"Miuccia Prada’s fall collection dealt with women oblivious of fads, brands, red carpets and warnings about taking the extra helping."—Cathy Horyn on Prada fall 2010.
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Beginning with this spring's collection, Rachel Roy will be working with U.S.-based Fairwinds Trading to create jobs for women in Africa. As part of the initiative, Roy will add to her Rachel Rachel Roy collection items which have been handcrafted in Africa by female-owned businesses.
For spring 2010 that means handbags produced in Tanzania with indigenous textiles and beaded jewelry handmade in Rwanda—both for sale at Rachel Roy's website and at Macy's.
Flotea Masawe, owner of Marvelous Batik, who produced the aforementioned Rachel Rachel Roy handbags, recently said to WWD, “We used Kuba cloth from weavers in the Congo and crafted the clutch in Tanzania before sending it to the U.S. for Rachel’s final touches. This clutch really has created a chain of women in three different countries who linked together to help alleviate poverty by providing employment and economic opportunities for African women.”
Roy is doing her part, and all we need to do to support her and Fairwinds Trading is to shop. Now that should be easy enough.
(Below) a friendship bracelet from Rachel Rachel Roy and Fairwinds Trading.
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D&G and the Cinema Society hosted a New Moon screening (at Landmark Sunshine Theater) and after party (at The Box) in New York on Thursday with Twilight fans Alexa Chung, Jessica Stam, Erin Wasson, Ivanka Trump, Taylor Momsen, Rachel Roy, and Joan Jett in attendance. Actors Kristen Stewart (dressed in Valentino and Burberry) and Robert Pattinson (in D&G) arrived amidst chaos and extreme security detail on Houston Street. “This is crazy,” said one photographer. “It’s like you’re going to meet the Pope!”
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Photos courtesy of Rachel Roy press office.
This week we had the opportunity to check out designer Rachel Roy's bridge line for Macy's, Rachel Rachel Roy. Alongside our Network Partners from M.I.S.S. Crew and Trend Doll and the gals from Second City Style, Nitrolicious and WhereDidUGetThat.com, we got to meet Roy in person and talk with her about the collection. Poised to start delivering in August, the line includes clothing as well as footwear, handbags and accessories and calls up Roy's favorite pieces, such as easy men's cardigans and one-shoulder tops, as well as her favorite style mantras, such as using jewelry to toughen-up an outfit. We'll be bringing you more on Rachel Rachel Roy as the clothing hits shelves but, for now, check out our many snapshots of the collection along with a few look book images in the gallery below.
Tonight from 6-8pm EST designer Rachel Roy will be taking over our Twitter, bringing us her thoughts on the launch of Rachel Rachel Roy and more. Tune in below or directly on Twitter!
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