If you did not already know, Jason Wu started out as a fashion doll designer, now and after receiving the presidential first dance with his Inauguration Ball dress. Jason just dressed up a limited edition doll for Colette ($300) – “Doing a doll is like drawing a caricature” Wu explains. “You don’t render all the details, just the most distinctive ones. That’s why it has to be a fun look.” He also has another two dolls in the works: one for Jeffrey New York’s tenth anniversary and a second for a Japanese fashion house…
Few can recall a time when even the top names in fashion had to undergo a screen test at the gates of the white house. So who is this gatekeeper that is helping make or break new and old designers alike…Apparently high-end Chicago retailer Ikram Goldman, owner of Ikram boutique, is the woman standing between the first lady and the fashion world…