Sunday, May 27, 2007

RIP THE RUNWAY

RIP THE RUNWAY 2007
Hosts- Ciara & Chris Brown
music, fashion, and the runway all intertwined in 1......
The night was filled with plenty of clothing lines and musical artists. Many celebs came out to entertain and even show their strut on the cat walk in design labels such as AppleBottoms, LRG, G-Unit, Ande Sew and much more. The models set the scene to tunes such as "Throw Sum D's" by Rich Boy, "Grillz" by Nelly, "Buddy" by Musiq Soulchild, "I Want You" by Lloyd, "Poppin'" by Chris Brown and Rakim threw in a lil ol' skool mix for the ol' heads. Overall, the show was rather interesting, pretty much better than last year’s edition. It was rather short to a lot of the viewers on the other hand though. Most of the television audience was on the edge of their seats, such as I, waiting for MORE..... but in the end, the hour had pretty much done enough justice. It provided a better grasp as to what the season brings and lays down on the table.

Jordan Brand MUSIC BY RICH BOY & POOLO THA DON
The first line to set the stage was Michael Jordan's apparel line JORDAN BRAND. Consisting of mainly active wear for both Men & Women. Sneakers rocked as usual, we're all a "J's" fan (LOL). Huge locker, purses were used as an accessory accent for the women. Colors for the active wear were all brights, as giving meaning for the Spring. Topping it all off, celebs such as Big Tigga, Sammie, and Rocsi showcased pieces from this line.

AppleBottoms MUSIC BY PAUL WALL, J.D., NELLY ALI & BIG GIPP
Second up was Nelly's women's apparel line AppleBottoms. Nelly's line involved lots of metallic and bright colors. Including bikini tops as actual bras. Incorporations of Argle patterns and hoodies were trend in this line and are sure to be a trend for the season. OVERALLS are back!!!! and has a sort of trendiness also. Velour suits and jump suits are also included. Huge purses in this section are a big accessory also. Nelly also expands all the way to establishing a little girls line in which consists of mainly sweats and T's with the AppleBottom logo on them. Here, celebs such as Brooke Hogan, Alyessa Renee', Beautiful (Flava of Love), Angela and Vanessa Simmons (Rev Run's children) all modeled this clothing line on the runway.

Mychael Knight MUSIC BY LLOYD
This up and coming fashion designer was formally on "Project Runway" this past season. Now he is flaunting his own style of clothing and showcases it on Rip the Runway. His motto is "celebrating a woman's body", in which he solely makes only women's clothing. His line includes more blouses and dresses for women. Colors include plenty of whites, yellows, limes and browns. He also adds metallic in his collection as an accent topping off the colors he chose for this collection. Celebs such as Rocsi, Tocorra, and JuLissa ripped the runway here.

Monif C., LRG, and Steve Harvey MUSIC BY MUSIQ SOULCHILD
In this section, there are three lines showcased at once. Incorporating lines for both big Men and plus sized Women. LRG's line typically showcased bright colors in track jackets and jeans with detailing on them. LRG standing for Lifted Research Group. Monif C.'s line showcased apparel for only plus sized women, models flaunted long fitted dresses. Steve Harvey's line showcased big men in suits that were very professional looking. All lines incorporated plenty of browns and tans on top of the spring colors. Tocorra flaunted her moves on the runway in this section.
Ande Sew MUSIC BY CHRIS BROWN
This line didn’t walk the runway, rather the models just simply showed the beautiful pieces of Ande Sew. This collection was really raw and rigged and specially made for Women. Tans and browns were the main basis for this line

Lila Nikole Riverra-SWIMWEAR MUSIC BY MIMS
This line overall explains it all!!!! Swimwear plus sun equals HOT HOT HOTTTTT!!!!! Swimwear included brights once again with hints of florals here and there. Patterns and metallics showed up more within this section. This season is the season for 1 pieces. Now that they are actually back in style no one has to complain about the bikini (LOL). Colors such as tans, greens and browns show up for basis. Celebs such as Rocsi and Ya-Ya (America's Next top Model) walk the cat walk in there 1 and 2 pieces.

G-Unit MUSIC BY RAKIM
The last line to grace the runway was 50 cents line G-Unit. His line incorporated the overall, as you can see this will be a hot trend coming into the spring and summer, and jumpsuits. Dark colors in this line, more reds and indigo blues, blacks and greens. He also just as well as Nelly has a children's line, but has both boys and little girls clothing.Celebs such as Vanessa, Delicious (Flava of Love), Lil Scrappy, Ya-Ya, and 50's son modeled here and ended the show with a bang.
As we can see, patterns and textures do become a basis for what the spring clothing season may fall more likely to. Make sure if your one of those that is trying to get your clothing game together that (women) purchase those overalls and jumpsuits, and (men) those Steve Harvey brand suits lol.

Jasmine Wells





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