This week we are giving you the low down on the party high points this week in Miami.

“We proudly invite you to what is sure to be one of the more prominent “good times” in current Miami nightlife. This weekly event is being held at the beautifully renovated and historical space formerly known as Transit Lounge, BLACKBIRD ORDINARY.”

Miami’s finest classic hip hop DJs, Giveaways, Drink Specials & Nefarious Girl?
Sign us up!

What: LIFTED
When? Tuesday January 10, 2012
10pm – 5 am
Where? Blackbird Ordinary
729 SW 1st Ave, Brickell
Who? Chocolate Sundays Lovers

You dont want to miss this ! New Indie Band from Wynwood ! Stoli 4$ shots. Reduced Stoli Cocktails !!!

What: LIVE SET BY KRISP
When? Wednesday January 11, 2012
10pm – 5 am
Where? Ricochet
3250 Buena Vista Ave, Midtown
Who? Wynwood Indie Kids

Chalk is Miami’s only temple to ping pong and billiards; a lounge unlike any other that is redefining the game of cool. Situated in the former Washington Federal Bank, CHALK boasts 6600 square feet of engaging design and interactive entertainment including timeless classics like Connect Four and Checkers.

What: THE BREAKS
When? Thursday January 12, 2012
9pm – 5 am
Where? Chalk Ping Pong & Billiards Lounge
1234 Washington Ave, Miami Beach
Wh0: Tricksters and Pool Sharks

T.G.I.Fridays at The Vagabond! This week we’re proud to welcome Miami’s own world famous AFROBETA for a special live performance!

What: AFROBETA LIVE
When? Friday January 13, 2012
9pm – 5 am
Where? The Vagabond
30 NE 14 st, Miami
Wh0: Miami Dance Lovers

If you have any idea of what the fashion business is made of, then MAGIC is not a sideshow for you. MAGIC is the biggest international fashion trade show that happens twice a year in the sinful city, adult Disney World, if I may, Las Vegas. Every August and February, the world’s fashion industry travels west for a 3-day long desert sleepover that takes place August 17-19of 2010

MAGIC has been taking place for 75 years, and every time the event is it has always found some innovative way of making things better. Keep in mind, the industry changes and so they have to keep up with the change and coevolve with the times and trends.

This February, MAGIC will divide itself into two different territories. At Las Vegas Convention Center and simultaneously at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.

The trade show has organized itself as follow:

Magic Menswear
Don’t have to be a wiz to know what to expect in this section. All different types of assortments for men; casual and contemporary accessories and footwear, business or sportswear.

WWD Magic
A section that can be a whole planet of its own with seven seas and more continents than this world could ever fathom. Every category for women can be found in this section. You can start with the main outerwear, footwear, casual wear and sportswear and then find a subdivision and a subdivision to those subdivisions too.

Project
This satellite show was launched back in 2003 presenting the most original, avant garde, trend setting and directional contemporary brands. It is a privilege to be showcasing at this show. The assortment, quality and edge of this show set the standards of a Gallerie LaFayette contemporary bridge section.

POOL
This section invites one into a very eclectic, artsy bedroom, comfy show. All those side projects that someone once had, all those ideas of stitching your Barbie’s clothes to make it into a bracelet or maybe even an accessory dog collar. Yeah, that type of creativity and insanity is cherished in this part of convention.  Think The Science of Sleep for one instance and you will get a picture of the merchandise and imagination displayed at POOL. (Wasabi has to take a dive!)

S.L.A.T.E
This section is for the slick and skate kids. Get it? S-L-A-T-E? The brands featured at this section are all those brands that the artists, musicians, and hipsters dig. It is street style; it is the notion for fashion that is way beyond trends; it is clothing fitting your lifestyle.

FP Platform
This is the first time the trade show has a section that has been designated solely to shoes (pun obviously intended). MAGIC introduces FP Platform with the following statement “We have clothed you. Now, the Shoes.”

PREMIUM
I will withhold my critiques and opinionated fashion perspective for this section. Mind you, WFK won’t visit it. (A lot of bling, diamond studded jeans . . . okay, no more words.)

STREET
This section is action packed of clothing that wants to accompany the individual that leads an adventurous lifestyle. A whole range of contemporary, colorful, on the edge, exciting clothing can be found here. It is for smart brands that know how to balance creativity with all the commercial stuff. That is how one makes good business.

What:: Magic Fashion Trade Show
When:: August 17^th, 18^th, 19^th , 2010
Where:: Las Vegas Convention Center
Why:: This fashion stuff is kinda fun!

Scolar @ POOL

Wasabi surely digs Japanese brand Scolar with it’s harajuku colors and designs. Even their website is spectacular fun, when you mouse over their logo girl with swirly hair, she blows flowery kisses! Even that for a statement sounds Japanese. Check them out!

Buy:: www.scolar.jp

Rojas @ POOL

And though the Pool booth for cutting edge designer Freddie Rojas was a small portion and just a tip of the iceberg of his incredible LA showroom and designs, their jewelry displayed magnetized my sixth fashion sense. Using mirrors as the main material for their rings, combined with plastic and geometrical shapes, you can only suspect he’s out for more. Rojas introduces four clothing collections every year for both men and women. He has exquisite taste and intellectual knowledge of the fashion business excelling not only in the design but also in the pattern making, production and marketing of his line.

Buy:: www.rojasonline.com

Realm Jewelry @ POOL

“Three dimensional collages.” That is what designer Jesse Walker calls his jewelry. Each piece is a universe of its own, combining safety pins, chains, brass and steel and unconventional materials with a new decoration roll.  It’s avant-garde art elevated to the power of creativity.

Buy:: www.realmbyjessewalker.com

PopKiller @ POOL

In love with Japanese fashion? Popkiller will satisfy your desires. They are a company based in LA, bringing kaleidoscopic exclusive designs from Japan that you won’t find anywhere else. Check out their sunglasses collection. They will poke your eyes out!

Buy:: www.popkiller.us

Owlita @ POOL

Feather waterfalls that sit on your shoulder. Beautiful will simply be a word from the poem that these pieces are to describe with their presence. All creations by Ashley Doty, the heart of Owlita. Ashley, Originally from Oregon, has moved from her kitchen to her studio, reaching more than 40 accounts offering these earrings.

Buy:: www.owlita.com

Lana @ POOL

Bulky, dreaded yarn knitted, knotted and Legoed to make up for the walls of  Lana’s purses and scarves. The whole collection is wept by Lana’s hands with two big plastic needles. Bags that contain the designer’s happiness in every stitch and thread. Lana Williams lives to love what she does and does what she loves.

Buy:: www.shoplana.com

High Fydelity , Scratch Tracks@ POOL

These are the coolest bags, and even if they didn’t function well, they would still keep their cool rocking glow, however, they do! They are stereo bags with built in stereos that connect to your smart phone, MP3 or iPod.  They come in bright prints, metallic, or neon colors. Very 80s, very pop, very very rock-and-roll.  Chose your favorite style among backpacks, funny packs, messenger bags, hobos, purses . . . just use your imagination, they will surely have a style to dress up to your style.  A-ha! they have style.

Buy:: www.highfydelity.com

Glamour Kills @ POOL

A thirsty twenty-something dude with an artist’s soul and a basement in his parent’s apartment in NY, attempted to create something a couple of years ago.  He created Glamour Kills, a lifestyle brand encrusted in the underground culture that stands for street fashion and music as the liquid that flows in your veins.  Mark Capicotto started with five shirts and a website and believing that anything was possible he persisted, worked and grew with his company.

Buy:: www.glamourkills.com

Confection Jewels @ POOL

Yanique Venezia uses button gems to compose her shimmering symphony of iridescent rings. Take a peek at this delicious banquet of one-of-a-kind pieces or “cocktail rings,” as designer Yanique calls them. Once the ring sits on your finger, it will hardly ever fall off, as if it was a tattoo you want to keep forever. Its glow and glee automatically attracts lots of compliments. Believe me, I have one myself.

Buy:: www.confectionjewels.com

Baggu @ POOL

Think plastic grocery bag. Now put a fashion apostrophe at the end of the word.
Baggu introduces grocery-esque bags in a multitude of colors. They will save (if you stick to the cloth colorful baggu bag,) around 300 to 700 plastic grocery bags.

Buy:: www.baggubag.com

Alter Ego @ POOL

Hang a necklace of Barbie heads, cabbage patch kids babies, and little ponyies around your neck. No, you are not diabolic; you just have a weakness for plastic figurines, cartoon characters and bright colors. Necklaces, rings and bracelets saturated in colors that look like candy. Collages of dolls and toys adorning your body. That’s what I call GOLD. And the queen of such bright-dark ideas is Erika Walton, designer of kawaii Alter Ego jewelry.

Buy:: www.alteregojewelry.net

Yummy You @ POOL

Twinke Chan is as adorable as her designs. She is the girl knitting at 3am, hidden in her closet not to disturbed her roommates, the one that spent all her allowance money collecting plastic toy food and feeling great about it. She is Japanese with big round eyes and zebra striped fuchsia and black hair. She learned how to knit back in the 80s, taught by her grandma. Out of a necessity of still remaining cute and fighting the San Francisco breeze, she came up with a guilt-free thumb sucking idea: Knitted food scarves!

Buy:: www.twinkiechan.com