New Designers

When you think of fallout boy , what words come to mind? Probably something along the lines of , ROCKSTARS , great music , and etc but surely fashion designer doesnt come to mind. Well think again ,the fashion industry has a new designer , Pete Wentz. His new line is called Clandestine Industries (for DKNY Jeans) which has come out earlier this month. His line is chic and afordable with prices ranging around $40-250 for tops and bottoms. Another unexpected designer is , the Girls Gone Wild company. Do i really have to say more? The line is pretty much just tiny t-shirts , underwear and stilletos. Well i really dont expect more from a company whose tag line is , "when clothing isnt optional." So my advice is if you dont want to look like a cheap hooker then your better of with Pete Wentz.

You can view his line here:http://www.dknyjeanspromo.com/clandestineindustries/

The Louis Vuitton Tribute Patchwork Bag

When you think of a bag , do you expect it to be worth more then your car? Louis Vuitton seems to think so. His newest creation is the "The Louis Vuitton Tribute Patchwork Bag." The bag costs about $42,000! For $42,000 i expect that bag to have diamonds or even gold on it. i mean i guarantee that theyve already started reproducing it undergroud and will be sold on every corner of the city in a matter of a few weeks for $20. The bag is made of recycled patterns from 15 different past styles. Not only does it cost so much , but its pretty damn ugly. This bag belongs in a thrift store and should be worth about $5 at most. Just because its hideous doesnt mean that every celebrity and socialite wont be carrying it around until the next hideous bag comes out. The thing that bothers me the most is that instead of spending all the money on a ridiculous bag , that will be thrown into the back of a closet anyway , why not donate the money to charity , at least then you can write it off on taxes.

Kate Moss designs for Topshop

We’ve been through it all, actors turned singers, singers turned models, singers turned fashion designers and the newest trend of all, models turned designers. Kate Moss has launched her clothing line that will be in Barney’s stores nationwide. I know what you’re thinking this is either a stupid joke, or if I'm not joking this is going to be a disaster. I mean we are talking about the ex cocaine addict who got dropped from most of her endorsements after pictures of her sniffing a white powder leaked on the internet. Surprisingly I've seen all the clothes and they look more then decent. The prices are also affordable ranging from $20 - $300. The collection varies from dresses, to pants to more casual attire it has clothes for just about anyone, well anyone that wears smaller then a size 10 that is.

check out her clothing line : http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=19551&storeId=12556&categoryId=75401&parent_category_rn=74921&langId=-1&top=Y

Something to think about

When you step into Abercrombie & Fitch and you pick up a pair of jeans , do you ever wonder where the jeans came from or who made them , I'm 100% sure you don’t. What if I told you that the $100 pair of jeans that u just picked out were made by Saipan workers that made less then $3.00 an hour? Thousands of Chinese migrant workers were paid $7,000 to come to America and work for Abercrombie on the promise of getting a good job and getting paid well. When they got to America they became indentured servants that had to repay that debt by sewing clothes 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. Many were forced to sign contracts forbidding them from participating in religious or political activity, asking for a raise, falling in love, getting married or having a baby.

The workers lived under Chinese law in a territory of the United States, where they lived in rat-infested barracks where the toilets did not work and water was contaminated. There were over 1000 OSHA violations that were found in the factory including, locked fire exits. Also consider this the company made $1.2 billion this year alone and profits equaled to $158 million and the wage of a worker in Saipan is less then $3.00 an hour which they don’t keep anyway. Maybe they should write on the label that the clothes were in fact not made in America and made by people forced to be slaves, because kids buying these clothes are not aware under the conditions that they were made. So next time you walk into Abercrombie just consider the conditions under which people have to work to produce that sweater or that pair or jeans and by buying it you’re being just as guilty as the CEO Michael S. Jeffries.

Is it really worth it?

If you live in New York, you see it everywhere and I mean EVERYWHERE. No I'm not talking about homeless people or taxis; I’m talking about the Louis Vuitton Speedy bag. My personal favorite, 1 out of every 4 women are walking the streets of New York with this bag and I can guarantee that out of those 4 women only 1 is carrying the real thing. Louis Vuitton is one of the most replicated bags in Canal Street. Why cough up $700, if you can pay $20 for an “almost exact” copy? Considering that it is uses branding, Louis Vuitton is considered one of the best but poorly imitated. It is an ultra-luxury holding company which includes companies and brands such as, Dom Prignon, Veuve Clicquot, Tag Huer, Marc Jacobs, Fendi, and Kenzo among many others.
Believe me I understand not everyone can afford one of these bags, but why fake it? Buy a bag from Target for $20 instead, since the fake bag youre holding was illegally sold to you and illegally made and the real company doesn’t make any money from you buying this bag. Then again I can probably answer that question myself, for most people that have the real thing its about the quality its about the envy from others , the feeling of success and accomplishment and the people that have the fake it’s about the envy you get from others that don’t know you bought the bag off Canal Street.