of boutique guitar builders is at an all–time high, the luthier community can look to the legacy of Bill Collings as one of the true benchmarks for success in the craft.

For us here at Reverb, Collings will continue to serve as a role model for how to build tools that serve and amaze the music community. As Reverb founder and CEO David Kalt expressed, "Bill's vision for impeccable quality and craftsmanship is a huge inspiration for everything we do at Reverb."

Our thoughts are with the Collings family and company at this time.

Via the Collings Facebook page:Dubai's fashion show face-off

Fashion Forward and Fashion Week Middle East arrive in the city

By
Jenny Hewett
30 September 2014

Before bi-annual industry event Fashion Forward (FFWD) bounced on the block almost two years ago, the anchoring ceremony of Dubai’s fashion industry had quite literally fallen off the radar. Those of us in the know waited for the return of Dubai Fashion Week, but it never came. Fact is, until the launch of FFWD in 2013, the city had struggled to hold down a platform for emerging and established designers to showcase their work. With the three-day event now in its fourth season and the debut of Fashion Week Middle East taking place from October 1 to 4, we ask: what’s changed?

‘I think a city or a market needs to have a