Bravo's Castmembers of "Kell on Earth."

From red carpet dresses to your favorite summer T-shirt, and everything in between, we had a glimpse of it all within the walls of the  West Hollywood showroom of  People’s Revolution, located on Melrose Avenue, the sister office to their larger New York City headquarters. Style Seen Daily stopped by to get an up close and personal look at their designers, their offices and of course, they’re style.

Walking into the fashion filled room, there is an intensity you immediatley feel, although its also very relaxed and cool, it is somewhat intimidating, especially when you meet the once described “Snow White with Razors,” Partner Robyn Berkley, who you may be familiar with from the hit show on Bravo, “Kell on Earth,” which documents Robyn and Founder Kelly Cutrone throughout their world in the fast paced fashion and art scenes.  Once we spoke with Robyn, who was in fact lovely and nothing like a razor ridden cartoon, we were invited to take a look at their clients hottest styles for 2010, including dresses, t-shirts and sexy stilettos.

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LeAnn Rimes attends the 2010 CMT Awards in Nashville, Tenn. wearing Mara Hoffman.

Designer Mara Hoffman from New York  is inspired by her travels, nature and fantasy. Hoffman encompasses everything from party dresses, swimwear to cashmere coats. She launched her line in 2000 and her work is now a staple seen on the runways during New York fashion week.  This line is loved by the Kardashian girls and LeAnn Rimes,  offering attire great for the beach and red carpet events.  The inspiration creates a look that uses colors such as fushia, turquoise and tones of green making each item pop.  Items are made of silk and satin.  This collection also offers swimsuits that will make you stand out at any beach. The suits are accented with neon colors which will look great over your summer tan. A perfect item to wear vacationing at the beach or even to slip over your favorite Mara Hoffman suit.

Source:  The Independent

July 2010

They’re calling it the world’s biggest dressing-up box. Never before has such a vast collection of vintage clothing – in excess of 7,000 dresses, 6,000 pairs of shoes and 20,000 items of jewellery – been assembled in one place in Britain.

Yet this precious attire, from 70-year-old Dior couture to Biba dresses from the Sixties, will be sold in a field at a music festival. Instead of Wellingtons and striped ponchos, the dress code at West Sussex’s Vintage Festival will be seamed stockings and twinsets, kipper ties and winkle-pickers.

Festival veterans might point to the Lost Vagueness corner of Glastonbury where it became customary to cut a late-night sartorial dash in ballgowns and second-hand suits – but that was a style statement that came caked in mud. Vintage Festival will not do dirt. “It’s rare that a cool person wants to be grubby – there wouldn’t be a fashion and beauty industry if people enjoyed being filthy,” says the founder, Wayne Hemingway. “Wouldn’t it be great if you could just go to a festival and be how you’d be if you were going to a nightclub and didn’t have to feel dirty?”

Vintage will be a festival where the toilets are plumbed and have basins and mirrors “so that you can do your lippy”. Camping will come with ready-made beds and the option of breakfast brought to your tent. And the clothes stalls will have stylists on hand, alterations experts equipped with sewing machines and a home delivery service for any purchases.

“I’m already picking out my outfit, we are all so excited,” says Judy Berger, who is curating the Vintage Market Place, which will feature clothes from the Forties through to the Eighties. “I’m going to go to the on-site hairdresser every day and do a different decade, but starting on the Fifties because that’s my favourite.”

Berger has brought together specialist vintage vendors from around Britain, avoiding those who source stock from wholesalers. “The biggest challenge has been ensuring that all the traders are selling something different,” she said. “We’ve brought in people who scour flea markets and car-boot sales and who go to Paris, Italy and LA to find amazing vintage.”

Arrive in combat trousers and a T-shirt paying tribute to your drinking capacity and Hemingway will not be impressed. “I would be disappointed if people turned up in that at ours, I really would. I’m not interested in just creating another festival.”

Vintage is not a nostalgia fest and is targeted at under-25s as much as at those who actually remember wearing the styles of the Seventies and Eighties. The music and dress of Eighties artists, including Heaven 17 and Human League, will be celebrated by contemporary performers such as La Roux. “I like the idea that you can take from the past, enjoy the present and look to the future,” said Hemingway, who has planned the festival with his three older children, all in their early twenties.

Berger hopes the vintage clothing will appeal to younger buyers who want to incorporate the style of a previous era into their look. “There will be seasoned collectors but we want to attract young people as well,” she said. “You can get an amazing Seventies dress for £15 or a piece of fashion history from Dior for £300. You’re not walking into a high-street chain and buying something that everybody else has.”

Alongside clothes, there will be stalls selling vintage furnishings. “We have proper chandeliers coming,” said Berger. “Just yesterday I booked in a ‘kitchenalia’ store selling glassware and pottery and stuff for the home. They will be next to a stall that sells Sixties and Seventies movie posters.”

Berger has already bought a pair of Seventies roller-skates to wear at the festival’s Roller Disco, one of several music arenas dedicated to specific decades. Music will range from Sixties icons Sandie Shaw and Martha and the Vandellas to contemporary party hosts Horse Meat Disco.

According to Hemingway, the music industry’s problems began when it lost sight of its relationship with stylish dress. “When I was growing up, music and fashion went totally together,” he said, recalling his childhood love for the style of David Bowie and the close relationship between Acid House and the Red or Dead clothing label that he founded with his wife and business partner Gerardine.

He said the media has prevented British style movements emerging in the past 20 years by saturating new trends before they had a chance to develop. Britpop, he argued, did not have its own look. “Damon Albarn in a Harrington jacket and jeans is not a seminal moment in youth culture and you can’t picture how Brett Anderson in Suede dressed.”

The loss of album artwork to the culture of downloading has also cut the ties between music and style, he said, claiming that the Vintage Festival could play a role in reversing that trend. “The reason that music was of more value was because it was wrapped up in graphics, design and fashion,” he said. “I think there’s a business case for bringing that back together, where you go to an event and music and fashion are totally intertwined.”

Vintage Festival is at Goodwood, West Sussex, 13-15 August

Britney Spears fashion line can be found at Kohls.

Pop princess Britney Spears is back in the fashion world with her limited-edition fashion line from Candie’s that is now sold exclusely at Kohl’s.

The star speaks out about her inspiration for the new line saying,”this collection really represents my personal style. I took pieces from my Circus tour and pieces that I wear every day.”

Britney’s line offers a fresh look, its young, fun and flirty with summer dresses and funky jewelry  and we haven’t told you the best part just yet….

It’s affordable fashion.

Get the Spears style like a little black dress for $58.00 or a fun summer top for $38.00.

Click here to check out these looks in our Style Seen Daily showroom.

Source: New York Times: Fashion

Published: June 6, 2010

PARIS — A second high-style/low-price hook-up took place last week from the same source: Tokyo Fast Retailing, which is the umbrella company of the American brand Theory.

Olivier Theyskens, the Belgian designer known for a couture sensibility, has been tapped by Andrew Rosen, chief executive officer of Theory. In the spirit of the Jil Sander/Uniqlo collaboration — but at a middle-market price point — Mr. Theyskens is taking to Main Street an aesthetic that has formerly been seen at the Paris houses Nina Ricci and Rochas.

“I think it is a breakthrough for the next generation — it has to do with clothes that are not so preciously made, but made with great integrity,” said Mr. Rosen, who founded Theory in 1997 in partnership with Elie Tahari. “Today, you can’t just be good — you have to be great. I want to be proud of the clothes I make.”

Mr. Theyskens, 33, admits that he has had problems reconciling his haute design with the frustration that it was unapproachable to his own generation.

“For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion — you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff,” Mr. Theyskens said. It was a learning curve to work with Theory to make “a perfect modern look” and take responsibility for its development, he said.

The Theyskens capsule collection, which will be shown in New York in September for the Spring 2011 season, by appointment, will fill the barren middle ground between high street and high end. This is the territory that Mr. Rosen has explored with Theory, aiming for a no-fuss emphasis on wearable, well-made clothes.

“I think the space is very crowded and the idea is to find new ways to stimulate the customer,” said the executive, who met Mr. Theyskens by chance when he was launching a book in New York.

Eager shoppers have been teased with short-lived collections from major designers ever since Karl Lagerfeld partnered with H&M in 2004, setting off a slew of further collaborations from Comme des Garçons at H&M to the current Stella McCartney line for GapKids.

But if Theory succeeds in bringing designer clothing down to a reasonable price on a more permanent basis, it will help usher in what already seems like the dawn of a new 21st-century fashion era.