Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Isabel Marant- Live Your Dreams To Fullest

Not everyone can sustain the demands of a business like fashion business, where one has to be on his toes, all the time. But those individuals, who have been gifted the art of creating something new and unique, opt for perseverance rather showing a clean pair of heels.Isabel Marant is one such fashion designer, whose fortitude and patience has won her not just accolades, but also a strong foothold in the fashion industry. Using this foothold, she made rapid progress and soon became the name to reckon with. Just like any other fresh blood, she wanted to make her presence felt in the industry and to achieve this presence, she abandoned conventional fashion norms and used both sides of her brain, to usher in new notions and perceptions in the domain of fashion. It was 1990’s when she first gave, the whole world, an insight into her talent and penchant for couture. Her designs brought the fresh tide of fashions, which flooded the lengths and breadths of fashion industry. These collections were just the tip of the iceberg of her potential. These collections became extremely popular with masses and herald the beginning of a new era of fashion.

Isabel Marant, who is based in Paris, is a class designer, who has always impressed everyone with her designs. Women’s wear is her forte and has conspicuous inclination towards the Bohemian culture, reflects in her designs. Under the umbrella of this label, she has constituted 3 boutiques in Paris, 9 in Asia, and wholesale locations, all around Europe and the United States. She always chooses the designs and fabric intelligently. As per her personal opinion, the fabric should be skin-friendly and the final product should feel good to fit in. She markets her brand of clothes comes in different types of fabric, which conform to her opinion. She has experimented a lot with different colors and the outcome of every such experiment was truly phenomenal. Although her clothing line has garnered lot of praises in elite society but she is equally charged up to design day-to-day attires for the multitude. This was manifested with the launch of new line of women’s wear, which is priced comparatively lesser than previous collections. This theme has been named Etoile and the designer’s penchant for rock-and-roll has dominated this line of clothing. The clothes in this line are pleasure to wear and won a large number of fans, amongst the college students and working women.


Isabel Marant, now a well-known name in the fashion fraternity, started her career in the year of1989, under her own name. Before clothing, she was indulged in the jewelry designing and later grown interest for clothing. To prove her versatility, she also started children’s clothing range in the year 2004. It should be noted that, she launched her first women’s wear collection in the year 1994 and since then never looked back.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Rachel Comey- The rising star of the fashion industry



Rachel Comey is a relatively new name in the circle of fashionistas. However in a short span of time, the eponymous brand has been able to make a very strong presence in the world of fashion. This brand has become synonymous with high-fashion in a very short span of time. It has become the preference of many high and mighty people. This label was launched by the American designer Rachel Comey in 2001. Since then it has crossed many milestones in fashion and has been able to successfully create a niche for itself in this industry. The up and coming designer is very ambitious and the designs reflect this quite very well. All the designs effuse passion and verve. Every piece of work has a distinct sense of aesthetics and art that separates it from the rest. A look at the creations would tell you how artistic the designer is in her vision.

Rachel Comey as a label started out as an only-menswear brand. The men’s collection received rave reviews in the fashion fraternity and it became a renowned brand. Women started showing immense interest in the brand and this perhaps fuelled the birth of the women’s wear as well. And finally in 2003 the women’s wear was launched under the label. It was such a stupendous success that the label started focusing more on the women’s wear so much so that it hardly comes out with any men’s wear collection these days. Rachel Comey is known for its pretty and elegant women’s wear that is sure to make any women more beautiful. The gorgeous collection not only looks fabulous but breaks new grounds. Every collection looks unique and sets new rules of fashion.

The Rachel Comey label came into limelight after David Bowie wore one of Rachel Comey shirts on Letterman. The American designer’s work was also featured in the 2002 Whitney Biennial which catapulted it to the higher echelons of fashion. The peculiarity of her collections is the fact that they have a vintage feel to them with a dash of rock and roll touch. This makes her designs completely unique and popular with those who like cool statements in fashion. Though the label isn’t involved in men’s wear anymore, it does create unisex shoes that are appealing to both the sexes. A number of Hollywood personalities have showed interest in her designs. Some of the esteemed clients of the designer are: Beck, David Bowie, Courtney Love, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kirsten Dunst, Adrien Brody.