Inspirate (Inspirate and Motivate)

Friday, June 10th, 2011

Diego Della Valle, the driving force of Tod’s, explains how he got started…

Qlix thought our entrepreneurial arbiters of style and fashion would love to read how one of fashion’s most influential shoe retailer got his start. In The Big Bang column (Barneys NY popular blog site, The Window) we are definitely giving an insiders-view to the humble entrepreneurial beginnings and wisdom, Diego Della Valle.
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Friday, April 29th, 2011

And the TRUTH shall set you free…

This morning I received an email from our senior editor, Marquita Harris, that included a quote (read and see below) she had posted on her Tumblr blog (a must read and see as well) from the in comparable, Ira Glass of This American Life fame.

“ Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, [...]

Friday, November 19th, 2010

Cee-Lo Green – The Lady Killer Album

Music is always an inspiration for any talent …emerging to established. For the kiddies the jammies for the day are all from Cee-Lo’s new album The Lady Killer. Inspirate away… Enjoy!

NOTE: Had to throw this in…No matter what he does solo…will always love the Goodie MOB days…Period!

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

The Smartest Gentleman in the Room – Jake Nickell, co-founder of Threadless

Last month, Threadless celebrated their 10th birthday with a meet and greet at the MCA bookstore. I, being an editor who is highly selective of who I personally interview, welcomed the opportunity to interview co-founder Jake Nickell when I found out he would be in attendance.
Jake Nickell is only half the dynamic duo [...]

Saturday, October 9th, 2010

Travel in style….

Luxirare designed this carry-on travel bag…SICK is the only word to describe.
images courtesy of Luxirare.com

Wednesday, October 6th, 2010

NEED TO KNOW: the PATTERNITY test…

A portal of endless inspiration, PATTERNITY, is a London based design studio founded in August 2009 by Art Director Anna Murray & Textile & Surface Designer Grace Winteringham. This site of visual relaxation and inspiration specializes in all things dealing with the discovery & application of pattern within the Fashion, Interior & Luxury [...]

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

Norma Kamali On Innovation

If there was one bit of advice I could take from BRAG’s (Black Retail Action Group) panel discussion led by Constance White featuring Norma Kamali is that any designer whether legendary or emerging now, had better adapt. “When the environment changes, you must change,” said Kamali. This is just an inkling of what listeners were [...]

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

Nick Cave, master Soundsuiter…deux!

Qlix took notice of Mr. Cave’s soundsuits by way of an April 6, 2010 post, way before the American fashion bible — Vogue knighted him with an eight-page spread in the most highly coveted monthly issue of the year — The September issue. I guess we
At first look, one may think that Nick [...]

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

She’s So Bad – video by Terry David Drew

Put to video by photographer, Terry David Drew gives us a sexy film noir to She’s So Bad, one of the featured storyboards in Qlix ISSUE 02 (on sale now!). Thanks Terry!

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

I’m on a boat…

Lately, I’ve been feeling like packing everything up and isolating myself to focus 250% entirely on Qlix. I thought.. all I need is my camera, my comp, my Pierre, and my beau..then I came across this image – see below
and thought to myself…”plus this house boat on off the coast of Naples, Italy wouldn’t [...]

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