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Savannah College of Art and Design > News Center > SCAD presents annual show
Original at scad.edu
• Sun, Sep 13
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
Designer SalutedOriginal at eglobalcommunity.com
• Tue, Aug 25
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
Michelle's Inauguration Suit - Yellow Is the New Black : LimeLifeOriginal at takoda5.limelife.com
• Thu, Jun 18
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
First Lady Michelle Obama's inauguration outfit to be featured in Isabel Toledo exhibit
Original at New York Daily News
• 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.
Exhibit Spotlights Under-the-Radar Obama Designer
Original at ABC News
• Tue, Jun 16
Obama designer Isabel Toledo works clothes `from the inside out' _ without pencil or publicist
Michelle Obama Takes Over the Arts
Original at NBC 4.com
• 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 ...
Michelle Obama's Fashions On Exhibit And Six Famous Dresses
Original at Digital City
• 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 ...
Ruben and Isabel Toledo
Original at New York Observer
• 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. ...
Michelle Obama Visits Ghana in July
Original at Politics Daily
• 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. ...
Now Reading | Ralph Pucci's 'SHOW'
Original at New York Times
• Mon, May 18
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 ...
Isabel and Ruben Toledo Honored With Andre Leon Talley Lifetime ... - PR Newswire
Original at prnewswire.com
• 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...
Art and fashion form a union
Original at Savannah Morning News
• 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 ...
Michelle Obama dresses down First Lady-style
Original at herald.co.zw
• 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 ...
Hail to the Chic | Isabel Toledo at FIT
Original at New York Times
• Fri, May 8
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 ...
Models Mob the Met!
Original at New York Observer
• 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 ...
Yellow makes a spring splash
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• 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 ...
Style and Stilettos 4-17-09
Original at Murray State News
• 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. ...
The first lady's seal of approval
Original at Drapers online
• 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 ...
Spring fashion follows first lady
Original at Washington Times
• 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 ...
Michelle Obama: First lady's fashion icon status pending
Original at Norwich Bulletin
• 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 ...
Where the best dressed First Lady Shops
Original at American Thinker
• 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. ...
How Ikram Goldman became Michelle Obama's closest fashion adviser
Original at Chicago Tribune
• Tue, Feb 24
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 ...
First Lady of fashion?
Original at Louisville Courier-Journal
• 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 ...
Toledos hold homecoming at KSU
Original at Ravenna Record Courier
• 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 ...
Podcast: First lady's inauguration suit designer comes to Kent
Original at WKSU
• 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).
Michael Henry Adams: Black Style Now? Shouldn't the Obamas Also Choose Black Designers?
Original at Huffington Post
• 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).
The new first lady of fashion
Original at EducationGuardian.co.uk
• 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).
The First Lady and FashionOriginal at New York Times Blogs
• 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 ...
Michelle Obama on the cover of VogueOriginal at The Daily Voice
• 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 ...
The Most Important Change in the White House Is the Fashion [On Beauty]
Original at gawker/full (Feedburner)
• 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).
More US Mag BS About the Not-So-Down-To-Earth "Keepin' It Real" Obamas
Original at Debbie Schlussel
• 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).
FASHION ROUNDUP: BLACK DESIGNERS MAD AT MICHELLE?? / SMITHSONIAN WANTS ARETHA’S HAT
Original at CONCRETELOOP.COM
• 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).
Ikram Goldman: The Most Powerful Woman In American Fashion - Huffington Post
Original at Uptown Girls
• 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).
Toledo to return to KSU museum
Original at Akron Beacon Journal
• 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 ...
Spotlight on Ikram: A Fave Boutique of Michelle Obama..
Original at Hip Candy
• 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).
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
• 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).
part four: the winter white party
Original at mikeijames (Livejournal)
• 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).
Daily Obama Juice
Original at Young, Black, and Fabulous
• 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).
Inauguration | Michelle Obama’s Landslide
Original at New York Times
• Fri, Jan 23
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. ...
First lady's outfits get mixed reviews
Original at Toledo Blade
• 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...
Michelle Obama To Grace Vogue Cover?
Original at Access Hollywood
• Fri, Jan 23
• 6 related articles
- 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? ...
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Style Watch: First lady takes fashion reins in D.C.
Original at Sacramento Bee
• Fri, Jan 23
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...
Why Isabel Toledo Got Michelle's VoteOriginal at Daily Beast
• 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
The Scoop on Aretha's Hat
Original at Styledash
• 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).
First Lady shines in Isabel Toledo
Original at Albany Times Union
• 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.
Diane, A Shaded View on Fashion: Nikki Uberti wears vintage Isabel ...
Original at Diane, A Shaded View on Fashion
• 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: ...
First Lady Style: Michelle Obama in Isabel Toledo | yellow, isabel ...
Original at FabSugar
• 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 ...
Sparkle! The sartorial flag waved around the world.
Original at MetaFilter
• 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...
Michelle Obama Outfit #1: Isabel Toledo
Original at Fashion Indie
• 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.
Inaugural Fashion: Isabel Toledo for Michelle, J.Crew for the ...
Original at Gothamist
• 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 ...