Bold and Beautiful 2010 Jewellery trends

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Most decades have had very unique fashion trends that are instantly recognisable. Who can forget the petticoats of the fifties, miniskirts of the sixties or flared trousers of the seventies?

Since the nineties though, it seems that not so much one particular new style is dominant but rather a mix of styles, many of which offer a modern interpretation of a past trend.

This is set to continue in 2010 and is prominent in fashion as well as jewellery. Some of the hottest jewellery trends this season are stacking, layering and statement pieces.

Stacking

Mixed and matched bangles bring back memories of Madonna’s famous eighties look. The noughties, though, take it one step further: now the trend is to pile up several rings on the same finger.

Different metals, shapes and sizes can all be combined. The strict distinction between silver and gold almost has a dated feel. Instead, the harmonious blend of different metallic tones lends jewellery an up-to-the minute look.

Layering

A similar trend can be seen with necklaces. Double chains feature heavily in this season’s new collections. Long necklaces are wound around the neck several times or teamed with shorter necklaces – the more the better!

Statement pieces

The trend of wearing big statement jewellery pieces continues. Chunky necklaces and big cocktail rings set a bold and original tone to an outfit.

Such a wide variety of trends offers more options than ever for asserting your individuality. Pick the styles that suit you best and combine these different fashions in your own unique way! Be creative and mix and match your favorite bangles, cocktail rings or statement necklaces today

Swarovski Company and the Beyond Nature” trilogy

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Using the phrase, “modern vision of luxury”, to describe its Autumn/Winter 2010/11 signature crystal jewels and accessories, the Austrian-based Swarovski Company and its Creative Director, Nathalie Colin, extend the story of the prior collection’s “Beyond Nature” trilogy, which then brought crystal into the realm of refined, mineral-inspired formations. Moving on from there, the story is now about natural elements, frozen water, clouds, wind and silence, all of which take shape throughout themes such as “Nordic Dream”, Liquid Dream” and Dream Box”.

Across the board, there is a focus on vintage shapes, cool tones that range from shades of Nordic blue to palest grey, and the refinement of crystal beading techniques; co-joined with more of a fantasy story of mystery, silence and serenity, inspired apparently by the frozen waters of Nordic landscapes. Heady words, maybe, but for this editor, viewing the entire collection, set within the gallery-like ambience of an open, light, white, space, at The Fuller Building on Madison Avenue, the feeling, in many cases,, comes across as honest and truthful, delivering, for the most part, on its promises in an instant and purposeful way.

Interestingly, and obviously with an eye set upon capturing and captivating a much broader share of the mass marketplace via gems and accessories at affordable price points, a good number of pieces within the new line, hearken back to the design feeling of the exclusive, hand-made, haute couture aura of the iconic, Daniel Swarovski collection, launched in 1989, only now, beginning in 2010, sans the high price tags. In keeping with the Daniel Swarovski attitude, these pieces will continue to retail only through Swarovski international boutiques.

The jewels and nearly everything else shown during the presentation, basically do what they are designed to do; i.e., focus on clean, minimal lines, in order to obviously allow the star of the show, the crystal to shine on through. According to Colin, whose aim for this collection was to go directly back to basics, “each piece is an expression of inner luxury and revisits the most essential value of today – the purity of the soul. Here, crystal is imbued with the reviving, purifying and sensual virtues of nature’s most powerful elements, such as water in all its forms.”

With all of this being said, the majority of pieces within the collection are refreshing and lovely. But, there are certain themes, such as the Montecristo; Maniac; May; Meteor;, Milady; Glamour; Hyacinth groupings; Molly necklace, Midnight, Allegro, Power, Kiosque and Mythic Bags, Moonshine and Majesty Ring, Majesty Cuff, and Mellow Scarf Necklace, which seem to take their inspiration straight from specific historical and references, the majority of which are memorable for their attention to opulence, luxury and fashion.

It is easy to see that the design elements incorporated into many of these pieces appear to take their definitive influences from the periods of grande Art Deco style, as well as the lavishness of The Tudors, especially when taking into account, the 1500’s, English King Henry the Eighth’s preoccupation with all things stylized and beautiful, not only for himself, but for many of the female and male gentry, with whom he surrounded himself, during his reign. Additionally, there are those pieces within the collection which portray the fragile charm of the Parisian nobility, most notably during the time of Marie Antoinette, when she, the Dauphin, and the ladies and gentlemen of the French Court, adorned themselves in the most sumptuous clothing and jewelry, simply to spend luxury time at the lavish palaces of Versailles and Le Petit Trianon.

Keeping in mind that Swarovski customers always look for something extra and different, aside from the main pieces, the company offers shoppers more crystal-embellished items, such as chunked-out and colorful, sport and dress watches, with cool names, such as “Octea Sport”; “Octea Lady”; “Dresstime”; “Piazza”; “Rock ‘n’ Light”; “D:Light”. Last but not least, there is Christmas jewelry, Active Crystal LED and computer accessories; all kinds of cute bracelet and bag charms, mobile phone accessories, key-rings, small bags and small leather goods.

Badgley Mischka Bridal Introduces Second Season

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Becoming a blushing bride wearing Badgley Mischka is now a little easier on the wallet, thanks in part to the label’s Mark and James bridal collection, which marks its second season with its Fall 2010 collection.

Shown in New York on Saturday, April 10, alongside the Badgley Mischka signature line, designers Mark Badgley and James Mischka showed a fashion-forward collection with Mark and James bridal.

They included some with shorter lengths, great for customers who might want to show off some equally deluxe footwear. One of the more fanciful Mark and James dresses featured luscious, accordion-plated ruffles for the bride with a princess-at-the-ball fantasies for theirwedding day.

While the dresses for Mark and James were no less elegant than their more expensive line, the focus here was more on silhouette, whether trumpet, full tulle ball gown or a vintage-inspired peplum, rather than on all-over, expensive embellishments.

Their latest bridal designs for the Badgley Mischka signature collection, which range in price from $4610 to $7250, kept close to their tradition of infusing the looks with elements of high Hollywood glamour.

Elaborate beading and embroidery is a constant in their collections – this season it was inspired by vintage gowns from the ’20s and ’50s – but for Fall 2010, they also demonstrated that they can achieve gorgeous texture with a lush use of fabric, too, whether using Alencon lace or with dramatic yet soft multi-tiered skirts created from petal-like layers of net.

And whether a bride wants a body-conscious, streamlined gown with an elongating trumpet flare or a more structured dress – an Italian silk satin gown with a contrasting black lace obi cinched the waist for an hourglass-enhancing look – once again Badgley Mischka lead the way in a variety of gorgeous options.

Georgia May Jagger for Rimmel London

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Finally we’re happy to show off the latest ads from Rimmel London featuring the alluring young daughter of Jerry Hall and Mick Jagger. Blessed with her father’s signature lips, Georgia May Jagger pouts her way through Rimmel London’sNew Colour Show Off Lipstick ads. Of course they’ve put her luscious lips to good use but the pictures are a little too toothy for our liking. Perhaps its because she is just 17-years-old and you can’t sex up a young girl too much.

Personally we prefer Coco Rocha’s ads over Georgia’s.

Once you’ve had enough, check out the television commercial . it’s pretty much the same pouting, but somehow it makes us want to buy the lipstick more than the print ads.

New Chanel Scent: Chance Eau Tendre

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Chanel Chance Eau Tendre (lit. Luck Tender Water) is the newest addition to the Chance fragrance franchise which was inaugurated in 2002. The house is presenting it as a fruity-floral twist on Chance Eau de Parfum (there is also an eau de toilette and an extrait.) It is signed by in-house head perfumer Jacques Polge. When the progenitor Chance launched it was said that the scent was made to feel deliberately young. In 2007 Chance became fresher with Eau Fraîche. In 2010, the name Eau Tendre and the pink-colored jus suggest further interest in appealing to still younger women. Smelling side by side Chance EDP and Chance Eau Tendre, I have to admit that the most recent iteration of Chance does make Chance EDP smell older even mustier (it’s a chypre.) It is as if brands – not just Chanel (cf. Miss Dior Eau Fraîche) are now looking for the fountain of youth in fragrance formulation to appeal to the Millenial Generation.

Chance Eau Tendre opens on a very green, very radiant tart and sweet plummy quince with undertones of pencil shavings (cedar wood). The fruity and woodsy notes soon become much more present and pungent with traces of cumin while the white, transparent and salty musks amplify. The fruits in the composition by now have become more stewed-like in quality (cf. J’Adore by Dior). In the midst of the transparent and crisp grassy scent there is an aura of darkness that hangs about like the sheer-veil-like presence of a dark fruity chypre of yore (cf. Femme de Rochas.)…

It seems to me that the fragrance then showcases a perfectly controlled and consensual-smelling rose-jasmine floral core blended with smooth white vanilla (gardenia too?) and cedar wood, all meant to feel just so. It feels like it is following in the footsteps of woodsy emancipation for women, after it’s become more widely accepted. The aim here is clearly to feel familiar and comforting. It brings to mind the vision of a group of fresh-faced fifteen year old girls or so shopping for perfume together at that age when peer mentality is at its apogee and you tend to band together. They look lovely, bashful and might wonder what the others think about the perfume they are testing. It’s the whole point of this group outing, isn’t it? Well, this is the kind of vanillic rose that will probably please the gentle and pretty girls in that charming group and make them smile. Chance Eau Tendre is less femme than the chypré Chance Eau de Parfum, adopting more of the creamy-crisp green and vanillic facet of Daisy by Marc Jacobs but also replaying the green transparency of Chance Eau Fraîche thanks to an aquatic bamboo-shoot tonality. A green-blue accord is also perceptible with the hyacinth and iris.

Chance Eau Tendre is a musky floral – a casual genre of feminine fragrance. It is not as tender as its name might suggest thanks to the relatively assertive woods, the dark sensual fruits and the musky pungency, but it is at the core a virginal, innocent perfume pretending to be a bit naughty. It is a downy floral musk fragrance made for peachy girls whose cheeks are still lined with baby down. Daisy by Marc Jacobs by comparison is much more of a closet-vixen with its sexy creamy sandalwood drydown which appears demure at first then reveals a much more sensual personality. It is like the difference between someone who will be carded and busted and someone who could still be carded yet handed a bottle of white wine over the counter in the end.

Notes: grapefruit, hyacinth, jasmine absolute, iris absolute, white musk, amber, cedar wood.

Celebrity Hair Colorist Marie Robinson Opens New York City Salon

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Marie Robinson, formerly of Sally Hershberger Salon, colorist to Uma Thurman, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and more, has branched out on her own.

Robinson opened her own salon (with business partner and stylist Abell Oujaddou) in New York City’s Flatiron neighborhood this week. She had been with Hershberger’s salon for six and a half years and her departure was unexpected.

Robinson has been widely known for her seamless sun-kissed highlights for years, as well as her understated demeanor in what can be a catty workplace. Without solicitation, seven of Hershberger’s staff followed Robinson to the new salon. When WWD asked Robinson to explain, she speculated that “due to Hershberger’s busy schedule, [Robinson] ultimately ‘became a liaison between the employees and Sally. I think we became a very tight family [because of her absence].'” Hershberger’s absence can be traced to three eponymous salons, and the launch of two successful product lines — a mass haircare line in 2008 and her recent HSN line launch, Salon.

The new salon, designed by James Huniford, boasts 26 chairs, huge windows and both Shu Uemura and Davines hair care lines. Makeup artist and brow guru Landy Dean will take up residence, and global stylist Danilo will occasionally work from the salon.

As WWD reports, many stylists eventually leave the nest and strike out on their own. Robinson and Hershberger have know each other for 11 years; they met while working at the John Frieda salon, where Robinson ultimately became Hershberger’s personal colorist and remained so until this upheaval.

Robinson’s final words:

“It wasn’t personal,” Robinson said of her decision to leave. “It was business. [Hershberger’s] incredible. If I hadn’t started my own salon, she would have been my only boss,” Robinson said.

We’ll take highlights from Marie Robinson anywhere we can get them. She’s that good.

The Marie Robinson Salon is located in New York City.

Madonna teams with daughter Lola on fashion line

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When Madonna needed inspiration for her latest fashion collection, she didn’t have to look far. The pop icon teamed up with her 13-year-old daughter Lourdes to create Material Girl, an affordablejuniors’ clothing line that debuts at Macy’s this fall.

This is not Madonna’s first foray into designing. In 2007, she worked with H&M to create a limited edition collection, M by Madonna. This time around, her venture into fashion will be long-lasting: She has launched a new company called MG ICON which, in addition to producing the juniors’ line, will also put out other collections including eyewear.

The Material Girl collection includes jeans, shoes, fingerless gloves, necklaces and other accessories. Many of the pieces are inspired by Madonna and her daughter’s dance roots.

Madonna recently spoke about Material Girl, her relationship with Lourdes (nicknamed Lola) and her fashion risks and regrets.

Yohji Yamamoto plans flagship store in China

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Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto plans to open a flagship store in China in coming years as his brand, despitefiling for bankruptcy last year, eyes Asia’s growing class of luxury shoppers.

The iconic designer, famous for his black minimalist creations, said after a Tokyo show Thursday night that he plans to open new shops for his eponymous label in China, although he did not set a specific date.

The fashion house, founded in the 1970s, is undergoing restructuring with help from investment fund Integral Corporation after crumbling under a mountain of debt worth 67 million dollars amid the global economic crisis.

“I am receiving ample funds to pursue my operations. The bankruptcy filing has in no way hampered my creativity,” the 66-year-old told reporters.

The avant-garde designer made his homecoming on Thursday, holding a men’s show in Japan for the first time in nearly two decades, which attracted a crowd of 3,000 spectators and celebrities.

The fashion house already has several stores of its Y’s brand in China as well as its Y-3 sportswear line co-branded and distributed by Adidas.

Yamamoto electrified the fashion world in the 1980s with austere white and black designs that contrasted with the decade’s extravagance and colourful exuberance.

With luxury sales slumping in traditional markets in Japan, the United States and Europe, fashion houses are shifting their focus to emerging economies such as China, India, Brazil and Russia.

Although Japan has long been a big market for luxury brands, China has become the Asian hotspot for establishing their regional flagship stores.

Louis Vuitton opened its Asian flagship store in Shenzhen last year, and Italy’s Bottega Veneta opened its own two weeks ago in Taiwan. Salvatore Ferragamo is to open its largest Asian store in Shanghai this month.

Nolé received his Blackout Award

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In March 2010, Nolé Marin receives the Vanguard Awards of Excellence for fashion styling.

Runway Magazine is proud to have Nolé on our team.

May many more awards find their way into his living room.

Oxford Fashion Week

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“…Oxford still remains the most beautiful thing in England, and nowhere else are life and art so exquisitely blended, so perfectly made one.”
– Oscar Wilde

Oxford is a city enriched not only by its remarkable history and its aesthetic beauty, but by its synthesis of ‘life’ and ‘art’. Oxford has forever lured creative spirits and intellectual beings – individuals in pursuit of profound experiences, seeking to engage intensely in all and everything, those who collectively, characterize this unique location.

Fashion is a synthesis of ‘life’ and ‘art’. It is cultural, ideological, and personal expression. Oxford is a finely crafted centerpiece for a week which celebrates this synthesis of ‘life’ and ‘art’.

Oxford Fashion Week is a week-long celebration of fashion, not as an industry, but as this form of expression and each one of the week’s events embodies this understanding of fashion. OFW is not conceived of as a competitor to the fashion weeks set in intensely controlled urbanized locations, such as London, New York, or Paris but rather as a new, varied series of refined events which offer their attendees an experience entirely incomparable to any other.

Though each of the week’s events has its own defining features and celebrates a unique element or feature of fashion, the events are unified in this regard. Thus, they are prestigious in their own right; the events that constitute OFW only feature the finest, appeal to the finest, celebrate the finest – as it may be distinctively defined for each event.

OFW functions as a platform upon which innovative designs from around the world may be presented and explored, ideas may be exchanged, personal connections may be forged; simply, a platform upon which this artistic form of expression may be honored, celebrated, and advanced.

OFW offers sponsors, partners, designers, industry professionals, and all attendees a series of unique experiences, each designed to explore a particular element of fashion, to investigate the nature of this synthesis of ‘life’ and ‘art’ and celebrate its finest creations.

ttp://oxfordfashionweek.org/

Fashion Rio Spring/Summer

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For a city where ladies and gents are clad in teeny bikinis and swim trunks most of the time, the designers behind Rio’s Fall/Winter 2010 Fashion Week kept the rest of us in mind. The barely-there swimsuits last (Spring/Summer) season are swapped with darker hues, a bit more fabric, and some great sources of inspiration. Check out a highlight of the best looks from Rio Fashion Fall/Winter 2010 below, filled with contrasting textures, cool color palettes (blues, greys, greens), and butt-grazing hemlines (it is Brazil after all)!

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