tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13777464306599998132024-03-12T19:44:35.176-07:00Fashion Style + BusinessLeslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-3859209472799997342013-04-01T15:07:00.003-07:002013-04-01T15:07:34.813-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">“Buy Local,” was the slogan of ad campaigns that ran throughout the holiday season to encourage shoppers to patronize their local retailers to boost their businesses, as well as local economies. “Shop local” has become the tag line in many ad campaigns, including social media and blog mentions. Across the nation, small businesses are finding strength in numbers and feeling optimistic again, hoping that American consumers will realize the value of the independent business owners and their role in the economy of the nation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">For the small retailer, today’s market is incredibly competitive. At a time when big box seems to be swallowing up the local retail scene, there’s a strong movement towards shopping local to help encourage economic growth, but also to find meaning with consumers and how they spend their dollars and their time. This movement has growing, from grass-roots campaigns like the 3/50 Project to the food industry, which has been promoting locally-grown/raised for the past decade and has been partly responsible for the growth in farmers’ markets throughout California and the rest of the country.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">If you’re not familiar with the 3/50 Project, it is a campaign that was launched several years ago to get customers thinking about the value of the independent retailers in their own communities. The concept was simple. Choose 3 local/independent retailers, spend $50 in each and boost your local economy. The impact of just those simple acts of spending is profound on that local economy. For every $100 spent in locally-owned, independent stores, $68 returns to the community in taxes, payroll and her expenditures (only $43 remains if you spend in a national chain). If over half the employed population spent $50 each month at locally owned businesses it would generate more than $42.6 billion in revenue. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXkOkERhn-VNy8zvFV7M7ezpEdqxvKpeIfaWt8P2-g_83mdStEnxYRZsHklr_WlbxAHGjVwfK7PdF6e5QvAw-HGDm5eclede2rXmCADor_F3NzoWGPMgYRVUUJu7qlZz9bnk-AaXC5aLxD/s1600/350_project_200x177.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXkOkERhn-VNy8zvFV7M7ezpEdqxvKpeIfaWt8P2-g_83mdStEnxYRZsHklr_WlbxAHGjVwfK7PdF6e5QvAw-HGDm5eclede2rXmCADor_F3NzoWGPMgYRVUUJu7qlZz9bnk-AaXC5aLxD/s1600/350_project_200x177.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">It seems simple, but is more complex for customers to understand. The ease of shopping big box is the one-stop-shop concept and the discounted or value pricing. The need for big-box is obvious, as they offer branded and private-label products at prices that the independents cannot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Manufacturers also have relied on the big-box to expand their reach to the consumer markets and to increase their own presence on store shelves. That is a value offered to consumers in terms of price and volume. But the large retailers homogenize the product mix and reduces the variety offered to consumers and consumers are noticing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Today, fashion consumers do want uniqueness. While, they want to be a part of the “trend,” they also want pieces that speak to more individuality and exclusivity. Big box can’t offer this. The independent retailer has the ability to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>offer a greater variety of unique products, without being locked to the rules of the major apparel brands, therefore they can carry one-of-a-kinds, along with the brands that pull customers into their stores. With a major interest in bespoke, hand-made and one-of-a-kind, the independents are experiencing renewed customer interest.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Unfortunately, the online formats are also offering this and competing with independents for sales. The increase in online retail formats is a reflection of consumers deviating from the pull of the big box and seeking uniqueness and variety where they can find it. The internet, a tool at the fingertips of today’s customers, is spotted with online-only retailers and the numbers of retailers online are on the rise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another emerging trend is the pop-up stores, which are focused in areas where there is a large consumer following in specific markets. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pop-up offers exclusivity, limited editions and a cool-factor to the shopping experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">There is a need for all types of retail formats, but especially for the local, independent retailers for several reasons. They enhance the makeup of a community, add character to the retail scene and can connect more readily and meaningfully with their customers. In terms of the local economy, they are essential. Many small business owners live in and are active in the communities in which their businesses operate. They purchase homes, food, entertainment in these communities, their children attend local schools, they eat at local restaurants and pay local taxes. These are essential factors to the growth of the local economy and they give these business owners a great steak in the success of their businesses.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">According to a news release from American Express, “small businesses are the lifeblood of our communities," said Susan Sobbott, president, American Express OPEN. "There is concrete evidence that thriving independent neighborhoods lead to higher real estate values and more local jobs." The research conduced by American express showed that locally-owned clothing stores in America have staged a healthy rebound in recent years and furniture and décor stores have maintained a high percentage of the market throughout the study timeframe.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">According to Sobbot, “small businesses are resilient but they face headwinds in this uncertain economy. If consumers commit to ‘Shopping Small', we can provide Main Street with an important boost at a time when they need it most. According to the Small Business Administration, small businesses accounted for 64 percent of net new job creation in the past 15 years, and more business in our local communities will drive more hiring in the neighborhoods where we live."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The greatest advantage for the independent, local retailers is their ability to offer customers services and retail experiences that the larger formats cannot. Today, consumers are increasingly seeking shopping experiences. They want to connect with their retailers. This is where the indies have an edge. With consumers who want a relationship with the store and brand, the independents can make that connection immediately and intimately. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Many local retailers have strong connections to the community, giving back in meaningful ways and most of their owners live amongst their own customers, creating lasting connections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like the big chains, they are embracing social media as a way to connect with their local customers. The beauty in this relationship is that it actually has value to customers, as opposed to the impersonal presence of the larger chains. Social media is empowering customers to become ambassadors for retailers, brands and experiences. The one-on-one connection made with a store owner and his/her customer is going to benefit more from this “partnering” in promoting his/her business than any big box retailer can. Independents that perfect the use of social media will see strong gains in customer loyalties and, in turn, sales.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAHuzY7zIT-EqL0y5ZNwDD_8xd50Z0YpdGNbSZfy_2xcOkva1-jHkBSjP1Jg0zCqstRLCSrM1V33WQkWu3sdyaSn8LvNYHlFBzVP2hmNTqV3OZB5PV49o1bSR2u823GFUTTTkkk-W6jH2/s1600/american-sm-biz-sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnAHuzY7zIT-EqL0y5ZNwDD_8xd50Z0YpdGNbSZfy_2xcOkva1-jHkBSjP1Jg0zCqstRLCSrM1V33WQkWu3sdyaSn8LvNYHlFBzVP2hmNTqV3OZB5PV49o1bSR2u823GFUTTTkkk-W6jH2/s1600/american-sm-biz-sm.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Though many locals have been wounded in these recessionary years, some are making a strong come-back by adjusting their inventory, product mix, services and methods of doing business. In many cities and towns, it’s the local retailer that ads the character and diversity to the area and provides for the much needed variety and mix that is lacking in big-box retailing. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The challenges faced by the small retailer are not insurmountable, nor are they to be ignored. This country was built by entrepreneurs and our economy is boosted by local businesses, especially retailers. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Stockton and the surrounding areas have a strong legacy of local retailers who have sustained the good and bad times and whose roots are firmly anchored.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While the city gets an enormous about of bad press, given the economy, housing market, crime rate, and other challenges, the small retailers have hung in through tough economic times and are thriving in a challenging economic environment. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">With a strong history in the fashion retail world, as well as being a former small retail owner myself, this is a subject that is close to my heart, my history, my emotional perspectives about the industry and my personal relationship with the shopping experiences in today’s retail market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Personally, as a shopper (an a pretty critical one), I want the money I spend to mean something, so a business owner who acknowledges me by name and values my business will keep my business. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><!--EndFragment-->Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-25543734341368988862011-12-14T21:51:00.000-08:002011-12-14T21:52:48.599-08:00Fashion Style + Business: Thank you BRAHMIN!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 14px;">http://www.brahmin.com/product/G90151NE/mineral-croco-anytime-mini-bag-mineral</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Get yours! http://www.brahmin.com/product/G90151NE/mineral-croco-anytime-mini-bag-mineral</span></span></div>Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-2580278083620810812011-12-14T21:46:00.000-08:002011-12-14T21:46:37.609-08:00Thank you BRAHMIN!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Brahmin Handbags so kindly sent me a generous gift- two gorgeous red croc Anytime mini bags! What a lovely treat!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Simple and chic the anytime mini can be worn with shoulder strap for a day out or strap can be worn wristlet style for an eveing look. Small enough to tuck into your everyday tote or used for travel.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Get yours! http://www.brahmin.com/product/G90151NE/mineral-croco-anytime-mini-bag-mineral</span></span>Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-53232938936381955442011-10-23T18:17:00.000-07:002011-10-23T18:17:06.924-07:00Trends 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxgemqEozveGb7YGR2QPRL6z52QPFis2QmGzBCHnWy8Tnf4ANfktP-rzlfwSzzh5nbpRDJsm8M-b7ZXZ9t4wA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Stylsight's coverage of Premier Vision 2013.Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-4055791152950290592011-08-08T18:59:00.001-07:002011-08-08T19:06:49.405-07:00Vogue Influencers Network<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNpaBpUehqICRsMkRLypIAqVEEPllIYIeRUbqRj_LqA4Z0U6E-IyRMRsDeA6x8xuEiXfDHKlJo5okiuF7rPdmliapKlGumS7Z6C-rIhQ5oNwi2jO3p5yswYrRqRtFL0Gtpz6J2iUlInrxQ/s1600/csb-Clarisonic-grouping.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">
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<br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Verdana;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Vogue has launched the ‘Influencer Network,’ a platform for advertisers who want their messages spread across social media. The panel of 1,000 influential women with an interest in fashion and an online following are asked to give feedback to clients about new products, fashion collections and ad content. They are also encouraged to discuss the products with followers on their social networking sites to raise awareness for the clients and for Vogue as well. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">
<br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">As a member of the Vogue Influencer Network, I receive a variety of products to check out, try, use and post a comment or evaluation.</span></span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">
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<br /></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">But, when I received Brahmin's Anytime Tote, I was floored. It is a fantastically gorgeous leather bag from Brahmin, the maker of fine leather handbags and small leather goods.</span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">
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<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">A large box was waiting on my doorstep with the gorgeously packaged handbag. The bag itself is beautifully made with solid hardware and construction. It is a preview of the collection that will be available at retail at the end of April.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Verdana;font-size:12px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The Red card attached said:</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Dear Leslie,</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">You’ve been selected by Vogue to discover Brahmin, a luxury handbag company known for its timeless, sophisticated styles.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">It also goes on to tell me that the Anytime Tote will not be available in stores until May. It will however, be available on April 15 on Brahmin.com and in the Brahmin Boutiques.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img src="http://www.queeninheels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/010.jpg" alt="" title="010" width="450" height="337" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6671" /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">What a nice surprise!</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img src="http://www.queeninheels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/011.jpg" alt="" title="011" width="450" height="337" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6672" /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">
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padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 1.1em; ">Rob Crews, a wash specialist at Gap.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-size: 1.1em; "><span class="credit" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-transform: none; font-size: 0.9em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Photo By:</span> <span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-transform: none; font-size: 0.9em; ">Courtesy Photo</span></p><p class="media-link" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; 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"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">On Pico Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles, not far from where the 10 and 110 freeways intersect in a mass of concrete, the Gap 1969 denim studio was launched in August 2010, in a former cigar factory loft, in the heart of the city’s jeans infrastructure. This week, Gap Inc. begins providing an inside look at the operation — glimpses of the people, processes and products — in a much different type of fall campaign for the retailer.<br /><br />Working with ad firm Ogilvy & Mather and culture and design Web site Cool Hunting, Gap created 30 short videos, each 20 to 90 seconds long. Some profile key members of the L.A. denim team, including women’s merchant Masako Konishi, men’s merchant Cale Margol and wash specialist Rob Crews. Each reveals a little bit about themselves, like men’s design director Jason Ferro mentioning how his background as a rebel skater, surfer and musician influences his work. <br /><br />In another video, Crews suggests freezing jeans to rid them of germs and preserve the patina, rather than throwing them in the washer, which drains the indigo dye; others spotlight the ponte knit legging in black and olive, the gummy legging in black and khaki, or give a brief overview of the denim studio.<br /><br />Gap has a history of using serious celebrity portraits as ads, or dancing models, and being a heavy advertiser on TV. But this season, there’s none of that. While not exactly cinema verité, the new campaign strives to humanize a big corporation by depicting one of its more creative sides and some young talent working in an informal setting.<br /><br />“It’s quite a shift,” from past campaigns, said Seth Farbman, Gap’s global chief marketing officer. “This is the beginning of a longer-term strategy” that continues for the holiday season and into next year at least, and also continues to feature different operations and people at Gap. Farbman, who is based at Gap’s Global Creative Center in New York, declined to disclose which Gap operation will be highlighted next.<br /><br />“Increasingly, people want to know the stories behind the products — who’s designing it, where it comes from,” Farbman said. “We recognize that we have to be more open. We had not done enough storytelling about what was new and different at the Gap.”<br /><br />Farbman noted that the campaign is his first for Gap since joining the company five months ago and that it targets millennials, whose retail allegiances to the Gap in many cases have frayed. The campaign will be more visible in the social media and digital world, than in traditional media. “When you look at how millennials consume information, it is not in a simple, transactional way,” Farbman said. <br /><br />The videos break this week on Web sites such as Cool Hunting and Refinery29 before blanketing the Internet next week with sponsored content on Refinery29, DailyCandy, FabSugar, Glam, Hulu, Pandora, LookBook, TrendCentral, Rolling Stone and Gap’s Facebook page. The videos will also be shown in the 28 other countries where Gap has stores, aside from the U.S. stores, where campaign images will decorate windows, and shoppers will be able to pull up the videos on their mobile devices.<br /><br />Print ads are a mix of inserts and spreads in the September issues of Vogue, GQ, Glamour, InStyle, People StyleWatch, Lucky and Rolling Stone, with text written by journalist Ruth Barrett. Larger spreads will appear in Elle, Women’s Health, Men’s Health, Nylon, Details, ESPN and Marie Claire. However, the print advertising campaign strays from the “real people” approach with images shot by Cass Bird of “real-ish” people in Gap 1969 pants, as Farbman said, most of whom are cast in street scenes depicting a few locations that these people could be from or seem to reflect, such as Williamsburg, Brooklyn; Portland, Ore., or Nakameguro, Japan</p></div></div></span>Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-48120260781347019942011-08-01T09:49:00.000-07:002011-08-01T09:49:24.082-07:00Gap Ads Go Behind the Scenes - Media News - WWD.com<a href="http://www.wwd.com/media-news/gap-ads-go-behind-the-scenes-3739275/#.TjbZBjKqYg8.blogger">Gap Ads Go Behind the Scenes - Media News - WWD.com</a>Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-13256161415582374012011-05-28T23:44:00.000-07:002011-05-29T16:47:24.056-07:00Influencers<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">What makes someone an influencer in modern society?<br /><br />Who are our influencers?</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgag8tTi8sVc1iGGzV2i3J5cThAzVmH_5bzPpUjkemFdRQpZ3TxAI_mvxg0FiqtQxeWNkDPbJ-03GdtnTCr3bbuuwy70PcU4QDDaca55yI0OTCdo71RiPfz5KR9-rJ44w-W_j6NfbJV012o/s1600/coco-chanel-2-742931.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 146px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgag8tTi8sVc1iGGzV2i3J5cThAzVmH_5bzPpUjkemFdRQpZ3TxAI_mvxg0FiqtQxeWNkDPbJ-03GdtnTCr3bbuuwy70PcU4QDDaca55yI0OTCdo71RiPfz5KR9-rJ44w-W_j6NfbJV012o/s200/coco-chanel-2-742931.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612272356568977394" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> In fashion, our past influencers are clear: Chanel, Vionnet, Dior, Gres, YSL, McQueen-- all are responsible for a distinct shift in perspective on design. In furniture design, Chippendale in the 1700's, Eames in the 20th century and Piet Hein Eek in the 21st century come to mind. In architecture, the innovators of their day included Frank Gehry and Frank Lloyd Wright.<br /><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZyYNk9qvLESDqTpw7TX3CpH61Uxsik49WvDMWjAd_eUbd2ypuI_vRhkkKYl0Ut4mKF3nIxQ5MPdd4C0QJbMHhp6iAwpGY2ShPeThYqwlbYWsPHSPlrTxMn6BrdvTmov-0t33xYcconad/s1600/lady_gaga_2011_49771-480x360-e1305601668195.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOZyYNk9qvLESDqTpw7TX3CpH61Uxsik49WvDMWjAd_eUbd2ypuI_vRhkkKYl0Ut4mKF3nIxQ5MPdd4C0QJbMHhp6iAwpGY2ShPeThYqwlbYWsPHSPlrTxMn6BrdvTmov-0t33xYcconad/s200/lady_gaga_2011_49771-480x360-e1305601668195.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612271302217849202" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> I think people like Madonna, Gwen Stephanie and Lady Gaga are influencers in music, but have a temporary influence as true trend setters. It is in their saturation that makes them less of an influence, as they seem to become mainstream the moment they are copied. In today's society, people still think Gaga is an influencer. I would say that is true a year ago, but today, she is predictible and is so immitated and followed. This makes me believe she has lost her influence to be a true innovator, but simply a leader with a following. She is not unlike any other leader in the world who has a herd of sheep following blindly as they are lost and looking for someone or something on which to hang an identy.... or adopt an identity.<br /><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU7holq7JyI8EmdEE5QxEvlCZVohm6KuMboHS0mYO3H3bEhe2iqlc8oeQ6LW7-5uTZJITHwIlK42rWmKHBn3dzBjcKq75a7gqSoX25sD_BDKcWa52i2wE6Kd00lnL47GownVHuuLrnBRL1/s1600/Mark-Zuckerberg-CEO-Of-Facebook.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU7holq7JyI8EmdEE5QxEvlCZVohm6KuMboHS0mYO3H3bEhe2iqlc8oeQ6LW7-5uTZJITHwIlK42rWmKHBn3dzBjcKq75a7gqSoX25sD_BDKcWa52i2wE6Kd00lnL47GownVHuuLrnBRL1/s200/Mark-Zuckerberg-CEO-Of-Facebook.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612271647244190962" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> In the media, Mark Zuckerburg would have been an influencer in the world of social media and the way in which social media would be used today. Anna Wintour, editor of American Vogue was an influencer in the fashion media, but her power is continually being challenged by new media outlets, such as online blogs and magazine. Tavy Gevinson, the fourteen-year-old blogger truly challenged the old guard of the fashion writers with her influential blog. Hugh Hefner was an influencer in the 50's with the introduction of the first Playboy magazine.<br /><br />Watching a documentary on Hugh Hefner in the 1950's made me realize something I had never thought about him- he was ahead of his time, he was not "popular," in fact, when he started, he borrowed any amount of money he could and his first issue sold only 50,000 copies. WIthin a year, he tripled that. He was ahead of his time and went against the grain of society; he did not have a following for many, many years and he promoted something that went to against what was the norm in a 1950's society and forever changed the American ideal of women and created an unattainable standard by which many American women measure themselves. Unfortunately, the start of Playboy magazine made for a perpetually-sexualized undercurrent in society that has become validated through the media and by his own controversial lifestyle. Playboy forever changed the ideal of American beauty.<br /><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5KZfmPaA6Si6zCBDHplm39w9OUTmNjEATgo7HyOqkoUld3kH3KXUXxsu9OzJ4LD5vg96kVrJiosRdv7HG5jKjPu-CNmF0ARalBDE9X9Jj4fapYRwtqnSdrBj6LYt2PjHwow3SWnCDndzg/s1600/playboy2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 149px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5KZfmPaA6Si6zCBDHplm39w9OUTmNjEATgo7HyOqkoUld3kH3KXUXxsu9OzJ4LD5vg96kVrJiosRdv7HG5jKjPu-CNmF0ARalBDE9X9Jj4fapYRwtqnSdrBj6LYt2PjHwow3SWnCDndzg/s200/playboy2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5612272018508280818" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">His magazines were not initially all about sex, but they also included politics and controversial sibjects in the magazine. Utilizing the controversial platform of the magazine, he included in those pages his own ideas about controversial issues, like black rights in America, politics involving President Carter, racial bias in stand-up comedy artists in the 60's, etc. In his day, he was an influencer, but today, his lifestyle seems almost obscene or mundane, depending on perspective, but it is no longer innovative, nor are his ideas.<br /><br />I am not perpetuating Playboy or any kind of pornography. What I am hoping for is that thought-proving change comes from talking about those who really change a mind set or a society's point of view or at least their discussions.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Are influencers those who have a large following and are popular? Is popular even a component of an influencer? Or does the influencer begin to lose his/her innovative quality because he or she is followed by so many? Should an influencer have an important point of view or vision that is innovative and intuitive to change and can influence that change?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">It seems to me that the moment the influencer becomes mainstream the power he or she has is really only to get a bunch of people to copy his or her style and adopt it as their own identity, under the guise that they are truly innovative in their own personal style, when in essence they are only copycats. It seems to me that the moment he or she becomes popular is the exact moment he or she ceases to be innovative. Why is being innovative a necessary trait for an influencer to possess?<br /><br />So, who are our influencers today?<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/16430345" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe></span></span><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/16430345"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">INFLUENCERS TRAILER</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> from </span></span><a href="http://vimeo.com/ricreative"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">R+I creative</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> on </span></span><a href="http://vimeo.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Vimeo</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">.</span></span></p><br /></div>Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-31523912691897918162011-04-06T00:02:00.000-07:002011-04-06T00:03:11.355-07:00BRAHMIN ANYTIME TOTE!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">As a member of the Vogue Influencer Network, I received a Brahmin Anytime Tote, a fantastically gorgeous leather bag from Brahmin, the maker of fine leather handbags and small leather goods.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A large box was waiting on my doorstep with the gorgeously packaged handbag. The bag itself is beautifully made with solid hardware and construction. It is a preview of the collection that will be available at retail at the end of April.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Verdana;font-size:12px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The Red card attached said:</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Dear Leslie,</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">You’ve been selected by Vogue to discover Brahmin, a luxury handbag company known for its timeless, sophisticated styles.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">It also goes on to tell me that the Anytime Tote will not be available in stores until May. It will however, be available on April 15 on Brahmin.com and in the Brahmin Boutiques.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Verdana;font-size:12px;"><img src="http://www.queeninheels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/010.jpg" alt="" title="010" width="450" height="337" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6671" /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">What a nice surprise!</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><img src="http://www.queeninheels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/011.jpg" alt="" title="011" width="450" height="337" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6672" /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><img src="http://www.queeninheels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/012.jpg" alt="" title="012" width="450" height="337" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6673" /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><img style="-webkit-user-select: none; cursor: -webkit-zoom-in; " src="https://zmail.deltacollege.edu/service/home/~/?auth=co&id=106999&part=2" width="1224" height="918" /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;">Gorgeous!</span></span></p></span></div>Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-5980825305109230042011-04-04T23:04:00.000-07:002011-08-08T18:56:02.737-07:00BRAHMIN ANYTIME TOTE!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Vogue has launched the ‘Influencer Network,’ a platform for advertisers who want their messages spread across social media. The panel of 1,000 influential women with an interest in fashion and an online following are asked to give feedback to clients about new products, fashion collections and ad content. They are also encouraged to discuss the products with followers on their social networking sites to raise awareness for the clients and for Vogue as well. </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">
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<br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">As a member of the Vogue Influencer Network, I receive a variety of products to check out, try, use and post a comment or evaluation.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">
<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">This week I received the Clarisonic Skincare system. It's not my favorite, I have to say. The brush doesn't rotate really, it vibrates and I can get just as good a result with a good exfoliator and mitt.
<br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img src="http://influencers.todd.enternewmedia.com/img/asset/big/1306270564.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="width:190px;" /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; ">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; ">But, when I received Brahmin's Anytime Tote, I was floored. It is a fantastically gorgeous leather bag from Brahmin, the maker of fine leather handbags and small leather goods.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">
<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">A large box was waiting on my doorstep with the gorgeously packaged handbag. The bag itself is beautifully made with solid hardware and construction. It is a preview of the collection that will be available at retail at the end of April.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">
<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Verdana;font-size:12px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The Red card attached said:</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Dear Leslie,</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">You’ve been selected by Vogue to discover Brahmin, a luxury handbag company known for its timeless, sophisticated styles.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">It also goes on to tell me that the Anytime Tote will not be available in stores until May. It will however, be available on April 15 on Brahmin.com and in the Brahmin Boutiques.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img src="http://www.queeninheels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/010.jpg" alt="" title="010" width="450" height="337" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6671" /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">What a nice surprise!</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img src="http://www.queeninheels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/011.jpg" alt="" title="011" width="450" height="337" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6672" /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">
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<br /></span></span></p></span></div></div></div>Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-77469911103207433082011-02-18T23:22:00.000-08:002011-02-19T01:06:27.978-08:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><p style="margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><span class="style191" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><b>JOIN US FOR A LIVELY DISCUSSION ABOUT DESIGN</b></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><span class="style191" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><b>TRENDS - CAREERS - INSIGHT</b></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><span style=""><span class="style191" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">San Joaquin Delta College's Interior Design Program </span></b></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><span style=""><span class="style191" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">is gathering industry professionals from various areas </span></b></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><span style=""><span class="style191" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">of the Interior Design field to</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><b> share their insights and advice</b></span><span class="style191" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><b> with students and the community.</b></span></p><p class="style84" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"> </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><span class="style191" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><b>On <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2747"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT65">February 23rd</span></span>, notables from the field of Interior Design will be converging on Stockton and the entire community is invited to participate</b>. The program is hosting this event to expose its students to some amazing industry professionals and to the realities of the career. The hope is also to share this with the community and anyone interested in pursuing a career in Interior Design.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><span><span style=""><span class="style190" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153); font-weight: bold;">MEET THE PANEL:</span></span></span></p></span><table style="width: 682px; height: 210px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:medium;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr bg="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td><div align="center"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img src="http://www.deltacollege.edu/div/finearts/intdesign/images/KerrieKelly.jpg" dfsrc="http://www.deltacollege.edu/div/finearts/intdesign/images/KerrieKelly.jpg" height="183" width="134" /></span></p></div></td><td valign="middle"><p class="style187" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2748"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT66"><a href="http://www.kerriekelly.com/" target="_blank">KERRIE KELLY- </a></span></span></strong></span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2749" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT67"><a href="http://www.kerriekelly.com/" target="_blank"><span class="style191" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><strong>Kerrie Kelly Design Lab</strong></span></a></span></span></p><p class="style186" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Kerrie Kelly, Proprietress of </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2750" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT68"><a href="http://www.kerriekelly.com/" target="_blank">Kerrie Kelly Design Lab</a></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">, is an accomplished interior designer, author, instructor and multi-media consultant. <b>An ASID certified interior designer and owner of Kerrie Kelly Design Lab, based in Sacramento, she authored </b></span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2751" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT69"><a href="http://www.kerriekelly.com/the-book.php" target="_blank"><b>“Home Décor, a Sunset Design Guide”</b></a></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><b> published by Oxmoor House in <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2752"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT70">September 2009</span></span>.</b> The book is still a defining guide to all styles of home décor. In addition to being a published author, she is a certified aging-in-place specialist (CAPS), a subject matter expert for Pearson Publishing, and the Academic Director for The Art Institute of California, Sacramento. Kerrie’s start in interior design came from early family influences that allowed her to pursue her studies at Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo, California. Since then, her portfolio includes experiences with Macy’s, Ralph Lauren, All American Design and Furnishings, Inc. and Del Webb’s </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2753" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT71">Sun</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"> City</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p></span><table style="width: 673px; height: 213px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:medium;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr bg="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td><div align="center"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span class="style195" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;font-size:85%;" ><img src="http://www.deltacollege.edu/div/finearts/intdesign/images/KevinMAnley_000.jpg" dfsrc="http://www.deltacollege.edu/div/finearts/intdesign/images/KevinMAnley_000.jpg" height="157" width="134" /></span></p></div></td><td valign="middle"><p class="style186" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="style195" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;font-size:85%;" ><strong><span class="style191" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><u>KEVIN MANLEY- </u></span></strong><span class="style191" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><strong><u>Foodservice Designer/Sales Consultant</u></strong></span></span></p><p class="style195" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Kevin has over 25 years of sales, installation and design in the foodservice industry. He is currently wearing two hats with being employed for eleven years by <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2754"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT72"><a href="http://www.yaffees.com/" target="_blank">Yaffee Restaurant Supply</a></span></span> in Sacramento and as designer for his own company, KM Design. Kevin has completed projects all over Northern California including Friar Tucks in Nevada City, Bistro 33 at the Mercedes Benz Dealership in Rocklin, Pacheco High School in Los Banos and Maranello’s in Fair Oaks. Some of these projects being design and some contracts for equipment. Always changing health codes, mechanical codes and NSF standards keep Kevin busy to stay on top of his trade. Kevin gives a big thank you to Delta College for teaching him auto-cad design. <b>Kevin just recently designed and installed one of the first Mercedes auto dealerships with a full service restaurant inside the dealership showroom in Rocklin.</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p></span><table style="width: 672px; height: 192px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:medium;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr bg="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td><div align="center"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img src="http://www.deltacollege.edu/div/finearts/intdesign/images/Mariko_000.jpg" dfsrc="http://www.deltacollege.edu/div/finearts/intdesign/images/Mariko_000.jpg" height="138" width="129" /></span></p></div></td><td valign="middle"><p class="style195" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><span class="style191" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"><u>MARIKO PARRIS- </u></span></strong></span><span class="style191" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);font-size:85%;" ><strong><u>LEED Certified Designer</u></strong></span></p><p class="style186" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Mariko is a space planner and a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design accredited professional for </span><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2755" style="font-size:85%;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT73"><a href="http://www.durstoffice.com/" target="_blank">Durst Interiors </a></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">in Lodi. Parris received a bachelor's degree from California State University, Sacramento and pursued a certificate in green building and sustainable design with the University of California, Davis. Previously, she worked as a designer for Ambiance Interiors and was co-owner of Parris Tile & Stone. Parris is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council and the International Interior Design Association. <b>Mariko is currently space planning the move of the city hall departments to the city owned WaMu building. She is also space planning projects at the HSA County building downtown Stockton.</b></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p></span><table style="width: 673px; height: 211px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:medium;" align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr bg="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td><div align="center"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img src="http://www.deltacollege.edu/div/finearts/intdesign/images/zack.jpg" dfsrc="http://www.deltacollege.edu/div/finearts/intdesign/images/zack.jpg" height="144" width="126" /></span></p></div></td><td valign="middle"><p class="style186" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="style191" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);font-size:85%;" ><strong><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2756"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT74"><a href="http://www.lumens.com/" target="_blank"><span class="style195" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><strong><span class="style191" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);">ZACK ROSSON</span></strong></span>- Lighting Specialist, Lumens Light and Living</a></span></span></strong></span></p><p class="style195" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Zack, a product of San Joaquin Delta College,</b> studied Interior Design at SJDC and moved to Sacramento to expand his experience in the design industry. After a few experiences, he landed at Lumens Lighting in Sacramento. Through his career, he’s created lighting design for restaurants, hotels, homes and salons. His projects include:<span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2757"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT75"><a href="http://www.aveonthemile.com/" target="_blank">The AVE</a></span></span> Lounge, Stockton; <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2758"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT76"><a href="http://www.winerose.com/" target="_blank">Wine and Roses</a></span></span>, Lodi; Wasabi Sushi: Folsom; Blade Barber and Sugar Salon: Sacramento; Deda Salon at the Sterling Hotel: Sacramento;<span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2759"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT77"><a href="http://www.shadyladybar.com/" target="_blank">The Shady Lady Saloon</a></span></span>: Sacramento; <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2760"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT78">Christmas</span></span> and Co: Old town Sacramento; </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Flowjo Yoga, Davis, just to name a few. There are many many more residential and commercial spaces, including lighting jobs with<span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2761"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT79"><a href="http://www.kerriekelly.com/" target="_blank"> Kerrie Kelly Design Lab</a></span></span>. Kerrie and Zack will be festured in Sacramento Magazine together for the Lighting. He was also featured in her book Home Décor.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><br /></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><span><p class="style195" size="13px" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center">The event will begin at 5 pm with a general forum and Q & A with the panelist.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><span style="">Then breakout sessions will allow attendees to talk with the insiders one-on-one and develop a greater understanding of the career.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><span style=""><span style=""> </span></span></p><p class="style191" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><span style=""><span style=""><strong>WHAT: Meet The Industry Insiders in Interior Design </strong></span></span></p><p class="style191" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><span style=""><span style=""><strong>WHEN: <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2762"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT80">Wednesday, February 23</span></span>, 2011 from 5-7 pm</strong></span></span></p><p class="style191" style="margin-top: 0px;" align="center"><span style=""><span style=""><strong>WHERE: Danner Hall on the Delta College Campus.</strong></span></span></p><p class="style191" style="margin-bottom: 0px;" align="center"><span style=""><span style=""><em><strong>COST: The event is free and open to the public.</strong></em></span></span></p><p class="style191" style="margin-top: 0px;" align="center"><span style=""><span style=""><strong>For parking, maps and direction, visit <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT2763"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT81"><a href="http://www.deltacollege.edu/" target="_blank">www.deltacollege.edu</a></span></span>.</strong></span></span></p><p class="style191" style="margin-top: 0px;" align="center"><br /><span style=""><span style=""><strong></strong></span></span></p><p class="style191" style="margin-top: 0px;" align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt28frhW11rcrzi8pj-PsT1OudXid4vQt-afFWMYtuSuxpDWuHSsVTOZq4Gn-8_9DPqZgkaWqkU2Gevtt6DLjzjc_yKP1dbCcXfiGBV3vBdU3fkTtkzcX7F3ca3IDMG9P3EG1kBrgBAa4K/s1600/mttiposter2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 415px; height: 640px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt28frhW11rcrzi8pj-PsT1OudXid4vQt-afFWMYtuSuxpDWuHSsVTOZq4Gn-8_9DPqZgkaWqkU2Gevtt6DLjzjc_yKP1dbCcXfiGBV3vBdU3fkTtkzcX7F3ca3IDMG9P3EG1kBrgBAa4K/s400/mttiposter2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575324361259517570" border="0" /></a></p></span></p></span>Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-19374719640913816972011-01-08T08:45:00.001-08:002011-01-08T09:21:22.132-08:00French Vogue Running Ad Campaign Featuring Young Girls All Glammed Up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.manageyourshapeblog.com/.a/6a00e54f9153e088330147e14edc5c970b-pi"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 425px;" src="http://www.manageyourshapeblog.com/.a/6a00e54f9153e088330147e14edc5c970b-pi" border="0" alt="" /></a><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">At what point does the media push too far? When it features young girls dressed up and modeling in sexy poses for an ad campaign. Shot by photographer Sharif Hamza, the photos from the Tom Ford-edited issue of French Vogue showcases a campaign from Cadeaux featuring young girls all dolled up in luxurious garments and casting sultry looks in seemingly innocent poses.</span></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">In an age where young girls already feel an immense amount of pressure to be pretty and to fit into society's ideals of beauty, is this really the image the media should be perpetuating? Given, also, the amount of child pornography, this appears to be blurring the lines between a young girl playing dress up and media exploitation of children. When kindergarden-aged young girls are shown in vampy lipstick and stilettos, languishing in bed and on a tiger skin rug, one has to question, is this art, fashion or an ignorance in our society, or is it something more perverse?</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The issue is the last for French Vogue's controversial editor, Carine Roitfeld, who has stepped down. Roitfeld has been known to mocking indulge the media's worst impulses. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">(See also: </span></span></span><a href="http://jezebel.com/5702454/crystal-renn-and-tom-ford-create-make-plastic-surgery-raunchy/gallery/" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Plastic surgery erotica</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">, </span></span></span><a href="http://jezebel.com/5651217/french-vogue-puts-crystal-renn-and-uncle-terry-in-a-food+filled-room/gallery/" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"fat" model eating.</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">) </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The spread, entitled "Cadeaux" (</span></span></span><i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">gifts</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">), goes the full </span></span></span><i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background- color:transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Pretty Baby</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Roitfeld devotees immediately started speculating about what would be next for the Parisian powerhouse. Perhaps some sort of collaboration with Tom Ford?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/229646/thumbs/s-TOM-FORD-CARINE-ROITFELD-large.jpg" border="0" alt="" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 190px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><p style="list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border- line-height: 18px; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border- line-height: 18px; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">That guess kinda ma</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">de sense -- Carine handed over </span></span></span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/18/tom-ford-edits-french-vog_n_785530.html" target="_hplink" style="list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">the glossy's holiday issue to Ford</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> and she's constantly praising the designer, previously telling </span></span></span><em style="list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border- font-style: italic !important; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">WWD</span></span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">, "I always say, 'Tom has an eye like a scanner.' [....] He is truly multitalented."</span></span></p><p style="list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border- line-height: 18px; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border- line-height: 18px; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">However, according to Ford, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"Carine and I have no plans to work together at the moment, and it is nothing that we have even discussed, but of course I think she is brilliant and we are close friends so who knows about the future."</span></span></span></p><p style="list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border- line-height: 18px; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border- line-height: 18px; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">So, who is to replace Roitfeld? </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">According to the former Creative Director of French </span></span></span><em style="list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border- font-style: italic !important; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Vogue</span></span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Fabien Baron (who spoke with the </span></span></span><em style="list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border- font-style: italic !important; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Times</span></span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">), the mag's current Fashion Director, Emmanuelle Alt, will probably assume the position.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border- line-height: 18px; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border- line-height: 18px; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 376px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKO5_390vPuEOt987OmDeIjB5liSMTOFcXY98lxfkPq-Ez5lTHhMN0nsmreiDN8kvcuyks0NquedjDjAWFwLGo7hrwW6uBE58uRc3SL3Yv5UsFhCwXMLKbnd_AYVNi6oeGbWCuj4crXoUJ/s400/kate-spade.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558054720235764770" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br />According to WWD </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-transform: uppercase; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">MONDAY JANUARY 3, 2011</span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-transform: uppercase; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-transform: uppercase; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">KATE PICKS BRYCE:</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> For the first time in the company’s 18-year history, Kate Spade will feature a celebrity in its advertisements, beginning this spring. The actor in question, </span></span></span><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Bryce Dallas Howard</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">, also happens to be a brand devotee. “The Kate Spade offer came up and I kind of lost my mind. There’s something about that brand that, from a young age, I really, really, really connected with. It was always the thing I wanted for Christmas…since I was 15 or 16,” said Howard. “It represents a lifestyle that I always really loved.…It’s my first experience [in an ad campaign]. But I wouldn’t have been good otherwise.…It just would have been obvious if I weren’t into the brand.” </span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-transform: uppercase; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></strong></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-transform: uppercase; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></span><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Deborah LLoyd</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">, president and chief creative officer of Kate Spade, said, “We’ve been looking for someone to have a partnership with, as opposed to a flirtation. We loved her, and that she grew up with the brand.…She’s not just a pretty face. She’s a multitalented woman, which represented the brand very well.” </span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-transform: uppercase; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-transform: uppercase; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The quirky, neon-hued advertisements feature Howard in head-to-toe Kate Spade (“except for the nail polish,” said Lloyd) in playful poses on roller skates, riding a bike and shouting into a bullhorn. “It was so much fun, it was all the things that I like to do: bike riding, a lot of dancing, hopping around, being playful and fun, and nothing felt at all staged,” Howard insisted. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-transform: uppercase; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-transform: uppercase; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The ads prominently display the company’s latest handbag silhouette, the Scout satchel, in various bright hues and sizes. Beyond her modeling duties, Howard has a full schedule as of late, thanks to her toddler son, </span></span></span><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Theodore</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">, in addition to the four films she’s starring in, writing and producing.</span></span></span></span></span></div>Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-85199224340649250982010-12-29T23:37:00.000-08:002010-12-30T00:39:32.080-08:00Cosmetic Surgery Among Teens<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Last year (2009) an estimated 400,000 teens had some form of cosmetic procedure, and an estimated 210,000 elective plastic surgeries!</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The most common procedure among teenagers is breast enhancement and often the surgery is given as a "gift" to the teen for Christmas, her birthday or even graduation. Many of these teens have mothers who have had a breast enhancement procedure prior and feel it is ok for their teenage daughters to have them. Many of these teens are 16 or 17, but some are younger.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Most teens who start with plastic surgery at a young age, continue on to nose jobs, eye lips, ear tucks, liposuction and many others. Parents defend these decisions by stating that they would rather have the teen discuss the issues with them and be involved in the decision-making process.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Interestingly, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) reports a difference in the reasons teens give for having plastic surgery and the reasons adults do: Teens view plastic surgery as a way to fit in and look acceptable to friends and peers. Adults, on the other hand, frequently see plastic surgery as a way to stand out from the crowd. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The number of teens who choose to get plastic surgery is on the rise. According to the ASPS, over 333,000 people 18 years and younger had plastic surgery in 2005, up from about 306,000 in 2000. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">In a recent study done by the ASAPS (American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery), it was found that 18-24 year-olds of both genders were the highest rated group for approving of cosmetic surgery. The president of the ASAPS, Dr. Scott Spear, believes it’s because of the lowering costs and increasing social acceptability of talking openly about cosmetic surgery. Procedures that were once thought to be only possible for the wealthy is now becoming available for the common person.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">At what age is too young? For decades, plastic surgery for teenage girls meant one thing -- a nose job, frequently performed during the summer between high school and college. While rhinoplasty remains the most common cosmetic operation for teenagers, doctors are performing an increasing number of procedures such as breast implants, liposuction and tummy tucks on young women and even girls as young as 14.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">With the increase in cosmetic surgery among celebrities and the growing pressure among teenagers in an image-driven world, teens are more conscientious about their looks than ever and feel pressure to conform to the ideals set by society.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">While some might understand the pressures, around the world, this is going to extremes. Australian teens are rushing to other countries for cosmetic surgery in an attempt to "reclaim" their youth, Australia's </span><a href="http://www.news.com.au/national/year-old-ambah-young-has-cosmetic-surgery-to-feel-young-again/story-e6frfkvr-1225877308611"><span style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Herald Sun reports</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">One 18-year-old single mother, Ambah Young, plans to head to Malaysia to have a tummy tuck, </span><a href="http://www.aolhealth.com/procedures/breast-enlargement"><span style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">breast augmentation</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> and a "designer" </span><a href="http://www.aolhealth.com/conditions/vagina"><span style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">vagina</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> procedure, according to the Herald Sun. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Approximately 400 Australians travel to Malaysia each year through </span><a href="http://www.gorgeousgetaways.com/"><span style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Gorgeous Getaways</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">, a group that books "cosmetic surgery holidays," and 80 percent of these individuals undergo two or more procedures, according to the report.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">In the US, the most common cosmetic procedures among teens are: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-text-indent-alt: -.5in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Rh</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">inoplasty- 34,994 were performed on teens in 2009</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ear pinning or an otoplasty- 7,909 procedures were done </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Breast Implants - more than 8000 surgeries</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Dermabrasion and Laser Resurfacing- Last year 9,563 microabrasions were done</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Liposuction procedures- 3,179 were performed </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Facial plastic surgery for eyelidswhich was performed 1,892 times</span></span></li></ul><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><img src="http://plastic-surgery-costs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/1282350263-36.jpg" style="clear:both;clear:both;margin:0 15px 15px 0" />I just have to wonder what we are teaching teens in the home? What kind of values are being perpetuated from mother to daughter and what mother would encourage her daughter to have breast implants at 17 years of age?</span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"></span><p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span></div>Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-6746902016973748592010-12-28T21:14:00.000-08:002010-12-29T13:52:04.672-08:00<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family:'Times New Roman', times, arial;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><p class="tc01black" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"... Elle était placée sur le divan et fort près de lui. Il voyait ses cheveux et son cou d'albâtre ; un moment il oublia tout ce qu'il se devait; il passa le bras autour de sa taille, et la serra presque contre sa poitrine. Elle tourna la tête lentement ..."</span></span></p><p class="tc01black" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="tc01black" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Translation:</span></span></p><p class="tc01black" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">"</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">...</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">It</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">was</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">placed</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">on the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">couch</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">and</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">very</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">close</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">to him</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">He</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">saw</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">her hair and</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">her </span></span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">alabaster neck</span></span><span title="Click for alternate translations" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">, and a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">moment</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">he</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">forgot</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">everything</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">he</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">had</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">and he</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">put his</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; font-size: 16px; "><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> arm</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">around her waist, and pressed almost against his chest. She turned her head slowly... "</span></span></span></p><p class="tc01black" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-d1Hp6-ded6iVtiLSS_nlTquq03E9KtpY5Y2v15bqas-BsGrFnzK455P-YWJB2I9G5x75_8EtbKmJXeDjsWRxj8y-RWECWfotayIg9I3mk5P-0-ROPP8MDeY2viT8QVmhQh_RDd64tBC/s1600/hat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 370px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-d1Hp6-ded6iVtiLSS_nlTquq03E9KtpY5Y2v15bqas-BsGrFnzK455P-YWJB2I9G5x75_8EtbKmJXeDjsWRxj8y-RWECWfotayIg9I3mk5P-0-ROPP8MDeY2viT8QVmhQh_RDd64tBC/s400/hat.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555968934052737138" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family:'Times New Roman', times, arial;font-size:17px;"><p class="tc01black" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Stendhal, Le Rouge et Le Noir, 1830, chap. LX<strong></strong></span></span></span></p><p class="tc01black" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "> </p><p class="tc01gris" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Rouge et Noir</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br />Hélène de Saint Lager<br />Buntal and revered pheasant feathers<br />In exclusivity at the Bon Marché and Frank & Fils</span></span></span></p><p class="tc01gris" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="tc01gris" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Red</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">and</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Black</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Hélène de</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Saint</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Lager</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Pheasant</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">feathers</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">and</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">revered</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Buntal</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">In</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Exclusivity</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">At The</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Bon Marche</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">and</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Frank</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">&</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Son</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="tc01gris" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "><br /></p></span>Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-19627249889081287792010-12-28T19:58:00.000-08:002010-12-28T21:09:24.354-08:00Japan Fashion Now<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family:'Times New Roman', times, arial;font-size:17px;"><p class="tc03black" style=" line-height: 30px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; font-size:24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Japan Fashion Now</span></span></p><p class="tc01black" style=" line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; font-size:12px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">From September 16, 2010, to January 8, 2011</span></span></strong></p><p class="tc01black" size="12px" style=" line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "> </p><p class="tc01black" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology<br />Seventh Avenue at 27 Street<br />New York City 10001-5992<br /></span></span></p><p class="tc01black" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "><a href="http://www.fitnyc.edu/" target="_blank" class="external-link-new-window" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />www.fitnyc.edu</span></span></a></p><p class="tc01black" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "> </p><p class="tc01black" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Emerging from an economic and industrial boom in Japan in the 1960s, Japanese artists, designers, and architects found inspiration in the fusion between American pop culture and Japan's explosive consumer technologies. Placing great emphasis on an admiration for traditional Japanese art as well as the forms and ideologies of modernism via channels of fiber technology, visual imagery, and three-dimensional sculpture, Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo, and Yohji Yamamoto can be credited with the creation of the Japanese aesthetic in global fashion.</span></span><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; z-index: 2; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><br />While these designers each have a unique perspective on cloth construction, they share a love for artistic collaboration in the development of their collections, marketing, and image. A distinct manufactured aesthetic is exaggerated, even hyperbolic, in the contemporary Japanese fashion house. This is particularly evident in the careers of Miyake and Kawakubo—the former has recruited a variety of textile and sculptural artists such as Yasumasa Morimura, Cai Guoqiang, painter Tadanori Yokoo, and architect Tadao Ando, and the latter partnered with Takao Kawasaki, an architect who conceived the majority of the designer's early Comme des Garçons boutique.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="tc01black" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Times;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; z-index: 2; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img src="http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_2003.79.3.jpg" border="0" class="mainObjImage showEnlargeArea" rel="2003.79.3" /> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><img src="http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_2003.573.8a,b.jpg" border="0" class="mainObjImage showEnlargeArea" rel="2003.573.8a,b" /></span></span></span></p><p class="tc01black" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="tc01black" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Kawakubo's empire combines an industrially inspired socialist work ethic with a nearly fanatical desire to purvey clothing as an ever-changing product of its sociocultural environment, citing both Neo-Realism and Futurism in runway collections and advertising. Miyake forms garments that celebrate the vitality and movement of the human body, particularly referencing Sudanese, Japanese, and American modes and overlaying them with the dictates of couture tailoring to communicate a liberated global aesthetic. Yamamoto exhibits the most loyalty to Japanese cloth traditions, famed for his 1990s kimono-inspired trenchcoats and shirts. Though clearly influenced by the pure geometric forms of such indigenous garments, Yamamoto finds methods of incorporating contemporary sportswear constructions and finishing details into his designs to evoke a postmodern street chic, imbued with functions of protection and durability.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="tc01black" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; z-index: 2; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="tc01black" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; z-index: 2; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; z-index: 2; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Tools of Design</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />An interest in the evolution of fiber technology and a devotion to tonal and textural eclecticism prompts these designers to repeatedly emphasize the importance of their raw materials. Aspirations of continual movement in both fabric and structure governed the conception of the iconic pleat-setting of Miyake's "Pleats Please" series, the enigmatic twisting, piecing, and drapery of Yamamoto's designs, and the planar manipulation of Kawakubo's shrouding, texturing, and layering techniques. While Miyake has consistently employed various heat-embossing and synthetic coating textile processes to effect more modern sculptural forms, Kawakubo nods to the romantic subtleties of historic fashion, yet champions cold synthetic fibers in her executions. Most emblematic of this tendency toward ironic juxtaposition, the "lace" sweaters of the famed Comme des Garçons fall/winter 1982–83 collection featured black wool knits distressed with gaping holes to invoke the composition of lace. While Yamamoto often experiments with innovations in technical textiles and new synthetics, he also fondly executes his designs with unconventional natural materials. A vest and skirt ensemble made entirely of hinged wood slats from his fall/winter 1991 collection demonstrates a dedication to communicating the raw visual distinctions of planar form.<br /><br /></span></span><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; z-index: 2; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The New Traditions of Japanese Fashion</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Miyake, Kawakubo, and Yamamoto have all contributed to the rise of Japanese fashion by communicating its aesthetic to the global market, thereby fostering an awareness of peer and successive generations of avant-garde Japanese creators such as Junya Watanabe, Junko Koshino, and Junichi Arai. Each is celebrated for fusing age-old couture tailoring with Japanese design ethos. Though the respective collections of these designers are often inextricably linked to their derivations of or deviations from Western fashion, each has used Japan's rich visual heritage as a foundation for aesthetic, social, and sometimes political collages of cultures worldwide. Much like the costumes of the</span></span><a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/nohc/hd_nohc.htm" class="toahTipTE" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; z-index: 2; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Japanese Noh</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">, the runway designs of Miyake, Kawakubo, and Yamamoto strive toward theatricality, visual splendor, and organic movement.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="tc01black" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; z-index: 2; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; z-index: 2; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="tc01black" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; z-index: 2; "><span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; z-index: 2; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMuseumatFIT?feature=mhum<br /><br />Source:</span></span><a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/jafa/hd_jafa.htm#thumbnails%23ixzz19TDA5Rpy" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; z-index: 2; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Miyake, Kawakubo, and Yamamoto: Japanese Fashion in the Twentieth Century | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="tc01black" style="line-height: 15px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">For more info: http://fitnyc.edu/8726.asp</span></span></span></p></span>Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-13740436445743928152010-12-28T14:24:00.000-08:002010-12-28T14:45:36.697-08:00A DAY IN MY SHOES- FASHION WEEK<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxA2gUMUvbDcWBqe5F5KPa9xPa1XsS87PflxLJrOz-F2FHHz4Ekf24cDdyCO6vuGnLwDEhInt3PSPAmKlNbew' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> <div>Check out this video that takes you behind the scenes of fashion week in NY.</div>Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-23587234744017918852010-12-24T00:28:00.000-08:002010-12-24T01:33:39.584-08:00The Gift of Giving- IN FASHION<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCgUdqpKsdfhQNJnpnQ_RqNfBiADdcTImYnWk2a3OMzaf-oumtIOHvfK4uaxQozso02Ylo6pZQ-Can6iJ2sypOSRooHEbBUfo9S4W7bou5zubQSfaG1qhrM8MXFcOQv9LnxRLU1voY5Tu/s1600/uptownliz.jpg"></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">THE REASON FOR THE SEAON</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">GIFTS THAT MATKE A DIFFERENCE</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">As I survive this year's shopping experience, I have to wonder how I can make my "gifts" matter in this world of commerce and big business. This past semester, my students had to put together presentations on "ethical brands' and ethical retailers and their eyes were opened to so many amazing retailers and brands that inspire the ART of giving, the true realization of a GIFT!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">A gift is not a package, a toy, a sweater, a piece of jewelry... it is something that someone would not have if it wasn't for the GIVER... so the giver of the gift matters, his.her motives and values are important in the impact of the gift. So, how does one make a GIFt matter... I beg consumers of this world to challenge themselves to seek out retailers and brands whose products and sales make a REAL difference in this world.... so I thought I share of few that I feel are truly important n making a difference.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Please check them out. I believe that giving matters. And, when American consumers spend over $200 billion each year on apparel goods, shouldn't those dollars matter to make this world a better place, a more compassionate and artistic place?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Please check these out:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">www.uptownlize.com - where shopping gives back. This site is close to my heart. Started by Ramona Russel, who created this in memory of her sister, Liz, who lost her life to breast cancer at the young age of 29. Uptown Liz also supports causes other than cancer, including autism, domestic violence, the military and so many more! Please check out the amazing products, from men's ties to beautiful candles, apparel, books, dvds, accessories and so much more!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCgUdqpKsdfhQNJnpnQ_RqNfBiADdcTImYnWk2a3OMzaf-oumtIOHvfK4uaxQozso02Ylo6pZQ-Can6iJ2sypOSRooHEbBUfo9S4W7bou5zubQSfaG1qhrM8MXFcOQv9LnxRLU1voY5Tu/s320/uptownliz.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554178257301196050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 99px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">NAU-http://www.nau.com - started by former Nike folk, and 5% of all sales go back to any organization you designate.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">.<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyHxSl8jejsy_obRodGRQ9fpyK191rn9a-C73cP-ApmY3TroFOzU5RzqkuzERf3OvBDr880tSZeSGtjj_ZyUQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">There are also so many great brands that give back tp specific purposes. A few of my favorites are:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">TOM'S SHOES: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><em style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">TOMS</span></span></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> was founded on a simple premise: For every pair you purchase, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><em style="font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">TOMS</span></span></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> will give a pair of shoes to a child in need. One for One.</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">www.</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">toms</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">.com/</span></span></div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzQapOj9kpbfo_bAS9kdJgC0PD_eTjeG_5i7-7NyAjhbM_VY0qKlzRAS3NRg9VtbNQu1KqcLGSKTg4eYizH6g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">BEADS FOR LIFE: </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">BeadforLife eradicates extreme poverty by creating bridges of understanding between impoverished Africans and concerned world citizens. </span></span><a href="http://www.beadforlife.org/2beaders.html" title="http://www.beadforlife.org/2beaders.html" class="Linker" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Ugandan women</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> turn colorful recycled paper into </span></span><a href="http://www.beadforlifestore.org/" title="http://www.beadforlifestore.org/" target="_blank" class="Linker" style="text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">beautiful beads</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">. Women in Northern Uganda gather shea nuts and press them into shea butter for cosmetics and soaps. And people who care open their hearts,homes and communities to buy and sell both products.<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzYiJ_fgl8gWIdBop3dUIHajHZo1wv1LKTP8YzSQbc3ygTshJfRpaAw7LMKTY8bqxo3hDpptHf_Po9C6IYcjg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The 3/50 PROECT</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.the350project.net/home.html</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Also think about how your dollars can affect your local economy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Think about it this way:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">If you buy a gift from a bog box chain retailer, only a small percentage of the profits of that gift go back into the local economy, because only the store workers rent apartments or homes in the area, shop grocery stores in the area and live locally. Those within the company who make the big bucks, who live near the corporate headquarters spend in their own cities or town. But, if you buy from a local retailer, a mom-an-pop so to speak, an independent retailer who loves in the same community in which he/she does business will spend their money in that same community. So, if you spend your money locally, shopping in an independent retailer (a non-chain retailer) your money spent will help to bolster your local economy!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The Big Box have a place, but the Mom and Pops are the ones that keep our LOCAL economies alive! Visit the 3/50 Project to learn more:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.the350project.net/home.html</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:18px;"><br /></span></div>Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-79783157422415341472010-12-22T00:28:00.000-08:002010-12-22T10:38:06.912-08:00THE ICONS OF FASHION- PART I- COCO CHANEL<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">COCO CHANEL</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">A FASHION ICON</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">A REVOLUTIONARY</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQNsQFOYUhrjqyyZ8_JhcxS-RUPLC-JMOLMz01e-C4E4hp_2Qvj1Ius6N7XSzlOfahEDjCsGH70Auh9pEXqYBBnVnaBimpQHCKrnSvcejtTnyjKIjPykcJV4QqcDQDHHsr_H1ISM2CliP/s1600/chanel2.jpg"></a><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPtIh0EXitklkX2_V9j14tnK2GhC_M-0TKjDpdzsHihZaamtRKAmaobacPNPWJaium8Kv_7zuTqg74evJRNz0_Ln5MkkG2aRGDOwtuzWe-1N1hV8ha4kdcOJPeM2t7ZdXlpDxxnK_hfSf/s1600/chanel.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPtIh0EXitklkX2_V9j14tnK2GhC_M-0TKjDpdzsHihZaamtRKAmaobacPNPWJaium8Kv_7zuTqg74evJRNz0_Ln5MkkG2aRGDOwtuzWe-1N1hV8ha4kdcOJPeM2t7ZdXlpDxxnK_hfSf/s320/chanel.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553422030245869074" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”</span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 23px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">~ Coco Chanel</span></span></span></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 23px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">When one thinks of an ICON, religious iconographic images of Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary may come to mind, or musical icons like Elvis Presley or Michael Jackson. But, in Fashion, the icons are alive and well, living in their brands and fans.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Coco Chanel is one of the first icons of fashion, one who revolutionized the fashion world, turned women's fashion around in a period when women were corseted into their clothes. She is one of the most revolutionary designers in the fashion, freeing women of corsetry and liberating them into trousers and more comfortable fashion.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">She abhorred logos and the bourgoisie (rich). Raised in an orphanage, she didn't understand the world or the way society operated in the early 1900s. She started, literally, by accident as a hat designers (for hookers, well for high-paid call girls) and became known for her hats among the socialites of Paris. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">She began to create revolutionary designs by the 1920's, which included men's wear influences in women's wear, dresses above the ankles and jewelry known as "paste" or fake, most notably long ropes of pearls. She was scandalous and arrogant and was often referred to as a "pit bull," according to Andre Leon Tally. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Upon her death, Karl Lagerfeld, who was one of her designers, took the helm of Chanel and brought it into the light that it is shown today. He added the two "C" logo and the bling that is associated with Chanel. Some say that, because of Chanel's love of simplicity in fashion, she is rolling in her grave at what has been done to her name.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The original Chanel suit was made of wool jersey, with unfinished edged, not lined, featuring a box cut jacket with no buttons or closures and a straight skirt cut to below the knee. It was simple and understated and practical for women of the time. In the 40's she did add some rope trim detail, but it still remained very simple. She continued to design until her death in 1969.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">She is known for her pink Chanel suit and pillbox hat that Jacqueline Kennedy wore the day of the infamous parade in which her husband, President John F. Kennedy was killed. Jackie Kennedy was a fan and made her fashion popular among the elegant women of the 60s, when other designers began to make their mark.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Chanel's designs have remained classic since the 1920s, including her "little black dress," her No. 5 parfum, her classic Chanel suit, ropes of pearls, trousers and men's tweeds for women, the drop waist, and many other styles for which she is known.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Here are a few other tid bits about this icon of fashion:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">She loved pockets!</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; "><p style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Coco Chanel was so enchanted with pockets that this would prove to be </span></span></span><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">the main focus of her designs in handbags</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> for women!</span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 26px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">For Chanel, design started as a hobby.</span></span></span></b></span></p><p style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Chanel started her career by </span></span></span><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">designing hats</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> which later became popular among the aristocratic Parisians within her friends' social circles. At first, they were for her friends who were the high-class call girls of the time, and she soon made a name for herself among the bourgoisie. </span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">From Hosiery to high fashion:</span></span></span></b></p><p style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Coco Chanel used to work as </span></span></span><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">a clerk in a small hosiery shop.</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Her sister was the real seamstress and got Coco a job with her in a shop sewing hosiery, among other things. It was hosiery that revolutionized her fashion world, taking her boyfriends' wool jersey long johns and turning them into warm wool dresses. Her boyfriend of the time was a coal broker and knew that WWI would change the world and told her to make warm clothes for women. Though she designed prior to WWI, she took his advice and produced knit dresses for women, under which they couldn't wear corsets. This was considered risque at the time, but she literally revolutionized women from the corset!</span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Coco made the sun tan fashionable</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">!</span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">It was Coco Chanel who </span></span></span><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">made a tan seem fashionable</span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> when she got burnt by sun's rays</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> in 1923 on a cruise towards Cannes! It soon became associated with those who had time to "leisure" on the beach!</span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Coco wanted to be an actress, and even auditioned on the stage.</span></span></b></span></p><p style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Coco was her "stage name." Her real name was Gabrielle. She thought she could sing and dance, however, never really made it past the vaudeville stage and clubs. These clubs did turn out to be quite lucrative, introducing her to some powerful Parisians who helped launch her career.</span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQNsQFOYUhrjqyyZ8_JhcxS-RUPLC-JMOLMz01e-C4E4hp_2Qvj1Ius6N7XSzlOfahEDjCsGH70Auh9pEXqYBBnVnaBimpQHCKrnSvcejtTnyjKIjPykcJV4QqcDQDHHsr_H1ISM2CliP/s320/chanel2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553423377667468514" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 260px; " /></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">“Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">I want to create classics.” </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">~Coco Chanel</span></span></span></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: italic; line-height: 23px; font-family:georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times;font-size:15px;"><p style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-family:arial;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Hotel Ritz was her home, with her first shop on the Rue de Cambon.</span></span></b></span></p><p style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 84px; font-weight: bold; font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">For more than 30 years Coco Chanel made </span></span></span></span><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">the mighty hotel Ritz in Paris</span></span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> her home! It was rumored that German officer Dincklage (with whom she was having an affair) made arrangements for her to stay in the hotel. </span></span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">She opened her first salon on the Rue de Cambon. The salon was modest, with living quarters above. It soon became the showroom and the exclusive location for her fashion showings for her private clientele. She would position herself on the top of the stairs, down which the models would walk wearing her latest creations.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">“There are people who have money and people who are rich.” ~ Coco Chanel</span></span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">5 was her favorite number</span></span></span></span></b></span></p><p style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; "></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">She believed there was something </span></span></span></span><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">special in the number 5 </span></span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">- enough that</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Chanel No. 5 was introduced on 5th May 1921! </span></span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 23px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LRg0Fh9JZs2D08rjh02hX0oz8OOhW9U6mqs9CzAYrQ-lLh7gzQJvAsebCs4VTpi7_yVSJhswLWDPpGdLE-LLzV0fktk5SU0-hm6ahc4chpnLdqLyigAE-SD-xrKQH_P3GTfNG7HsuMBc/s1600/chanel5.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6LRg0Fh9JZs2D08rjh02hX0oz8OOhW9U6mqs9CzAYrQ-lLh7gzQJvAsebCs4VTpi7_yVSJhswLWDPpGdLE-LLzV0fktk5SU0-hm6ahc4chpnLdqLyigAE-SD-xrKQH_P3GTfNG7HsuMBc/s320/chanel5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553424896680804306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></span></span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">She never got married</span></span></span></div><p style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; "></span></span></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><p style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Coco Chanel might have </span></span></span></span><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">dated and had affairs with plenty of men</span></span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> but she never married</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">.</span></span></span></p><p style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; clear: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKda8Wgl3Ffq_HDaDLjgcTOe7osN_SSp7mt_4u6XTR4SDBjK7UppFDDnXV_j9pBWDU-Jk51NyD4W6_ySTofPQNJ_2456jdd4DZqB-ThFgl84K8zpvbiSk85YaeA5bMhnZT22LKQ73Gbnf1/s1600/coco_chanel_img_4.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKda8Wgl3Ffq_HDaDLjgcTOe7osN_SSp7mt_4u6XTR4SDBjK7UppFDDnXV_j9pBWDU-Jk51NyD4W6_ySTofPQNJ_2456jdd4DZqB-ThFgl84K8zpvbiSk85YaeA5bMhnZT22LKQ73Gbnf1/s320/coco_chanel_img_4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553424822565181490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Not only did she make “black” the black it is today, </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">but she also created the wardrobe classic the little black dress.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">“A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion.” ~ Coco Chanel</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size:12.5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 23px; font-size:12.5px;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span><p></p><p></p><p></p></span></div></div>Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-59342465753186955732010-12-21T17:15:00.001-08:002010-12-21T17:33:10.781-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">RUSTIC HOLIDAY STYLE </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 24px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">“It’s very rustic, so when it’s time to decorate for Christmas, you have to be really careful. You don’t want to overglamorize it,” says</span> </span><i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; "><a href="http://iloveyourstyle.com/" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(237, 28, 36); font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">I Love Your Style</span></a></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">author</span></span><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline- color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Amanda Brooks </span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">of the winter wonderland her family has created in the forests of the Adirondack mountains.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 24px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Vogue.com published a collection of gorgeous photos from Brook's mountain home decorated for the holidays.</span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUShXE_ksJt87TuqVs3WfTMjCBdtgr5P3sb_j1vca4P4VS7_MWySkGt4OgoFv74L_8KhETQNfM52LM-C7N7-zuIsmImhyphenhyphenGQ2xdH7-h2XX4BN6C4naqr0Bz9AZhQvTMqtSUb7QFZArGaT-S/s1600/brooks9.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUShXE_ksJt87TuqVs3WfTMjCBdtgr5P3sb_j1vca4P4VS7_MWySkGt4OgoFv74L_8KhETQNfM52LM-C7N7-zuIsmImhyphenhyphenGQ2xdH7-h2XX4BN6C4naqr0Bz9AZhQvTMqtSUb7QFZArGaT-S/s320/brooks9.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553311078836092274" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvR1MGygQEHAKvaJLK4QUk9cY_UUQp31Y1JHeTKdFd4rkSd684SDz-5_FY9JEN0XbS0CqFvdGXc5Ukm4_555KGFlfgl0MX5vmDJ7KxToJuQTc6kgmNCC6axQbRBbvcqnbB3yGpl0R6ZRt/s1600/brooks2.jpg"></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIK5MxPSKAq0I8BlBj801UmulfZONRIOMup1hxAeDSgDIB9mWK449SUpo05KSFQAH-emeuJ7IaAHRTCxM4drEKCe5fQHKlyWybgLk-vioybRTZYCAR3dGvQ7wLwTtxUGleTFGkwBMvclt/s1600/brooks.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;float: left; 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" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKHRzhuht39XOFIVQrcE81A1WQKLu838bTx1nwLCuHlEHTTs7obvuMCVoFxFFALEXS3EddTxIYY9nYGpOQlvVCGHCwc5c-I3pZorD83xWoYPPstTPt5nIOf02QdFRQ7AhJEkRQDb4eFh1/s320/brooks11.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553312294428672098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 278px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Photographed by Claiborne Swanson Frank</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; line-height: 16px; font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">http://www.vogue.com/culture/article/apt-with-lsd-amanda-brooks/#</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-9027421251001081312010-12-21T16:35:00.000-08:002010-12-22T01:56:03.343-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2k07DozrqiZfavPkOIKr16PejKk-P17bw3aWW5QaVoqZW7ZqdtJnAE3Q654IoL_1ajCci98qeS_SGZvSQLqsMMAVbYJBMCbHUfVYCkcFsWvC_c20Xlt-Vl2X8PH4mh1zyQy2NJKZ9aNS/s1600/authentic-hermes-birkin-bag.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo4YyB2346dppPxcp37YkcmiZEuWdoqsl9O046-IIh09pzk3nQc9UM03Gep-hzdi0qUFqRdcrhkCGX168l-yQbJ90ZHYs07bE_MR5SWgVEKu50ALeql14H7mrQ1NBnvNDnuDpXh1PHz9T0/s320/hermes-scarf.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553300219240670338" /><!--StartFragment--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">According to today's issue of WWD "French luxury conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton said Tuesday that it has crossed the threshold of 20 percent of shares of Hermès International."</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">LVMH now holds 21,338,675 shares of the Hermes company's stock. Bernard Arnault, LVMH chief executive officer, surprised markets when he revealed in late October that he had accumulated a 17 percent stake in the famous brand, notorious for its Birkin handbag, made famous by Sex and the City, and its infamous silk scarves.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Bisque;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">The Hermès company has vowed to defend itself against a potential takeover bid and recently grouped more than 50 percent of the capital of Hermès International into a nonlisted holding company.. “LVMH has no intention of launching a tender offer, taking control of Hermes nor seeking board representation,” LVMH said today in a statement. “The objective of LVMH is to be a long- term shareholder of Hermes. LVMH fully supports the strategy implemented by the founding family and the management team.”</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Bisque;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">According to Business Week, Hermes shares have climbed 77 percent in Paris since the May 1 death of former Chief Executive Officer Jean-Louis Dumas on speculation the company’s founding family may be more willing to sell.</span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#000000;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2k07DozrqiZfavPkOIKr16PejKk-P17bw3aWW5QaVoqZW7ZqdtJnAE3Q654IoL_1ajCci98qeS_SGZvSQLqsMMAVbYJBMCbHUfVYCkcFsWvC_c20Xlt-Vl2X8PH4mh1zyQy2NJKZ9aNS/s320/authentic-hermes-birkin-bag.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553302107053667970" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 263px; font-family: Georgia, serif; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " /></span></p><div><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi- font-family:Bisque;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:18.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:18px;"><br /></span></span></div> <!--EndFragment--> </span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> <!--EndFragment--> </span></span></span></div></div>Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-28784621633537448572010-12-13T13:01:00.000-08:002010-12-13T13:28:37.264-08:00<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-size:16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Unfortunately, there isn't much originality in the Spring 2011 women's collections. It's all about the retro because most designers are afraid of originality and most retailers are buying safe. So, be prepared for a strong 70's retro with platform shoes, military inspiration, trench and slinky dresses.</span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-size:16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-size:16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Color and pattern is back and that certainly is refreshing. And, not just the usuals, but bold colors of orange, purples, greens and unusual combinations and patterns.</span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-size:16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Layering was also a key trend, with sheer overlays and underlays, garments peeking out from underneath or draping over, creating an relaxed Annie Hall inspired look.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-size:16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-size:16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">There are a few standouts:</span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-size:16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><div class="headers-container" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><div class="headers" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><h3 class="content-headline" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(197, 193, 193); line-height: 1em; text-transform: none; font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Spring 2011 Fashion Trends - THE HITS!</span></h3><h3 class="content-headline" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(197, 193, 193); line-height: 1em; text-transform: none; font-family:georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">60's Coats. Michael Kors Spring 2011</span></h3><h3 class="content-headline" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(197, 193, 193); line-height: 1em; text-transform: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; line-height: 13px; font-family:Arial;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><img src="http://www.glamour.com/images/fashion/2010/09/0916-01-spring-2011-trend-new-york-fashion-week-michael-kors-runway_li.jpg" alt="michael kors runway" class="featureimg" /></span></span></h3><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; line-height: 13px; font-family:Arial;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><h3 class="content-headline" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(197, 193, 193); line-height: 1em; text-transform: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">COmfort. Michael Kors Spring 2011</span></h3></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; line-height: 13px; font-family:Arial;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><img src="http://www.glamour.com/images/fashion/2010/09/0916-16-spring-2011-trend-new-york-fashion-week-michael-kors-dress-neutral-runway_li.jpg" alt="michael kors neutral runway" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; line-height: 13px; font-family:Arial;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:11px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Michael Kors, spring 2011</span></em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; line-height: 13px; font-family:Arial;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:11px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Comfort and movement, in both garments and footwear by Michael Kors</span></em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; line-height: 13px; font-family:Arial;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:11px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; line-height: 13px; font-family:Arial;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:11px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 21px; font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/hbz-derek-lam-trend-tribal-de-de-83861192.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Derek Lam channeled California with this easy-flowing gown.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; line-height: 13px; font-family:Arial;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:11px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 21px; font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><h3 class="content-headline" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(197, 193, 193); line-height: 1em; text-transform: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Wide-Leg Pant. Spring 2011</span></h3></span></em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; line-height: 13px; font-family:Arial;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:11px;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 20px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Marc by Marc Jacobs, Tory Burch, Jason Wu, Tommy Hilfiger</span></span></em></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><img alt="spring-2011-fashion-trends-wide-leg-trousers.jpg" src="http://www.refinery29.com/img/spring-2011-fashion-trends-wide-leg-trousers.jpg" width="600" height="400" class="mt-image-none" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div><h3 class="content-headline" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(197, 193, 193); line-height: 1em; text-transform: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></h3><h3 class="content-headline" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(197, 193, 193); line-height: 1em; text-transform: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Spring 2011 Fashion Trends - THE MISSES!</span></h3><div style="font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><h3 class="content-headline" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(197, 193, 193); line-height: 1em; text-transform: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">70's Slinky. Marc Jacobs Spring 2011</span></h3></span></div><div style="font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><img src="http://www.glamour.com/images/fashion/2010/09/0916-02-spring-2011-trend-new-york-fashion-week-marc-jacobs-seventies-dresses-runway_li.jpg" alt="marc jacobs 70s dresses" /></span></div><div style="font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Marc Jacobs, spring 2011</span></em></span></div><div style="font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Too literal of a retro for me. One-shoulder, slinky 70's-inspired dress. While the color is gorgeous, the silhouette is unflattering for any real woman, unless she is a size "0."</span></em></span></div><div style="font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 21px; font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><h3 class="content-headline" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(197, 193, 193); line-height: 1em; text-transform: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">High-Waisted Pants. Derek Lam, Spring 2011</span></h3></span></em></span></div><div style="font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><img src="http://www.glamour.com/images/fashion/2010/09/0916-04-spring-2011-trend-new-york-fashion-week-derek-lam-jeans-runway_li.jpg" alt="derek lam flare jeans" /></span></em></span></div><div style="font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Derek Lam, spring 2011 </span></em></span></em></span></div><div style="font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">High-Waisted Jean. As women in America have been comfortable in the jean just below the belly button, the high-rise is hard to wear for women who do not have the flattest bellies! This will be a hard trend for American women, even in those the junior market, to really embrace, outside of an occasional wear. The silhouette is unforgiving.</span></em></span></em></span></div><div style="font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 21px; font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/hbz-rodarte-trend-seventies-de-de-7093686.jpg" style="top: -55px; left: 44px; " /></span></span></em></span></em></span></div><div style="font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 21px; font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Rodarte's Brady Bunch rec-room theme carried through on oversized plaids and high-waisted cropped pants.</span></span></span></em></span></em></span></div><div style="font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></em></span></em></span></div><div style="font-size: 11px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 21px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><h3 class="content-headline" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(197, 193, 193); line-height: 1em; text-transform: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Pajamas? Spring 2011</span></h3><div><h3 class="content-headline" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(197, 193, 193); line-height: 1em; text-transform: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><img alt="spring-2011-fashion-trends-pajama-dressing-b.jpg" src="http://www.refinery29.com/img/spring-2011-fashion-trends-pajama-dressing-b.jpg" width="600" height="400" class="mt-image-none" /></span></span></h3></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Karen Walker, Vena Cava, Suno, Band of Outsiders</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px; font-family:Arial;font-size:11px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: 21px; font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><h3 class="content-headline" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(197, 193, 193); line-height: 1em; text-transform: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">BUT....</span></h3><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><h3 class="content-headline" style="margin-top: 6px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(197, 193, 193); line-height: 1em; text-transform: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Pajama Dressing Done Well! Spring 2011</span></h3></span></em></span></i></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; font-family:Arial;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/hbz-donna-karan-trend-pajama-de-de-80974518.jpg" style="top:-55px; left: 44px;" /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Donna Karan finds endless inspiration in the earth. To wit, her spring collection was done in a near monochromatic palette of tan, with elements of beige, sand, and bone — a bold move that paid off.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/hbz-narciso-rodriguez-trend-pajama-de-de-20177460.jpg" style="top:-55px; left: 44px;" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Narciso Rodriguez's lineup of column dresses, flowing long skirts, and sheer tops was all sleek modernity done in a cool palette of icy neutrals.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/hbz-ralph-lauren-trend-pajama-de-de-38731516.jpg" style="top:-55px; left: 44px;" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Ralph Lauren worked a white and cream palette with plenty of fringe and lace, evoking a tony vision of prairie life.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><img id="fb_image" src="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/cm/harpersbazaar/images/hbz-thakoon-trend-pajama-de-de-85213948.jpg" style="top:-55px; left: 44px;" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Thakoon Panichgul started with an effortless, light touch — like air — on jackets, eyelet vests, and whisper-light dresses and ruffled skirts</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16px; font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><br /></span></div></span></em></span></i></span></span></div></div></div></div><div class="text" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; line-height: 13px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "><em></em></p></div></span></div>Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-39867569689980860812010-12-12T20:56:00.000-08:002010-12-13T13:30:19.265-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:7;color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-transform: lowercase;font-size:50px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: normal; text-transform: none; font-size:13px;"><h1 class="sifr sIFR-replaced" style=" margin-top: -11px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: lowercase; visibility: hidden; height: 112px; font-size:3.85em;"><br /><span class="sIFR-alternate" style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "></span></h1><p style="line-height: 1.21em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; "><img align="left" src="http://www.mpdclick.com/mudpie/servlet/display?file=47/pantone.co.uk_-m.jpg" alt="colour: pantone’s colour for all seasons" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">COLOUR: Pantone's Color for All Seasons</span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 1.21em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; "><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Courageous. Confident. Vital. A brave new colour, for a brave new world. Let the bold spirit of Honeysuckle infuse you, lift you and carry you through the year. It’s a colour for every day – with nothing “everyday” about it.</span></strong></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 1.21em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Mpdclick's color report: While the 2010 colour of the year, PANTONE 15-5519 Turquoise, served as an escape for many,</span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Honeysuckle emboldens us to face everyday troubles</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> with verve and vigour. A dynamic reddish pink, Honeysuckle is encouraging and uplifting. It elevates our psyche beyond escape, instilling the confidence, courage and spirit to meet the exhaustive challenges that have become part of everyday life.</span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 1.21em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">“</span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">In times of stress, we need something to lift our spirits. Honeysuckle is a captivating, stimulating colour that gets the adrenaline going – perfect to ward off the blues</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">,” explains Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Colour Institute®. “</span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Honeysuckle derives its positive qualities from a powerful bond to its mother colour red, the most physical, viscerally alive hue in the spectrum</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">.”</span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 1.21em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Honeysuckle is guaranteed to produce a </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">healthy glow</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> when worn by both men and women. It’s a striking, eye-catching hue that works well for day and night in women’s </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">apparel, accessories and cosmetics</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">, and in men’s ties, shirts and sportswear. Add a lively flair to</span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> interior spaces</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> with Honeysuckle patterned pillows, bedspreads, small appliances and tabletop accessories.</span></p></span></b></span></span><p align="justify" style="line-height: 1.21em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; "><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Courageous. Confident. Vital. A brave new colour, for a brave new world. Let the bold spirit of Honeysuckle infuse you, lift you and carry you through the year. It’s a colour for every day – with nothing “everyday” about it.</span></strong></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 1.21em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">While the 2010 colour of the year, PANTONE 15-5519 Turquoise, served as an escape for many,</span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> Honeysuckle emboldens us to face everyday troubles</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> with verve and vigour. A dynamic reddish pink, Honeysuckle is encouraging and uplifting. It elevates our psyche beyond escape, instilling the confidence, courage and spirit to meet the exhaustive challenges that have become part of everyday life.</span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 1.21em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">“</span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">In times of stress, we need something to lift our spirits. Honeysuckle is a captivating, stimulating colour that gets the adrenaline going – perfect to ward off the blues</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">,” explains Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Colour Institute®. “</span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Honeysuckle derives its positive qualities from a powerful bond to its mother colour red, the most physical, viscerally alive hue in the spectrum</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">.”</span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 1.21em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Honeysuckle is guaranteed to produce a </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">healthy glow</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> when worn by both men and women. It’s a striking, eye-catching hue that works well for day and night in women’s </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">apparel, accessories and cosmetics</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">, and in men’s ties, shirts and sportswear. Add a lively flair to</span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> interior spaces</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> with Honeysuckle patterned pillows, bedspreads, small appliances and tabletop accessories.</span></p></span>Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1377746430659999813.post-62595407895887098252010-12-12T20:44:00.000-08:002010-12-13T13:31:05.114-08:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:7;color:#CCCCCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-transform: lowercase;font-size:50px;"><b>ARabicity!<br /></b></span></span><p align="justify" style="line-height: 1.21em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; "><img align="left" src="http://www.mpdclick.com/mudpie/servlet/display?file=18/dsc02151-m.jpg" alt="art & exhibitions: arabicity" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; " /><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">According to </span></strong><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Fiona Jenvey, CEO of Mpdclick, </span></span></strong><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Beirut today is a mecca for artists and creatives.</span></strong></span></strong></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 1.21em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; "><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">'Arabicity' - the recent exhibition of contemporary art from the Arab world reveals Beirut's creative ambition. The exhibition documents the city in a state midway between collapse and rebirth.</span></strong></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 1.21em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">A beaten-up red Mercedes serves as the </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">centrepiece</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> for 'Arabicity'; rusted and dented, the car nearly creaks under the weight of a towering stack of household belongings piled high onto its roof. There are bedrolls, suitcases, plastic buckets, kitchen appliances, tables, chairs, a ladder, a toolbox, a bicycle, and lumps of even more stuff bundled into bright floral fabrics - all of which bring to mind a</span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> sadly ordinary sight,</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> particularly in South Lebanon, of a family fleeing some known or unknown calamity. On top of this comical and </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">exaggerated assemblage</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">, there is a painting, held in a crude wooden frame, of a young boy with eyes full of sorrow, possibly fear. And then, the whole thing starts to spin: the car sits on a platform ringed in neon that rotates at regular intervals, periodically turning on its axis a few times before coming back to rest.</span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 1.21em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">This exhibition featured works from </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Buthayna Ali, Chant Avedissian, Ayman Baalbaki, Hassan Hajjaj, Fathi Hassan, Susan Hefuna</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> and </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Raeda Saadeh</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">.</span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 1.21em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Arabicity reveals a conflicted relationship between </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">creative endeavour</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> and </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">corporate ambition</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> for a city which is in the middle of </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">cultural rebirth</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">. The exhibition’s glossy professionalism also signals a </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">bright future</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> for the city's creative culture.</span></p><p align="justify" style="line-height: 1.21em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Image source: de1000colores.files.wordpress.com</span></p></span></span></span></div></div></span>Leslie Asfourhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09860335568744476928noreply@blogger.com0