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Top 4 Fashion Trends for an Outdoor Date

August 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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The dates have been fun. The relationship is progressing, but he’s the outdoors type. His favorite places are surrounded by nothing but nature. You’re used to four walls, a ceiling and quality air-conditioning. What will you do? Don’t panic. Here are some tips for dressing to impress.

Choose the Shoes

Aching, uncomfortable feet usually equal a bad date. If he’s determined to spend time outside, fashionable shoes and designer labels need to take a backseat to comfort and quality. The right boots will keep out the wind, mud and rain and wrap your feet in comfort and support. The good news is hiking boots come in various colors and patterns so your style can still shine through.

A Little Rain Must Fall

If you spend enough time outside, you’ll eventually run into some rain. Snuggling will keep you warm, but to stay dry, you need a good waterproof coat. There are many excellent designer rain jackets that are both fashionable and portable. Don’t worry about the weather ruining your date. If you relied on a good dating service, such as parship, your date won’t be so superficial.

A Handy Accessory

Jacket pockets aren’t enough to keep your hands warm. A nice pair of gloves with the latest space age insulation will keep your fingers nimble, dry and toasty in the chilliest of weather. The best dating advice will tell you to keep your hands ready for any emergency on a date.

Top it Off

The right hat will help you keep your head in the outdoors and your heart on your date. A proper hat will protect you from sun, rain, snow and anything the squirrels might throw at you from the treetops.

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Popular Colors for the Fall 2011 Clothing Lines

July 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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People all over the world wait with baited breath to see what the most popular colors are going to be for a season. Every season fashion designers choose different colors to represent what is hot and what is not for that particular year. One year it might be oranges and blues, while another year the popular colors might be purples and yellows.

Recently, many fashion designers have unveiled their Fall 2011 designs and with them comes the chance to see what colors are hot for the season. Here’s a look at what colors are in for Fall 2011.

The Bright Colors

Every season has a handful of bright colors that fashion designers tend to favor when they are designing their fashion lines. For Fall 2011 the bright colors include a yellow known as bamboo, a coral orange known as emberglow, a pink honeysuckle, and a purple called phlox. These colors along with a deep teal are popular finds in the Fall 2011 fashion lines.

The Neutral Colors

To offset the bright colors for the season, fashion designers will use neutral colors to create a stunning effect. Neutral colors are often light colors such as whites, greys and beiges that help bring down the brighter oranges, reds, yellows and other colors in the fashion lines. For the Fall 2011 colors, white is not used but an off-white almost grey known as orchid hush is used in many items of clothing.

Both bright and neutral colors are used by fashion designers to create a stunning line of clothing for the Fall 2011 fashion lines.

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Top Dresses to Get You Through the Summer

July 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment

When it’s hot and muggy out, most women don’t want heavy clothing. Pretty summer dresses are great to wear all season long to keep cool and stay trendy. While many opt to wear a pair of cool jeans, dresses can be just as chic and more comfortable on a hot, summer day.

Maxi Dress

A maxi dress is a floor length dress that is loose, flowy and can be accessorized in a great way. These dresses can be belted for a more trendy look or simply worn by themselves. Pair them with a great pair of wedge heels or jeweled sandals and a clutch, and you have yourself a great evening look. For a more casual or beachy look, wear the dress with some sandals or flip flops, your biggest sunglasses and you’re ready for the beach!

Tube Dress

Tube dresses are also pretty dresses and can be made in a variety of materials including cotton. Tube dresses are also popular for those not looking for bad tan lines. They can be belted with a pair of high heels or worn with a long pendant necklace, a clutch bag and sandals for a more classic, yet sexy look.

Floral Dresses

Last but not least, floral dresses are another top dress for this summer. Floral tops are also one of the top 3 summer trends for summer, so why not wear florals on a dress? Florals can be worn as a minidress, a maxi, tube dress or a simple a-line dress. No matter the cut, florals are trendy this summer and look good on any skin tone.

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Surprise—Larger Than the Norm Beauty

June 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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Beautiful women come in all shapes and sizes including plus-size. If a woman finds a style that emphasizes her curves and her best features, then she will be attractive. If a woman feels attractive then she feels confident. Men in general love to look at women. If a woman can add a surprise or two to the “look” then men are delighted.

Standards of beauty constantly change. A quick read through this website, downtownpresents.org will demonstrate the varying opinions out there. Looking at photos of women over the last 125 years will show this. If you go back to the time of Peter Paul Rubens and view his masterpieces, you will see a bevy of scantily clothed heavy duty beauties. There are companies making beautiful plus-size clothes today that rival anything seen on the model runways. When you view the models their beauty is equal to Ruben’s masterpieces, and it will make you wonder how it ever became skinny is the only beauty there is.  Not! Take a look at these two company websites and decide for yourself.

The company igigi has sophisticated, sexy clothes for the curvaceous woman. The designer, Yulinya Racquel, intentionally makes clothing that will transform the world’s idea of beauty. Plus-size models with unique body shapes drip with femininity and sensuality in fashions that are sinfully seductive.

Next is Roamans. Roamans fashions are for career and everyday wear. The company has been in business for over 100 years. Clothes have a global flavor and range from glamorous special occasion gowns down to the cute shirt for the mall outing. The pricing fits any budget.

 

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When You Dress Better, You Feel Better

May 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment

You’ve probably heard the expression “you are what you eat,” but have you heard that you are what you wear? Whether you’ve heard it or not, it’s true. If you dress like a slob, you’re more likely to put your feet up and act very casual. If you’re wearing a suit or a business skirt, then you’re more likely to act professional and even what words you choose to say will change drastically.

Choose a Wardrobe that Makes You Feel Good

Knowing that you are what you wear, it’s extremely important to have a wardrobe that makes you feel good about yourself. Being confident in yourself is essential for any job and any position. If you don’t currently have clothes that make you feel good about yourself and who you are, maybe it’s time to head to the mall with your reach prepaid card and find some clothes that are just perfect for your work life and your home life.

Groom Daily

Along with dressing in the proper attire, grooming yourself daily will help you to feel and look your best. For men this includes shaving your face and for women it includes putting on makeup. Be sure to wash your face each day and do your hair. By putting in the effort to look good, you’ll feel more confident knowing you look great. This is really important as you meet with clients or interview for jobs.

Looking good and feeling good is what it’s all about. As you look for new clothes, be sure to keep in mind what the current fashion trends are so when you dress, you know you fit the trends.

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See It, Wear It

May 23, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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From commercials to award shows and interviews to photos, there is no shortage of celebrities wearing their favorite designer clothing creating some of their favorite styles. As the pictures and clips flash by, you may feel just a touch of envy. Who would not want to be walking out of their home looking like they are headed for a red carpet event? Believe it or not, celebrity fashions are not outside of your reach.

Every outfit starts with one central piece that you are going to build the outfit around. For example, if you have some Coogi clothing that you absolutely love, choose a top or a pair of jeans to begin. Then look at the celebrity styles that you have seen and begin to try to emulate them. Look at the colors that they are wearing and try to add something in that shade.

You do not want to wear the exact outfit that you saw a celebrity wearing. That is just copying someone Else’s outfit. Take the overall look a tank top, jeans, heels, and a large purse  and make it your own. Then add something totally different like a bangle bracelet or even a dark pair of shades.

You want to take inspiration from celebrities and the media and still bring out something of yourself in everything that you wear.

When you are all put together, add a smile and push your shoulders back. So much of celebrity fashion revolves around the confidence that they feel. Know that the outfit that you created makes you look good and add a little sass to that walk.

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Body Style Trends for 2011 Cars

May 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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Trends are everywhere. They change with the seasons, they change with media influence and they can also change with the economy.

The auto industry is full of trends, and these change every year. There are trends relating to colors such as the neon ‘grab my attention’ colors of the 80’s to the earthy tones of the 90’s. Media influence can dictate what consumer’s are shopping for. The economy can dictate trends such as car refinance loans.

The body style trends for 2011 seem be a longer style for sports cars. Everything from the Bentley to the new Camaro has an elongated body style.

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Families are looking beyond the SUV to get them to and from soccer games. With gas prices on the rise, it seems the SUV is out and sportier style station wagon styles are the trend. Family friendly style cars such as the Equinox ride as smooth as a car but have a hatchback style that allows for adequate storage.

Truck styles seem to go from one extreme to the other. Designers are making them extra long for lots of hauling space or extra short to better their gas mileage. It all depends on the purpose the consumer is using the truck for.

Consumers are fickle overall. Our tastes change as fast as the seasons so car designers have to have something fresh to roll off the assembly lines each year. Styles and tends will change as will colors and that’s what makes the auto industry fresh and fun!

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Skirts, Boots and Scarves

May 8, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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If you live in a colder part of the world, you’ve probably figured out the whole short-shorts and snow thing just doesn’t work. Of course, if you follow the latest fashions in pop culture and warmer parts of the world – jeans just aren’t what you want to wear. If you want to wear what you like but the weather won’t allow it, maybe it’s time to move.

Or you could just try cold weather fashion! Boots comes in all shapes and sizes. From ankle boots to fur lines boots, you have your choice of how much heat you want to hold in. Bare legs are not an option unless you want to lose weight by shivering. Invest in some tights, leggings and thigh highs and leave the bare legged look for summer. Of course, wear what suits your body shape and colors that flatter your skin tone.

The same goes for skirts – why skip wearing them? No matter how short the skirt, a pair of fashion leggings can keep you nice and warm. Long skirts combined with boots are very comfy, but you can still show off your ankle boots. A long scarf can also add a stream of color if the rest of your outfit is too subtle.

A few notes on color though. Wear the season’s colors and make sure to always match your boots to your skirt or scarf. Wearing too many colors can make you stick out like a sore thumb – pick your favorite season color and stick with it.

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The Hippest Streetwear

May 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment

The cultural phenomenon known as hip hop has presented itself in its own unique way since its inception. From its original pounding beat sound to an entire way of dress, with clothing lines springing out of the urban/skater generation, hip hop has helped to bridge the interests of all of these cultures.

Designers have made their entire lines based off the hip hop culture. Lines such as LRG Clothing have been defining the hip hop look while blending it with the urban and skater looks for a blend that appeals to all. The creators of the LRG line, Jonas Bevacqua, and MC Robert Wright, have created a line that is suitable for skaters as well as the urban and hip hop generation, softening the dividing lines of the groups. They wanted to do just that — not define someone as a “skater,” or into hip hop music, but to allow everyone to have varied interests and to have their clothing make that statement. The LRG Dead Serious hoody has sold out at prices upwards of $200, becoming one of their most-popular signature pieces.

While the hoody has become part of the entire generation of tweens, teens, and young adults, LRG has become a staple of the hip hop fashion world with their jeans, t-shirts, polo shirts, hats, and sweaters. LRG is dressing young men everywhere. The variety and design have made the clothing appealing to all genres, yet comfortable and wearable. The colors and patterns are unique to LRG, and the hip hop world cannot get enough. Hip hop is here to stay, and with LRG, hip hop fans can be dressed great too.

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How to Define What Your Fashion Is?

April 13, 2011 by Leave a Comment

We’re different in our own ways. No two people are alike. The same can be said about our definitions of what we deem as fashionable. How to define what your fashion is? The first step towards determining what your own personal style is to make your own fashion statement. It is you who can lay out the foundation for what your specific fashion statement will say. What makes a fashion statement special and different from others is its uniqueness. So try to be as unique and be yourself. This will quickly become the biggest ice-breaker fashionably speaking. You will be the first to recognize your fashion for what it is. People will also eventually follow suit.

Your particular fashion comes from your own comfort zone and your likes/lifestyle.  If your favorite type of clothing is loose-fitting clothes. It is best to stay with what you like the most. Settling for anything less would not be advisable. We are who we are and what makes us happiest. Meeting one’s own personal tastes from a clothing and hair style approach is all part of the plan.

You should only go with styles, colors, and designs that flatter you overall. Do things which only help to enhance and bring out your particular attractiveness in your own way. A fashion statement is something that speaks balance and spice. It is what helps you to become your own “fashion statement” to others.

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