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How to Use Your Wedding Dress as Wall Decor

七月 21st, 2011 ok

For many women, their wedding day is the most important day of their lives, most keep photos, gifts and other mementos to remind them of the special day. And mabye their wedding dresses are the most expensive ones of all their clothing. Virtually all of them keep their wedding dresses. Some will save it to give to a daughter or other family member later for her wedding, others will put their wedding dress as wall decor in their homes. This way, it can serve as a constant reminder of the new life they embarked upon.

First, choose the location in your home where you would like to display your wedding dress. An excellent choice would be your bedroom. Choose an area in the room that it not exposed to direct sunlight, as this might cause the material of the dress to fade over time.

Second, choose the method for display. While you could simply hang the dress on the wall from a hook, a more elegant approach would be to hang it inside a glass display case hanging on the wall.

The third choice would be to display the dress on a tailor’s dummy. This could stand anywhere in the room, a long as it is out of the sunlight. Last, we suggest you hang wedding photos and other mementos of your wedding day around the wedding dress display. Place your wedding shoes under the dress. Don’t overdo it with these other items, since you want them to complement the displayed dress, not distract from it. Make sure that no papers with acid in them (such as a paper corsage) are touching the dress, since over time the acid from the paper could leach into the dress to cause fading and other damage.

Considerations in Selecting Mens Suits

七月 21st, 2011 ok

More perfection considerations are necessary while selecting men’s suits. Everyone wants to look smart and attractive therefore outlook plays an important role to fulfill this purpose. Suits are the more wearer when we consider men’s wear. They usually wore at parties, business meetings, wedding occasions and other social gathering. There are many things that you should keep in mind while purchasing men’s suit, some of the important factors are written below.

You should be aware with the latest trends and the tailoring, because if you are not aware with these then you can buy men’s suits online. This is the best place to see recent brands and you will get every size of clothing that is suitable for any type of bodily structure.

Always select good quality of fabric suit. Choose your dress fabric as per the weather of the location. It will be comfortable for to you to work, so always select the suit depending on the weather of the location. Some people do not like to wear ready-made suit. They can stitch their suit from tailor and customize the suit in their own style. Tailor requires skill to turn the fabric into a suit. Select the tailor who has all the qualities to mold the fabric into suits in such a way that fit to your body build. Most of the people prefer single tailor. In this way tailor understand the requirements of the client and it became easy for him to make the suit for his customer. More than one tailor is also good, as you will get variation in the style and design. Tailor plays an important role in the clothing industry as well as in the integral part of people’s lives.

Go for the good quality of the suits. They are not good in look but also last for long time. Good quality suits have quality in the fabric, buttons, finishing, stitches, buttonhole etc…

Always purchase branded suit. Branded outfits have warranty, quality and style. There are many shops that offer unbranded suits. These shops stitches suits look like branded suit with cheap quality material or fabric. You should be aware with such type of risks.

After considering the above points in mind believe you will get best men’s suit which have guarantee in defect free.

Bridesmaid Dresses for Fall Weddings

七月 21st, 2011 ok

Fall wedding is a good choice, but the cool temperatures could make your bridesmaids get goose bumps. So, how to find the ideal bridesmaid dresses to make your friends look beautiful and feel comfortable at the same time? Here we recommend five choices.

1. Chiffon and charmeuse dress with round neckline is a classic style for the bridesmaids. The high neck makes the design conservative and classic and the length makes the dress radiate with elegance. A thick sash at the waist creates a beautiful look on women of all heights and sizes. Coming in a large range of colors, this bridesmaid gown matches with any wedding theme. This timeless dress is perfect for an outside fall wedding. It will keep bridesmaids warm on the chilly day.

2. Short gowns can be chosen as well. Flattering and comfortable, short cotton dress with v neck is breathable while providing warmth to bridesmaids. The v neck adds a conservative aspect of the dress that is certainly eye-catching. Easily adapted to your wedding’s style and theme, this dress also can be worn at other occasions.

3. Short chiffon halter gown with pleating is also a good choice! The halter neckline keeps your bridesmaids focusing on you instead of keeping their gown in place. The sleek a line style is flattering to all women. The pleating provides the gown with some waves at the bottom, ensuring a fun and flowing look. With so many color choices, this kind of gown easily makes your maid of honor outstanding. Feminine and fashionable, this dress will be a hit with your bridesmaids and they’ll be excited to wear it to their next formal event.

4. Keeping your wedding classic is not an easy thing, but this long satin gown with ruffles and halter neck will add elegance and glam to your wedding’s style. The sexy halter neck is flattering on all body types and it’s a comfortable alternative to other neckline styles.

Coming in different colors, the floor length ruffled halter dress is a wonderful option for a fall wedding.

5. One shoulder chiffon dress with Floral Detail that covers most of skin, while keeping one shoulder exposed for that big punch of stunning beauty. With a fully lined skirt, your bridesmaids will be warm and comfortable no matter what weather is like! Made of chiffon, this trendy gown adds a touch of latest fashion with the floral accents on the single shoulder.

Fashionable Colors of Prom Dresses 2011

七月 21st, 2011 ok

Each year, the color of the prom dresses will have a trend for sure, prom 2011 is no exception. If you want to be fashionistas, first of all, you should be acquainted with the color trend this year. The following several colors are most popular in 2011, you can choose from them.

Pink: Nowadays there are so many girly girls falling in love with the color of pink which is the symbol of young and lively. In fact, pink also includes several kinds. Whether you are searching for a pale pink prom dress or a hot pink prom gown, it means that you will stand out easily.

Black: There is no doubt that black is the most classic color compared with other colors. No matter what kind of the occasion is, a lot of ladies become the fans of the black. If you dream of appearing in a traditional look, the black dress is the best selection for you. In addition, this color is sure to make you look much slimmer which is just right for those a lit weight women.

Purple: The purple stands for nobleness and royalty. When you are going to be eye-attracting and the center of attention, purple can help your aim come true. On the other hand, purple reveals elegant, sexy and mysterious.

Red: No other color of dresses can be more outstanding and fascinating than red prom dresses. This color will create a completely different effect compared with pink which helps you appear cute and sweet, while a red prom dress will make you look hot and passionate. No matter where you are, the color will draw persons’ attention to you for sure.

Silver & Gold: The last two colors spot on for prom 2011 are silver and gold. Choose the two colors, it is unnecessary to add some accessories, the sparking colors are sure to achieve your desire. If you are going to an evening party, these colors are actually stunning. In the ornament of the light, it is difficult for you to be ignored.

In a word, there are many kinds of colors which are waiting for your choice, however, no all colors mentioned are suitable for you. After all, different people feature different complexion. Although the color is beautiful, if it doesn’t match with your color stone, the result is making you overshadowed. So please pay more attention to it to get your best attire to be the most beautiful woman at the party. Hope you can get your perfect colored dresses for your prom 2011.

Jokes about Apparel

七月 21st, 2011 ok

A busty girl in a tight, low-cut dress is at a party with her boyfriend. “Bit crowded, ” she says. “Yes,” he replies. “But it suits you.”

A man comes home from work sporting two black eyes. “What happened to you?” asks his wife. “I’ll never understand women,” he replies. “I was riding on the escalator behind this pretty young girl, when I noticed her skirt was stuck in the crack of her ass. So I pulled it out, and she turned around and punched me in the eye!” “I see, and how did you get the second black eye?” asks his wife. He replies, “Well, I figured she liked it that way, so I pushed it back in again.”

A man walks into an army surplus store and asks if they have any camouflage jackets. “Yes, we do,” replies the assistant. “But we can’t find any of them.”

A shy young country boy is invited to a night-club where all the girls are wearing extremely lowcut outfits. One of the girls comes up to him and says, “I bet you never seen anything like this before.” The boy replies, “Well no, not since I was weaned.”

A teenager buys a tiny bikini and tries it on. “What do you think?” she says to her mother. “What do I think?” replies mother. “I think if I’d worn that when I was your age, you’d be five years older.”

A woman catches a train and finds herself sitting opposite a little old Scotsman wearing a kilt. “Excuse me,” she says. “I hope you don’t mind me asking, but I always wanted to know what a man wears under one of these things.” The Scotsman replies, “I’m a man o” few words, madam. Give me yer hand…”

Before short skirts came into fashion you had to listen if you wanted to know if a girl was knock-kneed.

The Perfect Royal Wedding Dress

七月 21st, 2011 ok

The wedding dress worn by Princess of Wales (for which a billion people breathe a collective sigh of relief), beyond a shadow of a doubt, is all kinds of influential. Designed by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen the dress manages to strike that fine and perfect balance between intricate detail and understated refinement, being neither too plain nor too plush. The full sleeves have a certain austerity that the times call for – yet are perfectly feminine in their delicate lace needlework; even the accompanying jewellery maintains a carefully-selected level of ostentatiousness.

So what elements can we expect to see rippled through time and fashion post-Royal Wedding? As well as the wedding dress market being awash with copies, the shape of the train will inspire wedding dress designs, likely for some years to come. Structured and with petal-like pleats that suggest an opening flower, the train differs somewhat to the less structured trains that have dominated recent memory.

The continuation and evolution of lace as a fashion trend will also be ushered along by Kate’s impeccably hand-engineered lace bodice and skirt.

And what about the cut? The dress may be perfectly feminine, but it’s not flouncy or frivolous or likely to be mistaken for a giant meringue-based dessert. The fitted bodice, particularly on Kate’s slight figure, gives it an air of strength. It nods gently to figures like Queen Victoria, capable of ruling a nation through the good times and the bad. That sense of independence is surely a quality future brides will be keen to replicate.

In all, the broader influence of Kate Middleton’s, now the Duchess of Cambridge’s, wedding gown will be that certain romance with history; Victorian-esque corsetry brought into the modern day; classic elegance and timelessness made to feel fresh. And it’s that elegance, that timelessness, that this dress now stands as a beacon of.

Keeping Cool Fashionably

七月 21st, 2011 ok

TRENDS come and go, but the dress persists, secure in its status as a metaphor. Irwin Shaw captured its wispy allure in his classic short story, “The Girls in Their Summer Dresses,” using the dress to conjure a mood of diffuse urban longing.

The list goes on. But to get to the heart of dresses’ appeal, talk to the women who wear them: those scores of fans, young or not so young, who have made them the backbone of their summer wardrobes.

In the punishing heat of a July afternoon, dresses are “the ultimate in comfort,” said Whitney May, who is an assistant in the architecture and design department at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. On a recent Sunday, she breezed among the stalls at a flea market in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in a roomy pale green tunic-length style. “Dresses are almost always looser and less constricting than pants or a skirt,” said Ms. May, 27. “When it’s this hot, I don’t wear anything else.”

But to dwell on pure function is to miss what, to some minds, makes the dress particularly current. The designer Nicole Miller said that as little as four or five years ago, “dresses were kind of unhip,” which of course, thanks to the inevitable swing of the fashion pendulum, “is what makes them cool now.” Ms. Miller suggested that the return of the dress coincided roughly with the rising popularity of vintage looks: the buoyant dirndls, halter styles, prairie dresses and trapeze shapes that, she said, “are still influencing girls on the street, especially the younger ones.” Young women’s enthusiasm has helped boost sales of scoop-back sundresses, shifts and shirtwaists as well as pavement-grazing maxi dresses, looks that touch down with the arrival of Memorial Day.

Something, perhaps, like the polka-dot navy frock worn by Emily Schwartz, a graphic designer in Brooklyn, scooped out at the back, but primly reminiscent of a pinafore. Or Ms. May’s own dress, embellished with innocent-looking scallop embroidery.

“In an outfit like this, I never feel too fashionably aggressive, like I’m dressing up or trying to hard,” Ms. May said. “When I wear it, I feel youthful, ready to move, ready to laugh, ready to be spontaneous.”

Yao Ming Bows Out

七月 21st, 2011 ok

Chinese basketball star Yao Ming has officially retired from NBA in his hometown of Shanghai Wednesday, due to a succession of foot and leg injuries.

Yao, 30, publicly announced his retirement at a press conference in Shanghai on Wednesday after previously telling the Houston Rockets he would not be continuing with the franchise next season.

An eight-time NBA All-Star who averaged 19 points and 9.2 rebounds per game, Yao greatly increased Chinese interest in basketball after being drafted from the Shanghai Sharks to the Rockets.Selected by the Rockets as the first overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft, he averaged 19 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in his ensuing nine-year career.

“Today, I announce a personal decision. I end my career as a basketball player and officially retire,” Yao said at a press conference, accompanied by his parents, wife and daughter.

“I had to leave the court when I suffered a stress fracture in my left foot for the third time at the end of last year. The past six months have been an agonizing wait. I have been thinking about it over and over,” the 2.26-meter center said.

“Basketball has given me so much and I want to thank the game.”

“I had to leave the court since I suffered a stress fracture in my left foot for the third time at the end of last year. My past six months were an agonising wait.”

“I had been thinking over and over. Today I am announcing a personal decision, ending my career as a basketball player and officially retire.”

Yao intends to take up an administrative role with former team Shanghai.

NBA commissioner David Stern has said he will offer the former number one draft pick a role within the league.

South Korea’s Answer To Susan Boyle

七月 21st, 2011 ok

Sung-bong Choi, a 22-year-old man has become the next global talent show sensation move over Susan Boyle after his appearance on “Korea’s Got Talent” with well over 10 million people so far watching him on YouTube..

His powerful baritone voice sounds as if it belongs to a man twice his age and build, but it is not just his singing that reduced the presenters and much of the audience to tears.

“I was left in the orphanage when I was 3,” he told the judges at this first appearance, “and when I was 5, I ran away after being beaten by people there. I sold gum or energy drinks on the street. I had that life for about 10 years.”

He told the judges he used to sleep in stairwells or public toilets and decided he wanted to sing after seeing a performer in a nightclub where he was selling gum. “I was fascinated by the singer who sang on the stage so sincerely,” Choi said.

Choi admits he is both scared and excited by the sudden global attention he has received. A Facebook fan page has been set up in his name, and the praise-filled comments are from people from all corners of the world.

The onetime construction worker said before his first performance that he does not sing very well. The audience and panel disagreed. “It was the first thing that I liked after I ran away and was living on the streets, the first thing I was ever able to dream about. It was a small little wish I had.”

His wish of being able to sing has come true. He’s odds-on favorite to win “Korea’s Got Talent,” and even if he doesn’t, one of the judges has already promised to help him with voice training.

Choi did attend an arts high school around the age of 16, graduating in 2009 — it was the first time he went to school.

He said he finds it unbelievable that someone like him was able to be on a show like “Korea’s Got Talent,” and he says he is thankful “because now, I have a reason to live.”

The finals take place on August 20, let’s see what will happen next in his life.

EBay Results Beat Expectations as PayPal Expands

七月 21st, 2011 ok

Online auction giant eBay has reported better-than-expected profits, its PayPal online payment service and marketplaces business grew swiftly during the second quarter, helping its results beat analyst expectations, although charges from its recent purchase of retail website operator GSI Commerce cut its profit.

Second-quarter net income was $283.4m (£176m), down from $412m for the same period a year ago.

EBay has been working to improve the buying and selling experience on eBay.com by doing things such as removing duplicate item listings and adding products that users can buy locally to search results. The company is also slowly rolling out a feature called eBay Shopping Cart that works like the digital shopping carts at many online retailers, allowing consumers to put several items in an online “cart” and pay for them all at once.

The value of all goods sold during the quarter on eBay, excluding vehicles, climbed 17 percent to $14.68 billion. Though eBay’s roots are in the online auction business, more than half of the transactions on the site these days are fixed-price sales.

Revenue from eBay’s second-largest business, PayPal, shot up 31 percent to $1.07 billion — the first time the business has reported over $1 billion in revenue. This business, which includes the PayPal instant payment service and a short-term credit service called Bill Me Later, has grown rapidly over the past several years as merchants and consumers use it both on eBay and elsewhere.

The company expects revenue from the PayPal unit to surpass that from the marketplaces unit within several years. The amount of money processed through PayPal climbed 34 percent to $28.74 billion. PayPal also passed a milestone during the quarter, with more than 100 million active accounts.

But the fall in earnings was largely due to eBay’s takeover of GSI Commerce, a digital marketing and e-commerce firm, earlier this year.

Ebay’s main online Marketplace business showed signs of a turnaround and its PayPal division grew well.

PayPal gained members and the value of merchandise sold through its eBay.com website rose.

Taking out one-off cost – including those of acquiring GSI – income was 19% higher than last year’s $530m.

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