Georgina Bloomberg vs her Big Daddy: New York Soda is OUT!

Thank you Georgina Bloomberg for defending our bad choices from the tyrannical rule of Mayor Bloomberg the Elder.

As Mayor Bloomberg plans to ban the sale of soda within reach of New Yorkers, his little princess Georgina has this much to say about his move:

"His intentions are good. And, it's the kind of thing that the public will thank him for in twenty years, however, people should be allowed to make their own bad choices."

Surprisingly, Georgina has a far better idea- if... "he would lower the cost of healthy food instead of banning unhealthy food. If people were able to afford to eat nutritious food, I think they would make better choices."

Ya go girl! Now big daddy just got PAWNED!

Hennes & Mauritz Plans New Retail Stores for 2013

The house of Fast-Fashion, Hennes & Mauritz has announced that it will open a new franchise of freestanding stores for 2013. H&M's new retail chain is rumored to be their solid attempt to embrace the high fashion market, so expect the new label to come with hefty price tags.



"Like COS, which today is very successful with good profitability, the new chain of stores will be independent and complement the other offerings from the group," H&M CEO Karl-Johan Persson said. "We have great faith in this new brand and we see considerable potential for further initiatives."

The top secret project does not take off from their expensive in-store Collection of Style (COS) line. No brand name for this new store concept has been revealed yet, but the new retail stores might as well be dubbed H&M Luxe.

Life After Lohan: Esteban Cortazar Finds His Way Back to the Runway

After his trauma dealing with Lindsay Lohan and her attempt at a collection at the House of Emanuel Ungaro, Esteban Cortazar has finally found a silver lining, he is relaunching his own label again this 2012.

His eponymous line was much celebrated when Cortazar launched it first in 2002 as afresh-faced and talented designer at the age 17. Cortazar closed shop in 2007 when he signed up as Creative Director at Ungaro at just 23. But his career was marred by Ungaro's "Lindsay Lohan" phase and eventually resigned.

Today, he has partnered with the online boutique Net-A-Porter which will feature his 17-look capsule collection on July 11 with prices ranging from $270 to $3,000. Cortazar has called the Net-A-Porter collaboration "a good first step, without going too far and too fast." Sounds Good. Unlike his stint at Ungaro, if it proves successful Cortazar can look into running his own design house in a few years.

Why is New York's Garment District Important?

The Fashion industry that we know today was literally born and cultivated out of the Manhattan borough of New York City. Though Parisians would dare argue, New York's Garment District has enough weight to stake its claim as a global fashion epicenter.

New York's Garment District is an elite microcosm of its own, a miniature facet animated by iconic fashion houses and gilded show rooms containing the year's best season samples. However, the heart of New York's Garment District lies within the workrooms and warehouses- where it hosts hundreds of workers, tailors, suppliers, merchandisers and suppliers. The invisible people responsible for colors and trends, fashion styles planned months and years ahead before it hits the mass market.

The Garment District is that nurturing fashion lab, an incubator for design up-and-comers who learn the ropes of the fashion industry through sourcing and producing garments on their own. Doing the walk, respecting the tradesmen and artisans while learning to haggle for every yard of fabric they can get their hands on.

Without the Garment District’s vast lifeline of suppliers and manufacturers, nothing will ever come to fruition out of these designers sketchbooks. The Garment District is the go-to place for specialized services ranging from equipment-dependent appliques, textile sourcing and handcrafted embelishments. You can get samples done by top outsourcing tailors who cater to the large houses or you can seek to outsource garments in a mass production level.

The Garment District plays a crucial role in keeping the industry fashion forward with the constant infusion of emerging talent. Despite the downward economy, the Garment District has continued to survive. Albeit, most workrooms have cut down a lot of jobs and the cluster of suppliers have gotten smaller, due to US manafacturing demands being sourced to China. Perhaps its about time NYC does something about to support this small and important borough, The Garment District from going extinct. I wouldn't say designers are a dying breed, they're everywhere but its quite sad to see a bustling colony that's supportive of talent and fashion culture just fade away.

Blonde Evolution: The Many Mag Covers of Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams always puts her heart on her sleeve. We can see that in her through her intense dramatic performances and fashion choices.



Michelle, an indie darling turned A-List Oscar nominee is mother to Heath Ledger's only child Mathilda Ledger.



Michelle has come along way since her cheeky teen years in Dawson's Creek. This YM PROM edition is one of her first magazine covers. To be honest, she is waay HOTTER now than in her teen years.



Her comedy film 'My Week with Marilyn' has brought her out of shell and it's quite a delight to see her easily slip into the shoes of history's most famous bombshell Marilyn Monroe. This GQ magazine cover proves Michelle has the goods to play the legendary screen siren.



On losing Heath Ledger:
“In a strange way, I miss that year, because all those possibilities that existed then are gone... It didn’t seem unlikely to me that he could walk through a door or could appear behind a bush. It was a year of very magical thinking, and in some ways I’m sad to be moving further and further away from it.”

To My NYC Darlings!

from KnackStudios

Keep calm and stay fashionable!

Out for a Good Deal

I’ve been a very bad in updating my blog as of late. I can say, however, that i have been very busy with my life offline. I am what you call a person actually living a real life. I went to the beach, spent a night out with friends at the movies, I got wasted at Comicon and I raided a neighborhood bakesale. And my mother was all too happy about me being out and getting some sun. Yes, I have stave off some time away from the keyboard, but not even 'real life' can keep me from my blogs and all things social (social media, that is) Now that I am back, I am planning to be all over the place and checking on the latest shopping sites and online deals. A bargain is a bargain. And I know where to sniff out a good one.