HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein Attends the Cartier International Dubai Polo Challenge 2009
HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein poses with the Qatar and Emirates NDB teams DUBAI, UAE, Mar 31, 2009 / — The year’s most prestigious and celebrated polo tournament in the desert took place on Friday March 27th, 2009 at the prominent Desert Palm Hotel, under the patronage of and attended by HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, Wife of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid...
Krizia Robustella Fall 2009: ‘Eat it or Take it Away’
Krizia Robustella Fall 2009 MADRID, Mar 31, 2009 / FW/ — Even press notes from designers are getting creative. This is the nth poem I have seen so far this season. Are our designers closet poets at heart? It seems that way. EAT IN OR TAKE AWAY Written by Ranto On one side the sea, on the other a pine grove, We get out of my car with a steady step, We take the delicacies...
The Brandery, a new Fashion Brands Trade Show at Fira Barcelona
The Brandery DALLAS, Mar 31, 2009 / FW/ — With the success of 080 Barcelona, the appeal of Spain’s second largest city to the fashionista continues with The Brandery, a new fashion brands trade show slated on July 7 to 9, 2009 at the Montjuic, Fira Barcelona. Dubbed as a professional contemporary urban fashion trade show, The Brandery aims to bring 250 national...
El Delgado Buil Fall 2009: Super Furry Animals
El Delgado Buil Fall 2009 MADRID, Mar 31, 2009 / FW/ — At the risk of attracting PETA’s wrath, El Delgado Buil announced that its collection for Fall 2009 would be about super furry animals. El Delgado Buil did send out fur, but it was not a fur fest as one would expect. It turned out to be a tongue-in-cheek treatment of animal skin. The fur was real, it was obvious;...
Gwyneth Paltrow & Rachel Zoe to Launch their own Clothing Lines
Gwyneth Paltrow in July 2008 (file photo) DALLAS, Mar 31, 2009 / FW/ — Gwyneth Paltrow and Rachel Zoe join the list of celebrity fashion designers as they launch their own clothing lines. The London Telegraph reported that Gwyneth Paltrow is collaborating with French label ZOEtee’s, who are renowned for their loungewear and jersey separates for the Oscar-winning...
Trish Carroll Designs Limited Edition Footwear Collection for Target
Miss Trish of Capri for Target LOS ANGELES, Mar 31, 2009 / FW/ — Chic and cheap had taken on a new meaning in relation to the current Wall Street headlines. Usually associated with a tongue-in-cheek attitude towards fashion, the term chic and cheap had become literal as fashionistas also literally tighten their belts. Enter accessories designer Trish Carroll. Collaborating...
Country Club Plaza: First U.S. Shopping Mall Catering to Car Riding Public
Country Club Plaza DALLAS, Mar 31, 2009 / FW/ — The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan might have been the first enclosed shopping mall and the direct progenitor of the modern shopping center, but it was here in the U.S., in Kansas City where the first ever shopping center in the world designed to accommodate shoppers arriving by automobile was born. It opened...
Palace of Versailles: Court Pomp and Royal Ceremony
The Palace and the gardens of Versailles PARIS, Mar 30, 2009 / FW/ — Versailles, home of the French royalty, is forever etched in our mind as the epitome of French luxury and finery. And as a true testament to court life during the 17th and 18th century, the Palace of Versailles is aptly housing the first exhibition comprising of more than 200 exceptional pieces...
Top Shop and VF Corporation Open New Stores Despite Recession
Top Shop New York NEW YORK, Mar 30, 2009 / FW/ — London-based Top Shop and VF Corporation, owner of the brands Nautica, The North Face, Lee Jeans and Vans are buckling the ‘closing of stores’ trends. Instead, these two retailers are opening new locations to survive the financial turmoil. For Top Shop, its Manhattan location was originally scheduled to open last...
Roberto Torretta Fall 2009: Shape Takes a Major Importance
Roberto Torretta Fall 2009 MADRID, Mar 30, 2009 / FW/ —The ROBERTO TORRETTA winter 2009 collection has taken on a new sophistication. Where shape and volume take on major importance and contrast is paramount. It celebrates the femininity of the future that is contaminated by references of the past. The collection takes its inspiration from influences from seventies...
Make the Most Use of Your Retail Signage
Store Window DALLAS, Mar 30, 2009 / FW/ — According to a recent survey by Xmo Strata, one of the leading sign installation and maintenance firms in the UK, British retail managers believe the effect of poor signage is commercially damaging. Yet, despite that belief, only 28% of the survey group said their company had a sign maintenance program; hence, retail signage,...
