Win a $500 shopping spree at Ravinstyle.com

Vote for Stacia at stylebakery.com and you could win a $500 shopping spree at ravinstyle.com! Stylebakery.com is a fun take on a traditional style magazine offering style solutions and fresh ingredients to help you cook up your look. The "chefs" at stylebakery will hook you up with the latest and greatest fashion finds and link you to where you can buy them direct. They do all the research for you, so you're just a click away to a style recipe. They cover fashion, beauty, and lifestyle for "real" women who have real budgets. They're hosting the "On the Rise Awards," recognizing the hottest emerging designers and gathering votes for this year's favorite designer. Cast your vote (for ME, please!)and you'll be one step closer to winning a shopping spree at one of the coolest sites in the universe - ravinstyle.com. The girls at ravinstyle.com are the best - they know their fashion and offer the best edited mix of clothing and accessories (and Stacia!) for sale on the web. Thanks for your consideration!

Win a $500 shopping spree at Ravinstyle.com

Vote for Stacia at stylebakery.com and you could win a $500 shopping spree at ravinstyle.com! Stylebakery.com is a fun take on a traditional style magazine offering style solutions and fresh ingredients to help you cook up your look. The "chefs" at stylebakery will hook you up with the latest and greatest fashion finds and link you to where you can buy them direct. They do all the research for you, so you're just a click away to a style recipe. They cover fashion, beauty, and lifestyle for "real" women who have real budgets. They're hosting the "On the Rise Awards," recognizing the hottest emerging designers and gathering votes for this year's favorite designer. Cast your vote (for ME, please!)and you'll be one step closer to winning a shopping spree at one of the coolest sites in the universe - ravinstyle.com. The girls at ravinstyle.com are the best - they know their fashion and offer the best edited mix of clothing and accessories (and Stacia!) for sale on the web. Thanks for your consideration!

From the Sketchpad - Part 2

With the recent birth of my second child and first girl, Kaiulani Rose, I've been inspired to finally expand my line of Stacia Baby. Spacedye dresses for little girls - genius! I can't wait for Kaiulani to slip into a spacedye dress with matching panties. My size 6-12 months fit model, Kaiulani, has been busy in fittings for my new Spring baby collection - to debut in August at the Kids Show and Coterie in NYC (in stores February '08). I first dabbled with the baby line when I re-launched Stacia in 2005 with some cute spacedye hoodies and hibiscus tees (sized 3-6 mths thru 4T), but I've always wanted to do a full line with pants, dresses, and tops. For Spring '08, I've designed some adorable spacedye crochet dresses with matching crochet panties in bamboo, spacedye cotton striped hoodies and leggings, and delicate pointelle spacedye rayon bloomers and beach tunics. Most of the designs are miniature versions of what I'm working on for the womens' line for Spring. Soon you'll have your own "mini me" dressed in Stacia - coming soon to shopstacia.com and a store near you...

From the Sketchpad - Part 2

With the recent birth of my second child and first girl, Kaiulani Rose, I've been inspired to finally expand my line of Stacia Baby. Spacedye dresses for little girls - genius! I can't wait for Kaiulani to slip into a spacedye dress with matching panties. My size 6-12 months fit model, Kaiulani, has been busy in fittings for my new Spring baby collection - to debut in August at the Kids Show and Coterie in NYC (in stores February '08). I first dabbled with the baby line when I re-launched Stacia in 2005 with some cute spacedye hoodies and hibiscus tees (sized 3-6 mths thru 4T), but I've always wanted to do a full line with pants, dresses, and tops. For Spring '08, I've designed some adorable spacedye crochet dresses with matching crochet panties in bamboo, spacedye cotton striped hoodies and leggings, and delicate pointelle spacedye rayon bloomers and beach tunics. Most of the designs are miniature versions of what I'm working on for the womens' line for Spring. Soon you'll have your own "mini me" dressed in Stacia - coming soon to shopstacia.com and a store near you...

Stacia on Japanese Web Site Flashfilm.com

Check out the feature on Stacia at Flashfilm.com. It's a Japanese-based online magazine for international fashion and lifestyle. The writers at Flashfilm.com wrote a very nice blurb about yours truly and our little line of sweatertees here at Stacia. Their site has a US version for us English speaking folks. It's a cool site so check it out! Stacia is slowly building its international business, selling to stores in St. Bart's, London, Saudi Arabia, Toronto, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, and Japan. You can find Stacia at Kailani, Ash & Diamonds, and coming soon to Furacchi, all in Tokyo, Japan. Keep you posted on our international expansion. Sayonara!

Stacia on Japanese Web Site Flashfilm.com

Check out the feature on Stacia at Flashfilm.com. It's a Japanese-based online magazine for international fashion and lifestyle. The writers at Flashfilm.com wrote a very nice blurb about yours truly and our little line of sweatertees here at Stacia. Their site has a US version for us English speaking folks. It's a cool site so check it out! Stacia is slowly building its international business, selling to stores in St. Bart's, London, Saudi Arabia, Toronto, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, and Japan. You can find Stacia at Kailani, Ash & Diamonds, and coming soon to Furacchi, all in Tokyo, Japan. Keep you posted on our international expansion. Sayonara!

Space Dye - Stacia vs. Missoni

Ever since I started working with space-dyed yarn, I've constantly been compared to Missoni, who in the 1970's started the space-dye trend. But what is "space-dyed" yarn anyway? According to answers.com, the definition is "(textiles) Yarn dyed in one color for a specified length and in other colors for other lengths, the sequence being repeated." In layman terms, let's say there's 4 colors in a space-dye pattern (red, white, blue, yellow), you'd dye the yarn in red for about 6" then white the next 6", blue another 6", yellow another 6", and repeat again. The overall yarn will have a sort of rainbow effect and will be a pre-determined color repeat. The fun starts in the knitting process, though, because the pattern is not predictable nor is it engineered. You may have areas of striping, diamond shapes, or zig-zag effects. There's no telling what kind of pattern will evolve, because as the machine knits across the garment and then back down to the next row, the colors will layer on top of each other and create unique patterns on every garment - that is, no 2 garments will be the same. That's the beauty of space-dye yarn - you can get a one-of-a-kind look without a couture price (unless you're Missoni of course!)
So Missoni didn't invent space-dye, nor do I claim to have invented the wheel, but this special dye technique is just another pattern out there for knitwear designers, textile designers, and even carpet weavers to utilize to express an array of color in one fabric. You have polka-dots, stripes, plaids, tie-dye, and then there's space-dye. They're all patterns for fabrics and not patented or copyrighted in the universe. Sonia Rykel is famously known for her stripes, but everybody and his brother (aka J.Crew) have done stripes through the ages. So is it flattering to be compared to Missoni? Sure, they're an iconic brand, but I hope I'm offering my own take on the space-dye yarn in my own designs and colors, and at an obtainable price for a real person (not a celebrity!) I'm not manufacturing $1500 sweaters here, but I am offering affordable, luxurious knits that retail under $300.