Amy Winehouse dress fetches $68,000 at auction
A printed chiffon dress worn by the late singer Amy Winehouse for the cover of her chart-topping album “Back to Black” has sold for 43,200 pounds ($68,000) at auction. The hammer price, minus buyer s premium, was 36,000 pounds, still well above pre-sale estimates of 10-20,000 pounds, said a spokeswoman for Kerry Taylor Auctions which specializes in high-end vintage fashion.
Bridal Make up And Gold jewelry collection 2011
From centuries it always been a tradition that A bride make herself more appealing, attractive and stylish on her wedding day. There are numerous ways to preparation of bride.Every bride get ready according to the tradition,style and culture of her country. Some wears traditional Lahngas, some wears Wedding gowns and e.t.c. here we are talking about the traditional jewelry which is always been in fashion from ancient era. Brides wear jewelry from centuries but the style is only change by the time.Kundan jewelry is one of the most wanted jewelry in all over Pakistan and India. It looks so nice by wearing as well as it is not as costly as god and all other ornaments are.The fashion of wearing kundan jewelry is growing very fastly. Here we bring some stunning collection of Kundan jewelry which is looking very mesmerizing.
Brazil fashion week kicks off
SAO PAULO: Despite the arrival of some of the biggest names in the fashion and entertainment world, all eyes at the Winter 2011 fashion week that kicks off here are a new runway star: model Lea T.
Representing French brand Givenchy, the Brazilian model has become a rising figure on the global fashion stage thanks to high-profile appearances on the European market in recent months.
Lea T. now returns home to grace the fashion week runway for the first time as a leading figure, promising to be one of the most photographed models at the event in the hands of famed designer Alexandre Herchcovitch.
Latin America”s top fashion event, the 30th, twice annual Sao Paulo Fashion Week promises to showcase 31 home brands, and set the stage for next winter”s collection.
Among the highlights is the runway appearance walk of top model Gisele Bundchen, the Brazilian beauty who has become the world”s top-paid model, who is set to show off the latest creations of the brand Colcci.
Also at the event is US film star Ashton Kutcher, who arrived in the country late Thursday alongwith his actress wife Demi Moore.
“I”m ready for Brazil. Is Brazil is ready for me?” Kutcher wrote on his hugely popular Twitter account ahead of his arrival here.
Billionaire heiress Paris Hilton was also expected to take to the runway to model Brazilian fashion brand Triton, and singer Christina Aguilera was set to attend to promote a new clothing bearing her name.
Sao Paulo, which has held the fashion week since in 1996, has emerged as a key fixture on the fashion calender, showcasing mold-breaking designs from Brazil”s top fashion houses Ellus, Colcci, Maria Bonita, and leading designers such as Herchcovitch, Reinaldo Lourenco and Ronaldo Fraga.
The Brazilian city”s place alongside New York, Paris and Milan as a fashion capital has also demonstrated Brazil”s growing economic power.
Latin America”s biggest economy, ranked 10th in the world, is currently expanding at nine percent on an annual basis — almost as much as the global champion China.
The event meanwhile seeks to also promote Brazil”s lagging textile industry.
The spring 2012 collection will arrive at Sao Paulo”s second fashion week this year held in June, a perennial favorite for showcasing Brazil”s famed bikini beachware.
Sunlight helpful for skin
Direct sunlight does not affect the skin but some sunlight is important because our skin uses it to produce vitamin D, which helps to build and maintain strong bones, according to a new research.It is a common perception that too much sun is harmful and can damage your skin. But the new research says the sunlight does not damage skin but it is better to spend minimum fifteen minutes under sunlight daily.
WikiLeaks inspires sanitary pad ad in Pakistan
KARACHI: Pakistani advertisers in the feminine hygiene business have harnessed the political notoriety of WikiLeaks to tell women that while the US State Department might leak, they don’t have to.
Advertising sanitary pads on selected billboards in Pakistan’s financial capital Karachi, the latest catchphrase is: “WikiLeaks… Butterfly doesn’t”.
Leaked American diplomatic cables turned the Internet whistleblower into a household name in Pakistan, fascinating and appalling members of the public over reported inner dealings of their political and military elite.
Pakistani advertisers usually avoid the divisive world of politics but advertisers said the commercial had attracted considerable attention.
“We have received a huge response from the public and everyone has commended us on it,” said Syed Amjad Hussain, head of business development at RG Blue Communications, which pitched the advertisement to manufacturers Butterfly.
“It could have been yet another ad showing a girl promoting the sanitary pad, but we made it different, completely different,” art director Munir Bhatti told AFP.
Hussain said the response had been “great” although a fully-fledged media campaign had yet to start.
Coverage of the leaked American cables highlighted Western concerns about the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear arms and politicians’ private support for US drone attacks on Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in the country’s tribal belt.
They also revealed that the Pakistani army considered forcing out President Asif Ali Zardari, who made contingency plans for his assassination. AGENCIES
Strong coffee is not harmful for stomach: Research
It is a good news for coffee lovers that according to health experts, strong coffee does not harm your stomach.
As coffee is the most favourite drink of winters, it was thought that acidity can be caused by extensive usage of coffee in winters. But the experts now claim that acidity has got nothing to do with coffee. The health experts clarified that acidity is caused due to other ingredients in food and not by coffee. It is also mentioned in the research that strong or black coffee can also be used in morning and it will not affect your stomach in any way.
Exercise increases stem cells in muscles: Study
Researchers believe they have come up with the answer as to why regularly working out helps us look and feel younger.
A new study found endurance exercises – such as jogging or taking a spinning class – increases the number of stem cells in our muscles, which helps to rejuvenate them.
Tests showed that lab rats who ran on a treadmill for just 20 minutes a day could increase stem cells by half.
Endurance exercise also appeared to give the older rodents more get up and go.
Michael Jackson’s glove sells for big money
NEW YORK: Michael Jackson’s glove is getting some love.
The King of Pop’s glove from his late ’80s “Bad” tour just sold at a Beverly Hills auction for $330,000, a US-based news agency reports.
Julien”s Auctions said the glove worn by Jackson sold for $330,000 (£209,000) at the “Icons Idols” auction Saturday night. A jacket signed by Jackson brought in $96,000 (£61,000) and a fedora he wore on stage went for $72,000 (£46,000) at the Julien”s Auctions event.
Also hitting the auction block were his jacket and fedora, which sold for $96,000 and $72,000, respectively. Other high-priced items from the auction were an X-ray of Albert Einstein’s brain, which brought in $38,750, and two prescription drug bottles that belonged to screen siren Marilyn Monroe. The bottles sold for $18,750.
Light exercise, jogging helpful in improving memory
Light exercise and jogging can help improve the memory according to a latest research of medical experts. The research also reveals that jogging twice a week is helpful in ameliorating memory as well as controlling the problem of forgetting things. Light jogging stimulates such cell in the brain as are re;ated with retaining things and events. The research has been done on mice in the Cambridge University that showed that mice that used to run were mentally more active.
100 designers who shaped fashion
NEW YORK: From Adolfo to Yohji Yamamoto, Women”s Wear Daily has recorded the A to Z of fashion over the last 100 years. There are the suffragettes, flappers, career women in pantsuits and, later, miniskirts.
Fashion is an industry that”s always on the hunt for the next big thing. Yet, in researching a new book about a century of style, “WWD 100 Years, 100 Designers,” executive editor Bridget Foley found some constants.
“So many designers, when they talk about their work talk about women first,” Foley says. “There”s an ongoing idea and a belief among the very best designers that you have to push forward, but also that you also always have to consider what women will wear.”
For all the declarations of trends, including hemlines, silhouettes and embellishments, Foley finds that most garments – be they skinny jeans or pencil skirts – are consistently available year after year, even when they”re not winning headlines.
And, she adds, however modern and urban we like to think black is, women have been wearing it – regularly – since the 1920s.
The power of buzz has been around even longer.
Some of the designers included in the book were chosen because they literally changed the shape of fashion: Paul Poiret, Claire McCardell and Christian Dior, among them. But someone such as Gabrielle Chanel (known, of course, as Coco) really created an entire culture around a brand.
A 1965 WWD quote about Chanel: “Chanel is more than a look – it”s an institution – it”s a belief and a way of life – which this clever and very crafty artiste has done. She knows that her ever hungry Fashion Barbies are women and girls who eat and drink and dance – and love.”
Winnowing down this list of most influential designers to 100 was harder than it sounds, especially balancing new talent like Jason Wu against Dior and Oscar de la Renta, Foley says.
“Is this all good fashion?” she wonders. “I’m not sure it’s all good fashion, but it”s all representative fashion, and much of it is really good.”
Others who made the cut: Giorgio Armani, Cristobal Balenciaga, Andre Courreges, Francisco Costa, Calvin Klein, Charles James, Norma Kamali, Laura and Kate Mulleavy of Rodarte, Donna Karan, Madeline Vionnet, and both Gianni and Donatella Versace.
