Most women’s eyes will gloss over in a dreamy state when you mention chocolate, diamonds and pearls in the same sentence.  In the high fashion jewelry world, naturally occurring chocolate diamonds are looked down upon in comparison to flawless natural diamonds.  Naturally occurring chocolate pearls however, are a rare commodity and extremely valuable.

Many diamonds and pearls are naturally a brown color and therefore not as valuable since they are not a high quality gem.  Retailer Le Vian was the first to coin the phrase Chocolate Diamond in an advertising campaign to get out the news of brown diamonds and that they can be used in high fashion jewelry.  With the name of chocolate diamonds and pearls they became popular and attractive in high fashion jewelry, where as before they were just considered flawed diamonds without worth.

Brown cultured pearls are naturally occurring and they are considered more rare when they are a brown color.  When you cut open a chocolate pearl, it will be a brown color throughout the pearl.  Brown pearls apparently can be created by a bleaching process of Tahitian black pearl ; however, there is controversy as to if chocolate pearls are actually created this way or if they occur naturally and very rarely.  Price would be the indicator if they are natural or not.  Proper documents would be necessary to validate a high cost for a natural chocolate pearl.

Design trends with chocolate diamonds and chocolate pearls for the fall of 2009 are extremely promising.  Celebrities are donning chocolate diamonds as high cost, high fashion jewelry.  There are names for the different color varieties of chocolate diamonds, all related to tasty treats like Cinnamon, Cognac and Caramel.  Average consumers can purchase a chocolate diamond of lower quality as well, but if you are Jennifer Lopez then your chocolate diamond will be the highest quality set in the highest quality gold and platinum right next to your naturally occurring cultured chocolate brown pearl necklace.

Chocolate diamonds can be purchased almost everywhere these days.  At the low end of the price scale, you can even pick up a chocolate diamond ring or necklace at low price large retail stores with a small jewelry counter and staff that work in both the jewelry and makeup departments.  On the other end of the price scale, you can walk into Tiffany’s and spend as much money as you have on a high quality chocolate diamond jewelry piece.  Regardless of where or how much you paid for your diamond, they are all called chocolate diamonds.

Chocolate pearls are trendy to be in yellow gold settings this season and complement a variety of skin tones, particularly olive skinned complexions.  Regardless of skin tone, a beautifully crafted chocolate pearl necklace with both chocolate diamond and clear diamonds that accent the rare beauty of either a solitaire or string of chocolate pearls would be the down fall of any woman.  What better gift is there to give to a woman on Easter than a chocolate pearl necklace!

Blending both commercial and leisure together, it emerge as international renow fashion house in rich and famous wealthy sector. Injecting artistic elements like drawing, movie, music and so on, the fashion house is more than just clothing, it is regarded as Art Wear instead !

Emphasizing more on quality, each individual clothing wear as finely crafted art, starting from designing process up to production. Even if such practice consume much time, DEVINO has been insisting rigidly in quality excellency, noticeably under the European noble culture influences, which is reflected in its fashion products styling in each of its fashion products.

Tuning up romantic tone and the soft quality in its material used, DEVINO brings out  Charming, and Enthusiastic character in its products line, differentiating itself with others in fashion industry.

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Practicing stringent quality control, and style standard, it is not an easy task to be Harmont & Blaine exclusive agency , as it only chooses on internationally important city and/or tourist attraction locality before deciding on opening flagship outlet.

With these style and status guideline, Harmont & Blaine exclusive agency could then be able to serve clients with exclusivity, probably that’s why it continues to achieve positive corporate result.

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In the quest for best quality, Frndo insisting on using the high quality pure silver from England, shipping in the best crystal from Bolivia, production handled by high quality controls department in Germany.

In 1995, Frndo group has achieve a significant milestone that see itself  achieving major cooperation with Italian Brand Predu, opening its first store in Milan. A year later, Frndo move on successfully to open second branch store in Milan’s prestigious location at Via della Spiga .

From there, Frndo see itself expanding rapidly and emerges as a worldwide brand in fashion, specializing in products like :- Bracelet, Bangle, Sunglasses, Necklace, Earring, Ornaments, Scarf and Feminine Accessories. Their official site can be reached at www.frndo.com ( non-english/foreign language ).

With it’s unique creation ‘Blue Flame’, that comes with 89 sections cut, compare to traditional 55 or 57 stone cuts, truly brings out the heart and soul of the blue ray. No wonder women just couldn’t resist the glows.

Starting from year 2009, TESIRO Jewel has becomes appointed jewelry sponsor of Berlin Film Festival , acting as official jewelry supplier for films superstars like Zhang Ziyi, Kate Winslet , and many more .

For more details on its jewelry and selection, visit tesiro.com. The site also has a VIP member section, for th est client service experience.

Suitable for both men and women, this mysterious masterpiece goes beyond the norm materialization of time. Inspired by the mysterious movement clocks by the famed Jean-Eugene Robert Houdin in the 19th century, this LV timepiece is being uniquely placed on sapphire crystal disks, thus creating the illusion of floating inside the bezel , giving the watch its mysterious title of ‘Tambour Mysterieuse’ !

LV-Tambour-Mysterieuse

From creation, development and assembled, this luxury watch is entirely being produced in the brand’s workshops in Switzerland, the hometown of many luxury and historic watches.

This season, the series comes with a story of the brand :-

A United States war veterans in France is  lost in the sand dunes, come to meet the local tribes. He got to change  his ways in order to adapt to local dress customs. Uniforms and exotic mixed elements created a “mixed” style crocodile ‘men and wildness’ designed T-shirt and vest in reflecting the wildness to its fullness.

The whole series come in white, yellowish, gray, black and blue as the main base color.  With slightly mysterious necklace, bracelet, belt and other minor accessories rope runs through the whole flight cap brings out a very adventurous spirit.  The two of the buttons has also replaced by string, which is rather unique. Specialty washed-style shirt brings out two different style in look, which becomes the series big bright spot.

Rod militarism with color button allows the design of some of the excessive deviation from the more moderate, the same sand bar buttons also get  much hardened. Nevertheless, in trying to bring out the exotic mix effects, I guess it would be much better in opening up more space in T-shirt, showcasing the model’s chest’s charm, that would surely highlight the ‘manhood’ factor !

Exclusively at Selfridges & Co ! Girls Best Friend – Cult handbag label Paul’s Boutique has joined an ever-growing list of big names in fashion. This Barbie inspired range bears some of the most iconic Barbie imagery, ‘Barbie loves Paul’s Boutique’ collection brings to you exquisitely designed gorgeous handbags !

Whether it’s party time, or having High Tea session with friends, the collection is carefully designed to suit for every occasion and fashion taste, comes with high quality in material used. Can you simply resist it ?!

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Nevertheless, retailer Forever 21 is moving ahead to launch some new line in Home and Beauty. Stay up for the latest fashion from Forever 21 shop !

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At the launch on July 9 at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea, supermodel Elle Macpherson introduced the new Jaguar XJ with style !

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It’s Gorgeous ! Showcasing both new and noteworthy for almost 20 years, Gravity Pope owner Louise Dirks has remodeled her original flagship in quest to bring out modern aesthetic and showcase what’s it real Shoes ‘Candy‘. Store location at Old Strathcona ( (10442 Whyte Ave., Edmonton, 780-439-1637 ) .

From their official site ( gravitypope.com ), Gravity Pope is founded in 1990 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada by Louise Dirks. Originally, Gravity Pope sold only footwear. In later years it flourished into a clothing section filled with unique fashion brands.

On top of regular clients, Gravity Pope goes further to provide shoes for customers with special requirements like vegetarian shoes and ethically made shoes. A number of exclusive and limited edition styles are also available, footwear selection covers a wide variety of genres, which include sport, comfort and fashion.

Some of the brands that Gravity Pope carries include:-

• Hugo Boss
• Earth
• Keen
• Birkenstock
• Clarks
• Puma
• Adidas
• Paul Smith
• Trippen
• Georgina Goodman
• Sigerson Morrison
• Camper
• John Fluevog
• Converse
• Kenneth Cole
• Reebok

European lines

April 77, Drykorn, Fred Perry, Hugo Boss, Nolita, Rare, and Tara Jarmon.

Scandinavian brands

Acne Jeans, Denim Birds, Fillipa K and Nudie Denim

Environmentally conscious brands

EDUN and Loomstate

Californian designers

Corpus, Ella Moss, Hazel Brown, Mon Petit Oiseau, Nice Collective and Trovata

American classics

Betsey Johnson, C&C California, Development, Earnest Sewn, Free People, Freshjive, Full Circle, Splendid and Stussy

Currently, Gravity Pope Women Footwear collections include :-

• new footwear
• staff picks
• clearance
• dress boots
• sport boots
• casual boots
• comfort boots
• designer collections
• dress flats
• dress heels
• dress sandals
• mules/clogs
• casual shoes
• casual heels
• casual flats
• casual mules/clogs
• comfort shoes
• comfort heels
• comfort flats
• comfort mules/clogs
• sport shoes
• women’s slippers
• vegan footwear
• green footwear
• limited edition sneakers

The show pared down the usual clothing line to a way that would resemble the multiple spirits and cultures of the world. This was a really different kind of a show with simple presentations devoid of the gaudy ornamentations usually highlighted by these famed designers.

There were the highest of high echelons of the fashion world received through this show. The show focused on the pressure of the economic downtime faced by the every day person.

There were different types of funeral haute couture items showcased which really represented the metaphor of the changing economy of our times, a shift but not a deadening of spirits in any way.

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The recently held show displayed a vivacious variety of men’s collection in the style of the Marrakech guy meeting the Parisian dandy. It is a very interesting collection indeed displaying a unique combination of taste. The couture could also be told be a resultant crossover of Catherine de Medici visiting the Atlas Mountains.

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You will find a more health bent crowd pulling together with healthy food joint, classy shops and more environment conscious projects and efforts being focused. All these come as a great relief with a break from the usual mall culture. The capital is thus all set to give extensive example of what it is like being the modern fashion bent as well as conscious.

The dining environment is appeasing with about 17 culinary counters with new and healthier concepts at work at every step. You will thus not only experience a retail feast but a treasured dining venture.  Westfield London has a lot to offer in terms of the new and the bold. There are going to be never ending feasts of varied nature within that will bring to light a lot of new improvisations that are required for enjoyable modern day urban living.

The whole of London’s retail marketing is in fact changing for the better with the opening of Westfield. There are main five stores in action here including Debenhams, Next, Marks and Spencer, House of Fraser and Waitrose. This mall is an architectural stunner with all its beautiful undulations and glass roofs.

This is an iconic building and now becomes one of the premier landmarks of London from this year on. It also focuses on more than 280 luxurious and high street retailers of London and other countries as well. It spans across 9 postcodes and has got the reputation of being the largest shopping center of Europe. This gigantic project now successfully opens to the crowd revealing its magnanimity.

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This extremely authentic and detailed collection came as a pre-fall surprise this year. The fashion shows began in July 7th. There were many important and trusted Armani clients among the audience. Real couture customers are willingly to shell out a tidy $50,000 for an evening gown or greater than $20,000 for a suit. Armani is the evergreen high esteemed designer who grabs attention on the red carpet of any mega event of the world.

This recent successful day wear hot couture saw the presence of actresses like Cate Blanchett, Kasia Smutniak and Megan Fox. The overall audience presence consisted of a selected invited few listing the who’s who among celebrities. With journalists and fashion editors or reviewers included it was hardly around 600.

40’s film noir was the basic inspiration of this collection with Katherine Hepburn like style as a norm to the show. The 74 designer who just recuperated from a serious illness of hepatitis has made this one of the most signature lifetime collection according to critics.

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When asked about these talks, Mazzi jus said that it was a normal activity of the company that it does for rescheduling of the finance. He did not give any further details about the talks.

With these statements and considering the experts voices, FT said that the talks were underway between the company and its creditors to reschedule the repayment of 350 million Euros that has to be paid in the summer of 2010

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Wu drew these inspirations for this season’s collection from Iris Apfel. This eccentric fashion designer and textile expert and is known for his skills of mixing colors and prints. Wu has got all these ideas after seeing the exhibits og Apfel at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in the year 2006. These colorful collection indeed showed the creativity and the innovation of this expert designer and will no doubt have a great reach.

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Leather

A leather jacket will make you look like a very tough girl who dances to rock n roll music every time she hears it playing. For that classic look, you should wear leather pencil skirts of different colors and shades. This one is for ladies. Add some belted sweaters and you are set to look classy and tougher than ever. Contrasting the textures is something that will improve you sense of belonging and will make everyone look at you with interest.

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Jewel Tones

Look out for the best jewels and spot them! Let gold bath the runways and let the hues look great on you as they do on most women. The right intensity is one that complements well with the other colors you are wearing, not to mention your color complexion. Jewel tones look great when mixed. Teal is a great color and will make you look great this season. But there is nothing wrong with complementing it with gold.

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Black And White Attire

This is the traditional favorite for a weather that is warm and likely to turn into overcast showers. You can easily be back in the spotlight once again this season for being on top of the latest fashion trends. These two colors are so foolproof when worn together that they will make you feel as if you are really making a great impression. Black is used to hide the areas of the body which you don’t want to reveal. A heavy girl is better of running after black pants and a white top.

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The Print Bottoms

This season comes with new trends and you can’t wait to see the newest print bottoms which are the latest craze. The prints are now being put into leggings. The trend has even gone on to include skirts and pants. This is no doubt the hottest look you can ever spot in a runaway fall like this one. They are best worn with a long sweater or sometimes a tunic. Print skirts can best be matched with print tops which give the whole outfit a dress look. It can even be mixed with solid-looking top for a cool look.

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Pink Outerwear

Pink is the latest addition in the list of colors that fashion designers are going for. It brings back to you that sense of freshness that you want to have at certain times of the week. It is best worn as an overcoat or a sexy-looking dress. Choose the right tone of pink that goes with your skin tone.

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Knee-Length Skirts

The mini is no longer the craze. Knee-length is cool. It is easier wear and to spot around. An inch above the knee will be perfectly good for you. Dresses can come in a very wide variety in terms of fullness. It is up to you to choose the style that best suits you.

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Work Dresses

This time round, the one-piece dress is the in-thing for the office setting. It is interesting to see the mix of drapes, fabric designs and eye-catching colors that designers choose in order to come up with this wholesome fashion markers. Find a good belt and belt yourself up!

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The Stylish Vest

Vests come in different varieties that are differentiated by the material used to make them. This could be fur or wool. These two make up the latest trends. You can choose to wear a monochromatic vest if you want to take your sense of fashion to the highest extreme. Sometimes they come with zips.

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Wear Metallic

Metallic colors enable you to stand on top of a crowd without having to spot any bling. Metallic gowns even do a greater wonder. They look plain sexy. You don’t need all those expensive accessories that must be used to complete the look when you wear other colors. Silver stands out most while gold makes everyone keep enquiring about you.

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Faded Jeans

These are for the casual look. They may fade but the sense of fashion in them never fades. They are best worn with a tight-fitting top of a matching color.

Beyonce wowed in a bosom-and-legs-revealing strapless black micromini featuring a ruffled tail that began at the waist and flowed out for yards behind her. Larter went for the showing-off-the-legs looks, too, in a short cream satin number, strapless with a shell-like scalloping across the bodice.

But despite the down-and-dirty catfight that happens in the movie, Larter insisted to reporters earlier that it was all for the camera. These two are actually galpals off screen.

“She’s incredible,” Larter said. “We sat down to rehearse and we spent time breaking down the script together and she just brings it one hundred and fifty percent. She’s wonderful in this movie. She’s a really strong actress and she cares. She shows up. She wants to be there for you off camera. She’s totally gracious.”

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( Credit: Fashion Wire Daily – FWD104 Beyonce Knowles attends the premiere of “Obsessed” hosted by the Cinema Society and …  )

hese women, who functioned as the standards of ideal beauty during any given era and in turn, had a hand in shifting that ideal – from the poise and polish of someone like Dovima in the ’50s, to the waifish Twiggy to the rise of black models like Iman and Beverly Johnson in the ’70s – are the focus of a new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute this spring, “The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion,” which celebrated its opening at the museum in New York Monday night, May 4, with the annual star-studded gala that is one of fashion’s biggest nights.

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( Credit: Fashion Wire Daily – FWD409 Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute … )

It is important that you understand fully how and what to dress for, in the shortest amount of time possible. This especially goes for the ladies, who like spending a lot of time getting all made up and dressed for an occasion, only to come out looking totally not suited for the attire.

It is advisable that you find a number of dresses that will work for you at both the office or at an impromptu cocktail meet that same evening. If you have a simple yet glamorous red lipstick of your choice to match with a black dress, the better. Also, it would do you much good to get hold of a beautiful statement necklace to complete the attire.

Also, since anything to do with the office almost always involves a press on time, then it is advisable to get yourself clothes that you will not need to iron when you are in a rush.

This goes for both men and women. You can get clothes that are labeled “no iron”. It would also be a very good idea to get clothes that have stretch. When you get clothes from the dryer, always hang them up immediately. This will ensure that there is minimum wrinkling on your clothes.

If you prefer trousers, then make sure you have a pair of classy and yet stylish trousers in your wardrobe. This is because the trousers are very easy to pair up with a variety of black suits. And if you are looking for something to get you ready for a party in a few minutes, then the black trousers are for you. Just throw on a pair of matching stilettos and a nice ruffled blouse and you are set to go.

If you don’t know it yet, let me be the first to tell you. Statement accessories. That is all you need to perform a major transformation on yourself from formal work attire to “ready to party” mode in minutes. If you have on a blazer at the office, you can just take it off, leaving on your simple dress. This simple dress can be made quite stylish by a massive bracelet or other form of accessory that you can have in your bag.

For men, you should always avoid clashing colors. Shoes light in color go with pale pants and dark shoes always go with dark clothes. Do not wear very tight shirts even if you do work out. It’s tacky.  Baggy clothes give you a shoddy look. For ties, the bottom tip should just barely touch your belt line. Heavier guys go for wider ties, and vice versa for the slim guys. Excessive jewelry on you makes you look like a drug baron. Stay away from the heavy gold bracelets and body piercing jewelry too while in the office.

The swimsuit – Designed in Germany, made in Italy Our manufacturing process also takes its cues from the best of two worlds: Germany and Italy. We begin by designing our products in Germany, where our specialists from both countries discuss every detail and explore every creative avenue. After all, Italy is Europe’s fashion hub, so we’re perfectly positioned to tune into all the latest trends. In fact, that’s where our state-of-the-art production facility is located. So every part of the garment you choose is truly “made inItaly.”