Hair New Era

 Sporting a dress/skirt from a curvy girl line called, Jibri.

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Love Love LOVE Jordi Labanda notebooks. Received my first one as a gift from my grandmother. A nice play on the regular notebook. Thick plastic or cardboard cover, illustration and the pages inside were lined with the colors pink, green, blue and black. Today I came across MORE Jordi Labanda notebooks at FedEx and also discovered they can be found at Target. (My only peeve is the need for more women of color and also ceasing to draw the small amount of women of color with afro's all the time.)



Labanda is a male designer with a love for designing contemporary women. Visit the site here  website



For the holidays, if you're buying for the writer in your family or group of friends, surprise them with a Labanda notebook or of course the old tried-and-true Moleskine. Moleskines can be found at mostly all bookstores, both big and small. They have daily planners, small pocket books to hold small things such as receipts, open notebooks, music writing notebooks, journalist layouts, regular layouts and a lot more.

Try it and see the response, trust me, you cant go wrong.

"August 12th marks the US release of Scott Schuman’s long awaited book, The Sartorialist, which follows the same format as his acclaimed website (The Sartorialist). The book will be printed through Penguin, with both a paperback version, and limited edition hardcover making itself available to select book sellers. Along with the book launch, Schuman will be going on a book signing tour as well as opening up SartoriaLUST pop-up shops, and various other events surrounding the launch of the book. A worldwide roll-out can be expected in early September. Participating book sellers include: Amazon (US, UK, FR), Barnes and Noble, Borders via hypebeast"

Los Angeles residents, make sure to pick up a copy of this month's issue to read my write up on jewelry designer, Jamie Wolf & 1/3 owner, Odessa Whitmire for Some Odd Rubies on 3rd street in LA

Visit www.chaos-mag.com to check out my interview with creator & designer, Kafka about her experimental fashion line, RESET COUTURE

Book Soup, located on Sunset (8818) in West Hollywood is the only book store you'll ever need when looking ans searching from everything from moleskine notebooks, tabloid magazines and coffee table page candy.

Imagine entering into a world where creativity and art reign supreme and the notion of a nine-to-five was but a mere fragment of the imagination. As far-fetched as this may seem to some, for world renown designer, Karl Lagerfeld, the world described is only a fraction of the reality in which he lives everyday. Karl Lagerfeld, design director of one of the world's most infamous clothing lines, Chanel and head/creative director of his self-titled clothing line, the question then becomes not how but when does he find time to do it all?

When speaking of the name, Karl Lagerfeld, one must know the level of prestige and accomplishment that stem from such an utterance. At the age of seventeen, his award-winning coat design was put into production by BALMAIN, and only three years later was named art director of fashion line, PATOU. Soon thereafter Lagerfeld found himself working as a freelance designer with contributions showing under names such as Chloe', Krizia, Valentino, Fendi and shoe designer Charles Jourdan. Since his appointment in 1983 as design director for Chanel, Lagerfeld's yearly re-innovations of the ever-so-classic tweed Chanel suit are only a part of his precisely executed garment collections. With a portfolio as extensive as his, the name alone causes thoughts of wearable style and sophistication. As a leader within the always expanding fashion world, Lagerfeld's ability to mix different elements of everyday life, finding the common-place between high-luxury and low-necessity is what sets him apart from and above the masses.

Although, Lagerfeld's love-of-life and creating within fashion is widely known, his ability to "show" reaches far beyond rejuvenated skirt-suits and iconic chain-link bags. In spring of 2008, guests of Chanel's couture fashion show were welcomed by a larger-than-life replica of the classic Chanel tweed jacket as the centerpiece of a circular runway. And if that's not enough, the infamous merry-go-round set from Chanel's Fall 2008 show in Paris opened every one's eyes to the boundless artistic ability which reached far-beyond the presentation of a collection of clothes. While most artists will confirm there is nothing ordinary about 'creating', judging from his extensive portfolio, I would assume Karl Lagerfeld's approach to such a notion would be quite the contrary.