sushi :S

I wonder sometimes if i eat sushi because eveyone else says it's good ... I never crave for it when i'm hungry , i guess i just have it because it looks good . I want to like it , i tried many times to, i really did but never ended up liking it .
Yesterday, i went to this fancy restaurant to have sushi with my friends, came back home and through up everything i ate. So i was wondering , why should i eat something that i hate and find disgusting , and why should i pay $40 for a meal in a restaurant if i'll leave hungry and go right after it to MC Donals.
That was the last try .
Eliane.A

Recession a la Haute Couture

Armani Prive Chanel Jean Paul Gaultier

Haute Couture week in Paris played an interesting reflection of the recession. Indeed, designers tried to demonstrate that it was not going to slow them down. There were some cut backs as expected. The event was shortened to 3 days instead of 4 and showcased 20 designers instead of 23. Every designer had different thoughts and ways of seeing and dealing with this still fresh obstacle.
Giorgio Armani who laid on an exotic show inspired by Shanghai and the roaring 1920s, featuring silk shawls and models with cropped black hair declared that the role of haute couture is to "make people dream", also mentioning at the cocktail after his show: "it is not about the crisis, it is about a forgotten world."

Karl Lagerfeld, by contrast, decided to embrace the downturn. Mr. Lagerfeld chose the more intimate setting of Cambon-Capucines Pavilion for his event instead of Paris's Grand Palais. Guests sat at round tables surrounded by columns festooned with paper flowers. Mr. Lagerfeld said he cut the VIP section to create "equality in an unfair world."

His minimalist clothes for Chanel were inspired by white paper, and embodied what he terms "New Modesty." After the show, he implored everybody to "stop crying" over the slowdown.

Jean Paul Gaultier "doesn't want to talk about the recession at all" warned his chief exec. Veronique Gaultier.

As long as the very rich don't fall short of money, i think the haute couture will continue to be an ongoing success as long as it is handled smartly, as was this most recent one.

-Emma Cusson-

Inspiring Quotes

Just a couple of quotes I really enjoy...

"Looking backward is the only way to create the future." 

  Vivienne Westwood

"Art produces ugly things that frequently become beautiful with time. Fashion on the other hand produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time"

  Jean Cocteaw

Natasha S

Sex and the City

New Line Cinema spokesperson Candice McDonough has confirmed that Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker, her three co-stars and writer/director Michael Patrick King have signed for another Sex And The City movie, promising...more sex-

The new movie will reunite Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon.

The first Sex and the City movie opened last May, four years after the finale of the HBO TV series, focusing on 'Carrie Bradshaw' and 'Mr. Big', played by actor Chris Noth.

The film earned $152 million in North America and $260 million international.

According to EW's source:

"It's going to be more comedic, and shorter, than the first," says the insider.

Sex and the City 2 would have a 2010 summer release date if they can get approval of everything involved in the filming pretty soon. The idea to make it a 2010 film gives them a lot of time to still work on it, and as the franchise is still a really hot commodity, it is almost guaranteed to make enough to be worth the production costs The ladies are back!

Jessy Lalancette

Fafi

About a year ago, I picked up a copy of the french fashion magazine Jalouse and discovered Fafi. The absolute queen of graffiti. Born and raised in Toulouse France, Fafi's strong presence in the graffiti & fine arts scene was 1st witnessed on her hometown walls around 1994. Her images of sexy and liberated girls are now quite disguishable. On walls, in paintings and drawings, her girls: the Fafinettes, can be funny, sexy, aggressive, confronting and suggestive to the viewer. She drew enormous attention and thus started travelling the world with her brushes and paint cans. Her art is found on murals all over the world: the US, Japan, Germany, Belgium, Tunsia, Spain, Portugal, Canada, and Hong Kong.

Soon enough, she would have numerous expositions and collaborations with: Colette, Adidas, LeSportSac, Coca-Cola, M.A.C & countless press stories in magazines like, Vogue, Elle, The Face...

The animation world then grew quite interested in her vision: a creation of a Mark Ronson video ft. a Fafi-ed Lily Allen appeared. Her multi-faceted work can be found in books: GIRLS ROCK (2003) and LOVE AND FAFINESS (2006), both being also succesful prints in museum libraries and selected shops. In 2007, Fafi entered a new phase. Having become a mother and moving to Paris made her introduce a new depth to her creations: Now not only the Fafinettes fly girls, they also run a whole universe of creatures, homes and vehicles :P

Katia K.

le fashion week de NEW YORK demenege

Après y avoir installé ses tentes quinze années durant, la semaine de la mode new-yorkaise quitte Bryant Park et devrait investir le Damrosch Park situé au cœur du Lincoln Center dès septembre 2010.
Le Damrosh Park accueillera dès 2010 la Fashion Week de New YorkEn effet, lors d’une déclaration faite mardi 3 février, le maire de New York, Michael R. Bloomberg, a expliqué qu'IMG Fashion (qui finance la Fashion Week) avait signé un accord de cinq ans avec le Lincoln Center afin d’y organiser la Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Comme le relate le "Women’s Wear Daily", si certains prennent ce changement avec une dose d’optimisme tel Zac Posen qui affirme être « très excité à l’idée que sa collection soit présentée au même endroit que les plus beaux ballets du monde », d’autres restent très critiques. En effet, installer l’évènement au sein du Damrosch Park, lieu considéré par certains comme moins accessible, fait craindre que des créateurs choisissent de présenter leurs collections dans leurs showrooms. Un avantage tout de même à ce déménagement, qui mettra peut-être tout le monde d’accord : le Damrosch Park, avec ses 8 083 mètres carrés, propose une surface 25 % plus importante que le Bryant Park.
Fatine Abil

A Healthy Body Image

There is so much pressure in today’s society and body image is one major one.
Whether reading a magazine, watching television or surfing the internet somehow
The weight factor seems to crawl itself in. I was watching TV the other night and
They were speaking about celebrity stars embracing their curves and aiming for healthier body images. I was so glad to hear that especially since most of Hollywood stars are SUPER skinny that they will soon disappear! I really hope more people follow through to achieve a healthy image! So many adolescents look up these stars and imitate they style and look I know for a fact because my adolescent cousin was struggling with her weight a made a comment on Hollywood stars being too thin!! Well, I got on her case and well we all worked at getting her back on track! At one point last year every magazine I would look at/read there were pictures of celebrities looking so thin they looked sick!! The headlines read “Anorexic celebrities” or “Shockingly Thin” so they are trying to highlight the fact that they are too thin which is O.K. Now, I think it was Monday, Jessica Simpson was part of the main headlines but the best part is they were highlighting her weight gain and they are assuming is about 10-15lbs. Personally I think the clothes she was wearing made it appear worse than it actually was but who cares about that, she looks healthier and happier isn’t that what we are supposed to aim for? So at this point I am confused when they are TOO THIN it’s an issue and when they GAIN a little it’s an issue; so what weight is a good weight?
What I think they are trying to point out is that if you don’t have an anorexia problem go live in Hollywood because they will definitely give you one!
Alessandra Salvatore