From Verdura to Zaldy to Patrick McDonald, the New Issue of Fashiontribes Brings You the Tastemakers that Set the Trends - PODCAST

Podcast about the Best Fashion Articles & Chic Tips in April's Fashiontribes: MP3 File

The new April issue of Fashiontribes is full of profiles and interviews with the designers & movers-'n-shaker types that make the trends:

In the Afro Love magazine, you can meet Gabriella Zanzani, a groovy bag designer who's put in time at top design houses like Celine, Coach, and Donna Karan. She's all about metallics, but done softly, for Spring. About a Bag: From Nature to Music, Handbag Designer Gabriella Zanzani Finds Inspiration in All the Right Places (**We also located the best new online resource for top-shelf vintage couture)

Are shoes your thing? (Me too!) Ashley Dearborn is a chick who gets us Downtown Doll types. Her kicks are colorful, fab & anything but boring (she recently won the first FN Vivian Infantino Emerging Talent Award) How About 'Dem Shoes: Watch Out Blahnik and Louboutin. One Ashley Dearborn is Nipping at Your (Well Shod) Heels  (**Also find out what amazing fashion bargains the Thrifty Chick has for Fashiontribes readers.)

As a Fancy Flirt, you might have wondered what it would be like to be in a fashion show. Julia Szabo did the dirty work for us, walking the Yeohlee Fall 2005 show and then giving us the dish. While she didn't end up as Runway Roadkill like Sex & the City's Carrie, it isn't as easy as it looks. No Fashion Roadkill Here: Julia Szabo Walks the Yeohlee Fall 2005 Show Aloong With Other "Real People" Models & Lives to Tell the Tale (**Also check out cool new Bakelite jewelry, and get the scoop on the new high tech James Bond worthy Sprint phone)

I love those bejeweled Maltese cross cuffs from Verdura, so the Global Chic magazine feature on the venerable jeweler tells the story behind them. It involves Coco Chanel, Cole Porter, and a playboy Italian Duke with a talent for jewelry. Cuff Love: A Must-Have Accessory of the Season, the Verdura Bejeweled Maltese Cross Cuff Zooms to the Top of Every Fashionista's Wish List

The true designer's designer, Zaldy rocks. His Fall 2005 Show, Hex, was inspiring, and he also moonlights as the head designer for Gwen Stefani's L.A.M.B. line of bags and clothes. Meet the incredible talent behind the hype in the Rock Punk mag: Zaldy: A New York Fashion Original, Downtown Designer Zaldy Breaks the Mold with his Creative Couture

In Technoid Subculture, I chatted with fashion icon Patrick McDonald. He's written fashion & lifestyle for all the coolest mags, and his work is regularly in Mao Magazine, Paper, and aRude. See Patrick's picks from the collections, and his candid take on the more annoying side of the NYC fashionista scene.Fall's Luscious Glamour: Furs, Brocade & Evening Fabrics for Day, and a Dash of Your Own Creativity. Fall Looks Lush & Luxe Says Style Arbiter Patrick McDonald