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San Francisco Fashion Week 2011: when beauty meets technology

Bay Area is hosting San Francisco Fashion Week 2011

Sydney Fashion Festival 2011: Myer’s Big is Beautiful controversial show.   Hélène Rochas, the French elegance icon, died at 84.   A New Beginning is the theme of San Francisco Fashion Week 2011, that is taking  place this week from Monday through Sunday.   Bay Area is hosting San Francisco Fashion Week 2011 The San Francisco Fashion and Merchandising Alliance (SFFAMA) tried to redesign the…

New York Fashion Week: Spring/Summer 2013 collections start coming today

New York Fashion Week shifts into high gear with nearly 300 shows and presentations over eight days

OX • 11:00 AM RICHARD CHAI at STAGE • 1:00 PM CHADWICK BELL at STUDIO • 2:00 PM TADASHI SHOJI at STAGE • 2:30-3:30 PM MONIKA CHIANG at BOX • 3:00 PM ARISE MAGAZINE PRESENTS: AFRICAN ICONS at THEATRE • 4:00 PM SUPIMA, KATE WILKOFF, JACKIE SIEFERT, EDUARDO CALVO, ABBEY GLASS, KYLE PEARSON, MEREDITH LYON, NATALIE YEPES, YVONNE LUONG at STUDIO • 6:00-11:00 PM FASHION’S NIGHT OUT at WORLDWIDE • 7…

Sydney Fashion Festival 2011: Myer’s Big is Beautiful controversial show.

Australian department store Myer hosted Big is Beautiful fashion launch during Sydney's Fashion Festival 2011

San Francisco Fashion Week 2011: when beauty meets technology.   Australian department store Myer hosted Big is Beautiful fashion launch during Sydney’s Fashion Festival 2011 on Tuesday, hiring plus-size girls to model outfits by various labels.   Sydney Fashion Festival, known as Mercedes-Benz Sydney Fashion Festival (MBFF Sydney), is Sydney’s premier fashion and lifestyle event and i…

Vogue promises to ban underweight and underage models

In a statement published across all of its 19 international editions on Thursday, Vogue’s editors promised not to picture models under the age of 16 or those who they believe have an eating disorder

and help to promote a healthy body image.” Girls under the age of 16 have already been banned from catwalks in London and the US, but this is the first time a magazine has issued its own standards. In 2009, Alexandra Shulman spoke out against the practice of designers providing tiny sample sizes. She sent a strongly worded letter to fashion houses saying she had been forced to hire girls “with jut…

Mercedes Benz Fashion Swim Week: bold colours, high waists and plenty of prints

High waisted L Space bikini gives a glimpse into the next summer trends at Mercedes Benz Swim Fashion week in Miami

This year Mercedes Benz Fashion Swim Week in Miami is transformed into the year’s biggest lesson in beach basics. Featuring almost 2,000 brands, the swim shows give a glimpse into the trends of next summer, from sleek one-pieces to busy printed patterns, figure-flattering high waists, and plenty of sand-ready string bikinis. While Anna Wintour was absent from the front row, other notable at…

Ireland Baldwin at Jeffrey Fashion Cares 10th Anniversary Fashion Show 2013

Ireland Baldwin attended the Jeffrey Fashion Cares 10th Anniversary fashion show 2013 in New York

Ireland Baldwin attended the Jeffrey Fashion Cares 10th Anniversary fashion show 2013 in New York on Tuesday. As she has already joined the fashion elite at only 17, the 6’2′ beauty showed that she’s ready to be taken seriously in a black sheath dress and matching blazer. Ireland Baldwin attended the Jeffrey Fashion Cares 10th Anniversary fashion show 2013 in New York Ireland Baldwin, daug…

Labor Day 2012: special events and getaways

The first Labor Day Parade was held in New York City, on September 5 1882, and there's still one in NYC today, with trade union members, high school bands, politicians, police and fire departments, and more

rt, s’mores at outdoor fire pits, live music, poolside BBQ, and a dive-in movie, plus the usual biking, guided hikes, golf, and fly-fishing. In Texas, the Texas: Barton Creek Resort & Spahas 4000 acres in the Hill Country near Austin, a kids club for ages 6 months and up, and an annual Labor Day Weekend package. In New York state, the Villa Roma Resort Hotel in the Catskills – two…

Why are corset sales rising so fast?

Corset sales are booming, part of a massive trend for body shaping underwear

ple are turning to one of the greatest symbols of the Victorian era. Corsets are making a comeback. Rigby & Peller, the Queen’s brassiere-maker, says sales of traditional corsets in May were 45% up on 2011. Ebay has reported a 185% rise in the number of corsets being sold over the last three months, with 1,900 listed over the period. It says most corsets are bought in the UK (40%), the U…

H&M’s latest collection features pieces identical to high-end designs by Balenciaga, Celine and Kenzo

H&M's white jersey bustier looks strangely similar to Balenciaga's white crop top from the spring 2013 collection

…customers, it seems to have found an answer in high-end designs once again. One white jersey bustier, retailing for $19.95, looks strangely similar to Balenciaga’s white crop top from the spring 2013 collection – which Kristen Stewart turned heads wearing at last year’s On The Road premiere. The thermoformed crossover top, made of laser cut-outs, retails at Balenciaga for $1,535….

British Fashion Awards 2012: Stella McCartney wins Designer of the Year and Designer Brand of the Year awards

Stella McCartney was awarded Designer of the Year and Designer Brand of the Year at British Fashion Awards 2012 at London's Savoy hotel

Stella McCartney was the big winner of the British Fashion Awards 2012, taking home two major awards. Stella McCartney, daughter of Sir Paul McCartney and a mother-of-four, was awarded Designer of the Year and Designer Brand of the Year at a star-studded event at London’s Savoy hotel. The double win follows a momentous year for Stella McCartney, most notably her Team GB kit designs for the…

Bufferin, Excedrin, NoDoz, Gas-X Recalled. When will they be back?

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…suspended operations as well as shipments from the site A one-time charge currently estimated at USD 120 million related to the recall and improvement efforts will be taken in the fourth quarter of 2011 by Novartis Consumer Health Inc. Novartis is fully committed to maintaining high quality standards of its products Basel, January 8, 2012 – Novartis Consumer Health Inc. (NCH) informed custom…

Barack Obama combines official duties with campaign events in New York and charges taxpayers

Before the fundraisers, one at Sarah Jessica Parker's house and one at the five-star Plaza Hotel, Barack Obama scheduled a visit to the World Trade Center site

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Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal comes into effect

Under the ceasefire deal, Israel has agreed to end all hostilities and targeted killings, while Hamas will stop attacks against Israel and along the border

A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement has come into effect. Under the deal, Israel has agreed to end all hostilities and targeted killings, while Hamas will stop attacks against Israel and along the border. At least 157 people have died since the flare-up of violence began last week. Both sides continued to fire on each other as the 21:00 ceasefire deadline approached, but…

The Diamond Jubilee – Frequently Asked Questions

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r this bank holiday central weekend? On Saturday 2 June, The Queen will attend the Epsom Derby. On Sunday 3 June the Big Jubilee Lunch and the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant will take place. On Monday 4 June a concert will be held at Buckingham Palace and a network of beacons will be lit throughout the UK and the Commonwealth. On Tuesday 5 June a Service of Thanksgiving will be held at St. Paul’s…

New York Fashion Week: Kira Dikhtyar reveals horrifying dieting methods used by models to shed weight ahead of catwalk appearances

Russian model Kira Dikhtyar has revealed the horrifying extremes employed by her peers in the fashion industry ahead of catwalk appearances

Russian model Kira Dikhtyar has revealed the horrifying extremes employed by her peers in the fashion industry ahead of catwalk appearances. As another round of New York Fashion Week gets underway, Kira Dikhtyar admits getting down to sample size-zero is no mean feat, and some girls are prepared to do anything to lose pounds quickly. According to Kira Dikhtyar, 22, packs of cigarettes, diet pills…

LK Bennett shoes price tag is rocketing due to Kate Effect

Kate Middleton’s beloved LK Bennett “Sledge” shoe has gone up by $32 since she first wore them 18 months ago

…she wore it for the announcement of her engagement in November 2011 has since risen by an astonishing £110 (from £385 to £495). Whereas it was noted the UK inflation rate for food and clothing rose by 3.5% earlier this year, items with Kate Middleton stamp of approval have gone up by anything from a startling 12% to an eye-watering 28%. So what’s behind this Kate-flation? Spokespeople for LK Benne…

Paris Fashion Week: Kristen Stewart arrives for the Spring/Summer 2013 Balenciaga show

Kristen Stewart was in good spirits as she arrived for Balenciaga ready-to-wear show at Paris Fashion Week

Kristen Stewart was in good spirits as she arrived for the Spring/Summer 2013 Balenciaga ready-to-wear show at Paris Fashion Week. Kristen Stewart, 22, stayed loyal to the French-based fashion house with an outfit by the designer Nicolas Ghesquiere. She went for a chic biker look in floral-patterned monochrome jeans, ankles boots, loose black top and a yellow leather jacket. The actress is also a…

Body Shape Recognition For Online Fashion: virtual tape measure advises online shoppers what size to select

Body Shape Recognition For Online Fashion promises to make badly fitting clothes a thing of the past

A revolutionary “virtual tape measure” – known as Body Shape Recognition For Online Fashion – promises to make badly fitting clothes (and even badly lit fitting rooms) a thing of the past, advising the user on which size dress, trouser or top they should buy in every retailer. The web-based body-scanner would take detailed measurements of the body via webcam or smartphone, create a 3D…

Placebo effect appears in people with a particular version of COMT gene

A study in the journal PLoS ONE suggests that some people responding to treatments that have no active ingredients in them may be down to their genes

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Free Mass Effect 3 Resurgence DLC pack available on April 10

Free Mass Effect 3 Resurgence DLC pack will be available on April 10

Mass Effect 3 fans may have to wait before they get the Extended Cut DLC this summer, but that doesn’t mean they will have to wait until three or more months from now to get some new content. BioWare and EA today announced that Mass Effect 3 will be getting its first significant post-launch DLC pack on April 10 and, much to everyone’s surprise, said DLC will be made available to Mass Effect 3 pla…

M&S Drop a Dress Size Collection promises to make you look a whole size slimmer

M&S Drop a Dress Size Collection promises to make you look a whole size slimmer

…e waist to cinch and shape, while smoothing out lumps and bumps. Available in sizes 8-22, the £59 ($93) designs are simple day-to-eveningwear M&S says will look great now and last well into autumn 2013. According to M&S: “Targeted reinforcement gives the wearer a more supported and streamlined silhouette thus giving the illusion of a slimmer shape in seconds.” But M&S isn’t the o…

British Fashion Awards 2012: Cara Delevingne named Model of the Year

Cara Delevingne's achievements were entered into the fashion world Hall of Fame as she was named model of the year at the British Fashion Awards

to the international fashion scene over the past year. “Cara’s unique sense of style and flair in front of the camera has made her one of the most prominent names in fashion, walking in an impressive 31 shows in September after being described as the star face of autumn/winter 13 by British Vogue,” they said. The 20-year-old model, who also bagged a small role in this year’s remake of Tolst…

Black Friday 2012: Best Fashion Deals From A to Z

Black Friday 2012 A to Z guide of the most stylish sales

…ounts. This year, sartorially-inclined shoppers will find some of the best deals at Tibi, where fall collections will be 60% off, and J Crew Factory, where already discounted items will have a further 40% off. For the cheapest bargains, head to H&M, where party dresses will cost from just $5, and Forever 21, which will have some items going for just a dollar. Earlybirds will most definitely be…

Kardashian Kollection: Kim Kardashian shows off her famous curves in a tight red dress from her own fashion collection

Kim Kardashian stopped traffic as she showed off her curvy body in the red Kardashian Kollection dress in London

Kim Kardashian showed off her new fashion range, Kardashian Kollection, on the model she knows best – herself. Kim Kardashian, 32, stopped traffic as she showed off her curvy body in the red Kardashian Kollection dress on Thursday, in London. And at just £40 ($60), proves you don’t need to spend a fortune to looks a million dollars. Kim Kardashian was returning to the Dorchester Hotel…

Israel passed a law banning models with less than 18.5 BMI from advertisements or fashion shows

Israel passed a law banning models from advertisements or fashion shows if they measure less than 18.5 on the body mass index

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