Let me try to analyze this quote by Osho in relation with Fashion & Body Image. Fashion's relationship with body diversity has always been fraught, says Jenny MacQuaile. In recent years, while consumers are calling for a wider size range on the runway & in stores, there are brands & publications who are reluctant to follow this request. Models are still pressured to lose weight & Parsons professors are lamenting the lack of attention given to designing for larger bodies. This is where I enter this argument. Personally, I feel that this kind of "Liberating" the curvier women & showing them on or off the runway, with lacy mini garments, or overexposing styles, is not doing women in general any...
Talking to many of you this past season I realized that there are different ways you are all pricing your goods. Here is what I learned from working with all of you in the past few years: * Keystone is dead. Nothing should be marked up times 2. * 2.2 is the absolute minimum markup any retailer should use. * Find those accessories that are inexpensive but look great and mark them up high. * Pricing should be "custom" these days, not a standard formula of "one size fits all". Each style should be looked at personally and evaluated. Some can be priced at 2.2 plus $5.00. Some can be priced at 2.5. It makes a big difference in our...
Spring Summer 2017 shows are here, and the Roni Rab team is happy to report the following HOT trends to make you the coolest fashionista this summer!
* On the Spot!
Alembika Spring Summer 2017
* Hilarious Multi Mixes.
Art Point
* Folk Songs.
Alembika Spring Summer 2017
* Tartan Check.
* Subtle Ruffle.
Alembika Spring Summer 2017
* Net & Track!
Art Point
* Techno Tek.
Alembika
* Some like it striped!
* Manipulated Fabrics - clever dying
Boheme Spring Summer 2017
* Endless Flowers
Boheme Spring Summer 2017
By Roni Rabl In the 1920 & 1930, with the burgeoning movement for equal rights & new opportunities for women, Fashion too made a drastic leap. From Hemlines, to values and attitudes. This was also the era when Morality was gradually less overrated. Hemlines were a big issue and vast change in the ability of women to move easier, get jobs and be a part of active society. What is the reason that today’s fashion brings back long hemlines? Though bodies of garments are now very comfortable, following the woman’s body instead of chocking it with a corset, we see a multitude of the lingerie look. Alembika It seems that while covering up there is a deep need to show...
Fashion Market Week is just around the corner with exciting lines and styles for Spring Summer 2016. In honor of the event, we bring you here a collection of short interviews with our key designers and brands, to give you first hand, their forecast of Spring Summer 2016. Today we are spotlighting the lovely Raimonda from Grizas. Roni Rabl. What is your favorite color ? Raimonda: “My favorite colors are the ones which are related to nature. Mostly the colors of the earth.” Roni Rabl: What was your vision and where did you take your inspiration for Spring 2016 collection? Raimonda: "I took my inspiration for Spring 2016 collection from nature, sea and mountains. These beautiful things are my muses.“...
