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From the lavish productions of Hollywood's Golden Age through the high-tech blockbusters of today, the most memorable movies all have one thing in common: they rely on the magical transformations rendered by the costume designer.
Whether spectacular or subtle, elaborate or barely there, a movie costume must be more than merely a perfect fit.
Each costume speaks a language all its own, communicating mood, personality, and setting, and propelling the action of the movie as much as a scripted line or synthetic clap of thunder.
More than a few acting careers have been launched on the basis of an unforgettable costume, and many an era defined by the intuition of a costume designer-think curvy Mae West in I'm No Angel (Travis Banton, costume designer), Judy Garland in A Star is Born (Jean Louis and Irene Sharaff, costume designers), Diane Keaton in Annie Hall (Ruth Morley, costume designer), or Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark (Deborah Nadoolman Landis, costume designer).
In Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design, Academy Award-nominated costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis showcases one hundred years of Hollywood's most tantalizing costumes and the characters they helped bring to life.
Drawing on years of extraordinary research, Landis has uncovered both a treasure trove of costume sketches and photographs-many of them previously unpublished-and a dazzling array of first-person anecdotes.
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H&M and Designers Against AIDS (DAA) are joining forces in the battle against AIDS and are launching a collection for guys and girls together with Rihanna, Timbaland and other well-known designers, musicians and artists.
The aim is to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS, which affects many young people all over the world.
The collection "Fashion Against AIDS" will be available in H&M's Divided departments from February 2008.
The artists taking part in "Fashion Against AIDS" are Rihanna, Chicks on Speed, Good Charlotte, Henrik Vibskov, Jade Jagger, Katharine Hamnett, My Chemical Romance, Rufus Wainwright, Scissor Sisters, The Cardigans, Tiga, Timbaland and Ziggy Marley.
"Supporting the Fashion Against AIDS campaign was a great way to encourage my fans to join me in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
I love that H&M is providing a fashionable and easy way for young people all over the world to get involved in this worthy cause, "says Rihanna.
The idea behind the collection is to draw attention to HIV/AIDS and increase young people's awareness of it.
Twelve million young people in the 15-24 age group are now infected with the virus.
The initiative for this collaborative venture was taken by Designers Against AIDS (DAA), a non-profit organisation that seeks to mould public opinion through collaboration with fashion designers, musicians and other artists.
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Dunnes Stores in the Republic have been found guilty of deliberately copying designs sold by the Karen Millen chain.
The Commercial Court in Dublin found that Dunnes had copied a jumper and two shirts by the high street chain.
Karen Millen is part of the Mosaic Fashions Group. Two other brands in the group, Coast and Whistles are also taking similar actions against Dunnes.
It is not looking for damages but is seeking any profits made by Dunnes by selling the copied designs.
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Call it the iSeason. Apple's iPhones and iPods - indeed, iAnythings - are flying off the shelves this Christmas, and owning the coolest electronic devices has transcended the technophile world to become a necessity for the fashion savvy.
Metallo Design, a Dallas-based designer of fashion, luxury and lifestyle products, has introduced a new collection of ultra-chic accoutrements to enhance and protect the season's most sought-after electronics.
The first offerings of its Gilty Couture brand include a collection of upscale gold, silver and Swarovski crystal accessories for the complete line of Apple iPod and iPhone products.
For the truly trendy, standing out in the iCrowd means turning to a surefire fashionista strategy - accessorize.
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Midnight Twilight is the new highly anticipated third collection from Sydney label "Young Lovers".
Created to oppose the movements of the un-radical majority, this collection of prints celebrates the madness of midnight love and all that surrounds it.
It is for the sleepless ones who dare to not follow. It is the Young Lovers who will take over the city by night.
Touted as one of the top new labels to watch in 2008, "Young Lovers" has become the name on the lips of the devotees, midnight marauders and heartbeat-of-the- pavement kids from Sydney to London, New York to Tokyo.
Colliding at the intersection of art and music, twilight and midnight, future and past, Young Lovers offers a refreshingly unique vision of modern street fashion.
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