While most people remember her tragic downfall, Amy Winehouse is also being remembered for something else–her unmistakable imprint on women’s fashions. Her dedication to 60′s fashion and what it represented inspired designers as well as fashion consumers.

Some of today’s top designers recently talked about Amy Winehouse’s impact on the fashion world. Here’s some of what they had to say.

Emma Watson, the Harry Potter actress also known as Hermione Jean Granger who made her modeling debut with British luxury fashion house Burberry, is in talks to show her fashion designing skills to the world. Her line of clothing could hit women’s boutiques as early as next year.

The 21-year-old star is following the footsteps of artists like Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Victoria Beckham, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson, Heidi Montag, Georgina Chapman, Sarah Burton and Avril Lavigne by becoming a fashion designer.

Here’s what she had to say

Can we save the planet with one bikini at a time? A designer featured during Swim Week in Miami thinks so. In a breakthrough sure to be seen soon in Women’s boutiques, the first ever fully compostible bathing suit appeared on the runaway at the Setai. Designer Linda Loudermilk, a pioneer of the eco-fashion movement, created the first compostible swimsuit from a plant starch that had been turned into fabric.

In plain English, that means it’s the world’s first bio-degradable bathing suit. You can read more about the breakthrough and how the fashion world is reacting to it here.

Athletic women have a special challenge when it comes to fashion.  Finding clothing at a women’s boutique can be a challenge when you have wider shoulders like professional surfer Rosy Hodge.

Here’s an article with some tips on women’s fashion for the athletic women and how to show off the muscles you’ve worked so hard for.

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