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Do you wnat to dress like Beyonce? Here's your chance
Beyonce's Designer Destiny
Tue Oct 7, 5:15 PM ET
By Lia Haberman
Coming soon to a mall near you: Beyonc Knowles-inspired fashions. Booty not included.
The Independent Woman announced plans to add designer to her list of credits in Monday's edition of Women's Wear Daily, saying she will launch two collections next year. Knowles' mother, Tina, will act as her design collaborator. Mama Knowles is also Beyonc's stylist and author of Destiny's Style: Bootylicious Fashion, Beauty and Lifestyle Secrets From Destiny's Child.
The first sets of threads will be more "funky and hip-hop" and run toward T-shirts and jeans, while the other line will feature swankier dresses and separates, the two told WWD. "We want to bring some of the couture look to a broader public," said Knowles, who also serves as Pepsi's pitchwoman.
"People my age love fashion and want to dress in designer clothes, but can't afford it. I want to do something that is affordable, but sophisticated and sexy and feminine--something I would wear," the 22-year-old told WWD.
Beyonc, with mom in tow, was a front-row fixture at New York and Milan's Fashion Weeks. She was joined this past weekend by fellow diva Mariah Carey at the Versace spring 2004 show where they hobnobbed with designer Donatella Versace.
And she's not the only fashion-minded musician moonlighting on the side. Making the move from recording studio to designer's easel has been a rite of passage for rock's young royalty.
Russell Simmons did it first with his thriving line, Phat Farm. P. Diddy's also made a successful transition from music to fashion with his Sean John line, which has earned him several nods from the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
Other include Jay-Z with Roc-A-Wear and Jennifer Lopez, with J.Lo. Hot on their cotton blends is Latin star Thalia, who'll launch a line at K-Mart, while Eminem (news - web sites), Gwen Stefani (news) and Eve, all have collections scheduled for 2004.
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