Grazee Stitches’ Designs Thrills Fashion Show Guests

(Photo:prom dress shops uk) It was a spectacular night for the audience who turned out in numbers as the German Ambassador to Nigeria, Ambassador Michael Zenner, hosted the audience and fashion designers in his residence in Abuja.
The guests enjoyed the electric display of vibrant colours and designs from established and emerging Nigerian designers.
Abuja-based designer, Grazee Stitches wowed the crowd with its simple and stylish creative designs which are a blend of African and Western inspired couture.
CEO of Grazee Stitches, Grace Ibironke Ojo, shared her inspiration and explained that her designs are influenced by the corporate office background which she comes from, and that she tries to incorporate African fabrics into corporate designs.
She said: “I showcase what people can wear in the corporate world, evening outings, everyday casuals, all with an African touch and very appealing to both foreign guests and hosts.”
Grazee Stitches didn’t grace the runway alone, as other designers that participated in the Fashion Show included Keto Couture, Debby African Stitches, House of O’godor, Chip Odina, Duchess H Couture and Germany-based designer, Bobby Kolade.
Grazee Stitches was founded by Grace Ibironke Ojo, an award-winning, emerging African fashion designer from Nigeria. She had her first degree in political science, Master’s in Public Policy and Administration and another in Peace and Conflict Management.
Grazee stitches is a clothing line known for its simple and stylish African/Western designs for men, women and children. Their outfits include casual and formal designs.
They specialize in measure-to-wear and ready-to-wear clothing. The aim of the fashion line is to be a leading international clothing brand with a knack for stylish designs.

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Paper dolls convey Vietnamese culture

Since she was in grade 11, she wanted to be a screenwriter. However, at that time in HCM City, there was not a school for training screenwriters, so she decided to enroll at the HCM City University of Social Science and Humanities as a journalism major.
"I thought that a screenwriter needed many experiences, and journalism was a job that would bring me experiences, so I decided to choose this major," said Huong.
After graduating from the university, she became a reporter at Muc Tim (Purple Ink), a newspaper for teenagers and worked there for six years, but the passion for screenwriting still dominated her heart, so in 2013, she quit her reporting job to follow her dream.
"Screenwriting is one of my biggest passions. If I could not make my dream come true, I would feel sorry for the rest of my life," Huong confided.
As a screenwriter, she wants her first screenplay to leave a mark on the audience, so she needs a unique topic. Handmade products came to her mind.
"There are many famous dolls in the world, including Russian and Japanese ones, but there have been no Vietnamese-brand dolls, so I wanted to make paper dolls in the hope of introducing them to people in the country as well as internationals through my first film titled Bup Be Giay (Paper Dolls)," Huong said.
This was easier said than done. She asked her friends to help but none of them could make paper dolls. She decided to create them on her own despite having never made dolls before.
"Without paper dolls I can have no films, so I decided to bring them from the screenplay to real life by myself," she said.
Under the encouragement of Huong's older sister, paper dolls of a bride and groom hand in hand were finished to present to her sister on her wedding day.
"It was a big surprise to me when I saw Huong's gift, which moved me. The dolls look like me in real life, and all the guests praised my sister's talent," Pham Tuyet Nhung, Huong's older sister, said.
"From inanimate paper, Huong created lively and flexible dolls. I'm very proud of her and happily recall the first time my sister and I tried to make paper dolls."
Huong is responsible for all the work, including designing models, choosing clothes, creating hair styles and drawing the dolls' faces.
Each step has its own challenge. Sometimes, she burns her hands when she uses hot glue to stick different body parts and decorations together. For her the most difficult part is drawing faces which is the last phrase of making a doll. If this step fails, every effort before was wasted.
"Drawing the face of the doll is different to drawing a picture. You need to hold the doll in your hand, not put it on the table," said Huong.
"The eyes show the soul of dolls, so when drawing them, I need to be really happy and comfortable".
Huong is skilled at sewing and embroidery, one of her hobbies, helping her step by step complete some of the most difficult details. She used to be a fashion designer for a club at the Muc Tim newspaper, which helps her design clothes for the dolls.
Quach Huu Loi, one of Huong's customers, visited her house to see her making dolls.
"I find her works so lively. I am surprised at some of her dolls because they look similar to real people," Loi said on VTC14 channel.
"I know that these toys are made from her heart because the doll has very small things such as footwear, hats, clothes, so she must be patient, hard-working and meticulous to be able to make such soulful dolls".
"I choose paper among many materials because I want something Vietnamese. Moreover, I use a special type of paper which is elastic, not too soft and not too tough," she said.
For her film, Huong learnt about making traditional toys which require her to learn about Vietnamese culture as well as ethnic costumes.
"I have to learn about Vietnamese culture and costumes. The patterns on Vietnamese ethnic groups are various but unique: some show power, others are lissom and colourful," she said.
Apart from traditional dolls, Huong also makes modern ones such as Snow White, Cinderella, Little Mermaid, etc. Many customers commission her to make dolls of their relatives or idols such as famous singers My Tam and Cam Ly.
Paper doll lovers can commission at her fan page: bupbegiay.phamtuyethuong at the price of VND150,000-200,000 (about US$7-9) .
Huong used to think that she could not make handmade products, now she can do everything.
"It seems that when I touch the dolls, a creative world opens in front of my eyes. It is like a key to open a hidden drawer, so I feel really happy," Huong said.
Through these dolls, Huong wants to send a message to the youth.
"When you have a passion, try to follow it. Youth does not wait for you, so don't waste it but use it to make your dream come true."
At present, Huong is not only a screenwriter, doll maker, reporter but also a writer. She has just finished the draft for her second book for Kim Dong Publishing House. On September 2015, she published a book about handmade products.
Apart from paper dolls, she also makes other handmade products such as clay figures, stuffed toys and embroidered ribbons.
The phrase "jack of all trades" and "master of none" doesn't apply to Huong. She is confident she can master all trades provided she has a passion for them.
"Each job brings me different feelings and experiences, so when I am tired of writing screenplays, I will stop to make some handmade products or write a piece of news. It helps me reduce stress," she said.
Huong has many plans for the future, including developing paper dolls in not only domestic but also foreign markets such as Japan and France, completing her first screenplay about paper dolls and writing book on handmade products made from recycled materials next year.

She also set up a Bo Cong Anh (dandelion) charity club which gives 50 to 100kg of rice to the poor per month. In the past six years, she and other volunteers have also presented many scholarships to the needy students in many provinces.Read more at:long prom dresses | short prom dresses

Paris Hilton: 'I'm in the best shape of my life'

(Photo:princess prom dresses uk) Paris Hilton has "never been healthier" since ditching fast food and fizzy drinks.
The hotel heiress has always had a slim figure but since meeting boyfriend Thomas Gross, she has embraced a healthier lifestyle and toned up.
"Thomas has a gym and spa in his house and we work out together," she told Britain's Closer magazine. "He's really into fitness, so he's inspired me to want to take better care of myself. I've never been healthier and I've never worked out so much in my life. I do weight-training, Pilates, swimming, hiking and surfing."
Paris has also changed her eating habits since getting together with the entrepreneur, eating oatmeal every morning and drinking wheatgrass juice and smoothies.
"I eat chicken, fish and vegetables - no more fast food or cola for me," she continued. "I'm in the best shape of my life and my stomach is flatter without eating sugar."
The 34-year-old has no intention of getting a helping hand from clinical sources when it comes to looking good, and while the media has speculated in the past as to whether the star has had any cosmetic surgery, Paris insists she is 100 per cent natural.

"I went to my dermatologist and asked: 'Do I need to do Botox?' And he said: 'No, I refuse to do it on you, your skin is perfect. You have the skin of a 21-year-old,'" she told the outlet. "He said he'd never seen anything like it in his life. I've never had any kind of surgery done - I have literally not had one thing done, and it feels really amazing to be au naturel. I would never want to change anything about myself, I'm very happy with the way I am."Read more at:short prom dresses uk

The Eye Ruby Rose And Fiancee Phoebe Dahl Breakup After Long Engagement, ‘OITNB’ Star Single

(Photo:http://www.marieprom.co.uk/blue-prom-dresses) Ruby Rose and Phoebe Dahl made an adorable couple and even got engaged after dating for a long time. However, things seemed to have suddenly ended between the two as they recently called off their engagement.
Rose and Dahl were together for two years, but split earlier this month because of their crazy schedules.
“It’s completely amicable and they wish each other the best,” said a source to E! News, adding that distance put a strain on their relationship, with the two having to spend so much time apart for work.
Now, the “Orange Is The New Black” star seems to be enjoying the single life and was spotted stepping out yesterday for a fun date with Halsey. The two of them went out for some lunch and a movie in Hollywood, which sparked the question on everyone’s mind, are they dating?
There is no telling if this was just two friends going out or a date, but people have been speculating about these two for a while.
Rose previously tweeted “hi” to Halsey back in August, and the singer responded with a “hi” along with emoji hearts. After this exchange, fans started speculating on Twitter on whether the two are a thing or not.
The Aussie actress and singer were also spotted out earlier this month, sparking dating rumors.
Rose and Dahl loved being engaged and the actress previously admitted that she loves “the word fiancé.” When they were engaged, they wanted to wait another year to “enjoy being engaged before we ball-and-chain it.”
They even had some things planned out for the wedding and Rose admitted that she wanted to rock “a really nice fitted suit” from Givenchy or Tom Ford.

Even Dahl previously admitted to HELLO! Fashion Monthly that she wants a big wedding, but Rose wanted “a low-key wedding.”Read more at:http://www.marieprom.co.uk/black-prom-dresses

Colours of the season

(Photo:http://www.marieprom.co.uk/white-prom-dresses) The winter/festive season is when the retail industry steps into an overdrive, counting on the willingness of buyers to open their wallets. The Dasara-Deepavali season often coincides with or is followed by the wedding season after which, there’s a slowdown before Sankranti brings in a different festive cheer in January. The sporadic yearend parties bring in a limited clientele.
As though to plug this gap between the two big festive seasons, a few e-tailers and brands are now wooing the customer base with Christmas specials, enticing buyers to not just spruce up their homes for Christmas and New Year, but also wear the colours of the season.
Aditi Prakash of Pure Ghee Designs understands that Christmas isn’t really the time when buying hits a crescendo in India. Her label, though, has rolled out its new collection of bags, in solid hues of vibrant reds, fuchsias and sunshine yellows. Gajras, hair accessories in similar colours, also double up as quirky home décor accessories. “One needs to constantly re-invent and narrate a new story, understanding mindsets. People may not really buy much for Christmas but they are open to ideas for gifting. And when a new collection is rolled out for the yearend, we know that it would be an addition to the wardrobe and has to be useable throughout the year. It all depends on how one wants to put things together and use small and large bags with the outfits they already have,” she says.
The Christmas specials, until the previous year, were limited to decorations in colours of red, green and gold and at times, stretching to home linen with motifs that are reminiscent of the celebration. “There was a need to plug that gap between the wedding season and the ringing in of a New Year. The jewel toned range of clothing for the yearend fits the bill,” says Puja Sahney of Navika.
The spice colours like cinnamon brown and jewel tones like emerald greens, ruby reds, turquoise blues and amethyst purples were some of the hues her team listed on a mood board at the mention of winter. “These colours are ideal for the season and if the clothing is in a relaxed silhouette and a comfortable fabric, it will work through the year. The bright hues are festive enough without embellishment and when teamed with palazzos and the right accessories, can work as both work wear and evening wear,” adds Puja.

New collections that peddle the colours of Christmas may be a marketing ploy, but if you choose to give in, go for apparels and accessories that won’t look out of place at the turn of the season. For, winters here are brief and this year, rather tame so far.Read more at:blue prom dresses uk

Colours of the season

(Photo:http://www.marieprom.co.uk/white-prom-dresses) The winter/festive season is when the retail industry steps into an overdrive, counting on the willingness of buyers to open their wallets. The Dasara-Deepavali season often coincides with or is followed by the wedding season after which, there’s a slowdown before Sankranti brings in a different festive cheer in January. The sporadic yearend parties bring in a limited clientele.
As though to plug this gap between the two big festive seasons, a few e-tailers and brands are now wooing the customer base with Christmas specials, enticing buyers to not just spruce up their homes for Christmas and New Year, but also wear the colours of the season.
Aditi Prakash of Pure Ghee Designs understands that Christmas isn’t really the time when buying hits a crescendo in India. Her label, though, has rolled out its new collection of bags, in solid hues of vibrant reds, fuchsias and sunshine yellows. Gajras, hair accessories in similar colours, also double up as quirky home décor accessories. “One needs to constantly re-invent and narrate a new story, understanding mindsets. People may not really buy much for Christmas but they are open to ideas for gifting. And when a new collection is rolled out for the yearend, we know that it would be an addition to the wardrobe and has to be useable throughout the year. It all depends on how one wants to put things together and use small and large bags with the outfits they already have,” she says.
The Christmas specials, until the previous year, were limited to decorations in colours of red, green and gold and at times, stretching to home linen with motifs that are reminiscent of the celebration. “There was a need to plug that gap between the wedding season and the ringing in of a New Year. The jewel toned range of clothing for the yearend fits the bill,” says Puja Sahney of Navika.
The spice colours like cinnamon brown and jewel tones like emerald greens, ruby reds, turquoise blues and amethyst purples were some of the hues her team listed on a mood board at the mention of winter. “These colours are ideal for the season and if the clothing is in a relaxed silhouette and a comfortable fabric, it will work through the year. The bright hues are festive enough without embellishment and when teamed with palazzos and the right accessories, can work as both work wear and evening wear,” adds Puja.

New collections that peddle the colours of Christmas may be a marketing ploy, but if you choose to give in, go for apparels and accessories that won’t look out of place at the turn of the season. For, winters here are brief and this year, rather tame so far.Read more at:blue prom dresses uk

Scott Schuman’s advice for budding street style photographers

(Photo:prom dresses manchester) “Don’t call yourself a street style photographer if all you do is go to fashion week, stand outside and take pictures. That’s not a street style photographer – that’s a fashion week photographer,” implores photographer and blogger, Scott Schuman when quizzed about what it takes to be a street style photographer today. Here, the Sartorialist, whose blog has made his lens one of the most-wanted in fashion, shares his tips for street style success.
Break away from the pack…
“If you actually want to make it a career, then find a unique voice. Don’t be afraid to go stand over there, when everyone else is standing over here. How are you going to break out of the pack? I see these photographers and they’ll see someone come out of a show and 40 photographers will be in a half-circle around this person taking pictures. That means 40 people are taking the same shot! How can you call yourself a street style photographer if you’re taking the same shot as someone standing right there?”
Don’t be afraid to challenge yourself…
“When everyone else is shooting the well-known people, go find the new crew. No one was shooting Anna Dello Russo before me; No one was shooting Giovanna Battaglia before me. But as opposed to just shooting them every day, I’ve shot them for a while and now I’m looking for the next one, and the next one, and the next one, because it’s always the new one that challenges me.”
Once you’ve figured out the challenge, move on…
“And if you want to become a good street style photographer, you’ve got to keep challenging yourself, challenging your audience. You know, give them something new. And a lot of them don’t give them anything new; they just stand with everybody else and take the same photograph.”
Don’t worry so much about everyone else…

“I’d feel so odd taking a photograph surrounded by a bunch of other people taking the exact same photograph. I think that’s also why a lot of people think I’m a little aloof or snobby, but you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do.”Read more at:prom dresses

Why body parts shouldn’t be considered fashion accessories

(Photo:princess prom dresses uk) This week, The Hollywood Reporter featured a beauty story reporting on a new trend in cosmetic surgery for women: gummy bears.
Or, more specifically, breast implants that are (somewhat horrifyingly) being called “gummy bears,” not because that’s how they’re shaped or what they’ll leave your mammaries looking like, but because they are as firm as they are gelatinous and pliant and, more importantly, because they’re small.
“We were never supposed to have half-melons for breasts,” Dr. Lisa Cassileth, an L.A. cosmetic surgeon, told THR. “Many of the women who got Ds are now downsizing, particularly those who have had kids. They’re having buyer’s remorse.”
On the one hand, the knee-jerk reaction to this children’s candy-themed trend in breast augmentation may be celebratory, considering the pervasive conversation surrounding breast augmentation — the type resulting in a pair of pneumatic knockers — has been to decry it as a byproduct of patriarchal expectations and not possibly a thing that any woman would do as an exercise of personal agency, in an attempt to bolster self-confidence. But hold that thought. In the same breath as it posits B-sized boobs as the new black, THR points out that the prevailing trend in cosmetic surgery has not only been a move away from massive mammaries but one towards larger posteriors; so while women are sizing down up top, they’re supersizing down below.
The idealized body is the mother of invention as far as cosmetic surgery is concerned
This switch has — since Vogue declared 2014 the year of the butt — been lauded as a move towards celebrating a more realistic body shape. As though the Kim Kardashians of the world were simply born that way; as though, prior to Kardashian, Iggy Azalea and Jennifer Lopez, no culture on earth had ever considered pear-shaped bodies desirable; as though there are set parameters regarding what is and is not realistic in the context of the shape of the female body. But more than anything, it’s — like gummy boobs or whatever — a case of body-shape-as-trend.
Women (and men!) make changes to their bodies for a number of reasons. Some are certainly more organic and apparently more difficult to demonize — like a year at the gym or six weeks on a cleanse — than others. And while the idealized body is the mother of invention as far as cosmetic surgery is concerned, therein lies the rub: synthetic big butts and gummy bear boobs are no more a product of beauty ideals turning towards a more realistic standard than the larger implants of yore.
That’s because in both cases, they are simply a reflection of a physicality that is currently in fashion. This itself is an idea as old as time: you may have seen a popular BuzzFeed video that depicts a history of ideal body types throughout history, dating from from Ancient Egypt and the Han Dynasty to today where, the video points out, “women regularly get plastic surgery to achieve their ideal look.”
The trouble here is that a body shape can be trendy
The trouble here isn’t the surgery itself so much as the idea that a body shape can be trendy and, as soon as it falls out of style, should be discarded and replaced, like so many pairs of distressed jeans. It’s a symptom of the commodification of women’s bodies that results in stories like the one in THR in the first place. After all, this is the same culture that once had the entire world speculating on the dollar amount of Jennifer Lopez’s butt. Individual body parts are discussed as though they’re accessories rather than flesh and blood components of an actual human being, as interchangeable and modifiable as they are up for public discussion as indicators of wealth and status: one unnamed source told the Hollywood Reporter that, after she had a cosmetic procedure, one of the moms at her children’s school “asked me if I was taking up pole dancing.”

If bodies can themselves be fashionable, why not apply to them the tested and true adage that trends come and go, but style — loving the skin you’re in or the skin you’ve paid for, so long as it satisfies you in some way — lasts forever? It won’t be long before some THR piece touts a new movement in cosmetic surgery, ousting gummy bears and plump derrieres as the shapes-du-jour as women and men pontificate on the value, perceived and otherwise, of having a certain shape. And when that day comes, those who have those things — or have bought them — ought not to fret. If being on-trend is a primary concern, it’s best to keep in mind that fashion is cyclical.Read more at:mermaid prom dresses uk

Meet Bella Yentob, Burberry’s latest bright young thing

(Photo:prom dresses london) Burberry is well-known for its love of up-and-coming British talents. To date, it has kick-started the careers of models including Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Cara Delevingne, and musicians including James Bay and Tom Odell.
The brand’s latest campaign is no different. It sees a cast entirely made up of bright young things – one of whom is Bella Yentob, the 21-year-old daughter of BBC creative director Alan Yentob and documentary maker Philippa Walker.
Bella made an under-the-radar Burberry debut in September when she walked in the brand's spring/summer 2016 show at London Fashion Week. It’s an experience she remembers as “terrifying but really, really fun and a great thing to be part of,” she told The Telegraph over the phone.
Strikingly pretty with enviably long, wavy chestnut hair, she’s modelled a little over the past few years for publications like i-D and for brands including Supremebeing and Alexander Lewis, but this is her first appearance in a campaign.
“I’m no one special so I don’t really know [why they chose me],” she says self-deprecatingly, “but I suppose we got on quite well.”
On the campaign shoot she relished the opportunity to work with Mario Testino and Christopher Bailey, Burberry’s CEO and chief creative officer, both of whom she calls “ wonderful and talented men”.
“I don’t wear make-up and this was all au naturel. No make-up, no hair and that’s what I do normally so that was really nice,” she adds. “I’ve done a bit of modelling, but I’ve never been that comfortable in front of the camera, so it was nice that there was no make-up and also nice that my first campaign was with Burberry, a brand that I really respect.”
Yentob has no aspirations to become a full-time model but says she couldn’t pass up this opportunity. “I do love fashion but it’s not really my thing - but I think Burberry is great, especially because I don’t adhere to the idea that anything can really be in or out of fashion; if a piece of clothing is really nice it should be timeless and I think that’s what Christopher is about; timelessness and timeless style,” she explains.
Her personal style is what she describes as eclectic, she shops mostly at markets and she looks to her friends and mother for inspiration.
At the moment she’s studying English Literature with Creative Writing at the University of Manchester and has recently been trying out her skills as a poetry writer (she offers Paul Muldoon, C.K. Williams and Tom Pickard as her current poets of choice). Her future most likely lies in this creative direction, though she’s not sure exactly where yet. “I want to make things and make things better in some way but I’m not sure exactly what or how yet but I enjoy acting writing and photographing, just life. Enjoying the view!”
Joining Bella in the all-new British cast are Dylan Brosnan (son of Pierce), sisters Ruth and May Bell, Hayett Belarbi McCarthy, Eliza Fairbanks, Misha Hart, Liam Gardner, Sol Goss, Ben Gregory and Louie Johnson.
Aside from the aforementioned bright young things, the star of the campaign is Burberry’s new rucksack, the break-out accessory from the SS16 collection. They sold out immediately when made available straight from the catwalk in September. Customers wanting to bag one now can do so via burberry.com, with delivery by the end of the year.

The campaign was shot aside Burberry’s ground-breaking Snapchat campaign earlier this year, when a series of dedicated images and accompanying videos were released live on the Burberry Snapchat platform in October. The Snapchat Campaign was live for just 24 hours, before disappearing making Burberry the first brand to shoot and publish its advertising campaign, live as it happened through the platform.Read more at:cheap prom dresses

Meet Bella Yentob, Burberry’s latest bright young thing

(Photo:prom dresses london) Burberry is well-known for its love of up-and-coming British talents. To date, it has kick-started the careers of models including Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Cara Delevingne, and musicians including James Bay and Tom Odell.
The brand’s latest campaign is no different. It sees a cast entirely made up of bright young things – one of whom is Bella Yentob, the 21-year-old daughter of BBC creative director Alan Yentob and documentary maker Philippa Walker.
Bella made an under-the-radar Burberry debut in September when she walked in the brand's spring/summer 2016 show at London Fashion Week. It’s an experience she remembers as “terrifying but really, really fun and a great thing to be part of,” she told The Telegraph over the phone.
Strikingly pretty with enviably long, wavy chestnut hair, she’s modelled a little over the past few years for publications like i-D and for brands including Supremebeing and Alexander Lewis, but this is her first appearance in a campaign.
“I’m no one special so I don’t really know [why they chose me],” she says self-deprecatingly, “but I suppose we got on quite well.”
On the campaign shoot she relished the opportunity to work with Mario Testino and Christopher Bailey, Burberry’s CEO and chief creative officer, both of whom she calls “ wonderful and talented men”.
“I don’t wear make-up and this was all au naturel. No make-up, no hair and that’s what I do normally so that was really nice,” she adds. “I’ve done a bit of modelling, but I’ve never been that comfortable in front of the camera, so it was nice that there was no make-up and also nice that my first campaign was with Burberry, a brand that I really respect.”
Yentob has no aspirations to become a full-time model but says she couldn’t pass up this opportunity. “I do love fashion but it’s not really my thing - but I think Burberry is great, especially because I don’t adhere to the idea that anything can really be in or out of fashion; if a piece of clothing is really nice it should be timeless and I think that’s what Christopher is about; timelessness and timeless style,” she explains.
Her personal style is what she describes as eclectic, she shops mostly at markets and she looks to her friends and mother for inspiration.
At the moment she’s studying English Literature with Creative Writing at the University of Manchester and has recently been trying out her skills as a poetry writer (she offers Paul Muldoon, C.K. Williams and Tom Pickard as her current poets of choice). Her future most likely lies in this creative direction, though she’s not sure exactly where yet. “I want to make things and make things better in some way but I’m not sure exactly what or how yet but I enjoy acting writing and photographing, just life. Enjoying the view!”
Joining Bella in the all-new British cast are Dylan Brosnan (son of Pierce), sisters Ruth and May Bell, Hayett Belarbi McCarthy, Eliza Fairbanks, Misha Hart, Liam Gardner, Sol Goss, Ben Gregory and Louie Johnson.
Aside from the aforementioned bright young things, the star of the campaign is Burberry’s new rucksack, the break-out accessory from the SS16 collection. They sold out immediately when made available straight from the catwalk in September. Customers wanting to bag one now can do so via burberry.com, with delivery by the end of the year.

The campaign was shot aside Burberry’s ground-breaking Snapchat campaign earlier this year, when a series of dedicated images and accompanying videos were released live on the Burberry Snapchat platform in October. The Snapchat Campaign was live for just 24 hours, before disappearing making Burberry the first brand to shoot and publish its advertising campaign, live as it happened through the platform.Read more at:cheap prom dresses

Meet Bella Yentob, Burberry’s latest bright young thing

(Photo:prom dresses london) Burberry is well-known for its love of up-and-coming British talents. To date, it has kick-started the careers of models including Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Cara Delevingne, and musicians including James Bay and Tom Odell.
The brand’s latest campaign is no different. It sees a cast entirely made up of bright young things – one of whom is Bella Yentob, the 21-year-old daughter of BBC creative director Alan Yentob and documentary maker Philippa Walker.
Bella made an under-the-radar Burberry debut in September when she walked in the brand's spring/summer 2016 show at London Fashion Week. It’s an experience she remembers as “terrifying but really, really fun and a great thing to be part of,” she told The Telegraph over the phone.
Strikingly pretty with enviably long, wavy chestnut hair, she’s modelled a little over the past few years for publications like i-D and for brands including Supremebeing and Alexander Lewis, but this is her first appearance in a campaign.
“I’m no one special so I don’t really know [why they chose me],” she says self-deprecatingly, “but I suppose we got on quite well.”
On the campaign shoot she relished the opportunity to work with Mario Testino and Christopher Bailey, Burberry’s CEO and chief creative officer, both of whom she calls “ wonderful and talented men”.
“I don’t wear make-up and this was all au naturel. No make-up, no hair and that’s what I do normally so that was really nice,” she adds. “I’ve done a bit of modelling, but I’ve never been that comfortable in front of the camera, so it was nice that there was no make-up and also nice that my first campaign was with Burberry, a brand that I really respect.”
Yentob has no aspirations to become a full-time model but says she couldn’t pass up this opportunity. “I do love fashion but it’s not really my thing - but I think Burberry is great, especially because I don’t adhere to the idea that anything can really be in or out of fashion; if a piece of clothing is really nice it should be timeless and I think that’s what Christopher is about; timelessness and timeless style,” she explains.
Her personal style is what she describes as eclectic, she shops mostly at markets and she looks to her friends and mother for inspiration.
At the moment she’s studying English Literature with Creative Writing at the University of Manchester and has recently been trying out her skills as a poetry writer (she offers Paul Muldoon, C.K. Williams and Tom Pickard as her current poets of choice). Her future most likely lies in this creative direction, though she’s not sure exactly where yet. “I want to make things and make things better in some way but I’m not sure exactly what or how yet but I enjoy acting writing and photographing, just life. Enjoying the view!”
Joining Bella in the all-new British cast are Dylan Brosnan (son of Pierce), sisters Ruth and May Bell, Hayett Belarbi McCarthy, Eliza Fairbanks, Misha Hart, Liam Gardner, Sol Goss, Ben Gregory and Louie Johnson.
Aside from the aforementioned bright young things, the star of the campaign is Burberry’s new rucksack, the break-out accessory from the SS16 collection. They sold out immediately when made available straight from the catwalk in September. Customers wanting to bag one now can do so via burberry.com, with delivery by the end of the year.

The campaign was shot aside Burberry’s ground-breaking Snapchat campaign earlier this year, when a series of dedicated images and accompanying videos were released live on the Burberry Snapchat platform in October. The Snapchat Campaign was live for just 24 hours, before disappearing making Burberry the first brand to shoot and publish its advertising campaign, live as it happened through the platform.Read more at:cheap prom dresses

`Internet makes us rely less on our knowledge'

(Photo:short prom dresses) People are less willing to rely on their knowledge and say they know something when they have access to internet, suggesting that our connection to the web is affecting how we think, a new study has found.
Researchers from the University of Waterloo in Canada asked about 100 participants a series of general-knowledge questions, such as naming the capital of France. Participants indicated if they knew the answer or not. For half of the study, participants had access to internet. They had to look up the answer when they responded that they did not know the answer. In the other half of the study , participants did not have internet access.
The team found that the people who had access to the web were about 5% more likely to say that they did not know the answer to the question. Furthermore, in some contexts, the people with access to internet reported feeling as though they knew less compared to the people without access.
"With the ubiquity of the internet, we are almost constantly connected to large amounts of information. And when that data is within reach, people seem less likely to rely on their own knowledge," said professor Evan F Risko, from the University of Waterloo, who led the study .
In interpreting the results, the researchers specula ted that access to internet might make it less acceptable to say you know something but are incorrect. It is also possible that participants were more likely to say they did not know an answer when they had access to the web because online searching offers an opportunity to confirm their answer or resolve their curiosity, and the process of finding out is rewarding.
Punctuation can tell how sincere a text message is
The way you punctuate your text messages reveals how sincere you are in communication, a new study said. Text messages that end with a period are perceived to be less sincere than messages that do not, said the study from Binghamton University in New York. "Punctuation is used and understood by texters to convey emotions and other social and pragmatic information. It's not surprising that as texting evolves, people are finding ways to convey the same types of information in their texts," said lead researcher Celia Klin. In some very recent follow-up work, Klin's team found that a text response with an exclamation mark is interpreted as more, rather than less, sincere.Read more at:cocktail dresses uk

Luxury fashion brands are going green. But why are they keeping it a secret?

Gucci is having a renaissance. After years in the doldrums, the 94-year-old fashion house is again the star of glossy magazine spreads, its collections coveted by couture aficionados and celebrities, thanks to the eclectic runway shows masterminded by new creative director Alessandro Michele . Last month, its new boutique opened at CityCenterDC featuring storage units that resemble elegant steamer trunks and expansive tables designed to hold a trove of costly handbags. Lots of handbags. Because at its core, Gucci is an accessories label built on shoes and purses.
And that’s a problem. Not for the company’s bottom line, but for the environment.
Shoes and handbags mostly depend on leather. And cattle ranching consumes mass quantities of natural resources — from land to water. Traditional leather tanning uses heavy metals, most notably chromium, and the resulting waste is a health hazard. And PVC, another favored component in bag-making, is also an environmental contaminant.
So with little fanfare, this nearly $4 billion business has been making changes. The handbags — namely the trendy $2,400 flower-bedecked Dionysus shoulder bags stitched from the signature GG Supreme canvas print — now use polyurethane in their design rather than PVC.
But the marketing doesn’t highlight the switch; only the vaguest reference on the Gucci website notes that it is produced using an “earth-conscious process.”
(Photo:vintage evening dresses) The new green sensibility of Gucci represents the changing philosophy of its parent company, Kering — one of the largest luxury conglomerates in the world — and the luxury industry in general, including the biggest behemoth of them all, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton. But Gucci’s reluctance to make that shift evident — let alone exciting or sexy for its consumers — highlights the unsettled relationship between the luxury business and eco-fashion.
The quiet changes at Kering and LVMH are laudable, experts say. But with its rapt audience of tastemakers and innovators — and its unique ability to create markets where none existed — luxury could do so much more.
If top-tier brands buffed, glossed and shared the story of how they responsibly manufacture products, they could even make eco-friendly as covetable as a designer logo — and transform the culture’s entire view of manufacturing that is good for the environment.
Paris — ground zero for luxury fashion — is serving as host to theUnited Nations Conference on Climate Change. Kering executives are sitting on multiple panels, while LVMH, a corporate sponsor of the conference, is firing off email blasts to its employees on “green” lessons learned.
“Sustainability” — maintaining a diverse bio-system while eliminating waste and pollution and decreasing energy consumption — is a hot topic in fashion, from Seventh Avenue to Europe. But it poses conundrums. Is it better for a Paris-based fashion company to use virgin paper produced in France for its runway show invitations? Or recycled paper from China? Can they just skip the fancy card stock and send evites?
Fashion schools are working a keener understanding of carbon footprints into their curriculums. There are green fashion contests challenging designers to make clothes that are both red-carpet glamourous and good for the planet. Countless brands now declare themselves eco-friendly, which can mean anything from using organic cotton in T-shirts to using solar power to heat their headquarters. Most are sportswear labels that lead with their self-declared “green” credentials rather than aesthetics; or hardy activewear companies, such as Patagonia, which offer handbooks for repairing — instead of replacing — damaged clothes.
But on the whole, green fashion is typically seen as “other.”
At the top of the fashion pyramid sit the luxury brands. In grand corporate offices, their executives speak of carbon credits, “cradle-to-cradle” supply chains and the exigency of preserving natural capital — the extravagant raw materials such as unmarred leather hides and long-fiber cotton on which their products rely.
These companies have natural eco-advantages over their mass-market rivals. They control more of their supply chain, such as tanneries. They have the resources to develop new production techniques. They tout the heirloom nature of their products, not their disposability. And their customers are less price-sensitive: Who’s counting pennies when spending thousands of dollars on a handbag?

“I honestly think the brands are doing what they’re doing because they think it’s good business” — a way to preserve the quality of the natural resources they rely upon, says Gemma Cranston, of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, which has worked with Kering and Hugo Boss. “They just see it as a step they now need to take to continue to produce high-quality garments.”Read more at:sexy prom dresses uk

Aron Belka Wins Bombay Sapphire Artisan Competition

(Photo:vintage evening dresses) Please, no rain. That was the main thought on everyone’s mind as they headed into their Friday festivities after the previous night’s deluge. Rosario Dawson came prepared to host the 6th Annual Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series with Russell and Danny Simmons’ Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation in an oceanside tent during Art Basel Miami Beach.
“This time I wore my Lanvin flats and can wade in water up to here,” she said, placing her hands where her Shoshanna sequined micro romper hit her thighs. “I know other women are in beautiful heels, but sometimes you have to be practical. I’m ready for it.”
Luckily, the rain never came, and the party went off as planned with Dawson revealing the national grand finale winning artist, Aron Belka from New Orleans, among 12 finalists whose works were exhibited for attendees like Solange Knowles, Beyoncé’s stylist Ty Hunter and models Shaun Ross and Garrett Neff. As a judge, Danny Simmons had to slog through 10,000 entries.
“The program’s work is getting stronger, and we’re seeing older artists participating and taking it more seriously,” he said, also noting a figurative art trend.
The event stood out from the typical Basel drill for its looser vibe and music connection, such as Miguel, who came fresh from recording a track with Argentine band Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas in Miami earlier in the day.
“I performed here last year, and it was so fun that I returned as a guest,” he said.
Dawson had the opposite scenario: she had such a good time as a guest, she volunteered to became a creative mentor who will collaborate with Belka on a public mural next year.
“I grew up in New York, so murals are everything to me because they aren’t visual pollution,” she said.
ACRIA and Paddle8 kicked off the HIV/AIDS organization’s 20th anniversary holiday fund-raiser in New York — which takes place later this month — early: on the Miami Beach Edition’s terrace, guests sweated out the week’s toxin overload in steam room conditions. The family-style spread also was a chance to thank artists like Ryan James MacFarland, who donated a large-scale C-print of a nude male torso for the auction.
Arquiste Parfumeur founder and budding art collector Carlos Huber enthusiastically flipped through his phone for photos of fair highlights like Argentine painter Adriana Minoliti, who shows with Galería Agustina Ferreyra in San Juan.
“I’m a sucker for technique and can tell when someone really gets his craft like Minoliti’s beautiful brushstrokes,” he said.
Wishing he could buy more art, Thorsun swimwear designer and Basel regular George Sotelo was most impressed with Pulse fair.
“I had a Chuck Close sighting there, and I have to admit that I was a little starstruck,” said Sotelo, who owns a Kate Moss photo by the artist. “I bought it five years ago, and it’s probably the best investment I’ll ever make.”
While Sotelo attended the inaugural Basel in Miami, Bret Easton Ellis finally took the plunge this year, and as a guest speaker during the fair’s Conversations program to boot. Besides being plain curious after hearing so much, he attended as the perfect press launch pad to announce his collaboration with Los Angeles artist Alex Israel for an exhibition that opens at Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills in February.
“I’m just happy to be able to talk about it since we had to keep it under wraps for a year,” said Ellis, who wrote the text to accompany Israel’s images for 20 paintings. “It was a lot harder than traditional writing because that I do alone, whereas a collaboration involves someone else’s ideas.”
As he surveyed the crowded dance floor at Surface’s closing party inside the W Miami Beach, which he hosted with Israel, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Bettina Korek and the magazine’s owner Marc Lotenberg, one had to ask what the chronicler of excess thought of the contemporary art world compared to the Eighties.
“There’s so much more money today. I don’t remember paintings going for $140 million or emerging artists’ works selling for tens of millions of dollars,” said Ellis, adding he couldn’t afford any of it (though his fortunes may turn around after his show). “Was art more tactile, more real then?”
An exhausted Lotenberg was on his seventh and final event of the week that drew die-hards like Lenny Kravitz, Julian Lennon, China Chow, Spencer Bailey, Sarah Arison, Almine Rech, Simon Castets, Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, David Adjaye, Robbie Antonio and Francesco Vezzoli. He willingly bit off more than he could chew so the brand would be fresh in advertisers’ minds when they planned their campaigns in the coming months.

“We wanted to prove that we’re going to the next level and what we’re capable of doing,” he said, looking forward to recuperating on his Kenya safari. “Eden and I are going on our honeymoon in two weeks.”Read more at:sexy prom dresses uk

The Peninsula: Haven for same-sex weddings

(Photo:graduation dresses uk) Since opening in 2001 in the heart of Chicago's Magnificent Mile, The Peninsula Hotel has not only been the recipient of countless industry accolades including the AAA Five Diamond and Forbes Five Star award but has played host to couples seeking to transform the hotel's 11,250 square feet of event space and state-of-the-art guestrooms and suites into an unforgettable wedding day that is limited only by their imaginations.
Now that marriage equality is the law of the land, The Peninsula has catered to its fair share of his and his and hers and hers nuptials.
Using celebrated designers Kehoe and an in-house team of the very best chefs and staff Chicago has to offer, the hotel's Grand Ballroom and everything down to the wholly unique color-interchangeable chandeliers in the Avenue cocktail bar can be transformed into a Fall wonderland or just elegant simplicity highlighted by the venue's floor-to-ceiling postcard views of city.
Greg Hyder is the director of catering for the Peninsula Hotel. He has been with the organization for 16 years. Since he was there when the china and furniture were being picked out before the hotel's opening, it has become his second home.
"This year we've done about five same-sex weddings," he told Windy City Times. "I'm very proud of that and I want to do more. Since it just became legal, we are seeing a lot more interest. It's a market that is very exciting for us and, as a gay man myself, it's very important to me that we welcome everyone and that they know they can feel comfortable with us."
Weddings can be held in just about any space The Peninsula offers—at its outdoor terrace complete with a wall on which the names of the happy couple can be projected or even alongside the luxurious indoor swimming pool which is part of a full-service spa offering work out and relaxation rooms serving as perfect settings to cope with any pre-wedding nerves or host a bachelor/bachelorette party.
For the wedding night, The Peninsula's suites are equipped to ensure that a couple never have to leave the comfort of each other's arms. Smart tablets available in a range of languages can adjust the lighting, temperature, order room service or change the channel of the 60 inch flatscreen televisions which adjust to any angle desired. An in-room nutritional bar is fully stocked with any snacks or drinks the heart desires.
Hyder urged couples to understand that they don't have to be super-rich to enjoy The Peninsula's facilities.

"We have weddings to fit every budget," he said. "I just did a beautiful wedding for two gentlemen at one long table. In general hotels can intimidate customers, but the reality is we have everything you need. You don't have to rent anything or incur any of those extra costs involved."Read more at:celebrity inspired dresses

Ivy Youth Olympiad promotes Pakistan's heritage and culture

(Photo:prom dresses liverpool) The thrilling three-day international inter-school annual talent competition Ivy Youth Leadership Olympiad successfully concluded at Roots Ivy International University campus.
Following the signature theme of the Olympiad 'Pakistan Our Pride, Our Identity', every aspect of the olympiad represented Pakistani heritage and culture through spectacular artwork. The olympiad grand finale concert was participated in by legendary maestro Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. An impressive fashion show based on the signature theme of the olympiad was also organised by the students that featured beautiful bridal collections of many famous fashion designers. The event was very professionally organised by the students and seemed no less than an international fashion week.
The third-day competitions included business ideas contest, dramatics, math olympiad, min to win it, declamation contest, science flair and make-over contest. Celebrities and artists from all over country took part in the event. Over three hundred students participated in these competitions.
Roots Ivy University College also actively participated in three committees of the undergrads, including The Young Diplomats Caucus for the young aspiring diplomats with five sessions in which teams presented proposals for Pakistan's foreign policy. A national assembly for the young leaders of tomorrow was held with five sessions full of discussions and debates.
The Ivy Human Rights Committee was designed to emulate the workings of the UNHRC. The purpose of this committee was to provide a platform to discuss the problems related to human rights. The committee aimed to focus on how to address these issues after a detailed discussion involving the perspective of all countries.
Highlighting the overwhelming success of the olympiad, Roots Ivy International Schools CEO Khadija Mushtaq congratulated the organising team, staff members and the winners. She said, "Today after witnessing the extraordinary accomplishment and sensational success of the Ivy Youth and Leadership Olympiad, I am speechless because of my dynamic, hardworking, passionate team of heads, coordinators, teachers, managers and my students who are my real strength, my army, my motivation and my source of inspiration."

Later, Roots School System founder Ms Riffat Mushtaq awarded shields to the winners.Read more at:long prom dresses

15th annual BPW Fashion Show a success

Last week, marking the organization’s 15th year in the community, Pell City Business and Professional Women held its annual fashion show.
The event, which raises money for scholarships, was highlighted by presentations from prior recipients and creative looks on the runway. This year’s show was emceed by WVTM 13 News meteorologist Harmony Mendoza, and the Pell City High School jazz band provided live music.
Funds raised during the fashion show support furthering education for students from Pell City High and Victory Christian Schools. To date, more than 100 scholarships have been awarded through the fashion shows hosted by the BPW.
President Teresa Carden said she believes professional women not only should support their peers but also assist in raising the next generation.
“Women need to remember how they’ve been helped by others in the past,” Carden said. “The most important trait we can have is a servant’s heart, wanting to give and help others.”
This mindset has been the basis of the organization’s mission for over 60 years. Carden said she hopes that the assistance BPW provides women with will continue to be passed on for generations.
BPW also works with local organizations like the YWCA and girls ranches, providing needed items or filling mentorship roles.

“We think it is so important for young ladies to be surrounded by strong women,” Carden said. “We try our best to get them on a good path, heading in the right direction.”Read more at:2015 prom dresses uk | long prom dresses

Banana Republic Summer 2016

(Photo:graduation dresses uk) Michael Anderson, senior vice president of design forBanana Republic, took his design team on an inspiration trip to the South, stopping in Savannah, Ga., New Orleans and Nashville. “The South is known for color and prints and its joy of life, and also for dressing up a bit,” he said.
For the women’s looks, that feeling of optimism parlayed into feminine dresses in punchy floral prints, some finished with subtle sheer lace detailing, as well as tailored suiting. Graphic prints — like stripes and windowpane patterns seen on culottes, knits and trousers — made for a casual, sporty sophistication.
As for the men’s side, “There’s a sartorial elegance with some of the older guys in the region, but you are seeing it more with the younger kids, too,” Anderson said. Those references translated into a collection of easy pieces that were dressed up with softly tailored items. The linen crew neck T-shirt, which was a foundation piece in the assortment, was paired with linen and seersucker blazers, slim, tailored trousers and indigo shorts with pinstripes.
A plaid linen blazer that had a wool-like appearance was a standout. “Linen is a luxury yarn to buy,” Anderson said. “You have a short window to wear it, so we wanted to make it the best it can be.” Other fabric innovations came through in laser-printed shirts and slub cotton dip-dye sweaters.

Anderson told WWD that Marissa Webb’s departure from the brand — she formerly served as creative director and is now in an advisory role — hasn’t changed the direction of the men’s and women’s collections and he still works closely with her. “Marissa was great at making us think about the details,” he said. “She was always happy with how the men’s collection mined the brand’s heritage and integrated utility into the clothes, which is important because that’s a differentiator for us.”Read more at:red carpet dresses

Fashion or Distraction?

Some people find pleasure in running, others find pleasure in traveling, and some find pleasure in fashion.
However, our population prevents people from seeking these simple pleasures because of their judgmental attitudes. Fashion tends to be an easy target because people often consider clothing as strictly materialistic and/or a distraction to “real-world” issues.
I am tired of not only fashion being the punch line of many jokes, but also especially of people telling young women what they should and should not be wearing. If fashion is such a horrifyingly trivial concept in life, then why do schools, news stations, and random bystanders think that it’s appropriate to judge what I choose to wear?
Let’s start with one of the most controversial articles of clothing in existence: yoga pants. As a runner, yoga pants are one of my favorite clothing items to run in; the various styles, patterns, and lengths occupy at least two-thirds of my closet.
As a student, yoga pants are my favorite pants to wear to class; they’re comfortable, versatile, and fashionable. Now, the lovely men on Fox News have the audacity to tell me and all other women that yoga pants should stay in the gym because they are too revealing and are a distraction to others. Teachers all around the country ban yoga pants because apparently they are not actual pants and are also a distraction to our male peers.
Now, my question is why are my yoga pants, which cover the entire surface area of my legs, more of a distraction to my classmates than the loud gum chewers sitting on either side of me? Also, why is America letting three males decide what is and what isn’t appropriate for women to wear? Men can wear their jeans hanging so low that their boxers are visible, but my yoga pants are a distraction? Right … that makes so much sense!
Crop tops are finally back in style and thank goodness they are because I am a huge fan of the high-rise skirt and crop top combination. After a long week of exams, I decide to go out with my friends at night, so I put on my leather skirt and black crop top.
When my friends and I receive unwanted attention from some boys, we get accused of teasing them because our outfits were asking for it. After two midterms, two papers, and a load of busy work, all we wanted to do was follow the “look good, feel good” mentality, so we pulled out all of the stops.
Yet, once again we get punished for seeking the simple pleasure of strutting our trendiness because society says that we are dressing inappropriately.
(Photo:long prom dresses uk) Now, what do all of these supposed fashion “no-no’s” have in common? The idea that women only dress a certain way to attract attention from others or to make a “statement.” Even if someone wears a certain dress because she is excited to go on a date, why do people think that it is okay to judge?
Also, why should we have to decide our outfits based on what makes you comfortable? If I’m wearing the clothes, shouldn’t I be the one who’s comfortable? Clothing is so much more than a material item to some people. For me, wearing my favorite pair of yoga pants to the gym makes me want to run faster. Also, I wear the same pair of joggers to every single one of my exams … is it a superstition thing? Maybe, but that’s my business, not yours.
Why do yoga pants and crop tops have to be considered a distraction? In high school, my sister wore a very fashionable pair of studded high-rise jean shorts and she was forced to go home and change because “they could be used as a weapon.”
Are you kidding me? I keep hearing stories about schools making young girls go home and change just because their calves were showing and it honestly disgusts me. I wouldn’t be as upset if schools enforced the same rule for boys, but that isn’t the case. Boys walk around with low-hanging jeans and muscle t-shirts that show off the sides of their torsos, but girls can’t wear tank tops because it distracts their male peers …
So, basically the moral of the story consists of a few parts. Number one, Fox News please never tell me whether or not I have a good enough body to wear yoga pants because I frankly don’t care. Two, if you think that someone’s outfit isn’t appropriate to wear to school, fine say something, but don’t justify it by saying that she is a distraction to her fellow classmates.

Finally, ladies, wear your yoga pants and crop tops with pride, and if someone says that you are asking for attention use your awesome high heels and “accidentally” step on their toes .Read more at:plus size prom dresses uk

7 reasons why Imran Khan was not husband material for Reham Khan!

(Photo:http://www.marieprom.co.uk/short-prom-dresses) This may be a must read for all husbands and wives. Imran Khan and Reham Khan announced their marriage on January 6, 2015. They announced their divorce on October 30, 2015. Recently in an interview with The Express Tribune Pakistan, Reham came out with the reasons why the marriage did not work out. Some of these reasons may sound weird, as even in her own words, Imran sounds like a simple serious person, who is more interested in politics and leading a simple life. We leave the judgement to you, here are the 7 reasons:
1. “I tried to talk to him, I’m very talkative and I’m very chatty but, you know, you can’t exactly do that with Imran Khan. You can’t discuss the colour of the curtains, you can only talk politics. You cannot exactly discuss Bollywood films with him. God knows I tried.” (For being Husband material you need to be able to discuss colour of curtains and Bollywood films).
2. “He’s not very romantic. He never gave me anything, not even a wedding band.” (Husband material needs to give gifts to wife).
3. His closet was in “a dreadful condition” and “moth-eaten.” (A good husband keeps a clean closet).
4. Reham added that Imran did not care how he looked when he stepped out of the house. “I’m the sort of person who panics if my family is not looking right.” (Husbands need to be looking perfect when they go out, otherwise it is an insult to the wife!).
5. She bought Imran a new wardrobe, which he was “quite happy with” and she also introduced things like “deodorants, creams and shampoos.” (Husbands need to use deos, creams and shampoos).
6. There was no housekeeper, just a kitchen boy and a caretaker “who really wanted to be on TV” so guests were never fed and the PTI chief survived on “one chapati a day.” (Husbands need to have housekeepers and eat a lot).

7. Imran is living a lonely life and “has no friends”. “For someone who has been on their own for 54 years, a man who’s been a bachelor all his life, whose first marriage [to Jemima Goldsmith] was after he turned 40, it’s very hard to change. It’s very hard to settle in domestic life,” (Husbands need to have a lot of friends).Read more at:http://www.marieprom.co.uk/long-prom-dresses

Ruggiero — Cunningham

(Photo:vintage prom dresses) Toni Anne Ruggiero and Matthew Nolan Cunningham were married May 8, 2015 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Wichita. Father David Lies and Father John Wolesky officiated.
Parents are Joseph and Vicki Ruggiero of Lindsborg and Frank and Susan Cunningham of Orange, California. Maternal grandmother is Mary Christie of McPherson.
Special music was provided by Tyler and Molly Johnson, Lonnie Liljegren, Carole Pracht and ICTrio.
Maid of honor was sister of the bride Julie Ruggiero. Bridesmaids were Gina Avant and Mary Grimm, sisters of the bride, Joanne Ruggiero, sister-in-law of the bride, Megan and Molly Cunningham, sisters of the groom, and Kerrie Leason, Keylo Torrence and Shalini Sanmugam, friends of the bride. Junior bridesmaids were Alyssa and Katie Avant, nieces of the bride.
Best man was Michael Cunningham, brother of the groom. Groomsmen were Michael Ruggiero, brother of the groom, Will Agee, cousin of the groom, Travis Leong, Danny Beck, Cole Anetsberger, Chad Whitaker and Michael Seppanen, friends of the groom.
Flower girls were Tori Avant and Naomi Grimm, nieces of the bride. Ring bearer was Ryan Ruggiero, nephew of the bride.
Lectors were fathers of the couple, Joseph Ruggiero and Frank Cunningham.
The wedding party and guests rode the trolley to a dinner and dance reception at the Cowtown Visitor’s Center.
The bride is a graduate of Smoky Valley and received a degree from Ft. Hays State University.

The groom graduated from Canyon High School in Anaheim, California and graduated from the University of Southern California. The couple resides in Denver, Colorado.Read more at:princess prom dresses

Celebrating Thala Deepavali in style

We are having a combined family celebration this year.
Shanthanu Bhagyaraj, Actor
The Deepavali fever has caught on here. All my cousins and my wife Keerthi's cousins have come home. Both our families are going to meet at my house and celebrate Deepavali together. I generally head to the theaters to catch the first day first show of movies - be it Vijay's films or Ajith's films, but this time it will be second day show. We are heading to an orphanage first and we will be distributing clothes and food to the children. Then we will be celebrating at home. There is also a lot of food and sweets and I'm sure at the end of it, we are going to pile on the pounds. After the festivals, we will have to head to the gym. (laughs) We also have special Thala Deepavali shows that will be telecast in three popular Tamil channels.
Arulnithi, Actor
Usually, we celebrate Pongal in a grand way, but Thala Deepavali should be fun

Since childhood, Deepavali has always been about bursting crackers with friends and eating a lot of good food. As I grew up, noise and air pollution became an issue and I conciously refrained from bursting crackers. My friends and I, would just light one or two vedis. But this Deepavali is very special for me. I will be heading to Keerthana's place and we will celebrate the festival in a grand way. Keerthana's mother has a grand feast planned out for us. I showed her a picture of a mapillai (groom) eating from a massive banana leaf (which went viral online), and told them this is exactly what I don't want. I don't generally eat a lot of sweets. So, I have asked them to make just two or three sweets. I remember as a child, my father used to pull me aside and rub oil on my head, early in the morning. But these days, I don't apply oil, even on a regular day. So no oil baths for me (laughs). Coincidently, it is also my brother-in-law's thala Deepavali. He too married recently. All of us are going to celebrate it together. It is going to be a lot of fun. Keerthana's family will also visit our place and we will have a get together of sorts. Unfortunately, we couldn't plan an trip out of station, because I am shooting for the remake of the Malayalam film Memories. For us, Pongal is a big deal and we celebrate that in a grander fashion. Nevertheless, I'm expecting this Deepavali to be fun.Read more at:short prom dresses | plus size prom dresses

A Saks Fifth Avenue fashion show — and a couple knock-offs

(Photo:prom dresses) Saks Fifth Avenue Sarasota rocked the runway at a recent fashion show at the Vinoy that was hosted by the Margaret Scheson Stuart Society as a fundraiser for the Museum of Fine Arts.
Okay. That was a mouthful, so I'll give you the highlights in twitter mode.
Fur capes. Single-stone statement ring. Long, gold link necklace. Thank the Lord. Maxi dresses are still very much in.
Yes ladies, we can hid unshaved legs for at least another season based on the numerous maxi dresses Saks showed on the runway. There were elegant, full length gowns as well. But the wear-anywhere Maxi is still a fashion staple.
I also saw several fur capes. I'd like to get one, fake of course, to put on with previously mentioned maxi dress to dress it up when the temps get below 50 degrees.
Statement rings and necklaces were also prominent. I have several chunky necklaces with a lot going on, but decided I'd like a simpler one similar to what I saw in the show that was a statement but not a managerie. I found one on Nieman Marcus Last Call website for $30. Also spotted a big, turquioise chunky ring on Asos.com for $14.

The desingers on the Saks runway included Robert Cavalli, Yigal Azrouel, Ralph Lauren, Theia, Teri Jon, Alexander McQueen, Dolce & Gabbana, Stella McCartney, Michael Kors, Mary Katrantzou and Tahari. I wouldn't kick any of them out of my closet if I could afford them either.Read more at:cocktail dresses uk

Model Rocks It as Sandy From Grease

(Photo:prom dresses online uk) On October 31, the model GIgi Hadid revealed her real costume when she arrived at Heidi Klum's Halloween party in New York.
Early on, Hadid was spotted wearing a pair of green fuzzy ears, that apparently was just a tease.
Wearing a Sandy costume from the ultra-famous musical Grease, the 20-year-old went old school! Starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, Grease came out in 1978.
Monica Rose, the Kardashians' go-to stylist, was the one ressponsible for putting together, Gigi's flawless ensemble and she pulled it off with ease.
From American Apparel, she wore nylon high-waisted spandex, while from House of CB, she had on a crop top with a sheer panel, and from Caroline Blomst a lace-up leather jacket. Even while standing next to Heidi Klum or Jessica Rabbit herself, the supermodel no doubt, had all eyes on her.
She clearly couldn't help adding just a dash more of sex appeal by glowing more skin than the original ensemble worn by Olivia in the classic film. She actually did channel the original character while assembling her outfit.
Gigi sported a pair of red sandal heels just like Olivia did, and some very tight, shiny spandex leggings, which worked just like the originals. It totally showed off the Victoria Secret model's lengthy gams.
The dancer, Julianne Hough is taking on the role of Sandy for the Fox special, Grease: Live, but until then, Gigi from head to toe was perfect, posing like Sandy on the red carpet at Lavo in New York.
We wouldn’t be surprised if she said, “Tell me about it, Stud” to reporters!
Gigi had a reason to celebrate late, since she revealed she was cast in this year's Victoria Secret Fashion Show.
While she has appeared in Victoria's Secret Pink, the model failed to get cast in last year's lingerie show.

Since her disappointment in 2014, Gigi has made a name for herself by modelling for brands such as Balmain and appearing on the runway at Paris Fashion Week.Read more at:formal dresses online

The Manchester dress designer for stars like Cheryl Cole, Lady Gaga and Michelle Keegan you've probably never heard of

It took 10 days for Zeynep Kartal to launch her first collection at the famous Vogue Fashion Night Out event in Manchester three years ago.
The 26-dress collection was a huge success and propelled Turkish-born Kartal’s name in the UK fashion industry.
In just two years, the 41 year-old has taken part in four London Fashion Week shows and has been invited to showcase her work at New York Fashion Week in February.
She has designed for superstars including Lady Gaga, who was so impressed with one particular black lacy number, she asked Kartal to have the same dress designed in cream!
Other celebrity clients include Cheryl Cole, Tess Daly, Rebecca Adlington, Amanda Holden, Michelle Keegan, Rochelle Humes and Coleen Rooney.
And now celebrity PR agencies and boutiques from Beverly Hills are knocking on Kartal’s door keen for her to dress Hollywood stars in her stunning designs.
It’s not hard to see why her collection is in demand for the red carpet.
Kartal, whose studio is based in King Street, only uses the finest natural fabrics, including silk, crepe, laces and leather with stunning, hand-made embellishments, to create a distinctive sense of elegance and femininity – with Kartal aspiring “to give every woman who wears her prom dresses a feeling of stylish sophistication and self-confidence”.
“The dresses are very expressive and sensual for a woman’s silhouette,” she says, as she looks me up and down and tells me that I’m more than welcome to borrow a dress for upcoming events.
Kartal’s success is even more remarkable because she has achieved this in little more than two years, having only come to the UK nine years ago speaking very little English.
She said: “Vogue Fashion Night Out was my first event and naturally I was nervous. But on the night the crowd and the media loved the collection.
“The following day my dresses were all over the media, the fashion world was saying they were amazing.”
That night in October 2013 also lead to fashion bloggers and magazines taking notice of Kartal.
Soon after London Fashion Week made contact with the designer asking her to attend her first LFW show.
Kartal agreed and while preparing a new collection for LFW she was also being contacted by TV shows including Strictly Come Dancing and X Factor to design cheap prom dresses for the likes of Tess Daly and Cheryl Cole.
At Cannes Film Festival this year, she dressed actress Emma Miller among others, and back in Turkey, Kartal has been working with Hayrunnisa Gul, the Turkish president’s stylish wife.
Kartal’s designs are inspired by the environment around her including Manchester.
For her first LFW collection, she took inspiration from Manchester Town Hall, a building she describes as being sophisticated just like her own designs.
For her latest collection she was inspired by French artist James Tissot.
She said: “Sometimes an idea comes to me straightaway and other times it can take a month. For the last collection I was sat in the Turkish Airline lounge when I noticed Tissot’s paintings and straight away I found inspiration. I have to say the Turkish Airline lounge is a very inspiring space.”
Zeynep has always had a passion for designing and creating beautiful clothes, which was first discovered at the young age of 10 when she attended a local sewing course in her Turkish birthplace of Bursa, beating designers more than twice her age to win an award for her intricate skills.
After completing a degree in fashion design, she spent 19 years working in production, marketing, design and textile positions within the fashion industry.
She moved to Manchester nine years ago with her twin boys and chemical engineer husband Hamit Ozcelik, who had relocated from Istanbul with his job at food processing giant Cargill, which has its UK facility in Trafford Park. Kartal said: “My husband originally came to Manchester for six months, but then his contract was extended to three years so I decided to join him with my twin boys, who were only two at the time.”
Kartal’s first priority was to learn how to speak English so she enrolled on a two-year fashion design course at Manchester City College.
She said: “I know fashion, I knew pattern cutting and how to sew but I really wanted to improve my English.
“The course was good fun and often the other students would ask for my help.”
Upon completing the course, Kartal was even offered a teaching job at the college but she turned it down as she felt her English, although had improved, wasn’t up to teaching standards.
“I often turn down interviews on TV and radio because I think people might find it hard to understand me,” she says, but her English, I tell her, is excellent and easy to understand.
Kartal struggled to find a job in the region’s already competitive fashion scene but eventually found work with a local designer who she remained with for 18 months before her husband encouraged Kartal to launch her own business.
She said: “We were in the process of buying a house, when Hamit decided that instead of buying a large home, to buy a smaller property and use half of our money towards setting up a business.
“I said to my husband it was a huge responsibility and I wasn’t sure I would be able to do it.
“But he said to me that I can, that he had complete faith in me and that I would be very successful.”
She added: “Our plan in the beginning was to move back to Turkey. But the kids started school here and love it and Cargill offered Hamit a permanent job.
“We decided it was better for the children to stay in Manchester.
“We like it in Manchester, it’s better than London and other cities in many ways. It’s trendy, the people have been so lovely and Manchester is important for me as a designer.
“Everyone asks me why I’m still here, when am I going to move to London but no, this is where I belong.
“It’s my adopted city, my studio is in a great location and it is where I have built my business!”
While Kartal’s dresses continue to adorn the pages of fashion magazines and blogger websites, she is looking at supplying more boutiques in the UK.
She added: “My last collection was much more commercial and wearable and has led to a number of boutiques wanting to stock the designs.
“Even Harvey Nichols have been in contact.
“I think the success of my work has been great and I would like to continue to create fashion that is a hit with women from all around the world. I never thought I’d come so far so quick but the journey has been amazing.

“I’m also very lucky I have a supportive husband who always had faith in me and even now supports me in everything that I do.”

Highlights From the Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection’ review

‘The immortal beauty which Athens and Florence have bequeathed to the world will be made to sweeten the daily toil of the bread-winner.”
So said James MacAlister at the 1891 dedication of the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, now known as Drexel University. Mr. MacAlister, president of the Institute, was referring to the importance of the Drexel Collection, a museum of art and artifacts that the Institute’s founder, financier Anthony J. Drexel, endowed with $1 million (the equivalent of $26 million today). Such high-flown rhetoric suggests a stress on classical antiquity, but in 1898, with remarkable prescience, the museum began to acquire garments, accessories and textiles. Over 14,000 pieces and 117 years later, Drexel is now home to a world-class collection of fashion and textiles, recently renamed the Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection (FHCC).
That the museum was understaffed in recent decades and therefore inaccessible to fashion scholars and fellow curators has only added to its cachet. “It was whispered about in the costume-history field,” says Clare Sauro, the collection’s curator for the past seven years. Upon her first peek into the archives she identified not one but three dresses by the couture house of Callot Soeurs, a favorite of the cognoscenti. Like the kiss that awakens Sleeping Beauty, the exhibition “Immortal Beauty” is reintroducing the FHCC to the world.
“Highlights” shows don’t have a thematic DNA from which to generate a form; they’re more of a défilé, the French word for “narrow pass, parade, procession.” Ms. Sauro wanted to created a harmonious introduction to the collection, and “Immortal Beauty”—on display in the university’s Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, an airy industrial space—proceeds chronologically with 45 articles of clothing arranged on six platforms (plus accessories in glass cases). The collection has especially strong holdings from the late 1800s and the opening item, appropriately, is a mantle from 1883 by Charles Frederick Worth, the founding father of the Paris couture. Aubergine with a Medieval pattern of cream pomegranates (symbol of prosperity), long in front and short in back (to accommodate the bustles of the era), this piece, redolent of old Philadelphia wealth, summons up those Age of Innocence trips to Paris.
The show hits its stride, however, in the 20th century. This platform includes a Jacques Doucet walking suit of claret velvet (1916) that looks straight out of an illustration by Georges Lepape. And the pieces from Callot Soeurs—yes, three—show a fashion house evolving from full-length Edwardian (a candlelit lamé circa 1910), to tea-length Ballets Russes ornamentation (1919), to a flapper sheath in turquoise, magnificently delineated with Moorish motifs (1926).
(Photo:vintage prom dresses) Further down, front and center, stands a bolt from the blue—a bias-cut wrap gown from Elsa Schiaparelli’s fabled Zodiac Collection of 1938-39. “Schiap” was famous for her fabrics, and this one is stunning, a giant gingham of gold lamé with stars of lilac and persimmon woven in. We’ve been seeing the same two or three Zodiac pieces for years now, so it’s extraordinary to make the acquaintance of this super-fresh survivor. In a very smart bit of positioning, Ms. Sauro has placed Adrian’s sleight-of-hand suit of black-and-white gingham (1947) just beyond the Schiaparelli. As chief costume designer at MGM, Adrian often dressed the actresses in designs a la Schiaparelli.
Moving midcentury, standouts include a 1948 gown by Charles James for Babe Paley that ranks among the most graceful of his aggressive, often tortured creations. Norman Norell, the easeful opposite of James, is represented by a cocktail shirtwaist from 1951—a black wool jersey bodice with a white cloud of skirt. This look, in fact, was behind Edith Head’s opening number for Grace Kelly in the movie “Rear Window.” Speaking of which, the dress that Ms. Sauro calls “the most beloved object in the FHCC due to its royal provenance” is a coral A-line gown from 1964 that was owned and donated by Princess Grace of Monaco. The design is Givenchy, but Grace got permission to have it executed, less expensively, by Marie Therese of Nice. “She was a practical princess,” says Ms. Sauro. Embroidered with real coral branches, it evokes the coastal principality over which the former Philadelphian presided.

Iconic pieces abound. Halston’s party pajamas of 1978, cheetah-print jersey shimmering with translucent paillettes, are thrillingly luxe and lean. A Madame Grès column of 1980, Grecian pleating in ivory silk, is design as Delphic Oracle. The show culminates—and is strangely contained—in a dusk-black gown from 2006 by couturier Ralph Rucci, a native Philadelphian. The silhouette is simple—a princess line flowing wide at the hem—but four layers of black tulle contain a Klimt-like pattern of black fabric rectangles, ripped by hand, fault-lines revealing a nude silk lining. Mr. Rucci has said he was channeling sculptor Louise Nevelson, but he seems to have created a deepening world in one dress: the land of fashion history.Read more at:mermaid prom dresses

No mahurat, designers not bothered

(Photo:prom dresses) Inauspicious dates used to put plans for bridal dresses on hold, but designers tell us that despite the lack of auspicious dates till next year, they continue to get orders for the festive and wedding season.
The stars may have played spoilsport for those looking forward to an auspicious mahurat later this year to wed, but those concerned with business during the wedding season have less to worry about in the lull period, which began from July this year and will continue till January 2016.
According to astrologers, July 2015 to January next year is an 'inauspicious' time and weddings shouldn't take place during this period. Fashion designers, however, whose major business comes from weddings, say that while this festive and wedding season has begun on a low note, they are positive that their business will pick up within the next few months. Charu Parashar says, "The Indian fashion industry largely relies on weddings for business and while the 'inauspicious' and 'auspicious' periods do have an impact on sales, we are hoping that we won't incur any losses due to weddings not happening till next August. People will plan for their wedding trousseau in advance during this period. I have already started meeting brides. In fact, some brides are glad they can spend more time on their wedding trousseau because of these dates. There are also those who do not believe in mahurat and will go ahead with their wedding plans, so business will go on as usual. I started getting orders during the shradh, when people gave me specifications about their outfits and collected them once the shradh period was over. People are not that rigid these days about auspicious or inauspicious dates and even if they are, they find alternative ways to get things done on time." Anuradha Ramam says that business remains largely unaffected now, since youngsters are not as bothered about a shubh mahurat. She adds, "Even if parents follow such things, youngsters go ahead with their shopping plans. There has been a change in this regard in the last four-five years. Earlier, even shopping on certain days was considered inauspicious, but no one follows such things rigidly anymore. These days, people who are concerned about the planetary positions consult pandits to come up with convenient solutions while planning their weddings. So designers worry less about a lull period. Brides continue with their wedding shopping, no matter what."
Designers say that in terms of business, until August this year, it was a bad time for them, but there has been an increase in orders since September and they are hopeful that the festive season and wedding orders will keep them busy in the coming months. "I can't say what the reason was, but in terms of business, it was a dull period till August," informs Poonam Bhagat. Some designers are already gearing up for the busy season that will follow this dull phase. "I think that while we have a lighter work load right now due to the mahurat, we'll suddenly get an influx of orders in the coming months, thanks to the festive season and wedding orders. While the bride and her family can prepare in advance for their outfits, the guests will only have two months or so to decide what they will wear, which will lead to a sudden increase in orders. So knowing this, we are able to plan accordingly and everything functions smoothly," says Reynu Taandon.

Gautam Gupta shares that for designers specialising in wedding wear, it becomes a challenge to maintain good work flow whenever there is a 'mahurat issue.' But the good part, he adds, is that whenever a family has more time to prepare, they plan for designer wear not just for the wedding ceremony but even the pre-wedding and post-wedding functions. "When there is less time to prepare for a wedding, people think if nothing else works out, they can just get designer wear for the big day. If there is adequate time to plan, however, people get to spend time with designers for their pre-wedding and post-wedding outfits as well. To meet that kind of demand, we keep a stock of outfits and combinations, which never go out of fashion, ready for our customers. For example, a sari with brocade and zari work is always in demand during the wedding season," he explains.Read more at:cheap prom dresses

How Working With Celebrities Like The Bachelorette Built A Business

(Photo:formal dresses uk) She counts Rihanna, Kylie Minogue and Amal Clooney as clients, but celebrity makeup artist and business owner Helen Dowsley now has a new friend in the spotlight -- Bachelorette Sam Frost.
Dowsley said she was “thrilled” when Frost requested Dowsley to work exclusively with her on set for The Bachelorette series.
She was the head makeup artist for The Bachelor, overseeing a team of artists working with the contestants, and, like most of Australia, was stunned when Blake Garvey rescinded his proposal to Frost.
“I was with Sam last year and we were all so shocked at what happened and I was so grateful that Sam actually asked for me to be on it so I could go on this part of her life with her,” she said.
“Sammy was amazing, absolutely amazing.
“She had a lot of trust in me and I would show her reference shots of what I was thinking for her makeup that day and her thing was always ‘love ya Helso, love the idea’.”
But this kind of celebrity favouritism is no accident -- it’s the result of years of hard work and tenacity to build a successful business based purely on Dowsley’s name and personal brand.
“When you’re a freelancer the only thing you’ve got is your name and you’re only as good as your last job,” she told The Huffington Post Australia.
“In this industry, you need to be very ethical in what you do and instil trust and keep your mouth shut because there are a lot of things we know, especially spoilers and things like that, so it’s very, very important to me to have a good name.”
Dowsley, who dreamed of being a makeup artist in Hollywood as a girl, has always worked for herself in TV, with celebrities and at fashion shows -- but it’s not for the reasons you might think.
In the 1990s in Australia she was a single mum and a widow -- and apparently a big risk.
“We mostly had men as bosses and they just didn’t realise what women could achieve,” she said.
“And so the only way I could do it was working for myself whether it was in a salon or working on a celebrity because nobody really would employ me.”
Three years ago, after thinking about it for many years, Dowsley expanded her business to sell ethically-produced and handmade synthetic lashes online.
She said it was a big decision -- and she has learnt what not to do in the world of e-commerce -- but she just knew she had to get out there and “have a go”.
“My secret has always been eyelashes. I’d always use lashes even when others weren’t using them at all,” she said.
“I was really confident about the businesses, but you do tend to second guess yourself.
“I wanted to do it a long time ago but I thought ‘why would I be any different? Why would it work for me, just little old Helen from Coogee?’”
Three years on and her lashes are used by every leading makeup artist in Australia, worn by celebrities on the Golden Globes red carpet and by TV celebs here, including Frost, of course.
Her lashes also made their debut at this year’s Sydney Fashion Week, featuring in the Watson X Watson and Jennifer Kate shows.
She said using her own name for the lashes line, Helen Dowsley Lashes, was never her idea -- it was the brainchild of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia’s Mark Bouris with whom she worked on the reality show.
“I didn’t want to use my name. I felt quite embarrassed about it,” she said.
“But Mark said big companies that were interested in where I was going said that I should do it under my name because of what I do and my reputation.”
And Dowsley’s reputation is what keeps the clients coming back, and has allowed her lashes business to flourish.

“The amount of times I get orders and it’s through referral it makes my heart jump for joy because I haven’t done anything to get them. It’s purely from having a good name and working with people and it getting out there,” she said.Read more at:evening gowns