My name is Mina Gerges (@KeepingUpWithMina) and I can turn a curtain into a $10,000 dress!
@KeepingUpWithMina is a project I started on Instagram because I don't like societal expectations that confine how we're supposed to act, dress, or look in order to fit in. In doing these pictures, I found freedom from restricting gender binaries and learned to celebrate something I love doing.
What started out as a hobby using my sister's hand-me-down makeup turned into a liberating and creative outlet for me to turn towels, curtains, and garbage bags into celebrity's most intricate red carpet dresses and elaborate photoshoots.
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From fashion launches to red-carpet events and movie premieres to celebrity birthday bashes and shopping sprees, Fashion Reverie is always scouting out your favorite celebrities and fashion luminaries as they put their best feet forward,—well, sometimes—flaunting the latest fashion trends and accessories from top fashion brands and emerging designers. And though August tends to be a slow month when it comes to celebrity fashion sightings, Fashion Reverie, every week, assembles a diverse and interesting array of fashion celebrity sightings for its dedicated readers.
Image courtesy of Sydney Reising Creative
Kendall Jenner's social calendar is jammed packed. From red-carpet events to celebrity bashes, one wonders when she has time to model. Well, her sister Kylie's birthday party just couldn't be missed, so Kendall stepped out in a Crosby necklace by Dylanlex while arriving at The Nice Guy restaurant in West Hollywood for her sister's 18th birthday.
Image courtesy of D'Orazio and Associates
I can see why British top model Stella Maxwell is a Victoria Secret's Angel. Stella stuns in a Maria Lucia Hohan slinky, white gold metallic dress with high slit at the Victoria Secret's Body By Victoria launch in London. With Stella's intense model stare, you feel she is staring right into your soul. Hot!!
Images courtesy of The Brand House
Fashion Reverie never leaves the male celebs out. Newly single, Austin Mahone stopped by the "Elvis Duran and the Morning Show" to debut his new single "Dirty Work." Mahone, 19, wearing Creative Recreationshoes is Elvis' Artist of the Month.
Images courtesy of Getty Images/Preface PR
Holland Roden of MTV's "Teen Wolf" wore a Caterina Gatta dress while attending the premiere of "Digging for Fire" in Hollywood, California. Holland Roden wore a black long-sleeve jacquard printed cocktail dress with leather detail by Caterina Gatta with Alexander Wang bag.
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It is hard for Gigi Hadid to take a bad photo, even if she is dressed down. Gigi was snapped leaving her boyfriend Joe Jonas' house barefoot wearing GUESS high-rise skinny jeans. The model paired the $89 denim with a cropped blue top.
Images courtesy of ID PR
Can you say retail therapy? Retail therapy was the order of the day for Nickelodeon's Victoria Justice. She is all grown up now and she proves it purchasing fall accessories and travel staples from Henri Bendel's at their signature store on Fifth Avenue.
"Who are you wearing," is the classic line that dominates the red carpet at nearly every high-brow celebrity awards show. But that line is no longer solely dedicated to the red carpet.
With the aid of Amazon and other major investors, a site that helps consumers get their hands on goods representative of those worn by big name celebrities, has secured an $8 million investment round. That site is called Who What Wear, and it's a shoppable fashion site that's growing in popularity.
The company was founded in 2006 and is the brainchild of Hillary Kerr and Katherine Power. Kerr formed the company on her own fashion sense, as she was a writer for ELLE, Teen Vogue and Nylon; Power worked at ELLE and ELLEgirl.
Now the site takes those shopping tips and makes them shoppable by connecting them with the same looks and fashion-forward ideas that celebrities embrace.
"It stemmed from the idea that we were spending all of our time on the computer, getting all of this up-to-the-minute gossip news about celebrities, but no one was talking about the clothes they were wearing," Power toldBusiness Insider in an interview. "Fashion magazines will tell you what people are wearing, but you can't shop a magazine."
As more fashion blogs got attention, the duo realized they could combine the shopping experience with their editorial backgrounds. And so Who What Wear was created, which now exists under the media property of Clique Inc.
"What makes us different is that our readers have a very different intent when they come to our sites," Power told TechCrunch. "They might go elsewhere for entertainment or news, but they know that each piece of content on Who What Wear, or Byrdie or MyDomaine, has a call to action. They want to be inspired to try something or buy something."
With this funding under their belts, the company is planning on growing its content side first, but it also has its sights on international expansion. This means hitting Europe first, then Australia. Who What Wear also plans to create an eCommerce product.
What's most interesting about this investment is that it's coming from Amazon, but perhaps that shouldn't be overly surprising, given the fact that Amazon has dipped its hands into high-end fashion lately. Most recently, Amazon even opened a fashion photo studio to take photos of goods featured on its marketplace.
Amazon has been vocal about its intent to leverage its eCommerce strengths into fashion, with new initiatives especially prevalent in Europe, focusing on the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Spain. Last year the company added more than 100 brands to its platform — a roster that spans Hugo Boss, Gucci watches, Tommy Hilfiger, Levi's and others.
From Rosie Huntington-Whiteley's next-level casual ensemble to Kristen Stewart's chic, tomboy style, we've seen quite the round of stunning celebrity looks this week. And as we update our shopping carts to grab these must-have pieces, we want to take a minute to look back at some of our favorite style moments from the past few days. Even better, we want to know which look was your favorite. Tell us which celebrity was best dressed by casting your vote below.
Keep scrolling to see the best celebrity outfits from this week and vote for your favorite!
Courtesy of WhoWhatWearWhoWhatWear cofounders Katherine Power (left) and Hillary Kerr (right).When celebrity fashion site WhoWhatWear first went live in 2006, CEO Katherine Power says, everyone thought she and cofounder Hillary Kerr were crazy.
Both former editors from ELLE magazine, Power and Kerr wanted to make it easier to shop the looks they were seeing from celebrities and other fashion-forward figures.
"It stemmed from the idea that we were spending all of our time on the computer, getting all of this up-to-the-minute gossip news about celebrities, but no one was talking about the clothes they were wearing," Power told Business Insider.
"Fashion magazines will tell you what people are wearing, but you can't shop a magazine."
At the beginning, Power and Kerr would produce one new piece of celebrity fashion content each day, which would be sent out in the form of a daily newsletter. Each piece of content included links to looks you could buy in an instant.
At the time, there was no Pinterest, and the startup used MySpace — not Facebook or Twitter — to launch a viral marketing campaign. Though Net-a-Porter was already in operation, there were few other options for online shopping.
"There was no business model to base this off of," Power said. "Each piece has some kind of call to action to share or buy. You click through to the retailer to purchase an item."
These days, the 30-person editorial team produces about 150 new pieces a week.
WhoWhatWear's partners now include a wide range of retailers, from high-end shops like Neiman Marcus and Net-a-Porter to lower-cost sites like ASOS and Shopbop. Many of those partners also advertise on WhoWhatWear.
"We always say our shopper is someone who will splurge on a designer bag every season, but who also mixes their wardrobe with pieces from Zara or H&M," Power said.
WhoWhatWear is now part of an umbrella company called Clique Media. In 2013, Power and Kerr launched two more sites out of Clique: Byrdie, which focuses on beauty news, and MyDomaine, whose coverage centers on home decor and travel, among other lifestyle topics.
Clique's Los Angeles headquarters have their own fashion closet and photo studio, where the editorial team works to produce original content.
All three sites have the same model: original editorial content and shoppable collections of items, complete with links out to the retailers where you can buy them. All together, Clique sites get 11.2 monthly unique visitors, with WhoWhatWear getting 3.8 million alone.
MyDomaineA typical feature on MyDomaine.Clique announced Thursday that it has raised $8 million in venture funding from new investors Amazon and Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, in addition to several existing investors.
This is only the second time in its nine-year history that the company has raised outside funding. Prior to this most recent round, Clique had raised a total of $5 million.
"We have a slow and steady approach to business," Power said. "We've managed to grow and become profitable over the years."
The team has grown to about 95 people in total, based in offices in Los Angeles and New York. They plan to grow to 140 people by the end of the year, and there are plans to open satellite offices in Australia this fall. Offices in the UK, France, and Italy are also in the works.
The influx of cash will also go towards expanding and improving Clique's commerce platform, with an emphasis on the mobile experience.
Amazon is particularly interesting as an investor. According to a recent note from the analysts at Cowen, Amazon's apparel business is booming, and it is set to overtake Macy's as the number one apparel retailer in the US by 2017.
"We could not be happier to be working with them," Power said. "Their end goal is always making things easier for the consumer. That's a goal we have, too, and we're applying that across fashion, beauty, and lifestyle."
Existing investors Greycroft Partners, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Advancit Capital, Mesa Ventures, and Double M Partners also contributed to the round.
Disclosure: Jeff Bezos is an investor in Business Insider through his personal investment company Bezos Expeditions.
A hectic work life can be a happy one if the job is rewarding. Just ask fashion blogger Jay Strut, who says he doesn't need spa days or breaks from work because he loves what he does.
Strut debuted on the Toronto fashion scene while still in his teens—by posing as a buyer for his mother's bridal shop in order to gain access to Fashion Week events.
That early moxie paid off. Strut, who doesn't disclose his real name or age, now is considered one of Toronto's top 10 fashion bloggers, with more than 25,000 Instagram followers,28,000 Twitter followers, and 755,000 Google+ followers.
Constantly on the move juggling product launches, fashion shows, and appearances, Strut needed a mobile device that not only could keep him on schedule, but let him blog all day, on the go. Strut chose the BlackBerry Classic.
Strut: Jay Strut started back in my younger years when I needed a creative outlet. When I was 13 I would develop blogs, Myspace pages, and websites to have places where I could be myself. As you can see I love tight pants and tank tops and online was the best place for me to express my interest in fashion.
I was a blogger before blogging became a "thing" and was using my mom's bridal store as a tool to get in front of fashion designers. Once I got in the door, I used my artist name "Jay Strut" as my brand.
Watts: How important is technology and mobile devices to your brand?
Strut: It's my lifeline. A BlackBerry was one of the first things I bought for myself when I was younger, and I've been relying on mobile devices ever since.
I just got out of a meeting and I'm sitting in an Uber as we speak. Pretty soon I'll be walking into one event, then another, and another. Although I have three different laptops for all of my business endeavors, having a device that slips into my pocket or bag is key to survival.
Watts: What made you go "back to basics" and get the BlackBerry Classic?
Strut: I need two different devices: one for creativity and one for productivity. One of the first phones that I had gotten for myself was the BlackBerry Pearl and that keyboard is probably why I can type more than 120 words a minute. I went to the BlackBerry Classic launch event and realized how much I missed being able to knock out messages quickly and efficiently.
I'll admit that my life is a bit fabulous, but it's not all fun and games. In between the "fun" stuff there's a lot of organizing, negotiating, and work happening behind the scenes and that's where the BlackBerry Classic comes in.
Watts: How important is the keyboard to your job?
Strut: It's a necessity because I'm a full-time blogger and content creator. This one feature alone is everything. Although I live a non-traditional and ever-changing life, I don't miss a beat with the BlackBerry Classic, the Hub, and that keyboard. I get all of my notifications in one place, I can easily communicate with the people I need to, and write a blog post without error. I'm always on the go and I don't have time for mistakes or to edit my messages. It's common for me to literally walk the runway while firing off an email or other communication, and my messages need to be flawless.
The BlackBerry Classic handles all of this for me and lets me do my job effortlessly. I tweeted that since getting the BlackBerry Classic my productivity has gone up and I stand by that.
Watts: What work have you done with BlackBerry Classic?
Strut: Recently I was in France for the Fashion Week, and my BlackBerry Classic was right there beside me letting me take notes for my blog and other outlets. Aside from what I post on JayStrut.com I also curate content for the brands I work with. When I'm not able to physically attend their events I send them content I've written with my BlackBerry.
As we speak I'm walking into the launch of a makeup brand. After this, I'm headed to a restaurant opening, then a menswear launch and whatever else is on my schedule. My BlackBerry Classic is right here with me to help me stay productive, organized, plus take notes, and other recordings for the content I will be writing later on.
Watts: What features do you enjoy?
Strut: The Hub is central to everything that I do! I wouldn't be able to keep up with anything without it! There's a swipe-up feature that I love that lets you see all of your screens and have everything at your fingertips.
Watts: What apps do you use on the BlackBerry Classic?
Strut: In all honesty, I'm not that big on applications. I use social media but the BlackBerry Classic is strictly to keep me productive and on top of everything.
But BBM is fantastic, I use it across all of my devices.
Watts: How would you rate your BlackBerry Classic?
Strut: I love it! It's an essential that I wouldn't be able to do without.
Watts: What has the reaction been from peers?
Strut: None of them are surprised I own it—it's common in this industry to own two devices.
Pricing and Availability
Do you need a great smartphone keyboard to create on the go? In the U.S., you can own an unlocked Classic for just $344.99. You can also get the Classic via T-Mobile for zero down and $18.33 a month for 24 months. Verizon and AT&T offer similar deals. In Canada, look to carriers such as Bell, Telus, Rogers, and others for good deals.
U.S. and Canadian consumers also may buy unlocked Classics directly from ShopBlackBerry. I also recommend regularly checking here for availability in your region. (Note that pricing differs per market.)
About Brea
Brea Watts is a lifestyle blogger with a hint of content and social media marketing expertise. She's also an occasional contributor to the BlackBerry Business Blog, and a Bay Area native who loves cooking and creativity.
It's inevitable. Once a celebrity gets praised for their style or starts a trend, they immediately venture into fashion. Too bad these style ventures didn't last very long. RIP to these celeb fashion lines. They were (kind of) cute while they lasted.
NEW YORK, United States — In the autumn of 2011, the sisters Kardashian introduced their new women's label at Sears, with Kim, Khloe and Kourtney posing — abreast and a-butt — in body-con leopard print outfits, in fashion ads photographed by Annie Leibovitz. Sears was right on trend, as celebrity fashion brands like Jessica Simpson and Carlos Santana had become bestsellers at Macy's. Sears went all in, installing charcoal grey Kardashian Kollection boutiques at hundreds of its branches in a 'Hail Mary' move designed to reverse the apparel slump at the once-legendary, now-beleaguered mass merchant.
But the Kardashian kommotion didn't last long. By 2013, Sears shoppers were no longer keeping up with the Kardashian Kollection. I saw this for myself at the Yonkers, New York branch of Sears, where a shoddy spread of clothes, flimsier than Halloween costumes, went virtually untouched at 50 percent off, alongside last-chance $9.99 markdowns on the "Klearance" rounder.
Frankly, I was amazed that it took so long for Sears to pull the plug. On May 5, Fortune magazine revealed the liquidation of the KK label, a few months after Sears and the Kardashians had quietly called it kwits.
I could already hear the collective clucking on Seventh Avenue from legions of struggling professional designers, fed up with the celebrity hype that had helped drown out their creative styles at retail. With the Kardashian sisters now down, two-for-two (their capsule experiment with womenswear retailer Bebe Stores in 2009 barely lasted a year) was this a sign that the tide could be turning? Was fashion's love affair with celebrity labels going out of style?
Au contraire, to be sure.
Since last October, when I came out with my second book, Hijacking the Runway, How Celebrities Are Stealing the Spotlight from Fashion Designers, I've watched star-struck consumers, retailers and investors continue to gravitate to celebrity fashion brands, just as I predicted they would. What's more, management consultants and Hollywood agents keep fuelling the flames, scouring the marketplace to cook up fashion deals for celebrities and professional athletes.
Meanwhile, the big winners — fast-fashion behemoths like Zara, Forever 21, H&M and Topshop — continue to steamroll over the fashion establishment. Independent designers jockey for the bragging rights that come with "best designer" awards or the celebrity billboards that get photographed wearing their clothes. Ironically, that's fashion's real impact today: the steady churning of brands that keeps the industry dynamic. In fact, I'm already primed for the resilient Kardashian franchise — buoyed by Kim's 30 million followers on Twitter and Instagram — to make a fashion comeback, real soon.
Nine West founder Vince Camuto worked wonders to turn reality-show starlet Jessica Simpson into a populist fashion icon starting in 2005. Young fashionistas identified with Jessica in her trendy platform sandals, the shoes that put her label on the map and then mushroomed into more than 22 product categories, growing into a $1 billion-a-year-at-retail powerhouse in less than a decade. Jessica Simpson was a wake-up call to stars on the red carpet and reality TV: partner with an established industry player to create your own clever spin on fashion — and take it to the bank!
No matter how ambitious or well-financed they may be, most celebrities can only dream of the high-fashion retail success that Victoria Beckham and twin sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, founders of The Row, have amassed in recent years. Neither brand needed a long track record in the fashion industry to quickly amass scores of exacting clients — which is very hard to do. All three women work full-time as fashion designers — and it shows. They market wearable finery, such as $3,100 Victoria Beckham sheath dresses and $2,950 lambskin leggings by The Row, which a niche of affluent — albeit skinny — mature women keep buying, year after year. They go fishing where the fish are.
But most celebrities are more obsessed with becoming — as opposed to creating — a fashion label. They like a licensing play that allows them to monetise their fame and keeps their names in lights, while they fiercely compete to stay on stage and screen. Celebrities are the go-to vehicles that guarantee consumer interest — instant buzz and acceptance — across the 24/7 Internet, which has created so much virtual space, demanding a staggering amount of content to fill it.
The surge in sales from celebrity novelties such as J-Lo and Justin Bieber fragrances, along with gimmicky shapewear and stilettos marketed by TV Housewives, are among the trendy flourishes that stores depend on to tart up their assortments, as they ride the wave of the bold-faced names of the moment.
Today's celebrity fashion hijackers are formidable. Making their over-the-top red carpet bows at the 2015 Met Gala last week were the usual showstoppers, Rihanna and Beyoncé. Both superstars have achieved new fashion heights: Rihanna was recently named as Puma's creative director for womenswear, while Beyoncé is developing her first athletic streetwear label, backed by Topshop's Sir Philip Green.
If only more conventional designers could pull a Tom Ford or a Michael Kors to become household names, as relatable as movie stars. But that doesn't happen in a hurry.
So who will become the next star to scale fashion's slippery slope? Mark my words, if it's a conventional designer, celebrity and social media will factor in big time, to raise his or her global premium high above the din. There's just no other way.
The views expressed in Op-Ed pieces are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Business of Fashion.
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