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At a recent gala event in Antwerp the diamond neckpiece titled "Bel Canto - A Homage to Maria Callas" took the center stage as the grand finale at the HRD AWARDS 2007.
This year's theme for the awards was "A Night at the Opera" and this piece was a fitting choice as the grand finale of the glittering ceremony.
This diamond neckpiece was designed by an acclaimed India-born, Canadian designer Reena Ahluwalia.
The diamonds were sponsored by Diarough N.V and the jewellery sponsor was Shrenuj and Company Limited.
Over her thirteen-year period as a jewellery designer, Reena Ahluwalia has been working on design projects in Asia, Europe and North America.
Her work can also be found in private collections across Asia and Europe.
She has won numerous National and International awards, including the coveted De Beers Diamonds-Internation al Awards.
Her award winning piece was later featured by renowned fashion designer Alexander McQueen in his Spring / Summer 2000 collection in New York.
Reena has worked on campaigns with De Beers, Platinum Guild International (PGI) and the World Gold Council (WGC).
She also invests her time teaching part-time at the George Brown College in Toronto, Canada.
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Spectacular Grand Finale for HRD Awards 2007
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Wolverine takes home its first ever Polartec APEX Design Award for the versatile Pioneer jacket from the 2007 apparel line.
The Pioneer, selected for Wolverine's outstanding and innovative use of Polartec fabric, will be prominently featured in the Polartec booth at the Outdoor Retailer show, as well as throughout the year on the Web and in various marketing initiatives.
"The Wolverine Pioneer jacket is an excellent example of what the Polartec APEX Design Awards are all about," said Carol Valianti, vice president of global communications for Polartec LLC.
"It is a perfect pairing of design, fit and fabric in a rugged, classic work jacket made of incredibly durable Polartec Wind Pro with Hardface Technology."
The Pioneer jacket stands up to the toughest challenges, perfect on the work site or the weekend.
Polartec fabric helps make the Pioneer wind-resistant, water-repellent, breathable and extremely durable.
Wolverine has incorporated comfort and ease-of-wear details into the jacket, including no side seams and reinforced pocket openings.
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Wolverine Takes 2007 Polartec Apex Award for Outstanding Design
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If you think the one-piece swimsuit can't be as sexy or alluring as the bikini, take another look.
With plunging necklines and side cutouts, the traditional maillot eschews its modest reputation with an updated silhouette that could rival the itsy-bitsy two-piece in skimpiness.
Where it might have been hard to find modernized one-pieces just two years ago, contemporary swimwear labels such as Laguna Beach-based Vitamin A, Santa Ana-based L*Space and ViX have all added the one-piece to their collections.
Despite all the attention the one-piece has gotten lately from fashion magazines, the bikini still reigns as the beach or poolside suit of choice, and what's hot this year incorporates a variety of trends from several seasons past.
Mixing and matching prints is still popular, and embellishment remains big, from hardware touches like metal rings and leather accents to sequins on bikini tops.
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How does a designer go from being a relative unknown to becoming a tastemaker?
New York Fashion Now explores the stories of twenty designers who launched their own labels in the five years between 1999 and 2004.
Key to the early success of some has been the focused support of the fashion press, retailers and manufacturers, as well as the funded design competitions that help the winners pay their bills.
For many of New York's young fashion hopefuls this support has been essential.
Young designers shoulder significant economic burdens, along with the expectation to deliver creatively each season.
Further, many of the featured design labels were founded around the time of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
The designers, along with their staff, factories and retailers, struggled in the resultant economic downturn.
Still, the number of designer-led fashion businesses founded in New York City at the turn of the 21st century is remarkable.
New York Fashion Now captures this significant moment of design productivity, both within the city's mainstream fashion culture and outside it.
The twenty featured start-up stories provide insight into how so many young hopefuls have prevailed at this particular moment.
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With this year's designer collaboration H&M opens its doors to the exclusive world of Roberto Cavalli.
The Italian designer will create a one-off collection for women and men exclusively for H&M.
The line will carry the vital touch and the intense sensuality typical of Roberto Cavalli, one of the world's most exciting and creative fashion designers.
"Roberto Cavalli has created a world of his own, iconic and full of fantasy, when it comes to colours, prints, and style.
There is no place for shyness and no possibility of ending up with a mainstream wardrobe of everyday basics.
The Roberto Cavalli collections represents an exuberant, successful lifestyle," says Margareta van den Bosch.
"As the first Italian designer in the history of H&M, I enthusiastically welcomed this invitation, proud to bring the lively and positive spirit of my work to a new audience, who will be able to see and interpret my style in an individual way.
I love freedom and challenges: breaking down barriers, experimenting in different directions.
H&M is all this for me.
I will add a dash of festivity and dreams," explains Roberto Cavalli.
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Roberto Cavalli at H&M
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