58th Annual Emmys Roundup
The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy award winners have been announced. The winners were announced at an awards show hosted by Conan O’Brien. Many critics were impressed with his performance. HBO dominated the proceedings with 26 awards. NBC was in a distant second with 14. Elizabeth I took home 9 awards. 24, Baghdad ER, Rome and My Name is Earl each took home four or more awards. You can see the winners in a PDF File. Wikipedia has also posted the winners. A complete list of all the nominees is available here. ShoppingBlog.com looks at some of emmy fashions that worked here and here. Continue . . .
Welcome ‘07 fashion
Corpus Christi Caller - The new year sizzles with style, but don’t ditch your whole wardrobe just yet. Incorporate a few of these key pieces into your closet, and remove some of yesteryear’s trendy items such as pointy-toe heels and bootleg jeans that have been staples for Read more . . .
Fibre2Fashion - On January 5, 2007, the Fashion Industry Club of Southridge High School is organizing a fashion show at the auditorium. The show titled Angels in the City of Sin will feature the outfits created by the club members. Sophia Choe, one of the club Read more . . .
St. Loius Mom Creates Fashion Out of Ragged Cashmere
All Headline News - New York, NY (AHN) - You might want to think twice before you throw your ragged cashmere sweaters for they can be turned into exclusive fashion apparel. An oblique-straight cut and those flower appliques can do wonders, so says a St. Louis mom, who
Resolve to reward yourself with a new wardrobe
OregonLive.com - Most of us fall into fashion habits, wearing similar types of clothing day after day, year after year. This could be a sign of a highly developed sense of personal style. More likely, it’s plain laziness. Either way, the new year is a perfect
MISS MANNERS: Oscars inspire regrettable dress choices
Detroit Free Press - When people got sick of Georgian dandyness, it was tacitly agreed that ladies would be the show horses of fashion and gentlemen would provide sober relief. No longer vying to be outrageous, the gentlemen hope to be distinguished and recognized for
E-BOOK PLOT THICKENS WITH SONY READER
Orlando Sentinel - KENPO FASHION IPOD JACKETS A measure of the gulf dividing electronic music and literature is the humongous array of add-on products for MP3 players, especially the iPod. Consider the line of iPod jackets from Kenpo Fashion of Los Angeles. The jackets
Fashion collection in Goa, Lebanese dance troupe in Jaipur, different
Webindia 123 - One of India’s top fashion designer has chosen to usher in the New Year by launching a fashion collection in the carnival ambience of Goa. Malini Ramani, whose clothes ooze glamour, lent the lan to the carnival atmosphere with her new collection
Fashion: Dressing Up for a Bundle
MSNBC - Slip into winter’s hottest trend: the sweater dress. Inspired by that cozy, oversize jumper once stolen from your boyfriend or father, the latest pieces are versatile enough to let you dress down for the country-casual look or snazz up to become the
larimar or blue pectolite is an extremely rare
larimar or blue pectolite is an extremely rare gemstone. It has been found only in one location: a mountainous, relatively inaccessible area in the province of Barahona in the Dominican Republic. The first mention of the stone is in a request to mine larimar in 1916, however it wasn’t until 1974 that the stone really made an appearance. In 1974, Norman Rilling, a member of the U.S. Peace Corps, and Miguel M ndez, a Dominican found pieces of larimar on the seashore. The word larimar was created by Mendez, who combined his daughter’s name Larissa with the Spanish world for sea, Mar. Before Mendez and Rilling, local inhabitants of the region and their ancestors had long been aware of the stone. Early theories suggested larimar was produced by the Sea, later by the earth’s volcanic movements. Island legends said that the stones could be collected easily on the beach, but one day there were no more blue larimar stones left. Locals explored upstream and found a rock formation, which appeared to be the source of the blue stone. This legend holds truth; Mendez and Rilling in 1974 would follow a river upstream and find sources of the blue stone. Most small blocks of larimar are in situ, meaning they exist in the very place where they formed. However through soil erosion some pieces broke off and were moved by rainfall down the slopes of the hillsides to rivers. The river deposited them in the Caribbean Sea, some pieces washed up on the seashore by waves. The stone is formed when hot gases push crystallized minerals up though volcanic ‘tubes’. In order to mine and excavate the stone miners must identify these tubes and dig deeper and deeper into old volcanoes. larimar is used most often to make jewelry but has also been used to make beads, decorative objects and even handles on cabinets. larimar is considered a healing stone, and said to be finely tuned to the human body particularly to the throat area. It is said that it increases speech and communication skills and supports the body’s natural healing process. Persons believing in this have been known to wear larimar jewelry or to put pieces of larimar in their pockets or under their pillows. larimar is also called the Atlantis Stone, because a Spiritual master who lived in Trinidad and Tobago and who founded many Yoga Centers across the world, claimed that some islands in the Caribbean including the Dominican Republic were part of the lost continent of Atlantis. He went further to say that on one of those islands a blue stone with healing powers would be found - a description that corresponds to larimar. Today, there are thousands of people, naturalists and persons practicing alternative and holistic healing methods, who use larimar to assist and reinforce healing processes. larimar’s beautiful blue color is often considered to embody the beautiful blue colors of the sea and sky found in the Caribbean. Its origin and appearance have made it popularly known as the Caribbean Gem.
58th Annual Emmys Roundup
The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy award winners have been announced. The winners were announced at an awards show hosted by Conan O’Brien. Many critics were impressed with his performance. HBO dominated the proceedings with 26 awards. NBC was in a distant second with 14. Elizabeth I took home 9 awards. 24, Baghdad ER, Rome and My Name is Earl each took home four or more awards. You can see the winners in a PDF File. Wikipedia has also posted the winners. A complete list of all the nominees is available here. ShoppingBlog.com looks at some of emmy fashions that worked here and here. Continue . . .
Whether on the fringer of the Parque Colo n,
Whether on the fringer of the Parque Colo n, on the ElConde or in the Modelomarket, the souvenir shops of Santo Domingo offer a very similar range of products. The same is true of cities on the tourist trail such as Puerto Plata and La Romana. On the shelves, you will, of course, find cigars which some say are better than the famous Havanas, as well as coffee, rum, compact discs of merengue and bachata music, a wide range of handicrafts (mostly from Haiti )and amber. You will also comeacross larimar, a semiprecious turquoise blue stone found only in the Dominican Republic. Its name is a hybrid of Larissa, a girl’s name and mar, which means “sea” in Spanish. Those without a mule or robust motorbike will greatly appreciate an off-road vehicle as they climb the narrow rocky path to the Los Checheses larimar mine. You reach it by leaving the Barahona to Pedernales road, on the Haitian border, on the coast a few kilometres after Bahoruco. The trip takes perhaps an hour, giving you time to discuss the rugged geography or the extremely harsh living conditions of the Haitians in the bateyes that you pass on the way. You might also ponder how the larimar stones, discovered buried in the sand by a man called Miguel Fuentes, actually got there. No four-wheel drive was involved in their journey. In fact, they were swept down the Filipinas valley by river or stream only to be thrown back by the sea. As a result, people naturally assumed they had comefrom the sea, which explains part of the name they were given bythe first craftsman to work with them. (Larissa, his daughter, was the inspiration for the other part).
Bryant rink goes out of fashion in 3 weeks
New York Daily News, NY - 19 hours ago… The Bryant Park ice skating rink folds up in three weeks for Fashion Week, a biannual event that has been held in the park since 1993. …
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Tuxedos with a twist
Robertson County Times, TN - Dec 28, 2006… Tuxedos, or at least "tuxedo-inspired" pieces, have been all over the runways and red carpets as black-tie fashion took a 180-degree turn from embellished …
Source: www.rctimes.com
Coffeehouses as Fashion Boutiques; Selling Cachet by the Cup
New York Times, United States - Dec 25, 2006… Illy, nestled in this charming Adriatic port city, is picking up the lead, vying with the fashion business for cachet and flair. …
Source: www.nytimes.com
India : Future Group appoints Kailash Bhatia as new fashion CEO
Fibre2fashion.com, India - Dec 28, 2006Retailer Future Group has appointed Kailash Bhatia as its new CEO, fashion and merchandising, who is assigned to form an integrated merchandising segment. …
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Jamaica : Fabulous Fashion Fantasy!
Fibre2fashion.com, India - 16 hours agoOcho Rios was host to an extravagant Mark and Karl Williams fashion show that was held at last Island Village Centre on Sunday. …
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Fashion weeks have become just another publicity tool
Daily News & Analysis, India - 9 hours ago… Why don t you do pr t and only haute couture? I want only a certain calibre of people to wear my clothes. What is your take on the various fashion weeks? …
Source: www.dnaindia.com
Holiday Harmony tip: Put seasonal decorations away in organized …
PensacolaNewsJournal.com, FL - Dec 27, 2006Whatever you do, don't just throw everything in boxes and call it a day. Make this the year that you put away decorations in an organized manner. …
Source: www.pensacolanewsjournal.com
USA : Fashion club of Southridge School to host a show
Fibre2fashion.com, India - 15 hours agoOn January 5, 2007, the Fashion Industry Club of Southridge High School is organizing a fashion show at the auditorium. The show …
Source: www.fibre2fashion.com
Burst of High-Profile Anorexia Deaths Unsettles Brazil
New York Times, United States - 4 hours ago… death, Ms. Reston stood 5 feet 8 inches tall but weighed just over 80 pounds and was undergoing medical treatment after having collapsed at a fashion shoot in …
Source: www.nytimes.com
Better pawnshop tracking sought
Baltimore Sun - Lawn-care equipment, power tools, electronics and jewelry are among the items most frequently stolen and pawned, Moore said. The Tractor Supply Co. along Route 140 in Westminster has had more than $8,000 in chainsaws and other construction tools Read more . . .
KWQC - The women reported that an assailant entered their apartment, told them he had a gun and attacked them before stealing money and jewelry. Investigators at the time collected D-N-A evidence. Two months ago, they were told that a suspect jailed in Read more . . .
Los Angeles Times - He was 16 at the time, a pudgy upper-middle-class Van Nuys kid, born in Israel, who wore jewelry and fancy clothes and drove a BMW. One of the students told police that Waknine took karate lessons from an instructor who taught him “how to shoot guns Read more . . .
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - WASHINGTON — A government regulatory agency has taken steps toward banning children’s jewelry containing small amounts of lead, which was responsible for more than a dozen product recalls in the past two years. The Consumer Product Safety Commission Read more . . .
Kansas City Star - The Consumer Product Safety Commission voted to move forward in a process that could ultimately lead to a ban on children s jewelry containing more than 0.06 percent lead by weight. Our goal is not to continue to do recall after recall, CPSC Read more . . .
Baltimore Sun - In addition to writing for The Sun, I design and create fashion jewelry. I took the tools of that trade and applied them to the bra. And I do mean applied them. The top halves of the cups are covered in scalloped gray and burgundy sandpapers, which Read more . . .
Motley Fool - The study also broke down sales in various categories and found the greatest percentage growth this holiday season taking place in jewelry and accessories (up 67%), video games (up 64%), and video-game consoles (up 63%). The video-game strength isn’t Read more . . .
Pharos-Tribune - On April 27, 1936, it robbed the Kay Jewelry Store in Lima, Ohio. On the same day, empty jewelry store boxes were found near Geneva, Ind. As stolen property had crossed the state line, the FBI could enter the case. In Chicago the gang robbed another Read more . . .
Cutting edge of T-shirt fashion
Honolulu Advertiser - When Adam Saaks says he is ready to start cutting on the body, he ain’t kiddin’. No, he’s not a surgeon. He’s a butcher “cuture” artist a T-shirt deconstructionist who literally cuts designs out of an Ed Hardy T-shirt while the customer is
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Show up for music documentaries and enjoy songs for their own sake
Baltimore Sun - Have we become so trained by music videos and commercials to take in songs as mini-dramas or fashion statements that we can no longer delight in melody and lyrics for their own sake? In one day, Dreamgirls made three times the total combined
Source: www.baltimoresun.com
Libermans sell 42 fashion stores
Age - MELBOURNE’S billionaire Liberman family has sold its women’s fashion business to listed retailer Specialty Fashion Group (SFG) for about $4 million. The intensely private family offloaded its 42 stores across six states after discussions with the
Source: www.theage.com.au
Betty Ford: Wife Who Helped Shape a President
ABC News - She was a former model, dancer and fashion coordinator when they married shortly before Ford was first elected to Congress in 1948. By the time he ran for re-election as president in 1976, he was calling himself “Betty Ford’s husband,” and her brief
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Algonquin elementary students set to celebrate pen pal’s return from
Chicago Sun-Times - He responded in a positive fashion, and we started to correspond through e-mails, and last year’s class sent letters and care packages, too,” Pokorny said. His class sent Carson items from snacks to a football and Jacobs sweat shirts, hand
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From Food to Finery
Norwalk Citizen, CT - Dec 21, 2006… Some of SoNo Silver Co.'s wares also include larimar, a blue stone from the Dominican Republic. "It looks like the Caribbean Ocean," said Chiaramonte. …
Hundreds turn out in Centennial
Laramine Boomerang, WY - Dec 9, 2006… The Sextons were selling numerous jewelry items from all over the world, including larimar gemstones from the Dominican Republic. …