Archive for October, 2006

Fashion gets evil

It is the survival of the best-dressed.
Welcome to the dizzying world of New York fashion, where size zero is the new two, six is the new eight, and a bad hair day can end a career.
Here, Runway Magazine is the Holy Grail and it is controlled with finely manicured fist by editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly (Meryl […]

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

Sign of beauty

After studying beauty and a foreign language, one student at the J. Everett Light Career Center cosmetology school plans to combine her talents to work with the underserved deaf community in Indianapolis.
Hilary Knauer earned her high school diploma in May, but she’s continuing her education as an adult student at the JEL Academy of Beauty. […]

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

Fashion: Homegrown red carpet glamour for VIFF

It almost had the makings of a typical Vogue celebrity fashion shoot. The scene that unfolded in the recesses of a Vancouver art gallery as Steph Song, star of Douglas Coupland’s VIFF feature Everything’s Gone Green, prepped for the camera was what one might call synchronized primping: A scarlet-lipped makeup artist attacked her canvas […]

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

Lifestyle: Midori Man of Style

Harold Mindel, Director of the prestigious agency Click Model Management, has spent years scouting, managing talent, negotiating contracts and putting together deals that can change a person’s life.
Harold has worked with such celebrities as Isabella Rossellini, Uma Thurman, Elle, Julia Roberts and a very young Whitney Houston. The company’s top male models today include […]

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

Makeup: Focus on a favourite feature

This is a great time to visit cosmetics counters. The chill in the air that brings about nature’s new colours inspires us to change our makeup as well as our wardrobes.
Today, as with fashion, there is no single hard and fast rule that everyone must obey. We asked two experts for their take on the […]

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

Fashion: Thin models spur weight debate

New York Fashion Week came and went last month with little talk on the issue, other than a few fashion-show regulars noting they were seeing even more ribs and vertebrae than usual.
Meanwhile, Madrid banned ultra-thin models from appearing in its Fashion Week. The British culture secretary urged London to do the same, but organizers rejected […]

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

Fashion Survey Reveals That Executives Prefer Business Casual

NEW YORK — Business casual is the “new black,” according to a national fashion survey for executives conducted by TheLadders.com.
The company’s “Fashion in the Workplace” survey revealed that 78 percent of executives prefer to wear business casual attire at the office.
Business casual attire is currently the standard dress code, and a trend that will continue […]

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

Space bug invades Paris fashion

Following last week’s Milan shows, where futurism was one of the key themes for next spring/summer and many designers turned the catwalk into a “moon walk”, their French counterparts appear to have caught the space bug, too, writes Hilary Alexander
Fashion is entering a new Space Age. Following last week’s Milan shows, where futurism was one […]

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

Fashion: Victoria Beckham Concentrates on Fashion Career

Victoria Beckham said she concentrating on developing her fashion career.
The 31 year old already has a successful jeans range for Rock and Republic and her own VB sunglasses range.
The fashion icon said that she wanted to create an entire clothing line , according to contact music.
She said:” Fashion is what I love. I’ve dreamed […]

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006

Islamic Dress Goes High-Fashion

Muslim fashion is more than burkas and chadors. It’s a hot industry that is heating up in the United States, especially among African-American Muslims.
Sakina Uqdah shops at the Al-Furqan Bazaar on the outskirts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at least once a week. “The skirts…I love the skirts and the pants outfits,” she gushes. “He has a […]

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006