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Finally is getting towards summer holidays.  Before you hurry excitedly to the beach off to the beach in all your carefree summer glory, make sure you pack beach chic essentials. Here’s your guide to a fashionable fun in the sun.

Easy wear pants

A pair of easy wear trousers or jeans .Take some thin or zip-off pants and a sarong, just increase you go anywhere that you can’t show your legs or arms (some cathedrals, and such). This season’s fashionable cropped pants are perfect holiday daywear or if you don’t want to be parted from your jeans then you can always opt for summer white (highly impractical, but great for a vacation) or a colourful pair of skinny pants. As you are traveling, keep them loose fitting and comfortable, rather than sausage-skin tight.

Play suit

Jumpsuits or playsuits, are versatile and comfortable and they are great for sightseeing in, or at least some kind of short that’s cool but won’t chafe and rub if you get sweaty during sightseeing. Other than that, take a hat for the sunshine, maybe some cooler long sleeves if you burn easily (really thin cotton or linen is great).

Footwear

Really sturdy footwear (good running shoes or something like that for traveling. Don’t forget good breathable socks, underwear, and bras, and something cool to sleep in. Avoid taking ten pairs of shoes that only match particular outfits or those which are likely to be uncomfortable, as your feet expand in the heat. Take 1 pair of sexy high-heels, to instantly change the look of your outfits; a pair of comfortable flats and some strappy summer sandals.

Summer dresses

A lightweight print sundress and a evening skirt or special dress. This can be cotton for a day dress and chiffon, silk, or some other elegant fabric, for eveningwear. Choose another little black dress, a stylish print, or a fashionable and elegant maxi.

Beachwear

Choose two swimsuits a one-piece or bikini and a kraftan type cover-up. Whether you prefer and don’t forget sunglasses and a sunhat to protect your head from the heat. Your beach cover-up can be the versatile sarong, or a cool kaftan, which is right on-trend at the moment. A kaftan has more possibilities in terms of where you can wear it, as it can also double as a tunic top or as a dress.

Hand luggage

Make sure all your essential travel documents are in your hand luggage, and put them right at the top. You need your passport, tickets debit card, and extra money. Weigh it before! Most airlines allow one piece of luggage to be checked in, up to a maximum of 20kg for international travel.

Sunglasses

Don’t forget the sunglasses. Sunglasses trends for the summer 2012 are coming in many different styles, vibrant plastics and a variety of shapes to match your mood. Whether you are looking for, a casual dynamic style, a Hollywood icon look or a timeless geek chic there plenty styles to choose from

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The latest editorial called ‘’Boom Boom Pow’’ for Flare Magazine for its May 2012 issue, it was shot by Max Abadian, styled by Carlene Higgins, makeup by Simone Otis and hairstyles are created by Justin German.

The editorial is featuring the Canadian top models Christiane and Shiya Zhao showcasing neon biker gear and sports accessories in vibrant and energetic colors.

Justin German is a hairstylist from Toronto and he is known for his passion for beautiful hair. His work has been featured on the covers of multiple Canadian fashion magazines including Flare, FASHION, Chatelaine and Glow, such as in television shows such as Canadian Idol and Canada’s Next Top Model.

Born in Iran and raised in Germany, Max Abadian studied at Dawson’s Institute of Photography. A prestigious fashion and advertising photographer, he raises interest on an international scale. Max has an irresistible way of creating a captivating atmosphere. He seduces the eye with the unequivocal beauty of his work.

Flare is a Canadian fashion magazine. It is owned by Rogers Communications. Flare magazine was created in 1979 and was the brainchild of Donna Scott, who was assigned by Maclean-Hunter management to two of its magazines, Teen Generation and Miss Chatelaine.

Flare promotes itself as “Canada’s Fashion magazine”. While cover stories often feature American or international stars, Flare otherwise focuses largely on Canadian content and its role in international art, fashion, and media.

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House of Laurel introduced its SS 2012 collection and showcasing a dynamic ‘’Athletenique’’ sportswear lookbook. The lookbook was modeled by Petra Dvorakova and captured by photographer BJ Pascua.

House of Laurel’s focus for its summer 2012 collection is on vibrant and energetic colors with functional designs which make it an extremely wearable line.

House of Laurel was founded by Rajo” Teves Laurel who is a fashion designer in Manila, Philippines. He began his professional career in 1993, holding his first international exhibition the following year.

In 2000 Rajo Laurel founded House of Laurel with his sister. A winner of a number of national and international awards over the course of his career, Laurel is best known as a television personality as a judge on Project Runway Philippines.

With Athletenique, House of Laurel introduces a sportswear -oriented line in jersey, suede, mesh, and funky  prints. Athletenique is the philosophy of the brands, “Fitness is fashion’’ which is lifestyle transformed into fashion.

The name Athletenique is a combination of the words “athletic” and “ethnic,” a fusion of the abstract aspects of ethnic prints and the spirit of sportswear .

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The upscale designer brand, Moncler Gamme Rouge collection and Giambattista Valli have  presented their latest trends for 2012-13 at Paris Fashion Week.

Life is Sweet. Moncler Gamma Rouge recreated a sophisticated Grand Hotel and winter scenery to the runway, where a few models relaxed on a sun deck, others walking in the snow. The collection is showcasing a series of digitally patterned white coats with a mountain cape print that looked stunning.

Plaid patterns, also painted and applied to the sheer material, had a modern art feeling without making the clothes light and wearable. Also there was the simple coat with a fur collar, which impressed with an optical effect, of a illusions in organza sliding across the body.

By the 1980′s Monclers Jackets and clothing were no longer just marketed at the winter sports sector and became more a fashion item aswell as people liked the stylish designs and the practicality of their make up.

This new sector push led the Italian fashion designer Remo Ruffini to buy the brand in 2003. Since the brand became Italian owned its fashion output has increased heavily and it now produces a range of womens Moncler jackets.

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Ann Demeulemeester has presented her men’s collection AW 2012 at the Paris Fashion Week.

Ann Demeulemeesteras born 1959, Waregem, Belgium and is a fashion designer whose eponymous label ‘Ann Demeulemeester’ is mainly showcased at the annual Paris Fashion Week.

Ann Demeulemeester’s punk-rock androgynies style get a little more Celtic next season, T-shirt dresses which were needled gauzy wool and cotton together. Long knit sweaters were also present throughout the whole show. The knit has also Celtic origins, and was made popular by the Aran jumper (sweater), also referred to as a fishermen sweater. The jumper takes it name from the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland, where the local fisherman would wear the thick jumpers to keep warm, and the cable design was thought to bring good fortune.

Ann Demeulemeesteris a vanguard fashion designer, who’s sometimes punk or sometimes romantic, this anti-conformist designer expresses her style in her own way. Her biker leather jacket have become her signature classic style, fitted vests, large pants tucked in boots, dresses worn on top of jeans, mao collar sweaters.

Ann Demeulemeestercollection has made it to all major catwalks. Her 70?s rock style tailoring and leather wear draw inspiration from strong female icons of music such as Patti Smith or Janis Joplin. She is a master of cobweb knitwear or oversize masculine slouch suits. Ann Demeulemeester designs clothes “with attitude”.

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New makeup trends have been featured on the runways of fashion weeks. In order to match makeup to our stylish new spring summer 2012 wardrobe we need to know what’s in and what’s out there.

From the fashion weeks that are held in all major fashion capitals in the world, top fashion designers such as Dior have shown what makeup- trends we should be looking at for the upcoming spring and summer season.

Natural Look

This looks suits all women and all ages so no wonder it is oh so popular. Natural look cannot be topped by anything and still manage to look trendy and fabulous. The main key to this trend is to create a nude looking skin using concealed and makeup, define your cheeks subtly with a small tough of blush, curl your lashes and apply mascara and allow your lips to remain bare or apply a subtle, natural looking lipstick. Optional you can turn your natural make-up into an party make-up by applying darker colours like brown, dark brown, or bronze eye shadow to give a little smoky glam touch.

Mascara

To master the trend, you need is an eyelash curler and mascara.  The make-up trend for 2012  is all about the lashes, but the secret is to keep them natural; let the eyeliner or eye shadow go on a much-deserved break.

Eyelashes

No trendy look would be complete without the complimentary accessory of eyelash extensions. The prominence of false eyelashes has been all over 2012 runways and they have become a must have fashion accessory.

Eyeliner

Eyeliners are the hottest trends and are full on drama for next season. Expect to see extreme winged liner, bold lines underneath, smudged eyes, and an array of colors used such as turquoise, violet, two color combo, red liner or even eyeliner patches

Eye Shadows

Smokey eye make-up was brilliant in the fashion launching shows. In which, browns, greys and blacks are used commonly to give a sexy and attractive look to the eyes.  Some of the new makeup trends for 2012 are pastels colors are in trend, bright eyes or lilac, pear green, baby blues, and light yellows eye shadow. Smokey eyes will be still a part of the trends 2012.

Lips

Red lipstick, no doubt is one of the hot comeback. Alongside with the shiny pink lip glosses, classic red lipstick was observed on the runways of spring and summer 2012. You can’t miss with red and violet, no matter the intensity of ideas. Lipstick can be combined (like red and pink) and applied with the finger tips.

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Ma Dame By Jean Paul Gaultier, is a fragrance for young androgyny women. Jean Paul Gaultier fragrances are often known for their iconic perfume bottles in the shape of a torso. The fragrance Ma Dame, is for the energetic, modern, young women and is featured by British top model, Agynes Deyn.

Agyness Deyn is an English fashion model, actress and singer and she has been named as “the fashion industry’s next great supermodel”. She was spotted while shopping with fashion designer Henry Holland in Kentish Town, London. She then signed with SELECT model management. Currently she is signed with Models 1 in the UK.

Pop-culture has always been an important influence for Gaultier, he was designing costumes for Madonna and Kylie Minogue. Gaultier also has designed costumes for films (The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover starring Helen Mirren, for example), and ballets. In the ’90s he hosted the British series Eurotrash and the MTV Europe Music Awards. He even recorded a house single called “Aow Tou Dou Zat (How to Do That).”

Jean Paul Gaultier first fragrance, Classique, was introduced in 1993, followed by Le Mâle for men two years later. Both were very successful commercially, and led to subsequent scents including the floral women’s perfume Fragile, the unisex “fragrance for humanity” Gaultier², and the fresh but masculine Fleur du Male.

Ma Dame is very energetic smell-like, bold, beautiful, and independent. The listed notes are orange zest, sparkling rose, musk, and cedar wood is creating  a cool fragrance.

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Nudie Jeans specialises in raw denim and prewashed jeans in a wide range of styles and cuts. Each pair of Nudie jeans are constructed to the highest possible standards from expensive, high quality Japanese denim. The line also offers  t-shirts, shirts, denim jackets and accessories.

The Swedish brand was founded in 2001 by Maria Erixon, who is based in Gothenburg. Maris Erixsson already had a rich career experience within the denim industry having previously worked for Lee Jeans and fellow Swedish denim company JC. She used this knowledge and expertise to create and form her own jeans fashion label.

Nudie uses raw products. Denim was traditionally coloured blue with indigo dye to make blue “jeans,” though “jean” then denoted a different, lighter cotton textile; the contemporary use of jean comes from the French word for Genoa, Italy (Gênes), where the first denim trousers were made. They were then sold through the Italian port of Genoa and then made into all-purpose sailor pants for the Genoese Navy.

This process involves dying their jeans to the appropriate colour but instead of treating them after to preserve the colour and fit of the jeans, they leave them untreated thus the jeans are a raw product. When the consumer washes the jeans at home they will change colour and have a certain amount of shrinkage in size making each pair unique to the buyer.

Each pair of Nudie jeans are constructed to the highest possible standards from expensive, high quality Japanese denim.

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Get ready for a cold winter. Duvetica presents its latest outerwear collection for autumn winter 2011-2012. Duvetica‘s colourful, quilted, down jackets and vests are not only designed to keep you warm they also characterized by their original designs and colour mixing.

Duvetica is an Italian down jacket brand founded by Giampiero Vagliano and Stefano Rovoletto, who both have a history at Moncler, where Vagliano was President and Rovoletto held the position as Brand Manager.  Duvetica was founded in 2005 for the Japanese market.

They are currently one of the largest down jacket brands in Japan with an incredible success. The brand is now becoming increasingly popular in the European markets. Its attention to detail, construction, style and ability to evolve the down jacket could potentially make this label a huge player.

The designer duo also acts as a colour forecasting consultants in the yarn industry. In other words, they are also the once who decide which colours will dominate two years ahead in time. The colours black (999 Nero) and Duvetica red (405 Rosso Granato) can always be found in the collection, while all other colours are changed each season.

For FW 2011-12 there are 23 different colours available in the basic styles. Next season there will be all new colours. They operate this way so that there is a constant progression through new colours, small seasonal changes to all models, and a massively large collection with over 600 style/colour options for women’s and 500 for men’s.

The campaign FW 2011-12 was photographed by Alessandro Bencini models including Ash Stymest, Julian Hennig, Bo Develius, Adrien Brunier, Juan Manuel Arancibia and Lucien Thomkins.

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Thom Browne has set new interesting rules for Moncler’s traditional quilted jacket. Moncler  known for its outdoor-wear, creative director Thom Browne puts his recent  Moncler Gamme Bleu SS 2012 show, in a real fencing club.

The result was a runway with models marching down to the tune of Stars Wars’ “Imperial March”, the collection is clean and beautifully tailored with great details featured on nice athletic jackets and bombers, t-shirts, shorts, leather motorcycle gear and navy-inspired costumes.

Thom Browne is an American fashion designer. He is the founder and head of design for Thom Browne, a New York City-based menswear brand. Browne was named the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Menswear Designer of the Year in March 2006 and named the GQ Designer of the Year in November 2008.

In 2008, Browne teamed up with the French sportswear company and down apparel specialist Moncler to design their men’s top line Moncler Gamme Bleu. The men’s collection was launched for winter 2009 after the women’s collection Moncler Gamme Rouge – designed by Alessandra Facchinetti from 2006 to 2008 and thereafter by Giambattista Valli had proven very successful. Browne’s first collection for Moncler was presented in January 2009 and has since been shown at Milan Fashion week. As with his signature collection that has been presented in a circus setting, an antiquated open plan office or on a tennis court inspired runway, Browne showed his Moncler collections on an artificial ski slope (winter 2009), at the Milanese public indoor swimming pool Piscina Cozzi (summer 2010 and at a military-style barrack (winter 2010).

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