Hey Everyone, I’m sure you’ve probably noticed that the posts here at TDR haven’t been quite as frequent as they once were. I want to thank everyone who has continued to come back, and I assure you that I will be back to blogging here more regularly. Lots of changes in my life are probably [...]
At the “E-commerce in a digital age” seminar, organized by the Centre for Fashion Enterprise in which Le New Black was invited to participate, Vidya Narine was able to meet Geoff Watts, the friendly and spirited co-founder of EDITD. Launched in 2009, just as Le New Black was, this English start-up drives innovation in trend [...]
Tonight’s episode of American Idol was a bit of a doozie. Well, that’s probably an understatement. It was kind of confusing! Picture it: Colton, Holly and Phillip on one side; Jessica, Joshua and Elise on the other. It was really unclear throughout the evening which group was on top, and who on the bottom — and in true AI fashion, [...]
Episode 5 – Living Department Store Window This week, the designer’s must work together to execute a “living window display” on the runway. Nikki Poulos and Barbara Bates are the first up tonight, and it was clear from the get that it would be an up hill battle. They pulled through, presenting a fairly cohesive look [...]
Since late February, The Province has ran roughly 14 stories about The Real Housewives of Vancouver, while The Vancouver Sun tops out with about 20. It would probably be the understatement of the year to say that the Shaw conglomerate is banking huge on the Canadian franchise, which premiers tonight at 9:00 ET. The Real Housewives of Vancouver on The [...]
Episode 3 – High-End Appeal; Mass Market Appeal This week on Fashion Star, the designers were asked to create two separate garments for the runway — one high-end, and one mass-market. It was probably the least exciting episode of the season yet, with most of the designers struggling to really differentiate between their looks. First up is Orly Shani, [...]
Episode 3 – Here Comes Summer This week, the designers looked ahead to the summer — creating looks that are on trend for the upcoming season. Orly Shani is up first. Nicole Richie doesn’t like her fabric choices. “It’s a little grandpa Tony,” she comments about Shani’s bevy of mixed prints. “I do think that [...]
