By Roni Rabl “Fashion is dead!” Li Edelkoort, trend forecaster, has declared, describing the fashion industry as “a ridiculous and pathetic parody of what it has been”. Lee Edelkoort is one of the world’s most influential fashion forecasters today. The dezeen magazine describes the Edekoorts storm she fired at the industry during a lecture in Capetown in much wrath “This is the end of fashion as we know it”. Edelkoort’s fire is mainly directed towards the Cotoure Fashion as she remembers it, with precision in the attending to each garment. Haute Cotoure as it was is lamented. She claims today’s designers endlessly recycle trends from the past. Another firing squad was placed against the “perversion” of modern marketing. Everything is...
The best advice my mother ever gave me was “Work smart not hard.”Many pearls of wisdom have fallen from my mothers mouth, and as she likes to say, proof is in the pudding. I followed in her footsteps to a t. She is my favorite person in the world.
“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. We’re starting this week with Karin Biow from Muse’s Window. Q. What’s your favorite ice cream flavor? A. Favorite ice cream flavor…dark chocolate.Q. What’s your birth date? A. February 9th Q. What made you become a store owner?A, I’ve had many different careers, including being a high school teacher, but I’ve always wanted to be self-employed. My store began as an American handcraft gallery, and I only recently began selling clothing that is unusual, artistic and made only in Europe or America....
By Roni RablWhite is a Stunner, White is Fresh, White will always make customers walk into the store when shown in the window and on racks. White will always be a strong Spring cover and photo shoots.While using white as an invitation to walk into the store, you must make sure that you are covered with multi colored collections which will SELL.White will mostly sell as item pieces: shirts and pants mostly.Make sure there will always be a multitude of color & print to compliment the white.
