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Showing posts with label Tyra Banks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tyra Banks. Show all posts

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Mercedes-Benz NYC Fashion Week in full swing

... Turns Up the Volume !

Spring 2013 feels like “a statement season.”

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PROENZA SCHOULER
The real-people-in-the-pool print on Proenza Schouler’s catwalk Wednesday night probably took some fashion insiders — who don’t expect that much newness during these previews — by surprise. The collection by Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough started off by advancing some trends seen for spring, including leather, patchwork, some perforated and mesh textures. The leather was a little shinier, the patchwork a little more random and the textures a little more exaggerated, but, still, they fell in line. The Proenza Schouler duo also offered skirt suits galore, but they weren’t trim and tailored; jackets were collarless and covered in snakeskin, and the skirts were slung low on the hips. But the digital-print satin dresses decorated with neon nailheads on the tops and grommets on the bottom that served as the finale were only as Proenza Schouler can do, and showed why they are considered one of New York’s bellwethers for fashion’s future. The Proenza Schouler styles were a little out there, but it’s where so many others will be..... Read more.

Monday, June 11, 2012

Tyra Banks, ‘America’s Next Top Model’ hires BRYANBOY

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  • Tyra Banks introduces the  fashion blogger  to TV
  • The CW network show has a new cast. Rob Evans, a model and Johnny Wujek, Katy Perry’s stylist.
Tyra Banks new kid on the block, Bryan Grey Yambao, is more commonly known as Bryanboy, will join the cast of America’s Next Top Model. The 31-year-old fashion blogger, who launched his site in 2004, wrote on his Facebook this morning about his new America’s Next Top Model gig: ‘Excited with my new role on cycle 19 of America’s Next Top Model’. Although the CW network is yet to confirm how the fashion blogger, who  lived in the Philippines, will be involved, he has already relocated to Los Angeles in order to film the CW network reality series created by model Tyra Banks. He posted a photograph of his new Los Angeles apartment on Twitter yesterday. The new signing follows news that Tyra Banks, 38, dumped the show’s previous judges, fashion photographer Nigel Barker, runway coach J. Alexander and make-up artist Jay Manuel, last month. Tyra Banks told Access Hollywood: ‘We reached a point, where we feel the CW network show needs a new boost.’ While many TV stars, such as Brooke Bourke and Katherine Heigl, have turned to blogging after building successful careers, it is the first time a fashion blogger will become a TV star. His appointment had been hinted at for months. Mr Grey Yambao, who was raised in Manila, declined an interview with The Observer in February because he was not able to participate in any ‘profiles pending a project Read more…

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Black Models are in Fashion, it seems!

The Top Black Models in Fashion

Iman, Naomi Campbell and Tyra Banks have paved the way for ethnic models in fashion. While fair-skinned models flood the runways, these dark-skinned beauties prove that true beauty and talent transcends. Check out our list of the top black models in fashion!