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Source: NorthJersey.com Trenton, N.J. She'd lately appeared on the cover of Italian Vogue, and had modeled for top designers at show this summer in Milan and Paris. But now, 19-year-old Heather Bratton is dead, the victim of a burning crash on the New Jersey Turnpike. Authorities confirmed today that she was killed in the three-car hurtle a week ago. A statement from her booking group says she'd been headed to Newark International Airport. Her stepfather tells the New York Post she'd been in New York for a photograph shoot. Police say the hired car in which she was a traveler had broken down in the center lane of the turnpike, and was rear-ended by an S-U-V. Both cars caught fire, and she was attentive inside.
Source:detnews.comThere's a new twist to the oppression of fashion, as the newly-crowned Miss Universe Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza fainted throughout the contest. According to the parade envoy Lark Anton, "She got dizzy as her dress was tight." Her fainting episode has stirred a debate on fashion distress. Must women in glamour say no to fashion that makes them uncomfortable? "Yes," says designer Rina Dhaka. "Wearing a metal dress can be very uncomfortable and heavy. It seems the girl had starved herself to fit into her outfit. We should say no to fashion distress which takes toll on your anxiety and body."
Source: leedstoday.net The finalists in the high-status fashion show launched by the Yorkshire Evening Post and White Rose Shopping Centre are being determined – and now it is the turn of Yorkshire Evening Post readers to help. Nine youngsters have already been short listed out of more than a thousand entries and their designs would absolutely appear on the catwalk at a grand fashion finale But that leaves three places still to be filled – and those three would be selected by you. The three most popular designs on this page – one from each age group – would go forward to the glitzy final, so everything depends on your vote.
Source: people.comAfter film stars and musicians of India and Pakistan, it was revolve of fashion connoisseurs from the two nations to get together at a sole three-day display that opened here Saturday - the latest setback to their calm talks not withstanding. Over 100 fashion and jewelry designers from the two countries are presentation their range at the illustrate organized by the International Trade and Exhibition (ITE) group - apparently heedless of the tensions between India and Pakistan after the last week's Mumbai bombings. The exhibition draws more than 100 exhibitors each year and is eagerly expected by thousands of visitors and buyers from Delhi and adjacent states, say the organizers. Leading Indian designers and famous Pakistani designers have participated in the exhibition. A fashion show was also prearranged as a precursor to the display by the ITE group to showcase the creations of the foremost designers that was attended by many well-known socialites of Indian capital, counting the ambassador from Ghana and Pakistan high commissioner.
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The opening of U.S. designer Tracy Reese's initial store in Manhattan's oh-so-trendy meat packing district drew dozens of celebrities from across the fashion world. Anna Wintour of Vogue rubbed shoulders with designers Nicole Miller and Rachel Roy, style guru Andre Leon Talley, actress Elizabeth Rohm, and Om Bathija. Om, um, who? He's the Indian-born banker who, with Bombay-based partner Vijay Aggarwal, owns 70% of Reese's company, TR Designs. "Our strengths were harmonizing," says Bathija. "She had design skills, a great product, and presence but no infrastructure. We didn't have design or marketing sensibility but had the infrastructure, administrative skills, and financial means to support her." Expect to see people like Bathija at a lot more fashion shindigs. Reese's is one of a rising number of high-end U.S. clothing and textile brands backed or owned absolute by Indian entrepreneurs. Bombay's Texport Garments holds a bulk share in men's shirt maker Robert Graham. Haresh Tharani, an Indian-born financier now income in New York City, bought the Bill Blass brand in 1999. And in January, Indian textile creator GHCL paid $18.5 million for Virginia-based linens producer Dan River.
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New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Creativity knows no boundaries and this were proved once again by fashion connoisseurs from India and Pakistan at a show here Thursday. Fashion is not all about dressmaking, silk and models. It is much further than that and to prove this; renowned fashion designers from both the countries show cased their collection at the fashion show organized by the International Trade & Exhibition (ITE) group. Sulakshana Monga, a Delhi-based designer, felt fortunate to showcase her collection with the Pakistani designers. "I find no difference between their designs and ours. They use more of silk and we use more georgette, this is the only difference," she said. Unlike Sulakshna, another designer from the capital Umesh Vashisht said: "Indian fashion industry has reached its climax, it has got international recognition, and the designers are going places. But Pakistan fashion industry is evolving, it has still not opened up completely."
Source: education.guardian.co.ukOverseas students at the London University of Fashion have had their symbols augmented under a scheme of "particular allowances" applying simply to them, leaked credentials have exposed. The credentials, obtained by the Times Higher Education Supplement, disclose an email exchange among lecturers at the college, piece of the University of the Arts. A spokesperson for the University said: "The University is pleasing these allegations very fatally and its mission an inquiry to get to the foot of this theme." The director of the Centre of Education and Employment Research, Alan Smithers, warned it was "injurious and superior to suggest dumbed-down credentials to distant students".
Source: sfgate.comNordstrom's annual Designer Preview show arrived just in the nick of time –people are enjoying the summer weather, but are however concerned to see some new styles. This event always delivers, whether you're looking to advantage a great cause (100 percent of the proceeds go to Raphael House), people-watch, shop, sample hors d'oeuvres and cocktails, or take pleasure in the Fashions. It was held at the Design Center among sprays of orchids and black calla lilies, racks of "runway sample" clothing, and servers offering tartare on taro root and mini tacos. Looks from Roberto Cavalli, Stella McCartney, Narciso Rodriguez, Missoni, Ralph Lauren, Blumarine, Andrew Gn, Dolec & Gabanna, Derek Lam, Marc Jacobs, Valentino and Jean Paul Gaultier were, as assured, from the runway -- some even styled identically.
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Yorkshire clergy would take to the catwalk at an exclusive show in Harrogate in October. The Northern Christian Resources Exhibition (CRE) that comes to the Yorkshire Event Centre for the first time this Autumn (19-21 October), would host Faith 'n' Fashion, a extraordinary presentation highlighting work of leading Christian designers. Vestments, choir gowns and leisure wear would be on display, along with fair trade, ethical and environmentally-friendly clothing. The Northern Christian Resources Exhibition - frequently dubbed the 'ideal church show' - is predictable to attract some 5,000 people to the Yorkshire Event Centre. Everything from computers to unity wine, chalices to children's charities, and pilgrimages to pews would be featured among some 150 exhibitors. While hundreds of clergy of all denominations visit the demonstrate, four out of five visitors would be 'ordinary' church members.
Source: dnaindia.comBollywood style gurus Vikram Phadnis and Manish Malhotra are headed to South Africa for the fashion week there that starts on July 27. While Manish is now about a seasoned veteran on the international fashion circuit, for Vikram it’s a first. “Yes, this is the first time I have been invited for an international fashion event,” says Phadnis. “I guess it was the Bollywood influence in our clothes which prompted them to invite us.” However, South Africa would not be seeing any Bollywood influences in the collection he would showcase. “It won’t be Bollywood at all, but a line of fusion wear,” he says.
Source: english.people.comFashion is by no means old and so seems the designers. In Hong Kong Fashion Week ending on Friday, a group of young home designers, inspired by old ladies, history or space, became the winners of new fashion award. "I was inspired by the body features of a 60-year-old lady. The pale pink color, the wrinkles, the sagging breast... all was integrated into my design," said Ferrando Chan, who won the formal attire category prize in Hong Kong New Fashion Award 2006. A sophomore at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the 21- year-old Chan had not predictable to win, "this is the first time I applied for the award." So were the feelings of other winners of the sixth new fashion award in Hong Kong. "The result surprised me," Michael Lau, an overall winner of the award, told Xinhua. Standing at the stage with models exhausting his casual collection, the 30-year-old designer was in fact excited, "I only started designing about one and a half years ago. The award was unexpected. "
Source: tonight.co.zaColor, stripes, black, white, reworked denims, enlightening dresses - these were the first tastes of what was to come at the Nokia Cape Town Fashion Week. Young Designers Emporium (YDE) kicked off the show in style yesterday, showcasing designers like Craig Port, CX, Phenomena and X&O. Running next to the fashion shows would be a sequence of workshops for student designers, to pass on business skills. The Fashion Eye Planning for the Future Workshops would be detained every morning, under the theme "Where Creativity Meets Business Savvy". The workshops are being run by Pursuit magazine that has been on the market for 14 years and was re-launched at the start of the year. Editor Nikki Johnston said the magazine looked after fashion, clothing and textile businesses in South Africa. “We wanted to give back to the industry. Students are our future fashion industry," she said. Students were confident to have a "sharp-business intellect" and not to be afraid of branding themselves and marketing themselves as a business, said Johnston. Fashion designers, fashion design students and business owners are presence the workshops. The students sleet from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (Bellville and Cape Town campuses), Stellenbosch University, the University of Cape Town, Design Academy of Fashion, Elizabeth Galoway, and Intec.
Source: timesonline.co.ukThe United Nations has turned its hand to fashion to expand the first fair trade comfort accessories label. Taytu, an entirely Ethiopian label, is named after the country’s primary empress. All its profits would go to the communal of Ethiopian companies behind the label and assurance their employee’s fair pay and safe working conditions. Unido, the UN’s industrial development organization, collaborated with ITC, its marketing and development branch, on the plan after manufacturers said that they were not capable to compete with mass producers, chiefly those in Asia. Unido hired two Westerners, counting Barbara Guarducci, an Italian designer, who said that the climate was right for the label the label’s first collection would be accessible at the start of next year.
Source: scotsman.comModels stride down a catwalk in the Afghan capital Kabul for the first time in decades this weekend as two designers demonstrate off their clothes behind the protected walls of a luxury hotel. An audience of emigrant and well-heeled Afghan watched explain in hotel garden, under a clear mid-summer night's sky, to the strains of traditional Afghan music All of the models presentation the conservatively cut clothes that incorporated designer burqas were expatriate women, to the distress of some in the audience. The organizers said they did not want to court argument in what is a intensely conservative Muslim country by having Afghan models. "We invited a lot of Afghan women to attend the show but not to be models," said Italian designer Gabriella Ghidoni, who organized the show with an Afghan partner.
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Fashion is the new fashion in Afghanistan, it seems, with two designers share the opening walkway present in the country for decades. Models glided behind the airstrip in new takes fixed array - burqas built-in - to smudge the semi-historic affair in front of expatriates and well-make Afghans at a magnificence hotel among the ruins and shortage of the funds. All of the models, yet, were emigrant women; stress that attitudes to Afghan women have a stretched mode to go pending Kabul replaces Paris as the capital of de rigueur. The organizers said they do not feel to quad disagreement in what is a deeply conventional Muslim country by having Afghan models.
Source: wakefieldtoday.co.ukFrancesca Rukin, 18, of Rayner Street, competed next to 19 other fashion students in Manchester in around one of the UK’s largest imaginative and technological skills contest. Entrants had to tolerate a nerve-wracking few hours as their garments were modeled on the catwalk in front of a host of judges from the fashion world. These built-in a lecturer from Manchester University, a designer from Henry Lloyd sailing Sportswear Company and a designer from Italy. The judges also incorporated Ruth Rutter, managing director of Huddersfield-based MGD Manufacturing, who gave marks for technical skills as well as pattern-cutting, grading and garment construction. Six heats of the contest were held throughout June and judges would meet again next month to choose 40 garments that would go forward to the competition’s grand final. The final would be held at the Clothe show Live – the largest fashion & beauty event in the world – at the NEC in Birmingham in December, and the charming designers’ garments would be modeled in front of 5,500 people.
Source: upi.comItalian fashion icon Valentino is mortal awarded the French Legion of Honor, the country's the majority esteemed award, for his 45-year career in haute couture. The award is being presented at a ritual at the French Culture Ministry, followed by a party hosted by Valentino at Wide Ville Castle outside Paris, which he restored 11 years ago, ANSA reported Thursday. The 74-year-old Italian designer, whose full name is Valentino Garavani, said he be obliged his victory to ignoring fashion trends. "I never affronted a woman nor made her look ridiculous," he said. Women like Jacqueline Kennedy and Marella Agnelli had such overwhelming elegance, he said. The problem today, he said, is too much choice. He inscribed the virtues of simplicity, saying an stylish wardrobe has just a few necessities: "a short jacket, which is also better for women with broad hips; a skirt and pair of pants which match the jacket and are of a single color; a simple dress, a 'little nothing' in blue or black; and a long evening dress which is light and flowing yet simple." Valentino's famous clients have incorporated Joan Collins, Princess Grace of Monaco, Princess Diana, Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn and Sophia Loren.
Source: allafrica.comKaone Kario was a major punch at last week's MTN Durban Fashion Week. According to South African media reports, Kario was the toast of the country's first fashion show of the year where she turned heads with her lusciously shaped body. One South African newspaper described her on the night as "the model with the most versatile and spunky look". The report additional raved: "Kario appeared in mainly shows looking vibrant and ever so gorgeous. She is definitely the main likely to succeed after Nigerian Amazon, Oluchi. Kaone was the only familiar model apart from the ever stylish Jodie Stenson Enwik, who also wowed audiences in a tartan showstopper by Durban designer, Gideon," the report said. In one of her clothes on the night, Kaone was pictured in an all white bra and panty suit, which revealed her slender long legs and proportional body. It was the first time that Kario was sleeted as the toast of the show by the media since she won the Nokia Face of Africa title last year.
Source: today.reuters.comAccording to the industry press, his job might be in danger, but Dior Homme designer Hedi Slimane did not let it demonstrate as he helped Paris men's fashion week end on a high note on Tuesday. To the strains of beating guitars and under the watchful eye of customers like Elton John, Slimane paraded a mix of novel age mods and rockers in trademark taut black trousers and leather jackets and sharp cut suits with thin black ties. But if you thought you were looking at awful boys, the faces of the youthful, approximately androgynous models told a different story. Details like bracelets, silver colored sandals and dramatic short jackets, finished with inflated exploding crystals or large silk bows, added a flamboyant fragrance to the mix. Whether it was sufficient to secure a new, reported 2 million Euros ($2.56 million) a year salary remains to be seen.
Source: postchronicle.comActress MERYL STREEP has banged the fashion industry as a threat for the force it puts on young girls to look good. Streep, who stars as a bitchy women's magazine editor in newest film THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, worries her three daughters face steady pressure to look like models. And she's furious the impractical images the industry projects do nothing for girls' self-esteem. The 52-year-old says, "They all think there is something dreadfully wrong with how they look. Maybe that's a function of the human condition but I think it is reinforced by fashion magazines.” "I know how inadequate they made me feel, so I've always tried to tell them that it's what they do, not how they look that counts. That's hard in a culture which only values you for how you look."
Source: heraldsun.news.comA Pet store owner has been overwhelmed by the theft of a rare bird for the second time in five years.
Thieves smashed the face window of the Living Jungle Pet Warehouse in Dandenong and stole Ally, a seven-year-old macaw, on Friday night. Store owner Geoff Andrew said the foreign South American bird, value more than $12,000, lived at the store. "Because she's a female at breeding age she would be in high demand," he said. Mr. Andrew said another macaw was stolen from his Fawkner store in 2001. "That one was returned, so hopefully we would get this one back too." Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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