Archive for November, 2009

UK Cannabis cafe aka “hole in the wall cafe” busted

While we hear of so much joy about how the US has had its first Cannabis cafe recently open, in the UK the story is very different. While the UK does not have dense jungles, wild forrests like those in say California that government is not in an emergency to legalize it for profit (tax).

In the UK most supply is still distributed via illegal drug dens and now the latest a Cannabis cafe dubbed the “hole in the wall cafe” in West Sussex which got recently raided.

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Giorgio Armani Spring/Summer 2010: A Dress to Impress

Fashion & Style: This season, Giorgio Armani has given new life to a time-honored classic. The Spring/Summer 2010 collection features a new line of dresses, each designed to empower today’s modern woman with its contemporary yet classic cut and construction.

Combining a perfect blend of edginess and discipline, each piece embodies an overall aesthetic of eccentric purity derived from Bauhaus, a German approach to the elements of design. The geometric formula of each skirt allows not only adequate movement, but also emphasizes the three-dimensional form of the female body. To highlight the compact shapes of the ensemble, Armani often paired shorts under svelte tunics. The shoulders take on a more prominent, defined shape and are precisely cut at an oblique angle. The linear jackets with overstitched trim were shown in soft neutrals and brilliant hues of grey, blue, green, iris, and low voltage red.

Rich in both color and reference, the collection balances contrast effortlessly with textures of fabric ranging from satin and taffeta to silk and double chiffon. Shorts gathered to imitate skirts, tunic-like wrap dresses, single shoulder shirts with three layers of checkerboard motifs, and models with braces covering the bust were among the other featured styles within the collection. The elegantly embroidered details are just one more added touch, which make these styles ideal for both on and off the runway.
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How to Accessorise With Style

Accessories hold an outfit together, they can be the finishing touch, a key part of the structure of an outfit or a statement in their own right. They can be subtle and small or big and bold. They can also be used to highlight areas of your body that you love and draw attention away from those areas that you don’t.

Choosing the right accessories can make or break an outfit and also show off your personality and style.
Belts - a belt is not just ornamental, it has an important role to play, either fitting a pair of trousers to your waist or creating definition. A baggy shirt can be cinched in with a belt to create a completely different and usually much more flattering silhouette. A brightly coloured belt worn with jeans can highlight a slim waist and a wide belt worn under the bust with an empire line dress is a great way of hiding a thicker waist and highlighting a bigger bust. Wide belts worn low on the hips are also a great way of drawing attention away from the waist and down to the hips, if slightly lower at the front than the back, it also will have a slimming effect. If you are short be careful of which style of belt you wear as it can cut your body in half making you look even shorter. A thin belt in the same colour as your outfit is probably the best option.

Jewellery - jewellery offers so many different options for creating different looks. You should pick out of pieces of jewellery to highlight your best features. Perhaps an eye catching cocktail ring for beautifully manicured nail, chunky bangles for delicate wrists, long sparkly earrings for a graceful neck and a long string of beads to show off a great decoupage. Don’t over do it with jewellery, perhaps just choose one really eye catching piece or a necklace and earrings in a more subtle style. With necklaces think about how the length and shape will work with the neckline you are wearing and with earrings think how the length an shape will work with your hair style.
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Men’s Fashion Styles

Wearing fashionable clothes will have a great bearing on your general success and positive attitude. Looking good is a great way to adopting a positive attitude towards your social life and also can help you take certain strides in your professional career.
What to Wear?
There an unlimited number of options you have. Although there is no perfect answer to what you should wear, as a rule, wearing what you are comfortable with is the way to begin. There is no point going for fashionable clothes merely because you choose to let the current fashion styles dictate your dressing style. You have to be comfortable with what you wear as this will reflect in your disposition and in what you do.
Invent Fashion
The best way to appear stylish is by inventing fashion unique to you. You dont need to diligently abide by the mens fashion guides to get you started. More than the fabric you wear it is ultimately how you carry yourself that will reflect on how good you look. Dont let yourself be influenced by style icons; instead you can start by choosing to purchase what you actually like. Attitude and character is reflected in our every choice, wish, and decision. Purchasing stuff you like is just an affirmation to this, and will invariably help you feel better and at home with what you are wearing. Read the rest of this entry »

Where to Look for Latest Fashion Styles for Work Place?

If you are an office going person, then the latest fashion styles for office is the most important thing that you must be interested in. Because it is in the office that you spend most of time in. at work place you have to look smart, neat and sexy yet you have keep within limits. Because it’s work place, you have to maintain certain decency and sobriety. At the same time to look professional you will have to be updated in you dressing sense. The first impression that is made of you is based on what you are wearing, because it reflects your judgment.

People usually rely on the fashion magazine to know about the Uk fashion styles. But there are very few fashion magazines that bring out in details what kind of dresses and accessories are in for the work place. But there are other channels for remaining updated about latest fashion styles prevalent in the offices. Television and internet are two successful mediums that can prove very useful.
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