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Wednesday 11 May 2011

Fashion Styles











Fury as 12-year-old'model"fronts World fashion show

A 12-year-old has caused a media frenzy after she was chosen to front one of the world's largest fashion shows.
Blonde-haired, blue-eyed Maddison Gabriel was picked as the official ambassador of Gold Coast Fashion Week in Australia and has also worn a number of revealing outfits for the Queensland event.
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Maddison Gabriel insists she can 'fit into women's clothes'
The country's Prime Minister John Howard strongly criticised the decision saying it was unacceptable.
He said: "Catapulting girls as young as 12 into something like that is outrageous."
Mr Howard wants Australia to follow the example of Europe and ban models younger than 16 appearing on catwalks.
"There should be age limits, I mean there has to be, we do have to preserve some notion of innocence in our society," he said.
But the 5ft 7ins youngster, who turned 13 yesterday, believed she deserved to win the modelling competition to become the 'face' of the show.
"I believe that I can fit into women's clothes. I can model women's clothes, so I should be able to do it," she said.
"It doesn't matter about age, it matters that you can do the job. Modelling is all I've wanted to do since I was six - I don't think I'm too young."
Maddison has signed an exclusive media deal and contracted an experienced celebrity agent since the furore broke.
Her mother Michelle Gabriel has defended her child's right to model and demanded an apology from the Prime Minister.
"I believe the Prime Minister is getting very doddery," she said.
"He does not know exactly what 13 and 14-year-old girls are like. I used to vote for him. We're trying to get our teenage daughters to act older. I am so happy that I've got a daughter who has got a good head on her shoulders."
And Fashion Week spokesman Kelly Wieler said Maddison was not too young.
"Maddy got in because she was the best contestant - the judges saw that she was fit to do the job."
She added that the schoolgirl would not be modelling swimwear or lingerie.

Last Nights Episode Of “The Fashion Show” Had Nothing To Do With Fashion

The Fashion Show RecapBravo
“The Fashion Show” is supposedly about “real fashion, for real women.” I never bought the whole “real women” shtick and remained even more unconvinced after last week’s episode when all the contestants balked at the challenge of designing an outfit for a woman who weighed in at over a whopping two lbs. Whatevs, I don’t really care if the show is about “real people.” Reality TV is nothing about real people anyway. I want fabulous and disastrous fashion (in equal doses, please), snarky judges and crazy contestants. I don’t think I am asking for much, especially considering the fact that this is “The Fashion Show.” And yet, last night’s episode was oddly devoid of fashion. Sure there was fabric, but fabric clearly took a backseat to contrived drama and Kelly Rowland’s rant.
I knew I was in trouble the second Rico couldn’t remember Sarah Palin’s name. When Bravo starts pulling up irrelevant soundbites like that, it usually foreshadows a show lacking in content and trying to make up for it with outrageous statements. The mini challenge of designing a graphic-tee based on a high school clique was cute enough. Some of the clique categories were a bit dopey, like “b-girl” and “mean girl,” but I get that the producers needed enough cliques for the number of contestants and had to make up a few to even out the numbers. Plus, I am still cackling to myself that “mean girl” is a clique. Tina Fey should be proud. Anyway, the main challenge was actually intriguing: making an outfit inspired by the look for a girl in her 20’s. At this very moment hope swelled in my heart—I was actually curious how the designers would take a trend a 16-year-old would wear and use that as inspiration for a more sophisticated version for a girl in her twenty-somethings.
The catwalk was not a disappointment. Most of the looks really were creative takes on cliched styles. As I am not a skater, I probably won’t be wearing Haven’s sophisticated skater look, but if I saw a girl walking down the street in it, I would think she looked pretty badass. Even though I mocked Merlin’s “mean girl” category, he actually pulled out an outfit a bit too pink for my personal taste, but is definitely something I could see Regina George wearing when she goes back to being a bitch in college in “Mean Girls 2.” Good thing I was not in the studio or I would have tackled Rico’s model and run off with the white strapless dress with the plaid vest. Overall there were few flops. With almost every look I was like “that’s so clever, I hadn’t thought of that style in that way before.” Of course there were some busts. Johnny R’s fringe leggings…yeah, I am speechless too. They were fugly as well as completely unrelated to jock fashion. I didn’t get Angel’s b-girl look, but I guess that is why she was voted off the fashion island.
For all the fashion chat I bet you thought the show actually talked about the fantastic runway show. Nope. The last half of the show was devoted to Kelly’s temper tantrum and and sewing room drama. The judges ripped into Angel for not knowing b-girl style. Yes, Angel’s outfit was dopey and uninspired, and her defense that she was unfamiliar with hip-hop culture because she was from Indiana was lame.
But this is why “The Fashion Show” is such a poor substitute for “Project Runway.” Instead of talking about all the great designs, the judging basically consisted of Kelly proclaiming her “great respect” for hip-hop and how insulted she was that it was portrayed in such an insulting manner. Kelly, who do you think you are fooling? Did you think that by saying you revere hip-hop (a genre your own music barely fits into), people will think of you as a fashion expert rather than as a singer posing as a fashion expert? I am not buying that. She ranted and raved (much as I am doing now) about the great disrespect shown to the hip-hop community, but come on, the outfit wasn’t nearly good enough to make any kind of statement, let alone an offensive one.

What’s Fashion About?”



"What’s Fashion About?” is the title of the 77th Pitti Uomo [Pitti for Men] Fashion Show which is taking place at the Fortezza da Basso in Florence until 15th January. This is the event that opens the international fashion fair season every year and exhibitors from all segments of the fashion industry participate, including textile manufacturers, garment makers, textile machinery and technology manufacturers, embroidery companies, makers of trimmings and accessories and even laundries. In all 730 exhibitors and 905 brands are participating.

The organisers say that, because of the recession, all fashion houses have been rethinking their strategies and Pitti have reflected this by breaking with tradition in the design of this year’s exhibition space. Spanish designer and architect Patricia Urquiola has revolutionised the design of the main pavilion and, on the lower floor, she has created a “fashion district”. Here the exhibitors’ stands are smaller than in previous years so that there is more space between them to encourage people to stop and talk. “Give up a little of your space so that there is room for all” is the message.

Exhibitors hope that the autumn-winter 2010 – 11 collections will mark a turning point for the industry as it comes out of recession but everything depends on the army of international buyers – 22,000 of them attended the last winter fair - who can make or break a brand. The upturn in the industry’s fortunes is expected to begin with the export market which decreased by 19.6% last year. The fashion companies particularly hope to be able to export their goods to the USA.

Yesterday Lars Nilsson showed elegant outdoor wear for men along with brightly patterned scarves. The waistcoat is definitely back in his suits and evening jackets featured a Bogey cut. Japanese designer Jun Takashaki showed in Italy for the first time in the setting of the Boboli Gardens in the evening. Corleani are showing at the Pitti for the first time. Pitti_W Woman Precollections are showing simultaneously at the Dogana. These are collection previews taking place in an exhibition space designed by Oliviero Baldini.

Men’s Fashion Tips

Every man should have asked himself about matching his socks with his trousers and other assorted questions at some point in his life. But don’t need to have those questions unanswer. However men do like to have their dress and costume styles to hold the promise of something new and of course make something exciting and hopefully. So to add up to the idea of making the men look good in his style and look here are some six important tips listed on men’s fashion that are the rules to live by. And this may be able at least clear up some confusion about a few things.
Mens Fashion Trends
The following are some of the fashion tips that would surely help you look great. First on the line comes the way you match your belt with your shoes. This is of course a good rule to follow. It’s always preeminent to stick on with the traditional colors such as a dark brown or a rich tan or the handsome black. If jeans, are your attire then try with a belt made of fabric or something equally casual but sure not belts with jeans and sneakers and do not combine belt with suspenders.
Mens Fashion Show
Second tip to add up your handsome look is to match your ties and shirts. Mix things a little and experiment with colors. Do not have same color or slightly off ties with solid colored shirts. Keep your ties tasteful, which make you more expressive. Have with diagonal stripes, modern polka-dots, plaids and delicate patterns. Always never forget to make sure that your tie compliments your suit, shirt, sweater or what ever you wear it with. Knots are something that needs to be talked upon when taking fashion in respect. You may select Windsor or the four-in-hand. Whatever you may select just look for a little kicks.

The pleats and the Flat-front are the two ways you have for your pants. Select that most suit you. This third tip on fashion considering these two in concern, may give the flat-front trousers look better than pleated pants more often than not. Pleats help you look more slender. Most say that guys wear pleats because it’s more comfy and the reason to omit the flat-fronts as they are more for athletic bodies. To say on fashion, flat-font trousers are much more fashionable.
Fourthly, the socks- the official rule on socks is that they should match you pant’s color, unless or otherwise if you are wearing black. Even with patterns like stripes in various colors can also be chosen, but that also needs to be matched with pants and shoes. Always stated, most often that, the white socks is to be used only for gym.
Next in the list are the watches- watches are the most imperative accessory that adds the look to what a man wears. Always check your watch does suit your lifestyle and taste. But, if you feel that you are able to get more than one, then that’s great. Else, invest in the most appropriate watch that does match your most of the outfit.
Triple Time-Zone Mens Watch
Finally your eye glasses are to be watched for when you really want to express yourself. Have a few pair of glasses that are in different styles. Make sure that it will suit and enhance your overall look. Be sure that your glasses compliments your face shape and help express your personality.

Elegant Fashion Templates Free Fashion-Templates Poses for Fashion Designing 1

ree Elegant Modern Body Pose Fashion-Templates for Silhouette Fashion Designing

Elegant Templates

To download single files simply click the thumbnail picture you want and when the picture has downloaded to full size it should resize automatically to suit your screen. Next right click the larger picture with your mouse and click on save picture. Save the new picture in My Documents > My Pictures and open it off line or print it out immediately whilst online.
Click here and download your Full Version of the Fashion Drawing Female Outlines eBook for only $9.95.

Elegant Templates

Download the images by clicking on the thumbnails to enlarge them and either save them to your chosen file such as My Pictures or print off immediately.  For some half bodies go to this free fashion-templates page.  For some more full strident bodies go to this free fashion-templates page or for a runner template see this page.

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Like more templates?
Click here and download your Full Version of the Fashion Drawing Female Outlines eBook for only $9.95.
My eBook contains over 40 mixed model poses in 5 sizes of each pose.
Three of these free large fashion sketching figure template poses are included in my ebook Fashion Drawing Figure Templates.  Each pose in the book is repeated in 5 sizes from about 4 to 9 inches.
The elegant pregnant model above would be very suitable for maternity wear fashion design briefs. She is not included in the ebook.
These fashion template files are in JPG format.

Beginner's Instructions to Open an Image File in Microsoft Word

First download and save your image file. Open Microsoft Word and click on File (menu), New, Blank, O.K. 
In your new document in Word go to Insert (Menu), Picture --> from File - Browse to wherever you saved the file -->possibly you saved it in My Documents --> My Pictures.
Click on your selected file and it will open on the Word blank document. Print preview will show it fitting on A4 paper.
You may reproduce the images shown on this page for personal, school or college use for fashion drawing and collage work. They should not be reproduced for profit or sale purposes as part of a CD, DVD, ebook, book, or similar item. Nor should they be used for reproduction on T-shirts, accessories or other clothing.

Fashion Templates Free Modern Body Pose Silhouette Templates for Fashion Designing 2

ree Modern Body Pose Strident Silhouette Fashion-Templates for Fashion Designing

JPG Format Body Outline Fashion Template Files

To download single files simply click the thumbnail picture you want and when the picture has downloaded to full size it should resize automatically to suit your screen. Next right click the larger picture with your mouse and click on save picture.
Save the new picture in My Documents > My Pictures and open it off line or if you prefer simply print it out immediately whilst online.
Download these three FREE strident templates singly from this page.    
Click here and download your Full Version of the Fashion Drawing Female Outlines eBook for only $9.95.

    Strident Fashion Figure Templates

    Download the images by clicking on the thumbnails to enlarge them and either save them to your chosen file such as My Pictures or print off immediately.  For some half bodies go to this free fashion-templates page.
     Copyright Fashion-era.com 2002-2011 ©
    Click here and download your Full Version of the Fashion Drawing Female Outlines eBook for only $9.95.
    2 of these FREE large fashion sketching figure template poses are included in my ebook.  Each pose in the book is repeated in 5 sizes from about 4 to 9 inches.
    My eBook has over 40 original body outlines including some sexy and confident poses.
    These fashion template images are in JPG format.

The Basics of Fashion Sketching

his section is for those nervous of fashion drawing. The hints and tips appear as more detailed information in my ebook, the first Fashion Drawing Figure Templates ebook on the web.
You may have to do some fashion drawing as part of a course or you may simply want to sketch out an idea you have for a special evening dress, ball dress, wedding dress or bridesmaid's dresses. With a little technique most people who insist they cannot draw can achieve a satisfactory fashion drawing. To aid results use some of the following items - you will find the list helpful if you do not have a clue where to start.

Layout Paper

Layout paper is a fine semi opaque paper that allows you to faintly see an image beneath it. This enables you to use a fashion or body template under the top sheet. It has a good quality for a semi opaque paper and is suitable for remounting onto firmer background papers and cards for presentation purposes.

Fashion Silhouette Templates

The easiest way to draw fashion when you have limited skill is to use a template. Here are templates of a model pose in 3 sizes suitable for historical costume work or simple fashion designs. In the next 2 pages there are 2 modern stance fashion pose silhouette templates in strident pose and 2 elegant poses for free download.
If these are not suitable why not purchase my new ebook on Fashion Drawing Figure Templates ebook in a range of over 40 different poses with  5 sizes to each pose.  There are many different poses in my ebook, including elegant, confident, sexy and strident poses as well as back and side view poses and a runner.

Posture, Poses and Template Silhouettes

You should take care to note that anyone in period costume would stand more gracefully, sedately and modestly than a woman after 1960 might pose.  So make any costume history drawings you do on very elegantly posed templates.  Think about how the person you are trying to represent would look posture wise. If you can get the hair right you will also capture the spirit of an era.
The second factor for success is to keep to a theme when sketching a sheet of ideas.  For example concentrate on interesting waist variations or necklines.  The theme will give flow to your designs.

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YOGA CLOTHES FOR MEN

It is a very difficult thing for men to pick up clothes for Yoga.They must know that picking up fashionable clothes  for yoga is not  wise thing.Yes you can pick up fashionable  clothes but you must be able to do your exercises properly.
The very thing that you should emphasise on while you are doing Yoga is that you should pick up things that are comfortable  and allow  free mobility.While you are picking up clothes for Yoga you should not pick up heavy clothes like denims  or pants with traditional buttons and zipper closures.You should  check clothes that will be good for  you to exercise.
You should have clothes that fit well.This is because if you have a big fit then it will be difficult for you to do your exercises.Clothes that are very tight fitting will make it difficult for  you to do your exercises.It is   that you buy clothes that fit because it is then that you can do your  exercises better.
Te pants or shorts that you buy are good for Yoga.Shorts offer freedom for your exercises.
Yoga is an exercise that  you do bare footed and men preferring to wear socks should have socks that allow them to breathe and  allow room to spread the toes and  it should be  socks that do not bunch by making it difficult for you to do your exercises.
A very wise thing to do when picking up clothes for your Yoga is pick a warm top because the Yoga exercises makes you feel hot while you are doing the exercises but later you tend to feel cold after the exercises the warm clothes that you pick with you will be good for after the exercises and it will make you feel better..
Yoga clothes are easy to pick up but you should know what sort of Yoga clothes you will pick up.The tips that are discussed will let you buy clothes that will   doing Yoga easier and better for you.It will keep you away from picking the wrong things and make doing Yoga better and easier.Experience your yoga exercises turning better with these tips.

KNOW TO CARE FOR OILY SKIN

Men have their skin problems.Even if the skin of men are overlooked men interested in looking good and fashionable should take acre of their skin.Oily skin mayber a very disturbing problem for men.But it is not a unsolvable problem.
If you have clogged skin pores ,acne and shiny skin and with lines and wrinkles that are non existent.These are the problems that aman with oily skin may have.Here are things that you can do to manage your skin better.
If you have oil;y skin it is advisable that you exfoliate you skin per week.Exfoliation   effectively takes away dead skin and removes oils from your skin.Exfoliation applies skin cleanser to the skin that is applied with a sponge and it is applied in circular motion over the affected areas of the skin.
An  astringent  skin toner or oil free moisturizer after you have washed the areas of oily skin.You will be better if you do not apply things that make your skin oily.It will make  oily skin better and you will be away from the problems oily skin .
The application of the things that do not enhance the oiliness in your skin is what you should pick up if you have oily skin.
Oily skin makes things difficult for men but follow these tips and you will l know that it is manageable and the problems of oily skin can be maintained and it does not have to be a problem.Do check these tips and you will have  skin that does give you  a problem free skin.

LIPS TIPS

The task of applying lipstick may seem to be very easy but you have to be very good at applying it.Applying lipstick requires that you take care of things that can make your lips look good.It may seem easy but it is actually a thing that you should take care of.
After you have applied lipstick it is advisable that you check out if the lipstick is in your teeth.You checking the lipstick stain is important because if you havelipstick stain on your teeth it will not be good for you because your teeth will get attention than your lips.
After you have applied the lipstick take a two ply tissue.Keep one tissue on your lips and apply  powder on the tissue over the lips. You may find  a little powder on your lips and it will disappear if you press them together.This will allow your  lipstick to not fade away.
If you are wanting to have a bigger bottom lip then you can apply lipstick and apply a lighter lipstick in  between the bottom lip.A shimmery and a  shinier lipstick will be good for getting a bigger bottom lip.
If you are wanting bigger lips then draw a lip line outside your lip line.Take a lip liner that  is the same with the lipstick that you are applying.After this fill the lips with the lipstick.This will make your lips look bigger  if you apply light lip colours or shimmery lipstick it will make your lips look bigger.

TIPS TO MAKE BIG LIPS SMALL

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A set of big pouty lips looks  very good and hot but women may have a problem with big lips. Here are tips that can make your big lips look smaller giving you the look you have been wanting your lips to have.Big lips if it does not look good on  you may really be very disturbing .
Lipstick that have  a nude colour are better than  dark lipsticks.Shiny lipsticks are big no no if you have big lips.Matte lipstick is what you should put on.These things make your lips look smaller and it takes away the attention from the size of your lips.
If you apply foundation then you can apply a little foundation on your lips and then apply lipstick on the lip area.This wll make your lips look smaller.This  is a very wise thing that you can do but it is important that you do it wisely so that you do not look like you have powder on your lips.

JOJOBA OIL FOR YOUR HAIR

Jojoba oil is a very good  thing that you should apply on your hair .Jojoba oil can really make your hair look better  and applying it can give you the hair you have been wanting.Here are tips that will let you know hoiw to apply Jojoba oil to your hair and have very good hair.


TIPS ON PICKING YOUR BEARD

Flaunting a well groomed beard can make you look audacious but it is important that you  have the correct beard style that will accentuate you.The shape of your face is the factor that you should give emphasis on while you are deciding on the style of your beard.


DRESS PANTS AND WEARING THEM

Dress pants are things that men require to have with them.Apart from wearing them properly it is important that you buy the correct dress pants .The tips below will enable you to get the dress pants that will make you look good and tell you how to wear them.



MEN’S FASHION MISTAKES -SAVE THEM FROM REACHING YOUR WARDROBE

Being fashionable comes with the risk of committing fashion mistakes if you are not careful about the clothes you pick up.It is said that a man’s fashion statement is easier to maintain but men’s fashion is not free from mistakes. It is the easy side of men’s attire that makes them careless about what they do with the clothes that they have and this carelessness makes them attract fashion mistakes.However, here are some things, that  I have researched you  should not do and these will keep you safe from the fashion mistakes that you may get yourself in.


Corporate Woman-Groom with power dressing

Power dressing is  an important aspect of the corporate fraternity and with women actively taking a front hold in the corporate sector, it is becoming an extremely important dimension of women’s professional clothing/wear. It is however not necessary that women take to colours that speak of being strictly professional. The workplace is  a vibrant area, what with the the energy and passions of the employees towards  their work. This allows the corporate woman to add a dash of colour and style to her  professionalism.



FASHION MISTAKES

One may be well aware of the style and the skill  required to  look  good but women  are not invincible to the fashion mal function of their wardrobes.Women like men are prone to commit fashion blunders that very well shake the well accepted words that when it comes to fashion, women cannot go wrong.One may be the expert when it comes to style and fashion but one fashion blunder and it will nonetheless shake  one’s image leading to your fans questioning your  fashion  quotient