Burglars steal jewelry, electronics and "teacup" Yorkie named Cookie

December 27, 2011
Burglars steal jewelry, electronics and "teacup" Yorkie named Cookie

The Hansen family in northern San Diego County is convinced that the burglars who stole several thousand dollars worth of jewelry and electronic gear also stole an even more valued possession, their miniature Yorkshire terrier named Cookie.
"They even took his bed," said a distraught Joanne Hansen.
The family is offering a reward for the return of Cookie. Even the family cat, Cleo, seems bereft.
News stories suggest that the theft of Yorkies, especially "teacup" miniatures like Cookie, are common. Cookie, who is 5 and weighs less than two pounds, [...]

Barbara Bui Spring 2012 – Paris Fashion Week

November 9, 2011
Barbara Bui Spring 2012 - Paris Fashion Week

Do you have yet to find a collection that captures most of the next season Fashion trends into fabulous wearable outfit options? Then the Barbara Bui spring 2012 collection is definitely worth analyzing a little further, so select your favorite looks from the ones presented.
Barbara Bui Spring 2012 – Paris Fashion Week

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Do you have yet to find a collection that captures most of the next season fashion trends into fabulous wearable outfit options? Then the Barbara Bui spring 2012 collection is definitely worth analyzing a little further, [...]

London Fashion Week key trends for spring 12

September 25, 2011

Drapers’ Marie Davies looks at the key trends and pieces for Spring 12 from London Fashion Week.
Flower power
Floral, floral and more floral! If you haven’t already bought this trend, London confirmed it for spring 12. Look to delicate prints at Erdem, or playful sequined examples at Ashish, and brights at Mary Katrantzou.
Yellow brick road
From the palest lemon to highlighter neon, yellow is the colour for spring. Regarded as one of the more difficult colours to wear, mix it with florals to ease it into [...]

Muted shade, light fabrics and demure skirts emerge as summer 2012 trends

September 24, 2011

MILAN — Muted shades, light, airy fabrics and demure knee-length hemlines have emerged as trends for next spring and summer at Milan Fashion Week.
Perhaps even fashion designers are feeling cowed by the constant grim economic forecasts, but according to the shows Thursday next summer won’t be loud and brash. On the contrary, there is something enduring about the collections being previewed in Milan: This is fashion that can transcend not only occassions but seasons, wearing well into the Indian-summer temperatures of fall. prada’s women don [...]

This Year’s Hot TV Trend Is Anatomically Correct

September 23, 2011

Forget the singing competitions, cop shows, fairy-tale dramas and the “Mad Men”-Style melodramas. For network television this is the season of the vagina. On Monday night on the premiere of CBS’s “Two Broke Girls,” one of the most highly touted new shows of the season, a waitress, played by Kat Dennings, got back at two men who were snapping their fingers at her by letting them know the deleterious effect their behavior had on her vagina. The show is slated to run Mondays at 8:30 p.m.
At that [...]

New York woman charged with stalking French actress Marion Cotillard

August 8, 2011
New York woman charged with stalking French actress Marion Cotillard

French actress Marion Cotillard received threatening emails and videos from a New York City woman through a fan website, law enforcement officials said.
FBI agents said in a court filing that Teresa Yuan sent a series of spooky messages in July to the Oscar winner that included ramblings about wanting to play Russian Roulette with her.
‘Would you be willing to play Russian Roulette?’ the woman said, according to a complaint that was unsealed ‘If you weren’t willing and you had no choice, I’d [...]

Jennifer Lopez’s Divorce Pushed Lindsay Lohan Off Vanity Fair Cover

August 3, 2011
Jennifer Lopez

What’s more interesting – unemployment or divorce? The answer for the folks at Vanity Fair was divorce as Lindsay Lohan’s planned cover was shoved aside to accomodate Jennifer Lopez and her surprise divorce announcement. JLo has bested LiLo to snag the September issue of Vanity Fair.
Lohan was due to grace the magazine’s fall cover so she could tell us more about how she’s going change her ways, avoiding stumbling out of clubs drunk and high and landing in court. We’ve heard that story before, and while it continues [...]

Old Navy Replaces ‘Dungeons’ With 1980s Nostalgia to Boost Sales

July 11, 2011

Tom Wyatt, president of Gap Inc.’s Old Navy chain, says the best part of shopping at his stores comes when it’s time to leave.
As part of a remodeling of the shops, Old Navy revamped its “cash wrap” — the area where customers wait to pay for clothes. It used to be a plain-old checkout lane. Now Old Navy has added freeze-dried astronaut ice cream and specialty sodas from Jones Soda Co., as well as super-hero lunch boxes, glitter- covered piggy banks and Mad Libs books.
They’re meant [...]

Movies that are actually about the clothes: ‘Sex and the City’

July 11, 2011
Movies that are actually about the clothes:

Okay, the Sex and the City movies are a little obvious when it comes to Fashion. It’s a little less obvious to me how resident writer Carrie Bradshaw affords such fashions before (spoiler alert!) marrying Mr. Big, but let’s break it down.…The first movie is all about the wedding dresses – particularly the Vivienne Westwood asymmetrical gown that has close ties to her Gold Label collection. And looking through Carrie’s closet of fashion hits-and-misses, there are some frothy pieces and skimpy ensembles. Most of the fun is [...]

Bill Gaytten nieuwe ontwerper John Galliano

June 29, 2011
Bill Gaytten nieuwe ontwerper John Galliano

Bill Gaytten is de nieuwe ontwerper van John Galliano. Ondanks dat het gerucht ging dat John Galliano zou terugkeren bij zijn eigen label, kunnen we nu met zekerheid zeggen dat dit niet gaat gebeuren.
De 51-jarige designer Bill Gaytten is de nieuwe ontwerper van John Galliano. Hoewel zijn naam misschien niet direct een belletje doet ringkelen, is hij geen onbekende. Gaytten werkt al 23 jaar voor Galliano waardoor er dan ook niet veel zal veranderen. “Ik doe dit werk al zo lang, dat er voor mijn gevoel [...]