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Hong Kong aims to be Asia's fashion center, but the Chinese territory has seen a big drop in clothing exports as the global economic crisis drags on. Now, the government is stepping in to stimulate the local fashion industry.

Models wear fashions designed and made in Hong Kong
Models wear fashions designed and made in Hong Kong
Hong Kong's Fashion Week features the usual parade of models on catwalks showing the latest designs, many of which end up in stores worldwide a year later. But as the global economic crisis lingers, exports of Hong Kong fashions are down more than 75 percent for January through April, from a year ago.

Felix Chung is chairman of the Hong Kong Apparel Society. He says that in the past, Hong Kong was a manufacturing center, but factories moved north to mainland China where costs are lower.

"All the manufacturers are changing their business model, from traditional manufacturing to design and manufacturing," said Chung. "They decided Hong Kong is the only city that has the ability to be the Asia Fashion capital."

Hong Kong's twice-a-year fashion weeks are mostly trade shows - bringing buyers and sellers together. In cities such as Paris and New York, fashion weeks are crammed with runway shows - where high-priced designers show off their work to celebrities and fashion journalists as well as to buyers.

Hong Kong mixes runways shows with trade shows

Chung says Hong Kong needs more runways shows to put the focus on designers.

But runway shows, with their models, music and lights, cost thousands of dollars. Designers sometimes seek sponsors to offset the price.

Hair, makeup, shoe and accessory companies sponsored some designers at Hong Kong's recent spring/summer 2010 event. On the catwalks, designers showed slim-cut pants and bold-shouldered jackets and tops mostly in red, blue, purple, gold, white or black. Some garments had elements of traditional Asian clothing, while others were more like fanciful costumes.

Some designers at the Hong Kong Fashion Week say they are cutting their clothes more for Asian customers, who tend to be shorter and slimmer than Westerners.

Grace Lam, senior fashion style editor of Vogue magazine in China, says domestic demand for locally designed garments is slowly rebounding. And she says designs from China and Hong Kong are starting to get known around the world.

"It has got its own statement with its own history, obviously a very long history, but I think street-wise they're still influenced by Europeans or by Americans' labels," said Lam. "And they like to wear the labels a lot."

Government put $1.3 million to promote fashion business

Even so, the global economic slowdown has undermined sales of Hong Kong and Chinese fashions.

To reinvigorate the fashion industry, the Hong Kong government says it will spend $1.3 million on promoting city's creativity.

This includes putting on a reality TV show centered on a design competition, similar to the popular U.S. show, Project Runway.

Hong Kong's newest crop of designers is at the forefront as fashion becomes more driven by entertainment.

Hong Kong's Fashion Week is more of a trade show, but some want it to add more runway shows
Hong Kong's Fashion Week is more of a trade show, but some want it to add more runway shows
Among them is Max Lam, who studies at the Hong Kong Design Institute. He won the Creativity Award at a recent student fashion show. He also published a glossy magazine, featuring his makeup, styling and design work.

During the recent student show, Mr. Lam strutted the catwalk with his model, taking bows and reveling in the limelight.

His model was painted black and wore a tiny black bikini top, a red wire skirt and platform shoes. Black banners embroidered in red silk draped over each of her arms. Mr. Lam says he styled his model's hair and makeup like a character in a Chinese opera.

"Because my design, this has come from China. You can see it is China style," he said. "The Chinese cage is a bird cage. My theme is constraint."

Even though Hong Kong's fashion industry is in a slump, Felix Chung, the Apparel Society chairman, says all of the city's graduating fashion students this year are finding jobs because of the new emphasis on design.

Beautiful Supermodel Diana Villas Boas

2009-07-15T02:09:00.000-07:00

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Different Types of Fashion Modeling

2009-07-15T02:07:00.000-07:00

These days, modeling has paved the way for large job prospects to teenagers. Various beauty and garment industries hire models to promote their products. Through these models they show the world how their products look like on somebody. A model should have a well maintained and attractive appearance so as to have that look to go with the products. You need to be very photogenic while working in front of camera. While working as a model you will have lots of job prospect under various sections of modeling. Modeling can be of various types and you may opt for the one which you feel comfortable with.

Editorial modeling is on high demand these days. Large number of fashion magazines need to fill up their pages with models wearing latest garments. Although such glamour models won’t fetch you much but that can boost up your popularity to much extent. You may become a popular face of the world through these magazines.

Runway modeling: As a tradition, various fashion designers show their latest collection to the buyers by organizing fashion weeks. Just as Lakme fashion week or Ponds fasion week in which famous dress designers present their collection to the consumers so as to boost up their sell in the market. Designers hire fresh and talented fashion models and send them to walk on runway wearing their latest collection. People watch the beauty and elegance of these garments and jewelries through these models. Such modeling fetches a very high payout to the models.

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Tips on Choosing Your Own Plus Size Lingerie

2009-07-11T01:58:00.000-07:00

Lingerie is designed to be worn by every type of woman. It does not matter what height, weight, skin tone, hair color, or size you have. Different types of lingerie have been designed to suit whatever number or color you represent. In fact, several special lines of lingerie have opened in the past to cater to specific types of women who may not be satisfied by the typical lingerie sold in the market.

One example of such special lines of lingerie is the plus size lingerie. Plus size lingerie is a type of lingerie which accommodate women who may not find their sizes in the typical sections of lingerie. Some women may feel embarrassed to be seen buying plus size models lingerie. This may hinder them from getting lingerie which they've always wanted. However, this should not be the case.

Plus size lingerie exists to make you feel more comfortable and confident about your body. Several of their designs in different lingerie boutiques work by accentuating good parts of your body. They are even more creative in understating other areas of your body which you don't want to be easily noticed.

When shopping for your own plus size lingerie, make sure to wear an outfit which you usually wear. This is so you can see better how well the lingerie blends with your figure. Since you're already used to your typical attire, any changes like flattering effects or masking effects of the plus size lingerie is easily visible.

Shop not just for comfort, but also for durability. In general, it's best to go for plus size fashion lingerie with cotton, spandex or lycra as materials. This is for the reason that they last longer than other types of material. More on, remember to take note if the material is breathable or not. Breathable materials help absorb moisture better.

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Roger Avary, movie man and embodiment of creativity

2009-06-27T02:14:00.000-07:00

Roger Avary. The inspired and inspiring embodiment of creativity... Some people say that he was even more attractive shaved, as it was at the 2007 Scream Awards. When Avary was arrested, he wasn't shaved either...

By far, Roger Avary (d'Avary in the past) is not a professional model. He is a director, writer producer, even an actor and cinematographer of a great many of films, from The Worm Turns (1983) through Killing Zoe (1994), Mr. Stitch (1996), The Rules of Attraction (2002) to Driver (2008) and Return to Castle Wolfenstein (In Production).

But he is the inspiring model symbolizing the sharm of multi-talent and deep creativity.

Early in his career, Avary made a number of contributions to some of Quentin Tarantino's movies, starting from working as a crew member on Tarantino's unfinished first film, My Best Friend's Birthday. Most notably, Avary contributed material which, combined with Tarantino's, formed the basis of Pulp Fiction (1994) for which he and Tarantino won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Avary also wrote and directed the neo-noir cult thriller Killing Zoe (1994) which Tarantino executive produced.

Avary briefly moved into work for television and made two pilots, neither of which was picked up.

In 2002 Avary returned to cinema as a director with his adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel The Rules of Attraction, which he also executive produced. As of 2008, ranked as one of the top twenty-sixth highest grossing college comedy of all time. [3] The Rules of Attraction was the first studio movie to prove reliable use of Apple's Final Cut Pro editing system for editing motion picture film.[4] Roger Avary became a spokesperson for Apple's Final Cut Pro product, appearing in Apple print and web ads worldwide. His film from within the film, Glitterati (2004), used elements of Victor's European trip and was shot on digital video. In 2005, he purchased the rights to another Bret Easton Ellis novel Glamorama, and is currently developing it for himself to direct.

On January 13 (what a date!), 2008, Avary was arrested under suspicion of manslaughter and drunk driving, following a car crash in California where a passenger, Andreas Zini, was killed. The Ventura County Sheriff's department responded to the single-vehicle crash after midnight, Sunday morning on the 19-hundred block of East Ojai Avenue. Sheriff's deputies allege Avary's wife was ejected from the car, but is reportedly in stable condition. Avary was released from jail on $50,000 bail.

Millions of people feel really, really badly for him and about this whole situation and do feel the sympathy for a person whose life changed forever in a car accident.

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Danish Model - Barbara Zatler (Photos)

2009-06-20T06:46:00.000-07:00

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Upcoming Model - Anahi Gonzales (Pics)

2009-06-11T06:12:00.000-07:00

Born in Peru, Gonzales was first discovered by a talent agent in Mexico. A few test shoots and auditions later, and Gonzales was on her way to become the new face of Peru with her lightly-toasted skin and eyes that stab a dagger in your heart.

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Photos [HQ] : In Focus: Sean Penn

2009-05-28T05:04:00.000-07:00

From left, Kate Winslet, Sean Penn and Penelope Cruz pose with awards at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 22, 2009.

Brooke Burke - A Dancing with the Stars Girl

2009-04-28T05:04:00.000-07:00

Brooke Lisa Burke (born September 8, 1971) is an American television personality, model, and occasional dancer known for hosting Wild On! (1999–2002) and Rock Star (2005–2006) and for winning the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars.

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Kat Dennings - Hot & Cute Actress

2009-04-27T00:11:00.000-07:00

Katherine V Litwack (born June 13, 1986), better known by the stage name Kat Dennings, is an American actress. Emerging with a role in an episode of the television series Sex and the City, she has been in the films Big Momma's House 2 (2006), Charlie Bartlett, The House Bunny and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008).

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Gisele Caroline Bündchen

2009-04-15T23:13:00.000-07:00

Gisele Caroline Bündchen (born July 20, 1980) is a Brazilian model and occasional actress. According to Forbes, she is the highest-paid model in the world and also the sixteenth richest woman in the entertainment world, having earned $33 million in 2006 and $35 million in 2007 alone, adding to her estimated $150 million fortune.

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Kate Winslet - Most Beautiful Actress

2009-04-15T05:00:00.000-07:00

Kate Elizabeth Winslet is an English actress and occasional singer. She is noted for having played diverse characters over her career, but probably best-known for her critically acclaimed performances as Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility, Rose DeWitt Bukater in Titanic, Clementine Kruczynski in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sarah Pierce in Little Children, April Wheeler in Revolutionary Road, and Hanna Schmitz in The Reader.

Isabel Lucas - Top Australian Actress

2009-04-14T03:10:00.001-07:00

Isabel Lucas (born 29 January 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian actress of Swiss descent, perhaps best known for her role as Tasha Andrews on Australian television soap opera Home and Away (2003-2006) and for her active role in various environmental awareness organisations including Greenpeace International.

Scarlett Johansson

2009-03-25T02:29:00.000-07:00

Scarlett Johansson mixes undeniable acting talent with wit and wisdom beyond her years to create a truly atypical appeal. We especially admire her well-deserved self-confidence and the wide range of challenging roles, which, as a result, she has successfully taken on.

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Why we Like her?
A thoroughly urban young woman, Scarlett Johansson knew she wanted to be an actress at age 3, and she made that wish a reality only five years later. After an off-Broadway debut and several film roles, Scarlett went on to win a Hollywood Reporter YoungStar Award for her work in The Horse Whisperer.

More recently, the ever-confident and uniquely gifted Scarlett has been named Breakthrough Actress at the 2003 Hollywood Film Festival's Hollywood Awards and Best Actress in a Leading Role (Lost in Translation) at the 2004 BAFTA Awards. She was also nominated for two Best Actress Golden Globes for Lost in Translation and Girl with a Pearl Earring.

Why she is Famous?
After her role in Robert Redford's The Horse Whisperer (1998), the teenaged Scarlett landed one plum part after another in movies like Ghost World (2000), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), Lost in Translation (2003), Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), and The Perfect Score (2004).

Although she's been acting for over a decade, it wasn't until 2003 that Scarlett Johansson burst onto the scene with a star-making performance in Lost in Translation. Scarlett has spent the last several years appearing in a wide variety of films, including a historical drama, 2003?s Girl with a Pearl Earring, a science-fiction thriller, 2005?s The Island, and even a feature-length cartoon, lending her voice to 2004?s The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie. Scarlett?s reputation for hooking up with some of the hottest men in Hollywood -- young (Josh Hartnett) and old (Benicio Del Toro) -- precedes her, and she's made it clear on several occasions that she doesn?t entirely believe in the concept of monogamy.

Biography
Born in New York City on November 22nd, 1984, Scarlett Johansson is the youngest of four siblings -- she has an older brother and sister, as well as a twin brother. As might be expected of an acting prodigy, Scarlett had an unusually early interest in performing: she wanted to be an actress since age 3, and was acting professionally when she was only 8 years old. After taking classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute for Young People, Scarlett made her stage debut in the early 1990s in the off-Broadway production of Sophistry, alongside Ethan Hawke.

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Alessandra Ambrosio - Brazilian Model

2009-03-23T22:25:00.000-07:00

Since being discovered following the Elite modeling agency's 1996 "Look of the Year" competition, this spicy Brazilian bombshell has been consistently gracing the Victoria?s Secret Fashion Show. Her most memorable walk down the Victoria's Secret runway was in 2005, when she sported a bra and panties made entirely out of candy. Her exotic look has also been featured in high-profile campaigns for Guess? and Revlon

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Why we Like her?
Alessandra is as sexy as her name, and not featuring her would be considered a crime to her home country. Now we have two reasons to visit Brazil, including the Carnaval in Rio.

Alessandra made quite a splash in 2006, skyrocketing from her previous No. 36 spot on the list to an impressive No. 6. The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show and posing for magazine covers weren't Alessandra's only major accomplishments during the past year. She also dabbled briefly in the world of acting, making her movie debut with a seductive cameo appearance in Casino Royale.

Why she is Famous?
Alessandra was in dozens of fashion campaigns, like the latest one for Guess? She also recently appeared in the Cannes Victoria's Secret webcast.

Along with a guaranteed spot donning lingerie in the next Victoria?s Secret Fashion Show, Alessandra Ambrosio will continue to grace the covers of some of the industry's best-known fashion magazines; to the relief of publishers and men all over the world.

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Adriana Lima - Top Upcoming Model

2009-03-22T23:48:00.000-07:00

"Modeling is a tough job, your co-workers are your rivals, it really puts a damper on your perspective of other girls."
-Adriana Lima

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Date of Birth: June 12, 1981
Birthplace: Salvador da Bahia, Brazil

What makes her so Famous?
Not only is Adriana Lima considered one of Victoria's Secret's "Perfect 10" models, but as a spokesperson for Armani Jeans, we're not sure whether we'd rather see her in lingerie or jeans... tough call, ain't it?

Why we adore her..., as we do?
As a spokeswoman for Victoria's Secret, Guess?, Armani, and XOXO, she has become one of the most in-demand runway models in the world. When she's not making men worldwide drool, she's helping Brazilian orphans in her native land and dabbling in acting.

Biography
Adriana Francesca Lima was born on June 12, 1981, in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. The blue/gray-eyed Brazilian beauty can attribute her exotic good looks to her French, Portuguese, Native-American, and Caribbean heritage.

Her climb from obscurity to glam girl occurred after placing second in the Ford Supermodel of the World Contest at the age of 13. Three years later, she headed to one of the fashion centers of the world, New York, and signed with Elite Model Management. Once there, her modeling portfolio began to expand exponentially, after appearing in Vogue (Italy) in 1997, as well as Vogue (UK), I-D (UK), Marie Claire (Brazil), and Vogue (Italy) in 1998. Adriana also appeared in Vogue (U.S., Germany, UK) and Marie Claire (Italy) in 1999.

As for fashion shows, the Vogue girl has walked down the runway for the following designers: Cynthia Rowley, Vera Wang, Christian Lacroix, Emanuel Ungaro, Betsey Johnson, Girls Rule, Richard Tyler, Giorgio Armani, Fendi, Randolph Duke, Ralph Lauren, and Valentino, just to name a few.

But one of Adriana's most notable catwalk appearances was in the Victoria's Secret summer 2000 swimwear catalog (shot in Cannes), where the Brazilian beauty shared the spotlight with a bevy of supermodels such as Heidi Klum and Laetitia Casta.

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Cheryl Tweedy - Top Singer

2009-03-16T06:20:00.000-07:00

“I wasn’t a bad kid, but I wasn’t the best at sticking to rules. I was a bit of a joker and more into just seeing my friends at school and talking. Then at night I wasn’t the best behaved, I would sneak out my window & stay out late.”

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Date of Birth: June 30, 1983
Birthplace: Newcastle upon Tyne, England

What makes her so famous?
Cheryl Tweedy is the breakout star from Girls Aloud, Britain’s hottest female group since the Spice Girls. "We would love to have the same success as the Spice Girls, they really made it,” she says. “They paved the way for girl groups and we’d love to think this is our time now."

Why we adore her..., as we do?
Cheryl Tweedy is proof that dreams can come true. The Newcastle, England, native went from serving fish and chips to climbing the top of the charts in 2002 when she earned a spot on ITV1’s Popstars: The Rivals. Despite her scintillating skill set, Cheryl wasn’t sure if she would make the show’s final cut at the time. “In the final, I didn’t know who would get picked,” she admits. “When I did my song on the final show the judges said I did a good performance, so I knew I couldn’t have done much better.”

Biography
Cheryl Ann Tweedy has spent nearly her entire life in the limelight. Born June 30, 1983, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, Cheryl began her modeling career at the tender age of 6 when she won the prestigious World Star of Future Modeling competition. And she didn’t stop there. In the years that followed, she was named “Best Looking Girl of Newcastle,” “Most Attractive Girl” at the Metro Square, and she starred in a string of popular commercials seen throughout the British Isles.

“Chezza,” as she’s known in the media, won another competition of sorts, at the age of 16, when she beat out thousands of other young women to earn a place at the Royal Ballet Summer School in London. Despite her success as a dancer, Cheryl’s true love was singing and she longed for the opportunity to show off her dazzling vocal prowess.

Luckily, she was given a chance to do just that in 2002, when ITV1 held an open audition for their new reality show, Popstars: The Rivals. “I was working as a waitress at the time,” Cheryl recalls. “I saw Popstars would be about two new bands, so I just thought I’d give an audition a go.”

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