The Cuban leader Fidel Castro, a revolutionary Che Gevara, politicians Winston Churchill and Bill Clinton, writers Somerset Maugham and Mark Twain, the actor and the political figure Arnold Schwarzenegger – these names are well-known and these figures are best known to the world for their political, social, literary and other achievements. Moreover, the abovementioned people highly esteem cigar smoking and, thus, they come as people who own the greatest number of tools and accessories so requisite for this leisurely process and among others there are cigar lighters.
In the light of a variety and availability of glass items, glass ware is still appreciated by plenty people, especially when it comes to cut glass. The cut glass produces a long, lingering and musical tune when you put your finger at the cut-glass edge. So, in Japan the craftsmen make unique musical instruments. A crystal violin, completely transparent, is estimated for fifty thousand USD. Crystal glass tableware is not so much expensive though it is able to produce the charming, unique and so brittle music providing it is properly cared.
Wealthy persons are mostly known for their fortune only. However, despite they make billions, these people possess some personal features that attract people when estimating them. While Warren shovels up money, he has to do with quite conflicting image he created: he is known to be the proved miser and at the same time he privately donates huge amounts for charity purposes.
Shopping
was always the way for a woman to relieve from stress, depression and rise the
mood, and most of women still feel hesitated to order clothes in Internet-shops
or by the catalogues. On one part, this way, women fail to enjoy strolling through
the line of shops and stores, trying this and that for hundred times, thinking
of what to choose, the better but expensive or cheaper but of poorer quality.
Shopping is the proved anti-depressant, though, on the other part, it requires time
for that, time that is scarce with any woman, and in most cases men accompanying
women are short of time and who lose their temper much faster when walking
through the endless shelves with clothes and shoes.
MANGO is
the Spanish brand of women wear and accessories that are in vogue. First the brand
was established in 1984 in
Barcelona. The Spanish
women of that time had to choose among the foreign brands the collections of
which were not assigned to require the mentality and traditions of the Spanish señoras
and were not actual to the time. Therewith, the local clothes for every day
wear were too dull and did not show a hint of designer creativity and ideas.
And MANGO turned out to be the riot of young and courageous Spanish women.
«12 dresses
made from new material but not feasible to wear», that was the name of the
collection launched by Paco Rabanne in 1966 for the Fashion Week in Paris. And that was true.
A young designer presented his first collection of metal dresses. The dresses
were tailored in metal, and sewed with the help of pliers and blowlamp. And
what about the public? It was definitely shocked. And what about Paco? He was
acknowledged among the fashionable designers of Paris. In the same year, 1966, Rabanne
launched another collection of dresses made from...what do you think?... paper.
The idea was the trigger point for other designers and the world perceived that
the clothes may be disposal. And it mattered.
Femininity
is different. It ranges from dramatic, effective and killing to romantic and
naïve. Femininity may appear as strict, cold and royal sometimes the femininity
is infantile, light-minded and incredibly touching. And this kind of femininity
is cultivated by the French brand Cacharel.
She
turns the clothes upside down; she cuts the stitches and creates the models that
could be hardly called «something like a jacket» or «kind of skirt» or «sort of
cardigan». She is old and main rioter in the world of fashion. She turned the
fashion from upside down, then put it back to upright position and left as it
is, shaky and confused. Vivien Westwood is the Queen of punk and the Goddess of
provocative actions.
Hugo Boss Company
was initiated in 1923 as the Company to tailor men's suits. The business was started
by Hugo Boss, the founder of the Company and the brand. Throughout the years of
activity the Company expanded the range of its products and what we have now is
the wide line of products from clothes and accessories to it to perfume for men
and women. Hugo Boss is the middle-class product. This includes goods for both confident
and perspective men and women.
When in the
late 60-s Ralph Lauren, then a sales assistant at Brooks Brothers, was tired of
selling other people's brands and wanted to create his own, he decided to start
with a tie. «I had no idea how to design ties. I didn't know a thing about the
fabrics and patterns, but I knew how to sell, and I knew that quality is above
all».
The time
when we distinguished the clothes for prêt-a-porte and haute couture outdated,
yet we need to tell about the most perspective and demanded segment, the fast
fashion. Fast fashion refers to collection of clothes that appear in turn at
the windows shops of Zara and H&M, Bershka and Mexx, Mango, Monsoon and
other stores. And yet, some of the above brands prefer fast fashion wear
launching the clothes for one season only that is unique and eye-catching. Some
of them try to keep conservative traditional views and stay classic as the real
«fashion».
The
competition so popular among the reputed designers is not only the common thing
in the fashion world. Yet, it is encouraged since everyone is aware that when
couturiers compete to outdo others, their attempts come to us in the most
amazing collections. Though, the intention to go better than others is tricky.
It is known that Coco Channel never missed to annoy her opponent Elsa
Schiaparelli and once Coco set fire to her
dress. The current fashionists prefer settling their disputes at the court like
Giorgio Armani and D&G. It is not rare when they come to trivial blows.
A name who works in the line of knitted fabric
is Sandra Backlund. In knitwear, Backlund has discovered herself niche turning
the garment into a piece of art. Her designs are great example of great
combination that blends traditional techniques with new aesthetics. Having
contemporary exciting outlook and crafting styles, Backlund's «slow fashion»
got popularity around the world.
Zara is a Spanish
chain store, one of the famed Wear, Shoe and Accessory brands in the world. It is
among the top brands in terms of value worldwide. Amancio Ortega opened his
first store by the name Zara in 1975, in La
Coruña in Spain.
Like
Japanese literature, Japanese fashion is a multidimensional space where there
is a place for traditional kimonos, soft short-spoken haiku, for pro-American
Murakami and jazzy trousers. Virtually all famous Japanese designers reconcile
eastern and western motives in their style to provide their own interpretation of
the European fashion....
Trees are
green, all trees are green, we've seen so many green trees that we forgot that
the trees can be pink, too, but if the tress were pink, I would show you a
green tree. People used to believe that poppies have no smell. The strange
flower with high and fleshy stem and scarlet petals that will not endure a
touch or caress has no aroma... It used to be true before the emergence of the Flower
by Kenzo, the perfume as famous as it is unusual.
Lingerie for women was just the plain underwear until the 20th century when it became the mean self-expression, as the subject of esthetic admiration. A piece of lingerie seen in between the women wear looked quite shocking to be shame and no one thought of designing luxury items based on lingerie, leaving alone works of art. Today every woman dreams of having a pair, or even more, of luxury and high quality lingerie to associate with sexuality, sensibility and attraction with male.
Today the knitwear is presented in so many styles and
it is so popular that no single autumn and spring collections can do without
hosiery. Knit
women's coats are offered in classic, sporty, romantic, vintage, casual and
ethnic styles. The demand for knit coats
grows in line with the more increasing range of color and texture of woolen
yarn as merino wool, angora, alpaca, Kashmir. Globally known brands launch knit
coats for women in their latest collections and most celebrities today appear
wearing knitwear for many occasions and that's hard to picture that some time
back it was something different.
First established in 1980, the brand by Carolina Herrera is one of the well-known fashion brands; collections by Carolina Herrera make a conquest for the public love and demand due to elegance and delicacy of the fashion wear models. The collections were successful, though Carolina Herrera opened its perfume line first in 1988 presenting Carolina Herrera for Women. Carolina Herrera 212 is known to be the bestseller first launched in 1997, and today this fragrance takes its niche among the most recognized perfumes of the world.
First established in 1860, Chopard is one of the reputed watch and jewelry houses producing incredibly beautiful, fascinating jewelry items and watches of dream. The house also launched a number of celebrated fragrances as Casmir, Wish, Madness and Infiniment. Despite the long and solid history of the brand, it appeared only recently in the market of fragrances with the first fragrance Chopard launched only in 1992. Six years later, in 1996, the Chopard House presented its Mira-Bai, the fragrance which is still in favor among women keen on oriental scents. Mira-Bai shows no intentions to compete with such a fashion-setter in the sphere of oriental compositions as Guerlain Shalimar, though the fragrance by Chopard takes its niche among the classic perfumes in the market of oriental perfume.