Beam Me Up Scotty! London Welcomes 2009 with a Bang
London New Year’s Eve fireworks LONDON, Dec 31, 2008 / FW/ — New York has the 12-foot geodesic sphere ball from Waterford Crystal to welcome the New Year. London is celebrating it with thousand-year tradition – pyrotechnics. And for 2009, there is a high-tech added attraction – personal messages from international icons will be sharing their message of goodwill...
Live Luggage for your Favorite Fashionista
Live Luggage LONDON, Dec 31, 2008 / FW/ — At 700 British pounds for one, Live Luggage might be a bit on the expensive side for the fashionista who had turned into a frugalista during this dire economic time. But, if fashionistas you know is a stylista, Live Luggage is a lifesaver especially with the upcoming Fall 2009 fashion season. As most fashion journos, now...
Sarah Palin Named Most Desirable Celebrity Neighbor for 2009
Sarah Palin LOS ANGELES, Dec 31, 2008 / FW/ — Sarah Palin might have lost the election, but U.S. adults would like most to be neighbors with the Governor of Alaska, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive and commissioned by real estate website Zillow.com Narrowly edging out Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Palin garnered 14% of the vote, compared to Winfrey’s...
Kina Fernández Spring 2009: Summer Breeze
Kina Fernandez Spring 2009 MADRID, Dec 30, 2008 / FW/ — Short light dresses, volumes which rest softly on hips, sailor stripes and checkers in a pure sailor-chic style which become more feminine with draped necklines and luminous silks, Kina Fernandez proposes calm and delicate silhouettes that are almost ethereal. Imaginary sea breeze and the softest summer colors...
Hannibal Laguna Spring 2009: Sweet Delirium
Hannibal Laguna Spring 2009 MADRID, Dec 30, 2008 / FW/ — Sweet, sensual and feminine, Hannibal Laguna proposed a delicate collection of fragile, nocturnal silhouettes that captivate, merge and soften elegant features. With a play on textures, the cloths caress, surround, and even envelop a woman’s body to create a delicious glacé effect. Opting for satin, organza...
New Year at Times Square: Bigger, Brighter and Greener for 2009
New Year's Eve Ball NEW YORK, Dec 30, 2008 / FW/ — The countdown for 2009 has begun. At 11:59 PM, Dec 31, 2008, the new Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball will drop from the top of One Times Square to signal the coming of the New Year. A global tradition, approximately one million people watch it live at New York’s Times Square, millions more watch on TV nationwide...
Winterize Your Skin from the Inside Out with Diet, Vitamins & Exercise
Skin Supplement NEW YORK, Dec 30, 2008 / FW/ — Moisturizers, don’t leave home without it! Winter winds and cold temperatures can leave skin screaming for help this season. But, do you know that what you eat and the lifestyle you lead also affects your skin? A new research, 2008 “Life…supplemented” Healthcare Professionals (HCP) Impact Study revealed...
Chanel Cuts 200 Jobs in Response to Recession
Chanel store window DALLAS, Dec 29, 2008 / FW/ — It looks like the luxury market is not totally recession proof as everyone used to believe. French fashion house Chanel, leading luxury purveyor is “200 jobs as fears grow that the supposedly recession proof luxury market is falling victim to the global credit crisis,” reported The Guardian in London. The same...
Carmen March Spring 2009: Full of Color and Effortless Chic
Carmen March Spring 2009 MADRID, Dec 29, 2008 / FW/ — For Carmen March, the summer of 2009 is filled with color and effortless chic. Blending male shirt fabrics in 100% organic cotton and linen, March created contemporary feminine silhouettes. Dotty trousers, trouser-skirts, very short dresses and skirts, and draped designs and flounces which emerge from unexpected...
Jose Miro Spring 2009: Complementary Concepts
Jose Miro Spring 2009 MADRID, Dec 29, 2008 / FW/ — Flâneur, the term used by Baudelaire and other thinkers and analysts in culture, economy and history, is used as a reference to explain the urban phenomenon and modernity. Just like flâneur, fashion and its users are complementary concepts which are both continuously evolving. Walkers with no fixed destination,...
Imagine: John Lennon with a Laptop
One Laptop Per Child www.laptop.org DALLAS, Dec 29, 2008 / FW/ — He has been gone for 28 years, but John Lennon’s message of ‘Imagine all the people, Sharing all the world’ is still being heard in the four corners of the globe. Through the use of digital technology, the former Beatle urges people across the United States to support a campaign by “One...
