By Marielle Bobo, Executive Director, Style & Special Projects
A publishing industry veteran with over 17 years of fashion and beauty media experience, Marielle Bobo is the Executive Director of Style & Special Projects for Interactive One. Widely known as a masterful creative director, Bobo joins iOne from EBONY Magazine, where, as Fashion & Beauty Director, she oversaw fashion and beauty coverage, including creative direction and styling for celebrity cover shoots and trend features.
Bobo began her impressive career as an agent at Wilhelmina Models. She soon transitioned to Allure magazine as a market editor covering accessories and fashion. Later, Bobo joined the style department at Hearst Magazine’s CosmoGirl and would go on to lend her expertise to Essence, Women’s Wear Daily (WWD), Vanity Fair, Glamour and Harper’s Bazaar.
Marielle has appeared on various television outlets including ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s The Today Show and CBS’ Entertainment Tonight. In 2015, she was invited to the White House among an esteemed group of fashion luminaries to participate in Michelle Obama’s Reach Higher Fashion Education Workshop. Later that year, she was named one of Hello Beautiful’s 30 Most Powerful Black Women in Fashion.
UK designer Martine Rose released a warm-weather drop with sportswear label Napapijri, known for its colorful takes on classic sportswear. Heavy on the retro feels, the Spring-Summer capsule is a welcome follow-up to the duo’s Fall/Winter collaboration. An homage to youth culture in Cali, bold hues, oversize outerwear and baggy pants flash back to the west coast rap scene of the ’90s.
The lineup remixes Napapijri’s heritage pieces such as the Rainforest jacket: a hooded windbreaker, oversize polos and overalls. Two new silhouettes—the Rainforest Axl and Rainforest Op Alpha— feature exaggerated oversize fits, lightweight fabrics, hidden pockets and bold seasonal hues.
Photographed in various locations in downtown LA, baggy jeans, striped polos and branded sweats add to the throwback vibes. Take a closer look at the colorful lookbook below and shop the entire Napa by Martine Rose SS18 collection at napabymartinerose.com.
