The creator of Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics looks to sci-fi films for inspiration--
A Vegan With a Dark Side - NYTimes.com: " . . . “Venus’ flytraps are sort of my spirit animal,” David Klasfeld said, referring to the lusty pink and green plant tattoos curling around his bicep. “There’s a line from ‘Little Shop of Horrors’: they say the meek shall inherit, and for some reason people are always telling me how humble I am. But I do know what I’m doing, and if anything I’m trying to be aggressive.”. . . The line, completely vegan and “cruelty-free,” includes Loose Colour Concentrate in Twirl, Pool Boy Nail Lacquer, Lip Tar in Anime and Creme Colour Concentrate in Grandma. Mr. Klasfeld, who is as slight and sinewy as the sleepwalker Cesare (tattooed on his shoulder) from the 1920 film “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,” is a makeup artist and the chief executive, creative director and founder of Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics. It is best known for a product called Lip Tar that has become a cult favorite among the kind of cutting-edge makeup enthusiasts who also tend to favor the brands Urban Decay and Illamasqua. It is named after his obsessive-compulsive disorder, diagnosed when he was 14. . . . ( read more at link above)
Claire’s founders, Sylvia and Rowland Schaefer, die days apart - Obituaries - Broward - MiamiHerald.com: "Claire’s Stores, the international accessories chain where teens and tweens spend their allowances on fashion jewelry, purses and hair clips, was the creation of Rowland and Sylvia Schaefer, Chicagoans who married in 1948, raised five children in South Florida, and died three days apart in Pompano Beach. . . ."
Fashion chain Zara on fast track to profit
Herald Sun
FAST fashion chain Zara has bucked the retail gloom in Australia, clocking up more than $100 million in sales and almost doubling its profit in a year. Revenue at the Australian arm of the Spanish retail giant surged to $106.8 million in the year to ...
CFDA Fashion award can give entre to up-and-comers
gulfnews.com
The top tier of the fashion world keeps its ranks pretty tight, filled mostly with established names known to fill retail racks and shoppers' closets. But the Council ofFashion Designers of America (CFDA) each year gives three designers a chance to ...
FASHION THERAPY Why you should go hell for leather
Daily Mail
Now, if there is one garment that has, over the past few years, become a wardrobe staple, it’s the biker jacket.
You can trace its reincarnation all the way back to February, 2010, when Burberry Prorsum sent bright bikers and exaggerated flying jackets down the catwalk over slippy silk dresses. Women were hooked, and since then you can barely move for biker jackets on the High Street. . . .
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