Fashion

This year will be remembered for an incredible diversity of fabrics in vogue: fluffy and knit fabrics, leather, silk and satin. Most renowned fashion designers used these fabrics to create their extraordinary collections to awe the audience around the world.

I wonder if there is anyone who has never heard of Donna Karan? Certainly, but there is hardly anyone who has never seen the signature fragrance, DKNY Be Delicious, in the apple-shaped bottle, which for years has been gracing the pages of glossy magazines, beauty counters and boutiques. The note palette of the «Apple» is regularly enhanced, its advertising concept revolutionized, its ‘faces' changed to adapt to the new beauty concept, but its shape remains unaltered. DKNY are the magical four letters that are not just a brand name, as well as the «apple» is not just a fruit, which changes its perfume notes from season to season. The history of the DKNY brand is a declaration of love for New York, the crazy, wild, business-driven, bustling, and iconic «Big Apple». Donna Karan was born in 1948, in Queens, New York, and she has always turned to her native city for inspiration. Her fashion affair with the Big Apple goes on ever since.

We are not sure today whether the hippie movement would be perceived as intensely and with enthusiasm if not followed the decades of conventional, monotonous, unemotional, of blameless elegance and still «blush» fashion. And the provocative bright flower of hippie movement distinguished on the background of the white, grey and blue and pink colors, the beautiful flower in shape and color.

A wedding is nothing without a bride, and a bride cannot do without a wedding dress. The wedding dress is obviously the key component of this solemn event that plays a crucial role to set the atmosphere of the occasion. The wedding dresses come in various forms, colors and textures, and the selection of it is a grand occasion which does not yield to the wedding itself by the solemnity and seriousness. And the only problem with choosing a wedding dress of your dream is your rounded shapes.

The history of the wedding veil, the crucial accessory of the bride to compliment her image and the wedding ensemble, comes from old rituals and religious traditions of ancient times.  Nowadays the veil is the fetching sheer fabric that is not designed to conceal the bride's face. In the old times the wedding veil was presented as the opaque dense cover to screen the bride from head to toes. The tradition to hide the bride under the cover appeared during the times of ancient Greece and Rome when the veil was believed to protect the bride from ill looks of envious person s, to turn away from the evil eye and hex. However, in the ancient time the veil was not white. The Greek brides concealed their faces under the yellow fabric while the Roman brides were covered by the veil of vivid red color or decorated the hair with multicolor fabric with embroidery.

Ties make far more essential influence to the image of a man rather than the place it takes in the costume. Moreover, a tie is the most expressive details of the wardrobe that helps to appreciate the personality of a man. Therefore, throughout the history all men pay a great attention to this small element, from men of Kin Dynasty or Roman legionaries with neck kerchiefs to Louis XIV in his lacy jabot.

The Autumn-Winter Collections boast with various pantyhose along with the clothes and shoes. Almost recently the pantyhose were the item that was required for all occasions being the regular item of clothing. The last seasons were quite extreme for the public when the designers made the pantyhose into something really exclusive and extravagant.

Whatever the latest fashion trends or economic situation in the world, luxury fur never goes out of fashion. Despite the depressing atmosphere of the global crisis, which caused many brands to give up luxuries in favor of enforced functionality, winter collections are still dominated by fur pieces, both natural and faux, which can really match natural fur in quality or appearance.

Cashmere cardigans is a fashion pin in both men's and women's wardrobes for decades and with so many different styles, colors and sizes. They are a time-honored choice finding support among a wide range of ages. Cashmere cardigans are constantly recreated producing an array of designs that include twin-sets, capes and boleros, patterned and embroidered styles.

The Byzantine attire was created in the times when the Christianity made the first world achievements and distinguished with its astonishing asceticism and constant expectation of a miracle. All Christian wonders have a spirit as a source but not the body, and the Byzantine attire is fully penetrated with the idea to emphasize the spirit masking the body. It is interesting that when advocating the rejection of material benefits and announcing the world of sensitiveness as the world of vice and sin Byzantine put intentionally luxury attire onto the asceticism. The Byzantine attire is the intensified decoration, rich and luxury fabric, embroidery and luxury patterns and deep colors and abundance of jewelry.

If you remember the legendary series of the '90s «Sex and The City», then you will understand and may perceive the statement that the best friends for a young lady is diamonds. Now the statement changed slightly when the girls having no diamonds are ready to do with gays. In the opinion of most women, the non-traditional sexual orientation males are more comprehensive in regards to women. On the top of it, they never go asleep in the boutique when a woman tries on clothes and ready to give pieces of advice.

The clutch of the XIX century was a small women's accessory that contained the most required belongings like smelling bottles or a handkerchief and which became the actual trendy item to replace modern handbags for many occasions. Throughout two centuries the clutch was regularly announced as outdated, though it regularly came back to be in vogue with a good consistency. Currently a clutch is an exclusive evening accessory which is evident since a woman of our times has to keep in her bag more fine things then ladies in the XIX century, including keys, a mobile, a purse, makeup products and other stuff. Once the clutch was acknowledged as the accessory for an evening wear, the designers rushed to create their own clutches and now the majority of them tell from the delicacy and even luxury so much required to compliment the evening ensembles.