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 Best Fashion Trends of 2004 Continue In 2005Fashion's pendulum has a mighty swing. One season the buzz is all about lace; the next it's all about leather. As soon as you acquired high-heeled sling backs in every color, you're told that the ballerina flat is in. You tossed all your frilly blouses for the menswear-tailored shirts, only to discover the poet blouse is back.Been there? Done that? Everyone has. So what makes spring 2005 a season of promise? For one, the pendulum isn't going to swing in a manner that will completely negate your recent wardrobe purchases. The new season actually embraces some of the trends that made 2004 a memorable year in fashion: bright colors, layering, embellishments, feminine skirts and feminine touches like flowery prints and sweet bows. "I think that spring 2004 was a skirt season and it continues for spring 2005. If spring 2004 was all about feminine and flirty with a touch of retro, spring 2005 is all about mixed combinations of the unexpected - long with short, loose playing off of lean, sleek with ornamental," says Tom Jullian, fashion trend analyst for Fallon Worldwide. "There also seems to be more of a trouser story with fluidity and motion, kind of getting away from that hipster pant with low rise. I'd also acknowledge the bold plethora of color, citrus cool to nautical bright. I still see the pinks and salmons." more www.the... (236) added by Levent OZLER |
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 Being In Fashion Never Goes Out Of StyleDo you know what you're going to wear to work tomorrow or to that party this weekend?Wearing the right outfit is important to almost everybody, unless you're one of those people who think you still look good in Reebok high tops and skintight jeans with holes in the knees. But for those people who are relatively fashion unconscious (you know, the ones who wear white after Labor Day), it's time to ask the experts what's in style and how the whole fashion craze began. "I guess you can define fashion as a regular pattern of style change," said Valerie Steele, director of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. "In the past, theorists thought people used fashion for modesty or sexual attraction. Nowadays, people think it has to do with the symbolism of decoration." It's simply about people who want to show their individuality, she said. "Accessories are what make your outfit," said Sakina Claytor, owner of Sakina's Inc. on Boonsboro Road. "Two women can have the same outfit ? it's the way you accessorize that shows you're different." The urge to be unique through fashion has definitely evolved since the days of the Roman Empire, where everyone wore togas and tunics. (Romans, however, showed their individuality through their hairstyles, Steele said.) In the Middle Ages, fashion more www.new... (196) added by Levent OZLER |
 Capri Sun Purse: Turning Trash Into Trendy Fashion AccessoriesFrom discarded drink pouches to candy wrappers and cereal boxes, creative hands across the country are turning trash into trendy fashion accessories, Cox News Service reports.Savvy entrepreneurs pick up the instructions on the Internet -- a Google search for "Capri Sun purse" and "instructions" reveals more than 1,000 entries. "It's pop culture," said eBay style director Constance White of the handbags that have popped up for sale on eBay.com. "Their colorful prints have a cartoon-y feeling, which is fun and terrifically whimsical." White also said the bags are right in step with what's happening in fashion. " Bags of all types are great ways to personalize or update an outfit," she said. "And the cherry on top of the cake for the juice bags? They are inexpensive." They usually sell for around $10 to $20. That's one of the factors attracting fashion-savvy daughters and mothers alike. Kraft, the maker of Capri Sun and Kool-Aid, does not endorse the use of their juice pouches as handbags. However, Pat Riso, company spokesperson, did reply, "I guess you can say these brands have become part of the fabric of America." more seattle... (1,123) added by Levent OZLER |
 Elizabeth Jagger: New Face of Fashion Chain MangoElizabeth Jagger was unveiled as the new face of high street store Mango today.The 20-year-old daughter of Sir Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall has signed a deal to represent the Spanish fashion chain. Mango said they chose her because she "embodies the ideal of the urban, independent and cosmopolitan woman that we want to dress". They added that her "exquisite beauty and stunning personality" made her the ideal face of the brand. Her image will adorn posters across the country with the slogan "Lizzy Jagger for Mango". Lizzy, who began her modelling career at 14, launched her new campaign at the company's flagship Oxford Street store in London. She said: "I was really happy to be asked to do this campaign. "Mango clothes are really fun, they're always great colours, they are very classic and very beautiful. "I definitely prefer high street to designer clothes because they're cheaper and you get more choice." In recent months the model has faced accusations that she is worryingly thin. She has laughed off the idea and insists she has a high metabolism. At today's launch she looked slender in jeans, cream jacket and camisole top. In addition to her Mango contract, Lizzy is also the face of cosmetics company Lancome and will soon star in its new perfume ad. She has just returned from a Christmas brea more news.sc... (348) added by Levent OZLER |
 The International Dictionary of FashionA French publisher on Tuesday rolled out its latest world dictionary of fashion, a glossy and weighty tome that shows just how much the industry has changed since the first edition back in 1994.The International Dictionary of Fashion provides over 600 pages of dense information running from Aaage Thaarup, a veteran Danish fashion house, through to Zucchi, described as the number-one European group for household linen. It is the international flavour of the dictionary, published only in French, which distinguishes it from its predecessor, said Lydia Kamitsis, a fashion historian and one of the work's editors. "Over the past 10 years, we have above all seen just how much the fashion world has internationalised, " she said. "Back in 1994 the entries for Gucci and Prada were very short; today the two labels have turned into major groups." Bruno Remaury, who teaches at the French Institute of Fashion and who edited both issues of the dictionary, also found that the industry had become much more volatile. "The history of fashion houses is no longer stable," he told AFP. "They periodically change their entire culture, either because the art directors change, or because they come into new ownership." Among the new names to appear in the latest edition were the US designers Rick Owens and Alber Elbaz, Japan's Junya more www.exp... (823) added by Levent OZLER |
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