Playoff Season: Bombers vs. Sequins

Emma Mulholland takes her aquatic visions to the basketball court...

“We could be doing something different, and instead we’re just copying trends.”

-Emma Mulholland, fashion designer

"I was pretty obsessed with the Spice Girls. Spice is definitely the first album I can remember getting. Mum made me save for it and everything ... I got pretty obsessed, maybe because I thought I looked a bit like Baby Spice — I had really white-blonde hair.

At school, four of my friends and I would be the Spice Girls. I was Baby Spice — this was in Ulladulla, which is a beachy town with one CD store — and I was trying to convince my mum that I needed those platform Skechers to use as joggers. My mum's a PE teacher and she was like, 'They’re not joggers!'

I went through a few different stages growing up. When I was trying to remember my first album I wanted to say The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (I was obsessed with Sister Act 2), but then when I checked with mum she said it was definitely Spice Girls. After them it was the Fugees, TLC; that kind of thing. I always loved hip hop and girl bands.

I tried to go against pretty much anything my sister did. I think she was into R. Kelly at one point and so I was trying to be really indie, listening to The Strokes, trying to be cooler than her, and now I totally listen to R. Kelly. I think she used to like Nelly, which I thought was really lame, but now I think it’s good. So, my tastes have changed!" via Oyster

I Got That Good Thang

 CFDA Award Recipient Prabal Gurung, teamed up with M.I.A. prodigy, Rye Rye new video to show Resort 2012 collection. "Ever since I was young I found music videos to be such a great source of inspiration. Being that it was our first time implementing resort we wanted to celebrate this season and showcase the collection in a way that highlighted its bright and graphic elements while collaborating with new, exciting talent and thinking outside the box," says Prabal. The clothes come to life on actual people as opposed to boring models. Glad to see Rye Rye still grinding!!

View Prabal Gurung Resort 2012 at Style.com

The Love Down Under

I wish I could pinpoint what it is about artists and designers from Down Under that intrigues me. Maybes its the fact that they celebrate youth, color, and beauty without ever taking themselves too seriously. Forward thinking Australian denim brand, Ksubi commissioned artist and filmmaker, Daniel Askill to create a video for their Kolors range launched earlier this month. Daniel is known as one of the most talented fashion film directors in the world working with the Australian based Collider, a collective of some pretty bad ass directors. Daniel teams up with his brothers, Lorin Askill and designer, Jordan Askill on projects like 'There's No Place Like Home'. Jordan, who developed his own RTW label while designing at Ksubi, "has researched and developed his own high concept yet beautifully wearable jewellery collection, taking references from the nostalgia of youth, fine jewellery methods of the past, and the world around us together combining to reveal something very honest, modern and completely new. " Jordan takes this same approach to the innovative modern sculptures he also creates. Their 'There's No Place Like Home' film conjures up my own childhood obsession with horses, reminding me that farm kid in me won't ever die. Watch Here