Writing for Communications Blog Assignment

Football and Fashion make a Touch Down

Football and fashion are not two things you normally hear mentioned in the same sentence. But, this year, to celebrate Super bowl XLVIII, Bloomingdalesrecruited the Football-Fashion dream team. A unique partnership with the NFL and CFDA has resulted in the creation of 48 haute couture football helmets. Some of the designers working in this partnership are Betsey Johnson, Dannijo and Rachel Zoe. You will not be seeing these helmets out in the field, but they are on display at Bloomingdales in New York. The helmets will be auctioned off and all proceeds will go towards the NFL foundation.

Remembering Oscar De La Renta

Oscar De La Renta had a very successful career in fashion winning many awards and dressing some of the finest women. He has dressed many first ladies, walkers of the red carpet and a number of brides.

The designer said that he was inspired by women. “The qualities that I admire most in women are confidence and kindness,” he said. His designs certainly reflected these values and made women feel confident and luxurious.

“Walk like you have three men walking behind you,” he said. De La Renta was a believer in the power of confidence. “I have always felt my role as a designer is to do the very best I can for a woman to make her look her best,” he said, “Fashion is only fashion once a woman puts it on."

Oscar De La Renta passed of cancer this October at age 82.

“You have to appreciate every single day that you’re alive. Life is a little bit like a garden – you have to find time to plant the seeds for beautiful flowers to grow,” Oscar De La Renta.

Fringe is the New Trend

Since the 20s fringe has had a fashion facelift. This year’s fashion week was covered in fringe. Project Runway winner, Sean Kelly was right on trend with his winning collection.

The bright orange stand out was not far from his previous winning design, a blue ombre fringe ball gown with a low scoop back. Heidi Klum wore this fun and fresh gown on the red carpet. Sean Kelly was talked about for his fringe around the globe.

Limited Time Collection, Alexander Wang at H&M

Fashion designer Alexander Wang has an exclusive collection on sale at H&M. This partnership is the first designer collaboration done with H&M. The retail store hopes to have an annual designer collaboration making top name designers available to the general public.

Alexander Wang is a New York based designer who has rethought the way we think about urban dress. His collection at H&M brings active-wear to the club and functionally to everyday dress. In his H&M collection there are clothing and accessories available for both men and women.

Accessories in Your Veins

Graduate student Naomi Kizhner has created a series of accessories that connect to human veins. The accessory collection is the product of Kizhner’s senior thesis titled “Energy Addicts.”

The accessories are the suggested solution to solve a future of depleting resources where we must find alternative ways to harvest power. “The suggested solution to the dilemma is based on the idea of biological wealth, harvesting energy directly from the body. Using invasive gold & biopolymer devices that must be embedded into the surface of the skin, simple movements performed by the subconscious are fully utilized,” Kizhner said. Is this the way of the future?