Luxury fashion & ‘Follow the Thread’

“Follow the Thread,” a film series about style designers and their muses, will air on Turner Classic Flicks (TMC) on Saturday, July 2, 2022. Host Alicia Malone praised TCM’s programming office for curating the checklist of movies and pairing them with designers, fashion historians and commentators. “For illustration, American designer B Michael had a excellent collaboration with Cicely Tyson in the course of her job. They also talked about the collaboration in between Audrey Hepburn and Hubert de Givenchy and Catherine Deneuve and Yves Saint Laurent. It was entertaining for me as a host to see how their function paralleled the movies that they ended up talking about.” Be guaranteed to tune into “The Stars and Their Designers” with particular guest B Michael airing July 2 on TMC.

You know fashion icon B Michael, co-founder, trend designer and the creative director of B Michael World wide. Presently, he is the chief designer for the brand’s couture and completely ready-to-don designer collections. B Michael obtained acclaim for building the costumes for Whitney Houston’s collaboration with Ruth Carter for Whitney’s previous film, “Sparkle.” He also designed costumes for the Joffrey Ballet’s premiere of “Windy Sands” and has received several commissions to style and design for movie and television. B Michael began his early career as a millinery designer for the strike Tv set clearly show “Dynasty.”

Later on he labored as a millinery designer for Louis Feraud of Paris and Oscar de la Renta. B Michael is a member of the Council of the Trend Designers of The united states and serves on the board of the Youth The united states Grand Prix. In 2016, he was awarded the prestigious Design Visionary Award by the Lighthouse Guild.

B Michael’s collections have garnered appreciation from other famed stars, actresses and fans including socialites and personalities these kinds of as lengthy-time dear buddy and muse Valerie Simpson, Phylicia Rashad, Brandy, Beyonce, Nancy Wilson, Susan Fales-Hill, poet laureate Elizabeth Alexander, and Lena Horne. His collections are bought in Beijing, Shanghai and Korea. B Michael’s designer prepared-to-dress in selection will be offered on the brand’s Ecommerce website launching 2023.

Just back from Africa, Adolophine Lukabu Sheeley’s luxurious line offers an worldwide selection of leather-based handbags, fantastic jewellery, coasters with layouts motivated by Picasso, and facemasks. Lukabu Sheeley’s goods are bought around the globe and are manufactured in Africa by Kuba artisans. She shares the income with these artisans, offering them more revenue to help them assistance their families.

LAMG (Les Amis de Mulunda et Georgette or Good friends of Mulunda & Georgette), a non-financial gain business, was introduced for the duration of the pandemic. It seeks to assist in the progress of the Congo (RDC). Now, Lukabu Sheeley celebrates LAMG’s commitment to the redevelopment and renewal of this African country. Her company services the Congo’s political elite, best musicians and business enterprise leaders, Petroliere officials, government directors of corporations, and users of Kinshasa’s society elite. She is a native of the Congo, Kinshasa. Her materials come from Benin, Senegal, Dakar and other African towns. The purse line involves yoga baggage and handmade tote luggage from Rwanda, with price ranges starting at $300.