Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is to design a range of clothes for fashion house Dolce & Gabbana.
The Brazilian model, currently the face of the label's latest fragrance 'The One', will launch her ready-to-wear collection in spring.
Bundchen by Dolce & Gabbana is expected to appear in selected stores across the globe by March, reports Vogue.
Described as "chic and feminine" the range will be the first design venture for Gisele, who has reportedly considered previous collaborations but waited to work with her two friends.
The model has been a regular fixture at Dolce & Gabbana over recent years, appearing on the catwalk and in print campaigns for the design duo.
Her appearance in the campaign for 'The One' has apparently helped to boost worldwide sales of the fragrance by some £75 million.
Known as the highest-paid model in the world, Gisele revealed recently that she has a strong business acumen, insisting on being paid in euros instead of American dollars due to a recent fall in the US currency's worth.
Fashion house Gucci will stage its fundraising fashion week party at the United Nations' (UN) headquarters in New York.
This will be the first time the grounds of the building on the edge of the East River have played host to a fashion event.
Due to take place on February 6th, the fundraising gala will celebrate the launch of Gucci's new flagship store on Fifth Avenue and, with help from Madonna, will generate support for Malawi.
Already set to be one of the key events of New York Fashion Week, the party will be staged on the North Lawn of the UN building and will include live performances from Alicia Keyes, Timbaland and Rihanna.
Madonna's involvement in the Gucci party was announced last month. The star, who adopted a son from Malawi earlier this year, will host the event alongside Gucci's creative director Frida Giannini and a series of other celebrity UNICEF sponsors.
Giannini recently announced that she has designed a limited edition range of eight exclusive accessories which will be launched on August 8th next year to coincide with the opening of the Beijing Olympics.
Not sure what your kids should wear to all the holiday get-togethers? Luckily for them, holiday style has come a long way since the reindeer sweater. So whether you dress him in a classic tan suit or her in a bohemian flowered skirt, they'll still look cute and stylish. Here are five party-perfect trends from Cookie magazine that will not only dazzle in December, but will wear well year-round:
Boys: A tan suit serves as the perfect canvas for basic boys' holiday style. Dress it up with a jewel-toned shirt and festive tie. Dress it down with jeans and a T-shirt. Sneakers work with either combination.
Boys: Perfect their vintage look with argyle sweaters or vests and thin corduroy pants. Plus both pieces are versatile enough your little man can wear them all winter long.
Boys: Princes can get that regal look by layering organic tunics with tweedy blazers and slouchy dress pants in an earthy palette. Switch out trousers for jeans to make this look play date friendly.
By: Karlene Benjamin
What it is, who decides what's 'in'?
Fashion trends are always changing, slightly elusive, extremely seductive.
It has the power to transform an image and make a social statement.
What is fashion anyway?
The prevailing style or custom, as in dress or behavior: out of fashion.
Something, such as a garment, that is in the current mode: a swimsuit that is the latest fashion.
The style characteristic of the social elite: a man of fashion.
To some, fashion is an art form. To others, it is almost a religion.
For most people it is a method of utilizing clothing, accessories and hair to show or hide something about yourself. You can use fashion to express yourself, to serve as an extension of your personality: goth, skater, soccer mom, professional, and beyond, or you can use fashion to disguise your true self: a conservative in vamp clothing, a vamp in conservative clothing.
Fashion statements can be made with clothes, accessories, shoes, hair, makeup, even your cellphone.
Who decides what's in?
Designers can greatly influence what direction fashion will go in.
people such as, Miuccia Prada of Prada and Miu Miu, Marc Jacobs
of Marc and Louis Vuitton are considered directional designers
(Prada for remixing classics, Jacobs for vintage-inspired styles).
Working five or six months ahead of the season, the press attends fashion shows presenting designer collections; the media will then give editorial coverage to trends they think their readership is interested in.
Store buyers work many months in advance of the season to place orders with manufacturers for styles they think their customers will want to buy. Celebrities and other opinion leaders (socialites and other glitterati) are usually the first to sport new looks, spurring the buying public into accepting emerging trends.
So everyone from big-name designers to celebrities may be behind influencing the direction fashion will go in, but even with all these factors, it is ultimately up to you, the consumer, who will decide what is "in" when you choose whether or not to buy into a trend.
Where are the world's fashion centers?
New York, Paris and Milan are considered the major hubs for designers and manufacturers of fashion apparel and accessories. London, Los Angeles, Toronto, Hong Kong, Sydney and Sao Paolo, in addition to hundreds of other smaller market areas are host to excellent designers and manufacturers.
How can I work in fashion?
Depending on what you want to do -- from designing to retailing -- there are many paths you can take to get to your destination.
Education is a vital ingredient: many universities offer excellent fashion merchandising courses.
Work experience is another necessary step to working as a professional in the fashion industry. Experience at the retail level (as a sales person in a store) is a great way to get a feel for how consumers buy, mix or reject clothing.
Many students are initially attracted to fashion because it seems like a glamorous business and to some degree it is, but the majority of clothing and accessories that are designed, manufactured and sold have absolutely nothing to do with the glitzy shows associated with famous designers.
The majority of people working in fashion have behind-the-scenes jobs at less-than-glamorous wages. Regardless, most who work in the industry are charged by its vibrancy and creativity and get rewards other than fame and fortune (a fun job, creative outlet, etc.).
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Dear Experts, What's the rule for wearing jean jackets and jeans? Do they have to match and do they have to be the same color? I am at a loss about this.
Thanks,Hilary
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Let's see. This is somewhat of a complicated question because sometimes mixing jean colors can look really tacky. If you're wearing really dark bottoms and have a light jean jacket that is semi-ok. If you have all light on then it's ok..it gives you that vintage look...even if they are dark sometimes they can be compatible. the best thing is to ask a friend for their color theory. What's really hip right now is the full matching jean outfit.Hope that helped,Chako s.
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If you are afraid of colors ,don’t be.There various ways to mix and match colors . If you are not comfortable with that bright red,blue,pink or even yellow dress,then up your accessories. The Dress shown in the photo is a great example of how you can make it work. Just by adding the red red around it,it brings out the beauty of the dress even more.Ladies have fun with it.
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Okay so we have all seen the fashion shows on TV, or the pictures from them in the magazines and thought about how unbelievably and unnaturally thin the models are. Personally I find it very depressing. I look at these beautiful clothes on these beautiful girls and know that even if I had the money to buy the clothes, they would never look like that on me. I am not a large girl and actually wear a fairly small size, but I still find the fashion industry massively depressing.
This made me wonder for a while about plus size women and their fashion. I mean they must have the same types of thoughts right? Well now they have their own plus size fashion industry. I have seen some of the shows and the models, and these are beautiful women and beautiful clothes. I mean there are beautiful larger women that make their living as models, defying all the stereotypes that society has set about that bigger women aren’t as beautiful as thin women.
-A very thin model walks the runway at the Rosa Cha spring 2007 fashion show, on Sept. 10, 2006, in New York.The British Fashion Council said barring stick-thin models— as fashion weeks in Madrid and Milan have done —“is neither desirable nor enforceable.” This is down right disturbing . Models dramatically under weight,and still on the run way.Under weight models “Thin is not in,6 feet under is where it will take you “
Its amazing, the impact the fashion industry can have on models.The image above is very distasteful.
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