In brief: Chanel opened a nail bar

  Like Chanel Le Vernis, Chanel Le Vernis we love such as Selfridges and Chanel Le Vernis, which is why the store opened a nail bar pop-up this week is Chanel. And in true Chanel style, The Cult of Chanel Nail Colors something like a feast for the eyes is to be with huge bottles of nail hanging from the ceiling and the whole range of shades Le Vernis on the screen.

In just two weeks, customers can book a Chanel and form of the painting (and the reservation fee is redeemable against purchase), or with a nail expert or Chanel - 5 or 6 June - with scenes of outstanding Sophy Robson nails.

And - perhaps the best part of all - it is a nail bar auto-painting, where guests discover the latest colors may themselves and paint their nails to be at their own leisure. A nail in every color, we say. And speaking of the new colors, click on the images to the three new shades rather fabulous start on 31 May be seen with the nail bar.

The Cult of Chanel Nail Colors is open at Selfridges Oxford Street, from 31 Mai - 12 June One form and color costs £ 25, redeemable against the purchase, or £ 30 to Sophy Robson. Call 020 7318 2372 for appointments.

Goodwill Both Gucci?

  I recently received a press release promoting a new store called Goodwill Store. Read the headline.? "Concept Store Community Tustin overflows with articles realigned brand, including brands like Gucci and Christian Dior" My first reaction What, where, when, how and why am I still sitting here?

I'm not a big Thrifter. The process of collecting piles of clothes before maybe, you might find a little gem I've always been intimidated. I like the idea of ​​someone else do the hard work, even if it means a small fee premium.

The store, located in a shopping center in the old town of Tustin, is trendy little sister goodwill. It is always fixed (certainly not as a "boutique-y" as I had imagined it), but it feels closed, as if you walk into a vintage Urban Outfitters. Warhol art style grip on the exposed brick walls, chandeliers, while hang up. A model wears a dress made from old records. Near locker rooms plush, upholstered chairs.

Sifting through the racks is still a bit dizzy. There are many articles about all styles (all arranged by color), Day, Evening Dresses, Wedding Dresses, rows of denim, handbags and other accessories, clothing for men, tips for kids, a portion of the shoe sole, and household goods. The loot is not as aggressive as Commissioner Buffalo Exchange resale or other chic boutiques, there are many styles of last season, and some elements looked very well worn, but I did spot some winners including a sweet pair of suede heels Aldo for $ 12 , 99, Rock & Republic jeans for $ 14.99 and a flashing blue Betsey Johnson mini dress for $ 7.99. Unfortunately I did not Gucci (or other luxury brands, for that matter) seen. Maybe next time The store receives daily deliveries of donated designer goods and department stores.

While thrifting professionals will tell you that it makes better options in OC, the Goodwill Special Boutique, is that it is good, good will. Every purchase helps people with disabilities find employment, to become independent, and themselves and their families. Stop and be fabulous twice!

Tilda Swinton Chanel Campaign

  The actress stars in ads for Paris-Edinburgh collection of the label with a variety of comfortable clothing tartan.

Tilda was announced as the face of the line in February, after the clothing debuted in professional Chanel Arts annual fashion show at Linlithgow Palace in Scotland at the end of last year.

Under the looks worn by the blonde is a bright white royal coat with high collar and embroidered details.

Tilda also appears in a dramatic pose profile wearing a traditional navy blue jacket with red plaid detail at the neckline and cuffs, this model is in the clutch Bejeweled box keeps equipped in his hand.

Another aspect of the collection is a purple pleated coat, the different shades of the color runs throughout the design has.

Chanel creative director Karl Lagerfeld shot Tilda in the context of medieval tapestries, which can be seen in the magnified images of the campaign.

The rich and ornate decorations tartan as jeweled covers, bring a new dimension to the collection of the season transition from the famous label.

Chanel Karl Lagerfeld singer explains why the 52-year-old Oscar winner was the perfect choice to announce the line. Tilda Scottish ancestry is the inspiration of the collection perfectly.

"[Tilda is] a modern woman, a timeless icon of elegance," gushed Karl WWD.

Karl photographed Tilda at the beginning of Ecouen Castle, a Renaissance castle in France.

Michael Kors - Michael Kors unveils first memory of fashion

  Michael Kors began to give fashion advice years old.

The designer first he recognized had an eye for style, as a child, when he helped avoid a fashion disaster his mother narrowly just before she was about to walk down the aisle.

In an interview with Vogue Yasmin Le Bon Festival at the Southbank Centre in London on Saturday (27.04.13), revealed Michael:'' I think it started when I was five years old and my mother were married again for me.

'' I told him that there are just too many bows on her dress. My grandmother did not agree, but my mother thought I had a point and took them all.

'' The dress was timeless - even if they do not stay married.''

Michael - who list of the 100 most influential people in TIME magazine earlier this month - to live up to its reputation as one of the funniest men in the mode of jokes throughout the event and showed his good mood is at its peak after a successful show.

He said:'' I'm not one of those designers who just bangs his head against the wall after a show - I've never understood why people sometimes, that to be elegant, must be dark and serious thinking.

'' In fact, I am in full party mode - I feel like I just gave birth to a child after a show. I'm happy and ecstatic.''

Miu Miu blijft showen in Parijs

  Italian fashion Alhoewel huizen zijn om hun opgeroepen Collecties in Milaan you showen, Miu Miu Daar zal geen gehoor geven aan. Tweede van het label ontwerper Miuccia Prada blijft showen in Parijs.

Miu Miu Stelt al sinds 2006 De Nieuwe collectie voor Tijdens of fashion week in Parijs. Volgens Patrizio Bertelli, CEO of Prada van de Groep you voornamelijk maken heeft dat brings tijdsdruk. Dat meldt of Britse editie van Vogue.

Afmaken of ontwerper Zou onmogelijk of Collecties van AS zowel Prada Miu Miu tegelijkertijd kunnen. Daarom Showt ze Milaan Prada Miu Miu een week later Parijs.

"Miuccia werkt night en dag aan de Collecties. Ze creëert shows betrokken bij dynamic aspect" Aldus Bertelli. "Het onmogelijk om twee tegelijkertijd creëren show you."

Onmogelijk

"Het komt door handle we waarop works" vult Miuccia Prada aan. "Het onmogelijk. NOBODY Zou dat voor Elkaar krijgen."

Italian Chamber of Fashion heeft een grote aantal om benaderd name of Nieuw Leven van Milaan fashion week in blazen you. Onder sea Bertelli, Director Death Diego Della Valle, Gucci Voorzitter Patrizio di Marco Silvia Venturini Fendi ontwerper zijn ingeschakeld.

Style Scoop: BLK DNM jeans Gisele, Sarah Jessica Parker Gets Strip, Chanel champion Share

  If you need inspiration behind to your best denim look, Gisele Bundchen switch for BLK DNM. Alum Victoria's Secret and the highest-paid model in the world is showing off one of its best assets to a guerrilla campaign with the new brand. The announcement that look cuff has to check the engine of a Mercedes in 1985, was shot by Johan Lindeberg founded the company in Brooklyn without finishing. "He sees women as real, or it has a very real feel for the woman. There is no treatment," said co-cuffs. "There is a rawness that only a little of who you are, you know?"

Will do while we are still in detention for a third Sex and the City movie, only with Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie Channeling) look. Last conquer the Met gala star Harper's Bazaar Russia in June 2013, where they made a referee chic black and white sets designed by Juan Cebrian and photographed by Simon Upton.

There is no one to play with the Chanel ... at least when it comes to options. The label Karl Lagerfeld-helmed brand is the most popular men on the social platform, according to Mashable. Here's the kicker: Chanel does not even have a Pinterest page.

The Bling Ring takes Cannes, Part II In the second flight of jewelry famous film festival, a necklace of de Grisogono 2.6 million disappeared during the 20-year anniversary of the company. "Unfortunately, after the celebration of the end of the night, found the staff that Grisogono necklace fine jewelry, a part of the collection was launched, was stolen, despite major security measures introduced more than 80 security guards and the police," read a statement from the House . "A police report was filed and further investigation is underway by the local police."

On a lighter note, the fashion Carine Roitfeld for the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS gala benefit functioned smoothly. Joan Smalls in Givenchy Anna Dello Russo in Pucci and Bulgari, a view of the Golden Girls, which adorned the start and runway inspired Elizabeth Taylor.

With gold, jewels and Cannes, in our minds, it is only fair that the fracture annulus beauty bling. Fortunately for us, he managed the Sofia Coppola film Smashbox capture. The cosmetics company has a make-up kit of the Hollywood heist to "create the glamorous celebrity with movie stars with pink pouts obsessed aims created inspired night without kohl rimmed eyes and lashes for days."

There is no place in Milan for Miu Miu. Although Prada show during Milan Fashion Week Miu Miu each season has a mainstay at Paris Fashion Week since 2006, with no intention of returning to his Italian roots. "Miuccia [Prada] is in the studio day and night. Performances, she creates and follows all aspects, it is physically impossible to create two shows a few days apart," Prada CEO Patrizio Bertelli said. "If there is another show a week later, they would go there!"

EFG Hermes reported year on year increase of 27.3% in net profit in Q1 2013

  EFG Hermes, the leading investment bank in the Arab world, today reported its consolidated financial results for the first quarter of 2013, net profit after tax and before minority interest EGP98m of total sales reports Consolidated EGP494m.
Group revenue increased by 14% yoy in 1Q13, driven by 17% growth in revenue from investment banking EGP194m, which paid higher contributions from all sectors profitability.

The contribution of the Commercial Bank of turnover of the Group increased by 12% yoy to EGP300m increased during the quarter.

Revenue for the quarter divided by 61% provided by the Commercial Bank and 39% of the investment bank.

In the Investment Bank, total revenue rose 17% year on year in 1Q13 to EGP194m, indicating a strong improvement fees and commissions of the core businesses, including securities, investment banking, asset management and private equity. Fees and commissions by 26% over the previous year in the first quarter EGP158m.

"In the future we will have a clear strategy that will enable us to seize opportunities and create value for shareholders with the full support of our board have," said Karim Awad, Co-CEO of the investment bank noted that "revenue remains Generation top priority for all business sectors with a growing emphasis on regional growth opportunities while continuing to maintain our market share in our domestic market in Egypt upright. "

At the same time, the company will continue a plan to reduce the total cost of the first phase of what has been in 1Q13. EFG Hermes opened c. EGP26.7m in one-time expenses in the quarter, based on a significant part of restructuring costs.

"We expect the farm to see the recurring expenses during the year, as we rationalize sticking to our plan and continue to implement save money," Awad said, noting that "the company remains true to its goal of reducing the cost base to c. EGP500m in 2014 from an estimated EGP780m this year. Thereby, the continued ability of the Bank to ensure investment in the midst of unpredictable market conditions, "he added.

Finally, the company is seeking regulatory issue one bonus share for every five shares held by shareholders from the date of the claim held to raise capital for EGP2.87bn approval.

EFG Hermes Securities Brokerage closed 1Q13 again number one in Egypt, as well as with leading positions in other key markets in the region. EFG Hermes Brokerage services showed a significant 35% to $ 5.4 billion in the first quarter, which (with the exception of Egypt) improves maintenance of market shares and market volumes in the region increase.

The breakdown of the investment banking business closed and two significant transactions carried out in 1Q13, including a $ 43m private placement Wadi Degla for SAE investment (the first such agreement to promote the field of Egyptian sports) and the acquisition by Japan Tobacco International Al Nakhla Tobacco in Egypt, the second assignment of the consultant team with the global giant Japan Tobacco International. The division continues to focus on building a pipeline of transactions in regional markets with a particular focus on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

EFG Hermes Asset Management AUM decreased 7.7% from the previous quarter to $ 3.1 billion with net outflows accounted for 5.6 percentage points of the decline and the performance of the market, the remaining 2.1 percentage points.

The division continues to focus on long-term customers and the growth of its institutional foundations, and in the last quarter, won five awards based on performance in 2012 Zawya Funds Ranking Awards, including MENA Asset Manager of the Year, three awards number one Egyptian Fund (best balanced funds , equity funds, Best Islamic Fund shares) as well as the award for Best Qatar equity fund that. among other awards in 2012

Private equity AUM was $ 0600000000 at the end of 1Q13. Leaves remain difficult in the short term, given the political instability in the region.

EFG Hermes Research closed 1Q13 with a coverage of 121 companies at the end of FY12, the team simplified reporting in accordance with the cost control measures. Around 57% of total market capitalization in the Arab world, compared with 61% Research continues to cover 11 countries at the macro level and eight nations with scores of regular strategy, in addition to country notes and strategy.

A commercial bank credit card Libanais continued to provide a strong, stable performance despite the turmoil in Lebanon and regionally. Net income after tax amounted to $ 16.2 million 1Q13, an increase compared to the quarter and 64.5% year-on-year decline of 11.5%, representing a return on equity after tax of 12.2%. The increase over the prior quarter primarily due to higher net income occasional high spending in the last quarter of 2012. The decrease compared to the previous year mainly due to higher spending, higher rates of growth in interest expenses and lower margins.

Cannes 2013: Aishwarya Rai looks gorgeous in a blue Gucci dress

  Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai has raised the bar of fashion on the red carpet at Cannes with this Gucci

look stunning in a blue dress.

Aishwarya walked the red carpet for the film's director Steven Soderbergh Behind the Candelabra, starring

Michael Douglas and Matt Damon in the lead roles.

First, Aishwarya Rai wore a turquoise dress Gucci shiny shoulder. Everything seemed to be in favor of Ash in

this respect be. The adaptation of the satin dress, long and fine lines and wrinkles just released and wow

Aishwarya performed with me a Roman princess.

We loved her hair, her pink lips, her bare neck and the choice of small accessory. However, his choice of

the coupling could have been better.

Meanwhile, the 39-year-old beauty has his stay at the 66th Extended film festival in Cannes, to attend a

fashion show amFar (American Foundation for AIDS Research). She had attended the gala amFar last year as

well and had an Abu Jani-Sandeep Khosla that event. This year there is an exquisite match gold theme

designed by Tarun Tahiliani.

"The Ultimate Gold Collection Fashion Show" will be held Thursday for AIDS Research and Aishwarya Rai will

also participate in the auction, the proceeds will go to AIDS research.

CANNES : Florence Welch in pink Miu Miu pea Great Gatsby first

  Florence Welch joined Cara Delevingne and Lana Del Rey in Cannes last night as she and the Great Gatsby

the first part in the opening ceremony.

Put faith in Miu Miu for the release of the red carpet, Flo Pink Lady turned over 70 20 years fighting in

silky dress peas.

Ditching his usual grumpy flowers pink from head to toe, did not impress the British singer to the fashion

pack with their first view of Cannes. Eek.

But what do you think?

World of Jenks Final: Kaylin Preps for Brooklyn Fashion Weekend

  The second season of World of Jenks docuseries Andrew Jenks comes to an end on Monday, but it will be a

happy ending all over?

The Hollywood Reporter here hosts an exclusive preview of the finale, which aired Monday, 20 May Kaylin

looks down at 11 clock in the clip the finishing touches to his models as they are always willing to share

his first collection in Brooklyn Fashion Show Weekend.

"I want people who have stories that do not normally have, especially one as big as MTV had to find," Jenks

told THR earlier this year. . "We just wanted stories that we felt could really make a difference when

people our show" During the season saw Jenks spent a year after Kaylin, a budding fashion designer fight

against cancer, Chad a school with autism and D-Real, a young man from a dangerous neighborhood that strives

to make a difference through dance.

Chanel Skains, one of the original seven suspects in St. John deputy shootings, said in the preliminary investigation

  Chanel Skains knelt on the gravel LaPlace trailer park where she lived with her husband, daughter and son-shaking hands with a St. John Parish deputy who was hit by a hail of bullets from a few seconds, stroking her hair and forehead.

"Are they talking about you?" asked the deputy in panic to the voice which they heard on the radio broadcast was a sheriff office, lying on the floor beside him. MP mumbled yes. "They're coming," Skains assured between bouts of crying and desperate cries for help - so hectic, in fact, she had not noticed his gunshot wound to the arm. "They're coming," she said. "I promise that they will come."

But help would arrive too late. Moments later, the member died, one of the two victims of a terrible ambush 16 August 2012. It's ambush killed members Jeremy and Brandon Triche and Nielsen left Deputies Michael Scott Boyington and Jason Triche with Boyington so severe that the required six or seven surgical wounds and fraud should have his spleen, gall bladder and one of his kidneys removed.

Four suspects will be tried for these crimes, including Terry Smith Skains husband and in-laws and son Derrick Brian Smith and Kyle Jökel. Terry and Derrick Smith are accused of a number of attempted first-degree murder. Brian Smith and Jökel are each charged with two counts of first-degree murder, the death of Jeremy Nielsen and fraud, if convicted, they threaten possible death penalty. Skains and Britney Keith, the girlfriend of Brian Smith, pleaded guilty to accessory. The charges against Teniecha Bright - the authorities said they had just go back home with the Smiths that day in August, and was originally booked to be a leader of the attempted first-degree murder - have been rejected in October last year.

On Friday morning in a tearful testimony of two hours in a preliminary examination hearing in Edgard Skains remembered the fear, panic and violence that staggered by the Scenic Riverview Mobile Home that August morning.

Shortly after 04.00 clock, 16 August Skains said she received a mysterious phone call from his son Derrick. Skains out of bed in a mobile home with her husband, Terry Smith split and went to the kitchen to make coffee. She knew that Terry and his son would soon come home from the Valero refinery in LaPlace, she worked the late shift. Then his phone rang.

"The cops chase us," Derrick Smith said suddenly suspended.

"I thought he was joking, because he loved to practice as" things said Skains. But because Skains knew that her husband, who was driving a Chevrolet truck, has no license, she began to fear that perhaps the group was in trouble they leave the trailer, as they pulled up Terry, Derrick and Brian Smith, Jökel and bright - .. Neighbors and colleagues, Terry Smith often commute to work - paid on the truck.

"I asked Terry what happened," said Skains. "He told me that Brian shot a guard."

Terry Smith was appointed Deputy Michael Scott Boyington, including Brian Smith reference allegedly shot with an assault rifle outside the park after Boyington Valero tried to pull over. The Smiths then raced Bayou Steel Road to the trailer park.

Terry Smith said Skains inside the trailer back. It forces. Meanwhile, he returned to his car. The others, including Keith Skains inside the trailer was assembled in the trailer. After Skains Derrick Smith left the trailer shortly after.

"Then Brian said," Daddy turning on me, "said Skains." He went up and down, talking, saying that we had to leave, we have to do, we can not stay here. "

Skains said in his statement that Brian Smith often presented a paranoid behavior: peering through the window, as if it were followed, suspicious of the loyalty of his family and friends.

"I said no, no, no, that's good," said Skains. Moments later, Terry Smith returned from his car with a gun over his shoulder. When Terry Smith went to get the gun on the bed, Skains took the gun and put it under a pile of clothes in the closet with her purse, which was in possession of a handgun. Terry Smith left the trailer, and a few moments later Skains heard voices outside.

"I thought he was a police officer because I could hear things on the radio," Skains said.

Then there was a knock at the door.

"I opened the door and there was a policeman standing he said." Hello, how are you, I want to talk for a second, "said Skains." I had my dog ​​in my hand and said, "Let me . "I get the dog on a leash and walked out. When I did that, Terry was tied up on the picnic table with handcuffs. "

Skains testified that she noticed two other members are in the vicinity of the corner of his trailer, and the deputies knocked on the door and told him to back the trailer. He followed her inside. Brian Smith, his girlfriend Britney Keith Heller and disappeared into the bathroom. Jökel Skains was lying in bed, hiding under the covers. The officer quickly realized Jökel, and asked him to leave. Skains, Jökel and police then left the trailer. Skains sitting at the picnic table.

The next thing you knew Skains members fought Jökel ground.

13-year-old daughter Jaylin Rhodes Skains, who also testified Friday was taken in tow by Derrick Smith for the entire sequence, but said she distinctly heard Jökel shouted: "They will kill us all"

Skains said she saw one of the officers come Jökel, she told another officer pulled a gun and threatened to Terry Smith and Cheza from Skains dog that bark because the members were presented shoot.

"They put the gun in the face of Terry said he should shoot at him," Skains said. "He said," I just need to get the dog said ... "No, you can not shoot the dog He said:" I will shoot both "

"I try to bring the dog to the silence," Skains continued, "and the door [of the trailer] swings."

Skains she said then looked Brian in his peripheral vision, at the door of the trailer. Then she heard gunshots. Skains said she grabbed the dog and rolled under the picnic table.

"I heard a lot of shooting," she said, "and I cried," Stop! Please stop! "Everything was quiet then I heard Brian say .." There I was shot. "

Skains said she began crawling toward the campers under the picnic table where she had hidden herself as she turned her head around and saw Jökel walking along the side of the trailer. She said Jökel knelt down and took a pistol. Moments later shots and new Skains buried his head in his arms.

"I think Brian had thrown the weapon on the door," she said. [Jökel] picked up. I started to cry, and he would kill to stop, please stop. He began to pull down a policeman. "

Although Skains later said she did not know Jökel shoot a deputy, she confirmed that she saw him the gun barrel down on the floor. Later she noticed a deputy nearby. Deputy David Anthony Bullock, who was also present during the ambush, said in September that he saw a pair of legs shots into the body of Deputy Brandon Nielsen, who had been struck with the first rain balls.

"Then he went quiet," Skains said. She said she grabbed the dog and ran across the street, in the wake of Derrick Smith, where he and his 13-year-old daughter was in the shooting. Skains left the dog out, and ran to her trailer, where they noticed a deputy - probably Jeremy Cheating - blood on the floor. She knelt down beside him.

"He lay there, I asked if he was alright," said Skains. She reached out and stroked her hair and told her help was on the way.

Skains then discovered Terry Smith. Skains member said they would return, and she and Smith returned to their trailer where Brian Smith was on the ground, bleeding from a gunshot wound. She looked at him and said. "Are you crazy"

How Skains began walking towards the fallen deputy, she noted, Derrick Smith and her daughter approached her. She said she pleaded for them to stay away. Skains took the hand of his daughter and took the child to her aunt's trailer. Skains then ran back to the administrator.

Radio continued to crackle as assistant beside him, screamed Skains: "! Quick I'm losing it I have no weapons, hurry up!"

"So," said Skains between bursts of tears, "he stopped breathing."

Only then Skains they said that they had been killed, probably by a bullet Brian Smith.

"They grabbed me," Skains and said "has the ambulance and went to the hospital because I had been killed."

Skains was one of the nine witnesses to testify in court on Friday. Then, in the lobby of the courthouse, Skains cradled the head of his daughter on his lap.

Skains with Britney Keith, who said last month, will be sentenced at the end of the four remaining suspects are on trial, scheduled for mid-2014.

Rihanna shows that fashion Pharrell Williams joins Styled To Rock

  He is the voice behind the biggest success so far, and now Rihanna has made its Facebook page to show that Pharrell Williams will join the hit show Rock wishes as the new mentor!

The message Likes Received since it was released earlier this evening more than 14,000, the news of Pharrell broke new role in the team Styled To Rock - and a few tips on the date of first start:

It read: "Grammy Award and fashion designer Pharrell Williams has announced to serve as a mentor styled Rih on the show in the United States Rock."

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"We anticipate that in 2013, on Style Network Premiere, enter the series of 10 Episodes 12 creators back and forth the possibility of a life -. To create unique pieces of fashion for A-list celebrity talent"

Submitted Salaam Coleman Smith, President of style with the media, a statement after the news hit the web - to declare that "unique aesthetics" Pharrell will have a big impact on candidates of the program:

He writes: "We are delighted Pharrell, who have been a driving force in the music industry and fashion mentor, whose style is Rock."

"An aesthetic Pharrell and commitment to the vision with Rihanna for this series combines individuality enable our budding designers who hone their craft and learn from the people that set the trends."

And when it comes to Rihanna made a very good choice Pharrell!

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He has already designed several clothing lines from, including Billionaire Boys Club, Billionaire Girls Club, Bee Line, ice cream, as well as jewelry and accessories for Louis Vuitton, furniture and products with Moncler and Takashi Murakami.

Styled To Rock will be watching when it comes screens later this year?

fashion technology - the new frontier

  Live broadcast of the track? Style apps smartphone? So last season. On technology "fashion world" continues to move faster than Burberry holographic models on the catwalk. Welcome to the new frontier, where clothes Twitter, Facebook, Fashion, and the first virtual "digital model" world saleswomen revolutionized the way we shop.

Under a chic headquarters at the Sydney Opera House on Thursday Bespoke is a top business and fashion with a line, the influence of local and international experts, including MrPorter.com editor-in-chief Jeremy Langmead, founder and editor of The Business of Fashion Imran Amed and designer brands Sass & wait to discuss Zimmermann and J Crew, the global trends, innovation and creative collaboration.

The technology is also high on the agenda with Coco Rocha, 24, the top Canadian model - she fronted campaigns for Chanel, Versace and Dior on the cover of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar - turned cyber-space phenomenon. Hailed as "the fashion and technology in the flesh," Rocha something like a juggernaut of social media has gain a huge eight million followers through their website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google+ (it was first model million a followers to earn on this platform) and its addictive blog "OHSO Coco" which streams thousands of photos and video clips of his life and modeling career.

"It's really the first digital model in the world and has control of his career in a way perhaps no model had before," says international fashion editor of the Australian Financial Review Marion Hume, curator and Bespoke host. Rocha, who is a committed philanthropist and advocate against eating disorders in the fashion industry, will discuss "pioneering digital innovation."

Further evidence of the power of social media when it comes to style, just look at the first dress in the Twitter world. Literally the talk of the town on a red carpet launch of a new 4G mobile network in London last year, the former Pussy Cat Doll singer Nicole Scherzinger decked out in a black dress with 2,000 LED lights that s' is displayed in real-time from Twitter feeds his fans. The dress - which was built from eight yards of silk chiffon and French silk with more than 500 Swarovski crystals loaded, was made by the fashion-tech cute farm circuits - is rechargeable via USB.

Another pioneer in this rock-solid marriage between fashion and technology is a British brand Burberry has hoarded among their many multi-media wonder 14 million

Facebook, Twitter and 1.3 million fans on Instagram 564,000. One of the first to stream their shows, last season alive, they have not create a net worth "tweet walk" through the publication of pictures of models backstage at Twitter before they go the route (we wonder what Anna Wintour would think ?). Couple that with I-pad toting providers (designer Christopher Bailey cites Apple as the brand, it is inspired) and the use of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) devices in the memory trigger. Simply run her purse on the RFID platform and voila, you will see a video on Craftsman Create their high-end accessories. Talk to bring a new meaning to try before.

"Consumers are looking for more information about the products when they are in the store," says Maureen Mullen, director of research and advisory firm for the L2, a global think tank for digital innovation. Not that the revolution did not happen before we even ventured inside. "Today we have a digitally active consumer who always has a camera in his hand and uses the Facebook mirror technology, interactive, and various other forms of social media to ask for advice, and a better shopping experience," says Stephen Kulmar Director of Retail Oasis is a digital experts dedicated to fashion the ever-changing face of retail.

Which, since the explosion of technological advances on us is the same thing - the power of the consumer. "Social media has made communication between brands and customers opened so that the consumer valuable feedback. Clever companies benefit from the use of this staggering amount of power," says Hume, quoted mrporter.com (Group share of net-a-porter) and Saturday Surf New York (both of which have to be measured on the podium) "to engage digitally with their customers." as excellent examples of this

And let's face it, those who are not down with the "augmented reality" (including synthetic images to real situations, aka these holographic models strutting with real opening of Burberry in Beijing), "Face Detection" (The Marks and Spencer in the UK can use the visualization technology of the U.S. Army developed for buyers to see how a pair of jeans will look before you buy) and "Omni Mirrors" (mirror Interactive takes a shot in-store and then uploads to social media to bettors can from their friends To search) and today's tech-savvy consumers can easily "showroom" from there. For those who do not know (where have you been?) "Showrooming" means you use your mobile to see if this fabulous dress aligning the shell can be snapped cheaper. Because the Cyber-verse can be anywhere ... along these holograms.

fashion chain signed an agreement for safety in factories in Bangladesh

  Some of the biggest fashion retailers around the world, including Zara and H & M have a legally binding agreement to improve the financial and building fire in Bangladesh factories they use signed.

The agreement aims to conduct safety inspections in the compulsory and free workshops.

A spokesperson for H & M, the Swedish multinational retail clothing that they hoped to create a work environment "in which no worker should fear fire creating, building collapses and other accidents this could be prevented through safety measures and reasonable health."

The move came Monday, the Bangladesh government has agreed to allow the textile workers of the country, of which there are four million to make, the unions without permission of the manufacturer.

Government spokesman Bhuiyansaid Mosharraf Hossain said that the ministers had agreed to amend the law to remove legal restrictions on the formation of trade unions in most industries.

"Such permission of the owner is now necessary," Bhuiyan told reporters. "The government will do that for the well-being of workers."

The announcement came after the collapse of the Rana Plaza building on 24 April, which killed more than 1,100 people.

A series of deadly incidents in factories, including a fire that killed 112 people worldwide in November attracted the attention to the safety standards in the garment industry of Bangladesh booming industry, the world's largest exporter of clothing after China.

Since 2005, at least 1,800 textile workers were killed in a fire and collapsing buildings in the country, according to the International Labor Rights Forum.

Powered by the latest collapse of the building, drew international condemnation, the government announced on Sunday, raise the minimum wage for garment workers are paid between some of the lowest wages in the world.

Those who were working in Rana Plaza only $ 38 per month paid, according to The Guardian on Monday.

"I think the work needs to be scrutinized. We want to save the industry, but at the same time we want to increase the standard of living of our employees. We do not want slaves," Abdul Latif Siddiqui, Minister of Textiles said in an interview with the Guardian.

Kate Upton Adds ‘Vogue’ Cover to Growing High-Fashion Credibility

  June cover of American Vogue Kate Upton is the latest feather in his hat haute couture. But only a year ago, many doubted whether a social media sensation turned Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover girl had the chops to decipher the code of Anna Wintour. After all, Upton has not even Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was considered at the time. "We never use" its a show, the casting director Sophia Neophitou the New York Times said in February 2012. "It's like a woman with blond hair footballers and this kind of face that anyone with enough money can go out and buy," said Neophitou.
A little more than a year later, Upton has the last word, and shows some serious and lasting performance. After arriving on our radar in 2011 after dancing on the tape of a friend caught Cali Swag District "Teach Me How To Dougie" (video eventually won 2 million views) Upton continued to make cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue 2012 a barely-there bikini. His star power rapidly decreased, and the end of the sixth Upton was most wanted man on Google in the U.S. for the year 2012, thanks not only told Sports Illustrated issue, but also a few good timed-viral YouTube videos including one where she dances the Cat Dad for photographer Terry Richardson (16 million views) in another bikini super-thin. The model is also a fan of Vine and has nearly 940,000 Twitter followers (our scientific hypothesis is that most of them are men).

Despite the widespread reach of Upton was for his body, which is a healthy size 4, but thinner attacked. When she was brought to IMG Models, the company behind Gisele Bundchen, Heidi Klum and Kate Moss, there was "not enough high fashion" according to the Times. In the cover story of Vogue June Upton speaks openly about all the criticism people have gambled on his body. With respect to anonymous online commentators who her as "fat," she said Vogue: "It was difficult at first you're sitting there and you're like." Is something wrong with me, "She continued." The things they refuse are things I can not change, I can not change my bra size. You are of course, I can work and I stay healthy and motivated, but I can not change some things. "For the cover, Mario Testino photographed Upton wears a floral-print jersey bath, with her hair teased by waves. He recalls the curvier, all-American models since the 1980s, almost as if the era wreck Kate Moss still never happened.

Before the latest Vogue cover and editorial, Upton had already made great progress in high fashion, Vogue Italia, British Vogue, Fashion CR book, the French, and much more. Now that she captured the cover of the fashion bible, Upton look over the modeling world: it is expected to star alongside Cameron Diaz in a comedy called The Other Woman.

'Fashion Star' Winner Hunter Bell gives us the scoop behind-the-scenes

  Fashion Star season two winner Hunter Bell, the designer of ready-to-wear Hunter Dixon, a native of South Carolina, but its sensitivity (and the Express mode, as they answered our questions no taboos!) Is certainly 100 percent in New York. We caught up with the University of Alabama graduate lecture on his experiences at the NBC fashion reality, its brand, and where she hopes to go from here.

StyleBistro: Congratulations on your victory Fashion Star! How did you feel when they called your name as the winner of this year?

Hunter Bell: It was a phenomenal experience. I kept telling myself to race with endurance and actually crossed the finish line seriously. It is six weeks, seven days a week, and it's endurance. You are up early in the morning and work until late at night. You have less than two days to complete a challenge before you are on another. They are constantly juggling and struggling emotions. You are dealing with a lot. So when she was called my name, it was as if I had crossed a finish line was. I did it. I ran the race.

StyleBistro: As a designer, a commercial success, your clothes in more than 200 boutiques around the world and celebrities including Rose Byrne, Sophia Bush and Emma Roberts are already stored fans, why do you want to Fashion Star?

Hunter Bell: We had success, and I was in Saks, I had my name on the wall of the Saks and all the press and all the celebrities. We had reached a point where we were not properly activated, and the company simply did not work. We all sales, we simply do not have the capital to support sales. He created a lot of problems for me in 2012, at which point I was exhausted and I started to think if this company does not want to be in this world, I gave it a good swirl, but don 'capital is not easy there is, then we may need to close the deal. I wondered what to do when the show contacted me. I was really in a state of vulnerability and confusion, and she said to me: "Here is a great opportunity for you There could not be a reasonable time..

StyleBistro: What happened to your business because you were in the show?

Hunter Bell: Certainly recognition. Certainly people who have known the brand, are now able to connect with the brand on a deeper level. I am very serious about the show, I was not on the show to become famous or to drama. I was really on the show to work hard, to tell my story, and really challenge me. It was an opportunity to really grow. I think that resonates with people. And I think people like the clothes because they are not hard to understand. There are certainly things that are portable. I think the story has resonance with people.

StyleBistro: What is the process of recording how? Six weeks!

Hunter Bell: You mean nothing to you! You show up and you arrive. There is no scenario, no, "This is what we do tomorrow., If you knew what you do tomorrow, your reaction would not be true. I'm a planner in my business and my life and that any form of calendar window to take? There is a unique experience.

StyleBistro: Is that all participants to live together?

Hunter Bell: We stayed in a hotel, and we all have our own hotel room. The cool thing is that we., The tools and resources that we needed Before we arrived, they contacted us and asked what kind of pens and what kind of sketchbook we wanted. They are not trying to shoot you, gave us all the tools and resources to enable us to be successful.


StyleBistro: How do you make your work from other candidates?

Hunter Bell: This is how to globally. You have to keep that in mind and sometimes competitors fought with him. I have two sisters and four cousins, and we are all shaped differently and have different aesthetics. My younger sister is 26 years old and bohemian. My older sister is a working mother. And that's just to understand that there are different shapes and sizes, the price level of the difference. It is certainly a time to be creative, and it is certainly a time to pull back and say: This is the mass appeal to the masses.

StyleBistro: you Nanette Lepore and Rebecca Taylor interned and then worked for Jones Apparel Group and Vineyard Vines. As all of these iconic American brands influence your work today?

Hunter Bell: Well, they are all so different. When I arrived in New York a decade ago, I was basically wearing a bright yellow umbrella and wearing a dress. Well, I wear black from head to foot all day. Nanette Lepore has certainly taught me girly, feminine world, which I loved. During my second internship at Rebecca Taylor, I was sitting in a matching 1 day and the sun went down and I had tears in my eyes. This was the moment when I knew I wanted to have a clothing line in New York. Jones Apparel Group is a great company. Work he taught me a lot about communication in China and abroad, how. Using plants such as mass production to communicate Vineyard Vines has taught me the technical design.

StyleBistro: What advice would you a designer who thinks about the competition, in a kind of reality show?

Hunter Bell: You know, I do not regret it, but my personality because I'm a serious person, but I'm so much fun I'm not as serious as I am in the show. I would balance the two. Definitely head down and come to the show to work hard and very focused, but do not neglect to have fun and have moments. It's a bit like when you get married and people ask what you do not forget on your wedding day, take a step back and look. Make sure you will enjoy it also because it is a unique opportunity in life.

This is my passion. I do not want to be rich and famous. I just want to create jobs and the people who are dedicated to me now.

Gucci loses trademark case against Devine

  Gucci has lost his last fight in a battle against presumption brand in Italy.

Guess said the Milan court rejected all the allegations of Gucci and the elimination of some lozenges made Gucci G logo and flora pattern brands. He also rejected the rights of the Gucci logo squared G.

According to the figure, the court agreed with most of his main arguments, said the diamond pattern and floral motifs are common in the world of fashion.

In particular, he said presumption Quattro G pattern popular logo (with a single G in the corner of the diamond) has "nothing to do" with interlocking double G pattern Gucci, one of the most important demands made by Gucci.

In response, PPR-owned Gucci it "strongly disagrees" with the decision, "especially because in the opinion of Gucci, such a decision does not take into account the fact guess the use of similar marks which by Gucci - famous, known and appreciated in the world - is an illegal and parasitic "free-riding effect on brands Gucci and in general on the brand image.

Gucci is set to make the decision, which he says is potentially dangerous for the protection of the "Made in Italy" to appeal.

The retailer filed a similar lawsuit against rates in New York, where he won U.S. $ 4.66m damages and a permanent injunction against the use of four contested Guess three models.

Skirting the Issue denim

  By Teri Agins

Q: I recently bought a pencil skirt and jeans whenever I want to wear it, I change my mind in the end. Is denim skirts are still in fashion? I can still see the different types of denim skirts are sold in stores, but almost never seen anyone over 45 to carry!
-M.M., Naples, Florida

A: Denim is timeless and ageless. It is not out of fashion. Remember, denim is a cotton fabric that happens to be ideal for a pencil skirt because it is strong and holds its shape. To go further, if necessary, and so that it fits perfectly in adjusting the waist and hips. You should just be able to a shirt without seeing climb back or pull on the hips.

Sometimes I have two denim skirts that I treat like jeans dressed like diving anything goes. I have a mid-calf pencil skirt in stretch denim with zipper and a back slit. The other is a circle skirt, a few inches below my knee. They look great with a Cropped black leather tank top, a white coat, tops and even a tank stretch top, worn with boots, shoes or sandals knit strong.

Here is an unexpected party cocktail look is ready: a denim pencil skirt with sequin top and an armful of crystal bracelets.

You do not see many women in denim skirts to measure because it is not a popular fashion trend are. This makes denim skirts worry so cool and unique-not even come and go.

I love wearing denim skirts, overalls and coveralls. These elements sharp and contemporary-plus, they help you stand out in the crowd. Your personal style should always be your strong signature style.

Why not take a vow to wear your denim skirt this week? I think it is not a mini, and it's not too tight or faded Super. These variations could not flattering on a mature woman, whatever its form.

Louis Vuitton find Art Travel

   By Colleen Clark
Louis Vuitton began incorporated as a travel company with its iconic trunks and luggage for all tours for trip reports. And put them to bring their tradition of art in the adventure with a new series called Travel Book, Forbes reports.

They send four different artists to document their experiences in a foreign country. The result? Point of view of the Congolese artist Cheri Samba Paris, American Daniel Arsham on Easter Island, the presentation of the New York French Jean-Philippe Delhomme, and the Japanese illustrator Natsko Seki believes take London. They are followed in the next year from Venice are in the drawings of the mangaka Jiro Taniguchi and Vietnam by the comic Italian Lorenzo Mattotti author. The books will be available online and in some stores bound for Louis Vuitton $ 56 with the limited edition leather and signed at a price of $ 2,600 in May.