Beyonce Kicks Off House of Dereon Ad Push

With a killer album done, a monster tour finished, and a gaga video all wrapped up, Beyonce is turning her attention to her mother's first love: The House of Dereon.
If a big ad campaign is any indication, the Creole-flavored fashion house is coming out this summer with a vengeance, and Mathew and Tina's eldest daughter will be the face of it all.
Look for sister Solange to lend an assist, but it will be just cursory compared to the glam that Bey and Mrs. Tina have in store.
This is not the first time that Bey has pushed TeamFamily. But Mama Tina Knowles, who filed for divorce last year, has had time to put alot of thought into the House of Dereon's spring and summer offerings.
Don't expect to see anything you've seen before, if Beyonce's recent fashions are any clue.
But then again, she has been hanging out with the fashion equivalent of an electric chair lately.



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Fall colors: Black is Back

It's apparent that even though winter has yet to show its face (at least down South) that people are iching to wear their black this year. And it's not the layers and layers of black that will shine this time, it's the long garbs, the gowns, the shawls, it's the scarfs.
It's toga time.
People will have enormous swaths of black around their neck and back. But before you go looking like Count Chocula, let's do fall first. Earth tones, warm browns and vibrant clay colors.

Just How Ripped Can Your Jeans Be?

You've seen the look: Pants legs that look like they've been marinated in a Piranha bowl.
The "ripped jeans" fad seems to be a hard one to break. Like a good pair of Jordacheses (Jordi?) they just refuse to die.
But the varying degree to which some wear their "cut" brings the following question to the fore: Is there such a thing as too ripped?
If you're with somebody and vital "private" organs are falling out, is that a problem?
Some celebrities, in particular, sport jeans that are so shredded that they look like they fell in a blender. Others have cut marks superficially throughout the denim. What's the limit?
How far can you scar?
"Distressed" jeans have been around since at least the mid-1980s, growing in popularity from the country-western set (They started off with faded jeans). Now, there's just sloppy, in my opinion.
Ripped jeans can lead to new problems that will in fact destroy your denims.
Do you rock ripped denim?

Is 'Supermodel' Just a Word Now?

Tell me if you recognize the name: Daiane Conterato. Isabeli Fontana. Okay, Liya Kebede. Or Anna Gushina. How about Bette Franken? Behati Prinsloo?
I know, I know, one name -- at best -- sounded familiar to you, right? That's because the women gracing the catalogue covers and actually doing the catwalking or basically no-names these days.
Gone are the days when you actually knew the top model in the world.
The Internet has changed things: Now models are born every second. For every 19-year-old discovered walking the streets in Iceland, there's some big-boned chick from Sweetwater, Mississippi posting pics online proclaiming herself a "model".
So, what's that mean? It means, among other things, that the dream that Tyra Banks is selling ("You can become America's Next Top Model") is pretty much a facade.
Nowadays you're just as likely to see a Flavor of Love girl on the cover of a magazine than you are one of those pencil-thin girls from any ANTM season.
Are there any true 'Supermodels' left?

Style Trend: Body Suits for Fall '09

You heard it first, here: Body suits will make a fierce comeback for fall 2009, with bolder ensembles, colors and textures. Last fall was all about layering (assessories such as scarves went through the roof) but now it's back to simplification.

Style: Can Rock It Like This?

More and more people are taking chances stylistically. Could you, on a train, or some other form of public transportation, rock it like this?

Style: You can't teach it

London Fashion Show = Hot Mess?

It's been obvious for decades that in western Europe they like their golden calfs mixed with molten chocolate, but even this latest orgy of fashion, photography and chi-chi-ness is kinda out there.
British stylist Simon Foxton gives us the exhibition “When You’re a Boy,” a look back at his fave work over the past 25 years. It very well could have been called "Negroes with Attitudes". It's all masculine and its all fun and games I'm sure. But the pics i saw were kinda weird.

The show is the equivalent of a show by What's his face Alexander on "America's Next Top Model," or perhaps a more rough style of American stylist June Ambrose.
American hotness, which takes its cues from across the pond, will have some catching up to do before this kinda stuff is hot over here. But it's coming.