Following is an excerpt from another interview with dress designer Maria Karicas where she discusses some of the latest fashion trends. Maria is one of the designers for the popular Clarisse line of dresses. She studied at Parsons The New School for Design in New York City.

Interviewer: What are the challenges of staying on top of the latest fashions? How do you have a ‘trendy’ dress produced in time before it goes out of style? Do you have secrets for staying ahead of the trends? In other words, if a movie makes a certain style an instantaneous ‘hit’, how are you ready to capitalize on that?

Maria: I think the secret is that you just have to always be paying attention. You always have to be aware of current tastes and current trends. You want to follow the trend and at the same time make it your own, but to do that you need to at least know where the trends are going. It’s like if you’re a stock broker, whether you’re busy or your on vacation you still have to pay attention to the financial news. Same thing applies with designers and fashion.

Clarisse Dress from PromGirl.net

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Help Prom Mafia follower Jenny get NHL player Jeff Skinner to go to her prom!

Read her post below and share it on Twitter and Facebook to get the word out.

It all started at the 2011 NHL all-star fan fair in Raleigh, NC. I was standing in line to meet number 53 of the Carolina Hurricanes, Jeff Skinner. This kid had an incredible knockout rookie year, as well as being an attractive young man, making him the ultimate fan favorite at just 18 years old.

Photo Courtesy of Jenny

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Hiya ladies. I am super excited to announce the launch of my very first Android fashion app! It’s called the Fashion Pegie (pronounced peggy) and contains updates from top fashion bloggers, fashion stores, and fashion designers.

I’m still working on finding the perfect people to be on it so if you have a fashion blog or a store and you want take part, let me know!

There’s a new social shopping site that just launched today called Obvilux.  I’ve only just started getting to know it, but it seems like a fun concept for finding and sharing things you like. I’ll update once I learn more. In the mean time, check it out and let me know what you think!

Intro to ObviLux (official alpha) from ObviLux on Vimeo.

That’s right ladies, Prom Mafia has been acquired! My hard work has paid off and hopefully you will be happy with the site under the direction of the new owners!

They are leaders in the canine fashion industry, constantly pushing the envelope and creating fun fashions for formal events.  Expect to see plenty of Puppy Prom inspired posts in the future featuring their popular dresses and tuxedos, a few of which I have featured below.

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