Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders _ and tattoos _ exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts. As surging militant violence grabs headlines around the world, Pakistan's top designers and models are taking part in the country's first-ever fashion week. While the mix of couture and high-street fashions would not have been out of place in Milan or New York, many designers reflected the turmoil, contradictions and tensions coursing through the society. The four-day event, which was postponed twice due to security fears and amid unease at hosting such a gathering amid an army offensive in the northwest, is aimed at showing the world there is more to Pakistan than violence and helping boost an industry that employs hundreds of thousands of people, organizers said. Many of the models, designers and well-heeled fashionistas packing out each night said the gathering was a symbolic blow to the Taliban and their vision of society, where women are largely confined to the house and must wear a sack-like covering known as a burqa. "This is our gesture of defiance to the Taliban," said Ayesha Tammy Haq, the CEO of Fashion Pakistan Week. "There is a terrible problem of militancy and political upheaval ... but that doesn't mean that the country shuts down. That doesn't mean that business comes to a halt." -CHRIS BRUMMITT Associated Press
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Pakistan's fashionistas defy Taliban
Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders _ and tattoos _ exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts. As surging militant violence grabs headlines around the world, Pakistan's top designers and models are taking part in the country's first-ever fashion week. While the mix of couture and high-street fashions would not have been out of place in Milan or New York, many designers reflected the turmoil, contradictions and tensions coursing through the society. The four-day event, which was postponed twice due to security fears and amid unease at hosting such a gathering amid an army offensive in the northwest, is aimed at showing the world there is more to Pakistan than violence and helping boost an industry that employs hundreds of thousands of people, organizers said. Many of the models, designers and well-heeled fashionistas packing out each night said the gathering was a symbolic blow to the Taliban and their vision of society, where women are largely confined to the house and must wear a sack-like covering known as a burqa. "This is our gesture of defiance to the Taliban," said Ayesha Tammy Haq, the CEO of Fashion Pakistan Week. "There is a terrible problem of militancy and political upheaval ... but that doesn't mean that the country shuts down. That doesn't mean that business comes to a halt." -CHRIS BRUMMITT Associated Press
Thursday, November 5, 2009
“I AM a survivor” said Donatella Versace.
Gianni and Donatella Versace in 1992, five years before his death.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/fashion/05VERSACE.html?th&emc=th
Léon Bing
“Modeling, Motherhood, and Making It in the Me Generation”http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/fashion/05BING.html?_r=1&th&emc=th
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
A reporter with the National Enquirer allegedly checked Brooke Shields mother out of her nursing room on Thursday by posing as a friend, according to People. Teri Shields (75) suffers from dementia. "I intend to take every lawful action against all who were involved or who authorized this despicable act." "My mother Teri Shields has been diagnosed with dementia. For her safety, she has temporarily been in a senior living facility, a very difficult decision for me," she says. "Late Thursday afternoon, I was alerted by Old Tappan Police that my mother had been signed out of the facility by two reporters of the National Enquirer, who falsely claimed they were friends of hers." "They then drove my 75-year-old mother around looking for a tabloid story. As anyone knows who has a parent who suffers from dementia or Alzheimer’s, it is one of the most difficult experiences you can go through as a son or daughter. The idea that the National Enquirer took advantage of her state is reprehensible and disgusting." Police were called to the nursing home by its staff to help look for the elder Shields, who had been allowed to leave but was gone for an "extended period of time." They found Teri unharmed chatting with a freelance journalist at a restaurant next door to the New Jersey assisted living center. The journalist and a photographer were questioned by police. The incident is still under investigation. -Hollywood Grind
We are looking at Vera Wang’s Spring 2010 collection, when winter has yet to arrive and we are still a couple of months shy from the New Year – how can we resist? Diana (top left image), quite possibly like Princess Di or atleast you will feel like a Princess with this strapless soft sweetheart full A-line gown with a draped bodice and swirling frothy draped skirt that is at once a traditionalist masterpiece and a vision of individual style with its delicately asymmetrical tulle layers. Quite simply, just takes your breath away. -Wang Web, Wang Copy Writer
11-Year-Old Gives Birth at WeddingAn 11-year-old Bulgarian girl recently became one of the world’s youngest mothers after giving birth at her wedding. Kordeza Zhelyazkova was rushed to the hospital in her wedding dress. "I'm not going to play with toys anymore—I have a new toy now," Kordeza said as she showed off her daughter. Kordeza met her baby’s 19-year-old father after he “rescued” her from bullies on the playground. The marriage was arranged after the father, Jeliazko, faced six years in prison for sex with a minor. -DBeast
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