Everyone knows Iman for her success as an international supermodel and cosmetics company founder. The inspiration for Yves Saint Laurent’s “Africa Queen” collection, for fourteen years the singularly named beauty graced the runways of the world’s most renowned fashion designers. Before Tyra, Heidi Klum and the other model moguls we know today, Iman was one of the first to capitalize on her modeling background with an entry into business via Iman Cosmetics.

Launched in 1994, the company focuses on products designed for women of color. Today Iman is broadening her creative design talents collaborating with Design Consultant, Carlos Mota on a new home fabrics line called IMAN Home.

If you love fashion, thrifty finds and helping a charitable cause, they all go hand in hand at Housing Works. The place is an absolute haven for vintage and designer clothes, accessories, shoes, art, books, furniture and home goods. If that weren’t reason enough to love it, all of the proceeds from the deeply discounted deals go towards helping those who are homeless and living with HIV and AIDS.

We’ve been keeping you up to date with the all the new technologies emerging left and right- along with the fashionable accessories designed to complement them!

The newest must-have gadget, the iPad, now has sleek, trendy and stylish accessories from major designers. If you don’t want to scratch your diamond studded iPad, Louis Vuitton has a case coming in 2011, Gucci’s taking pre-orders for their version now, and Hermes is putting together “special order” versions with matching headphone holders. Oscar de la Renta, however, beat them all to the punch when he sold iPad covers on his website.

Days after opening a grand, multi-level London flagship store with a private shopping area for VIP guests, the UK’s Advertising Standards Agency banned Louis Vuitton from using two of their ads on Wednesday. The agency, which investigates reports from the public, said the images mislead consumers to believe the label’s products are handmade, though the bags, wallets and other accessories LV is famous for are crafted by machine.

Retailers are constantly reinventing themselves and their products to keep up with the times. L.L. Bean is no exception: the almost 100-year old company reached into the archives to update some of their classics to better fit more modern styles. Slated for a much-anticipated release this March, the collection will cover menswear, womenswear, accessories and [...]

Although this year hasn’t been the best financially, to say the least, that hasn’t stopped the fashion industry from flourishing with numerous new lines and retail venues emerging. To round up some of the best store openings of the year, Refinery29 has complied its list of the Top Ten. We could easily spend the first [...]

It seems the future holds a collaboration between Marc Jacobs and Victoria Beckham. Talks of a fur-laden line is said to be in the works for next year. Both Jacobs and Beckham are known for their impeccable sense of style so we can’t wait to see what they come up with. Also buzzing is the new accessory line Lacoste plans [...]

Not content to leave the quad grazing styles to Fall’s over-the-knee boots, it appears hemlines for Spring are staying high, keeping the focus on your Pilates payoffs. From Chanel’s garter tattoos to Rykiel’s ruching all’s fair as long as the focus is between the knee and the knickers. That’s not usually a safe play zone, but what [...]