26. Designer Thread: Vontélle

Being a model in fashion most times involves having a singular focus of showcasing products and items. They main goal is to assist various brands by advertising and displaying pieces visually. Today we speak with, Elisha Glass whose focus is beyond the world of modeling. He is a multi-hyphenate, model-teacher-trainer-designer living and thriving in New York City.

We sit down and chat with an extremely talented fashion design student, Emily Colquhoun. Emily gives us her perspective on how perusing an education in fashion is helping her hone in her skills. She shares the pros and cons on fashion education. As well as finding her place in the world of fashion and where she sees herself after she graduates.

This episode we are giving our review on the book "Cartier The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire". It reveled several things that we found interested about the brand.

The talented and innovative women from the luxury eyewear brand, Vontélle has been added to our designer thread series. Ms. Tracy Green and Ms. Nancey Harris started the Vontélle brand out of necessity. This is where Vontélle the brand was created. Vontélle is Tracy’s middle name and when translated from French means, “There she goes”, or “you go”.

We are talking about the night in 1973 that American Fashion was forever changed. Five French designers and Five American designers were pitted against each other and only one was victorious. American fashion not only won the night but so did Black music, Black designs and Black models.

This episode we are giving a review of the "Very Ralph" Ralph Lauren documentary on HBO. We are speaking on things we found interesting and things that we believe should have been explored.

This episode will explore how technology and the pandemic has changed retail. In store shopping was once a thriving industry now changed by online shopping. The growth of Ecommerce has been a devastating blow to brick and mortar stores. So who closed, who is barely surviving and who is thriving?

The latest designer added to our thread is the very talented Edmond Newton. Mr. Newton designs very alluring, evening, wedding, special occasion gowns and other custom designs pieces. He appeared on fashion reality shows such as Project Runway (season 14), Project Runway: All Stars (season 6) “Fashion Star” (season 1). We are catching up with him and finding what he has been up to creatively since the fashion reality shows.

To achieve a sustainable home you must commit to various forms of changes. You can start very small and integrate sustainable products little by little. These products don't have to lack fashion; they can fit into your decor and add to the essence to any room. Today we speak to creator Chanel Ford of \HAUS\ A Home, she is sharing her tips and tools to make your home more environmentally friendly.

Debuting our version of a "Fashion Short" we cover the origins of "The Ugly Christmas Sweater". Love them, hate them or indifferent, these sweaters have turned from an eyesore to holiday's most desired garment.