Into intelligent fashion

Julieta Gayoso’s line of “intelligent” clothing acknowledges technology’s constant presence in the modern world and the annoyance caused by dead batteries.

“Today, technology is more and more mobile. It has the freedom of wireless connection, but when batteries run out you have to plug into the grid. So this is a way to have mobile energy and, of course, it’s clean,” Gayoso, 36, told Reuters Television earlier this week. Enter Gayoso’s innovative solar-panel jacket.

A cable runs from the panel to a battery in the inside pocket where up to eight electronic devices can be recharged at the same time whenever there is sunshine. (more…)

Breast Cancer Awareness

In this photo released by Hard Rock International, Dr. Drew Ordon, left, Dr. Lisa Masterson, center, and Dr. Jim Sears, of ‘The Doctors,

‘ a new daytime television show premiering this fall, pose for photographers on the pink carpet before attending a Melissa Etheridge performance at the Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood,

Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008, in Los Angeles. Etheridge performed at the Cafe to kick-off Hard Rock’s Pinktober Breast Cancer Awareness campaign as well as her new album ‘A New Thought for Christmas. (more…)

Stella McCartney

Silk jackets came long and loosely cut with mannish lapels, boyish shantung shirts appeared in combo with just knickers, as if each model had grabbed what they wanted out of their main squeeze’s closet as they headed out to a gallery opening.

And though the cut was large and roomy, Stella is also no slouch when it comes to tailoring, as one splendidly designed boiler suit meets men’s tuxedo amply underlined. But in a show brimming with Stella’s own brand of pop insouciance,

the best looks were McCartney’s dresses - either a series of mesh cocktails where summer scenes were applied with huge stencils or a flurry of nattily draped mini dresses with front petal folds. “I love what my little girl does, especially the dresses.

They were so cool,” opined Sir Paul McCartney, who sat front row, one block down from L’Wren Scott, stylist and gal pal of Mick Jagger, who was wearing her own clobber.

Ironically, though the show was staged before a mammoth, 12,000 square-foot children’s comic cloth backdrop by artist twins Jake and Dino Chapman, the collection was almost completely mono-color.

But its flesh, sand and dusty blush hues were just right. (more…)