Borrowed from the Samoan word tatau, tattooing has been a part of our culture for thousands of years. Dating back to the fourth to fifth millennium BC, Otzi the Iceman was discovered to have had 57 markings on his skin, consisting of dots and lines. It has only been within the last 20 years that tattoos have become more socially acceptable. According to a recent survey roughly 36 percent of Americans have one or more tattoos.
Models Leanne and Christy model the chicest summer dresses, playing with different necklines, embroidery, & colors. Featured designers like Marc Jacobs, Max Mara, & Michael Kkors:
All the different summer dresses are on display, paired with or without jeans, these looks will keep you cool and fashionable.
And here is a bit more. Take a look at Soma Fashion’s summer runway in the sky.
Elaine’s Beauty Tips for Asian Eyes.
Elaine demonstrates how to bring the most out of her eyes using mascara and a little bit of shimmer.
How to Find the Jewelry Color Trends for Fall and Winter 2007 - 2008
Nov 12 2007
Posted by IngaOz in Fashion And Beauty |
With the changing seasons we look to the coming color palates to see what is new and exciting for jewelry trends. Well there is good news and then there is great news. The good news for jewelry lovers is the expected lovely warm colors are coming in jewelry design and the great news is there is celebration of our beloved favorite jewelry tones as well.
There is much to celebrate with the upcoming fall and winter season in jewelry trends with an explosion of colors for the cold weather wardrobe to lift the spirits, so it will be a hot season for lovers of jewelry.
The most surprising color trend for the fall & winter 2007 - 2008 season is yellow - generally the color we connect to bring sunny times - but as a way to challenge the closed in winter days yellow is coming to brighten up our daily lives. Refreshing gemstones like citrine, yellow topaz, amber, and chrysoberyl and simulated canary diamond jewelry, topaz glass beads and the cubic zirconia substitutes will keep you on top of seasonal jewelry trends.
A great counter point color for yellow is the ever popular shades of purple that will be highlighted this fall & winter 2007 - 2008 jewelry designs with complimenting tones of pink. So pink diamonds, amethyst, pink topaz, rose quartz, fluorite and rhodonite gem stones as well as pink pearl jewelry will all be bringing love and balance into our fashion jewelry wardrobes.
Another hot pick for your fall and winter jewelry wardrobe is the ever popular color blue with it staying in style to make all us lovers of blue happy. So look for jewelry designs with sapphires, lapis lazuli, blue jade, aquamarine, blue topaz, turquoise, blue opals, blue moonstones, as well as the handmade lampwork beads in blue and the blue cubic zirconia tones. The range of shades of blue will let you match the best ones for you.
The popular fall & winter 2007 - 2008 color trends also include the favorite and classic black. It is a wardrobe favorite with how easy it is to wear and never really goes out of style. In the world of jewelry black is showcased to its best effect with jet, black onyx, black diamonds and black pearls.
Keeping with traditional favorites with the fall & winter 2007 - 2008 color trends the perennial hues of pumpkin, silky gray, chocolate brown will have you in style and on trend. So look to tiger’s eye, smoky quartz, cinnabar, or even the simulated champagne diamonds and substitute cubic zirconium and you will remain on top of the seasonal jewelry trends with your jewelry wardrobe favorites. Simply match your much loved jewelry with new season jewelry pieces.
So for the fashion conscious consumer having the perfect accessories with your upcoming fall & winter 2007 - 2008 jewelry designs has never been easier. The trick is to pick classic design that will stand the test of time. Whether the fashion jewelry has genuine gemstones or handcrafted beads you can enjoy classic design that never really goes out of style. There will always be some colors that are hotter than others but we all have our own style and can pick and choose from the jewelry tones what suits us best, that make us shine, including matching our old favorites.
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Christian Dior Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2007/2008
Nov 11 2007
Posted by IngaOz in Fashion And Beauty |
Christian Dior Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2007/2008.
This is my favorite video - beautiful dresses. Many color variations, very “female”, elegant - everything is beautiful. Take a look - you will probably love it too!
Wildlifeworks Autumn/Winter 2007-2008.
After watching this video I can’t say that I love the fashion tendencies for Autumn/Winter 2007-2008, but they are as they are…
What you think about those? I always thought that we need more colors in Autumn/Winter season as it’s too gray itself…
Fashion is a term that usually applies to a prevailing mode of expression, but quite often applies to a personal mode of expression that may or may not apply to all. Inherent in the term is the idea that the mode will change more quickly than the culture as a whole. The terms “fashionable” and “unfashionable” are employed to describe whether someone or something fits in with the current popular mode of expression. The term “fashion” is frequently used in a positive sense, as a synonym for glamour and beauty and style. In this sense, fashions are a sort of communal art, through which a culture examines its notions of beauty and goodness. The term “fashion” is also sometimes used in a negative sense, as a synonym for fads, trends, and materialism.
Fashion is something we deal with everyday. Even people who say they don’t care what they wear choose clothes every morning that say a lot about them and how they feel that day.
One certain thing in the fashion world is change. We are constantly being bombarded with new fashion ideas from music, videos, books, and television. Movies also have a big impact on what people wear.
Musicians and other cultural icons have always influenced what we’re wearing, but so have political figures and royalty.
Fashion is revealing. Clothes reveal what groups people are in. In high school, groups have names: “goths, skaters, preps, herbs”. Styles show who you are, but they also create stereotypes and distance between groups. For instance, a businessman might look at a boy with green hair and multiple piercings as a freak and outsider. But to another person, the boy is a strict conformist. He dresses a certain way to deliver the message of rebellion and separation, but within that group, the look is uniform. Acceptance or rejection of a style is a reaction to the society we live in.
Fashion is a language which tells a story about the person who wears it.
Fashion is big business. More people are involved in the buying, selling and production of clothing than any other business in the world. Everyday, millions of workers design, sew, glue, dye, and transport clothing to stores. Ads on buses, billboards and magazines give us ideas about what to wear, consciously, or subconsciously.
Fashion is an endless popularity contest.
High fashion is the style of a small group of men and women with a certain taste and authority in the fashion world. People of wealth and position, buyers for major department stores, editors and writers for fashion magazines are all part of Haute Couture (”High Fashion” in French). Some of these expensive and often artistic fashions may triumph and become the fashion for the larger majority. Most stay on the runway.
Popular fashions are close to impossible to trace. No one can tell how the short skirts and boots worn by teenagers in England in 1960 made it to the runways of Paris, or how blue jeans became so popular in the U.S., or how hip-hop made it from the streets of the Bronx to the Haute Couture fashion shows of London and Milan.
But it’s always interesting to keep on eye fashion history as well as news.
