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14. Links à la Mode Feature
IFB Bloggers are from all over the world, different walks of life and ethnic backgrounds, varying ages and body types, etc. Your common thread? Perspective. You share your perspective on beauty; how you see and feel beauty. You inspire and give hope to others from your differences and individual perspective. Yes, I swear I am still talking about fashion.
This weeks links share perspective on dressing over 40, petite fashion, Summer on budget and not on budget, and incorporating heritage fashions while staying true to personal style. There are also a couple in depth posts reviewing the current ad campaign season, and a look into Ukraine’s fashion industry from the perspective of a designer.
… and for the sewing savvy {and not so savvy}, a DIY Caftan!
Links à la Mode, July 23
- Dress Code: High Fashion: The 10 Most Fashionable Summer Destinations 2015 & What to Wear There
- Elegantly Fashionable: How to Find Your Personal Style Being Petite
- Fashion Blender: How to Iron Pleats Please
- Fashion Muses: Power Colors | Red, Black, and Gold with Shirt Maxi Dress
- Lapazimageing Fashion Forward: Levi’s New Spokes Model
- Musings of a Fashion Designer: Flourishing Blurs by INAAYA
- My Fashion Slash Life: Summer Accessory Must-Have | Golden Tribal Goddess Necklace
- Purushu Arie: Everything You Need to Know About a Bespoke Tailored Suit
- Riva La Diva: The Perfect Summer Caftan Dress Tutorial
- Saccharine Soul: Tropical Trends
- Sassy Ethnic Bohemian: Shame Series | Is There Such a Thing as Too Black to Wear Makeup?
- She Got Her Own: Walking On Sunshine
- Splash of Teal: Styling Tips and Tricks Every Woman Should Know
- Style Curated: Q&A with Yasia Khomenko of RCR Khomenko
- Style Standpoint: 15 Summer Activities that are (Almost) Free
- Syana From Paris: On Ne Boude Pas Le Boubou
- The FABulous Journey: Seaside, Florida in a Fabulous Hi-Lo Maxi Dress
- The Wanderbliss: Chic Roots
- This Season’s Gold: Summer Breeze | Petite in Emerald Dress and Brown Fedora
- We Are Ready Made: A Family Affair
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Flourishing Blurs by INAAYA
While I am in Karachi on vacations, admist attending collection exhibitions and store openings, INAAYA‘s exhibit does come in for a refreshing change from all that. Inaaya’s Naushaba Brohi, prides in the use of craft within her collection. The basic notion of the brand lies on the fact that it elevates the use of craft within the contemporary arena.
What I liked about Brohi’s approach is the value she asserts towards these crafts is something that I, being a textile and a craft lover and enthusiast personally feel and resonate with. Infact one of my master’s project was based on tensions between craft and modernity, a fine balance that Naushaba brohi seems to have struck. Her latest venture, wherein she took accessories made under her brand INAAYA from stores within an art space is one such step in her efforts to do so. Kind of reminds me of Issey Miyake who tends to showcase his pieces within art spaces and as installation, apart from fashion shows, blurring those lines between how fashion should be presented.
Musings of a fashion designer 