 Floral kan ha vært sesongens foretrukne trend, men det er stiler her for enhver mann og enhver anledning, sier Radhika Dhawan Det bemerkelsesverdige ansiktstrekk av nye menn luksus trender er enkelheten (for det meste) og komfort element. Etter ca et halvt tiår av velsmakende foppishness synes dette å være øyeblikket når noen trekker tilbake for noe renere og enklere. Noen kalte det "Smasuals" - det er trygt å si at smart casual trenden har kommet. Menn er tilbake til konseptet av luksus likhetstegn mellom komfort og denne gangen med en mer laidback tilnærming. Det synes å være vilje blant de med mer dristig sartorial valg å bryte dress og eksperimentere i jakten på det perfekte antrekket med et sterkt ønske blant designere og merker for å hjelpe dem gjøre det. Her er et par av sesongens top trender og noen stykker å eie. Store sjekker/sjakkmatt Kontrollene er allerede en stor stift i menns garderober men i år de er tatt svært alvorlig. Forvent dem å funksjonen på alt fra t-skjorter bukser og skjorter. Flotte med denne trenden er dens allsidighet. Legge til en subtil, dempet av et antrekk for et snev av detaljering eller gå ut i head-to-toe, store sjekker i sterke farger. Mine herrer, gjerne hente ut de Burberry skjortene, vil du være rett på trend. Andre store design hus som Brioni, Alexander Wang, Alfred Dunhill, Alexander McQueen, Hugo Boss og Giorgio Armani med sin egen tolkning av sjekken for 2014, bare betyr at mønsteret er her å bli i lang tid. Fortsatt å din indre dandy? Toby Bateman, kjøpe direktør MRPORTER.COM sier, "følger Thom Browne som han tar mønstret sport jakke til sin logiske konklusjon med denne iøynefallende papirutgaven. Vi ville ha den med en hvit Oxford shirt– og en selvsikker skritt.» Denne trenden er så lett å plukke opp og gå med at du ikke virkelig få det galt. Nøytrale Balmain, Ermenegildo Zegna, Canali, Michael Kors, Etro, Bottega Veneta, Dolce & Gabbana, Alexander McQueen alle innlemmet nøytrale i sine samlinger og naken toner - peachy rosa, nøytral akt, kremer, grå eller grunnleggende beige - på en rekke design. Selv om ofte brukt til å utfylle et antrekk, er noen ganger en nøytral nyanse alt du trenger å gjøre en sofistikert stil uttalelse. Trekke sammen en vellykket ensfarget ensemble må nøye overveielse ved å blande farger og teksturer. Bateman påpeker, "det er noe med krem klær som lar dem beholde en urokkelig aura av eksklusivitet. Kanskje er det fordi de viser at en mann har god smak å velge kremen over hvit, eller kanskje det er til Implikasjonen at han har penger og tid å være ubekymret av fargens glamorøse upraktisk." Hvis tonale dressing er ikke for deg vil deretter en nøytral egen sammen med moderne kramper som slim-fit jeans eller chinos oppnå den perfekte balansen mellom klassisk og moderne. Slip-on joggesko Inspirert av flat-soled sko som skateboardere slitasje, slip-on joggesko er en av de viktigste trendene denne sesongen. Det er noe spesielt tiltalende om disse lett joggesko bokstavelig forsinket av og på, om du treffer stranden eller fjerne sikkerhet på flyplassen. Dette fantastisk enkel å bære slip-on joggesko er litt smartere enn Fëanors blonder opp, og det betyr at de er allsidig nok til å være forbundet med en slim-utrustning Dress bare og jeans, chinos eller shorts. Selv om dette ikke konvensjonelle ni til fem se, kan du bare komme unna med en dempet på kontoret, avhengig av alvorlighetsgraden av kleskode. Med Bottega Veneta vevd semsket skinn til Alexander McQueen dristige skallen motiv og andre som Lanvin, isfjell, Yohji Yamamoto, Bally, Maison Martin Margiela, Jimmy Choo og Valentino, for å nevne noen, utlån denne enkle, avslappet sneaker en aura av raffinement gjennom bruken av materialer av høy kvalitet, kan du være trygg på at du kan være iført dem dag til natt ganske snart. Les hele artikkelen her.
Two issues in, and Dorian Grinspan already possesses a Manhattan apartment befitting the editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine. After exiting an elevator best described as European—cramped, carpeted, as old as it smells—guests walk into a penthouse with lacquered black floors, a functioning fireplace, a zebra hide, off-white couches, and ceilings high enough to dwarf the already spare décor. Five tall windows look onto Gramercy Park, to which he has a key. “I like to answer my e-mails there,” he says. Grinspan collapses into a sofa, curling his limbs into a jagged apostrophe. In an accent that reveals his upbringing in Paris, he says he looked at 30 or so appartements earlier in the year, and took the one that happens to share a floor with Carla Sozzani, owner of the Milan luxury emporium 10 Corso Como. She bought her place from her sister Franca, Vogue Italia’s editor-in-chief, for $1.7 million earlier this year. I wonder how Sozzani feels about the big pile of magazines on the landing between their apartments. There, her 21-year-old neighbor has stacked about 50 copies of the spring 2013 issue of Out of Order,the high-end fashion, art, and culture magazine he runs when he’s not studying for exams or trying to convince professors that, yes, he really needs to miss finals to attend Paris Fashion Week. (“My dean says it’s not really an excuse, so now I always have an ‘illness’ or something.”) Though it’s three years (and only two issues) old, it feels more established: Woody Allen agreed to be photographed and interviewed for the debut issue, and the next one featured a Ryan McGinley profile and retrospective along with pictures of the model Arizona Muse with her young son. The second cover story was by Larry Clark, the director of Kids, about a tween skateboarder whom Clark found and photographed in Texas. The operation is professional enough that Grinspan and Rich Aybar, a stylist he knows, convinced labels like Givenchy, Lanvin, Dior, Saint Laurent, Marc Jacobs, and Stella McCartney to lend clothes for photo shoots. Prada, lately, too. Source: Newport International group fashion articles
So here is the newly revised: Apps For Actual Fashionistas (New York edition). AfterLight: A Conde Nast photo assistant friend of mine turned me onto this image editor, which gives the user more control than Instagram. The filters are more subtle, and you can further dial their strength up and down. There are also options for exposure, brightness, saturation, and contrast; plus, cropping that allows you to cut an image into letters. Or shapes! Edit on AfterLight; upload to Instagram or any other social media site of your choosing; make yourself look amazing. Instagram/Vine/Twitter: This wouldn’t be a roundup of apps for the fashion industry if these three weren’t mentioned. It’s a small, social world, and the tags fly fast. The Man Repeller and Kate Upton are getting silly on Vine, and Twitter tends to the professional, but Instagram is where it’s at. Goodies include group hugs at Coachella, group hugs with Derek Blasberg, and sweeping views of wherever Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is shooting. SoulCycle: Nothing says ‘I work in fashion’ like SoulCycle. In maybe the best news of the summer for its rabid followers, the uber-hip spin chain is putting the finishing touches on a mobile app tentatively set to launch in early August. The app will accelerate the sign-up process by allowing Soul enthusiasts to pre-select classes and bikes before registration for the week goes live on Monday at noon, rather than having to select a class at noon through the company’s website. It will also enable social sharing so friends can sync up workouts, note classes they want to take, and see each instructor and his or her music lineup. CitiBike: SoulCycle changed pop fitness the way fixed gear bicycles changed street-style photography. Scott Schuman’s inclination to snap well-dressed ladies on velocipedes ushered in a new era of Girls On Bikes, or Cycling In Heels. Which is all to say that the May 27 launch of NYC’s CitiBike bike share program and accompanying app for iOS and Android (showing bike locations, availability and routes) is big news for fashionistas without their own wheels. If the bike share operates smoothly this summer, I’m predicting a major deficit of bike availability between shows during fashion week in September. Hailo & Uber: But sometimes you just don’t want to bicycle! Or your bag is too heavy, or whatever. Now that Hailo has been cleared to operate in NYC, it’s definitely going to be getting some use during New York Fashion Week, during which it is notoriously impossible to get a cab. Uber’s black car and SUV options may make it a better pick for those aiming for a sleeker look or who need the extra space to wedge in two dozen garment bags, shoe boxes and an intern. GoodGuide: While not the sexiest app in the world, GoodGuide is your app if you care to know what exactly is going on your skin or in your hair. It lets you sort through products (personal care, food, apparel, etc.) and gives them ratings for health, environmental, and societal impact, along with a list of ingredients. Because sometimes finding a good sulfate-free shampoo really matters. Ask any beauty editor. Beautified: Ever since this app launched in the last week of May, it’s been getting major buzz on industry news sites. That’s partly because DJ/cool-girl-about-town Hannah Bronfman is one-third of the brains behind the product, and partly because it’s a genuinely solid idea: you want to book a last-minute beauty appointment, and the app hooks you up with open appointments at salons and spas around town. Sure, similar apps have come before, but a) Beautified has culled a roster of participating salons that are already trusted city-girl faves and b) Bronfman is having a major moment right now.
Terwijl de New Wave van Britse Heavy Metal de clubscène in de verenigd Koninkrijk en Europa overnam, een partij van banden aanwezig en rond Los Angeles — afgevuurde door een liefde voor KUS, Busje Halen en aantrekkelijke groepen als de New York Poppen en het Zoete — waren over om Zonsondergang Strook als een 7,0 aardbeving te schudden. Met opzichtige, androgyne beelden en overhaast, solo-verzadigde liederen, de "haarmetaal" banden dwongen visueel en muzikaal aannamen. In het begin groepen als Mötley Crüe en Ratt waren bijna zo zwaar zoals Judas Priester en Dio, de band Ronnie James Dio vormde nadat verliet Zwart sabbat. Maar toen de scène populariteit en een belangrijk etiket won die vlaag voeren begonnen, vele muzikanten pasten hun liederen voor heersende stromingsradio aan, die vasthoudt wat van hun zwaarte maar meer klemtoon naar melodie en hart-aan-mouwgevoeligheid tekent — en sexualiteit. Met het verspreiden van New Wave sloot MTV met een klink aan naar het dat visueel aantrekkelijke metalen video's staakt — vele waarvan voor syrupy machtballades was. Voor u zou kunnen zeggen, "Blik ik zie een IDENTIFICATIE"? Rij, Assepoester, Dokken, Machtiging, Vergift niet Dood, Schiet N' Rozen, Mötley Crüe en talloos anderen stormden hun weg in miljoenen van voorstedelijke huisgezinnen rond de wereld. Hun video's kwamen bijna altijd voor jonge vrouwen in uitdagende houding, veelvoudige kostuumveranderingen en muzikanten in zware make-up die kijkt bijna zo vrouwelijk zoals de meisjes zij achtervolgden. En de achtervolgen heeft niet beëindigd toen de band rollen stopte. Zelfs voor de dageraad van de tachtig, een handvol van ongehoorde L.EEN. banden inclusief Busje Halen en Kalme Rel plantten de verwaarloosde zaden van het genre. Door het middene-' 80s, L.EEN. werd door wijd-gebeschouwen, groot-behaard hoopvolle inschenken van alle landen bevolkt — inderdaad, van alle wereld — lokte door de belofte van succes en de begeleidende randvoordelen. Hollywood was slechts een korte pendel van belangrijke ontmoetingsplaatsen als het Forum, Lange Strand Arena en Universeel Amfitheater en het was huis van beruchte clubs als de Whisky, Starwood, Troubadour en Roxy Theater. Belangrijke recordbedrijven stipten de stad en recordwinkels belijnden Zonsondergang Boulevard en LaBrea Laan. Een gelukkige weinige toekomstige rotssterren leefden in de L.EEN. gebied, waar, in de late jaren zeventig, kregen zij een vogel' s-oogoverzicht en een sprongstart op een scène die hun stad in enkele korte jaren zou inhalen. Read more: http://www.salon.com/2013/05/22/welcome_to_the_jungle_the_definitive_oral_history_of_80s_metal/
Launched in 1953 and halted briefly in 2008, the accolade was revived last year, with Belgian designer Christian Wijnants taking home the A$100,000 (HK$770,000) prize.This time around, the contest was expanded to include contenders from the mainland, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea, and two Hong Kong-based brands - ffiXXed and Plotz - are among 10 Asian nominees. The two home-grown brands will be up against 47 other emerging designers across Australia, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the United States, according to Woolmark's recently unveiled list. "We are very excited to have two Hong Kong brands this year," says Simon Locke, a judge for the regional competition. "For me, [ffixxed and Plotz] have their own unique handwriting along with universal appeal. Not only have they achieved that fine balance between art and commerce, but they are also viable businesses." All 10 Asian nominees will present a capsule collection (comprising six sketches and one complete look) made of Merino wool at the regional finals in Hong Kong next month. The winner will then compete for the overall prize alongside other finalists in Milan next year. Although both brands are relatively new - Plotz was established in 2007 while ffiXXed came a year later - they have already received a fair amount of recognition here and abroad. Plotz is a local brand through and through: its founder, Singchin Lo, was born and raised in the city and graduated from Polytechnic University's School of Design in 2005. "I was your typical kid - I never liked to study, but I loved drawing. Fashion design appealed to me because it was about creating something from nothing. I love to design things freely with no restrictions, whether people like it or not," says the 31-year-old. http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/fashion-watches/article/1239037/hong-kong-designers-nominated-prestigious-woolmark-fashion
I took over the Timaru store in 2007, the Oamaru store in 2008 and the Ashburton store in early 2010. All three stores had been in operation for many years but needed rejuvenating and re- focussing to include a wider age group of women customers. We now cater for women aged 35+. Did you have any previous experience in women’s fashion? When I was younger I wanted a break from nursing so managed a women’s clothing shop in Christchurch for a while before I had a family. What have you enjoyed the most about becoming a retailer? Meeting the needs of our customers – by offering a great selection of clothes and accessories, most of which are exclusive to our stores and by offering a level of service that includes honest advice and always going the extra mile. Visit: http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/features/8575615/A-new-focus-from-old-folks-to-fashion
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-fashion-stores-feel-the-chill-during-a-harsh-winter-8565134.htmlThe harsh winter which saw snow fall in April led to a sales slump at fashion stores. The unseasonably near-Arctic weather hit the footwear sector hardest, according to the latest Retail Sales Monitor published today by the British Retail Consortium (BRT) and KPMG. While sales of slippers and wellies held up well in March, sandals failed to fly off the shelves. By comparison, the sunny spell experienced in March 2012 saw sandal sales soaring, sending the footwear sector to the top of the sales charts. Clothing was the only other sector to post a year-on-year fall. David McCorquodale, head of retail at KPMG, said: "Clothing and footwear retailers had a dismal month in March as the cold weather froze sales, leaving summer skirts and sandals on the shelves." Today's figures reinforce yesterday's survey from the accountancy firm BDO which revealed that underlying fashion sales tumbled by 3.4 per cent last month. However, the figures recorded for other retail sectors were boosted by the early timing of Easter in 2013. "Easter fell in March this year but in April 2012, which helps this year's figures," said Helen Dickinson, director general of the BRT. "But even if we strip out the data for the last week of March [when Easter fell] performances are encouraging considering the weather impact," she said. UK retail sales values were up 1.9 per cent on a like-for-like basis over the year. Adjusted for shop-price inflation of 1.4 per cent in March, total retail sales values grew 2.3 per cent in real terms, according to the Monitor. However, the good overall picture wasn't reflected online, said Ms Dickinson. "Online sales growth was the slowest since August, when the Olympics left many of us 'otherwise engaged' with little interest in shopping," she pointed out. Meanwhile, the food and drinks sectors were boosted by the lead-up to Easter and Mother's Day, given them their top two sales weeks of the year so far. The bad news for the fashion sector is set to continue later this week when the retail bellwether Marks & Spencer is expected to report a 4.5 per cent slump in underlying fashion and homewares sales on Thursday.
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