While I’m still trying to recover  from New York City’s Mercedes Benz-Fashion Week, fashionistas and style casters have already flocked to Italy for Milan Fashion Week.  Janet Jackson is among the superstars in Milan to see the stellar shows.
In this photo, Janet was seated in the front row for the Versace show on Friday, September 25.  According to the U.K. Telegraph, the Versace show “brought sexy back” with a spring/summer 2010 collection accented by fluorescent colors, psychedelic prints, leather, chain-mail, cleavage and corsets.
After the tragic loss of her brother, Michael, and the prolonged media coverage of his death, it’s nice …read more

The Third Annual Independent Handbag Designer Awards were announced earlier this week in New York City.  I couldn’t attend, but I’d like to congratulate the winners and spotlight Brazilian designer Alice Tapajos for Zibba, winner for “Best Handbag in Overall Style and Design.”  Her bags are like buttah, and I love her classic, chic design style.

 
The 55-year-old designer has worked in fashion since 1974 and her bags are sold in her native Rio de Janiero (one of my favorite cities in by the way).  
“I believe that fashion is an instrument that socializes and indicates the options of groups of …read more