Students behind SCAD Fashion Show ready to rock runwayNews from Savannah Morning News: The tension was thick enough to cut with a knife. Savannah College of Art and Design fashion students were waiting to learn if they’d be chosen to show their work in the 2012 SCAD Fashion Show. Only the work of top graduating [...]

Fashion News: Jessica Simpson to design line for Destination MaternityNews from Los Angeles Times: Jessica Simpson is designing a line for Destination Maternity, which seems fitting because hers was one of the most watched celebrity pregnancies of the year (culminating in the birth of daughter Maxwell earlier this month). The line is scheduled to launch [...]

Designer who carved a special niche in the history of Irish fashionNews from Irish Times: Society » People » Obituaries » The Irish Times – Saturday, May 12, 2012 NEILLI MULCAHY : AS ONE of the best known names in Irish fashion in the 1950s and 1960s, Neillí Mulcahy, who has died aged 87, was a [...]

How Dowdy Amazon Can Walk the Fashion RunwayNews from Bloomberg: Illustration by Sam Island By Virginia Postrel Thu May 10 23:00:44 GMT 2012 About Virginia Postrel Virginia Postrel writes about commerce and culture, innovation, economics and public policy. Shes the author of “The Future and Its Enemies” and “The Substance of Style,” and is writing [...]

Fashion shows spotlight students’ designsNews from Dayton Daily News: By Meredith Moss, Staff Writer 7:50 PM Wednesday, May 9, 2012 The story goes that when Colin Denlinger came home from the first day of preschool and his mother asked how it went, he told her the teacher’s dress was ugly. Home videos show a little [...]

Nicole Richie’s fashion designs get Macy’s seal of approval as she signs deal …News from Daily Mail: By Olivia Fleming PUBLISHED: 11:41 EST, 9 May 2012 | UPDATED: 11:41 EST, 9 May 2012 Nicole Richie is joining Karl Lagerfeld, Alberta Ferretti and Matthew Williamson as the latest designer to collaborate with Macy’s on a limited-edition [...]

Emily Peters Launches Kickstarter Campaign To Fund Atelier E Fashion LineNews from Huffington Post: Moving from Wisconsin to Miami and from designing kick-ass geometric jewelry to industrially chic clothes, Emily Peters just launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund her debut fashion collection. With hints of 60s mod and plenty of play with lines and industrial [...]

Amazon Leaps Into High End of the Fashion PoolNews from New York Times: Matthew Ryan Williams for The New York Times Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive, says the company’s new effort is not about selling clothes at deep discounts but at prices that ensure “the designer brands are happy.” SEATTLE — Amazon is so serious [...]

Fashion Designer Launches Platform for Crowdsourced DesignNews from Mashable: The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Cut On Your Bias Quick Pitch: Vote on a range of [...]

‘Fashion Star’ episode 8 recap: ‘What’s Your Campaign?’News from Digital Spy: We said goodbye to Sarah Parrott in the last episode of Fashion Star, but with the numbers of designers dropping and just two weeks left until the finale, who’ll be sent home this week? It’s all about branding this time – the designers will [...]