| Glasgow is second top of fashion table
GLASGOW's status as the style capital of Scotland has been confirmed with women in the city being named as the UK's second biggest spenders on fashion gear. They spend an average £1394 a year on the latest look-good items - £354 more than the average spend across Britain. Brydon Forsyth, at the Mango fashion store in Buchanan Galleries, said: "Image is a very big thing in Glasgow. Women here like to keep up with the fashion.". .
Mall fashion show honors Island victim of cancer
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Every night, 7-year-old Bryan Goss goes into his mother's bedroom and makes sure she's still there. About two years ago, he lost his father, David, to prostate cancer and he's afraid of losing his mother, Karen, as well. Bryan doesn't want any other kids to lose their parents either, so he teamed up with the American Cancer Society to help prevent it in the future. And yesterday, Bryan came one step closer to his goal. The first Purple Premiere Fashion Show was held in the Staten Island Mall, New Springville, as a pre-kickoff to the American Cancer Society's annual Relay for Life (RFL), an overnight event that raises money and awareness for cancer. The event held in memory of David Goss Jr. featured cancer survivors, caregivers and volunteers modeling the latest trends supplied by around 20 Mall stores.
'Pure Style' event hits the runway on Sunday
With the purpose of promoting modest dress among girls, Pregnancy Helpline's third annual "Pure Style" fashion show is returning to Crystal Gardens in Genoa Township on Sunday. Pregnancy Helpline Resource Development Director Ann O'Reilly said the idea is to give girls encouragement to dress modestly despite the pressure from popular culture to wear more revealing clothing. .
Fashion Report Card
Julia: Hello, Amanda. Thanks for letting me enlist you—Slate fashion writer and astute sartorial critic—to dissect the night's frocks. (And tuxes.) Award-fashion criticism is ubiquitous these days, but (as I noted in this piece) something seems to be amiss on the red carpet. Us Weekly's snippily dim Fashion Police, the certifiable Joan Rivers, the delightful Go Fug Yourself girls—all profess to be on the hunt for great style. But as celebrity dresses attract more scrutiny, stars' fashion choices seem increasingly blah. Amanda: Hi, Julia. There is a sameness to Oscar dresses. It's the stylist problem—most of the actresses hire them. No one wants to end up on the worst-dressed list. Commentators (particularly the television sort) do not suffer risk-taking gladly. Julia: Perhaps we should judge celebrity fashion the way they judge diving or gymnastics: with one score for execution, and another for degree of difficulty.
Jamaican designers ready-made for international market
LEFT: An item from Yola Gray's collection which also received rave reviews from representatives from Parsons. RIGHT: One of the items from Shem Deeke's swimwear collection presented at the 'Tropical Glamour' fashion show, held on the east lawn, Devon House, Hope Road, last week Sunday. -Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer Alicia Roache, Entertainment Coordinator When the associate chair from one of the world's leading design schools says your work is fabulous, it is. Cliched fashion term or not, Carmela Spinelli from the Department of Fashion Design at Parsons: The New School For Design, could not resist the urge to say it. She admits it's kind of an overused term, especially when related to fashion, but 'fabulous' is fabulous. Spinelli was making reference to Shem Deeke's swimwear collection, showcased at the Saint International-produced Fashion Face of the Caribbean and Avant Garde designer of the year awards, last weekend.
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