10.31.2010
Photos.
Here I let you see some photos I took last week I think that they are great but I don't know what you are tinking of. Hope you like them...
10.30.2010
Vogue.
Vogue was founded as a weekly publication by Arthur Baldwin Tenure in 1892. When he died in 1909, Condé Nast picked it up and slowly began growing the publication. The first change Nast made was that Vogue appeared every two weeks instead of weekly. Nast also went overseas in the early 1910s. He first went to Britain, and started a Vogue there, and it went well. Then he went to Spain, however that was a failure. Lastly, Nast took Vogue to France, and that was a huge success. The magazine's number of publications and profit increased dramatically under Nast. The magazine's number of subscriptions surged during the Depression, and again during World War II. In the 1960s, with Diana Vreeland as editor-in-chief and personality, the magazine began to appeal to the youth of the sexual revolution by focusing more on contemporary fashion and editorial features openly discussing sexuality. Vogue also continued making household names out of models, a practice that continued with Suzy Parker, Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton, Lauren Hutton, Veruschka, Marisa Berenson, Penelope Tree, and others.[2]
In 1973, Vogue became a monthly publication.[citation needed] Under editor-in-chief Grace Mirabella, the magazine underwent extensive editorial and stylistic changes to respond to changes in the lifestyles of its target audience.[citation needed]
The current editor-in-chief of American Vogue is Anna Wintour, noted for her trademark bob and her practice of wearing sunglasses indoors. Since taking over in 1988, Wintour has worked to protect the magazine's high status and reputation among fashion publications. In order to do so, she has made the magazine focus on new and more accessible ideas of "fashion" for a wider audience.[3] This allowed Wintour to keep a high circulation while discovering new trends that a broader audience could conceivably afford.[3] For example, the inaugural cover of the magazine under Wintour's editorship featured a three-quarter-length photograph of Israeli super model Michaela Bercu wearing a bejeweled Christian Lacroix jacket and a pair of jeans, departing from her predecessors' tendency to portray a woman's face alone, which, according to the Times', gave "greater importance to both her clothing and her body. This image also promoted a new form of chic by combining jeans with haute couture. Wintour's debut cover brokered a class-mass rapprochement that informs modern fashion to this day."[1] Wintour's Vogue also welcomes new and young talent.
Wintour's presence at fashion shows is often taken by fashion insiders as an indicator of the designer's profile within the industry. In 2003, she joined the Council of Fashion Designers of America in creating a fund that provides money and guidance to at least two emerging designers each year.[3] This has built loyalty among the emerging new star designers, and helped preserve the magazine's dominant position of influence through what Time called her own "considerable influence over American fashion. Runway shows don't start until she arrives. Designers succeed because she anoints them. Trends are created or crippled on her command."[3]
The contrast of Wintour's vision with that of her predecessor has been noted as striking by observers, both critics and defenders. Amanda Fortini, fashion and style contributor to Slate argues that her policy has been beneficial for Vogue:[4]
[W]hen Wintour was appointed head of Vogue, Grace Mirabella had been editor in chief for 17 years, and the magazine had grown complacent, coasting along in what one journalist derisively called "its beige years." Beige was the color Mirabella had used to paint over the red walls in Diana Vreeland's office, and the metaphor was apt: The magazine had become boring. Among Condé Nast executives, there was worry that the grand dame of fashion publications was losing ground to upstart Elle, which in just three years had reached a paid circulation of 851,000 to Vogue 's stagnant 1.2 million. And so Condé Nast publisher Si Newhouse brought in the 38-year-old Wintour—who, through editor in chief positions at British Vogue and House & Garden, had become known not only for her cutting-edge visual sense but also for her ability to radically revamp a magazine—to shake things up.
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In 1973, Vogue became a monthly publication.[citation needed] Under editor-in-chief Grace Mirabella, the magazine underwent extensive editorial and stylistic changes to respond to changes in the lifestyles of its target audience.[citation needed]
The current editor-in-chief of American Vogue is Anna Wintour, noted for her trademark bob and her practice of wearing sunglasses indoors. Since taking over in 1988, Wintour has worked to protect the magazine's high status and reputation among fashion publications. In order to do so, she has made the magazine focus on new and more accessible ideas of "fashion" for a wider audience.[3] This allowed Wintour to keep a high circulation while discovering new trends that a broader audience could conceivably afford.[3] For example, the inaugural cover of the magazine under Wintour's editorship featured a three-quarter-length photograph of Israeli super model Michaela Bercu wearing a bejeweled Christian Lacroix jacket and a pair of jeans, departing from her predecessors' tendency to portray a woman's face alone, which, according to the Times', gave "greater importance to both her clothing and her body. This image also promoted a new form of chic by combining jeans with haute couture. Wintour's debut cover brokered a class-mass rapprochement that informs modern fashion to this day."[1] Wintour's Vogue also welcomes new and young talent.
Wintour's presence at fashion shows is often taken by fashion insiders as an indicator of the designer's profile within the industry. In 2003, she joined the Council of Fashion Designers of America in creating a fund that provides money and guidance to at least two emerging designers each year.[3] This has built loyalty among the emerging new star designers, and helped preserve the magazine's dominant position of influence through what Time called her own "considerable influence over American fashion. Runway shows don't start until she arrives. Designers succeed because she anoints them. Trends are created or crippled on her command."[3]
The contrast of Wintour's vision with that of her predecessor has been noted as striking by observers, both critics and defenders. Amanda Fortini, fashion and style contributor to Slate argues that her policy has been beneficial for Vogue:[4]
[W]hen Wintour was appointed head of Vogue, Grace Mirabella had been editor in chief for 17 years, and the magazine had grown complacent, coasting along in what one journalist derisively called "its beige years." Beige was the color Mirabella had used to paint over the red walls in Diana Vreeland's office, and the metaphor was apt: The magazine had become boring. Among Condé Nast executives, there was worry that the grand dame of fashion publications was losing ground to upstart Elle, which in just three years had reached a paid circulation of 851,000 to Vogue 's stagnant 1.2 million. And so Condé Nast publisher Si Newhouse brought in the 38-year-old Wintour—who, through editor in chief positions at British Vogue and House & Garden, had become known not only for her cutting-edge visual sense but also for her ability to radically revamp a magazine—to shake things up.
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How to Properly test perfume.
Testing out new perfumes can be fun, but make sure you're doing it right. Never buy a perfume that you don't first test out on your own skin. Perfumes smell differently on different people.
When testing perfumes, don't judge a scent in the first minute it's sprayed. You're smelling the alcohol as it evaporates that first minute. Let the fragrance dry thoroughly and settle into your skin. Take a whiff a half hour later and you'll get the best impression.
When testing perfumes, don't judge a scent in the first minute it's sprayed. You're smelling the alcohol as it evaporates that first minute. Let the fragrance dry thoroughly and settle into your skin. Take a whiff a half hour later and you'll get the best impression.
10.29.2010
Fashion everywhere!
Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” - Coco Chanel
This is one of my favorite quotes because I always think the same can be said of art and design. Learn more about this amazing designer and her rags to riches life story when Lifetime finally airs Coco Chanel staring Shirley Mclain this Saturday night. Or set your TiVo since you probably won't be home. Why they chose to air this on the biggest going out night of the week is beyond me but...c'est la vie!
This is one of my favorite quotes because I always think the same can be said of art and design. Learn more about this amazing designer and her rags to riches life story when Lifetime finally airs Coco Chanel staring Shirley Mclain this Saturday night. Or set your TiVo since you probably won't be home. Why they chose to air this on the biggest going out night of the week is beyond me but...c'est la vie!
10.28.2010
10.27.2010
Dresses.
Dress with tucks
Dresses are ideal for ornamental options like
this, which comprise a variety of hem lengths.
Dresses are ideal for ornamental options like
this, which comprise a variety of hem lengths.
Survey.
1- Are you fashion conscious?
2-Do you follow the latest trends?
3-Do you wear designer's clothes?
4-When you buy clothes, what's more important, the price, the style, the colour or the brand name?
5-Did your parents want you to wear awful or ridiculous clothes when you were younger?
6-What did you do and how did they react?
2-Do you follow the latest trends?
3-Do you wear designer's clothes?
4-When you buy clothes, what's more important, the price, the style, the colour or the brand name?
5-Did your parents want you to wear awful or ridiculous clothes when you were younger?
6-What did you do and how did they react?
10.17.2010
10.16.2010
10.15.2010
Fashion help.
This is a text for some friends in Brasilia...
Calça saruel pode ser usada por qualquer garota?
Com o que elas mais combinam?
Nao. É ótima e confortável, mas a pessoa tem que ser alta e magra. Para combinar, uma regata sequinha, sandália rasteira, Converse All star ou sapatilha. Aí vai depender do estilo de cada uma.
Calça saruel pode ser usada por qualquer garota?
Com o que elas mais combinam?
Nao. É ótima e confortável, mas a pessoa tem que ser alta e magra. Para combinar, uma regata sequinha, sandália rasteira, Converse All star ou sapatilha. Aí vai depender do estilo de cada uma.
10.09.2010
10.03.2010
Sewing.
Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic Era. Before the discovery of spinning yarn or weaving fabric, archaeologists believe Stone Age people across Europe and Asia sewed fur and skin clothing using bone, antler or ivory needles and "thread" made of various animal body parts including sinew, catgut, and veins.[1]
Although usually associated with clothing and household linens, sewing is used in a variety of crafts and industries, including shoe making, upholstery, sail making, bookbinding and the manufacturing of some kinds of sporting goods. Sewing is the fundamental process underlying a variety of textile arts and crafts, including embroidery, tapestry, quilting, applique and patchwork.
For thousands of years, all sewing was done by hand. The invention of the sewing machine in the 19Th century and the rise of computerization in the later 20Th century led to mass production of sewn objects, but hand sewing is still practiced around the world. Fine hand sewing is characteristic of high-quality tailoring, hate couture fashion, and custom dressmaking, and is pursued by both textile artists and hobbyists as a means of creative expression
Although usually associated with clothing and household linens, sewing is used in a variety of crafts and industries, including shoe making, upholstery, sail making, bookbinding and the manufacturing of some kinds of sporting goods. Sewing is the fundamental process underlying a variety of textile arts and crafts, including embroidery, tapestry, quilting, applique and patchwork.
For thousands of years, all sewing was done by hand. The invention of the sewing machine in the 19Th century and the rise of computerization in the later 20Th century led to mass production of sewn objects, but hand sewing is still practiced around the world. Fine hand sewing is characteristic of high-quality tailoring, hate couture fashion, and custom dressmaking, and is pursued by both textile artists and hobbyists as a means of creative expression
10.02.2010
Top model.
Her name is Delfina. She is an Argentinian model, she is very famous and she is one of my best friends.
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