Australian fashion goes international (The West Australian)
2007 will be remembered as the year that boasted the re-emergence of the Australian supermodel, international fashion stars graced our shores and even politicians became fashion icons.
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December 31, 2007
Australian fashion goes international (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
2007 will be remembered as the year that boasted the re-emergence of the Australian supermodel and when politicians became fashion icons.
TVGuide.com Series Examines Weighty Issues (MultiChannel News)
TVGuide.com is addressing the body images issue Hollywood-style. Prompted by the controversy stemming from recent bikini photos depicting an “overweight” Ghost Whisperer star Jenn ifer Love Hewitt , the Web site launched a five-part series Dec. 31 at tvguide.com/bodytalk dealing with the topic as it relates to unrealistic and often dangerous standards set by Tinseltown’s taste- and fashion-makers.
Righteous resolutions: Have an eco-’08 (MSNBC)
Are your New Year’s resolutions this year eerily similar to those from last year? Try turning over a new leaf with planet-friendly pacts for 2008 instead. GreenDAY’s Marisa Belger offers inspired ways to approach beauty and fashion this year.
Leona Lewis won’t wear leather (The Arizona Republic)
Leona Lewis won’t wear leather because she is a vegetarian. The 25-year-old beauty wants to create a line of non-leather shoes and bags, and has also stopped wearing diamonds in protest at the way they are mined.
Nigeria: Odenigbo Beauty Pageant Debuts (AllAfrica.com)
A new beauty pageant, Miss Odenigbo, aimed at reshaping the image of the eastern part of the country is set to debut.
Jolie’s secret (The Times of India)
Jolie’s beauty secret is out: she rubs caviar into her skin for instant glow.
826 brings reading, writing and robots to Echo Park (Calendarlive.com)
A time-travelers' convenience store? Must be a new literacy center from author Dave Eggers' crew. AT the grand opening of the Echo Park Time Travel Mart on Dec. 15, the Robot Emotions were going like hot cakes (happiness and schadenfreude were the top sellers).
Inclusion is in style (The News & Observer)
From flats to dresses to realistic models, fashion reaches out beyond the catwalk and the covers in 2007.
Testing three (The Record)
The runway has long had a trickle-down effect: In this era of fast fashion, it seems that "inspired by" designs hit the stores the minute the last model struts down the catwalk. Fashion trends affect the beauty world, too.
December 30, 2007
Style: Allure’s Linda Wells predicts the face of ‘08 will wear bright colors (The Kansas City Star)
There will be three C's the face of 2008 will need to know: color, cream and caffeine. Linda Wells, editor in chief of Allure magazine, predicts those will be the beauty trends in the New Year. They all lend themselves to a move away from the very ladylike style that dominated in 2007.
THE ARCHITECT AND THE FASHION DESIGNER (British Vogue)
NEW YEAR, new fashion happening to start the countdown to - this time, courtesy of one Alexander McQueen and friends. McQueen, Vivienne Westwood and Hussein Chalayan are just some of the world-class British designers representing the fashion industry in a new exhibition, SKIN+BONES: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture , which opens at London's Somerset House next April.
THE ARCHITECT AND THE FASHION DESIGNER (British Vogue)
NEW YEAR, new fashion happening to start the countdown to - this time, courtesy of one Alexander McQueen and friends. McQueen, Vivienne Westwood and Hussein Chalayan are just some of the world-class British designers representing the fashion industry in a new exhibition, SKIN+BONES: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture , which opens at London's Somerset House next April.
Fashion’s good, bad and ugly (The Courier Mail)
IT WILL be remembered in the fashion world as the year of reinvention, rehab and the ever-changing "pob" - 2007 was a colourful mix of the good, the bad and the ugly.
Perfume profits raise a stink (Contra Costa Times)
PARIS -- After years of gorging on celebrity scents and fashion-house fragrances, consumers are turning up their noses at designer perfumes. "The offer is so enormous, you get lost going into a perfume shop," said Daniela Andrier, a perfumemaker at Swiss fragrance company Givaudan SA.
The face of ‘08 (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Three C's are the buzzwords for the face of 2008: color, cream and caffeine. Linda Wells, editor in chief of Allure magazine, predicts those will be the beauty trends in the new year. They all lend themselves to a move away from the very ladylike style that dominated in 2007.
Fashion: Party time! (Sunday Life)
It's all about impeccable grooming, and statement pieces - two rules that will get you noticed. The high street is not short of party dresses for this festive season, so there should be no difficulty in finding one.
Top 10 art exhibitions of 2007 (San Francisco Chronicle)
HIGH: "Hiroshi Sugimoto: History of History": (Through Jan. 6.) The Asian Art Museum invited the great photographer to portray his own connoisseurship as artist and collector. For elegant design, for the surprise, challenge and beauty of its contents, no...
December 29, 2007
The fashion forecast (Guardian Unlimited)
Life & style: What will you be wearing in 2008? Our A-Z of fashion has all you need to guide you through the looks
The fashion forecast (Guardian Unlimited)
Life & style: What will you be wearing in 2008? Our A-Z of fashion has all you need to guide you through the looks
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