FTV Review

Breast Cancer Awareness

The fashion crowd have clubbed together to fight the cause of aids. But there's a another disease, breast cancer, which is the major cause of death for women over fifty. Now the fashion crowd have decided to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer.

The greatest shoe sale in history

The fashion footwear association of New York got together under a big top in Central Park for a three-day shopping spree and raised 1.2 million dollars. Designers got together to start a campaign entitled Fashion Targets Breast Cancer. They will be selling t-shirts in the US.

Meanwhile in Toronto, Lauren Hutton launched a lipstick for Revlon. When you purchase this lipstick, which comes in only one shade of red, a dollar goes towards breast cancer research. Lauren says she's doing this because she's a woman and she's fifty. The chances of getting breast cancer increase at the age of forty and increase even more at fifty.

New York

Todd Oldham is famous for his flashy fashions. For spring he is focusing on feet with a new shoe collection. He feels shoes are an important part of the wardrobe and can tell a lot about a person. When asked what his own shoes say, he replied they are cheap and cheerful. You don't need stacks of shoes - just buy one funky pair and wear them all the time. The sexy high heels that are again becoming popular are just another shoe option. They are not appropriate for all times. Todd remarks that wearing high heels changes the way a woman holds herself, and how she walks. He says you don't mess with a woman in high heels. A lot of the designs in his shoe collection feature transparent vinyl so when you have them on, it gives the illusion of having bare feet or just wearing a toe ring.

Paris

Emanuel Ungaro

"People have new desires to go out, to get dressed up," says Emanuel Ungaro who describes his colourful Fall collection with its signature mixed prints, as "one big smile." Ungaro's liquid shapes of recent seasons have gelled into structured suits and flirty dresses that reveal a chorus line of sexy legs.

Toronto

At a traveling show called "The Record Art Collection", limited edition lithographs of classic album covers are being presented as pieces of art in their own right. Album covers have become a lost art due to the intrusion of tiny CD covers.

Each print is limited to a run of 9,800 copies. Prices range from $200-$500. A Japanese customer offered to buy the entire run of all twelve Beatles covers. That's the entire 9,800 prints of each cover. They weren't sold to him.

Amsterdam

Puck and Hans Kemmick

In Amsterdam, people are very fashion-conscious. Many people go to Amsterdam from abroad to get inspiration. Hans Kemmick is pleased that the type of people who buy his clothes are the type of people who also buy things from flea markets. The Kemmicks have had a store in Amsterdam since 25 years ago. That's when they met. They decided to open a boutique to showcase their collection. That was in the sixties, when they could do and sell what they wanted. This feeling is still in their work and it's still selling.

The Puck and Hans ad campaign is a family project photographed by Carmen, their daughter and fitting model. She is their inspiration but if a garment she is trying doesn't feel right or look good she's not afraid to tell them. If she likes the pieces, they know it's a good design. They used to sell things in America but decided to end their export to keep the company small. Keeping it small keeps it fun, and Hans says fashion shouldn't be taken seriously.

Jordache mortifies USA

Jordache recently created a stir with a jeans commercial that was banned across America. The complaints are that it is voyeurism. It's too sexy for TV. Too explicit. The ad shows a group of girls watching a male neighbour and videotaping him as he walks around his house in his underwear. He steps into the shower, and is seen showering behind a frosted glass screen. Why a man in his underwear? Because Jordache sells underwear.

Jordache plans to continue the campaign.