Posted on March 10, 2010 at 6:07 am
Former Brisbane girl Alyssa Sutherland ruled the runway as the star and special guest of the L Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival
THERE are models and there are good models. And then there is Alyssa Sutherland.
"Isn’t she amazing?" the stranger on my right commented when Sutherland took to the runway one night this week for the L’Oreal [...]
Posted on March 10, 2010 at 6:00 am
Mrs Beckham was pictured arriving at the exclusive Los Angeles restaurant Beso wearing a classic strapless black dress and the £320 christian louboutin. She had dinner alongside actress Eva Longoria, but husband David was otherwise engaged.
Fashion expert Karen Kay said: ‘There is a kinky element to this christian louboutin shoes. Victoria is trying to look [...]
Posted on March 10, 2010 at 5:51 am
Claude Montana wasn’t the only designer to make short work of hemlines.
Look at these photos of fall and winter fashion, shown to buyers and fashion press last April.
Then, hemlines were up or down in many designers’ ready-to-wear collections, but the short-again news that came out of Paris’s haute-couture collections in July, particularly those of Chanel [...]
Posted on March 10, 2010 at 5:43 am
EVERY good fashion designer has a talent that is uniquely his or her own.
It’s something no one can take away and is a quality that has to do with
individuality and style.
Through time, much dedication and proper cultivation, this style becomes
popular and evolves into an instantly identifiable trademark.
Only at this point – when the clothes [...]
Posted on March 10, 2010 at 5:37 am
There are a lot of cues to what a client wants," he said. "They tell you, ‘We want bold, daring, innovative and different, but we don’t want to alienate anybody.’ Then you notice whether their office or home has basic furniture and art . . . early American this, early American that. The chairman of [...]
Posted on March 10, 2010 at 5:31 am
Aside from the design awards that cover the walls of the vestibule entrance, a visitor with an eye for the odd would quickly notice the painted car hoods hanging above shelves that bulge with fashion magazines and books on color, advertising and design.
In the spacious office downstairs, nothing seems unusual – except for a drum [...]
Posted on March 10, 2010 at 5:20 am
Laura McManus (30) lives in Portstewart and is the business development manager for the Northwest 200. She says:
I wear heels to work everyday. In fact I wear them most of the time unless I go on holiday to somewhere like Donegal, then I swap my suits and stilettos for hoodies and flip-flops which are easier [...]
Posted on March 10, 2010 at 5:13 am
The latest in shoes, imported fresh fruits, retro accessories, hand-made jewellery, vivid fabrics from Hong Kong, children’s clothes, delicious nam prik (chilli paste) and som tam. You can find all this and more at Talad Lang Kanbin Thai, which translates as "the market behind Thai Airways".
Needless to say, the market is behind the Thai Airways [...]
Posted on March 10, 2010 at 5:07 am
Opposite page, front: sheer spotted dress, pounds 499, by Sonia Rykiel, from Browns, 27 South Molton Street, London W1, tel: 020 7491 7833; pink and brown dot tights, pounds 33, by Fogal, 3A Sloane Street, London SW1, tel: 020 7235 3115.
Opposite page, back: Art Nouveau print dress, pounds 385, by Miu Miu, 123 New Bond [...]
Posted on March 10, 2010 at 5:02 am
JAKARTA (JP): Used clothes are not only for the poor. Some wealthy people buy second-hand outfits and wear them with pride. The difference is that the clothes worn by the affluent might be more than just used clothes — they are used designer clothes.
In Jakarta, boutiques selling second-hand brand-name items are rare, but they exist. [...]