Big Break for young fashion designers

Life is "pretty unreal" Renuka Malik for the moment. The 20-year-old has his own way of working * d developed for heavyweights Annah Stretton and NOM - and even sunk a place at New Zealand Fashion Week. Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology and Fashion Design student has won an Award of Excellence in Fashion Design Awards in Gore Hokonui weekend. As a result, she received the "package price most impressive of all times," provides the free registration and accommodation for New Zealand Fashion Week in September and professional experience with kiwi fashionista Annah Stretton. If the press photographer Iain McGregor visited Malik she got a call from the founder of NOM * Margi Robertson gave him the opportunity to work in Dunedin fashion house label experience. "I could not believe it, to be honest. Margi called me personally ... it was one of the judges [Hokonui], but I did not expect to have such an opportunity," Malik said. For someone who is working in the fashion industry, because they are "old enough to hold a pen" was welcome experience NOM * D is "just crazy." "The last few days have been surreal. I did not expect Hokonui and when one of the girls from my class rang and told me I could not believe it, to win it." Malik winning garment was a long sleeve dark blue dress with a fitted bodice and floor length skirt. It was the first competition she entered. Malik hoped that one day his own fashion label, but was happy, "as much as possible to learn for the moment." "That's what I always wanted to do and I love it and I will continue."?

Sailing New Zealand to go directly to Louis Vuitton Cup final

Dean Barker team won the series of round-robin last week, but we decided after the victory against Luna Rossa in Italy on Sunday, they jump the semi-finals to make their preparations for the series finale on 17 August to sharpen.  "We seriously thought about the semi-final race for more and begin to get longer run times below the belt," Barker said on the website of the regatta after the victory against the Italians three minutes 21 seconds. "But we also have a lot of work to do for our boat, many changes and modifications to improve performance. "It takes time, so we take the next time, to make changes, and we look forward to against anyone, we will run in the finals of the Louis Vuitton Cup." Barker said his team would not begin their round-robin finale Tuesday against Swedish challenger Artemis, do not have their tails at all, after they were forced to leave their boat to second fatal training accident reconstruction in May. Artemis just launched their enormous AC72 catamaran last week and had already indicated they would prefer to spend their time on testing and not aligned in the race until the Louis Vuitton semi-finals starts against Luna Rossa 6 August "In terms of the competition before the semi-finals, which might be a bit too far," said Artemis skipper Iain Percy. "One should never say never, but one thing that is important for us to continue to focus on safety. We suffered a terrible accident and we need to take small steps and progress at our own pace. "It's great to be practicing on the track, just go out and see the boats and have a look at the boot sequence is a good exercise, but we do not want to run before you can walk." The winner of the Louis Vuitton Cup will be on hold for the Oracle America's Cup beginning on 7 Be September /9 --

Miu Miu Hiam Abbas screen Venice Film Festival

The Italian fashion brand Miu Miu is at the International Venice Film Festival next month with the latest in its series of short silent films, stories of women and titrated with Miu Miu clothing. In the past year will be conducted in partnership with the most important women, movies The Door of U.S. director Ava Duvernay and Le Donne della Vuccirira the Palestinian actress Hiam Abbas and director (photo). The film is 29 August premiere will also be discussion groups on the role of women in cinema. - The National staff Discount Louis Vuitton 2 Pace and Bell to star in the new AMC drama AMC to bring the U.S. network Mad Men, Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead on TV, has ordered two new dramas for next year. Stop and catch fire in the early 1980s and set focuses on the explosion of personal computing through the eyes of a visionary engineer. It has Lee Pace (photo) of Pushing Daisies TV. Another drama, gymnastics, will in 1778 and tells the story of a farmer in New York, the spies fight for American independence connected. It features Jamie Bell of Billy Elliot fame. - AP Reena Roy returns to Bollywood After an absence of 13 years, Bollywood actress Reena Roy for a comeback. The 56-year-old star, who has made dozens of Hindi films in the 1970s and 1980s, will play in the yet untitled project Agnidev Chatterjee, told the Hindustan Times. It is placed with veteran actor Vinod Khanna co-star. Roy was last seen on the big screen in the 2000 film, Refugee JP Dutta. - The National staff Wong Kar-wai directs Kung-Fu The life of Ip Man, the kung fu icon Bruce Lee coach, will be immortalized in a new film by Wong Kar-wai. The Grand Master is a three-part film, which begins in southern China in 1930 and moved to Hong Kong to the Chinese revolution of 1949. Inspired by a short film shows IP, then 70, teaches his techniques, Wong said that the film to dispel misconceptions general of the Chinese martial arts. "I've never seen a movie that is so honest about the value of Chinese martial arts," he said. - Reuters Singer and songwriter J J Cale dies Discount Gucci The Grammy singer and songwriter JJ Cale, whose music was made famous by Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Johnny Cash and others, died in California on Friday after a heart attack. He was 74 The Oklahoma native has been making music for over 50 years and has worked closely with Clapton. He wrote the hit song of that After Midnight and Angel, a track from the latest album by Eric Clapton. - AFP

Gucci hit for Kershaw

   Back to a professional at the age of 26 years seems ridiculous in any other industry, but in the ruthless world of international fashion, Abbey Lee Kershaw is considered something of a veteran.

Kershaw has caused a sensation in the world with its latest campaign for Gucci, with her waif-like frame, straight black hair and sharp cheekbones.

Kershaw managed shadow 25 years Gemma Ward, another famous Australian model had been expected to make a dramatic comeback in the fashion world a year ago, but still missing after shooting a Vogue cover shoot. His whereabouts are the subject of much conjecture.

Instead, it takes all the attention that Kershaw is. While ranking as the 13th Campaign for Gucci, a feat in itself for a girl who moved to Sydney in 2004 after winning the Girlfriend Model Search Contest, the fashion world is calling his last campaign comeback Kershaw.

Well, that's what happens when you do not show up on a track for two years. In 2011, Kershaw was fourth on the list of Top 50 Women Models by models.com, but last month she had slipped out of the top 20 when it comes to the list of great employees. Clear that the rag trade has a short term memory, but HP has fond memories of Kershaw.

Last year, she lived up to her reputation as something of a renegade, when she gave a message to the control of firearms on his bare stomach in the prestigious Met Gala in New York.

Earlier this year, chic Kershaw parted to Sydney, the company called the'' mother'' agency would be a heavy tax of 10 percent was the agency called big-dollar concerts they have land.

One such charge is quite common and is discovered as commission for the agent, the'' model'' and described the rest of their pay for the rest of their career.

The fashion blog Frockwriter reported his father financial agent, Kim Kershaw, took the role of the mother'''' agent.

Kershaw spent most of last year on Mad Max, George Miller's work: Fury Road, which has been plagued with setbacks but planned for a theatrical release next year.

Wendi says it all, but someone else

All quiet on the front Wendi?

Well, not quite, actually.

Five weeks after Rupert Murdoch's divorce has filed his third ex-wife Wendi Murdoch (it seems to hold influential with the name for the moment) from an empty advertising emerging countries, especially imposed on it by extensive global media empire by her ex- man

Hollywood she forgot the mother of two girls Murdoch, Grace and Chloe is eager to continue to forge a career for himself as a film producer and hatches a plan to make a film about the great Chinese pianist Lang Lang.

Last week, a cast Journey of a Thousand Miles, a written on the book by Lang Lang with David Ritz book was launched filmed.

Murdoch is listed as a co-producer with Florence Sloan, the couple's bundle before producing another film of historical importance to China, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.

Sloan is the former head of MGM and businessman Harry E. Sloan married.

Murdoch and Sloan are a Chinese man, 16 to 23 years, Lang Lang plays looking 17-year-olds.

'' Attractive, open and friendly. Not quite a boy, but not yet a man, he has a sweetness still.

'' Must be fluent in Mandarin. No previous acting experience is required. Some ability to play the piano preferred,'' said the occupation of showbiz correspondent Roger Friedman.

The story of the film based on the story of the life of Chinese piano virtuoso and is called'''' Tender dramatic story centered on a 17-year-old struggling to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles is described on his way to glory - to leave their homeland in China and adapt to a new life in America.

Yes, it sounds awfully known before, right?

HP has the feeling that this film is a little more difficult for Wendi its previous efforts in 2011.

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan was distributed by Fox Searchlight, a unit of film studio 20th Century Fox, her husband.

Louis Vuitton Cup: A veil on my gun - Emirates Team NZ win again

  Even without a headsail for much of the race, the Kiwis his boat was clearly faster than Luna Rossa won seven leg, 15:42-mile race in the third round robin of the Louis Vuitton Cup by 2 ': 20 to 16 knots of breeze west-southwest .

Dean Barker and his crew won the start of importance, off to play with 24 seconds to leeward of the Italian ship, then beat their rivals in the line so that Emirates Team New Zealand 10 seconds was the end of the first leg ahead.

Once again demonstrated their ability to go to jibe jibe while maintaining the hull out of the water on the leaves, the Kiwi crew started off a Luna Rossa, which was much improved since their last meeting a week ago. While the Italian team was better, it still has a way to go to compete with the best.

It is the second brand (Lee) ETNZ began his lead to a little more than 300 meters to extend when the luff of the jib halyard clip has (a device $ 100) not soaked. Several crew members went ahead to try a re-raise, but that was not possible, and the sail had to be injected. It was then the forestay and then fell into the sea to support losing to collect boat.

All New Zealand supporters along the Marina Green had her heart in her mouth, it seemed that Luna Rossa was closed, but as soon as the boom authorized with ETNZ further 200 meters on the front, the ruthless gain again. If the two 72-foot catamarans in the third (wind) toured brand before ETNZ 300 meters - a matter of 42 seconds.

The question remained - was the lack of a boom ETNZ wind is slow enough to go for Luna Rossa?

Barker said after the race that the trim of the boat had to be balanced, but once that was done, the Kiwis to win more and were in front at the 1:17 mark 4

Competition, as it was, was over. ETNZ has continued to expand further, increasing his lead. This time, however, the distance between the boats on arrival was much lower than it was when they first met, it was a little more than a week.

Luna Rossa has made significant improvements to his boat and sailing technique, but as skipper Max Sirena admitted after the race: "We must try to improve crew and the boat speed in the coming weeks.

The Future of Fashion?

   Imagine an icy blue shoe rubber polyurethane and stainless steel or other fashioned from leather and fiberglass - these are some of the elements in an exciting fashion show is scheduled to open next month in Kilkenny. "I wanted to connect to reach out to young actors and decision-makers - we never showed shoe designer before," says Angela O'Kelly what Irish jeweler and curator of the craftsmanship that has established show for the next 40 Kilkenny Arts Festival. Couture: Fashion Future highlights the work of six famous fashion designer shoes and for their innovative technical skills and new approaches to contemporary textile design.

Exhibitors are Una Burke, for his magic carved leather and brass jewelry extraordinary body Stephanie Bila and artist Ana Rajcevic mode known works at the intersection of sculpture and fashion. These are the three shoe designers, but the group dominate Brazil has Andreia Chaves Irish silversmith Kevin O'Dwyer, Julia Lundsten of Finn, who won numerous awards for its handmade shoes and Marloes ten Bhömer won together the generated 3D-printed and other innovative shoes.

The 40 rooms of the exhibition explores the sculptural aesthetics of wearing parts. "Their craftsmanship and design approach is exquisite," says O'Kelly group. "And there is a sense of modern design, new materials, new technology and 3D printing shows that the smartest design, password and limitations." This is the first time, for example, that Andreia Chaves his shoes written in a gallery Format. "It is the combination of his talents with those of the goldsmith Kevin O'Dwyer and applies his art to a whole different aesthetic," says O'Kelly.

The exhibition opens 9 August and runs until 16 October at the National Gallery of craftsmanship. This place fits in parallel: the scenes with the four suits underwear Abbey Theatre productions.

recruits Outfin WPP to oversee the team Chanel '

  WPP has hired Susannah Outfin, former president of Aegis Media Global more, the newly created agency run holding position for Chanel.

WPP raised his global media account for Chanel earlier this month. The company is served from More, a store that tap into the resources of the WPP agencies like Mindshare, MEC, Ogilvy and AKQA.

Outfin be the CEO of More and lead a team of 200 in the world. More will be based in Paris, with hubs in London, New York, Singapore and Shanghai.

Outfin has worked for all brands, including Coca-Cola, Levi, Air France, France Telecom, Christie and Wedgwood.

She was Aegis Media Global for 13 years and responsible for customers such as Pernod Ricard, with a mandate to more than € 1 billion in Billings.

Before Aegis Media Global Outfin CEO of Carat Global Management, where she was responsible for clients such as LVMH and led a team of more than 120 people. She also worked as Media Director at Ammirati Puris Lintas.

Outfin who begin his new post in September, said: "I am delighted with this unique opportunity to help build the future with WPP and much more."

Mindshare recently appointed Colin Kinsella, the former chief for North America at Digitas, an equivalent role.

Festival fashion: what to wear for the 2013 Season

       Every summer comes the question again: what to wear to a festival? Lauren Laverne knows a thing or too about music mucking about in the mud. "Do not wear what you must," advises Laverne. "High street shops are full of festival fashion, but why be wrong ho be all in the same kit, if this is not your style?"

Back in 2009, when Kate Moss very short shorts in her role as Queen of Glastonbury. This year we ask whether Cara Delevingne and Alexa Chung to follow? Of course, you can completely ignore the celebrities and learn from your fellow festival Glastonbury 2013?

Even if the weather is as glorious as it was in July, you may be better advised to consider as they look stylish in 35C heat Coachella.

Summer Fashion must: under the butt

       It is understood that, when the mercury rises to do so, the seams of the nation. But this is certainly an indictment of extreme age in which we live, this is taken to the next level. He was taken there by the legions of women across the country so short that the lower part of the back of the south of the fabric in denim shorts.

Rihanna might accidentally started the trend, the "under butt" when she received the nickname in May last year a photo of her jeans-clad behind string Instagram. Although they quickly removed the image, the seed was sown among the young minds, which is not always the most logical, nothing larger than a merkin covered denim seem in comparison.

Or we sleaze agenda by American Apparel founder Dov Charney blamed. This may be a despicable Canesten card manufacturers are hoping to take advantage of all of these forks overheating.

Whatever the origins of the trend, the phenomenon that even the butt of a joke perfect physical specimen is soon in a city center, movie theater and the festival site in your area.

Victoria Pendleton going for gold dress was Chanel Party

       Victoria Pendleton nailed summer style light last night when she left a dress picture.

Join a getthegloss.com welcomed the beauty of Chanel pop-up in London, gold for Team GB daughter completed our list of new favorite seasonal colors with a soft olive-show party.

Keeping his gaze without accessories she paired with strappy heels and swept his shiny silver buckles on the shoulder.

We can well imagine Kelly Brook rocking this dress classically cut, but did you like the way the door VP?

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Columbus emerging center of fashion as unlikely

       You probably never thought you would read a story about Columbus, Ohio, is a paradise for fashionistas. But this Midwestern city has an amazing secret: this is one of the most stylish capitals.

So what is driving the fad in a place far known for college football (Go Buckeyes!)?

Clothing retail giants such as The Limited and Abercrombie & Fitch, Express and Victoria's Secret have their headquarters here, and a young and entrepreneurial atmosphere has brought a new life in this part of the land transfer.

"Columbus should be in fashion," said Marin Roth, Rowe Boutique, a clothing and accessories store in Short North has. "With so many companies here is based mode, Columbus has sold a base of discerning customers, who sees what is in New York and will be able to buy here., You have an appetite for clothes."

Project Runway alum and native Columbus Kelli Martin calls "a mosaic of creative energy." It launched his latest project, Alternative Fashion Week Columbus, June

The "mosaic" she describes includes recruits fashion world identified by the amount of national retailers were Columbus. The set also fashion students, a talented group of designers clothes grass contains their skills at Columbus College of Art & Design and the stay in the city after graduation. And then there are the creative class entrepreneurs like Roth, the redefinition of the Arts District Court are north of Columbus. This community was one you hit the gas pedal to get, now it is an invitation bohemian neighborhood lined with shops and eclectic restaurants.

For tourists, the local appetite for fashion leads to exceptional Christmas shopping. So put on your comfiest - and most stylish - pumps and shops.

Start your fashion trip to Rodeo Drive Midwest, Easton Town Center Columbus (160 Easton Town Center, 614-416-7000, eastontowncenter.com). Here you will find shops such as high-end luxury Tiffany and Kate Spade here, and innovations such as the clothing brand C. Wonder Women BCBG. American Girl Store 11,500 square meters its doors this summer.

For local couture, head of the High Street near North Arts District between Ohio State University and the city of Columbus. You can include an assortment of fashion clothing stores independent search.

Your shopping list should Tigertree results (787 N. High St., 614-299-2660, shoptigertree.com), the belt buckles of children's books inspired wears. The store owner, Josh and Niki Quinn to design them. Rowe Boutique (718 N. High St., 614-299-7693, roweboutique.com) is known for her earrings and necklaces designed locally known. Organic matter (783 N. High St., 614-299-2910, shopsubstance.com) has a collection of handbags vegan-friendly and on-site Design Lab where visitors can work with internal designers shop masterpieces of fashion from recycled create materials. After a long day of shopping to your fashion triumphs with a cocktail in fashion to celebrate. Watershed Distillery (1145 Chesapeake Ave., 614-357-1936, watersheddistillery.com) and Midwest Spirits (1230 Courtland Ave., 614-299-2460, middlewestspirits.com) with designers together to beautify labels on their heads, including the award-winning vodkas, whiskeys, bourbon and gin. In the sample during weekly visits.

Kristen Stewart behind the apartment of Coco Chanel in Paris

       Kristen Stewart looked pretty relaxed and re Instagram from celebrity hairstylist Ken O'Rourke wrote in an image. The 23-year-old actress is seen sipping champagne and makes himself at home in the famous fashion house - and she was not alone!
Coco Chanel's apartment visiting Kristen Stewart:

It's not every day a girl gets to live his dream of haute couture in the apartment of Coco Chanel. Although Kristen is not a self-proclaimed fashionista, so it seems like it is at home - and who could blame him?

Kristen is not the first star to hang Coco. In fact, Rihanna has recently swung and took a series of photographs she shared on Instagram!

The Snow White and the Huntsman actress photographed sitting next to his great talent, years of stylist Tara Swennen - so sweet!
Kristen Stewart Paris Fashion Week travel:

O'Rourke who posted the photo, is another member of the team glam kstew who have come along for the day. Whenever is the star in Paris, she often works with the hairdresser. We think this is so cool she brought her team long glam for VIP treatment. I mean, they give him absolutely fabulous for the Chanel show! It should certaily them.

Legend O'Rourke contain a number of hashtags are: "# Chanel, # champagne, lots of fun was had by all cocochanel Apartment # # # paris fashion can do anything again!"

It seems that everyone had a good time and we are delighted that Kristen does not sulk post-breakup! Although it is still speculation, could mean a possible team with the actress and Chanel? We can not wait to see what happens!

Chanel playing with lego first bag

       Karl Lagerfeld showed the latest accessory to hit the shelves Chanel: a lego clutch.

The case of hard high-gloss vinyl with brand lock C is in red, yellow, blue and green - and an unmistakable feel.

Despite the Plexiglas relatively reasonable prices, the latest accessory line is the Chanel made incredible € 5,370 - more than twice the price of the iconic hand quilted bag.

Fashion Forward stars jumped on the latest arm candy, with artists such as Kim Kardashian and Rita Ora caught with two of their own pockets - although opinion is divided designer.

The coupling lego comes after a series of original designs by Chanel.

The logo was also seen on selected helmets space bags, hula hoop and skis in the past.

Wearable Art wow backdrop of American yachting

        WearableArt Six World clothes opened Louis Vuitton event in San Francisco in conjunction with the America's Cup at the personal invitation of the famous fashion house.

The dresses were presented over the weekend in a private show for 700 invitation-only guests, including Louis Vuitton employees worldwide and international media, newspapers and magazines such as Vogue, Tatler, Elle.

Louis Vuitton contacted WOW earlier this year asked a series of clothing will be sent to San Francisco for the respective performance of each garment is "suitable" for the four teams sailing for the America's Cup.

The founder of the World of WearableArt Awards, Dame Suzie Moncrieff, welcomed the invitation to see it as a reward for the class of drawings and works of designers to produce New Zealand and around the world.

"We have modeled a 30-minute private show for Louis Vuitton on an island [Hauraki] Gulf of Auckland in 2003 with about 100 different elements," she said.

"For they were so moved and inspired and invite us to the show in San Francisco is the fabulous recognition for our designers and all that is WOW."

The international project manager for WOW, Ali Boswijk, went with the management and the WOW models put the clothes on the stage Alive to San Francisco. "This was a great project," said Ms. Boswijk, speaking of San Francisco shortly before the event on Saturday night (NZ time).

Supreme WOW prices last year show winner, Delight light, Donghua University students Yuru My Mengyue Shanghai and Wu, presented the Swedish team, as layers of transparent material makes it appear like an ice sculpture.

Designed a garment called Reverie Noor of Massey University student Rebecca Maxwell, Italy and represents "fun, upbeat" American Dream Sarah Thomas has cupholders adjusted. Team New Zealand was represented by a stylized developed modern to traditional Maori dress by Olivia Hall, New Zealand.

Purple Cake Day charity organization 200 offers discount tickets for World WearableArt preview show in Wellington. The two-hour show will take place on 25 September. Some of the money by $ 95 tickets will go to the Purple Cake Day, which hopes $ 100,000 for underprivileged children in Haiti, Nepal and Kenya to increase this year. Tickets are purplecakeday.org today.

Love Layered

       How fashion lines blur, the calls 2013 the year of the conflict does not seem out of the blocks. Times change and seasonal trends are elegantly necessarily the autumn / winter and spring / summer cut demarcation go a spell. On the other by the normal standard, the display would be a jacket muggy and humid conditions have a Harakiri mode, but not this time.

Jackets prevailed in the designer Jil Sander collection S / S 2013 Milan Fashion Week. Simply designed, they reflect his minimalist vision in brown, blue and earthy. Paul and Joe had the classic stripes, metallic and black and white. As Miu Miu has Jackets team was light and dark shades with tie and dye short dresses and long skirts.

Back at home, designers Krishna Mehta has carved a formal way, with silk and substances chanderis whereby its dominant market wind jackets. It was not so long ago, saw the Lakme Fashion Week Masaba Gupta promotion of talented long jackets and short summers on the ramp.

Underlining Underlining the subtle difference between summer and autumn jacket look, Harsh Gupta designer hard tag Harsh said: "Spring jackets are more about style, ease and a lot more style than a necessity This is another interesting piece to the desired look in the. complete summer, while autumn winter jacket is an essential piece purely as just a piece of fashionable style. tissues also differ, leather jackets, suede, fur, nylon in the deep tones, especially in the winter wardrobe. During linen or cotton-based Jackets to powdery colors reflect the summer story. "

Declaration includes a must-have of the moment, the range Spring / Summer Harsh light a buttoned denim jacket and a white linen jacket with narrow tie.

The designer takes the idea forward with interesting details, "summer jackets look great with tops or pristine white shirts. He teamed up with jeans or linen pants chic look fine. For substances I recommend Egyptian cotton, mercerized cotton with light denim. Prints sweet peas and the inner prison stripes for summer cotton jackets with solid colors call the shots. "

"For a complete look, a denim jacket with bright summer knee-length skirt and a tube or tank elegance linen jackets have all written about him. Beige in color, are wound teamed pastel or white with a white shirt and trousers narrow scarf casually around the neck You wear it, "says the designer.

Jackets Designer Megha Garg come in sheer fabrics and quite elegant pieces aligned in his line S. S / "Cap Ivory Jackets have a new feel to it, the more they will drape beautifully. Additionally, you can not miss the prints. Did I intentionally remote-remained flowers patterns basic Questions like these seems be a predictable option. Instead, dominate sketches of Krishna in an aquatic topic the line. While the reasons are yellow and blue, the carrier fabric is neutral tint. was silhouette of the shirt's for my creations jacket was printed borrowed " informs Megha.

Designer Abhishek Dutta selects cotton and linen as his choice. "Maxi and jackets are a good combination. Hold seasonal distinction living room keep strictly faux fur and thick fabrics out of reach.'s Slim-fitted kitchen short jackets are the law. I like in neutral tones with patchwork large pea or impressions little embellished sparingly. Used You can around play the sleeves, putting half or completely go sleeveless ", he added.

Couture Journal Alexandra Shulman

       Monday 1 July

"You have arrived in the summer" greet my Parisian driver Jean-Claude at the Gare du Nord, where I slides on a make-up kit traction artist Céline coat - the first time I saw someone you actually wear them. Time during the Paris Haute Couture, as obsessive discussed as British farmers. What to wear in the humid heat? Is there such a thing as proper shoes for rain, it is not an opportunity, Hunter Wellies.

Christian Dior, which was held under the dome of the Invalides comes, Christopher Kane embellished in the YSL shoes, a woolly gray sweater tied around the waist. It is probably the only person that gray door into the room. If we. Further proof for that fashion houses were now focused outside the traditional Western markets in search, it's here The show is seen through a multicultural filter with the traditional rules of Dior, as the bar jacket and houndstooth, to work in a global exposure of costumes: kimonos, tribal beads, European fashion - the whole shebang.

Meanwhile, outside the Dior boutique on Avenue Montaigne, the Range Rover and Mercedes are up nose-to-tail lined in the street, their drivers head shaved cum bodyguards stand in the sun. There is no sign of the economic and political crisis in the country on this route from Paris sidewalk, enjoy a new Chanel boutique in plates, a huge Givenchy be unpacked and Ladies' Lunch at their favorite, The Avenue (always at 16.30 clock fought ).

The roses are in the garden of the Rodin Museum (everyone is away from the restaurant terrace of the Ritz perfume, which is closed for renovations). At Giambattista Valli show, sculptures are dressed in white petals, as models are made of silk and chiffon versions. Bianca Brandolini talkative in Giambattista Valli white lace A-line gown, while Tallulah Harlech meets and greets in an oversized sweater difficulties (we Brits love our wool). Later Schiaparelli is a small collection of Christian Lacroix, the amount of the Paris fashion shoot in force for her friend, the other Christian (Louboutin) designed for photos, Azzedine Ala?a and Jean Paul Gaultier, go through a cage flowers with the birds of iPads connected.

I sit down with Peter Dundas Pucci dinner for Little Black Dress exhibition of André Leon Talley. Under the flag of the gay men's fashion in a pastel pink Givenchy suit, he leads us to what he calls the "summer drink of Paris" - wine glasses of champagne with ice packs.

Tuesday, 2 July

We are going to see some of the most exclusive and luxurious garments in the world Chanel show at the Grand Palais, but apart from the hustle and bustle that is very democratic in progress. Here it is the way you look, not who you are. Japanese photographer about a girl in a long skirt and bright flowered silk shoes overcrowded, while fans of Chanel Couture cause experienced in curly and dry no attention.

Metallic vision of Karl Lagerfeld is bombarded staged in a theater, opening to reveal a futuristic skyline of Singapore, where models tweeds shine with crystals and sequins light foot, to an audience with Natalia Vodianova, Rihanna Suzy Menkes and curtain. The days of high customer traffic on small gold chairs are now dresses are flown to enjoy in the privacy of your own home all over the world in large tribes preferred customers.

Late afternoon at the Armani Prive collection, and young men Armani suitable offer their arms to perform high-heel-wearing customers in steep stairs -. Sew a version of "elf and safety" Leaving his beautiful sight (all colors, as he's naked), the traffic is the thankless favorite and begin a slow process - the city traffic is unfortunately another mainstay of conversation sewing.

On the way to a certain Valentino Anna Wintour to Wideville, Valentino castle outside Paris dinner text is reported that Kate Middleton was spotted in the hospital in a wheelchair. Wideville is what you expect fashion: an incredibly beautiful and a glamorous backdrop. We meet on the large terrace to the rear, displayed with each new arrival at the top of a staircase: Arthur Mornington and Jemma, Natalia Vodianova and Antoine Arnault, Patrick Demarchelier, a ponytail John Galliano, Amanda Harlech, Erdem and Christopher Kane. Valentino invites us to see the gardens, but he said the time has ruined peonies. Each share photos on their phones: Tim Jeffries his blond children, Arthur Mornington Jemma in a yellow dress in the middle of pink Valentino. Everyone wants to know if it's true about Kate and the hospital.

Dinner is in an old barn (for lack of a more appropriate word), where a large meal is served organized. If you thought fashion people do not eat, think again - each plate with three puddings (that's creme brulee, cheesecakes, meringues, ice cream, apple pie, raspberry roulade ...) amassed. Coco Brandolini, pregnant and wearing white Dolce & Gabbana for their latest collection Alta Moda, for the Venetian show prepares the couple this weekend, while the model Astrid Munoz, Valentino blue lace and accompanied his polo player husband Eduardo is against Farida Khelfa, the muse current Schiaparelli. They plonked a red lobster jeweled floral arrangement in front of her.

Wednesday, 3 July

The clouds gather. After a Jean-Paul Gaultier with intelligent animal print hair goes through fashion caravan Pierpaolo Piccioli see and show exquisite Valentino Maria Grazia Chiuri. Your collection is coveted at one end of the spectrum of fashion, while early sewing Viktor and Rolf is only open on the other side, as it works with a view to three minutes, the duo sat in silence in the lotus position, and ending with models are carefully positioned in mountains of dark gray wool as Neolithic rock outcrops. This is a conceptual moment, such as tents and strangely fragrant smoky Fendi built to display the exhibition Karl Lagerfeld daguerreotypes in the Pont Alexandre III. Just like watching the Stones to Glastonbury, you had to be there. Couture: this is the real thing.

caps fashion is a trend

  The designer is the latest victim of a market increasingly difficult to enter into voluntary administration this week after 12 years of activity. A few weeks before the company went into liquidation Lisa Ho after 30 years.

Johnston cited a number of issues related to small and medium-sized fashion on the local and international production, cash flow, online shopping, mobile international retailers in Australia and also the changing habits of customers.

"There are many things that have snowballed in the last 12 to 18 months," Johnston told The Australian.

With half of the wholesale business, the cash flow was a "huge problem."

Johnston said, most retailers are spoiled for choice in terms of products available, including overseas cheaper products, the designers had meant to play by their rules spoiled.
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"If retailers do not sell anything for six to eight weeks, and it's simply returned. Solder as it has become," she said.

With a production of more and more difficult due to union rules outworker focusing difficult, many designers are forced to produce their goods on the sea, like Johnston, has come with their own problems.

"My three best sellers in the last three months have had quality problems," Johnston said.

"If you talk to the manufacturers, they accept no responsibility for them."

The high dollar Johnston almost wiped out the international business, especially in Europe, Hong Kong and the United States around the year 2010.

"This is something we can not control, and that is big dollars," she said.

In this mixture, the invasion of international high street labels such as Topshop and Zara and the fact that it is increasingly undermining no import duties on luxury goods online shopping rights, and in the medium term.

Thief makes off with Gucci handbag, mixer

       SAN DIEGO - A man stole 15 mixer and a Gucci handbag with a smoothie restaurant clothing store near Shelter Iceland Monday night or Tuesday morning, police said.

The man entered the first world-famous smoothies on Rosecrans Street near Carleton Street, San Diego police said Jim Johnson. There were no signs of forced entry and the thief will not. Than present or past employees of the restaurant

He then broke through a wall next to Alice Alfreda resale shop, hitting a water pipe that caused the damage in the two stores. Police believe he returned from the restaurant smoothies blender and handbag.

A security camera in a supermarket took a picture of the man who a medium build and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans has.

Anyone with information about the burglaries to call Detective Tom Jacques at (619) 692-4833 or Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (888) 580-8477. Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $ 1,000 to anyone with information. To an arrest

fashion a new career? Try on Wearable

       According to Wikipedia, mobile technology, which is also known as fashion clothes or electronic technology clothing and accessories built-in computer and electronic technologies. The designs often contain useful functions and features, but they can also be a purely critical or aesthetic purposes.

Examples of Wearable

A recent article in Business Insider revealed a number of mobile technologies, including: clock, synchronization with smart phones for calls, light dresses, bracelets by your activity, eating and sleeping and Google glass (glass that integrate virtual reality and augmented language features with the speed of the head). In sports, there are boots that boost cell phones, gloves that deaf and blind people can use to play text messages, send the shirts to drum, solar bikini and gloves to give the name of the phone number. Some of these technologies can be very extensive and evolving, but many problem solving and are quite practical.

Wearable growth

According to ABI Research, by 2016, sales are expected with mobile wireless medical devices to reach more than 100 million units per year. The market for portable monitoring equipment and sports related fitness is expected to grow and reach 80 million sales units by 2016.

The market research firm Gartner expects mobile technology to an industry of $ 10 billion by 2016.

According to IMS Research, an estimated 14 million mobile devices like after been delivered in 2011. Of these, three million units of physical activity monitors with continuous glucose monitors, which represents the majority of sales. However, the size and composition of the market should look different when be delivered in 2016, between 39 million and 171 million units.

According to Credit Suisse, the market for mobile technology has reached a turning point and will reach $ 30 - $ 50 billion over the next 3-5 years.

Wearable and job creation

"I was in the recruitment of technology for some time and saw a constant flow of new ideas, jobs and opportunities. Commence Many of these technologies, such as consumer trends and then generalize the offers of the company's job creation and employment opportunities. Mobile technology is a these new technologies, "said Lisa Francone, recruiters who practice the technology Gent & Associates. "Healthcare has many opportunities for mobile technology, and I believe a number of new jobs will be created, as the industry tries to object that clinicians understand the technology," said Lisa Strullmyer, recruiters, Healthcare Practice, Just Flagstaff. com.

4 points that are moved to Wearable

Golf caddy. There are many golf mobile technologies, the golfer improve his / her game to help. Golf game is a portable product that traveled the location of the shooting, the distance of the ball, and which club you used pursued. The product contains accelerometers, gyroscopes, navigation systems (GPS) and communication for close follow golf field. Another product is the SensoGlove, a golf glove in sensor reads the pressure of your grip built. The company boasts that the SensoGlove will teach you how to improve your golf grip that will improve your swing and game.

Musicians. The machine t-shirt electronic battery allows you to create a variety of drum beats with a t-shirt you're wearing. The glove is beat a portable electronic musical instrument that you tap with your fingers the music that you can listen to on a computer. Beauty and the Geek integrated speakers, a wireless mouse and keyboard in jeans and you can make music in real time.

Medical services. According to Venture Beat, "we quantify" was a big trend in 2012 and will continue to grow. There are a number of mobile technologies on the market, doctor visits, as we could manage to reduce our own data. According to Information Week, Preventice technologies such as remote monitoring system of the body Guardian portable sensors, the doctors, the keys outside of the clinical environment Biometrics and Sensors monitor collect allow worn on the body Metria Wearable Avery Dennison, calculation and graphical representation of data, the stage to seamlessly deliver patient data to doctors monitor the continuous improvement of a patient. Textiles in AIQ smart clothing deal included the need for add-on sensors by to collect data in clothes.

Fashion. Dresses and solar bags are some of the new trends in fashion wearable use of solar energy. Continuum Fashion has a variety of methods designed with 3D printing. CuteCircuit combines high fashion with technology, and the company today dresses many stars and musicians on the stage and on the red carpet. The company created the first dress in the world twitter performed all tweets in real time.

What this means for you

The rapid acceleration of technology has changed the way people work, communicate, and changed her life. Consequently, the integration have changed and continue to change careers. Mobile technology continues to grow and create new jobs, while the other. Those who follow the industry trends and remain their skills in research projects of capacity building to be able to make available the transition to the new possibilities of mobile technology.

Nab your new sunglasses summer solar Luxury Garage Sale

       Whether or not the sun that hangs over Chicago always decides that his presence known, everyone needs a pair (or five) of true sunglasses. Let's face it: The days of dimmers, they are important for the morning hangover and days when you just do not have time for mascara.

But we did not tell you why so sunglasses are key. What we will say is that a number of high-end sunglasses are now available at Luxury Garage Sale for less money. The auto shop in the old town has many shades receive just in time for holiday parties throughout the city. They boast labels such as Prada, Michael Kors, Gucci, Miu Miu, Tom Ford and many more.

The cool rocker "Hedi Slimane male farm Paris

    Second high Hedi Slimane menswear collection for Saint Laurent expects wrapped shows men in Paris Fashion Week Sunday with "rocker cool" Replacing the grunge feel of his debut.

Industry observers were eager to see if he would stay with the look he chose for his first penetrated men's collection for the brand, which also has the collection of his second wife.

Credited with revolutionizing men's fashion during his time at Dior 2000-2007, Slimane for grouping the short short jackets with slim trousers in a "lean" style by the designers of the mass market copies worldwide famous and even accepted by the world of rock.

Star Mick Jagger and Pete Doherty were staged in Dior Homme and even legendary designer Karl Lagerfeld shed 45 kilos (99 pounds) to be able to fit in a suit Slimane.

Early reaction on Twitter, GQ Fashion praise lavished on the French designer.

"Hedi Slimane does it again! Saint Laurent defined cool rocker for SS (St. Lawrence)," he said.

More eyes on the podium included red leather pants paired with a striped T-shirt and a blue and white "rock star" shining jacket.

In addition, there were parka coats, biker jackets, and of course, skinny jeans.

Hero Magazine added on Twitter: "so clever Sequinned jacket lips vampire Saint Laurent, met another collection.".

Earlier in the day, explored Lanvin artistic director Alber Elbaz and menswear designer Lucas Ossendrijver the delicate question of the shorts.

As the industry, how to deal with the formal and informal wear to fight, they teamed with narrow ties worn with short shorts or casual tailored jackets, blouses and shirts.

Considered by some as nothing more than underwear, short shorts - good legs and a degree of bravery dress need - were also prominent on the catwalks of Milan Men's early June

"The three rules with shorts is that they need to be adjusted, are not collapsed remotely and cut a few inches above the knee," Esquire magazine recently told his readers, without proffering advice on the short variety.

Standing as the exhibition at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris were button-up shirts, cut cherries and dark blue and soft, sleeveless tops and tapered pants.

WWD magazine industry has responded positively to the "substances, women often elaborate and exquisite range" admire. The website nowfashion.com called "stimulus if somewhat schizophrenic collection in their execution."

"Elegant in the extreme," said British GQ on Twitter, while UK tradition Brand Dapper England commented: "shorts with blazers and socks."

Short Lanvin was also investigated how to wear shorts one day after the show, Kris Van Assche for Dior Homme.

Shorts Suit - provide flexibility "of the area of ??the meeting room" - dominated the collection of Belgian designer.

However, Van Assche went longer shorts summary measure of performance as "Tuxedo sports festival."

Mens Fashion Now provides access to four days haute couture begin in earnest on Monday with the collection of the season - Christian Lacroix comeback tribute for the late Italian designer Elsa Schiaparelli.

Lacroix was celebrated open in a quarter century in 1987 by fashion editors in the 1990s after the creation of the first couture house. But he lost in December 2009 after the downturn of the luxury market has left millions of dollars in debt.
In his first collection in four years Lacroix will present 18 new interpretations of Schiaparelli revived models for the fashion house.