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Rate Savannah College of Art and Design > News Center > SCAD presents annual show

Original at scad.edu external link    Sun, Sep 13

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The Savannah College of Art and Design will honor fashion designer Isabel Toledo and artist Ruben Toledo at the college's annual fashion show ... scad.edu

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Original at eglobalcommunity.com external link    Tue, Aug 25

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Known for her designs in women’s dresses, Isabel Toledo’s fashion career took the spotlight when U.S Fashion Designer Isabel Toledo Saluted 標籤 ... www.eglobalcommunity.com

Rate Michelle's Inauguration Suit - Yellow Is the New Black : LimeLifeVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at takoda5.limelife.com external link    Thu, Jun 18

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Designer Isabel Toledo brings saffron to the limelight. I sat on my couch at 5:45am, waiting for Michelle Obama to appear in the tented doorway of ... takoda5.limelife.com

Rate First Lady Michelle Obama's inauguration outfit to be featured in Isabel Toledo exhibit

Original at New York Daily News external link    Tue, Jun 16

Millions oohed and aahed over First Lady Michelle Obama's inauguration outfit from a distance. Now they see the wool-lined, yellow Isabel Toledo ensemble in person.

Rate Exhibit Spotlights Under-the-Radar Obama Designer

Original at ABC News external link    Tue, Jun 16

Obama designer Isabel Toledo works clothes `from the inside out' _ without pencil or publicist

Rate Michelle Obama Takes Over the Arts

Original at NBC 4.com external link    Mon, Jun 15

 DC From helping serve the poor to reaching out to federal agencies, Michelle Obama takes her role as First Lady seriously. See photos of her in action. Fashion tongues are wagging! Narciso Rodriguez, the Gap and Michelle's newest addition by Isabel Toledo ...

Rate Michelle Obama's Fashions On Exhibit And Six Famous Dresses

Original at Digital City external link    Wed, Jun 3

 NY The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) is making this official by displaying the famous Isabel Toledo inauguration ensemble in its upcoming "Isabel Toledo: Fashion from the Inside Out" exhibit. The designer's mid-career retrospective ...

Rate Ruben and Isabel Toledo

Original at New York Observer external link    Thu, May 21

 NY Mr. Toledo and wife Isabel Toledo arrived arm in arm, he in a snug suit and black tie, she in a beautifully-tailored floral dress. Despite designing the cigar boxes, Mr. Toledo said he does not actually smoke cigars. "I don't even smoke cigarettes. ...

Rate Michelle Obama Visits Ghana in July

Original at Politics Daily external link    Thu, May 21

 DC So does all the fashion coverage about Mrs. Obama's style actually benefit the designers most closely associated with her--Isabel Toledo, Jason Wu, Thakoon Panichgul? The short answer from WWD: "not much at all, at least in terms of their bottom lines. ...

Rate Now Reading | Ralph Pucci's 'SHOW'

Original at New York Times external link    Mon, May 18

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 United States He loves to stage art shows (by people like Ruben Toledo, Christopher Makos, or James Brown) alongside those of design or fashion. In 1985, one of Pucci's earliest cross-disciplinary efforts had Putman designing a mannequin, a young Isabel Toledo ...

Rate Isabel and Ruben Toledo Honored With Andre Leon Talley Lifetime ... - PR Newswire

Original at prnewswire.com external link    Sat, May 16

Isabel and Ruben Toledo Honored With Andre Leon Talley Lifetime ... It is an honor for us to be acknowledged by him, the god of fashion," said Isabel Toledo . "He is an inspiration to all of us. Thank you, Andre, and thank you to SCAD." In 2000, the college honored Talley with a Lifetime Achievement A...

Rate Art and fashion form a union

Original at Savannah Morning News external link    Sat, May 9

 GA This talented couple serves as the focus of "Rueben and Isabel Toledo: A Marriage of Art and Fashion," a multi-media exhibit on display at the Savannah College of Art and Design's Red Gallery through June 7. They will also receive the 2009 Andre Leon ...

Rate Michelle Obama dresses down First Lady-style

Original at herald.co.zw external link    Fri, May 8

Boutique owner Ikram Goldman is said to be behind many of Michelle's savviest style choices, including the gold Isabel Toledo dress and jacket she chose for her husband's inauguration, as well as the white ball gown by 26-year-old designer Jason Wu she ...

Rate Hail to the Chic | Isabel Toledo at FIT

Original at New York Times external link    Fri, May 8

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 United States “Isabel Toledo: Fashion from the Inside Out” (June 17-September 26) is organized thematically by the various styles and techniques Toledo has developed over the years — origami, for example, or something she calls “liquid architecture” — highlighting ...

Rate Models Mob the Met!

Original at New York Observer external link    Tue, May 5

 NY Vogue editor at large André Leon Talley, resplendent in an Isabel Toledo cape, was more voluble: “I gave a lot of advice to a lot of people, but they shall remain nameless because they don't want me to say who I'm giving advice to,” he was telling a ...

Rate Yellow makes a spring splash

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Sat, Apr 18

 PA 20 presidential inauguration, when Michelle Obama wore a yellow sheath dress and matching coat, designed by Isabel Toledo. It was hailed as a departure from the traditional red or blue usually worn by first ladies. Elsewhere, Oscar-winner "Slumdog ...

Rate Style and Stilettos 4-17-09

Original at Murray State News external link    Fri, Apr 17

 KY While in New York, drooling over well-dressed women and their intense salaries, I will try to run into Isabel Toledo whose many designs have been featured on the first lady. Her creations will also be displayed at The Museum at FIT. ...

Rate The first lady's seal of approval

Original at Drapers online external link    Wed, Mar 18

 UK Based on recent events the gong for scoop of the year has to go to FIT who in June will be opening the Isabel Toledo: Fashion from the inside out exhibition. So who is the lady behind the Obama outfit? Isabel Toledo arrived in the US from Cuba when she ...

Rate Spring fashion follows first lady

Original at Washington Times external link    Tue, Mar 3

 DC One J. Crew dress in what Ms. Lyons describes as a "lemon citrus" color is an homage of sorts to the Isabel Toledo suit Mrs. Obama wore to her husband's swearing-in ceremony. As for Macy's, its spring catalog boasts many Michellesque sleeveless dresses ...

Rate Michelle Obama: First lady's fashion icon status pending

Original at Norwich Bulletin external link    Thu, Feb 26

 CT At best she should be seen as the ‘Sir Mix-a-Lot’ of high and low fashion.” Haver agrees that Obama’s style is all over the map. On Inauguration Day alone, she went from a kind of frumpy yellowish Isabel Toledo skirt suit — described by Haver as ...

Rate Where the best dressed First Lady Shops

Original at American Thinker external link    Thu, Feb 26

 WA That's one case for shopping at a store that carries smaller-scale designers such as Soronen, Thakoon and Isabel Toledo. (snip) "All of the top boutiques are in a constant search for the next young 'it' designer," Chauvez said. ...

Rate How Ikram Goldman became Michelle Obama's closest fashion adviser

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    Tue, Feb 24

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 United States That's one case for shopping at a store that carries smaller-scale designers such as Soronen, Thakoon and Isabel Toledo. Goldman is friends with prominent fashion editors, such as Vogue's Sally Singer, who exchange intelligence with Goldman during the ...

Rate First Lady of fashion?

Original at Louisville Courier-Journal external link    Tue, Feb 24

 KY At best she should be seen as the ‘Sir Mix-a-Lot' of high and low fashion." Haver agrees that Obama's style is all over the map. On Inauguration Day alone, she went from a kind of frumpy yellowish Isabel Toledo skirt suit — described by Haver as ...

Rate Toledos hold homecoming at KSU

Original at Ravenna Record Courier external link    Fri, Feb 20

 OH By Diane Smith Isabel Toledo, the "small business" owner who designed the inaugural outfit for First Lady Michelle Obama, and her husband, illustrator Ruben Toledo, came to Kent State University Thursday to encourage students to be creative and ...

Rate Podcast: First lady's inauguration suit designer comes to Kent

Original at WKSU external link    Tue, Feb 17

By goodman@wksu.org (Vivian Goodman) via Blogdigger blog search for "Isabel Toledo" ("Anne Klein" OR "Michelle Obama" OR "Ruben Toledo" OR "Fashion Institute of Technology" OR "Parsons School of Design" OR Inauguration OR fashion OR "Otis College of Art and Design" OR designer OR dress).

Rate Michael Henry Adams: Black Style Now? Shouldn't the Obamas Also Choose Black Designers?

Original at Huffington Post external link    Tue, Feb 17

By Michael Henry Adams via Blogdigger blog search for "Isabel Toledo" ("Anne Klein" OR "Michelle Obama" OR "Ruben Toledo" OR "Fashion Institute of Technology" OR "Parsons School of Design" OR Inauguration OR fashion OR "Otis College of Art and Design" OR designer OR dress).

Rate The new first lady of fashion

Original at EducationGuardian.co.uk external link    Sat, Feb 14

By Alice Fisher via Blogdigger blog search for "Isabel Toledo" ("Anne Klein" OR "Michelle Obama" OR "Ruben Toledo" OR "Fashion Institute of Technology" OR "Parsons School of Design" OR Inauguration OR fashion OR "Otis College of Art and Design" OR designer OR dress).

Rate The First Lady and FashionVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at New York Times Blogs external link    Thu, Feb 12

 NY The designers are Jason Wu (the fuchsia dress worn by Mrs. Obama on the new cover of Vogue), Isabel Toledo, Narciso Rodriguez, Thakoon and Maria Cornejo. None of these designers has dressed a first lady before, so it’s great that Mrs. Obama has given ...

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Original at The Daily Voice external link    Thu, Feb 12

 NY A lot of the first ladies that came before her always went for the tried and true designers such as Oscar de la Renta or Carolina Herrera, but yet Michelle Obama has picked Narciso Rodriguez and Isabel Toledo and a lot of designers that maybe not your ...

Rate The Most Important Change in the White House Is the Fashion [On Beauty]

Original at gawker/full (Feedburner) external link    Tue, Feb 10

By Richard via Blogdigger blog search for "Isabel Toledo" ("Anne Klein" OR "Michelle Obama" OR "Ruben Toledo" OR "Fashion Institute of Technology" OR "Parsons School of Design" OR Inauguration OR fashion OR "Otis College of Art and Design" OR designer OR dress).

Rate More US Mag BS About the Not-So-Down-To-Earth "Keepin' It Real" Obamas

Original at Debbie Schlussel external link    Tue, Feb 3

By Debbie Tags: via Blogdigger blog search for "Isabel Toledo" ("Anne Klein" OR "Michelle Obama" OR "Ruben Toledo" OR "Fashion Institute of Technology" OR "Parsons School of Design" OR Inauguration OR fashion OR "Otis College of Art and Design" OR designer OR dress).

Rate FASHION ROUNDUP: BLACK DESIGNERS MAD AT MICHELLE?? / SMITHSONIAN WANTS ARETHA’S HAT

Original at CONCRETELOOP.COM external link    Sun, Feb 1

By tianna via Blogdigger blog search for "Isabel Toledo" ("Anne Klein" OR "Michelle Obama" OR "Ruben Toledo" OR "Fashion Institute of Technology" OR "Parsons School of Design" OR Inauguration OR fashion OR "Otis College of Art and Design" OR designer OR dress).

Rate Ikram Goldman: The Most Powerful Woman In American Fashion - Huffington Post

Original at Uptown Girls external link    Wed, Jan 28

By fashion - Google News via Blogdigger blog search for "Isabel Toledo" ("Anne Klein" OR "Michelle Obama" OR "Ruben Toledo" OR "Fashion Institute of Technology" OR "Parsons School of Design" OR Inauguration OR fashion OR "Otis College of Art and Design" OR designer OR dress).

Rate Toledo to return to KSU museum

Original at Akron Beacon Journal external link    Wed, Jan 28

 OH That memorable lace wool outfit was designed by Isabel Toledo, no stranger to the museum or the students at KSU's School of Fashion Design and Merchandising. The museum's Web site is one of the only places to see in-depth information about and images ...

Rate Spotlight on Ikram: A Fave Boutique of Michelle Obama..

Original at Hip Candy external link    Tue, Jan 27

By Chanel Tags: Michelle Obama via Blogdigger blog search for "Isabel Toledo" ("Anne Klein" OR "Michelle Obama" OR "Ruben Toledo" OR "Fashion Institute of Technology" OR "Parsons School of Design" OR Inauguration OR fashion OR "Otis College of Art and Design" OR designer OR dress).

Rate Canny GILT Groupe Founders Discover They Timed the Market Perfectly; 'It's a Bit Taboo' to Be Seen Shopping These Days!

Original at New York Observer external link    Mon, Jan 26

By Meredith Bryan via Blogdigger blog search for "Isabel Toledo" ("Anne Klein" OR "Michelle Obama" OR "Ruben Toledo" OR "Fashion Institute of Technology" OR "Parsons School of Design" OR Inauguration OR fashion OR "Otis College of Art and Design" OR designer OR dress).

Rate part four: the winter white party

Original at mikeijames (Livejournal) external link    Sun, Jan 25

via Blogdigger blog search for "Isabel Toledo" ("Anne Klein" OR "Michelle Obama" OR "Ruben Toledo" OR "Fashion Institute of Technology" OR "Parsons School of Design" OR Inauguration OR fashion OR "Otis College of Art and Design" OR designer OR dress).

Rate Daily Obama Juice

Original at Young, Black, and Fabulous external link    Sun, Jan 25

By natasha via Blogdigger blog search for "Isabel Toledo" ("Anne Klein" OR "Michelle Obama" OR "Ruben Toledo" OR "Fashion Institute of Technology" OR "Parsons School of Design" OR Inauguration OR fashion OR "Otis College of Art and Design" OR designer OR dress).

Rate Inauguration | Michelle Obama’s Landslide

Original at New York Times external link    Fri, Jan 23

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 United States - For Mrs. Obama, the only mote of discord in the universal fawning was what to call the hue of the Isabel Toledo dress-cardigan-jacket combo. ...

Rate First lady's outfits get mixed reviews

Original at Toledo Blade external link    Fri, Jan 23

Obama got better reviews, overall, for her noontime ensemble, a dress and matching overcoat by Cuban-American designer Isabel Toledo. Made of satin-backed Swiss wool "guipure" lace - an expensive fabric used in couture - it was dotted with tiny mirrors that gave the fabric a subtle shim...

Rate Michelle Obama To Grace Vogue Cover?

Original at Access Hollywood external link    Fri, Jan 23    6 related articles

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 - Michelle Obama wore an ivory Jason Wu gown to the inauguration ball and a lemongrass Isabel Toledo to the ceremony. But which one did you like more? ...

Rate Style Watch: First lady takes fashion reins in D.C.

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    Fri, Jan 23

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From St. John, this pink sheath dress is part of the spring 2009 collection. It reflects both the color and silhouette Michelle Obama favors. First lady Michelle Obama walks the parade route Tuesday with the president in what's being officially described as a "lemon grass-colored" coat an...

Rate Why Isabel Toledo Got Michelle's VoteVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Daily Beast external link    Thu, Jan 22

Not long after Michelle Obama debuted her lemongrass Isabel Toledo dress at Tuesday’s inaugural ceremony, the designer’s computer crashed. ... Spotlight : Isabel Toledo Terra.com KSU connection to Obama dress ... Designer Isabel Toledo to return ... Ravenna Record Courier

Rate The Scoop on Aretha's Hat

Original at Styledash external link    Thu, Jan 22

By Josh Loposer via Blogdigger blog search for "Isabel Toledo" ("Anne Klein" OR "Michelle Obama" OR "Ruben Toledo" OR "Fashion Institute of Technology" OR "Parsons School of Design" OR Inauguration OR fashion OR "Otis College of Art and Design" OR designer OR dress).

Rate First Lady shines in Isabel Toledo

Original at Albany Times Union external link    Tue, Jan 20

President Barack Obama wore a red tie and white shirt with his suit, topped with an overcoat adorned with an American flag pin. Toledo, who had a short stint at Anne Klein but is considered relatively avante garde, is exactly the kind of designer Michelle Obama gravitates toward.

Rate Diane, A Shaded View on Fashion: Nikki Uberti wears vintage Isabel ...

Original at Diane, A Shaded View on Fashion external link    Tue, Jan 20

http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/290677/38664030. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Nikki Uberti wears vintage Isabel Toledo. Hair net from local bodega. Styling & photo by Walt Cessna NYC 1990: ...

Rate First Lady Style: Michelle Obama in Isabel Toledo | yellow, isabel ...

Original at FabSugar external link    Tue, Jan 20

While her tots wore colorful J.Crew Crewcuts (so cute), Michelle continued the delight in a custom Isabel Toledo coat and dress. The Cuban-born designer did not know this would be Michelle's choice today — imagine the designer's delight ...

Rate Sparkle! The sartorial flag waved around the world.

Original at MetaFilter external link    Tue, Jan 20

By joseph conrad is fully awesome The undeniable 'bling' of the First Lady Michelle Obama's sparkly yellow dress underlines that she is full of surprises. Shades of yellow have symbolized renewal and hope since Elizabethan times, and besides, the shade really popped on Michelle Obama. Oh, it's also a "sartorial flag wav...

Rate Michelle Obama Outfit #1: Isabel Toledo

Original at Fashion Indie external link    Tue, Jan 20

I live 5 miles outside of DC I am not interested in seeing how quickly the Porta Potties freeze over or touching strangers with my nice coat. But I.

Rate Inaugural Fashion: Isabel Toledo for Michelle, J.Crew for the ...

Original at Gothamist external link    Mon, Jan 19

First Lady Michelle Obama, who must save the American fashion industry (at least, according to the NY Times), did not disappoint with her first outfit of her husband's administration: She wore a "lemongrass yellow" Isabel Toledo dress ...

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