In Bed With Rita Ora: The Star Shares Her After-Hours Beauty Routine and the Prince She Parties With in Her Dreams
2014 July 9. | Szerző: shannon
What products do you take on tour to guarantee a good night’s sleep?
I always travel with these four things: a lavender pillow—it’s really good. It’s silk-covered and it’s got lavender leaves in it. It makes me go to sleep. A candle, a blanket, and a rose oil to keep my skin moisturized.
What is your go-to rose oil?
Kiehl’s Midnight Recovery [Concentrate].
What about a favorite candle?
I’m not that picky. I mean, Jo Malone is always great, or Diptyque.
Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed?
Yeah, I’m always on the right. I’m always anywhere close to the door. It’s just so I can get out quick if something happens.
What kind of sheets do you curl up in?
Oh, gosh. Growing up I didn’t even think I had an option—I just got what I was given. I guess just really nice cotton. Ralph Lauren sheets are always nice. I don’t like anything stiff.
What do you wear to bed?
Chanel No. 5. No, I’m joking! Honestly, though, nothing. I don’t really like wearing clothes in bed.
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Is a sleep mask the one exception to the naked rule?
Sometimes. If I’m in a hotel and the curtains aren’t too strong. I like [the room to be] really black and dark. And my [sleep masks] have lavender in them.
Is there a certain hotel that you sleep better in than others?
The [Mercer Hotel] is good because they have electric blinds that go zzzzzz and it blacks everything out.
Fancy.
Yeah. You don’t even have a curtain. It’s like the shield in I Am Legend.
What’s the best the party you’ve ever been to?
I was at a person’s country house…I’m not going to say the name because, you know, it’s private. But literally, when you’re in the middle of the countryside in a field, there are no noise complaints, no one can hear you, and you can stay up until whatever time. It was a ball. We had a massive party in a barn. It was incredible. And we slept in a tepee.
How was sleeping in a tepee?
So good. It was the best night of my life.
What is the craziest dream you’ve ever had?
Oh, my God. So I had this dream the other night. Basically, Kate [Middleton], the baby, and the royal family went on holiday, and for some reason I was best friends with Prince William. He came to pick me up—and I’ve never met Prince William—in his matte, black Porsche. No, it was an Audi two-door, actually. And he said, “The family’s out. I’ve only got one night to party. Let’s go.” I was like, “Cool! Let’s go!” And then I struggled to get in the car because it was so low, and then I got into the car and I was like, “William, why is your car so low? I can’t even, like, get down!” And he was like, “Just get in. Let’s go. Close the door.” So we got in the car and we ended up at my friend’s house and everybody looked at me like, “Why did you just walk in here with Prince William?” And I’m like, “Yooooo, Prince! The kid’s out! Yes!” It was so weird, and then I woke up. It wasn’t even like I fancied him or anything. But, you know, everybody wants a prince as a friend.
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Fashion Talk with Laura Byrnes: Exclusive Interview with Pinup Girl Clothing
2014 July 4. | Szerző: shannon
Located in the heart of California lies the best selection of vintage designs and representations of the retro era, Pinup Girl Clothing. As one of the best places to shop, they offer an extensive selection of timeless classics that have been modernized to captivate your inner and outer hauteness. Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with the woman who started it all, the amazing Laura Byrnes. Here is what she had to tell me…
(Q) Hello Laura. How are you? It’s great to finally talk to you. I am a big fan of your work. First and foremost, I just want to say that everything at Pinup Girl Clothing is just so fabulous. It’s almost as if it brings me back to a different time. The timeless designs are classic, but yet have such a modernized appeal to them which I truly love.
Hello Sarah. I am great. Thank you so much.
(Q) For all of those fashion fanatics reading this interview, can you tell them a little more about Pinup Girl Clothing? I am also curious to know, what inspired you to create this store? Tell me a little more about this…
We started in 1997, but we didn’t launch the website until 1999. I was pregnant with my first daughter in 1996 and I received some baby clothes from my aunt for my baby shower. I thought they were gorgeous and adorable. It turned out they were homemade. I was so intrigued that I decided that I wanted to make clothes for my baby. So, I had my husband’s mom give me a couple of sewing lessons, so she did. After I learned the basics, I decided to get a sewing machine and just started progressing from there. So, at first I was just making baby clothes. Once you learn how to make a pattern for baby clothes, you tend to learn more from there. Babies are great to start on. I truly recommend that if anyone wants to sew, definitely get a baby.
(Q) Hahaha, that is so cute. I love this story!
They are little barrels with arms and legs. You don’t have to worry about their shape. You can learn from there. I didn’t start out using a lot of fabrics, while learning to sew, so in case I would mess it up because if you mess it up, you can start over. So, from there, I started making my own clothes. It was the late 90s and I’m a punk rock chick, and I couldn’t find anything in the stores that fit my style, so from there I decided to make clothes for myself. I have been into fashion since I was 13. From that point, I actually got pretty decent. I was starting to make my friends clothes. It just kind of snowballed from there. The first 2 years, one of the reasons we didn’t launch the website was because I was very busy, doing commissions for people. I was making clothes. I really enjoyed swing dancing designs. If you have ever watched the movie Swingers, it is pretty much the precursor to big pinup, vintage scene that is happening now.
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It just kind of grew from there. So, then I launched the website. We grew really slowly. We were making clothes custom up until about 2003, I think and then we switched to production. We did that because we were getting so busy and at that point we were losing money. Trying to do so many custom pieces, it took too long so sew each piece and we only had 6 in-house seamstresses. They were constantly busy. We did everything from clothes for burlesque dancers to swing and exotic dancers, you name it. So, we just kind of grew from there. It’s interesting, I remember getting interviewed by a local paper about vintage inspired clothes. They called me up and proceeded to ask me questions. One of them was something along the lines of “what are you going to do when this trend is over?” and I told them that I don’t think that this is a trend. There is always going to be a market for well fitting, classic, high quality clothing that flatter people’s figures.
(Q) Most definitely. It’s “in” forever. I agree with you.
Exactly. So basically, the classic 50s silhouette has actually never gone out of style. It’s been reinterpreted, but there has never been an era since then when the basic shape disappeared. Even what Dior was doing with the wasp waist. If you read his biography, you will realize he was born in 1905 and his mother was a Victorian woman. And she in the early turn of the century would wear corsets and very structured clothing. Dior was inspired by that. You know, the corseted waist and he just put full skirts on everything along with the corseted waist. That was his innovation. The fitted bottom full skirt, fitted waist, aesthetically has not gone out of style since the 50s. Maybe in the 70s people were going in another direction, but even then you could find the wrap dress. But that is how we started.
(Q) I have to tell you Laura, I truly love that you got so in depth with this. When it comes to fashion, you truly know what you are talking about. That is so impressive.
Thank you. I am obsessed when it comes to fashion. I take it very seriously.
(Q) You know, I can tell by not only talking to you, but looking at your website and your work. It shows in your work, as a result. So, I wanted to tell you that I am amazed at how gorgeous the designs are. I wanted to ask you, currently, what are best selling pieces right now?
We have a lot. We actually got to a point where we had to separate the lines. Internally, we have a category called “Classics” as these are styles we cannot keep in stock. They sell out so quickly. We started to budget to keep those in stock as much as possible. I would say the top sellers would be the “Monica Dress”, which I find amazing because if you look at the Monica it is this super sexy, fitted wiggle, cocktail dress and you think to yourself where would I wear that? It is our top seller right now.
My “Laura Byrnes Trousers” were a sleeper in the beginning. At first I think people were afraid of them because it’s so hard to find a good fitting, pair of pants. I think women wear jeans because they will accentuate and mold to your body over time. Denim tends to give over time, so it kind of keeps that shape. People buy denim because it’s easy and they can get it to fit. It is really hard to find a pair of good fitting trousers. I just want to say that we are so lucky to have such a strong social media following. We interact with them, as much as they interact with us. We love our customers as much as they love us. When the customers started posting photos of themselves in the trousers, it was amazing to see. The woman in the 2X looked amazing and the woman in the extra small looked amazing. I love to see women of all sizes wear them. We did the trouser in about 9 different colors and patterns so far, I think.
The “Vamp Dress” along with the “Vamp Top” which is a basic wiggle dress, with a cute bra top. We can’t ever keep it in stock. So, to be honest, we have quite a few top sellers, but the trousers, the Monica dress, the Vamp dress, and top come immediately to mind.
(Q) That is amazing. I was going to tell you too that I absolutely love the Birdie Dress, the Jessica Dress, the Heidi Dress, and the Vamp Dress along with the Gia Dress. All gorgeous. I wanted to ask you, where do you get the inspiration to name these dresses?
The very first dress I named was when I realized I had to go into production. I had to stop making custom because I was going to produce my very first line of dresses. I had to choose 6 or 7 styles at that time, so I was sitting with a friend of mine at a diner actually. We were talking about how we wanted a basic dress. The “Nettie Dress”, a cute little sundress with spaghetti straps. The woman I was having dinner with was named Jeanette, but we called her ‘Nettie’ for short, so I am drawing out the dress. She says to me that she always wanted a dress made out of the candy dot. You know, the candy sheet of candy dots? Well, I thought it would be so cute to have little dots of all different colors. So, she came up with the print for the very first Nettie. That was when I said to her that this will be called the Nettie Dress. So, we named that particular dress after her.
I love it because usually when manufacturers do a design they give it some sort of weird letter or number designation. I am a very visual person and I am terrible with spreadsheets and numbers. I can do geometry and all of that abstract math. I find it easier to identify the dresses by names. So, we started naming them after models, friends, and even customers. The “Heidi Dress” is named after pinup model Heidi Van Horne who was modeling for us at the time. We have so many dresses named after our models. We have a “Micheline Dress” as well as a “Masuimi Dress” and much more. The “Ella Dress” is named after a customer. I’ve named a dress after my sister, as well as, my mom. A lot of our dresses are named after people we know, etc.
(Q) That is amazing!
Yes, it is a great way to identify the dresses. We also try to envision the person inside of the dress. Sometimes it will be a classic celebrity. For instance; the “Sophia Dress” was named after Sophia Loren. The “Rita Dress” was named after Rita Hayworth. So, we imagine and envision the woman in the dress and that is basically how we kind of do it. It’s very creative and a lot of fun. It’s also very easy to remember.
(Q) Wow, that is amazing. I wanted to tell you that your styles are so cute and timeless, but I truly see a modernized appeal that is so unique and haute.
I am always inspired. In fact, I have a ton of reference material. I actually collect old magazines, catalogs, and so on. It’s very easy to open up those books, take a look at a vintage dress, and copy it. But to me, it’s well, 2014. Hahaha. There is a lot of variety and different styles out there, but I find it easy and fun to take them and update them for the modern woman. Sometimes the styles from that generation were odd. If you look at the sleeves on some of the dresses from that time, you will notice how some are almost down to your elbow, so it’s not really a half sleeve or even a quarter length sleeve. I don’t know what kind of sleeve it is. So, when I see a beautiful vintage dress and I get inspired, the first thing I correct are the sleeves.
(Q) That is fantastic. You are truly talented.
I don’t want to sound arrogant, but I consider myself to be a designer. I learned to make patterns and from there, I executed those patterns into my designs. I don’t consider myself to be a manufacturer.
(Q) You know, that doesn’t sound arrogant at all because you are just telling the truth.
Well, sometimes women kind of get shamed for telling the truth. I don’t know if you have ever noticed that.
(Q) I have noticed that. I think that definitely has to change.
Initially and also as a designer, I have had some dresses that were very close to inspirational pieces. Sometimes you look at something and you think you can do something to better to it. To me, if you are going to call yourself a designer what you need to be doing is taking your own inspiration and creating your own items. It is ok to base it on anything. No one creates something from nothing. When I read about Christian Dior, he was heavily influenced by my other favorite designer Charles James. He isn’t as well known because he was very difficult to work with. Dior had the personality. Charles James was an engineering genius, but he was difficult. He always came in after deadline and over budget. When you look at Charles James work 10 years before Dior, you can see what Dior took inspiration wise and as a result, he credited him. So, to me everyone takes inspiration from something or someone. You want to be identifiable. When you see a woman walking down the street wearing our dresses, you can tell it’s our dress. We wanted the dresses to be modern, but also harken back to its roots and original silhouette from the middle of the century.
(Q) That is amazing. You know, I wanted to tell you that the first thing that I noticed about Pinup Girl Clothing is the fact that you have collections, as well. Everything from ‘Party Glamour’ to ‘Spring Fling’ etc. I am looking at all of the dresses and they are so original, so classic, and so unique in a sense where it’s current and haute. I also love the fact that you use all different kinds of patterns too. I also love the fact that you use models with all different types of body types, as well. There is nothing more shameful and sad than fashion and brand discrimination.
I have a little problem with that, with discrimination. I hate hearing when it does come up. When mainstream designers are asked about it, they always come up with the crappiest reasons. They are just cop-outs. They say “well, that’s the sample size and that can’t change.” Why do you have only these models that are tiny? The magazines say “well, we have to use a size 0 because the samples from the designers are a size 0.” It is just wrong.
(Q) I agree with you 100% Laura.
It’s like a whole entire circle jerk just circling the drain. They always go with a size 0 and don’t know why. I’m sorry, but you know why. You know why? I will tell you why. Because it’s all about high-end fashion and the only people who are buying it are very rich people. Very rich men, in particular with their very rich girlfriends or wives. Do these very rich men require their women to be that size? They are dressing their trophies. The consumer, the average woman who is buying clothing is all different shapes and sizes and that is the reality of it all. I recommend the book “The Theory Of The Leisure Class” by Thorstein Veblen. He is the man who coined the term conspicuous consumption and he speaks about this in his book that whenever the elite do something, everyone below it starts to copy it because they want to be seen as better than they are and it creates this kind of feedback, this kind of pattern of the only thing anyone ever wants to do. Then, people are scared to change it. Going back to the models, if they use a model that is a different size (say a size 10) than the average model (a size 0), what is going to happen? Well, the truth is the woman who is the size 10 will be happy and she is going to look at that size 10 model and know how the clothing is going to fit her. To me, it’s logic and has always been logic.
(Q) That is so amazing and I have to point out that I love the way that you think, as well. You definitely lay it out there in a sense where you can speak for the vast majority of status quo society. We live in this society where people believe a woman should be a size 0. Sometimes even lower than that to look beautiful.
Women should be “screw you”. We don’t sit there and criticize men. We don’t sit there and say in order for men to be accepted they should be this height or this size, etc. No one sits there and criticizes the man if he doesn’t have a wash board stomach. It just doesn’t happen, you know. The fact is, women are pressured. When a woman starts criticizing another woman it is one of the most damaging things ever. This creates tension among women and how they view each other. Then, they try to police and judge other women. When something goes against what is accepted as normal, they find themselves feeling inferior. When society in general turns against someone because of how they look, that is wrong.
(Q) Most definitely.
When I started my company, I didn’t start it to become rich or famous. Sure, it was nice to have the means to put food on the table and a little bit of money into my daughters college fund. I didn’t come from a family with money. I started it because I just wanted to be secure and just be happy. I also started it because I wanted to make other people happy. In fact, that has always been the ultimate goal for me. I want my customers to be happy and it certainly doesn’t make them happy to only see one type of woman to represent a brand. You hear all of these people making excuses for why this is happening. So, I felt that if I was going to do this and I was going to sell clothing in all different sizes, I had to put my money where my mouth is and feature models of every single size.
The same goes for ethnicity, as well. I see people who make excuses why they won’t use a model of a certain ethnicity. To me, that is an element of racism there. They are afraid of using a model who is not white is going to bring down their brand. “Oh no, it’s going to appeal to the urban people” and so forth. No, it is not. Use the Latino models, use African American models, use everybody. Using all ethnicities will bring you a lot of customers and I welcome anyone and everyone to shop with us.
(Q) That is so great. For all of those fashion fanatics and enthusiasts reading this interview, what would you like them to know? What is next for Pinup Girls Clothing?
We try not to think too far ahead. We are always constantly creating something new. This year has been all about polishing everything. We are working effectively, as well as, efficiently. Getting everything done that we need to do. Our customer base in the last two years has really expanded. It has been great, but does take a toll on our production capacity to keep up. So, this year we have been concentrating on increasing production and so, we do look ahead, but we kind of let our instincts and our customers guide us. For instance; we hear from customers “well, why don’t you have this?” or “why don’t you have that?” One thing that is coming up soon is that we are launching a maternity line within the next couple of months.
(Q) That is amazing!
I was pregnant in 2012 and in 2013, so every time I posted a photo of myself in Pinup Girl, fans and customers would ask for a maternity line. Some of the clothing already works, however; once I got a little bigger, I had to alter some of the styles. And as a result, everyone suggested that I start a maternity line. So, that is what is coming soon and I am very excited about it.
We would also like to open up a couple of new stores. That is on the back burner right now. It is something we want to focus more on in the future. We are kind of just letting our instincts guide us. We also don’t believe in growing super quickly.
Keep coloured hair vibrant
2014 July 2. | Szerző: shannon
We offer some top tips on battling the hair fade courtesy of top salon colourist Jack Howard.
It’s a problem faced by women the world over – how to stop your hair colour fading. There is nothing worse than taking your time to pick the perfect shade with your colourist, sitting in the salon chair for hours and then handing over, usually a staggering amount of, your hard-earned money just for the shade to disappear down the plug hole when you wash your tresses. So what steps can you take to prevent such a disaster?
Jack Howard in Britain’s leading Balayage expert and the International Colour Director at Neville Hair & Beauty. He’s worked with the likes of Britney Spears and Poppy Delevingne in the past, so is up on caring for coloured hair. First up, Jack dismissed claims that red tresses are the worst for fading.
“Fact: red hair colour fades as much as other coloured hair, but because it’s a much brighter shade than blondes or brunettes, it can be more noticeable,” he explained to Cover Media.
“Invest in good colour locking products like Kerastase Thermo Heat Protector – their sun range will help as it has UV and UVA protection. Another tip is to rinse the colour in white vinegar as this can help to prevent the fade in coloured hair. Make sure that you keep red hair in the best condition possible, especially in between salon touch-ups. I’d recommend using colour refresh shampoos like Shu Uemura as this will keep your colour looking vibrant every day.”
The star colourist also gave some tips on maintaining blonde locks. Here it’s brassiness which is the real enemy, but Jack insists if you get things right to begin with that shouldn’t be something you’ll even have to consider.
“First of all ensure that your shade of blonde is the right colour in the first place,” he advised. “If it’s the right blonde for you it shouldn’t go brassy at all – it’s all about the right level of lift in the first place. Again, using the best aftercare products (and colourist) will keep your blonde looking beautiful.”
Many women mix up their hair as often as they do their wardrobe, but it’s also easy to get stuck in a colour rut. If you’re all about the change or more cautious when it comes to your hair, Jack has some tips of the looks which are going to be big news over the coming months.
“This year clients are saying goodbye to foil highlights and that boring regimented look; it’s all about A-list glamour and natural sun kissed colour which you get with the Balayage technique. For brunettes the key colour is ‘Bronde’ – a hybrid of blonde and brunette. It’s the colour du jour – you’ll look like you’ve just stepped out of a Céline ad!” he smiled.
Sports Acupuncture Scores Points
2014 June 30. | Szerző: shannon
Acupuncture has caught the attention of many sportspersons, who have greatly benefitted from this therapy. Having practiced acupuncture for 32 years, I had the opportunity of treating some well-known sportsmen.
Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh came to me in March 2013, with a history of migraine headaches, which he had since 2007. He used to take frequent medications for relief. The headaches were accompanied by blurring of vision and pain around his eye ball. His trigger would often be empty stomach, causing wind and then headaches. He has had problems of acidity, gas and wind since past four years. He also had a disturbed sleep pattern. He has had nasal allergies since a young age accompanied with urticaria. Another problem which had taken a toll on his career was his severe left-side neck stiffness with pain radiating from the neck to the left shoulder, upper arm, left upper back and left wrist. He also had recurrent episodes of low back pain radiating to his legs, causing him to miss matches.
All these problems were treated concurrently with acupuncture. I used a combination of body acupuncture and ear acupuncture points to great effect. Today, he has recovered and is fighting fit. To quote Yuvi, “The best part of this therapy is that it is safe, drugless without any side-effects and I have made a significant recovery. I feel the therapy should be made more popular so that more sportspersons can benefit from it.”
Another famous polo player Navin Khanna took acupuncture treatment for his recurrent tennis elbow and got fully cured.
According to Matt Callison, a faculty member at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and licenced acupuncturist in San Diego, California, traditional Chinese medicine has been extremely helpful and a growing trend in athletics. Amercian football team San Francisco 49ers’ players Steve Young and Jerry Rice have been treated with sports acupuncture. Canadian speed skater Kevin Overland received sports acupuncture to help him earn a bronze medal in the 1998 Olympics. As a sports acupuncturist, Callison has been treating athletes for 11 years.
Pacific College uses acupuncture to help rehabilitate post-operative injuries, sports injuries and athletic performance by increasing range of motion, muscle strength and tissue healing potential. Callison reported that the most common injuries he treats athletes for are muscle contusions and tendinitis. These injuries typically require two sports acupuncture treatments a week, with a varied recovery time depending on the injury.
Oriental medicine and sports medicine techniques focus on proprioception—muscles’ awareness communicating to the central nervous system. Injury can disrupt this communication, thus hindering balance. Acupuncture is one of the quickest ways to restore muscle balance. Acupuncture is used at specific sites, the muscle spindles are reset, and then that balance is reawakened.
Sports acupuncture consists of the gentle insertion and stimulation of thin, disposable sterile needles at strategic points near the surface of the body. When you insert a sports acupuncture needle to a motor point region, it changes the awareness that the muscle reports to the central nervous system. Over 2,000 sports acupuncture points on the human body connect with 14 major pathways, called meridians. Chinese medicine practitioners believe that these meridians conduct qi, or energy, between the surface of the body and internal organs. It is qi that regulates spiritual, emotional, mental and physical balance. When the flow of qi is disrupted through poor health habits or other circumstances, pain and/or disease can result. Sports acupuncture helps to keep the normal flow of this energy unblocked and “fine-tune the bio-electric system”.
Audrey Hepburn is named the UK’s ultimate timeless beauty
2014 June 27. | Szerző: shannon
Her gamine looks, trademark fringe and strong eyebrows made her loved by men and admired by women, and now Audrey Hepburn has been voted the UK’s ultimate timeless beauty.
The star of classic Hollywood films Breakfast At Tiffany’s, Roman Holiday and Funny Face beat Kate Middleton and Holly Willoughby to the top spot in a survey by Pears soap.
In the nationwide poll, more than a quarter of women (26 per cent) chose Audrey for her perennial appeal, far ahead of edgier beauties Cara Delevingne (1.15 per cent) and Kate Moss (0.75 per cent).
With her elfin features and tall, slender body, Hepburn broke the mould when she took her first starring role in 1953’s Roman Holiday. The film’s director Billy Wilder remarked, “After so many drive-in waitresses becoming movie stars, there has been this real drought, when along came class.”
The Hollywood photographer Leo Fuchs, commented on her sophisticated European-inflected looks, “Audrey was a singular person, there ain’t many like her. ‘Beautiful woman’ is very difficult to explain but she certainly was beautiful. She was very enticing at all times.”
The star herself said: “Whenever I hear or read I’m beautiful, I simply don’t understand it … I’m certainly not beautiful in any conventional way. I didn’t make my career on beauty.”
And she’s reported to have said, “Make-up can only make you look pretty on the outside, but it doesn’t help if you’re ugly on the inside. Unless you eat the make-up.”
Pears commissioned its Timeless Beauty report to celebrate the 225th anniversary of the classic, transparent soap.
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In a poll of 2,000 British women, respondents were asked the traits they believed defined the notion of timeless beauty. Three quarters (75 per cent) named confidence, followed by 67 per cent who said happiness, while 58 per cent said having a sense of humour makes someone’s beauty timeless.
Audrey Hepburn’s fawn-like looks shot her to the top of the list, ahead of the Duchess of Cambridge who earned 16 per cent of the vote, and legendary Hollywood beauty Grace Kelly, who earned just 8.4 per cent of the vote.
This Morning co-presenter Holly Willoughby came in at number four (8.2 per cent) and Emma Thompson who possesses confidence, happiness and humour in spades, was voted fifth in the timeless beauty list.
Cosmetic surgery disqualifies someone from being a timeless beauty, according to the survey. For instance the likes of The Only Way Is Essex’s Lauren Pope and former Coronation Street actress Helen Flanagan failed to make the top 10 list, suggesting that natural looks are more appealing.
Interestingly, when it came to beauty routines, mothers had more influence on the women surveyed than celebrities. A fifth (20 per cent) cited their mums as their main beauty influence, and only four per cent said famous women or glossy billboard ads had an effect on their routines.
Many of us still swear by beauty tips passed on by our mothers and grandmothers and a third (31 per cent) say they still use tried-and-tested beauty tips from the older female members of their family such as taking a walk every day and using warm, then cold water to open pores.
No doubt delighted to hear that the nation’s women shun beauty fads for iconic products, Pears UK ambassador Naomi Isted said: “Beauty trends come and go but timeless beauty is all about taking care of yourself both inside and out.
“The list of timeless beauties reflects the values and ingredients British women told us they deem beautiful. Audrey Hepburn, the nation’s favourite, exuded confidence but also her long standing humanitarian work showed her to be kind – another top ingredient to being beautiful.
“Equally, we see Holly Willoughby, who came fourth in the poll, smiling every morning on daytime TV and we know that being happy is another top factor in appearing beautiful.”
With ‘Echoes of Armani’
2014 June 25. | Szerző: shannon
When performers start titling their efforts “whispers,” “memories” or “echoes” — like the “Echoes of Armani” show Tuesday — you can usually expect the farewell tour.
Giorgio Armani, on the other hand, isn’t going anywhere. As he has said many times in the press, Mr. Armani, who turns 80 in two weeks, probably will work until he drops. And he will continue to comb through his fertile back pages for ideas, motifs and gestures that have kept him in the game since the 1980 film “American Gigolo” and the body-hugging power suit.
One reason Mr. Armani remains by far the most successful designer ever to come out of Italy is his conviction that his original design note was pitched correctly. And he clearly was onto something because reverberations have rippled outward ever since.
Though the soft suiting we all now take for granted didn’t start with him, it was Mr. Armani who adapted core elements of traditional Neapolitan tailoring — natural shoulders, form-fitting suits, the use of half-linings and pliable, rather than rigid, woolens — and sold them to the world.
That he can still put it across was made clear by both Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani this week, where, in shows spaced several days apart, Mr. Armani and his team gave evidence of having appraised a design brief in need of invigoration and then provided a jolt.
They did it with monochrome graphics. In an Emporio show emptily titled “Avant Garde,” and enough prolonged to give Marina Abramovic a run for her money in terms of duration (more than 100 looks), Mr. Armani sent out peacoats, snug bombers, mackintoshes, shiny shirts with short sleeves and shoulders that were fused rather than stitched. Hatches, slashes, windowpane checks, fishnet patterns and lane-divider stripes covered almost everything.
The full, pleated trousers the designer prefers had been tapered to follow the now nearly universal fashion for a narrow leg. On the best style, a single skinny line of contrasting color traced the crease of the pants. Happily, the thick-soled white sneakers and paddock boots — more appealing than any footwear Mr. Armani has offered in some time — were free of hectic patterns. A man needs some place to rest his eye when he crosses his legs.
Mr. Armani’s main show, presented for an audience that included the singer Joe Jonas and the actor (and Armani Code poster boy) Chris Pine, was emotionally and tonally muted, opening with two slouchy belted trenches reminiscent of Italy in the postwar years.
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The classic Armani proportions remained in place: a visually constricted chest, flowing trousers, outerwear shapes either boxy or voluminously draped. And with the exception of several brightly striped tunic jackets that looked as though they’d been swiped from a gondolier’s closet, the palette was muted.
No trends were set and none were really expected. That is only half true. Following a practice increasingly common on runways here, Mr. Armani showed his men’s wear in two dominant and divergent sets of proportion. This likely indicates less about any design inspiration than it does about the importance of penetrating emerging markets. Lest anyone miss the message, roughly a fifth of the models were Asian.
DSquared2, always shown on an early morning at the end of fashion week, can usually be counted on to gin up something to rouse the spirits of a fashion flock that, at this point on a long circuit, is generally in the grip of some type of hangover. One time it was Rihanna, in the early “Umbrella” days. Once it was a troupe of semi-drag acrobat rockers.
The clothes seldom vary much — jeans, jeans jackets, khakis, bumfreezer blazers — and, according to the mood of the twin designers Dean and Dan Caten, are either laboriously distressed or ostentatiously schoolboy proper.
There are always semi-naked hunks and expanses of hairless flesh. There is reliably a theme, and this one had something vaguely to do with artists and models. If anything about the clothes was different from whatever was the last thing DSquared2 showed, it was probably the appliqué patterns and prints that lazily alluded to Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol.
A group of neon get-ups with Stephen Sprouse-for-Louis Vuitton graffiti scrawled across them was shown on long-haired models who bore a vague resemblance to the designer. Reminded by this dim attempt at wit how exciting things are when real ideas by gifted designers such as Mr. Sprouse are in play, this reporter closed his notebook, laid down the pen and sprinted for the exit.
Dolce&Gabbana presents a flourish of crimson suits
2014 June 23. | Szerző: shannon
It’s no time to shy away from colour, men.
Milan Fashion Week previews opened on Saturday for next summer’s menswear, and already a trend is coming into focus: bold, electric colours.
Economic indicators suggest men have become as fashion-conscious as women. Now, Milan fashion designers are offering fashion-forward men ever more daring looks, digging into sartorial embellishments that long have been the playthings of women’s fashion: brocade, embroidery, sequins and jewel tones. Milan Fashion Week runs until Tuesday, with Bottega Veneta, Armani, Gucci and Ferragamo among the designers scheduled to show their looks in the coming days.
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A leisure suit silhouette with flared trousers, followed by leather biker outfit with laced outer seams, convey a vaguely 1970s vibe — or more specifically, an American honky-tonk tone — in Ennio Capasa’s new collection for Costume National.
But the looks defy preconceived notions. Suits are worn without shirts, or with just a vest. And instead of ties, a neat foulard is knotted just askance of the Adam’s apple. Ankle boots confirm the western feel.
The runway show’s setting, a big white industrialised space, made the colours pop: a monochrome purple suit with matching shirt, another in burnt orange, then more in soothing shades of blue. Outfits followed of pure white, with diaphanous shirts that looked more like blouses.
Capasa said he was inspired by the “liberated elegance” of rock icons, including Mick Jagger, David Bowie and Lou Reed.
The looks were finished with sunglasses and hobo bags worn over the shoulder, not in the more masculine cross-body fashion.
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Armani welcomes another newcomer
When the announcement went out that Christian Pellizzari would be making his Milan runway debut at Giorgio Armani’s theatre, the designer remarked that “it was like a bomb exploded”.
The 33-year-old native of Treviso, near Venice, has taken cues both from the disciplined sartorial brand Tonello, where he honed the skills of an Italian craftsman, and from the extravagance of Vionnet’s Paris couture, where he later worked.
Pellizzari’s looks seek to balance those two extremes. His tailoring gives a serious fashion underpinning to such extravagances as embroidered and sequined peonies, that are a motif of the season. The designer says his goal is to create clothes that his friends back home would wear, not just fashionistas. So he combines cropped jacquard trousers with casual lace-sleeved cotton tops.
An embroidered top “could be worn at the beach with a pair of shorts,” he said backstage.
He called the looks American Gigolo and heralded the free spirit by sending models down the artificial turf runway barefoot, tassels dangling around their ankles in a tribal touch.
Pellizzari , who launched his own brand four years ago, is the latest up-and-coming designer selected by Armani to preview their collections at his theatre. It’s part of Milan’s efforts to inject fresh energy into fashion weeks.
Dolce and Gabbana
Since a group of butterflies is a flutter, it seems only fair to call a parade of Dolce&Gabbana models in tailored crimson suits a flourish.
Once again, the pair consider a moment in their fabled Sicily’s history when it was the object of conquest. Last season it was the Medieval Norman invasion, this season Spanish rule.
While the Spaniards may not have specifically brought bullfighting to Sicily, it is the matador jacket, embellished with swirls of piping and ribbon, which forms the backbone of the collection — and offers the sort of baroque elements that often underpin Dolce&Gabbana style. Instead of traditional gold, these new accents are black. The jackets are worn with cropped trousers and slippers.
The designers offer a new version of their boxy top, often worn with skinny trousers, this one with pictures of charging bulls — the icon of the season. Worn around the neck to accompany this fierce image is a delicate rosary, suggesting either the fervour it must take to enter an arena with a raging bull or gratitude for having survived.
The designers have incorporated decorative elements from the traditional toreador costumes into more urban suits, including ribboning. The final distillation is a series of shiny three-piece suits with inventive scoop-neck gilets in a series of colors: cornflower blue, evergreen, emerald, purple and salmon pink — all giving way to a finale of crimson red.
This was a serious collection, heavy on ornament and light on beach wear. Unless you count a big boxer short worn with an oversized boxer’s belt.
The case for eating what we want
2014 June 19. | Szerző: shannon
Society has an eating disorder.
Food may be central to our health, but what we eat, how much, and when is endlessly discussed, debated and politicised. We’re eating too much, or not enough, and our attempts to become healthier are often misguided as we too readily place our trust – and our money – in diet books, celebrities, and proponents of pseudoscience.
But what would happen if we started ignoring the food and diet debates and started trusting ourselves?
In response to the well-documented failure of low-calorie diets to help people lose weight in the long-term; the potential for dieting to lead to disordered eating; and the physical and psychological harm that yo-yo dieting can cause, some people are turning to a dietary approach known as ‘intuitive eating,’ or IE.
It’s a way of eating based on three simple principles – eating when hungry; stopping when full; and eating anything unless medical reasons forbid it. Individuals are encouraged to abandon dieting behaviours such as restraint and conscious control of food intake, and are instead encouraged to listen to internal cues for hunger, fullness and the types of food the body needs to feel nourished.
Because there are no rules with IE, a lot of the backlash associated with breaking a diet is lost, says dietician and a doctoral candidate in Public Health Prevention Science at Kent State University in the US, Julie Schaefer. She led a study published in The Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics recently that reviewed health interventions that promote eating by listening to internal cues.
“Intuitive eating is associated with body appreciation, optimism, and life satisfaction,” she says. “We found individuals who undergo an IE intervention improve body satisfaction, depression, self-esteem, and anxiety.
“Resolving this psychological distress and mental struggle with food and body image is a big step for individuals who struggle with these issues.”
You may be thinking that IE sounds pretty much like ‘normal’ eating. And this is sometimes what IE is called.
The problem is, so many of us don’t know how to eat normally anymore. We are pressured to clean our plates; are triggered to eat by visual cues and smells; endure societal pressure to achieve a certain body type; are too busy and stressed to eat our meals without distractions; and we are constantly told that certain foods are bad, making them more tempting.
“That all interferes with our ability to recognise and respond to internal cues to eat when hungry and stop when full, to view food as health-promoting and enjoyable rather than weight-reducing or weight-gaining agents, and to respect and accept our bodies rather than belittle and criticise them,” Ms Schaefer says.
Dr Nina Van Dyke, director of the Social Research Group at Market Solutions in Melbourne, works with academic research institutes, not for profit organisations and research companies to help them better understand health attitudes and behaviours.
She is lead author on a study conducted alongside Charles Sturt University and published last year in Public Health Nutrition that examined the peer-reviewed literature on relationships between IE and health.
Over the past few decades, ‘normal’ eating has meant following whatever the latest popular diet is, be it cutting out carbs or demonising fat, she says. And while IE isn’t a license to eat as much chocolate and cake as you want, it does encourage those who practice it learn to appreciate that what their body really wants is healthful, nourishing foods most of the time.
“I think the point in calling it ‘intuitive eating’ is to remind us that how and what we eat is better off coming from within us rather than from without,” Dr Van Dyke says.
Her research found IE probably works best for people who have switched their focus away from weight and towards becoming healthy, and those who had truly given up on dieting. In other words – being skinny isn’t the end game but being healthy is.
But like all ways of living, she says IE may not be for everyone, with more research needed to understand who most benefits and how.
Dr Van Dyke’s focus groups found women in particular often ate dinner at times that worked in around their children’s commitments and eating preferences, making IE difficult. People with medical conditions that require them to eat in certain ways, who have hormone imbalances that interfere with their hunger and food cravings, or who have severe eating disorders and difficulties trying to eat intuitively on their own, may also not be suitable for IE.
“This doesn’t mean one can’t shift in an IE direction – but these factors certainly can be barriers and one may need to consciously make changes in order to shift,” Dr Van Dyke says.
“And obviously it won’t work for people who are convinced that this is the next diet that will be the one that turns them into Kate Moss.”
Kylie Jenner’s MMVA Style Ruled Too
2014 June 17. | Szerző: shannon
Poor Kylie Jenner. With sisters like tabloid queen Kim Kardashian and actual, legit, up-and-coming model Kendall Jenner, the 16-year-old is constantly getting upstaged by practically everyone in the Kardashian family (even Rob, amidst his much-publicized weight issues and the family’s rumored ire over him skipping the Kimye wedding) and missing out on all the attention typically reserved for the baby in the family.
I mean, sure, she dates the ridiculously cute and equally famous Jaden Smith; has nearly 10 million Instagram followers; and recently “wrote” a young adult novel, so yes, she gets her fair share of time in the spotlight. But when it comes to fashion, at least, it’s rare that the youngest Kardashian klan member is the topic of conversation.
Take Sunday’s 2014 MuchMusic Video Awards, for example. Hosted by both Kendall and Kylie, I would wager that at least three-quarters of the buzz surrounding the annual event and its fierce fashion has to do with Kendall’s insanely sexy, double-slit, super-leg-baring gown, or even the cutout-back, python-print dress she slipped into during the awards show. And as much as these sultry looks earned the limelight they received, it must be said: Kylie’s ensembles deserved their fair share of praise and attention, too.
Let’s just start with her red carpet look. Yes, it was short. Yes, it was tight. And yes, it showed a fair amount of skin (or, at least, the illusion of skin). But that rich orange hue looks absolutely divine against her olive skin and dark locks (hey, where’s the blue?!), and the all-over beading really is a work of art (though the shoes are a total snooze fest).
Hitting the stage in a new ensemble, baby Jenner also looked undeniably pretty in her printed mini dress, a look she kept pared down with minimal jewelry, another nude lip, and basic strappy sandals.
Switching in the middle of the show, Jenner ditched her short hemlines in favor of a fresh, color-blocked ensemble that — while leaving room for improvement in the pants department — looked both playful and mature (and most definitely fashion-forward) all at the same time.
Let’s see a close up of that amazing top.
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Just as I expected: Structured, satiny, and oh-so chic. And even though it’s showing a little more skin than I would want my 16-year-old daughter (or sister or niece) revealing, there’s no denying that it’s a fierce piece of fashion that goes beyond your typical Kardashian klothing. And that’s something to be applauded, right?
Get glowing skin with these tips
2014 July 11. | Szerző: shannon
There isn’t an elixir which will help you get glowing skin in a day but following a good skincare regimen definitely will! Here are a few steps which will ensure that you have glowing skin always.
Drink lots of water: Every system and function in our body depends on water. Skin is no different. Dry skin has less resilience and is more prone to wrinkling, so ensure you take in enough water to reach your skin and keep it hydrated. Two to three litres a day is usually about right.
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Multi-task: Looking after your skin doesn’t have to stop at home, so carry a multi-tasking quick-fix with you in your handbag for dewy skin on the go. A water spray can be used to cool and calm even the most sensitive complexions. Not only does it tone the skin, but it can also be used to set make-up and refresh skin on a hot day, as well as soothing and softening skin on the go.
Always remove make-up: It sounds obvious, but one in five women still admit to sleeping with make-up on when away from home. During summer nights, one is naturally warmer and sweatier and if make-up is left on overnight, and bacteria is more likely to develop, leaving pores blocked and resulting in an increased chance of waking up with bad skin outbreaks.
Stick to products meant for your skin: The internet can give out weird and wonderful information, but not all of it is accurate. Be aware that not everything you read will work. A common mistake is using toothpaste on spots – toothpaste is meant for your teeth which are one of the hardest surfaces in your body. Using a product on your skin which is actually intended for the teeth will damage your skin and cause it to completely dry out.
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