Stuart Weitzman – footwear designer launches “young Hollywood cares collection” for charity

Our celebrities are geared up. One and all are enthralled towards charity. It is really exciting to see these big shots with an open heart. Which none of us would have ever imagined seeing the madness for money and fame today.. We cannot still say is it for fame or they really feel the pain of the suffering people around. Whatever is it, they have stepped forward to help the needy is important for us. They have enlightened the scope for many happy lives in future and setting up examples for others to step forward. There concern is worth appreciation.

Stuart Weitzman a celebrity and the owner of a famous shoe company. He is known for his quality and styles. He has designed shoes worth a million dollar for an Oscar nominee to wear on the red carpet. He is now launching a new collection “young Hollywood cares collection” to benefit the Folkman Institute for research in ovarian cancer Weitzman. He has collaborated with celebrities like Michelle Trachtenberg, Olivia Palermo, Scarlett Johansson, and Hayden Panettiere to design the new shoe collection for charity. Each star designs a pair of shoes with the designer for his Young Hollywood Cares collection. These shoes will be launched in the market on September 8. The starting price for the shoes is $425. Boots by Hayden Panettiere will retail at $498.

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London ranked the top fashion capital 2011

International Fashion Capital 2011, it’s the efforts of Kate Middleton and Alexander McQueen that London is now ranked no.1 as the fashion capital where New York occupied the top position for five consecutive years before then interrupted by Milan, who became the no. 1 fashion capital in 2009.
This ranking was a big surprise after New York being ranked as 1st in the former years, with London being ranked 3rd in 2010 following Hong Kong which was in second position in 2010. According to a survey by the Global Language Monitor, a company that analyzes trends in word usage and London was ranked the new fashion capital of the world based on what impact the city had on fashion through the media.
Here is the list for top 25 ranked by the Global Language Monitor survey.

1.London 9.Tokyo 17.Melbourne
2.New York 10.Berlin 18.Moscow
3.Paris 11. Sydney 19.Amsterdam
4.Milan 12.Madrid 20.Buenos Aires
5.Los Angeles 13.Rome 21.Bali
6.Hong Kong 14.Shanghai 22.Mexico City
7.Barcelona 15.Monaco 23.Rio de Janeiro
8.Singapore 16.Las Vegas 24.Mumbai
25.Sao Paulo

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On the street – coloured chino/ khakis pants

Chino is a Spanish word. The term chinos, synonymous with khakis. These are cotton pants and were initially used as military uniforms in US and UK, imported from China. The fabric used in it was durable, very light and suitable for warm conditions.

  It was in 19th century khaki colour was famous and well accepted in US as it blended with the sand colour. Soon it became the staple for militants. As military uniforms they were straight fit, no pleats, tapered towards the bottom with buttons in front.
In 20th century American began to wear chinos, for semi-informal gatherings. Boys wore them to schools and colleges. By  1940s   it became associated with the preppy look. It was in 1950s chino banged up the market. The decline came by 1960 when jeans were preferred and more of casual style dressing took up the market. Still people did not stop wearing chino, though it became rare. Today its back in vogue, in a more stylized form worn informally. With brighter colours , pleats and other small detailing both for men and women. It need not be in 100% cotton, it has a little more of blended fabric for latest styling and fabric is not compulsorily from china. Basically it’s only the style as imitative of military uniform, rest all is modified.

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