Trend: Make up

Just like in the 1950's, the eyes are drawn attention upon, contoured with a very thick line made with an eyeliner. For the eyeshadows one can pick from a large gamma of natural tones (from beige to brown) or, on the contrary, one can opt for strong chromatic contrasts. Never forget the mascara, which gives intensity to one's look. It has to be generously applied, creating an eyelash whiff effect (one can opt even for the application of fake eyelashes).
The foundation cream allows you to flaunt warm and natural tones (like sand and beige).
Thanks to the most innovative textures, that consent for a perfect adhesion of the product, the foundation cream coats the skin, but with a thickness that results so thin that it is almost imperceptible. The result? A luminous face but with a velvet effect, countermarked by a delicate game of lights and shadows. The blusher comes back, and defines the cheekbones almost like a continuation of the makeup of the eyes. And for a perfect end reult, a touch of face powder, enriched with micropearls, which complements the make up and gives the complexion a luminous glow.

Yoshoes, Personalized sneakers

A new Italian website is born Yoshoes (also in English) where one can personalize one's sneakers! The prices may seem a bit expensive, however, the quality and the look of the sneakers are decisively OK! You will have to attend approximately 30 days to receive the personalized pair, but it is absolutely an excellent idea for a gift or simply to be noticed.

Galeries Lafayette

If per chance you find yourself in Paris, or you are organizing a pleasure trip, know that... on Friday at 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon, on the seventh floor of the Galeries Lafayette (the principal store to shop in Paris!), you can discover the latest in fashion news. The fashion shows are free, and a simple reservation will give you the possibility to admire high-quality clothing items worn by seven splendid models. The fashion show lasts thirty minutes and the presentation is in English. To make reservations, simply call the number +33 1 42 82 36 40 or send an e-mail at:welcome@galerieslafayette.com

The black dress

When Coco Chanel invented it, it was called, petite-robe-noir, and Madame had to submit to criticisms from her detractors who accused her of copying the work uniform of the then maids (or colfs), including all the works, that is, including the white collar and cuffs. What is certain is that the black sheath dress resists beyond all fashion waves. Always very fashionable, it is eternally seen and revisted in a million manners on the catwalks. However, no matter how many times it is touched up, it is the only piece of clothing of a woman's wardrobe that can, without fear or intimidation pass easily from one season to another, due to the fact that it can last forever

The most expensive house in the world

This mansion, which is the most expensive in world, has 103 bedrooms, a helicopter landing area, and a shelter for any sort of emergencies at the cost of 105 million Euros. This is what was stated in the magazine Forbes who published the annual list of the most costly homes (for sale). Updown Court a Windlesham, in Surrey, this marvelous abode possesses 58 acres of gardens and forests, five swimming pools, a bowling alley, twenty-two marble bathrooms and more than 4,500 square meters of house according to the description publizied on the Forbes.com website, who, however, do not reveal the name of the seller

In Europe: the Italians are the most slender

The constant worrying over one's figure, the calculation of calories at every meal, the persevering committment to go to the gym, swimming pool and similars, or the female collective hysteria produced by the phobia of cellulite has finally given its fruits. According to this case, the dates contained in the annual report on obesity in Europe, diffused by the European Office of Statistics, Eurostat, the Italians are the ones that are most in form in the Old World, or at least, the least fat. The record of fat is given to Austria and Greece. In these countries it was recorded that the major amount of cases of obesity and overweightness. More than 50% of the male citizens of Greece and Austria are obese. Obese at 48% are the Germans.

Bloomers

It is true that it does not matter if one looks good or bad, but the most important thing is one is talked about and it is a million times better to be noticed than to pass unobserved! However, the lastest tendencies of the fashion system, embraced, as always, by VIPs such as Sienna Miller, seem to really have exaggerated this time around! In fact, on the catwalks, for this fashion season appears the "bloomers", or "underwear" that are high waisted and tight-fitting (they look like those that Grandmother used to wear, to hold back the tummy!) with a high waistline. Various are the versions worn during the fashion show, but they continue to leave me extremely perplexed, Sienna was the first to launch this tendency, let us see what will happen next!

Gaetano Navarra

Yesterday at the fashion show of Gaetano Navarra a collection dedicated to a post-war Berlin. Exorbitant heels, extremely adherent sheath dresses and skirts with very deep slits. Abundant knitwear with asymmetric buttoning and small Tartan coats.

Photo from Donna Moderna

The Giorgio Armani exhibition

Just opened in Milan these days, on the occasion of Fashion Week, the Mostra Giorgio Armani (n.d.r., Giorgio Armani exhibition). Seen for the first time at the premises of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2000 the travelling exhibition, with its eighth and last leg of the tour will terminate in the city of the stylist, at the Milan Triennial. The project takes its origins from the Retrospective already seen at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation dedicated to the activities of Giorgio Armani, which reaches the Milan Triennial in more an ample and enriched version

The jewels of Gucci

Under the spotlight, jewels and watches at the défilé of Gucci was in calendar for yesterday afternoon. A clear signal of how this business is becoming strategic for famous designer labels. On the catwalk paraded a collection inspired by the American photographer Lee Miller. The jewellery was created by Gucci and is easy to wear, and the prices are not extremely costly.

Photo from Elle.com

New pantyhose for Pierre Mantoux

For the Autumn-Winter 2007\08 season Pierre Mantoux proposes a new pantyhose inspired to the anticonformist lifestyle similar to stars like Kate Moss and Courtney Love. The designer label distinguishes itself with the pup to up, a composition of lace and transparencies that intertwined produce overlapping geometric effects.A very refined contrast to wear with mini-skirts or shorts in whose satiny materials are alternated with opaque wool for dress combinations that are reckless and sophisticated at the same time.

Controversies at the Armani fashion show

Controversies were not missed, even at the sophisticated and minimalist Giorgio Armani fashion show in program yesterday in the headquarters of the stylist in Via Bergognone in Milan. In fact, a journalist from the New York Times newspaper, Cathy Horyn, who had stated serious criticisms against his collection, was not admitted to the fashion show! The Genius of the white and black can obviously permit himself to snob the press. Anyway, for this coming winter Armani did not contradict himself, it is a fashion show with class. Sharp and soft lines for jackets modelled only to be worn with skirts, in fact pants were not seen at all, not even one. At the most a black legging!

Photo from Elle.com

Mickey Summer on the Catwalk

The young daughter of Sting and Trudie Styler has partecipated exclusively to the fashion show yesterday for Frankie Morello. In ordinary day life, however, she is not a model: she studies acting and visual arts in New York

Supershort for D&G

Decisively D&G do not want the comeback for the "curves"! Micro dresses and skirts so short that it is risky to call them mini skirts.It is a positive that the 2007 woman as seen by D&G is a woman who is thin and very young, or a woman who loves risks!

Photo from Elle.com

Are the Pashmina still fashionable?!

It's been a good five years since its death was mooted in fashion circles.
The truth is that this practical accessory is a year round essential. Most women wisely kept faith with the only stylish garment that will serve as a chill-cheater on the plane and an evening cover up that can be boundled into a handbag. So you won't make a faux pas by wearing a pashmina so long as you make sure your wrap is right up to date. If you are still wearing the ice cream pashmina of last spring you will look decidedly unfashionable. But this accessory is still simple and elegant.

Purple is back

It is a most particular color that brings with it an aura of superstition,misadventure or good luck, in the world of show business, especially at the opening nights, one never wears the color purple for it harbors bad luck.However, in the past, it was considered for a long period of time a royal color, in fact, it is the color of the amethyst that is on the British Royal Crown jewels. In short, purple makes its way in our wardrobe with accessories and entire outfits. And let us not forget that it seems that the color violet also has particular slimming properties! So always wear something with the color purple, a scarf, a bracelet, a top...it will benefit your figure.

Peep toe

From at least two or three fashion seasons on the top of the list remains:the peep toe, "the shoe with the toe that peeps". With a decisively glamorous aspect, this type of shoe, which is usually seen with a thin and dizzyingly high heel, has made a comeback on the catwalks . The peep toe, has made so much clamor, that it has become blatantly of tendency, so much so, that even during the winter months has been a big hit (I wear it too even I terribly suffer the coldweather!) . This summer the peep toe can be seen everywhere, they are perfect for all occasions and with the right touch of the retrò look. The most beautiful among these are those of Gucci (previously mentioned).

The new makeup line signed Pucci

On February 19, at the Pucci boutique in Via Montenapoleone in Milan, the maquillage Summer 2007 collection was presented, signed by "Guerlain by Emilio Pucci". A "una tantum" limited edition created with the collaboration of two realities both under the protective wing of the Lvmh Group. It involves a small collection on sale exclusively from May to August of this year, a way to increase the visibility of both brand names, and to create the not to be ignored articles for collectionists and to attract attention to clients who are different to those who are used to these designer brand names. This line will debut in five hundred Guerlain boutiques in all the world. In the United States there will eighty stores who were picked, among those shines Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman.

The noise of crunchy food stimulates the brain

And it makes one feel happy.Do you want to know why it is impossible to the calling of snacks, potatoe chips and cookies?Because they are crunchy. According to a scientific study the noise of crunching brings good mood. The study, carried out by the University of Leeds, explains why crunchy foods, when they are bitten and chewed, emit ultrasounds that created a chain reaction in the brain and provoke a sensation of happiness. The "sound" of the food, sustain the scientists, is as important as the taste or scent. According to them, the first place goes to apples, followed by potatoes chips and cookies

A chic bag for the market!

Structured shopper Michael Kors, tote bag of wowen straw. It has sculpted leather trim and goldtone touches front and back, gold link and leather handles with a comfortable 8" drop. This bag looks so chic and perfect to go to the market! Don't you think so!?

And for a real affordable price: 298.00 $

Love it!

Winter 2007

Abaete Black dress, I think is lovely!

Lagerfeld Confidential

The German stylist Karl Lagerfield, has presented at the 57th edition of the Berlin Cinema Festival, the film "Lagerfield Confidential". The film is directed by Rudolphe Marconi and recalls the twenty-three years of the career of this eccentric stylist. A film that reconstructs history, passions, manias and meetings of the man that revolutionized the tradition of the French maison Chanel.

Eva Longoria announces her wedding

After Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes and their dream wedding in a castle on a lake, another famous couple that is re-known worldwide has decided to pronounce their wedding vows in a scene straight out of a fairy tale: Eva Longoria, protagonist of Desperate Housewives, and Tony Parker, a famous NBA basketball player, have decided date and place of their matrimony. They will be tying the knot on Jult 7th in a XVII century French castle. Decisively a new tendency of the stars is that to exaggerate in the use of luxurious castles of the "Old" World (n.d.r., Europe). And we certainly cannot blame them!

Luxury is used for a good cause

A luxurious item is sold at an auction on eBay. This is the case in fact for the "L'Oréal Paris Red Carpet Compact", a very special makeup compact with double mirrors, beginning on February 17th, in fact, five of these very precious items were put on auction on the eBay site. Made in 18 karat gold with 90 diamonds,this jewel is signed by Kwiat Diamonds. The price of the The Red Carpet Compact is estimated of approximately of $6,900 U.S. dollars, and only five models will be sold; and for the proceeds, they will be given to charity, more specifically, to two funds, the "The Motion Picture & Television Fund" and the "Ovarian Cancher Research Fund". For once, it is truly worth the while to spend more money than usual for such a small and unnecessary folly, but also for a grand cause.

Frost eyewear

These are the eyeglasses Frost created by Marion Frost. I still do not understand if I like them or not, but one has to admit that they completely reflect the comeback to the oversized look for eyeglasses. Moreover, they are heart-shaped, giving them a romantic touch and a look which is totally femme fatale!

Cashmere necklaces

For the next Autumn\Winter season of 2007-2008, Brunello Cucinelli proposes fabric necklaces with overlapping threads of cashmere and metals, a cult accessory of the knit-jewellery collection. The necklaces are connected with a small satin loop and are represented as a removable accessory capable of rennovating the basic

Roma bag

On occasion of the rennovation of the Roman store in Piazza San Lorenzo in Lucina, Bottega Veneta thought well in celebrating this happy event with a limited edition that is deign of the brand name that it carries. I am talking about the Roma Bag that costs $ 3,000 dollars, with a production line of only two hundred models worldwide and sold exclusively at the Bottega Veneta stores. The purse "Roma" is a seamless handbag that is made in ultra high-quality soft leather with the classic brand name of Bottega Veneta, unmistakable for its "interwoven look". For the fanatics for limited edition pieces getting hold on one of these will certainly be an arduous task.

Pageboy hairstyle: the 2007 Spring\Summer tendency

Do you want to know what the fashion hairstyle for the next 2007 Spring\Summer season will be? The fashion shows do not dictate only tendencies in relation to clothes and accessories. Even our hairstyles have to become pure fashion tendency! How? With a Bob or (pageboy) hairstyle, 1960's style, but more defined, squared and minimal. This is the proposal made by Christian Lacroix in his fashion show: here are the models Heather Marks and Lily Cole while they show off their hairstyles

Sanremo 2007: Michelle Hunziker picks Made in Italy

In the 57th edition of the Festival of Sanremo (the most important annual musical event in Italy!) it will be the Made in Italy that will surely triumph on the podium of the Ariston theater. Michelle Hunziker, co-hostess with the master of ceremonies Pippo Baudo, during the five nights will be sporting dresses of five great Italian stylists. The honor to inaugurate the kermesse will be given to the leader of the Haute Couture Spring - Summer 2007 signed Valentino to then give way to the dresses of Versace. The stylist Alberta Ferretti, inspires her creation to an image of a modern-day Grace Kelly, will dress the showgirl with romantic dresses on the occasion of the third evening. It will then be the turn of Gucci, and then the grand finale will have the creations of Giorgio Armani of which Michelle Hunziker will wear dress items of the Privè collection

www.sanremo.rai.it

Travelling without luggage

Travelling light and with comfort is a true luxury, and feeling cuddled, is sometimes a sweet necessity. And very often, the luggage can be a heavy load in all senses. For its clients, FlyLite sends an empty piece of luggage, to be filled in according to the instructions of the hotel where the passenger is destined with all the wardrobe necessary for the trip. The luggage will be, at your arrival, ready in the hotel, waiting for you, with your wardrobe, all cleaned, ironed, folded and catalogued. Your luggage will always be accessible online and in case of change of travel programs, like a deposit for virtual luggage, similar to the services of those that you may find at the lobby at the hotels.

A film on the life of Anna Nicole Smith

Anna Nicole Smith has passed away last week, at the age of 39 years, and already in the works are plans to make a film on her life. The heads of the Hollywood cinematographics industry do not have a doubt: to interpret the much talked about Playboy star, cannot otherwise be than Charlize Theron. The Oscar winning actress was in fact chosen as first pick among the Studios that want to tell the story of the astounding life of Smith. A tribute to the girl who had nothing, and that, marrying at the age of 26, the famous oil magnate, J. Howard Marshall, at the age of 89, had become one the most talked about personalities in the world. If Charlize should not accept the role there are positively many other of her colleagues that would go to any lengths for this role; a story like that of Anna Nicole Smith is so incredible that no one would be able to write same, even with the use of the wildest fantasies, a script like this one

Heart-shaped purse Moschino purse

Even if it is not the day for sweethearts to celebrate, it is not said that it is prohibited to give gifts in the name of love. So here, now, it is Moschino which presents the purse that is utterly irresistible: its heart bag can make even those with a heart of stone fall in love.