Fashion Salad

Hanes has teamed up with Scrubs actress, Sarah Chalke in the brand’s latest underwear addition to battle fashion crimes.

Scrubs’ stars Zach Braff and Sarah Chalke are tackling wedgies in the latest Hanes underwear commercials.

In the  No Ride-Up Panties commercials, Sarah Chalke shows the audience how she beats the wedgie blues. What about Zach Braff? Thankfully, he’ll be behind the camera — directing Sarah Chalke in the Hanes commercials.

Check out www.hanes.com/wedgiefree, where, in addition to the TV spots, you can preview behind-the-scenes outtakes, and Chalke’s own "Wedgie Dance" Video.  On the site, visitors will also be invited to sign-up for weekly "Wedgie-Free Wednesdays" product giveaways, submit their own wedgie story, rate other stories using the "Blush-O-Meter," and send humorous e-cards to spread the word about wedgie freedom.

In the coming months, consumers will also be able to personalize the Wedgie Dance Video by uploading headshots of themselves and friends. ENJOY!

Color contacts are steadily increasing in popularity and color and intensity of the lenses are much greater than before. Today there are colored contacts suitable for people regardless their natural color of the iris. Colored contacts are both popular among young people with and without any type of eye disorder. Here you’ll find a great color lens studio.

With the growing number of online retailers there is also a lot easier and less costly to get the colored contacts of your choice. There are two standard lens types available:

First you have the tinted lens which is designed for those who have light eyes such as blue and grey. These lenses only enhance the natural color of the eye.

For those with a darker color an opaque lens is more suitable since these types of colored lenses change the natural color of the eye completely.

In overall colored contact lenses can be a great way to temporary change your eye color and it can work as a great compliment to regular eye make-up.

If you don’t want to wear bright colors this spring, that’s fine. You can do what many of the designers are doing and add a splash of something different to the rest of your fashionable look.

If you are wearing Spring 2008’s shining blues, you may want to add the contrast of a deep red garnet pendant. It will jump out from the blue, but still go well as a completing piece of your outfit.

If you want to be in the season, but not necessarily wearing trendy colors of the season, maybe something a little more whimsical like a diamond flip-flop mini pendant. Unlike other colored pendants that may change by the season, this pendant will be perfect anytime you are ready to show off that you’re hitting the beach, or at least thinking about it. You also don’t have to worry about what you wear it with because diamonds match anything.

Just as the spring is a time to do a little spring-cleaning, this year it’s also a time to brighten your wardrobe and your jewelry box with a little splash of color that will help you forget about the cold days of winter.

A great number of overseas orders of craftwork and gifts have been transferred to China, mainly from the EU and USA merchandise industry, multinational chain supermarkets, and professional distributors, etc.  Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and the World Expo Shanghai 2010 will also bring great business opportunities to the craftwork and gifts industry.

Popular Gift Ideas (Buying Trends)
Promotion Gifts - Complement Traditional Marketing Methods

The value of promotional gifts in today’s competitive marketplace can’t be underestimated. Many businesses nowadays turn to promotional gifts to help them enhance their brand awareness, improve customer loyalty and increase sales. Ideas for choice: Mug; Towel and so on.

Holiday Gift: Nurture Your Relationship
Holiday occasions or a special day for an individual bring us together, creating a chance for our relationships to grow. Gift giving in this case is indispensable to enhance the feelings or atmosphere. Personalized and engraved unique gifts especially make distinguished and memorable presents.
Ideas for choice: Sunglass; Watch and so on.

Fashion Jewelry Gifts - a Timeless Favorite
Since ancient times, jewelry Necklace has been one of the most popular gifts to give and to receive, and it still ranks among the top gifts as a universal, particularly pearls and birthstones. Almost everyone appreciates a birthstone, and it shows that you actually put some thought into the gift. Many people believe that wearing their birthstone protects them and brings them good luck.

Yiwu City: a Terrific Destination for Your Gift-purchasing Plan in China
China Yiwu is the largest mart for petty commodities. Currently, Yiwu has the largest wholesaling market around the world. In Yiwu gift market, you are surrounded by lots of gift ideas such as Oil Painting, Scarf.

Notable Domestic and International Gift Fairs
International Gifts & Home Decor Trade Fair
The largest fair of its kind in East China, was held in Shanghai every year, which can both serve the industry and add luster to life, creating a real buzz in Shanghai Mart.

Shenzhen International Toys & Gifts Fair

Sands Expo Center — The ASD/AMD Las Vegas Gift Expo

Image Source: www.ChinaDaily.com

At the recent BC Fashion Week (Canada), selected media and designers were invited to attend fashion shows spotlighting local designers, retreat in the EFFEN Vodka Style Lounge and kick up their heels at the Sound of Fashion Launch Party, and also receive a special gift bag.

The bag included Pout Plump lip gloss, a sampling of Frédéric Fekkai’s new Coiff line, Goody Styling Therapy hair brush, Love is Heaven underwear (very Ed Hardy), Nettwerk Records’ new Um Huh Her disc (Camila Grey and also Leisha Hailey from the L-Word), Linden Leave’s Gold Mist, and many other fun bits.

This gift bag is a virtual “it list” in itself, representing some of the trendiest finds to covet:
   
Eminence Organics - Herbal Eye Make-up Remover  eminenceorganics.com
Frédéric Fekkai – Coiff Line   holtrenfrew.com
Flops   dreambigdesignco.com
Goody - Styling Therapy goody.com
The Goddess Guide by Giséle Scanlon (Harper Collins)  harpercollins.com
Hip Baby  hipbaby.com
Love is Heaven   loveisheaven.net
Linden Leaves - Gold Mist  qualityfromnature.com
Lit Cosmetics  litcosmetics.com
M-13 Functional Juice   m13.ca   
Moral Fibres   moralfibres.com
The Block Magazine - Vancouver’s Guide to Modern Living  theblockmagazine.com
Nokia 6300  Fido.ca
Uh Huh Her (Nettwerk Records)   uhhuhher.com
Pout Plump lip gloss    holtrenfrew.com
 
Source: The It Lists

Samsonite has tapped Christina Ricci as the face of its new Fashionaire line under the Samsonite Black Label brand.

The beauty secrets of the original glamour girls are being embraced again today. The beauty tips website, Celebrity-Beauty-Secret-Goldmine.com, reports retro beauty and fashion are invading the current popular culture.

Meriden, CT (PRWEB)  The beauty tips website, Celebrity-Beauty-Secret-Goldmine.com, reports a blossoming trend: the beauty secrets of yesteryear’s glamour girls are being sought by today’s culture.

"Women today are looking for beauty inspiration from the beauty queens of the past", says Sara Liz, Editor-in-Chief of www.Celebrity-Beauty-Secret-Goldmine.com. 

A recent analysis of the keywords used to find the beauty website shows that the number of web surfers interested in the "it girls" of the past, as beauty muses, is growing. Recent keyword strings entered into search engines that led web surfers to the site included, "Brigitte Bardot’s beauty tips" and even "Joan Crawford’s beauty rituals"!
Brigitte Bardot’s beauty tips

The website features beauty secrets of the iconic, glamour girls of yesterday, such as Brigitte Bardot, Betty Grable, and Marilyn Monroe, as well as the beauty secrets of today’s celebrities like Angelina Jolie, Beyonce, Jessica Alba and Jessica Simpson. From Christina Aguilera’s retro hair and makeup in her circus-themed video for "Hurt", to Christian Lacroix’s flapper-haired models in his spring 2007 collection, retro beauty and fashion are invading the current popular culture.

LG Electronics and Prada today announce an exclusive partnership to develop an innovative and iconic mobile that will launch early 2007.

Mr. Patrizio Bertelli, President & CEO of Prada, said: “As we do with ready-to-wear and accessories, we were looking at a break-through. Consistently with our approach, we are not branding an existing product; rather, Miuccia and I have been working with LG to give this new phone a very strong character and unique style, both in its contents and in its design. We, just like our partners at LG, are known for the attention to detail and uncompromising quality of our products. And we find these characteristics in the new mobile phone.” [via Slashphone]

In true Prada fashion they will combine high-end technology and avant-garde design -  the LG/Prada phone is said to have a touch-screen interface with no keys. Now that’s cool.