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Designer Spotlight - Revital Vidal of Lauren Vidal

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. First is Revital Vidal, from Lauren Vidal, a name that has been dressing the modern day woman for over 24 years, with a style that mixes character with creativity. Revital Vidal - Lauren Vidal Roni Rabl. What is your favorite color ? Revital Vidal: “My favorite color is White. It is an immaculate tone, a background canvas on which all colors can be articulated and merged. White brightens up any wardrobe.” Revital...

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Store Spotlight - Mirage Boutique

“Store Spotlight” is a mini project we work on here in Roni Rabl where we showcase our stores and their owners, with the goal in mind to learn and share about how to make a fashion store successful. And today we’re featuring Barbara, from Mirage Boutique.Q. What’s your favorite ice cream flavor?A. Rocky Road is my favorite flavor ice cream.Q. What’s your birth date? A. April 16 Q. What made you become a store owner?A. I always wanted a small business, I thought I wanted a Patisserie (back in the 90’s- I even learned how to make Gelato!!) but upon coming kicking and screaming to Florida in 2002 (can you tell it was not my idea!?), we purchased a small...

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Shoes, Shoes, Shoes...

By Roni Rabl The most addictive accessory from ancient history to Imelda Marcus with her collection of 1060 shoes.Throughout the centuries and across cultures footwear symbolized Social Status, Supremacy & Privilege. Shoes are commodities & collectibles - objects of desire. Today a pair of shoes by Jimmy Choo or Prada is a more coveted possession than most items of clothing. Fashion has constantly borrowed from subcultures including the Fetish realm, to push boundaries. Shoes equal Sex.Sexy can also be most uncomfortable. Our Japanese designers at Ji-U have fused function and Art through traditional craftsmanship & technological innovation, to create exceptionally beautiful shoes, never loosing sight of achieving comfort.

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Store Spotlight - DIG

“Store Spotlight” is a mini project we work on here in Roni Rabl where we showcase our stores and their owners, with the goal in mind to learn and share about how to make a fashion store successful. And today we’re featuring Daisy from DIGQ. What’s your favorite ice cream flavor?A. CoffeeQ. What’s your birth date? A. May 5thQ. What made you become a store owner?A. I fell into being a store owner. I was a stylist but I had a baby and couldn’t take the hours anymore. My parents have stores and they helped me get started. Q. What is the most important tip you can give someone who is about to open a store?A. Best tip my mom...

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Store Spotlight - Istina

“Store Spotlight” is a mini project we work on here in Roni Rabl where we showcase our stores and their owners, with the goal in mind to learn and share about how to make a fashion store successful. And today we’re featuring Seattle’s Istina Q. What’s your favorite ice cream flavor? A. Favorite ice cream was Ben and Jerry’s Banana and Peanut Butter (when I still ate ice cream). Q. What’s your birth date? A. February 21st. Q. What made you become a store owner? A. Freedom. I come from an Interior Design/Textile Design background and was doing high stress transportation design (767 and 747 airplanes) and needed a more creative outlet. After 25 years at the store, it still...

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