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December 30, 2009
FAKE GHD hair stylers and ugg Boots mean it has been an unhappy Christmas for ‘numerous’ shoppers in Warrington.
Officials at Warrington and Halton Trading Standards have been inundated with complaints from residents in the weeks running up to the festive period.
People have been buying the designer items from fake websites but officers say the goods ordered are very often not arriving.
A spokesman for trading standards said: “In the weeks leading up to Christmas we have received numerous complaints from residents who have bought GHD hair stylers and ugg [...]
December 27, 2009
According to reports the former cocktail waitress is being lined up by Channel 4 bosses hoping to inject some controversy into next month’s last-ever show.
She will join a host of other celebrities, which may include former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson and Jordan’s ex lovers Dane Bowers and Alex Reid.
An insider told The Sun newspaper: ‘Ekaterina is just the type of feisty character we want on the show.
‘She’s also very high profile and will no doubt have some great gossip about what life was like living with one of [...]
December 25, 2009
Merry Christmas!!!!!!
Christmas in Los Angeles is awesome and sad. You can go to the malls in Burbank and watch wind machines blow confetti that double as snow and watch as people visit Santa and try to sit on his lap. During seventy degree days. But it’s a good, fine tradition. Ed Hardy, though, turns it on its head like a druggy trust-fund baby. They have an apparel store in London, and have hired a little person Santa to go around and sit in people’s laps.
Hey, do you hate [...]
December 25, 2009
The Co-Founder of Dooney & Bourke handbags, Frederic Bourke was sentencedy to one year and one day in prison for foreign bribery yesterday. Burke is required to serve three years probation once he is released, and is facing a fine of $1 million. He invested $8 Million in the early 1990’s to Victor Kozeny, a Czech Entreprenuer, in a bribe to the Azerbaijan government to get in on the state’s private oil company.
He was convicted for investing $8 million in the early ’90s with Victor Kozeny, a Czech [...]
December 25, 2009
Located at 31 Rue Cambon, the apartment sits atop the Chanel boutique and couture salon, where models showed collections to prospective buyers. Today, the apartment is used for press interviews and Fashion shoots — and, of course, for haute couture clients, says Odile Babin, a Chanel archivist.
Coco Chanel invented a fashion vocabulary — camellias, the black dress, the double-C logo, the elongated octagon shape of the Chanel No. 5 perfume stopper — and she surrounded herself with these inspirations in her posh Paris apartment.
“In this apartment, you can [...]
December 25, 2009
Now, let us take a look at the coach soft leather Kyra clutch. Coach takes a break from its regular signature print purses with the Kyra clutch. Rather than plastering the clutch with oversized Cs, Coach has opted for plain leather. This seafoam shape is so delicate and fresh, but you can also find it in fun berry pink and subtle white and cream tones.
Simple Coach Soft Leather Kyra Clutch Known for quality and Style, the Coach name is one you can trust. Inspired by the beauty and [...]
December 25, 2009
Titanium is a new addition in the world of jewellery manufacturing and it has got good response. Moreover valuable and fashionable pearls and gems such as diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires are also used in the formation of rings, earrings, bracelets, rings and necklaces. Some brides integrate their bridal jewellery with valuable and beautiful diamonds and other gemstones. Bridal jewellery should make the bride unique and different and set her apart from everybody else. There are several designers and manufacturers that create innovative and attractive jewellery items.
Marriage is [...]
December 25, 2009
Can we tawk? Unfashionable stars beware! Joan Rivers, the mouth that roared on E! for 10 years, is coming back to bust badly dressed celebs in a series of awards-season Fashion Police operations. The clothes-minded critiques begin with Fashion Police: The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards, Jan. 18.
Joining Rivers on the red carpet beat will be E! Network personalities Khloé Kardashian Odom, Giuliana Rancic and Jay Manuel—and Joan is clearly stoked for the gig:
“With this group of candid, clever and hilarious personalities, the 2010 award season is certain [...]
December 23, 2009
Sienna Miller? Check. Justin Timberlake? Yes. André Leon Talley? Ten pairs of slip-ons, please. Hollywood offspring such as Kingston Rossdale and Violet Affleck have been spotted in ugg Australia products. And for those who cannot have enough, there are more than 150 styles from which to choose.
Which bring us to the knockoffs. ugg Australia has a Facebook page instructing consumers on how to avoid dealers selling faux footwear. The parent company says it has located more than 3,000 websites offering counterfeit goods.
Earlier this month, a columnist at the [...]
December 23, 2009
“King of jewelers and jeweler of kings” is how Great Britain’s Edward VII once described Cartier, the French jewelry design firm whose name is synonymous with understated elegance, superior craftsmanship, technical virtuosity and, of course, luxury.
The monarch’s hearty endorsement, offered during the Belle Époque at the turn of the 20th century, would be seconded by the patronage of a host of wealthy socialites, countesses and heiresses. There was Barbara Hutton, a bevy of Vanderbilts, assorted expatriate European royalty like the Duchess of Windsor and Princess Grace of Monaco [...]
