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Oakley, Inc. today announced it will join Olympus Fashion Week at the Atelier in New York to stage the company's first ever formal runway presentation. Scheduled for 6pm on February 5th, the show marks the official launch of Oakley's ready-to-wear line, a collection that showcases looks from the company's Fall 2005 women's range of apparel.
"The future of fashion includes technology," said Oakley founder and CEO Jim Jannard. "As science defines the future of style, Oakley is uniquely positioned to innovate fashion with technologies that blend form with function, optimizing both."
Oakley's foray into fashion has achieved innovations that support the ongoing trend of merging technology into the everyday life of the consumer. For its women's collection, the company has engineered custom hardware and applied processes that give textiles a look and feel that is uniquely Oakley. Invention in fashion is exemplified by the versatility of the collection, which focuses on the female form with interchangeability that goes from active day to casual night.
"Fashion is the art of invention, and our new line of women's apparel is a natural progression in the story of Oakley, a company dedicated to authenticity," said President Colin Baden. "The Oakley woman demands function, style and creativity. She wants versatility and
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You have nothing to wear or have no time to decide what shoes match your violet sweater? There is one right solution to this problem - wear black! Black dress is an essential attribute of an elegant, well-dressed woman's wardrobe.
This year's spring collections are full of black color, mixed with navy-blue, cream, silver and classic white.
You can create your own ensembles or dress in black from head to toe. But pay attention to choosing right accessories! Pearls, silver tribal bangles, golden sandals, red handbags and gloves will make a nice combination with your black outfit.
Metallic or bronze bag will also help you look fresh and modern. It is one of the hottest accessory of the season and will add instant glamour to your appearance.Surely, classic and practical black color has never gone away, but this time is has been featured in almost every collection on the international catwalks.
Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga mixed black with navy and white, Phoebe Philo at Chloé had black frilled tops, slouch-trousers and slip dresses, all interspersed with white and pastels. Black was a favourite of avant-garde Dutch duo Viktor & Rolf, Narciso Rodriguez, Calvin Klein and Donna Karan, where it was used in a figure-enhancing mix of opaque and sheer stretch.
Alber Elbaz at Lanvin's show featured beautifully cut
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Jean-Paul Gaultier and Karl Lagerfeld abandoned the catwalk to unveil their winter menswear lines in the intimacy of their showrooms, a common option for up-and-coming brands with limited budgets.
A small showroom presentation allows buyers to place orders in a calm setting and allows editors to see the clothing up close, either on hangers or on in-house models who sport the signature looks for the season.
And, perhaps not least importantly, such a display costs a fashion house much less than a flashy catwalk show.
Gaultier, who unveiled his spring-summer 2005 haute couture collection on the catwalk in his Paris headquarters just three days ago, reconfigured the space to make his autumn-winter 2005-06 collection the sole star of the show.
He offered a sharp silhouette with suits cut close to the body and finished with tailor stitching. For the man tired of wearing plain white shirts, he offered cropped trench coat and perfecto motorcycle jacket versions.
The French designer drew inspiration from the works of cubist painter Robert Delaunay for his ultra-thin knitwear. He will put both men and women on the catwalk in March, a move that the house says will give the brand more cohesion.
Although he stages two catwalk shows a year for his women's line, Lagerfeld has yet to put his menswear on the
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Former Fashion and Personal Image Consultant turned Jewelry Designer, Juliet Renee Williams previews her Spring/Summer 2005 Collection with an evening of luxury and libations.
On an average day, it's quite normal to find jewelry designer, Juliet Renee Williams in a white t-shirt and jeans working diligently, stringing precious gemstones on silk thread or sketching designs on a pad of art paper in her design studio in Jersey City, NJ. But on Thursday, February 10, 2005 from 6 PM - 9 PM, she will put on a little "glam" to present a preview of her Spring/Summer 2005 Jewelry Collection at The Muse Hotel in New York City. This event will mark the 7th major collection Juliet has designed and presented since the 2001 inception of her company, JulRe Designs.
Known for her bold, colorful and exquisite wearable art, Juliet's latest collection, which will officially launch in late March, does not disappoint. Using an eclectic mix of unusual gemstones such as lepidolite, kyanite and chrysocolla with the better known garnet, ruby and topaz, she has created amazing multi-strand necklaces, lariats, stiletto earrings and bangle bracelets. The Collection retails from $65 - $450.
Guests who attend the 'by invitation only' event will enjoy carefully selected wines from the Sonoma, CA wine region, sumptuous hors d'ouevres and the sounds
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Gold is no longer the metal of choice for the adornment of the ruling class.
Rappers, hip-hop artists and youngsters copying their pop icons are gold's new poster-children and the move downmarket could hurt the gold price in the longer term, according to analyst Jessica Cross.
Cross believes that gold jewellery is losing its gilt-edged status.
Quoting from a British website, she defined the modern British jewellery lover as someone who drapes their body with "hunks of worthless 9 carat gold crap".
Britain's "chavs" -- new slang for the urban underclass -- and their "bling-bling" and hip-hop U.S. cousins buy high-fashion brands of clothes but bargain basement pendants and rings.
This is putting off the traditional -- and wealthy -- gold buyer, according to Cross.
Some might call this snobbery but there are signs that demand for gold jewellery, which makes up around 80 percent of annual demand for gold, is waning.
Over the last five years gold "as a proportion of retail expenditure has been losing share", said Philip Olden, managing director of international marketing at the World Gold Council.
In September last year, the Council launched a 10 million pound advertising campaign called "Speak Gold" to address the problem.
While pop fashion icons have only a limited effect on the longer-term price of gold
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