People In The Community You Should Know: Xiomara Arroyo Shoe Designer for Xiomara Lisette Who are you? I’m a shoe designer. What do you do in real life? A wife and mother of two beautiful daughters. What do you like most about what you do? I love that I can design from anywhere. I also [...]
New York Fashion Week Spring 2012 is currently the talk of the fashion world. Bright color, patterns and striking silhouettes are storming the runways from Jason Wu, Herve Leger, Oscar de la Renta and Zac Posen. Our 411 team is currently in New York covering all the shows they can oggle. this is just a [...]
Congrats to Tracy Wilson Mourning, who was nominated as Beauty for Real’s Beauty Heroine for the month of September for her vision as the founder of the Honey Shine Mentoring Program. As part of the campaign, 25 percent of online sales from Mourning’s favorite product, the See the Light! Illuminating Lip Gloss in Sunlight, will [...]
Every woman needs a little sexy dress that she can whip out at a moment’s notice. We all have a black dress that fits the bill, but this year’s Resort 2012 Runway is showing something very different. Designers have updated that little black dress with pizazz – some have painted it red with checks, while [...]
Recently, contemporary showplace, Artefacto, the Brazilian based avant-garde design and extravagant garden store, opened a North Miami branch in Aventura. Well-known designers created superb displays for their opening night event. Top super-models, strutted their bikinied bodies (Zingara bathing-wear), around the vast 40,000’ showroom, while VIP guests feasted on hors-d’oeuvres by Botega and enjoyed Champagne and [...]
We love the flatform! A must-have funky summer trend that is so cool. A flatform is a hybrid of a platform and a flat, so you get a little lift in an un-traditional way. Designers from Derek Lam to Prada to Chanel have come out with their own fabulous version. Wear these with your favorite [...]
In Your mind, who is the woman that represents Victoria Lopez Castro Couture? A woman who is not afraid to stand out for her effortless elegance and sophistication Does your heritage and past influence your designs? Absolutely, Latins are very passionate and vibrant and I think you can feel that in my collections How would [...]
Look fabulous this swim season with the very latest in runway swimsuits. The look is all about bikinis and cutout one-piece which dominate the swim 2011 look. Gold, hot pink, turquoise, gunmetal, seafoam, emerald green, taupe, yellow, burnt orange, and vintage white are the hot colors. Some stand-out trends are the Bandeau top with a [...]
They rock the coolest shoes on South Beach in their fabulous studio, Studio Jellyfish. (We just love the name!) Their shoes are hand-painted, graphic masterpieces that make wearing shoes even more of a fun, fantasy. We talk to the husband and wife team, Courtney and Philip Mason to discover the story behind these delicious and [...]
MIYO Home Commissions Chairs to Benefit Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation Miami is home to a slew of people undertaking charitable endeavors; for Haiti, for Japan, for Diabetes Research, for cancer, for education. The design world is no exception when it comes to big hearts and charitable giving. MIYO Home, a Miami-based home design store commissioned [...]
There’s a new girl in town! This fringed-detail sandal is sure to be one of the trend-setting pairs for summer. Sky-high and surprisingly comfortable, dance until sunrise in these 6″ stunners. Made from soft suede, they come in a variety of colors. We totally dig the Framboise pair pictured. Change of the Guard, $1,665. Online [...]
A fabulous gift for your sweetheart is the Love Bracelet from Toujours Toi. Gorgeous glass beads over leather lining. A very African vibe. Each one spells out a different word. Forever Love. So sweet and romantic. $120. From Babalu Miami, 1111 Lincoln Rd; Miami Beach. 305-538-0777 or online at www.babalumiami.com.
