Versace is always known for its cutting-edge style and bold aesthetically appeasing garments. The pre-fall collection continues that uniqueness and throws in bold colors like crimson and cobalt to jazz up a neutral palette.

Silk, leather and fox take up space in the collection like satin sheets in an erotic novel, but black dominates the collection, and the colors give it kick.  Overall the polished looks aren’t a bad thing either.

 

The Burberry brand has certainly been serving up some snazzy fashions lately, but apparently they are serving up some great social media posts too.  According to a study by Stylophane, the brand received the most likes for Stylophane’s Facebook Fashion Index.

With 18 posts in February, Burberry racked up more than 138,000 likes, nearly half more than January’s posts. The likes were driven by the brand’s posting of images from it’s new Spring collection which features Chocolate model Jourdan Dunn.

Social media has enabled the company to get feedback from fans as well as serve as an interactive platform for exposing consumers to products prior to their release.

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Pro tennis star and fashionista Venus Williams is relaunching her EleVen collection for women for summer. The collection features pieces for the active woman including a tournament dress, classic flutter skirt, tanks and sports bras made with polyester and spandex jersey, as well as 100% cotton jersey graphic V-necked T-shirts.

For men, there are fashion polos, V-necks and crewnecks in nylon and spandex or  100 % cotton.

Williams’ first EleVen line debuted in the now defunct Steve & Berry in 2008.

Ralph Lauren is debuting a new women’s fragrance in April called, the Big Pony Collection. The fragrance is being sold exclusively at Bloomingdale’s this month but will hit additional retailers just in time for Easter!

There are four scents in the collection:

No. 1  is a sporty floral citrus blend with grapefruit and blue lotus and hints of jasmine, cedarwood and musk.

No. 2 is for the sensuous with a floriental mix that includes cranberry and tonka mousse as well as grapefruit, mandarin, guava, and water lily. At the heart is a blend of honeysuckle, lily of the valley and magnolia; and a dry down of vanilla extract, marshmallow, must and sandalwood. 

No. 3 is for the bohemian at heart with a pleasant mix of pear and mimosa; floral green juice, kumquat, heart of mimosa and buttercup.

Lastly of the bunch is No. 4, centered around cherry and purple amber; it also includes blood orange, watermelon, heart of magnolia flower, cristallon, and a drydown of sandalwood and purple amber.

The scents will retail for $55 for 50 ml and $70 for 100 ml and aesthetically speaking will be derivatives of the men’s flasklike bottles –with a more feminine look. The collection will be sold in 2500 department and specialty stores.