Course - if only I could speak Italian!!

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Fashionistas everywhere know that Italy is home to many high-end fashion designers, from Dolce and Gabbana to Prada, and every February the fashion capital holds its annual Milan Fashion Week. However, access to the prestigious shows is very hard to come across unless you are Anna Wintour, a movie star, or a supermodel gliding down the runway. The Scuola Leonardo da Vinci Italian Language School has made it somewhat easier and answered curious fashion aspirers prayers by creating a short fashion course. Fashion enthusiasts, both amateur and professional, will be scurrying to Italy with education in mind, as an intense three week professional preparatory course for Italian Fashion Shows is being held at the school.“This course will permit you to dip into [the] Italian fashion system and its secrets by being directly involved in Milan’s fashion week scenery.” says the school. This opportunity promises to offer students an in depth look in to the Italian fashion world with access to runway shows revealing fresh designer collections as well as 20 hours of classroom learning taught by professional fashion experts. All important aspects of the Italian fashion system will be covered from analyzing magazines to touring the most famous and popular shops in Milan. The short course is only for the dedicated as it costs €1,235 and students attending must be able to speak and understand the Italian language. However, the school mentions it also offers a range of courses including one in learning Italian.

Steve Madden wants YOU!

We all know diamonds are a girls best friend and shoes definitely come in close so I'm guessing many people will jump at the chance to enter this competition!

Designer Steve Madden has teamed up with Zappos.com in order to create a 'sole search' where budding designers or basically anyone can send in their own shoe designs. Three lucky winners will win a trip to LA followed by a trip to New York where they'll have to pitch their shoe to Madden. The winning design will be sold on Zappos.com 

Sounds like fun and like a fashionista's version of Dragons Den. Girls and boys you've got to put your soul in to creating the perfect sole! 

The Big Bang of Peter Pilotto

Avant-garde designer Peter Pilotto must feel like a very lucky man. The Austrian/Italian designer who hasn't been on the scene very long is making waves in the fashion world. Peter and his partner, Christopher De Vos are gaining clients fast, last week in New York, the first lady, Michelle Obama showed her off her stylish ways by wearing a Pilotto piece. Sienna Miller was also seen in the city that never sleeps wearing a Pilotto dress. Seeing public figures wearing new designer's generates more people to trust a brand and not to constantly play it safe by sticking to classic designers. If things carry on this way 2010 will definitely be the year of Peter Pilotto. 

The unique creations with subtle splashes of colour are inspired by the big bang theory. With an artistic use of colour and flattering draped asymmetric style Pilotto is quickly becoming high in-demand by people from all around the world. 

I wonder what the high street will attempt to mimic this explosive designer?

What's Heidi's Secret?

Heidi Klum must be superhuman. On Thursday, after just five weeks of giving birth to baby number four, the 36-year-old supermodel strutted her fabulous body down the Victoria's Secret runway. 

The annual show which was held in New York was presented by Heidi who is usually one of the favourite models in the show. However, the German model wowed the audience as she unexpectingly began to walk down the runway in a deep purple and green corset with ruffles of cream tulle which created what could be described as an underwear dress designed by Jane Law.

Heidi explained that after having her newest edition to the family it was nice change to host the show instead of model completely.

"You definitely have less pressure hosting, when you don't shake your booty in front of millions of people around the world" she giggled to CNN.

The  mother usually wears the most elaborate creation however this year it was Melissa Miller who wore the dazzling diamond encrusted $3,000,000 bra.  

Lady Gaga to receive fashion award

Lady Gaga is known for being very experimental with her choice of accessories and this coming Monday she will be presented a profound fashion award. 

Designer Marc Jacobs will be awarding Gaga with the Stylemaker award at the 13th annual Accessories Council Excellence Awards which are being held in New York.

Many people may think of Gaga’s fashion sense as outrageous and mad but obviously the fashion world see her artistic ways as a new refreshing sense of style. Marc Jacobs who is a new friend of the multi-talented star said “I’d never say no to Gaga” when she played at his after party back in September. 

I must say I am quite excited to see what Gaga will be wearing at this event.

Other honorees include Diane Von Furstenberg, Burberry and V magazine. 

Tutus, Art & Awards...

And the 2009 Medal of Honor for Lifetime Achievement in Fashion goes to the...

Brilliant Betsey Johnson. New York fashion designer received the fabulous award at this years National Arts Club dinner. Some would say that it's about time she finally won as she has been a fashion designer for over 40 years. One of her models was the iconic Andy Warhol's superstar Edie Sedgwick back in the swinging 60's. 

A portrait of the designer will hang up at the NAC company to honor her achievements. If you were unaware of BJ's creative mind and fabulous creations you may think she is mad to show up at a black tie event wearing what could be described as the contents of a child's dressing up box, but that is a reason people love her. She's unique, an original wild child.

When B won the award she gushed “It’s the biggest, best, fair-square celebration from the last place I’d dreamt of, It’s the big bang.” 

Fabric Moment - Lace

When you see a spider skipping across the floor you may scream. Nobody really thinks about the amazing detail they put in to make their wonderful webs. Spider webs remind me of lace. Delicate and detailed. Would you squash a designer for making intricate lace dresses? I don’t think so.

The wonderful fabric that is known to us as lace has been around for centuries yet maintains an elegance that the 21st century can still relate to and have use for. Lace goes as far back as 1600 B.C where vases beside Egyptian coffins had modano (knotted mesh netting) on them. Although this delicate vintage fabric was already centuries old in the 16th century, patterns were only then available (from Flanders & Italy).

Although many may think of lace as an 1980’s fashion statement or perhaps disaster, it wasn’t Madonna’s lace gloves that made the luxurious fabric popular. In past centuries the romantic material was considered fine art, therefore her influences, would have been from former centuries.

While some of you may think of lace as a net you see up at a granny’s window or draped over their dining tables many designers are recreating the vintage look. I’m indulging myself (by fixing my eyes on my laptop) in the Valentino Spring/Summer 2010 collection designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli. 

Lace is even making its debut within the beauty industry, many celebrities such as Blake Lively and Jennifer Lopez have been seen sporting lacey nails.  

 

I think lace is delicious and I have a funny feeling that the fabric will be recreated for many more centuries to come.   

 

                   

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