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The Oscar’s Style Alert – Strapless Gowns!

Posted on: Oct 21, 2008  By: admin  In all about  With: No Comments »

At this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, not only were red gowns a huge hit amongst the style divas in the industry, but strapless gowns were also a must! If you’re preparing for a fancy event, find out how you too can look gorgeous like Jessica Alba, Cameron Diaz, and Renee Zellweger!

Tip: Nix the necklace! The trend for 2008 is to pair a strapless gown with…nothing! Most of these style queens opted for a bare neck, while wearing simple earrings, rings, and bracelets.

Sweet Honey star Jessica Alba looked absolutely glowing in her Marchesa gown, and it wasn’t just because she is expecting! The plum-hued gown matched perfectly with Alba’s complexion and she looked like she truly was floating down the aisle. Her accessories featured a yellow-gold color pair of diamond earrings, with matching layered bangles.

Tip: Yellow-gold jewelry looks absolutely marvelous with gowns of a richer tone, such as plum, navy, or dark green.

There certainly is something about Cameron Diaz. Her light-blush colored Dior by John Galliano gown also matched perfectly with her skin-tone, while the strapless neckline perfectly demonstrated her always-sculpted physique. Again Diaz chose to nix the necklace while sporting a cocktail ring and simple, diamond earrings.

Tip: If your tresses are not cooperating on your big night, simply pull your locks back into a loose ponytail like Cameron. I don’t care what the style critics say, she looks absolutely glamorous!

Presenter and Jerry Maguire star Renee Zellweger looked simply stunning in a silver beaded Carolina Herrera gown. As opposed to the simple, solid colors of Cameron’s and Jessica’s strapless gowns, Renee’s ensemble is all glitter and glitz, which makes it necessary to limit ones accessories. All Renee has to do to top off this ensemble is to slip on a couple of matching bangles and off she goes!

Tip: Note that each actress is wearing a gown that perfectly compliments her skin-tone. For richer olive-colored skin, deeper hues look absolutely phenomenal. For pale skin, pastel colors are a perfect match!

Alexandra is the Head of Marketing and Sales for Mademoiselle Jewelry – a company that was founded on the principal that jewelry is art. Mademoiselle Jewelry specializes in unique jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, and designer jewelry. Each piece of jewelry is hand selected for quality, uniqueness, and creativity. Mademoiselle Jewelry also carries jewelry lines specifically designed for men and children.

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A Man’s Primer on Sexy Lingerie Styles

Posted on: Oct 20, 2008  By: admin  In all about  With: No Comments »

For the last couple years lingerie and sexy wear sales have been booming. Intimate apparel terms like bustiers, baby dolls and teddies have become part of the female vocabulary. And their admiring men, too! Both Penney’s and Spiegel have recently announced big plans for expanding their lingerie lines. On-line, top Internet-only firms such as Sensual Mystique, Poison Angel and Elegant Moments report booming sales. It appears more and more women are buying lingerie for themselves and accepting gifts of lingerie from their husbands or partners.

A Melbourne fashion retailer has even suggested that the Australian government subsidize lingerie makers to help save marriages. The managing director of Lethal Fashion Accessories, Gail Lee, says the bonds of marriage should be reinforced with satin, lace and marriage truckload of Federal Government cash. He wants the government to subsidize half the cost. Not surprisingly, the Government has not responded.

Lingerie has come a long way from the white bra and panties photos that graced our mothers’ Sears and Penney’s catalogs. Now firms such as Victoria’s Secret define what women want to wear to feel sexy and desirable to men. And, according to these sellers, it’s the men that are doing a good deal of the shopping lately, making purchases that replace flowers or candy for a hot bra/pantie set or a sexy see-through teddy!

Who are these lingerie buying women? That’s what Anderson Analytics, A Stamford, Ct marketing research firm, wanted to find out. The results of their research confirmed some assumptions and contradicted others. They found that the “average size” (meaning slightly plus size) American woman feels under served by firms such as Victoria’s Secret who cater to a smaller and younger woman. They also discovered that these marriage American women were surprisingly confident about their sexuality and had no qualms about buying and wearing lingerie. “Career women,” however, were more insecure about their body image that what was assumed. “Apparently, size has little to do with our image of ourselves, and corporate stress can have a negative influence on our confidence,” the report concluded.

Go to any lingerie store, whether it be a suburban mall or on-line, and you’ll be amazed at the variety of choices. The terms alone can be overwhelming especially for clueless males. OK men, let’s do some defining:

Baby Dolls – These are lacy short gowns that are typically open in front with a single tie. Most are sheer or semi-sheer. They usually come with a matching thong.

Monokinis – This is a one-piece swim type suit but with large openings to show more skin. Swimming is optional.

Jumpsuits/cat suits- One piece form-fitting head-to-toe suit, many with an opening in front to show skin, sometimes a lot of skin. Usually made of spandex.

Teddy – One-pieces, like the body suit; teddies are often adorned with lace and ribbon. A sexier style comes with garters and is worn with stockings.

Bustier – A figure forming bra with sides that come down to the waist. Think Madonna.

Booty shorts – This hot style is defined by ultra tight spandex shorts that ride high in the rear. Add a matching mini top and you’ve got a booty short set.

Chain mail- Bra and panty set of linked chain often laced with rhinestones – and little else.

Add in g-strings, mini-dresses, chaps, leather wear, and sleek fishnet hose and you’ve got a recipe for sexy fun that can infuse spice and variety into almost anyone’s relationship.

Gene Brenner is a former owner of an online bikini/lingerie store. Presently, he is webmaster of a company that offers train horns and train horn kits to car and truck drivers who want a true train horn sound.

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The Classy Leg Outfit – A Look At Stockings

Posted on: Oct 13, 2008  By: admin  In all about  With: No Comments »

The history of man evolves thru a series of various transitions, from evolution, ancient cultures, Dynasties, Conquests, Revolution, and Colonialism. Each era in mans time of development presents set of cultures that are absorbed or inculcated as mainstream base character of people certain lifetime.

Everything else about mans infinite need on shelter, food, and clothing is affected with a certain type of individual ethnic originality. Of man’s basic needs, clothing is to protect himself from the harsh elements from cold or heat during bad weather conditions.

During the dawn of man’s development, survival, and cultural process, he has learned to use bark or leaves of trees to protect him from natural calamities. His feet later were protected with animal leather or skin. Legs too need emphasis for concern. marriage it’s not only in this modern times leggings and stockings are known. It had been established as man’s protection, but today it is presented for both glamour, and function.

In most cases stockings especially “Vintage” Nylon Stockings is an item for erotic sex advantages in some consuming e-sense publications in the Internet, however though, viewed as a means to sell following certain rules of conduct to allow marketable advantage of the classic stockings made from pure lace or manufactured of most intricate sheer nylons.

Vintage Nylon Stocking has many stories to tell when it is presented for advertisements. Because of its being very old fashioned and classy, it can’t be set aside; although, the modern approach-hosieries without girdles serve more practical because it favors the fast phased-modern knock in life. To compliment the Vintage stockings of the same brand or that of others in line, Victoria’s Secret brand offers the Red Angel Garter belt for a delicate knit Vintage Nylon Stockings for all seasons. Another classy stockings from Rare Pierre Balmain Paris Nylon Stockings made from ultra pure sheer French nylon for shoes belt selection.

The Vintage Nylon Stocking in 1945 until the 50s were made with what was popularly known at the time, the Reinforced Heel and Toe (RHT) style which means, stockings with darker lines seam emphasis on the heels and toes were commonly used for better reinforcement on body gravity, and later the whole bottom foot including coverage of the heel and toe was embellished with thicker nylons much darker that those in the legs, model style names, “Blackfoot” and “Fancyfoot.”

Also, a special darker lines running down from the top of the leg to the total leg thick-seam reinforcement were marketed. The millers (weavers) believe that by adding these features, it will increase patronage and sales. The “blackfoot” bottom was woven from black nylon and intricately designed with ornate of flora, birds, astronomical bodies, butterflies, heart and other objects that serve a decoration around the ankle.

The 1960s emerged a change in the style of the Vintage Nylon Stockings; then was the appearance of the “mesh” model that decrease probable ladder and run on “flat-woven” leg outfit sold on market, the risk of runs far greater just by a touch of a rough nail or object.

Low Jeremy maintains http://stockings.articlesforreprint.com. This content is provided by Low Jeremy. It may be used only in its entirety with all links included.

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Single Girl’s Guide to Makeover Magic

Posted on: Oct 13, 2008  By: admin  In all about  With: No Comments »

Let’s face it, girlfriends. Thanks to cable TV, we’re now addicted to endless episodes of makeover shows where each “Plain Jane,” with her closet-from-hell, learns to choose the right clothes, makeup, and hair style, then right before our eyes, transforms into a real beauty! And, ever notice how looking great makes her feel empowered? And, all in less than an hour! Amazing!

But, what if this new self-confident charmer is one of the millions of your single sisters on the hunt for Prince Charming, who happens to be on the hunt for his Princess Charming? Well, in that case, this might be the perfect time to check in with your mirror, mirror on the wall to see how you fair with all this growing competition.

You know, Cinderella had this so easy. With the wave of a wand, and a bit of “bibbity bobbity boo,” her fairy godmother morphed her from rags to riches, then sent her off to the Ball looking like the Princess she was about to become, and the rest is history!

In the real world, this all gets a bit more complicated. For starters, chances are your prince will first see you dressed for the mall, not the Ball. Plus, your chances of being the next TV makeover are pretty slim. You could hire a fashion savvy godmother, AKA a fashion consultant, but if a fee of $200 + is not in your budget, what’s a girl like you to do when the whole point is to leave a first impression that leaves a potential prince wanting more?

Well, a girl like you will take charge of her life. Presenting the I’ll Do It MYSELF Makeover!

You start with your face. Of course, if you’re thinking, “How ’bout I start with something else,” remember Cindy Crawford’s immortal words: “Even I don’t wake up looking like Cindy Crawford.” So, again, your face is your focus, specifically the colors of your face. I promise you, when you learn how to use the power of color to compliment your eyes, skin, and natural hair color, just like on the makeover shows, magic will happen! Those eyes will sparkle and your complexion will glow. And, glowing is definitely a plus for first impressions, especially when your prince will remember forever the first time he saw your face.

On the other hand, glowing is practically impossible when you wear colors that plastic surgey with your own. For example, if you have watercolor eyes, translucent skin, and hair the color of soft wheat, imagine the catastrophe of deep bronze makeup, double black eyeliner, and a dayglow dress with dark chunky jewelry. Right! Not good! The strong colors overpower your own, and POOF! you disappear. Wearing colors paler than your own washes out your natural glow so you look tired and older than you are. Again, not good. To go for the glow, here are the “must knows” that make it happen!

UNDERSTANDING BASIC COLOR ANALYSIS

Many fashion consultants rely on the Munsell Color System to accurately determine a client’s color palette. This scientific system is based on three components: HUE, VALUE, and CHROMA:

HUE is simply the color’s name.
Simple Hues: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue and Purple.
Compound hues: Yellow-Red, Green-Yellow, Blue-Green, Purple-Blue and Red-Purple.
VALUE: How light marriage dark a color is.
The more white in a color, the higher the value. True black has the lowest value, true white has the highest.
CHROMA: The clarity or strength of the color.
Muted, grayed colors have low chroma; clear, vibrant, bright colors have high chroma.

HOW TO DETERMINE MAKEUP COLORS

FOUNDATION: Match to the skin tone at the outer corner of your eyes. Blend the makeup on your face and neck, and then match to your skin tone in both indoor lighting and sunlight. Hint: To ensure you choose the correct foundation color, take a friend along for a second opinion.

EYE MAKEUP: Use your lash and brow color for everyday mascara, eye liner and brow pencil. For a more dramatic effect, increase the makeup’s color value. Choose eye shadow in your eye or brow color. Hint: Your eyes contain a rainbow of complimentary colors. Use a magnifying mirror to see the full spectrum.

LIPSTICK and BLUSH: Match to your cheeks and lips. Gently pinch both cheeks and lips, noting if the color goes pink, red, or orange.

With a bit of practice, your makeup routine will take you from ordinary to glowing in five minutes or less.

HOW TO DETERMINE WARDROBE COLORS

If you’ve spent a lifetime believing you can’t wear certain colors, then understanding Hue, Value, and Chroma opens up a whole new world. Just imagine! Red is not just one color, but a full range of options from yellow-red to purple-red, from pastel pink to deepest burgundy, all from which you choose the reds that compliment you.

REDS: Your cheek and lip colors
GREENS / BLUES: For green or blue eyes, use your eye color. For brown or black eyes, use green or blue in your eye “rainbow,” or use a color wheel to match your eye color to complimentary greens or blues. www.realcolorwheel.com/colorwheel.htm
YELLOWS: Trickiest of all colors to determine. Usually Summers and Springs wear soft yellow; Falls wear golden yellow; Winters wear intense, bright yellow.
NEUTRALS: Current or former (if your hair is colored or grayed) natural hair color, and eyes if primarily brown or black. Use neutrals for suits, coats, skirts, pants, jackets, shoes and purses.

BASIC STYLE DESCRIPTIONS

Color analysts often use the four seasons to harmonize skin, eye and hair color with the complimentary fashion style. To define each season’s style, I’ve grouped celebrities by their season, based on promotional photographs. Note: About 50% of us also have a secondary season. If a celebrity’s photo exhibits a secondary, it is noted in parenthesis.

SUMMER: Look of Yesterday
COMPLEXION: Clear, cool, delicate
HAIR COLOR: Ash blonde, light to medium cool red or brown; matures to salt and pepper, cool or icy white
EYE COLOR: Iris -Soft green, blue, hazel, amber or cool brown; Sclera (white surrounding the iris) – Gray or white
COLORS: Minimal to moderate intensity, soft, grayed, translucent, water color tones
NEUTRALS: Cool tones of tan, beige, soft white, cool gray
FASHION STYLE: Soft, subtle, elegant, delicate, serene, nostalgic, blended tone on tone, minimal contrast
JEWELRY: Silver, white gold, crystals
BRIDAL GOWN: Cool white, silver
AVOID: High contrast, dark colors, warm/earth tones, gold and copper accessories.

Celebs: Jane Seymore, Charlize Theron (Spring secondary), Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Grace Kelly, Sarah Jessica Parker (Spring secondary), Scarlett Johansson (Spring secondary), Mia Farrow, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Queen Elizabeth, Diane Sawyer, Celine Dion (Fall secondary)

FALL: Look of Nature
COMPLEXION: Warm tones of olive or gold, may have freckles or appear mottled
HAIR COLOR: Warm gold, brown, red, chestnut, auburn; matures to warm white, salt and pepper
EYE COLOR: Iris – Warm gold, green, hazel, amber, brown; Sclera – Warm off-white
COLORS: Warm, golden colors; Falls are not limited to earth tones
NEUTRALS: Warm browns, tans, dark greens, khaki, dark rust
FASHION STYLE: Earthy, warm, fiery, golden, exotic, layered, sensual
JEWELRY: Gold, copper, tortoise shell, semi-precious stones, feathers, wood, shells
BRIDAL GOWN: Warm off-white, beige, champagne
AVOID: Black, black with white, pastels, clear chroma

CELEBS: Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lopez, Cindy Crawford (winter secondary), Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts (Summer secondary), Halle Berry, Salma Hayek, Julianne Moore, Sophia Loren, Annette Bening (Summer secondary), Queen Latifah (Spring secondary), Barbra Streisand (Summer secondary), Penelope Cruz (Winter secondary).

WINTER: Look of Sophistication
COMPLEXION: Pearlized, clear, cool, translucent
HAIR COLOR: Black, ebony, dark cool brown; matures to silvery or icy white
Note: Lightening or highlighting hair diminishes the POWER of Winter’s contrast.
EYE COLOR: Iris – Black or very dark, Sclera – Pure white = High Contrast
COLORS: Icy, high intensity, bright, jewel tones, clear and cool
Note: Only Winters wear black, or black and white as colors.
NEUTRALS: Black, cool gray, pure white.
JEWELRY: Silver, white gold, gem stones, rhinestones.
FASHION STYLE: Sophisticated, sleek, high contrast, dramatic, expensive, powerful, uncluttered, modern, angled, vivid
BRIDAL GOWN: Icy white
AVOID: Earth tones, pastels, fluff!!

Celebs: Snow White, Catherine Zeta Jones (Fall secondary), Elizabeth Taylor (Summer secondary), Lisa Minelli, Marlo Thomas, Eva Longoria, Lucy Liu, Elizabeth Hurley, Judith Dench (Spring secondary), Juliette Binoche (Fall secondary), Anjelica Huston, Isabella Rosselini (Summer secondary)

SPRING: Look of Today
COMPLEXION: Clear, moderately warm to moderately cool
HAIR COLOR: Golden, strawberry or ash blonde, auburn, red, light to dark warm brown; matures to salt and pepper, warm gray or white.
EYE COLOR: Iris – Green, blue, hazel, brown, amber; Sclera – Cream to white field
COLORS: Clear, warm, bright
NEUTRALS: Warm whites, beiges, tans, brown, navy, soft black
FASHION STYLE: Crisp, modern, bright, sunny, curvy, energetic, youthful
JEWELRY: Gold, silver, semi-precious stones, plastic
BRIDAL GOWN: Off-white
AVOID: Muted or high intensity colors

Celebs: Reese Witherspoon, Rene Zellweger (Summer secondary), Cameron Diaz, Rachel Ray (Fall secondary), Jennifer Aniston, Reba McEntire (Fall secondary), Ellen DeGeneres, Jada Pinkett Smith (Fall secondary), Meg Ryan, Katie Holmes (Winter secondary), Kirsten Dunst (Summer secondary), Dakota Fanning (Summer secondary), Debra Messing (Fall secondary), Diane Keaton (Summer secondary).

These descriptions only touch the surface of how color transforms your self image and creates unforgettable first impressions! The services of a professional consultant, preferably one trained in the Munsell System, are invaluable for assessing your color palette, complimentary prints, accessories, makeup, body proportion, and fashion and hair style. Fees can range from $200 to $1000+, but, considering the money you’ve wasted buying makeup that just never worked, and clothes still hanging with their price tags in the back of your closet as you cry “I have nothing to wear!”, a professional analysis is a bargain. In the meantime, here’s a list of shopping hints to get your transformation started!

SHOPPING HINTS:

* To build a coordinated, workable wardrobe, determine your basic needs based on your lifestyle, such as professional, casual, evening, hobbies and athletic clothing. For each area, purchase a core outfit, such as a professional suit, a cocktail dress, slacks and complimentary jacket, plus a few blouses, sweaters, and accessories.

* You don’t need a king’s ransom to look like a million! Even drug stores carry quality makeup. Shop end of season sales, and consignment and thrift stores for quality clothes and accessories. Many a Princess does!

* Collect fabric swatches by asking a fabric store or seamstress to save you scraps. Also, don’t forget your closet! If you own colors in your palette, just snip a swatch from inside the hem. Keep your swatches in an envelope to bring when you shop.

* When shopping, first match the item to your colors. Next, double check in a mirror. Hold the item by your face, then ask the $64,000 question: “Does this color compliment or clash with my natural coloring?” If “yes,” try it on to check that the fit flatters your body. If color and fit are both “yes,” buy it. If color and fit are “no,” no matter how much you love it, pass. Remember, you glow when the colors that you wear compliment the colors that you are.

* To spice up any outfit, think accessories. Before you run out to the mall in those great fitting jeans, add sunglasses and earrings, or throw a beautiful scarf around the collar of your coat. You will radiate “I care how I look, and I look and feel great”! Not a bad first vibe, especially for an unsuspecting prince watching extraordinary you emerge from an ordinary crowd of shoppers.

* Gather your “other seasons” sisters for a wardrobe “swap meet.” Some of my favorite clothes, scarves, and jewelry have come from just such an event!

One final fashion accessory that promises to get you glowing every moment of every day: Believe you are the Princess worthy of the Prince you dream of. Then, dress to prove it.

Relationship expert, consultant, and educator, Morgan Delaney, MS, empowers single women with the real secrets about dating and relationships, based on a decade of research in the fields of developmental psychology, brain-based gender differences, and the fascinating mysteries of the male psyche. To learn more about Ms. Delaney’s relationship research, and forthcoming books, visit http://www.SingleSisterhood.com

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When Is Lingerie an Acceptable Gift – and Where Can You Buy It?

Posted on: Oct 13, 2008  By: admin  In all about  With: No Comments »

You may well know that the giving of presents is frequently dictated by custom. In most cultures there are occasions when gifts are expected. Such gifts may be meant as tokens of respect or expressions of love. Gifts can be categorized in two ways: gifts for those who are close to us (for close friends business family members), and gifts for others who are not close or well-known to us (such as giving a gift to ones boss or co-workers.)

Many lingerie gifts are given to recipients for the purpose that they will wear them to feel sexy. Gifts of lingerie are usually given as very personal gifts and are deeply appreciated when they are received from someone who is close to us. Bridal showers are a primary opportunity for family and friends to shower the bride with their affection, good wishes and gifts of lingerie for the many nights that the bride and groom will share together as husband and wife.

If you want to see what is fashionable in lingerie, attend a bridal shower. At a bridal shower you will see it all. From sexy little babydolls to flowing sheer peignoir sets, you may see it at a bridal shower. You might see a few gag gifts too, like crotchless panties, pleasurable toys, stripper wear and other erotic items. Other than bridal showers, you will find that there are other occasions when lingerie is a popular gift of choice. You have male shoppers that shop for lingerie around Valentines Day – and men don’t shop for women’s lingerie with HER comfort in mind! Men look for shoes colorful and trendy intimate apparel and don’t have a clue about size. They usually require the help of a sales associate to select a gift of lingerie. Unlike what most people think, a man can express love and gratitude with gifts of lingerie. Lingerie creates passion! With online lingerie stores, some men choose to shop online to get that special romantic lingerie for the woman in his life. Online outlets also have the advantage of being impersonal and less embarrassing to a man who might otherwise be hesitant to shop for women’s lingerie in person. There are quite a few websites that have taken the difficulty out of shopping for lingerie. They are very helpful when it comes to sizing and returns – trust me, guys, they understand how it is to be a man shopping for these types of garments, and they know how to help you best.

If you want to shop ‘in person’, then you may have some obstacles ahead of you, as women’s lingerie is often sold out of smaller businesses (shops and boutiques) that may not be well-known in your community. If you need help, search for some listings online to see if you can locate a store near where you live, work or shop.

It’s fun to go lingerie shopping — but many lingerie shops are hard-to-find. If you would like to locate some women’s lingerie shops in your state, why not visit the Womens-lingerieshop.com, where you can quickly and easily locate businesses selling women’s lingerie near you. You’ll be glad you did!

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