Colony South Conference Center (April 6, 2008) Demour Inc proudly presents its 3rd Annual Fashion Clash Fashion Show: The Fiercest Show Ever!

Hosted by Ra-Ra

With show performances by Ellis Uniques, Rayshun LaMarr, Champion Era, Afficial & Flex Mathews to guest appearances by the fashion & music industry's leading moguls, you can not slow down the inevitable fashion
heart attack.

Fashion Clash will acknowledge the Hungry for Music charity based in Washington, D.C. by donating a portion of the night's proceeds.

The showcase includes designs by Diallo, Alek Risimnic Couture, Earle Bannister and Christian Anthony's designer J.W. Moore with the UCME Edition line. This line comes from the creative minds of St. Lunatic's very own
Kyjaun and Murphy Lee.

Advance Tickets are on sale NOW @ www.demourinc.com or can be purchased in person March 22, 23rd, and 30th at IMEG Studios located at 15873 Commerce Court , Upper Marlboro, MD 2077 from 2pm to 4pm on each day. Ticket price is $20.00 general and $40.00 for VIP seating

For more information on Fashion Clash, its sponsors or the capabilities of Demour Inc, visit www.demourinc.com. For more information about Hungry for Music please visit www.hungryformusic.com. Feel free to email
us at fashion@demourinc.com or 1-800-900-7501 for more details.

Bruce Darnell (born July 19, 1957) is an American model and choreographer based in Germany.

 

Darnell was born in New York City and grew up in Colorado. After studying sociology, he enlisted in the US Army and served six years as a paratrooper. In 1983 he began his career as a model in Germany. During the following years he modeled for Kenzo, Issey Miyake, Hermès and Calvin Klein in Paris, Milan, Tokyo and New York. Darnell has also worked since 1990 as a choreographer and coached models for the catwalk.

He attained public fame in Germany when he took part in 2006 in the ProSieben show Germany's Next Topmodel as a juror. In connection with advertisement for this show he became famous for his typically American accent and his effeminacy.

He has appeared in television advertisements for C&A and O2. He will host his own fashion-themed television show, called Bruce, on ARD starting 12 February 2008.

Source: Wikipedia

Darnell puts models through paces

 

The hip hop jewelry market is filled with fly by night companies, shady start ups and even scammers. In a business like fashion jewelry, honesty and a true dedication to customer service is rare. For nearly 10 years now, hiphopbling.com has remained a leader in the industry, providing great products and excellent service. They are one of the largest online retailers and wholesalers of hip hop jewelry.

Over the years, hip hop bling has grown to offer over 1400 products. The site is known for innovation and new trends. Often times you’ll find the latest trends at this site, then copied by all the other hip hop jewelry websites on the internet. Many years ago, hip hop bling custom created the first mass produced spinner pendant, and it was based off of the lowenhart LD1 rim with a spinner piece on top. At the time, no one carried anything like it so the product took off. About a year later, spinners were all over the place and even in the mainstream such as 50 cent’s G-unit spinner.

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By Abigail Knowles Wolfe

Aging is one of those things that strikes fear into the hearts of women of all ethnicities. The prevalence and availability of botox and restylane® injections for women concerned with fine lines and wrinkles they fear age them reflects many women’s growing worries. Even women in their early twenties worry about prolonging a youthful appearance nowadays!

There are many contributing factors to the aging process including diet, exercise, lifestyle, sun-exposure and genetics. Two of the worst contributing factors to skin damage are the sun and smoking. Smoking produces free radicals which are defined as formerly healthy oxygen molecules now overactive and unstable. Smokers age themselves a great deal with this negative lifestyle choice.

Sun exposure doesn’t tend to be as big of an issue for African American women who practice smarter sun protection than lighter skinned Asians, Hispanics and Anglos who may use a sun tan as a “glamorizer.” While sun damage, often referred to as “photoaging,” may not be visible to those who tan in their twenties and thirties it can be viewed under a microscope already physically damaging skin fibers called elastin. When elastin breaks down skin sags and stretches, losing its ability to heal, repair itself and essentially bounce back.

Skin naturally thins with age however the melanin present in brown skin provides a natural barrier from the sun in African American women, meaning fewer signs of aging and less damage. This is why African American women often appear younger than Caucasian women of the same age. Furthermore the natural changes that do occur as African American skin ages are delayed so that they occur at much later stages of life than many other ethnicities. No wonder African American women are recognized for having such beautiful skin! To keep skin beautiful a healthy diet, enough exercise, proper sleep habits and a good skin care regime are a necessity for looking and feeling beautiful every day.

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By ZIA

It’s no secret that many men who are fashion gurus – whether from their products or their designs, to even their bodies that grace many magazine pages – are always given that raised eyebrow, pushed out mouth and “the look” that needs no explanation. A “you know he funny, right?” or “Long time he pon de odder side”, may occasionally follow.

It’s also no secret that on many occasions the predictions do turn out to be true. But on the other hand, for many male models in the industry, nothing could be further from the truth.

 

A real runway couple

During Calvin Southwell’s holiday collection debut last month, I was able to chit chat with a number of models whom I’d seen in many fashion magazines.

I won’t lie, I did enjoy the swimwear segment, and the open-buttoned shirts that revealed some really nice sets of six and eight packs, nicely oiled I might add to. Let’s just say that many of us women that evening got a healthy heaping of eye candy from the international male models, including Bobby Roache whom many of you watched in Beyonce’s Irreplaceable video.

Hold on a second ladies, there was no chance to flirt with the hottie, as he’s very much taken, and by an equally hot person too. So guys, even though some of you may have come to the fashion show to get a glimpse of America’s Next Top Model finalist Jade, she’s taken; and sorry ladies, Bobby is her man.

Wondering if their relationship will last? Wondering how they make it work? Wondering if they really have chemistry?

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MISSOURI CITY, Texas (Black- News.com)-Introducing SAGG(TM) Jean Co. Hip-Hop Urban Clothing, a new African- American owned apparel company is helping set the standard while making important inroads in the controversy surrounding the sagging fashion phenomenon.

With fashion industry conforming standards in mind as well as combining cool styles, and the company's deep concern for the X and Y generations, SAGG(TM) Clothing was created.

By Aaron Mark

The scene resembled an "American Idol" audition. The panel waited to judge the contestants as they entered individually. In a neighboring room, the students were asked to wait as they were given application forms with questions about their interest in modeling.

Fashion At Morgan (FAM), Morgan State University's fashion design and merchandising club, was conducting a male model search at the Student Center. From 6:30 p.m. until 9 p.m., Theodore Powell, the president, and three other members of the fashion club, seated themselves behind a table judging contestants in an otherwise empty room.

Dropping trou for a slot in the Duckie Brown fashion show

by Lynn Yaeger

It's exactly seven days before the beginning of Fashion Week, and just inside the door of the Duckie Brown showroom on Mercer Street, a gaggle of maybe 20 young men, uniformly clad in ratty jeans and shredded tees, are sitting around, waiting for their close-ups. At first, they seem like normal, nice college boys—but examine them more closely and you'll see that each face has something incredible to recommend it: Either it's dauntingly chiseled with cut-steel cheekbones, or there are piercing aqua eyes and a wicked stubble, or a complexion creamy as milk glass. Though there's not a stray ounce of body fat to be seen, there are also no obvious examples of manorexia—the skinny guys just seem like skinny guys, not desperately ill fashion victims.

"There's the show you dream of, and then there's the show you end up with. You've got to be willing to be surprised," says Daniel Silver, waxing philosophical on the daunting chore of casting the guys who'll walk in his runway show.

Tailored cuts, narrow lapels, two-button jackets. This season, suits are making a statement.

By Christopher Muther

When the Click Five opted to base its look on suits and ties rather than jeans and T-shirts, they followed a long line of besuited rockers -- from the Beatles to the Hives -- who've borrowed a buttoned-down corporate look and adapted it into a symbol of rebellion.

"Anybody can rip up a pair of jeans," says Esquire fashion director Nick Sullivan. "Sometimes the best way to show off your maverick style is to wear a tie."

NEW YORK (AFP) — Young designers hoping to elbow their way to the top will get their chance to shine during New York's fashion week, with the spring-summer 2008 collections set to be unveiled here.

This fall's fashion week coincides with professional tennis' US Open tournament, and has already given tennis stars and fashionistas food for thought.

World number one Roger Federer was the guest of honor at a dinner hosted by Vogue magazine's, Anna Wintour, said to be the inspiration for the tyrannical editor played by Meryl Streep in the film "The Devil Wears Prada."

by Gregory Burnett

"Transcategory migration."

That's a term that sounds like it belongs on a National Geographic special, right? But for J.B. Dunn, a buyer at Kilgore Trout in Woodmere, it's a trend in men's fashions, one that means to man up, drop the formality and wear that classic black blazer with a favorite pair of dark jeans.

"By mixing and matching this way, men will get more for their money," said Dunn.

The stodgy wingtips your dad wore have been updated to look leaner and more contemporary. A twist? You don't have to wear them with a suit.

Although Maurice Christopher, owner of Christophier on Clifton on Cleveland's West Side, likes the new twists on formality, he cautions men not to wander too far from tradition.

"If a person goes into his closet and puts on a suit coat with a pair of jeans, it doesn't always work," he said. "It's a suit. It has a connotation that defines its use."

Some little boys just can’t stay away from grandma’s Singer sewing machine. While the other kids in Southeast Oak Cliff were playing football, Larry Stewart was ripping the seams out of old dresses and tearing up bed sheets. As a freshman, Stewart marched into Thomas Jefferson High School wearing a green-and-ivory pair of baggy parachute pants that would have made MC Hammer jealous.

Maybe his sense of fashion was hereditary. His grandmother, Marlene V. Turner, ran Hurley Bell’s — one of the first bridal shops in Dallas tailored specifically for African-American women.

Levi's Targets Gay, Straight Consumers With Alt Endings

By Andrew Hampp

A spot from the jeans maker features a young, attractive male in his second-floor apartment slipping on his Levi's. The motion of yanking up his pants inexplicably causes the street below his apartment to get pulled up as well, crashing through his floor and bringing with it an equally attractive female in a telephone booth. In the end, the guy gets the girl. But if you watch the ad on Logo, MTV's gay cable network in more than 27 million homes, the same guy with the magic jeans is greeted by a fetching blond gentleman, and the two of them run off together in the same manner as their heterosexual counterparts.

While it's not the first time a marketer has pulled a two-for-one for the gay audience -- Orbitz executed a similar feat in 2003 for a pair of ads with marionettes -- the Levi's campaign represents what Logo President Brian Graden said is a first in his network's three-year history. The spots made their debuts on Logo two weeks ago, and will roll out on other lifestyle cable networks later in the season.

(BLACK PR WIRE) If Sister Sledge were to remake their song “He’s the Greatest Dancer,” they might need to rework the lyrics to say, “Halston, Gucci, Fiorucci, Robinson.” While Patrick Robinson doesn’t yet have the worldwide recognition of the former designers, he is quickly moving up the ranks of the fashion industry and into America’s dressing rooms.

Robinson has created his own line of Greek-inspired women’s fashion and accessories for the Target Corporation as part of Target’s GO International Flights of Fashion series, where he is the first African American designer to be featured. The series is a limited-edition line of affordable fashions created by world-renowned designers, with each designer’s collection in stores for 60-90 days. Robinson’s collection of skirts, dresses, tops, pants, shorts, swimwear, handbags and hats is currently on display at target.com/go. The collection will be available at Target through mid-July.

by Nashauna Drummond

With Summer temperatures reaching unbearabl keeping cool now takes some effort. However, in an attempt to beat the heat, fashion does not have to be sacrificed for comfort. Go for cool casuals; shorts, merinos, sleeveless Tees and sandals, the way to allow your body to breathe. So whatever you do to beat the heat, you can do it in style.

Flair found some cool, stylish, great quality pieces at excellent prices. Ammars in Sovereign centre has a wide variety of all you need to beat the heat this summer.

Models: Pulse Models Kirk Drady and Glenroy Smith

Outfits and slippers courtesy of: Ammars Shop #3 Sovereign Centre 106 Hope Road.

FashionSchoolReview.com, a Web site offering fashion industry news and design career information, notes an increase in interest in men's fashion in its recent article "Style Savvy Men Spur New Fashion Careers." According to the article, careers in menswear design have become more interesting as today's men are more adventurous in their clothing choices.

New looks range from classic and elegant, featuring cashmere cardigans, tapered trousers, and blazers with slim lapels, to iridescent jackets worn over bare chests and silk kerchiefs tied about the neck. Jumpsuits for men also made their appearance in recent designers' shows. FashionSchoolReview.com claims that fashion-forward men who wish to differentiate themselves from their casual t-shirt-and-jeans brethren create a larger market and more interesting career choices for menswear designers

Hugo Boss shop to be world's biggest in expanding Bloor store

by David Livingstone

On my way to a preview of fall trends at the Harry Rosen offices, I ran into Jeff Farbstein, Rosen's go-to guy for fashion opinion (but called, in more traditional corporate style, vice-president, general merchandise manager).

Over the years, as menswear grew into men's fashion, Rosen has allowed its corporate authority to overshadow its fashion leadership. They've played down edge and promoted quality and consistency. But as Farbstein eagerly takes you to the lower level of the Bloor St. store, pushes open a door marked "Construction Entrance" and points to a vast space that will soon turn into the biggest Hugo Boss store-within-a-store in the world, the air crackles with shopping thrills to come. And that's only phase one of the major expansion of the Rosen flagship, which by fall 2009 will grow to 55,000 square feet and brims with the promise of full-tilt renaissance.

By Ellen Warren

It's as obvious as the nose on his face. Or, at least as obvious as the eyeglasses perched on that nose: The guy needs an intervention.

What is it about men and their eyeglasses? Why do they think they're not allowed to get new ones until the old ones disintegrate?

"They want them to last forever," said optometrist Fernando Mosqueda

By Michelle Zhang

When a woman passes a store, any store, anywhere, and sees something nice in the window, she will go inside and buy it. Impulse shopping. A man is different. Knowing his style and what he already has in his wardrobe, he tends to shop at the same store. "Fidelity" is his word.

Lorenzo Della Croce, director and general manager of Pal Zileri in the Asia-Pacific region, hopes that more and more Chinese men will come to the stores of the Italian men's wear fashion house, find out about it and start to appreciate the brand's discreet, elegant style-building fidelity.

The audacity of hope -- and a good suit

by Richard Torregrossa

One question that will not be asked but should be inserted into Monday night's Democratic debate is, "Clothes make the man, but can clothes make a president?"

David Letterman and Halle Berry think so.

Sen. Barack Obama's appearance in April on "The Late Show" sparked an uncharacteristically sincere compliment from the wry talk-show host. "This is a tremendous suit you have on. That is a very electable suit," said Letterman, surveying Obama's attire admiringly.

Berry, who followed Obama in the guest queue, agreed. "I like his suit," she said. "I'd vote for his suit, too."