Hollywood News: June 2011

Wednesday 15 June 2011

Uk Graduate Fashion Week

Uk Graduate Fashion Week announces George Gold Award line up

As the largest prize in British Style Education, Graduate Style Week Gold Award has become one of the most anticipated and coveted on the style calendar. Graduate Style Week is pleased to announce that the panel of judges for this time’s award will be Amanda Wakeley, Patrick Grant, creative director Norton & Sons and E.Tautz, Lucy Yeomans, editor Harpers Bazaar and Fiona Lambert, design director, George.

Date: June 5-8, 2011

Venue: Earls Court 2, London (Uk)

Amanda Wakeley launched her signature tag in 1990 and over the previous two decades has developed an worldwide reputation for designing fashionable, supremely luxurious, women wear and accessories. Amanda was awarded an OBE for her services to the style industry on 16th February 2010. She is also the victor of several prizes including three British Style Awards for Glamour.

Over the years, Amanda Wakeley has outfitted stars such as; Scarlett Johansson, Demi Moore, Kate Beckinsdale, Dita Von Teese, Charlize Theron, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mischa Barton, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Helen Mirren and Kate Winslet. Amanda Wakeley has also had the honor to outfit many members of Royal relatives, most notably the late Princess of Wales and Queen Rania of Jordan.

Amanda Wakeley

“I am truly excited about being involved in the judging of this year’s Gold Award at Graduate Style Week. Seeing new designers at the start of their occupation are so inspirational and I’m surefire we’ll spot some of the superstars of tomorrow. British Universities are renowned for their creativity and inspiring training of the world’s style industry and I can’t wait to see what this year’s generation has in store for us.”

Celebrated menswear designer Patrick Grant has been the creative director of men’s luxury prepared to wear brand E. Tautz since 2009 when he revived this classic British product. Patrick is the current British Style Council’s Men’s clothing Designer of the Year and the only menswear designer to make the shortlist for the BFC/Vogue Style Fund (2009 and 2010).

Patrick Grant

“Britain’s style schools attract the best young talent and their record of producing exceptional designers is unmatched. I am excited to see the very best of this year’s graduating class.”

The judges will review ten shortlisted collections made from 19 catwalk shows and put the scholars through a grueling interview process, before selecting the winner of the £20,000 reward cash. They will also select a Menswear and Women wear award winner.

To ensure that absolutely none of the occasion’s exceptional catwalk talent is missed, an elite industry panel of preliminary judges is in place to join the audience at every university display to highlight what they consider to be the newest collection from each show. The judges include GFW Trustee Professor Wendy Dagworthy, Sandra Hill, Paul Smith Head of Women swear, Mark Eley (Eley Kishimoto) and Head of design, Sadie Robson from George at Asda.

Uk Graduate Fashion Week

Uk Graduate Fashion Week announces George Gold Award line up

Date: June 5-8, 2011

Venue: Earls Court 2, London (Uk)

Amanda Wakeley

Patrick Grant

“Britain’s style schools attract the best young talent and their record of producing exceptional designers is unmatched. I am excited to see the very best of this year’s graduating class.”

Fashion Week For Full Figured Females

Fashion Week For Full Figured Females (It’s About Time)

At the present I do understand that even though it’s called a “week”, it is just 3 days at this point, but that fact that the style world is even acknowledging the more bountiful between us is noteworthy.

Just a few truths for reference:

According to Females’ Wear Regular (WWD to those in the biz or who follow the biz) the average lady in the US garbs a size 14. That is miles away from the model size 0 and 2 that are a style house and runway display staple.

According the US Census, there are over 159 million females in the US (51.7% of the population).

The government’s Women’s Health Information Center (womenshealth.gov) states that over a third of women are obese.

Thus, while I am not a mathematician, by my rough count, that means that there are at least 53 million plus size females in the United States who need outfits.

And if you are a style conscious plus-size lady like me, you know how problematic it is to find dress that is stylish and age appropriate. I can find a flowered muumuu any time. An all black ensemble? No problematic! But to find something that is fit for my 30-something flirty fun behavior, I have to work a little harder. And when you factor in my budget that includes student loans and growing gas prices, you’ve got a major challenge.

So, I am happy for FFFWeek and can’t wait to go.

Style police: Kerr Effect

If only we could all look this stylish in 36-degree desert temperature.

Of course, it helps when you are genetically gifted, with hair and make-up teams on hand and a excellent wardrobe in the wings, but such is life for Miranda Kerr.

This picture is the first sneak peek of David Jones’s new campaign starring the fashion model, here wearing Witchery, which was shot in Palm Springs, California.

Witchery is one of nine local and worldwide brands that have

Re-signed exclusive contracts with DJs, all for five years with the exception of Veronica Maine, which has signed on for three more. Dior, Coach, French Connection and Seed have also committed to the department store for another half decade, with the chief executive of Witchery, Ian Nairn, telling Style Police his company’s decision to re-sign was a combination of the ”Miranda effect” and the chance to develop the product within DJs.

”If we get the creation Miranda wears in the [David Jones] campaigns in stores at the right time, the result is immediate,” Nairn speaks. ”We’ve had pieces sell out.”

Witchery has just launched Witchery Man into seven DJs stores, with plans to rise that number to 13 within the next six months.

”We launched Witchery Male two years before, so being able to tap into the size of David Jones’s men’s clothing market share is really important for us,” Nairn says.

Where native varieties flourish

An intersection has blossomed into one of the country’s premier destinations for resident designers and it is all thanks to one man, writes Georgina Safe.

Attempting a low-key lunch with Theo Onisforou in Paddington is like trying for a quiet cocktail with Harvey Weinstein in Hollywood.

As we tuck into our salads, there is a constant stream of guests to our table at Jackie’s Cafe on Glenmore Road, among them designer Beccy Iland, the wife of architect George Livissianis, and former Woollahra mayor Keri Huxley, with whom Onisforou happily admits he’s ”had his moments” throughout the ages.

Outfitted down in a leather bomber jacket over a check shirt and jeans, you could be forgiven for thinking Onisforou was just another native breaking bread at Jackie’s, the unofficial ” style canteen” for workers and clients at the boutiques around the corner of Oxford Street and Glenmore Road, which is known as The Intersection.

But there you would be wrong – Onisforou owns most property around the style hub and counts 17 businesses as his tenants in the area, at present the most lively high-street shopping strip in Sydney.

Scanlan & Theodore, Kirrily Johnston, Anna Thomas and Zimmermann are between the predominantly Australian brands that have hung out shingles around The Intersection, which has become a shopping destination for not just Sydneysiders but clued-up go to see superstars such as Katy Perry and Reese Witherspoon, who swung by for a little retail therapy while in Sydney previous month to promote Water for Elephants.

When I see Onisforou on a sunny yet garden-fresh afternoon, the precinct is buzzing with window-shop girls teetering in heels on their lunch breaks, yummy mums browsing in cashmere and flats and working females ducking out for a sly purchase among meetings.

But it was a different story when Onisforou began buying up properties on what was then the moribund end of Oxford Street in the first 1990s, when the place to be was the eastern strip near the Paddington marketplaces. Onisforou snapped up a few more earlier the opening of Westfield Bondi Junction, after which trade dropped more than 30 per cent along Oxford Street.

But the depositor was undaunted.

”I was content that I was different,” he speaks. ”I always knew there was an opportunity for an outdoor Australian designer precinct with brands you just don’t find in every shopping mall.”

Onisforou has a thing about shopping mall – he detests them.

”I was a typical migrant youth from Cyprus; I grew up working in my close relative fruit shop-delicatessen,” he speaks.

”I’ve continuously disliked shopping malls and I think my dislike of them emanated from the fact my parents lost their business when it failed after the East gardens mall in Bondi Junction opened.

”It took away so much of our business. Sure, we were more costly but, on the other hand, with our local store we knew everyone; all our clients were our friends.”

After the family fruitlet shop foundered Onisforou went on to independent success, graduating from the University of NSW law school to open a restaurant with Malcolm Turnbull with the piquant moniker of Randi Wicks – ”obviously it’s a play on Randwick so it was an outstanding name” – before working as chief investment manager for Kerry Packer’s Consolidated Press Holdings in the late 1980s and ’90s.

”I worked for Kerry Packer for about 10 years but I was self-sufficiently successful from investment and I’ve been a full-time investor ever since,” Onisforou says.

Thru that time, a chance meeting with the late Mark Keighery introduced Onisforou to the world of style, leading to a lifelong private friendship and business association with the Marcs founder.

”Mark was an absolutely desperate businessman and I was absolutely hopeless at style, so we started giving each other advice,” Onisforou speaks.

”I had many tours to Italy and France with Mark when he was importing Diesel and other trademarks to Australia and I got to like the style world; it was a nice juxtaposition to my lawyer brain.”

Onisforou’s first style tenant, Scanlan & Theodore, opened at the corner of Glenmore Road in early 2004 but it was not until May previous year that the area was officially branded The Intersection, when the property investor launched a blog under that name.

From the start Onisforou was adamant the precinct have a focus on Australian designers, which he speaks has helped it enormously, as other shopping areas with worldwide retailers have foundered owing to the increase in online shopping, fuelled lately by the strength of our dollar.

”Retail is tough at the moment but I’ve not had a day’s job in seven years,” he speaks.

”The one big advantage we have is that we are all Australian designers. What that means is if you visit their websites, the prices on the web are exactly the same as in the shop, so why would you bother and miss out on the pleasure of the outdoor high-street experience?

”The internet is really helping us – my 11-year-old daughter Stephanie alerted me to the fact we’d put images of Reese Witherspoon shopping at The Intersection on our blog and that got us a lot of attention.

”But if you go to a shopping mall, they are dominated by foreign brands and the problem is most of the product is cheaper online than in the actual store. I’ve tried to avoid ‘Mc Fashion’ and, in the process, it has worked to my advantage.”

It is difficult to get Onisforou down from his anti-shopping malls soapbox once he gets started – he asks me several times to Google Paco Underhill’s 2004 book The Call of the Shopping mall, which argues that the heyday of the shopping center is history – but where he is equally passionate is in his belief that emerging Australian style designers need better support to flourish.

”Kirrily Johnston had a conversation with me a couple of years ago and believed, ‘Theo, this is how much it costs me to run my shop each week, once you factor in rent, staffing and all the other costs,’ and I was blown away by how much money it was,” he speaks.

A Little History Of Red Footwear

A Little History Of Red Footwear :

This previous April, Christian Louboutin filed a claim against couture competitor Yves Saint Laurent, suing that the legendary style house had committed trademark infringement when it factory-made and sold shoes with a ruby-red sole. On Monday, the NY Post described that YSL’s representatives had argued in law court documents that the red sole cannot be considered copyrighted to Louboutin: “Red outsoles are a commonly used ornamental design feature in footwear, dating as far back as the red shoes worn by King Louis XIV in the 1600s and the ruby red shoes that carried Dorothy home in The Wizard of Oz.”

In history speaking, this is factual! Red shoes—if not always red soles—has long been related with issues of power and identity. During the reign of Louis XIV, only aristocratic men had the right to wear shoes with red heels—they were strictly reserved for the court of law. Therefore the color neatly distinguished between the haves and have-nots. Red dye at the time was lavish, made by crushing the dried bodies of an imported Mexican insect called the cochineal, and only royal family and their cohort could pay for it.

The shoes went out of grace with the French Revolution—not a time when one flaunted one’s wealth and status.

After Two centuries, Danish author Hans Christian Andersen contributed significantly to red shoe mythology. In his story “The Red Shoes,” a young peasant teen-ager named Karen is adopted by a woman of the gentry—but Karen fails to appreciate her good fortune, and instead aspires to transcend class boundaries even further. One daytime, she spots a princess. Red morocco shoes peep out from beneath the princess’s clothing. Karen brazenly tricks her adopted mom into buying her a pair of her own then, instead of attending to family obligations, wears the shoes to go out dancing. She discovers that once she starts dancing, she can’t stop, nor can she remove the demonic shoes from her feet.

Andersen’s moralistic fairy tale may not serve as the most appealing ad for red shoes, but it certainly attests to their potency.

When The Wizard of Oz performed in movie theaters in 1939, the joining among the color red and the magic of footwear was strengthened further. MGM’s costume designer, Adrian, who distinguished himself on the studio lot by designing stylish gowns for silver screen starlets like Jean Harlow, experimented with a few different versions of Dorothy’s sequined shoes before he settled on the final design: a simple, round-toed medium-high pump with a similar bow. The ruby slippers, like Judy Garland’s pigtails and her blue gingham smock, were meant to underscore the character’s blamelessness which, given the lingering effects of the Great Unhappiness and the threat of World War II, director George Cukor believed to be crucial to the film’s achievement. Interestingly, Dorothy’s shoes were originally silver—a holdover from L. Frank Baum’s original children’s story—and the switch to “ruby” came relatively late in the screenwriting process. It was assumed that red would look better in Technicolor. Without that one, momentous decision, Louboutin and YSL might be locked in a claim over sparkling silver soles nowadays.

In 1948, The Red Shoes, the magnificent film adaptation of Andersen’s story, debuted. Now set in the competitive world of typical ballet, this version downplayed the economic implications of the original fairy fiction; instead, the story was infused with a healthy dose of gender legislation, at a time when the battle (and the related rise in lady employment) had complicated the country’s understanding of the old-style roles for males and females. Vicky, the flame-haired protagonist played by Moira Shearer, is an wishful dancer, hungry to victory admiration for her talent as a prima ballerina. She achieves her vision with the help of a controlling director, who casts her as the lead in the ballet “The Red Shoes”: a shadow story that more closely resembles Andersen’s original. When Vicky falls in love, she’s forced to decide among her husband and her desire. Ultimately, she selects dance—and fame. Then, slipping on her red toe shoes for her act, she senses an overwhelming urge to dance off the theater’s balcony, where she plummets to her death.

Alike Karen, Vicky is punished for attempting to bypass societal boundaries, and for deeming her wishes more significant than the obligations of her marriage vows. The power of the red shoes lies in their ability to reveal some fundamental truth about the wearer—and deliver a penalty, or prize (as in The Wizard of Oz), accordingly.

But today’s litigation isn’t just about red shoes. Anyone can manufacturing and sell those; each day off season designers from Miuccia Prada to Steve Madden churn out festive red sequin pumps that are a wink at ruby slippers. In the case against Yves Saint Laurent, Louboutin isn’t laying claim to the color red. He’s defending his usage of the red outsoles that are the brand’s mark. Ever since the days when Sex and the City was a hit show on HBO, shoes have attained a cult-like status in this state, and buying costly, high-fashion footwear is now measured a rite of passage for any aspiring style maven. In the ’90s, the most coveted shoes were those designed by Manolo Blahnik, but then Christian Louboutin, France’s secret armament, arrived on the scene. By 2008, when the much anticipated Sex and the City movie premiered, even the franchise that made Manolo well-known had switched its allegiances. Carrie Bradshaw, who had once told a mugger, “Please, sir, you can take my Fendi baguette, you can take my ring and my wristwatch, but don’t take my Manolos Blahniks,” now wore Louboutins.

What makes Louboutin soles so brilliant is that it only takes a smidge of pop-culture consciousness to recognize them, unlike a Blahnik shoe, whose more subtle recognizing marks (quality, shape, whimsical embellishments) need some fluency in footwear to discern. Publics who can’t tell the difference among a Giuseppe Zanotti and a Jeffrey Campbell see the flash of red and know they’re looking at a Louboutin.

In the last period, Louboutin’s red soles have become a sort of visual shorthand that signals a lady’s high economic status and power. They also carry an undercurrent of the risqué, like the glimpse of a red lace bra strap under a conservative blouse. In this way, Louboutin’s shoes have become the material of a modern-day fairy fiction. Just as in Andersen’s story, they symbolize independence and high status. The woman who garbs them is given the opportunity to transcend economic and social limits—except this being labeling, and not grim Danish storytelling, she ends up, not embarrassed, but “empowered” by the shoes. Time and again, pop culture reinforces this narrative. In Jennifer Lopez’s single “Louboutins,” she invokes the red sole as the last thing her cheating mistress will see now that she’s found the courage to leave him (not unlike Nancy Sinatra’s calling upon the strength of her boots to keep her walking). 2009’s silly thriller Obsessed showed Ali Larter’s character—a sexy temp with a pathological infatuation on her married boss—climbing his stairs at the climax of the film with her red soles blinking behind her. And newly, the female leads of two USA dramas, “Covert Affairs” and “Fairly Legal” have been costumed in Louboutins to underscore their status as popular, self-possessed females.

It’s been pointed out that YSL has occasionally factory-made and sold shoes with red soles as far back as the 1970s. And it remains to be seen whether Louboutin can defend his product’s trademark against his rival in court of law. What is clear, though, is that Louboutins are a historically significant new take on our long fascination with ruby slippers.

Amber Le Bon strikes a pose in scholars’ designs to celebrate 20 years of Graduate Style Week

It’s the occasion that helped launch the occupations of John Galliano, Hussein Chalayan, Stella McCartney and Burberry’s Christopher Bailey.

This week, Graduate Style Week rejoices its 20th anniversary with a star-studded gala where the state’s style student elite will display their effort.

To mark the time Amber Le Bon, model daughter of Yasmin and rock star Simon, has been snapped modeling the pick of the students’ collections.

phie Ellis Bextor and Laura Bailey are to attend the glittering gala occasion on Wednesday, and George at Asda has been publicized as the display’s new title sponsor.

The GFW gala, to be held at Earls Court on Wednesday, is the opportunity for the country’s top style colleges to present the makings of their best graduating alumni.

Not just a stage for the weird, wacky and unwearable, GFW is a hotbed of marketable talent, and attracts scouts from top style houses who come in the hopes of signing up new talent to work with them.

Representatives from Burberry, Mulberry and Vivienne Westwood have joined in last years, and this year is set to attract yet more big names.

As the sponsors of the display, George at Asda – which celebrated its own big birthdate this year, turning 21 – will be proposing 62 graduates jobs in design, merchandising, buying, marketing and worldwide – equivalent to 11 per cent of its current workforce.

A spokesperson for George said: George has always been passionate about style, but we are also passionate about educating new talent and the next generation of creativity.

‘We will be helping to nurture fresh talent by championing the many routes and careers available in this fantastic industry and also encouraging the students to consider the options of working for a big brand like George.

‘These students are the emerging designers of tomorrow and at George we are pleased to be able to support their future careers.’

Managing director at George, Andrew Moore remarks: ‘GFW is a dynamic occasion, so important in developing and championing the future talent of the style industry.

‘Young persons are the lifeblood of the industry and crucial to our future achievement.

‘We are passionate about not letting this talent fall through the gaps.’

Pippa Middleton

Pippa Middleton unseen: New pictures from Pippa’s University fashion show

IF only it had been see-through and there had been a Prince in the audience.

kate middleton famously wooed William in 2002 by sashaying past him at a charity fashion show in a dress that showed her undies.

But when little sister Pippa took to the catwalk two years later she left a lot more to the imagination.

Now new images have emerged of Pippa modelling at an Edinburgh University style show.

A source believed: “I think Pippa wanted to emulate her older sister and she must have been aware that modelling was a countless way to get herself noticed. She looked absolutely spectacular.”

And English student Pippa was previously showing the stunning figure that saw her dubbed “Her Royal Hotness” after wowing royal marriage viewers in April, even though the outfit was far from a style hit.

The sheer silk tube that Kate wore may have sold last year for £78,000, but Pippa’s spotty blue halter neck is unlikely to provide as much of a windfall if it’s still lurking in someone’s wardrobe.

Miss USA snapshots: Fadil Berisha’s high style shots of the 51 hopefuls

The 2011 Miss USA Pageant high style photograph shoots by photographer Fadil Berisha are still likely to stoke pro and con comments this year, but the sexy photos are far less risqué than previous year’s that caused a firestorm of controversy with their racy lingerie and fishnet stocking pictures.

There’s no question that Fadil is an extraordinary lord of the lens, and he captures the edgy, erotic looks in all of his models. However, detractors will ask if the all-out leering lips, smoky eyes, huge hairdos, bare shoulders, plunging necklines and thigh-high slits are right for Miss USA’s image.

Billionaire Donald Trump, who owns the Miss USA Pageant and parent Miss Universe Group, says they show faultless good looks and health. He also obviously believes that they’ll help Sunday’s ratings of the NBC broadcast from Planet Hollywood! Giuliana Rancic from E! Entertainment and Andy Cohen from Bravo will host the pageant, with Kelly Osbourne as backstage color analyst.

Vegas Deluxe presents the 2011 gallery of all 51 contestants, and you can make the comparison with the 2010 gallery. Tomorrow, we’ll post another gallery with the 51 official twilight gown photos to give you an advance look at what the charm girls will wear onstage Sunday.

Also now, we have the first rehearsal photographs of the pageant hopefuls hard at work on the choreography for the opening number. Professional photographer Tom Donoghue was at Style Show yesterday for the final meet-and-greet autograph session and runway style show for the 51 contestants. Some of 2011 Miss Nevada USA Sarah Chapman’s students turned up to cheer her on — Sarah is the director of a preschool in Henderson.

Final fun for the 51 over the weekend included front row seats at British singer Matt Goss’ show at his Goosy Lounge in Caesars Palace. He also posed with them on the grand staircase at the casino resort. 2day, they start the weeklong, intensive judges’ interviews and continue with rehearsals. Wednesday is the preliminary competition onstage at the Theater for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood. We’ll preview that here and post a photo recaps Thursday.

We’ll use Twitter for live reports from the pageant Sunday and bring you the first photographs of the winner and her first meeting shortly afterward. Check back often to Vegas Deluxe for the best reporting anywhere with all the new photos and updates as the week progresses.

Friday 10 June 2011

Kate Middleton’s bridal dress goes on display

Kate Middlton's bridal dress goes on display!

Kate Middleton’s bridal dress goes on display
The bridal gown Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen designed for the Duchess of Cambridge (nee
Kate Middleton) will be on display this summer at Buckingham Palace.
Just one more reason to plan
a vacation in Britain!

Gisele Bundchen: First Billionaire Model?

That’s A Whole Lot Of Sensual!: Just how much is Gisele Bundchen’s loveliness worth? According to Forbes magazine, the Brazilian loveliness is on track to become the world’s first billionaire supermodel.

The mag credits her campaigns with Versace and Dior, her future possible own branding (jewelry, cosmetics, lingerie and sandals) and also her real estate savings – as if Tom Brady didn’t already have enough to smile about!

Heidi Auf’s Her Clothes!: Not to be outdone by Gisele, Heidi Klum is getting naked! According to the Hollywood Journalist, the German good looks is planning to bare all in a new campaign for the future season of Lifetime’s “Project Runway.” We’re not sure how a nude Heidi relates to a realism show about style design, but we’re glad that it’s Heidi getting nude and not Michael Kors and Tim Gunn.

Why The Long Face Blake?: Spotted, Blake Lively on a boat with Leonardo DiCaprio seeing all kinds of sad! Perk up B, you’re on a boat with the Leo, life can’t be as bad as the look on your face!

Joe Jonas Drops Single: Can one Jo Bro stand alone? Middle Jo Bro Joe Jonas has debuted his new single, “See No More,” co-written by Chris Brown. Take a listen HERE! Do you want to hear more or hear no more? Sound off!

Italian wedding creations on exhibition

DOHA: The finest gowns that could satisfy every lady’s wish for her marriage were showcased days gone by at the ‘The Italian Marriage Dream’, the first-ever bridal style event hosted by the Italian Business Council of Qatar (IBCQ).

Held at the Maserati Store at The Pearl Qatar, the high-class occasion featured six Italian companies with expertise at the bridal style sector.

World well-known haute couture designer Lorenzo Riva showcased some of his designs in the occasion. Riva, who is celebrating 50 years in the style industry, is set to feature his collection in an high-class style show here, according to Palma Libotte, IBCQ chairwoman.

Italian Ambassador Andrea Ferrari inaugurated the occasion which was attended by style designers and celeb’s from the Italian and Qatari public.

“This occasion is a tribute to Italian stylishness, design quality and craftsmanship which are the distinguishing features of ‘Made in Italy’.

The marriage gowns and outfits showed here are all artisan made and handcrafted customized based on every lady’s desire,” said Libotte.

The companies that showcased prototypes of their gowns included Oro e Seta by Sandra Scaroni and Patrizia Russo, Atelier Armonie by Alessia Bighi, Alida Giordani, Il Giardino dei Principe and Gruppo Quattro.

As the name proposes, Oro e Seta (Gold and Silk) specializes on precious style incorporating gold and silver to the gowns.

“We emphasize on cultural fusion of East and West in all our designs. Some of our designs are inspired by Qatar such as the abayya which has gold in it,” said Scaroni.

After participating at the IWED occasion previous year, Scaroni said request for their gowns have tremendously increased with more Qatari clind’s expressing interest to own their customized designs.

“Many have expressed attention. We had meetings with a lot of Qatari clients,” she said, adding they might put up a branch in Qatar in the future.

Prices for an Oro e Seta gown start from ¤5,000 depending on the expanse of gold or silver and the workings which take months.

Established 40 years before, Atelier Armonie by Alessia Bighi, is well positioned in the style market whose products are in demand in Italy and everywhere in the world.

“We’ve sold thousands of marriage gowns for many years based on the bride’s desire using the finest silks, lace organza and precious fabrics,” said Bighi, adding they also have plans to put up a corner in a top level shop to test the Qatari marketplace.

While Alida Giordani creates delightful designs for marriage gowns and twilight robes, Il Giardino dei Principe specialises on ladies’ shoes and accessories and Gruppo Quattro for twilight wears, bags and shoes.

As the Italian Marriage Dream is dedicated to the ladies of Qatar, the occasion is moving to Sharq Village and Spa for a ladies-only occasion tonight at 6pm which will be open to VIP invitees only.

Gareth Pugh’s Face Line for MAC; Jared Leto’s New Advertisement for Hugo Boss

SKIN

Model Caroline Forsling is suing Esteé Lauder for $2 million for using an unretouched close-up of her look as the “earlier” image in an advertisement for the brand’s Plantscription moisturizer. She claims the photograph was taken when she joined a casting for a hair-care product shoot and wasn’t authorized for anything else.

And in other (happier) Esteé Lauder model update, here’s Constance Jablonski in an advertisement for the company’s Skin Illuminator cream.

Among the skin-care instructions Vogue proposals for post-sunburn recovery is simply to take an Ibuprofen.

MAKEUP

Gareth Pugh is launching a full line of face in partnership with MAC this November.

If you spend $60 or extra on Lancôme cosmetics at Saks starting June 14, you’ll receive a printed bag specifically designed by Chris Benz.

FRAGRANCE

Jared Leto’s fresh commercial for Hugo Boss’s fragrance is a little trippy, in an M.C. Escher sort of way.

There will be a new PureDKNY fragrance out in August, called Verbena (after the verbena-basil scent at its base).

HAIR

Stealing a term from Urban Dictionary, the We discusses “blondarexia,” a fresh style for hair dyed so blonde it’s all cracked, dry, and frizzly.

NAILS

Here’s a necklace made from shiny fake nails. Make of it what you will.

Sun, sea, sand and superchavs: A ‘reality’ display about spray-tans and implants, The Only Way Is Essex is car-crash TV

Sun, sea, sand and superchavs: A ‘reality’ display about spray-tans and implants, The Only Way Is Essex is car-crash TV.

Not once have I felt so uncomfortable, so out of place, so old as I do at the moment. I sense pale, too. I stick out like a sore thumb: an unman cured, non-acrylic sore thumb.

I’m sitting on a white leather (what else?) banquette by a swimming pool at the Sisu ‘boutique’ inn in Marbella, viewing a tangle of brown limbs, jet black hair, gold accessories (bangles, sunglasses, shoes, bags), sequins and leopard-print.

It’s as though there’s been an explosion in a Primark warehouse.

Just to gain admission to this high-class ‘private party’, I have had to brave bouncers the size of buildings, whose looks look as though they’ve been carved out of rock.

My eyes upset, what with the Spanish sun high in the sky and the sheer number of gold coins dangling from the fringes of swimsuits.

And, oh dear me, the swimsuits! White ones, gold ones, pink ones. (There is a lot of pink, come to think of it.)

There are lots of young ladies with Rihanna-red hair, wearisome teeny denim shorts with the zip artfully left undone — the 21st century version of leaving the laces of your trainers to trail in the mud.

There is barely an inch of flesh without a tattoo — the only evidence any of these persons can read.

There are young males, also, each stripped to the waist to reveal the sort of torso I thought you only found on expert boxers or David Beckham.

They all apparel Tom Cruise’s dark glasses, and are all well-oiled; add a dash of balsamic and they’d be a salad.

They all stand; the better to see and be seen. No woman seems to want to get splashed.

‘I’m anxious me ’air will get wet!’ shrieks one. Ah, now I recognize the accent. It hails from Brentwood in Essex, which is where I went to school.

Except this isn’t an Essex I recognize. Because I’m at a pool party given by the cast of The Only Way Is Essex, known to its mates as Towie.

And we’re not in Essex at all; we’re in Spain, because the cast have decamped to Marbella for their yearly summer jaunt, having prepared for months with their now infamous ‘no carbs before Marbs’ diet.

Aired on ITV2, Towie is a actuality show that has just finished its second series, and won a Bafta dual weeks ago: one voted for by viewers, but a Bafta nonetheless.

Towie follows the fortunes of a group of Essex boys and teenagers as they go about their everyday lives: driving around in white Range Rovers, getting their ’air done, celebrating, proposing to one another and chatting on various DFS sofas.

Hot Summer Collections by Style Jewelry Chic Suzanna Dai Are Nowadays Available

The Suzanna Dai summertime jewelry collections are all about one thing: color. An bang of fuchsia, pink coral, turquoise, orange, red, blue, black and champagne elegance the new Suzanna Dai style jewelry collections.

“We are very happy about the Summer Collections. It’s going to be a large period.” Becca added. “Suzanna Dai’s appearance is so right for the current style trends – her stylishness is really in. Suzanna Dai is a style genius.”
Suzanna Dai is a highly famous jewelry and accessories designer, based in New York City. Her things have been seen on Hollywood’s “A-List” of superstars including Gossip Girl’s Blake Lively, Vanessa Williams of Desperate Housewives, tennis star Serena Williams, recording artist/actress Alicia Keys, performer Ginnifer Goodwin and talk show host Rachel Ray. Suzanna Dai’s jewelry is also a preferred in New York’s high culture scene. Expect to see bright, vivid colors this summer as Suzanna Dai’s fresh summer jewelry assemblies are sure to be a hit with the crowd of ‘Who’s Who’.

Along with Suzanna Dai, Gallery Atlantic sells world class trendy jewelry and accessories from Lionette, Jane Marvel and Liza Sonia. This fashionable new e-commerce website opened its sales pages this January and it has been a good start for the Boca Raton based web store. With hundreds of products previously for sale, Gallery Atlantic is on its way to becoming “the” Internet stop for designer accessories and jewelry. What make this site so fascinating is the social media pages;

each designer has her personal unique landing page laid out to display her jewelry and accessory goods as well as articles, videos, and blogging – Gallery Atlantic calls this: the designer cafe. The cafe is a place where shoppers can read and watch conferences with designers and get skilled opinions about the goods for sale. Gallery Atlantic is a place to connect with each designer and, of course — to shop.

Eyefly Launches Now, Present Bespectacled Fashionistas $99 Treatment Frames & an Unprecedented Shopping Experience

Online style eyewear boutique Eyefly launched now offering fashionistas a different way to shop for men’s and women’s designer treatment eyewear starting at $99. On Eyefly, eyeglasses are presented as style accessories no less significant than an exquisite pair of shoes and have-to-have handbag.Eyefly’s extensive collection of custom-forward frames enables the bespectacled to match distinct eyewear to the many looks in their closets.

The domain is the result of a collaboration among leading online style retailer Bluefly, Inc. (NASDAQ Capital Market: BFLY) and A + D Labs, a premier producer of designer style eyewear. Through an intuitive and interactive boutique experience, Eyefly users can virtually try on multiple frames and enter their treatment from the convenience of their keyboards. By uploading a image or using their webcam, Eyefly’s use of FittingBox technology lets shoppers to not only see how the glasses look on them, but effortlessly solicit advice from friends via Facebook and email to aid their decision making process.
“The right pair of frames has as much impact on an clothing as the right pair of shoes,” notes Eyefly’s Chief Executive Officer Melissa Payner, who herself wears eyeglasses. With glasses figuring prominently in the bookworm chic of significant brands like Band of Outsiders; completing runway looks (see the round and square specs at Malandrino Fall 2011); and framing the looks of style stars like Kanye West, Alexa Chung, Tavi Gevinson, Sean Lennon, Justin Timberlake, and Jay-Z, Payner adds, “We’re thrilled to finally offer an experience this client has been wanting for so long at an incredible value.” Regarding the value, she elaborates, “The lenses are 100% UV protective with anti-reflective, anti-scratch coating and they’re made of lightweight polycarbonate, considered one of the best and harmless materials on the market.”
For the brand’s launch, Eyefly enlisted famous Street Style Photoblogger Tommy Ton to shoot an exclusive series of notable—and bespectacled—style stars. Shooting in New York and Sydney, Ton captured Editorial Director Mickey Boardman, Creator Dani Stahl, Senior Accessories Editor David Thielebeule, Connected Fashion Editor Zandile Blay, and Style Blogger Susie Bubble. For the website, Eyefly cast real New Yorkers as models, snapping them in the collection’s breadth of fashionable frames on streets across the city.
Eyefly’s collection of 41 styles including women’s and men’s frames, sunglasses, readers, and unisex options are all named after iconic streets around the glob. Payner explains, “Street Style taking pictures has become one of the strongest indicators of private style and Tommy Ton’s striking portraiture absolutely bares that out.” She adds, “We were particularly encouraged by the many different ways real publics use their eyeglasses to frame their appearances; we really wanted everybody to see themselves in Eyefly.

A Little History Of Red Footwear

A Little History Of Red Footwear :

The shoes went out of grace with the French Revolution—not a time when one flaunted one’s wealth and status.

Andersen’s moralistic fairy tale may not serve as the most appealing ad for red shoes, but it certainly attests to their potency.

Miranda Kerr the model mother

Just five months after she gave birth to her son, Australian model Miranda Kerr has exposed off the results of yoga and workout, flaunting her famous lithe post-baby body in a tight cut-out clothing with a thigh-high slit.

The model, who watched fit and trim as she posed on the red carpet in New York on Monday, has attracted both infuriation and praise for her seemingly easy weight loss after the birth of Flynn on January 6.

Kerr, 28, puts it down to continuing the yoga she practiced throughout pregnancy, resistance training, sit-ups, squats and making sure she eats healthy diet, including a breakfast of fruit and porridge.

But does losing a lot of weight soon after birth pose any health dangers?

Sydney pregnancy and post-natal health expert Rachel Livingstone said it can affect lactation, something Kerr obviously doesn’t struggle with, having shown off several images of herself breastfeeding her son.

Ms Livingstone, who has been in the health industry for 25 years and focused on pregnancy and post-natal health for a decade, said the Victoria’s Secret model had an advantage because she was slim before pregnancy.

“I think the secret lies in that. She did go in slim, fit, healthy, eating well – therefore she was going to recover faster,” Ms Livingstone said.

“I think the number one thing is to go into your pregnancy fit healthy and in an ideal body weight.

“Try and maintain that through your pregnancy because clearly you will get your figure back faster and you will get your fitness back faster.”

Ms Livingstone said it’s always important for women to remember superstars have a lot of resources at their disposal to help them get into figure.

“But also their appearance is their job, that is their asset, whereas for the average female that’s not so much the case,” she said.

“Don’t try to aspire to rather that we don’t need to aspire to; just be the best that you can be and fit and happy for your baby, your lover, your family.”

For females who don’t have to strut their stuff in lingerie or traipse down Paris catwalks soon after birth, there are plenty of ways to get lively, fit and healthy after having a baby, she said.

Ms Livingstone supposed it can be safe to start gentle workout, like stretching and walking, as soon as a week after having a baby, as long as a doctor has given the all clear.

In the months later, she recommended exercise with other women both for fitness and the social aspect.

“The best thing is to get out in the park, or down the seashore … To just get walking with the stroller.

“We know that can make the babies more settled, you get fresh air, the vitamin (D) and you’re out and about doing light aerobic activity.

“I would hook up with other females who are more interested in being active than sitting down and having cake and then you can inspire each other.”

“When you do go and do it with other females … when someone’s not coping on a day, it’s all the change between the spiral down or ‘yep, it’s OK, I can go back and start again’.”

Ms Livingstone advises eating low GI carbohydrates, which includes porridge and some cereals, and keeping the fridge with easy, fit foods that can be eaten quickly while holding and feeding a baby.

She believed weight loss shouldn’t be a priority and females shouldn’t feel pressure if they’re not particularly bothered by their post-baby weight.

“But a lot of females will feel better about themselves, therefore their husband, their family unit and more like they’re coping and they’re self-assured if they look in the mirror and are pleased with what they’re seeing.

“It just does give more self-esteem, a sense of coping and sureness.”