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#askjo Fashion running through our Seoul !

Posted: Mar 30 2016

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hello my Lovers of Fashion and Style! I hope you have all had a restful few weeks catching up on projects and putting out beautiful Art..whatever your "canvas" may be! We certainly have and are back this week with some glorious eye candy to ignite something magical in you as it did us. Guess what kicked off this Monday? The Fall/Winter 2016 HERA SEOUL FASHION WEEK in Dongdaemun Design Plaza! Dressing the runway with toddler-styles, K-popstars, and aesthetic streetwear, this week we decided to highlight this magnificent cultural fashion space and movement. Seoul has become such an international hotspot for the fashion movement, attracting style-seekers from all around the world. Korean fashion is well-known for their boldness and fearlessness when it comes to trying out new things and Fashion experimentation. They are one of the most fastest moving aspects in Fashion, this also applies to terms of trend-adoption and discarding. Korea has...

Investing in your Children - A Fashion Camp that will change them forever!

Posted: Mar 09 2016

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Good afternoon lovely birds!As a parent, I find myself on this magical journey trying to figure out who my children will become. I look to see what things they find interesting, and I do whatever I can to ensure that I expose them to more of that! At around the age of eight or nine, your children begin to show you glimpses of who they aspire to be and as parents, our job is to feed and nourish that. We all have that innate desire to ensure that our children have quality access to things that feed their curiosity. That is one of the main reason why I created Design U, the first and only FASHION CAMP for children ages 8 to 14 here in Arizona....

Fashion ICON Angela Johnson puts Arizona Manufacturing on the MAP!

Posted: Mar 02 2016

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hello lovely fashion birds! Hopefully you are doing something fabulously creative and spreading your wings far and wide. Every so often, you get a chance to meet a visionary, someone who truly sees far beyond what is imaginable and today you will get a chance to meet one of those visionaries. We had the distinct pleasure of interviewing a preeminent ICON of Fashion in the valley, Angela Johnson! Angela has been pioneering the Fashion movement in Arizona successfully for years! She has initiated (and continues to) numerous Fashion organizations, programs and events to help optimize the Fashion industry in Arizona and we must say, she has been making a Splash with some BIG, awesome waves! First and foremost, Angela is the nicest, most giving and Open person you will ever meet. Her...

Investing in Fashionable You - Part 2 RESOURCES

Posted: Feb 25 2016

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hello my lovely Fashionistas. First and foremost, Thank you for your responses and feedback about last week's #askjo blog! It makes me smile when I see the value that our little ole blog is bringing to your lives! Very grateful for the support. To piggy-back on the last blog about investing in your Art, I wanted to provide answers to many of your questions by providing you with additional resources that will help you take that all important first step! Many of you asked about illustration and sewing classes so I went ahead and provided you with a list below. Depending on where you live, you can always use google to see exactly what services exist in your area....

Investing in Fashionable You!

Posted: Feb 18 2016

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Today's blog is all about inspiring you to invest in your Fashionable self and take your Art to the next level! When I work with and mentor young designers, I let them know that although you may have talent and passion, not having a degree in fashion or some sort of certificate that says you are vested and on a journey to get a higher understanding of fashion, will leave you stagnant and hinder your growth. Listen, street CRED is great but at the end of the day, do you have industry knowledge that makes you an industry expert in your field? I equate it to a computer programmer trying to write code. Can you stumble upon the right combinations that make up codes and figure it out? The answer is Absolutely,...