The New Must-Have Accessory
Posted by Administrator on Oct 31, 2009
A self-described iPhone freak, designer Norma Kamali spends each morning reading the day’s headlines on her gadget’s current-events application. To unwind, she plays Scrabble on a game app. When her miniature dachshund Zeke acts up, Ms. Kamali looks up her iPhone’s encyclopedia on canine ailments.
Last month, Ms. Kamali entered the iPhone app [...]
Chennai’s first global fashion event: Chennai International Fashion week
Posted by Administrator on Oct 31, 2009
Chennai is now becoming a hub of fashion and lifestyle. Designer labels, lifestyle magazines and fashion shows are becoming the order of the day.
Keeping up with this changing trend, Strom Fashions is organizing the Chennai International Fashion Week (CIFW), the first global fashion event to be held in Chennai. The fashion week will [...]
Aindrita Ray steals this fashion show
Posted by Administrator on Oct 31, 2009
This fashion show hosted by Priya Sanghvi saw a luxury theme collection by Tarun Tahiliani.
The evening was a perfect blend of fashion and style with Peroni associating with an Italian luxury brand. Choreographed by Sheetal Sharma, the party saw city socialities and the fashion frat, who came to celebrate the rich [...]
[Read More]Thrifty to trendy: Cashing in the on the eco-cachet of salvaged leather
Posted by Administrator on Oct 30, 2009
Randi Obenauer’s thrift store visits are more of a ritual than a browse.
“I start at the front where they have a ‘fashion’ section with newer stuff,” she says at a Salvation Army thrift store in Victoria. The 26-year-old Victoria designer digs out a three-quarter-length brown leather skirt from the crammed rack of [...]
Someone You Should Know: Teen Fashion Designer
Posted by Administrator on Oct 30, 2009
CBS 2’s Harry Porterfield says this young fashionista – a local high school student with a bright future — is someone you should know.
At just 17, Zoe Damacela has been an entrepreneur for years. How does someone her age do that?
“I think it was just building years of experience,” she said. “I [...]
Fashion Show Supports Breast Cancer Network Of Strength
Posted by Administrator on Oct 30, 2009
The 6th annual fashion show supporting Breast Cancer Network of Strength will take place Sunday, Nov. 8, at 2 p.m. at The Chattanooga Trade Center Exhibit Hall B.
Participating boutiques include Ciao Bella, Susanna’s Yacoubian and Orange Blossom Boutique in Cleveland.
This event supports Breast Cancer Network of Strength’s programs providing information, empowerment [...]
Panthers start playoffs in dominating fashion
Posted by Administrator on Oct 30, 2009
NEW RICHLAND — The New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva volleyball team rolled to an opening round victory over Maple River Thursday in New Richland as the Panthers begin a march through the Section 2AA playoffs.
NRHEG (21-6) entered the section tournament as the No. 2 seed in the south subsection and had little problem with [...]
Fashion students receive EPA grant to develop sustainable garmen
Posted by Administrator on Oct 30, 2009
—-Fashion students at the University of Delaware have received a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help them create an adaptable and sustainable garment as an entry for the EPA’s seventh annual P3 Award competition.
The students include senior Rita Chang and juniors Heather Starner, Jennifer McCord, Jenna Shaw and [...]
Even a Slow Economy Can’t Keep Fashion Entrepreneurs Down
Posted by Administrator on Oct 30, 2009
Try announcing you’re starting a new apparel line during this deep economic downturn and friends are likely to haul you off for a psychological examination.
But plenty of people are putting their wallets on the table (or the cutting table, if you will) to launch new clothing ventures even as retail sales remain [...]
Cheryl Cole’s and Dannii Minogue’s outfits on X-Factor make Simon Cowell growl
Posted by Administrator on Oct 30, 2009
It seems that Simon Cowell is unhappy about Cheryl Cole and Dannii Minogue becoming fashion and style icons right under his nose during X-Factor.
According to X-Factor insiders the grumpy judge, who could be taught a lesson or two about fashion, reminded the girl’s earlier this week, that it was a talent [...]
China’s $treet fashion
Posted by Administrator on Oct 30, 2009
The local art, music and fashion scenes owe much to the dramatic surge in Internet access in China over the past decade. Fewer than 1.2 million users were online in 1998, according to the government’s China Internet Network Information Center. By June 2009, that number had surpassed 330 million. Despite the [...]
[Read More]Pacific Media Expo Brings Famed Harajuku Fashion District to the U.S.
Posted by Administrator on Oct 30, 2009
Three of Japan’s top brand designers will appear together for the first time in the United States at Pacific Media Expo on Nov. 6-8 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport. Maki and Asuka (Angelic Pretty) will return to PMX, joined by Takuya Angel and GASHIKON (Hangry & Angry).
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October [...]
We have designs on Wii
Posted by Administrator on Oct 30, 2009
Project Runway is strutting to Nintendo’s Wii. Atari Inc. is developing a video game based on the popular reality TV fashion show. The game, set for release next year, will cast players as aspiring fashion gurus tasked with creating designs and outfitting models. Gamers will then be able to showcase their [...]
[Read More]TV: ‘V’ invades television in ho-hum fashion
Posted by Administrator on Oct 30, 2009
From George Pal’s classic 1953 thriller “War of the Worlds” to “Independence Day,” Earth has been invaded by nasty extraterrestrials so many times, we ought to just paint a giant target on the North American continent.
Alien invasions are not a new storyline for movies and television, but Hollywood keeps turning back to [...]
Murfreesboro City Schools Foundation Fashion Show
Posted by Administrator on Oct 30, 2009
Murfreesboro City Schools Foundation Fashion Show will be held Oct. 31 at Stones River Country Club with a fashion preview and mimosas at 11 a.m., lunch at noon and the fashion show by The French Shoppe at 12:30. City school teachers will model the fashions with a large selection available for purchase [...]
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