AIMIU Fashion Show

Come out and support our wonderful local fresh talent at Funkshion Fashion Week's Miami International University of Art & Design fashion show: tomorrow @ 1pm. RSVP at FUNKSHION.

Thing of the Week

Gucci heel-bootie hybrid = the hotness

and ANOTHER one...

It too, sadly, is closing - the Washington Avenue boutique between 16th & 15th (near Dream) with all of the Funky Urban Klothing (FUK) tees. In any result, the last of the merchandise will be cleared out. Corporate stores will remain after this recession and we will continue to lose the best creative, personal fashion boutiques.

Thing of the Week

Dries Van Noten painterly pumps

Cheap & Chic

Where, oh where, have all the affordable, hip boutiques gone? And why the Hell did Purple Rain in Aventura close down (and why didn't I know about it so I could scoop up the merch?)??

I have never found a less interesting time to shop in Miami at the price level of upper-middle income. Commercial shops take over and all the selections are the SAME in every shop! When are some hip new entreps going to do something about it?

Something to Think About

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I am guilty of this too, but maybe we should ponder how much we actually need to support the big fashion houses who put on such grandiose shows and squander so much money just to continue an image intended to sell their much more affordable items - sunglasses, cologne, etc.
The next time you covet a Birkin or some piece of LV luggage, think to yourself is there something else just as hot for just $1,000 or even $1,500 or less?

Millions of people around the world don't have a bite of food or even a pair of shoes for that matter. We can do high fashion without high expenditures, grandiose and over-the-top budgets, and waste-waste-waste.

Katoucha

African supermodel and activist Katoucha was just found dead in the river Seine, Paris. She had been missing for about a month, having last been seen leaving a party. Her handbag was found near the entrance of her houseboat. Foul play isn't suspected, it seems it may have been an accidental fall.