Showing posts with label fashion designing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fashion designing. Show all posts

Monday, February 22, 2010

Spring 2010 Fashion Trends

Hot pants and boy shorts
If ever there was a time to hit the gym, it's this Spring. Hemlines have crept up to shorter than short; in fact reaching the negative. Hot pants, boy shorts, and tap pants are all variations on this shorter-than-short style, which in many cases reveal more than just one's legs.


High dress splits
How to pull off the ultimate in sexy without reaching for the micro-mini? Add a long dress with a high split to your Spring wardrobe. From Versace's knock-out gowns to Lanvin's elegantly draping numbers, we look at numerous ways to rock a high dress split


See through and sheer fabrics trend
In Spring and Summer fashion tends to get a little more revealing; we blame it on the heat, and one's desire to show off. 2009/2010's sheer pieces are a mixture of the soft and feminine, to the opposite extremes of the hardcore sex-kitten


Friday, January 15, 2010

Indian Fashion trends

Ancient Indian fashion garments generally used no stitching although Indians knew about sewing. Most clothes were ready to wear as soon as they left the loom. The traditional Indian Dhoti, the Scarf or Uttariya, and the popular Turban are still visible India and continue to be part of Indian fashion. Likewise, for women, the Dhoti or the Sari as the lower garments, combined with a Stanapatta forms the basic ensemble, and once again consists of garments that do not have to be stitched, the stanapatta being simply fastened in a knot at the back. And the Dhoti or the Sari worn covering both legs at the same time or, in the alternative, with one end of it passed between the legs and tucked at the back in the fashion that is still prevalent in large area of India. Indian men and women for these garments in the usually hot Indian climate. - dhoti when he speaks of 'turbans used for trousers', and a kaupina when he is speaking of 'a rag of two fingers' breadth bound over the loins.

Another popular attire of women in Indian clothing is the Indian salwar-kameez. This popular Indian dress evolved as a comfortable and respectable garment for women in Kashmir and Punjab region, but is now immensely popular in all regions of India. Salwars are pyjama-like trousers drawn tightly in at the waist and the ankles. Over the salwars, women wear a long and loose tunic known as a kameez. One might occasionally come across women wearing a churidar instead of a salwar. A churidar is similar to the salwar but is tighter fitting at the hips, thighs and ankles. Over this, one might wear a collarless or mandarin-collar tunic called a kurta.

Though the majority of Indian women wear traditional Indian dresses, the men in India can be found in more conventional western clothing like shirts and trousers.

However, men in Indian villages are still more comfortable in traditional attire like kurtas, lungis, dhotis and pyjamas. Indian dresses & styles are marked by many variations, both religious and regional and one is likely to witness a plethora of colors, textures and styles in garments worn by the Indians.



Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Mother of the Groom Dress

Choosing which Mother of the Groom dress can be more agonizing than many people think and most will never know the amount of thought and energy that has gone into making just the right Mother Groom dresses choice.

Unfortunately, the amount of agonizing one does over something does not usually equal the success one enjoys over the outcome, so please do yourself a favour and try not to stress over the decision of which Mother of the Groom dress you should choose.

Here Are 4 Top Tips To Make Your Selection Easier:

1. Take a look at what is available

2. Make a mental note of 2 or 3 that are your favorites

3. Sit back and don't give it another thought for a few days

4. Make your purchase

Many women find this method takes the stress out of shopping for their Mother of the Groom dresses. In fact this is a great method you can use when shopping for anything.

Most often what you will find is that after a few days you know for sure which dress you want and you can just go into the shop and make your purchase. However, more often than not you will find that one of the dresses that you favorited in your mental note will keep coming to mind. You may even begin to wonder if it will still be available in your size and choice of color by the time you get back to the store.

As your concern over whether this particular Mother of the Groom dress will still be available grows, it becomes clear that your choice has been made. In fact sometimes just the thought of leaving the store without the dress can help to make up ones mind.

It is amazing how the thought of losing something can suddenly alert us to how much we actually wanted it in the first place.

There is another advantage to this kind of shopping too, and that is that you begin to trust your initial choice more and more. You see you already know which dress you want, but then your analytical mind starts doubting and questioning whether you have made the right choice and suddenly you become unsure.

Try asking your daughter to make the final choice for you if necessary, but hopefully this will only serve to strengthen your certainty of the dress you actually want, because having someone else make the choice for you usually makes you realise that what they chose definitely was or definitely was not the one you liked after all!

Trust your instinct. You will look great