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15 - 31 January 2005
Time Out is a two week intensive professional development program.
The purpose of this exciting study tour is to facilitate a dynamic, guided program of professional development. It is intended for those working in the arts and education industries as creative practitioners, visual artists, designers, art teachers, drama teachers, art administrators wishing to immerse themselves in a range of activities designed to provide a context for a self initiated research project.
The program achieves this in a dynamic and stimulating series of workshops, demonstrations and tutorials in creative techniques, gallery tours, theatre/opera productions, fashion parades, trade events, and cultural tours.
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Zac Posen starts his day like many other 23 year olds: He's running late and clutching a large Starbucks iced coffee. His pants are slightly rumpled and the polo shirt-funky blazer combination he's wearing is an unconventional interpretation of business casual.
But the difference between Posen and the throngs of other young up-and-comers in the fashion world is he doesn't have to answer to anybody when he makes it in to work. He's the boss.
It's because of his early success as a designer, including a Council of Fashion Designers of America award for emerging talent and a joint venture in handbags and accessories with Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, that Zac Posen's studio in downtown Manhattan is all abuzz on this particular morning in preparation for New York Fashion Week.
The spring 2005 collection will be a further expansion of Posen's line, which has grown from celebrity eveningwear to suits and now sportswear. It's sportswear for a certain kind of customer, though, since not everyone wears an embellished knit polo dress to their grocery store.
"The Zac Posen woman is an intelligent woman who loves rare and exceptional things; she's adventurous and extremely sexy. Personal style is part of her way of thinking, of shopping and buying," Posen says.
His muse is his sister and creative partner, Alexandra. "I'm trying to create clothing to
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Jakarta Fashion Week is a Jakarta-base international event in a form of an annual meeting and open trade show presenting selection of Indonesian fashion and accessories designers held for the key roles in the fashion industry only.
As one of the main agenda in Indonesian fashion event and part of global fashion series, Jakarta Fashion Week definitely will attract and target the international audiences of buyers, press, fashion representative, socialites, selected VIPs, and more.
It's an extra-ordinary fashion expose from head to toe that will bring the rich of Indonesian colors and styles to influence, seduce and color the global market.
Jakarta Fashion Week welcomes all delegates to enter and explore the uniqueness of Indonesia
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The textile and leather industries have combined the skilled craftsmanship of old Europe with modern technology to produce new materials and finishes of immense possibilities.
From classical elegance to the gleam of future tech all is now achievable in the furniture coverings presented at House of European Design. Diamante and Derbi showed exceptional leathers for the upper echelon of the furniture industry.
Color palettes were new and evocative from the subtle pink of Juliette's Dawn, to the grayish-pearl of Cleopatra's Earring, to the exquisite Cream on the neck of one of Velasquez's maids, the colors virtually sang of first passions with greens that are only possible in spring.
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Animal prints are no longer the mark of fashion's wild side. Leopard dots, and even Dalmatian spots and zebra stripes, are solidly part of the mainstream. But this season's take on the formerly rebellious look is to -- gasp -- put the print into preppy silhouettes.
"Until now, I hadn't found the pieces in animal print that I would wear because it was not in the silhouettes I'd wear," says Jenna Lyons, vice president of women's design at J. Crew. "Animal prints had always been a wrap top or on little camisoles, which are not really my style."
It's a different story, though, if the brown and tan leopard dots are on a merino-wool cardigan -- as J.Crew is offering for fall. "It's matte, not shiny, and that's important," says Lyons.
At Banana Republic, animal prints are offered in bright colors, such as purple or teal, and in muted gray, which executive vice president of design Deborah Lloyd says softens the effect so a garment doesn't scream "jungle print" or "fashion victim."
By making a graphic statement on delicate blouses or on an accessory, the print provides an unexpected pop while complementing other seasonal trends, such as tweed fabrics and ladylike skirt suits, Lloyd explains.
What else does one wear with an animal print? Attitude -- and that's what really sets the tone of the look.
When animal prin
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