DESIGNING DAISY FUENTES TOSSES HER HAT INTO THE CELEBRITY FASHION RING AT KOHL'S.Byline: Sandra Barrera Staff Writer You're hot. You're rich. You're famous. What to do now? Follow the latest trend and market your style. That's what Daisy Fuentes Daisy Fuentes (born November 17, 1966 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban model and actress. When Daisy was three years old, the Fuentes family moved to Madrid, Spain, and finally emigrated to Harrison, New Jersey four years later. has done. The former host of MTV's ``House of Style'' has debuted her new Daisy Fuentes collection at the 542 Kohl's department stores This is a list of department stores. In the case of department store groups the location of the flagship store is given. This list does not include large specialist stores, which sometimes resemble department stores. nationwide. Her affordable, stylish women's wear women's wear n. Clothing for women. , inspired by clean lines and feminine detail, places her in the growing ranks of celebs lending their names to clothing labels. ``People already care about what celebrities are wearing,'' says Kim Askew a·skew adv. & adj. To one side; awry: rugs lying askew. [Probably a-2 + skew. , senior writer of Fashion Club, the online magazine of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . ``All the hottest designers want to get their clothes worn by an actress or a musician or whatever. That's their goal. So, if celebrities are going to be hawking clothes, it might as well be their own.'' Fuentes' line joins only a handful of other would-be celebrity brands whose namesakes are of Latin origin. The actress/pop singer Jennifer Lopez's urban wear J.Lo hangs on racks in department stores like Macy's. Mexican crossover artist Thalia Sodi's name is attached to a youthful line at K-Mart, while TV lifestyle guru Lucy Pereda (aka the Latin Martha Stewart <noinclude></noinclude> Martha Stewart (born Martha Helen Kostyra on August 3, 1941) is an American business magnate, author, editor and homemaking advocate. She is also a former stockbroker and fashion model. ) has a line of clothing and fashion accessories for the trendy woman 25 and over in more than 450 Sears stores nationwide, and in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. , where she once ran her own couture boutique. ``I love design, I love to create, and to me this was like coming full circle in my life,'' Pereda says. ``And I think it's great that other celebrities are doing the same thing because it means that there are other avenues to expose their art and their business, and why not? The sun comes out for everybody.'' That includes veteran rock guitarist Carlos Santana Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20 1947), is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. He became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, the Santana Blues Band, going mostly under the title "Santana", which , whose Carlos brand of sexy ladies' heels - available locally at Macy's, Robinsons-May and Nordstrom - are a favorite of Askew. ``They're very sexy but fun like they were made for salsa,'' she says. Like the other celebrity lines, Fuentes' collection reflects her personal sense of style, which tends to go from hippie to elegant. ``I'm doing clothes that I love to wear.'' Geared for active women ages 25 and over, her pieces are sporty, with low-slung cargo pants cargo pants or trousers Noun, pl loose trousers with a large external pocket on the side of each leg and form-fitting little T-shirts to match. Plunging V-necklines are embroidered em·broi·der v. em·broi·dered, em·broi·der·ing, em·broi·ders v.tr. 1. To ornament with needlework: embroider a pillow cover. 2. in flowers. Skirts are pleated. Metallic pedal pushers pedal pushers pl.n. Calf-length slacks worn by women and girls. [From their originally being worn by bicyclists.] are club-ready. ``I don't think you should have to spend a fortune to look like a million dollars. I don't,'' Fuentes says, explaining, ``That's a big part of why I wanted to get involved.'' Fuentes, who lives in Los Angeles and this summer plans to hosts the Miss Universe Pageant from Ecuador, says she's contemplated the idea of starting her own label for several years. But the timing or the company approaching her was never right. Then clothing manufacturer Regatta approached Fuentes about licensing her name to its line. ``They just totally got inside my head. More than anything I wanted to make a quality product that was fashionable at a really affordable price.'' It wasn't long until Kohl's climbed on board. The company will donate a percentage of the proceeds from the sale of Fuentes' clothes to its Kohl's Cares for Kids fund, which benefits schools, youth organizations and children's hospitals This is a list of children's hospitals. See also Pediatric Care. International
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Fuentes' family couldn't always afford to buy her a trunk load of dresses when she was young. Fortunately, her seamstress grandmother taught her mother to sew. Fuentes would come home with yards of fabric and various patterns that she would have her mother mix and match. As she explains, that's pretty much what she's doing now with her designers. ``I'm pulling things out of my closet, staples that I've had forever. Some of them are very expensive designer pieces, some of them are just great finds that I want to create a different version of.'' By summer Fuentes expects to add to the mix shoes inspired by fall trends in Milan. Jewelry and handbags will follow in due time. ``Hopefully, if I have it my way, I'll be in every department of Kohl's.'' CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- 3 -- color) Daisy Fuentes shows clothing from her own collection, above. Models, center and left, wear apparel from Lucy Pereda's spring collection, available at Sears stores. |
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