Kate Moss

The top is the new face of the Dior collection for spring-summer 2011.

Supermodel Kate Moss is the face of Dior makeup and as this exclusive advert for their Addict lipstick shows, they couldn't have picked a better model.

Kate Moss was discovered at the age of 14 ,her big break came through a 1993 ad campaign for Calvin Klein.. Now in her 30's, Moss continues to work, commanding magazine covers, editorials, and ad campaigns.Also Moss had also launched a line of clothing with Topshop and design bags for longchamp.

In addition to being known for her modelling work, Kate Moss is also an international fashion icon. She has garnered many awards for her style, including the CFDA's fashion influence award and a place on the Vannity Fair international best-dressed list.

Rlizabeth Taylor Dead

Dame Elizabeth Taylor , one of the 20th Century's biggest movie stars,  has died in Los Angeles at the age of 79 on 23 March 2011.

Taylor was an English-born American actress, and recognized not only as a talented and award-winning actress, but also for her glamorous lifestyle and beauty, with distinctive violet eyes.

"At the age of 12, National Velvet (1944) made Taylor famous. She acted in over 50 films, including such classics as Father of the Bride (1950), A Place in the Sun (1951), and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958). Taylor won the Academy Award for Best Actress for BUtterfield 8 (1960), and again for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) with husband Richard Burton."

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The double Oscar-winning actress was famous for her iconic roles and many husbands , Taylor was married eight times to seven husbands.

Also Taylor was a Fashion Icon in her period.

When it came to style, Elizabeth Taylor was fearless. The diamonds, the hair, the cleavage: She rocked it out everywhere she went. In her younger days, she favored plunging necklines with straps poised to slip off her shoulders, her hair like a dark cloud around her thickly made-up eyes (word is she was born with a mutation that gave her double rows of eyelashes). As she grew older, her style got even bolder: The seventies brought tight miniskirts and more elaborate headpieces, and the eighties ushered in feather boas, bright blue eyeshadow, and poufy everything. Toward the end of her life, Taylor attended events for her many philanthropic pursuits in a wheelchair, swathed in silk caftans and draped with fur and velvet wraps. In 1997, she won a Lifetime of Glamour Award from the CFDA. Her extraordinary style is one of the many things that will be missed.

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Blake Lively with fashion brand

Karl Lagerfeld has chosen Blake Lively, a rising star on the American movie scene, as the official face of the “MADEMOISELLE” handbag line. Karl Lagerfeld personally chose Lively for the campaign, calling her "an American dream girl," and shot the photographs himself at Chanel’s Parisian headquarters.

Chanel typically goes for Europeans, and mostly French women for their campaigns so Blake is the first American to be a face for Chanel.

Blake Lively is a lucky girl. Not only she has recently become the face of Chanel handbags due to Karl Lagerfeld’s special attitude to her but she has now got her own Louboutin shoe.

The high-heeled sandal looks very pretty. It features seven straps in a rainbow of different colors, each fastened with a button. The heel and sides are made of black patent leather, and the sole is red as usual.

 Blake Lively famous from "Gossip Girl", is one of my favourite actresses. 

Happy Dinner

Today four of my classmates have dinner together in Piccolino, a Italian restaurant under cherry trees. So romantic!

We have talk about our projects and life, the waiter very nice take pictures for us.The food looks refinement.

After the dinner we passed many pubs in fiveway, lots of people drinking outside. I thought the poster in this area will be impressive, especially for new drinks.

Because my main course is brand promotion, I found the fastes way to promote a brand is do advertisment. Advertisment is a form of communication intended to persuade an audience to purchase or take some action upon products. But the ads fee always really high. The most efficient way is to tell a brand to the right people in the right time .

To find the good time and good way is as important as the ads ' content.

Cow Vintage

Cow vintage is a chain vintage store,this time we have do a walk show to promote the shop in Birmingham. They offers affordable quality vintage clothing in an eclectic warehouse setting.

Our division of labor someone act the modle, someone do molding-making. But my job is shoot pictures for them.

My most favorite style is the one below, it's sample but sharp.

                            There are also some luxury brand bags displayed in the shop.

At the begining of the show, it's my honor to take a picture with Jas and Colin. Colin is so sweet that down his body with me. Today will be my beautiful memory. 

Alexander McQueen to Design Kate Middleton's Wedding Dress?

Some fashion news said  that Kate Middleton has chosen Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen to design her wedding dress.

If the leaked story is true, that Kate Middleton has indeed entrusted the Alexander McQueen label, designed by Sarah Burton, with the creation of her royal wedding dress, it is a bold and brilliant decision - not just for British fashion, but for the industry worldwide.

Alexander McQueen was founded by designer McQueen in 1992, after his suicide last year, Sarah Burton, McQueen's right hand design aide since 1996, was announced as the new creative director of the Alexander McQueen brand.

Alexander McqUueen was known for his tendency to juxtapose female strength and sensuality with fragility in his collections, as well as the emotional power and raw energy of his provocative fashion shows.

Trough the designs from the Alexander McQueen spring/summer 2011 collection designed by Sarah Burton , continued the unique McQueen style. Is the Alexander McQueen  style will be the main trend all over the world?

Culture Chanel Exhibition in Shanghai

For a brand that is without e-commerce Chanel certainly has a few technical tricks up its sleeve.

In China, the House of Chanel is trying to insert a personality into its little black dress: its founder. "Culture Chanel,” a show organized by the fashion house that runs through March 14 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai (Moca), aims to introduce Coco Chanel. The exhibition, of 400 items including designs by Chanel as well as things that inspired her, offers a peek into her psyche — and it may offer a better excuse for spending thousands of dollars on a genuine outfit, rather than a fake.

Shanghai 2011. In a mix-match globalized new Chinese society, Chinese citizens can better understand branding, brands and the history behind them thanks to educational exhibitions such as “Culture Chanel”. It good for both brand and customer, can be thought a new way of brand promotion.

Learn CFDA

The CFDA's annual awards ceremony, which honors excellence in fashion design, is often called "the Oscars of fashion."  Nominations are submitted by CFDA members and by select fashion publications, retailers, and stylists. Award winners are voted on and announced at the annual CFDA Fashion Awards gala event. The CFDA Awards gala are held at the Lincoln Center in New York City.

Alexander Wang is a Chinese American fashion designer,  was nominated for a 2008 Council of Fashion Designers of America in Women's Wear and won a USD$200,000 prize as the CDFA Fashion Fund Award winner which was a huge amount for a young fashion designer stepping into fashion industry. This year of 2011 Alexander Wang nominated the best women's designer, accessories designer and so the best three nominations.

The guests who walk the red carpet of CFDA Fashion Awards,  no doubt is recognized as a trend leader and templates. The dresses of celebrity celebrities, designers, big stars on the red carpet showed will also become a hot topic in fashion industry.

The pictures below is some photoes of 2011 CFDA Fashion Awards Nominations Party

Menswear Designer of the Year: Michael Bastian

Womenswear Designer of the Year: Alexander Wang

 

Swarovski Award for Accessory Design: Pamela Love

 

 no doubt the trend is recognized as a leader and templates. Celebrity celebrities, designers, big stars on the r

 

2011 CFDA FASHION AWARDS NOMINEES & HONOREES ANNOUNCED

2011 CFDA FASHION AWARDS NOMINEES & HONOREES ANNOUNCED

2011 CFDA FASHION AWARDS NOMINEES & HONOREES ANNOUNCED

2011 CFDA FASHION AWARDS NOMINEES & HONOREES ANNOUNCED
FOR THE TENTH YEAR IN A ROW, SWAROVSKI GENEROUSLY UNDERWRITES THE EVENT
NEW YORK, March 17, 2011, The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) announced the nominees and honorees for the 2011 CFDA Fashion Awards at an exclusive event hosted by Nadja Swarovski and CFDA President Diane von Furstenberg at the designer’s studio in the Meatpacking District. Von Furstenberg started the proceedings by acknowledging the 10th anniversary of Swarovski underwriting the event and thanking Nadja for her continued support of American fashion. Von Furstenberg and Steven Kolb, CFDA executive director, then made the announcements of nominees and honorees, which for the first-time ever were streamed live on facebook.com/swarovski and style.com/live.
This year’s nominees reflect the depth of accomplishment of American fashion and acknowledges the pervasive influence that a new generation of talent is having on the industry while also celebrating the masters of design.
The nominees for Womenswear Designer of the Year Award are Alexander Wang,
Jack McCollough & Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler, and Marc Jacobs.
The Menswear Designer of the Year nominees are: Michael Bastian, Patrik Ervell, and Simon Spurr. For Accessory Designer of the Year Award the nominees are: Alexander Wang, Jack McCollough & Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler, and Reed Krakoff.
Joseph Altuzarra, Ashley Olsen & Mary-Kate Olsen, and Prabal Gurung have been nominated for the Swarovski Award for Womenswear. The nominees for the Swarovski Award for Menswear are Alexander Wang, Phillip Lim, and Robert Geller. For the Swarovski Award for Accessory Design, the nominees are Alejandro Ingelmo, Eddie Borgo, Jason Wu, and Pamela Love. The Swarovski Award recipients in each category will receive generous financial support from Swarovski as well as exposure to the company’s vast and innovative Swarovski crystal resources.
The honorary awards go to a diverse group of people. The Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award, named for the fiercely independent, four-time CFDA Fashion Award winner, will be presented to Marc Jacobs.
The CFDA Board of Directors chose to bestow their Special Tribute on Arthur Elgort in honor of his impact on photography and fashion.
The Fashion Icon Award will go to Lady Gaga for being a fashion revolutionary impacting style today.
The Media Award, given in honor of Eugenia Sheppard, the influential journalist who revolutionized fashion reporting with her reports in the New York City Herald Tribune, will be given to Hilary Alexander of The Telegraph.
The Founders Award, given in honor of CFDA founder Eleanor Lambert who is widely credited with putting American fashion on the map, will go to Hal Rubenstein of In Style.
The International Award will go to Phoebe Philo for Celine for making an outstanding creative contribution to the world of fashion.
“There is no other event that puts the spotlight on American fashion like The CFDA Fashion Awards,” said Steven Kolb, CFDA executive director. “We look forward to once again honoring the best and brightest talent working today. Winning a CFDA Fashion Award is the highest and one of the most coveted honors one can receive in our industry. All of this is made possible by the long-time support of Swarovski, who we are pleased to be celebrating our tenth anniversary with this year. Their support and involvement with the Awards over the years has been invaluable.”
“This year, Swarovski is honored to celebrate the 10th anniversary of our partnership with the CFDA Fashion Awards,” said Nadja Swarovski, Vice President of International Communications & Creative Director. “We are excited for each of this year’s stellar nominees; the group includes such diverse and extraordinary talent. We are particularly proud of each designer nominated for a Swarovski Award. They are the perfect example of emerging American design talent and have displayed a keen sense for the future of fashion.”
Nominations for each award category are submitted by the CFDA Fashion Awards Selection Committee, made up of the 370+ members of the CFDA, along with top fashion retailers, journalists, and stylists. The nominees, as well as recipients of the honorary awards, were confirmed yesterday at a meeting of the CFDA Board of Directors.
The final votes will be tabulated by Ernst & Young LLP, the official accounting firm of the 2011 CFDA Fashion Awards.
The 2011 CFDA Fashion Awards winners will be announced at the annual gala, generously underwritten by Swarovski, on June 6 at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.
The 2011 CFDA Fashion Awards will be produced by KCD. Collateral will be art directed by Laird + Partners, with photography by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.
Lexus is the official automotive sponsor of the Awards. Additionally, the CFDA would like to acknowledge:
Official airline: Continental Airlines
Official hotel: W Hotels Worldwide
Official water: FIJI Water
About the CFDA – The Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc. (CFDA) is a not-for-profit trade association whose membership consists of more than 370 of America’s foremost womenswear, menswear, accessory and jewelry designers. CFDA Foundation, Inc. is a separate not-for-profit organization, which was organized to raise funds for charity and industry activities. www.cfda.com
About Swarovski – In 1895, Daniel Swarovski I, a Bohemian inventor and visionary, moved to the village of Wattens, Tyrol in Austria, with his newly-invented machine for cutting and polishing crystal jewellery stones. From this beginning that revolutionised the fashion world, Swarovski has grown to be the world’s leading producer of precision-cut crystal, for fashion, jewellery and more recently lighting, architecture and interiors. Today, the company, still based in Wattens, family-owned and run by 4th and 5th generation family members, has a global reach, with some 23.900 employees, a presence in over 120 countries and a turnover in 2008 of 2.52 billion Euros. Swarovski comprises two major businesses, one producing and selling loose elements to the industry and the other creating design-driven finished products. Swarovski crystal components, known by their product brand names CRYSTALLIZED(tm) – Swarovski Elements for fashion and STRASS® Swarovski® Crystal for architecture and light, have become an essential ingredient of international design. Since 1965 the company has also catered to the fine jewellery industry with precision-cut genuine and created gemstones, and from April 2008 has strengthened this relationship by revitalising and renaming the product brand ENLIGHTENEDTM – Swarovski Elements. Showing the creativity that lies at the heart of the company, Swarovski’s own-brand lines of accessories, jewellery and home décor are sold through more than 1,600 retail outlets in all major fashion capitals. The exclusive Daniel Swarovski accessories collection has meanwhile become the company’s couture signature. The Swarovski Crystal Society has close to 350,000 members worldwide, keen collectors of the celebrated crystal figurines. And in Wattens, Swarovski Kristallwelten, the multi-media crystal museum, was opened in 1995, as a celebration of Swarovski’s universe of innovation and inspiration. The Swarovski corporation also includes Tyrolit®, manufacturing grinding tools, Swareflex, for road safety reflectors and Swarovski Optik, producing precision optical instruments.
For more information on the 2011 CFDA Fashion Awards:
Hallie Chrisman / KCD
Tel – 212 590 5118 or Fax – 212 590 5101, chrisman@kcdworldwide.com
For video or images of the March 16 event:
Marjorie Francis Keating/PR Consulting
Tel – 646-862-9353, marjorie@prconsulting.net
Background on the CFDA Fashion Awards
Womenswear Designer of the Year:
Awarded to an American designer or a designer whose business is headquartered in the U.S. who has made the most outstanding contribution to and has influenced the direction of women’s ready-to-wear fashion with his or her Spring and Fall 2011 collections. The designer selected must have his or her business based primarily in America.
2011 Nominees:
Alexander Wang
Jack McCollough & Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler
Marc Jacobs
Menswear Designer of the Year:
Awarded to an American designer or a designer whose business is headquartered in the U.S. who has made the most outstanding contribution to and has influenced the direction of men’s ready-to-wear fashion with his or her Spring and Fall 2011 collections. The designer selected must have his or her business based primarily in America.
2011 Nominees:
Michael Bastian
Patrik Ervell
Simon Spurr
Accessory Designer of the Year:
Awarded to an American designer or a designer whose business is headquartered in the U.S. who has made the most outstanding contribution to and has influenced the direction of accessory design with his or her Spring and Fall 2011 collections. The designer selected must have his or her business based primarily in America.
2011 Nominees:
Alexander Wang
Jack McCollough & Lazaro Hernandez for Proenza Schouler
Reed Krakoff
Swarovski Award for Womenswear:
Awarded to an American designer or a designer whose business is headquartered in the U.S. who has made the greatest impact as an emerging new talent in womenswear design with his or her Spring and Fall 2011 collections. The Swarovski Awards were established to recognize and support the talent and creativity of the next generation of American designers. The designer selected must have his or her business based primarily in America.
2011 Nominees:
Joseph Altuzarra
Ashley Olsen & Mary-Kate Olsen
Prabal Gurung
Swarovski Award for Menswear:
Awarded to an American designer or a designer whose business is headquartered in the U.S. who has made the greatest impact as an emerging new talent in menswear design with his or her Spring and Fall 2011 collections. The Swarovski Awards were established to recognize and support the talent and creativity of the next generation of American designers. The designer selected must have his or her business based primarily in America.
2011 Nominees:
Alexander Wang
Phillip Lim
Robert Geller
 
Swarovski Award for Accessory Design:
Awarded to an American designer or a designer whose business is headquartered in the U.S. who has made the greatest impact as an emerging new talent in accessory design with his or her Spring and Fall 2011 collections. The Swarovski Awards were established to recognize and support the talent and creativity of the next generation of American designers. The designer selected must have his or her business based primarily in America.
2011 Nominees:
Alejandro Ingelmo
Eddie Borgo
Jason Wu
Pamela Love
HONOREE AWARDS:
Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award:
Awarded for a lifetime of consistent, creative influence and dedication to fashion.
2011 Honoree: Marc Jacobs
The Media Award
Given in honor of journalist Eugenia Sheppard, the Media Award is given to a writer, photographer, or editor who has used his or her craft to further the profession of fashion reporting and coverage, or to a creative director, fashion editor, stylist, or artist whose exceptional creativity has shaped fashion visually.
2011 Honoree: Hilary Alexander, The Telegraph
International Award:
Awarded to a designer working outside of America who has made an outstanding creative contribution to the world of fashion.
2011 Honoree: Phoebe Philo for Celine
Fashion Icon Award:
Awarded to an individual whose signature style has had a profound influence on fashion.
2011 Honoree: Lady Gaga
The Founders Award:
Given in memory of the CFDA’s founder Eleanor Lambert, the Founders Award is given to a person who has made a unique contribution to the world of fashion (and/or deserves the industry’s recognition and does not fall under any existing award categories).
2011 Honoree: Hal Rubenstein, In Style
Board of Directors’ Special Tribute:
A special tribute by the Board of Directors of the CFDA, given from time to time to acknowledge significant contributions and commitment to fashion.
2011 Honoree: Arthur Elgort
Ernst & Young LLP is the official accounting firm of the 2011 CFDA Fashion Awards.

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