Fashion news

For their new collaboration with the crew from Yo! MTV Raps, Puma is body-popping back to the old skool.  They’ve teamed up with ‘80s hip-hop legends Big Daddy Kane, Doug E. Fresh, MC Shan and others to create a limited-edition range of shoes and streetwear that reference the rap players of yesteryear. Titled “For the Ladiesâ€�, Big Daddy Kane’s Puma suedes feature patent-leather detailing and an embroidered image of his trademark gold chain. Meanwhile Puma pay tribute to MC Shan’s signature look of mixing pairs of sneakers by designing his range both in red and blue - perfect for colourblind B-Boys everywhere.

New York City label Married to the MOB has launched its fall range with super cool French artist Fafi. Recently out here for the Curvy 4 exhibitions Fafi is featured as one of the first in a series of MOB showcased extraordinary women from around the world.

Phew! It’s taken a while to recover from this seasons fashion fest which saw both Wood Wood and Henrik Vibskov take the CPH ‘scarves and skinnies’ look in a new direction, toning down the flouro and adding slightly more daring patterns to the mix. The apex of the week came from A/W’s hero Annhagen, whose flowing earthy pieces were both sensual and asexual. Vita Vass’ show also deserves a mention, forever working the quirkily functional. However it was Stine Goya (pictured), whose name punctuated most conversations, for her playfully daring show that smirked in the face of Scandinavian reserve whilst remaining quintessentially Dansk.

Many people judge the fashion industry to be about as deep as a puddle - but last night the Hope Foundation threw a fashion show with a group of local designers of including Mala Brajkovic, Zambesi, Des Rusk, Nyne Olga and Juliette Hogan - all to raise money for children suffering with Aids in Africa.
The backstage looked as if a blind bull had torn through it, but thankfully it pulled
through all for a good cause.
Auckland band The Electric Confectionaries wrapped up the event (pictured)- and although the irony of the fashion industry and Africa was all too clear - it was a well worth effort.

If you like perving on other people’s style choices, you’ll love Street Peeper.

Street style celebrations are near ubiquitous these days, but this site is special, featuring photography from five continents and more than 20 cities (the lass we’ve pictured is from Berlin). And if you want extra icing on your cake, it also gives you the dish on exactly what these everyday style icons are wearing, so you can emulate their looks yourself. Bliss.

I think fashion is cool, and am not afraid to say it.
Fashion isn't just about trashy celebrities with IT bags and the "in" shoes. Louis Vuitton is launching an ad campaign shot by Annie Leibowitz starring Andre Agassi, Catherine Deneuve, and the last President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail S. Gorbachev, driving alongside the Berlin Wall.

Suddenly, my bad experience at the Louis Vuitton store in Paris (think rowdy Chinese visitors and crowds of Japanese tourists) is evaporating. By using a politician in its ad campaign, LV reinstates that old-school, let's roll around in a Rolls Royce feeling, while recognising an important part of world history.
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Auckland girl about town, Kylie Mckenzie is a graphic designer, club promoter, radio DJ and if that wasn't enough to keep her up at night, she also designs snappy  graphic t's under the moniker, BIRD.
"I started BIRD in my final year of studying graphic design...when I wore my
designs around my friends all loved them, and NZ designer Adrian Hailwood asked me to put some in his Auckland Shop."
Kylie now also stocks at Saturday Shop, Hailwood and Stenbeck & Morse in Auckland and runs a monthly night club It's Time To Get Dumb, with her boyfriend and two mates, with whom she also rocks the radio waves on NZ radio station George FM.