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Trend for Autumn-Winter 2008/2009 by GLENI
...e latest fashions in clothes, hair styles, handbags, colours and the alternatives.We hope that you find these tips and insights interesting and helpful and enjoy reading10 trends for this season:Let’s start from the feet up: shoes. Ankle-boots and pumps are right back in; both with strictly rounded toes and heels that are vertiginous to say the least, not less than 13 cm! There are many new styl... |
Li-Lo almost puts me off leopard print
...SJP's more natural sun-kissed hair ever since the pap pics from the SATC movie set came out. Richard Ward will make you look like this ... almostSo when London salon Richard Ward challenged me to ditch the bleach and try out their new more beachy-blonde 'Gisele' style I thought I'd give it a go (I don't know many women who'd say no to looking like Gisele Budchen). A few hours in the chair and I'm... |
Black Friday bargains start season off with a bang
...his year," ComScore Networks Chairman Gian Fulgoni said in a statement. "With 42 percent growth versus the same day last year, it's clear that many consumers opted for the convenience and sanity of shopping from home to avoid mayhem at that malls and to take advantage of the extremely attractive deals being offered online. This growth figure is especially encouraging for online retailers when taki... |
AGTA names Spectrum Award winners
...ple tourmaline, a 22.82-carat pink tourmaline, a 22.10-carat yellow tourmaline, two green tourmalines (29.17 total carat weight), garnets (1.85 total carat weight), multi-colored sapphires (3.34 total carat weight) and diamonds (4.40 total carat weight).Fashion Forward Honors Gregore Morin, Gregore Joailliers, Santa Barbara, Calif.18-karat white gold "Hummingbird" brooch featuring pink sapphires (... |
Stocks up after GMAC lifeline, retail sales dip
...my view," said Hugh Johnson, chairman and chief investment officer of Johnson Illington Advisors. Tax-loss selling is when investors sell their poorly-performing stocks to realize a loss for the year, which can reduce their taxes in upcoming years.The Dow Jones industrial average rose 47.07, or 0.56 percent, to 8,515.55 after Thursday's market holiday.Broader stock indicators also rose. The Standa... |
EXCLUSIVE: Jewelers see uptick in sales since Black Friday
...kend, with diamond jewelry topping consumers' shopping lists."Sales last week were definitely higher for us than they usually are in the week after Thanksgiving," says Evan James Deutsch, owner of Evan James Ltd. in Brattleboro, Vt. "The weather I think really helped. It was 65 degrees here. People seemed more upbeat and more willing to spend early on."Deutsch says that Friday, Dec. 1, was the bus... |
Hollywood Celebrates Strong Sales Over Weekend
...o's pictures.Rob Moore, vice chairman of Paramount, said that the studio is shifting toward a new era during which it will develop its own films."It was certainly helpful to have product from DreamWorks Animation, Marvel, and DreamWorks to help in the transition toward developing our own product," he said. "Now, when you look to the next six months, we have 'Benjamin Button' with Brad Pitt, we hav... |
3 ways to wear headscarves
...st ways to hide your festival hair under a scarf. Seventies ... like Nicole RitchieSeventies head band Nicole Richie and Kimberly Stewart love the Seventies boho vibe. To get their look, wrap the scarf around the front of your hairline and top of your forehead. Tie it at the nape of your neck and let the ends hang down your back. Natty ... like Carla BruniNatty neckerchiefWife of the French Presi... |
Mixed responses from apparel brand honchos on economic crisis
...ded by saying. Mr DPS Kohli, Chairman, Koutons, commenting on the existing scenario optimistically said, “Indian fashion brands have definitely carved a niche for themselves in the international markets. The increased fashion consciousness and the need to look good, coupled with higher purchasing power of the masses, will definitely take the industry to heights in the days to come. With the dissol... |
The Year in Fashion 2008
...ars, for Fall 2008: all camel-hair balmacaans, pencil-slim silk floral sheaths, cashmere twinsets, and ocelot-print pants. Because Marc Jacobs Keeps Us GuessingJacobs was everywhere in 2007. Did that mean he'd lie low in 2008? Not a chance. First, there was the ongoing saga of his very public private life (this year's guessing game: Did he or didn't he get married to his Brazilian beau,... |
'Play On Extremes' for spring/summer 2010 trends
...ogist, Beppe Di Donna, whose opinion counts when it comes to trends, “our society has become more difficult to stimulate and therefore everything is resorting to extremes to be noticed, experimented and selectedâ€. The technical interpretation explained by Angelo Uslenghi and the Creative Team is in line with this social perspective and evidences a positive Play note where soothing words appear... |
Study: Consumers still prefer brick-and-mortar jewelry stores
...dy from the Jewelry Consumer Opinion Council (JCOC), 91 percent of JCOC members make purchases online, yet only 34 percent have purchased jewelry online.Of those who have never made an online purchase, 60 percent say they would consider buying something in cyberspace. The top three reasons for not making a purchase on the Web were: preferring to see an item in person; fear of identity thefts; and ... |
Coach: Luxury on the Cheap
When the holiday shopping season is done for 2008, the results for retailers will show disappointing numbers. Consumers continue to pinch their pennies in this tough economic environment. The International Council of Shopping Centers expects November and December sales at stores open at least a year to fall as much as 1 percent, the largest drop since at least 1969, when the trade group began trac... |
What work? 60 million shop online today
...oyees may well be holiday shopping at their desks today, a new survey suggests.With Black Friday now over, the holiday shopping frenzy has moved online with "Cyber Monday" expected to draw 60.7 million consumers shopping from home or work today, according to a Shop.org survey conducted this weekend by Big Research. Today, expected to be one of the biggest online shopping days of the year, starts t... |
WDC launches diamond Web site and ad campaign
...iamonds," said Eli Izhakoff, chairman of the WDC, in the release. "We want people to feel good about their diamond purchases, so we attempted to help eliminate some of the myths and misperceptions about the industry. We tapped countless academics, industry organizations, and other experts to ensure that the information we publish on the site is accurate and offers many perspectives and points of v... |
Snow stalls jewelry sales, but men still buying
...ly regular male customers shopping for women, and Deutsch hopes to see even more of them in these final days leading up to Christmas."These next three days are going to be make or break for us," he said.He said one sales tactic that has worked to his benefit this holiday season is the 21 percent discount he is offering on jewelry items in his store. The "21 percent" marks the store's 21st Christma... |
Recent online spending strong, but down for season
...ime for Christmas," ComScore Chairman Gian Fulgoni said in a media release. "As a result, we've seen online shoppers continue to spend heavily even later into the season, with the most recent week including four of the top 10 spending days of the season. Despite this positive development, the combination of the compressed holiday schedule and the challenging economic situation faced by many consum... |
Helzberg's 'Sparkle' sale to benefit children's charities
Children named Helzberg Diamonds Chairman and CEO Marvin Beasley as the 2007 Facets of Hope honoree. With the honor, Beasley will be responsible for leading industry fund-raising efforts to help Jewelers for Children-supported charities."Because of our company's ongoing commitment to helping children in need, we will approach this great responsibility with enthusiasm," Beasley said in a statement.... |
GAO report: Conflict diamonds still entering U.S.
...y (USKPA), though it is developing and testing one.The report was conducted in order to examine the implementation of the CDTA, which was established to provide a framework for the U.S. implementation of the KP. The report also examined how the U.S. has helped strengthen the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.The report made recommendations such as improvements to the accuracy of U.S. rough di... |
NOVA Fashion Week to debut in Northern Virginia
...d within tents set up for shopping. This event is complimentary to all who want to attend.Designer Showcase Sale: An individual tent will be set up for designers from the week’s shows to review their individual designs and purchase from what was seen on the runway.02 | 29 | 09 - Luxury Designer Fashion Showcase - The luxury designer fashion showcase is the finale fashion showcase of the first NOVA... |
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