Check out this interesting venture aiming to foster  Ugandan youth projects, the Ugandan Skate Union as well as the support organized  Ugandan Skate & Solidarity project.  Sent to us by our girl Cassi. Enjoy and Participate!

Designer Alberto Marani opens and online shop featuring his latest Autumn/Winter 2010 collection as well as pieces from the Spring’10 collection that are now reduced. Loving the idea of  designers doing their own retailing. Visit marani online here.

In conjunction with Fashion Night Out, Dolce & Gabbana are making a bunch of limited edition tees featuring Naomi as photographed by Patrick Demarchelier, Steven Klein, David LaChapelle, etc, etc, basically all the greats. Naomi will be signing the tees (though I’d rather she signed my Blackberry) at the Dolce & Gabbana store on Madison Avenue. Then the tees will be rolled out to D&G stores worldwide, with proceeds going to Naomi’s fave legal-defense-fund, I mean charity. And like I said last week, I’m finding myself more than ever overwhelmed by this stupid “FNO” event!  Next year, I guarantee, Wal-mart, Payless and all that ilk will be in on it, too, and it’s going to be one giant, meaningless mess, which it sort of is already. Via Thelifefiles (Note to Lifefiles staffers: see how easy it is to credit sites you get material from??)

Camilla Skovegaard and her very fun serrated paltform is sadly getting knocked-off . However, when your creativity is broad you’re always able to come out on top with something else that will have the copiers wishing. Case in point, tassel heels ! Who would have thought? Via Net-a-porter.

Pixie Market  has these shorts in brown leather , but the gold ones remind me of She- Ra , plus it’s labor day week-end and they are totally west indian day parade appropriate. Sa’k pase my people?  More images on the next page.

Asha Kamal Modi created Art Karat in 1988 when the concept of designer jewellery was unheard of in India. Her collections range from the simple and sleek to the super adorned like the latest Maharaja collection .I would love to say that I can cling to that sleek , minimal accessories aesthetic that I do admire but, India’s more is more concept when it comes to jewellery  and adornment just makes me weak in the knees. More images on the flip.

Berkley, California’s Bows & Arrows boutique has some very cute new arrivals from Vans Vault line, “Spectator” shoes for the ladies. How perfect with a pair of denim cut-offs or a short skirt or dress? I’m thinking extremely. A blue pair after the flip.

The design is as old as the sheep herder and the hills, but Alex Wang puts his distinct stamp on it by offering it in his signature grey jersey, notched up with black leather trim. So how bout it, can Alex get it, poncho lovers? Via Another.

Old school porn and sexually dominant females are themes we’re seeing repeated over and over again these days. This time it comes via lingerie house Agent Provocateur in a video featuring 90s supermodel Kristy Hume, demanding that her sub remove his tighty whities. I like kinky sex as much as the next person, but seeing so much of it is making me long for boring, loving vanilla sex. Missionary even. Imagine that. Via Blogue.

From HighSnobiety we saw and immediately snatched images from Adidas Originals By Jeremy Scott looks from the Autumn/Winter 2010 collection. Like I said a couple days back about JS, designing without fear and now I’m going to add, a game changer for the category. More looks mostly for men–though women could easily rock them–on the next page.