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Hair Extensions - The Fast Way To Grow Your Hair Out
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Yahoo! News: Fashion News
Fashion News
Madonna launches new junior fashion line
(Reuters)
30 Jul 2010 at 7:30pm
Reuters - The Material Girl is launching a new clothing line for juniors that will hit stores in the U.S. next week, just in time for back-to-school shopping.
Timberlake's William Rast to launch at Target
(AP)
29 Jul 2010 at 5:08pm
AP - William Rast, the fashion line by Justin Timberlake and his childhood friend Trace Ayala, has a new partner: Target.
One For Me, One For You: A New Approach to Holiday Giving at Gap
(Fashio...
29 Jul 2010 at 2:12pm
Fashion Wire Daily - In a technology-obsessed world, where new gadgets top everyone's holiday gift wish-lists, it's up to clothing retailers to come up with new ways to entice customers to give wearable items as gifts. Gone are the days when a new pair of socks or pajamas can hold their own against a video game console or smartphone, which is something that Gap's creative director Patrick Robinson had in mind when he designed the Holiday 2010 collection.
Those Ardent School Days: Steven Meisel for Balenciaga
(ARTINFO)
28 Jul 2010 at 2:22pm
ARTINFO - Steven Meisel, one of the premier fashion photographers working today, has teamed up with fashion house Balenciaga (the founder of which, Cristóbal Balenciaga, was once dubbed "the master of us all" by Christian Dior, no sartorial slouch himself) to present the label?s Fall/Winter 2010/11 campaign. Featuring some of the top models of the moment (such as Stella Tennant), Meisel?s series of images is composed of close-up portraits of the models alongside wider shots of the women standing in small groups.
All are photographed against a lurid, fiery backdrop that looks one-part Southwestern sunset, one-part blazing wildfire.
Dolce & Gabbana dress Chelsea players in soccer push
(Reuters)
27 Jul 2010 at 7:02pm
Reuters - Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have entered a 3-year deal with English soccer club Chelsea to dress their players, muscling their way in the fashion-hungry soccer market.
Milan Fashion Week back to full seven days: organisers
(AFP)
27 Jul 2010 at 3:58pm
AFP - Milan Fashion Week will be true to its name, covering a full seven days in September instead of a frantic long weekend as it did in February after an agreement with top designers, organisers said Tuesday.
Christina Applegate Leads the Happy Pack at the "Cats & Dogs" Premiere
(...
26 Jul 2010 at 4:36pm
Fashion Wire Daily - Brilliant summer sun dappled the pack of humans, canines and felines that filled the red-carpet premiere of "Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore" at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday, July 25. But the brightest glow of the day came from Christina Applegate's big smile.
Tinsley Mortimer Does Hair Metal Chic for Samantha Thavasa
(Fashion Wire...
22 Jul 2010 at 1:03pm
Fashion Wire Daily - Tinsley Mortimer launched her latest collection for Japanese handbag company Samantha Thavasa on Tuesday, July 20, at the store's New York boutique on Madison Avenue to a crowd that delighted in her fall lineup, a girly take on '80s-inspired bags and clutches that would be just as home at a hair metal arena rock show as they would on the set of "Gossip Girl."
Sex workers put on fashion show to fight AIDS
(AFP)
21 Jul 2010 at 7:13pm
AFP - Sex workers sought to raise awareness about discrimination and AIDS with a colourful fashion show on the margins of the world AIDS conference on Wednesday.
The "Salt" Premiere Shakes Up Hollywood
(Fashion Wire Daily)
20 Jul 2010 at 5:45pm
Fashion Wire Daily - Collective sighs of relief echoed down Hollywood Boulevard as Brad Pitt joined his superstar partner Angelina Jolie at the massive premiere of her new action flick "Salt." Jolie looked gorgeous as always in a skimpy black beaded minidress, but Pitt looked positively stunning after months of sporting a mountain man grizzle of facial hair that obscured his handsome visage.
Choppering Away from "The Extra Man" Premiere
(Fashion Wire Daily)
20 Jul 2010 at 4:03pm
Fashion Wire Daily - When you're a big movie star, it's easy to whisk away from your movie premiere: just ask Katie Holmes. The actress is currently working in Toronto on the History Channel miniseries "The Kennedys," in which she will bring Jacqueline Kennedy back to life, but her latest flick was premiering in New York City on Monday, July 19. So what's a girl whose husband Tom Cruise makes $25 million per movie to do? Just hire a helicopter, of course.
George Clooney radiates cool on witness stand
(AP)
16 Jul 2010 at 5:37pm
AP - It's no wonder the Italian businessmen claimed George Clooney was behind their fashion line — the actor knows how to wow an audience whether he's on the red carpet or the witness stand.
Stella McCartney to design British Olympic kit
(AFP)
14 Jul 2010 at 11:02am
AFP - Fashion designer Stella McCartney will oversee the design of the athletes' clothing for the British team at the 2012 London Olympics, it was announced on Wednesday.
China tycoon bids to be Prada's biggest shareholder
(AFP)
12 Jul 2010 at 7:24am
AFP - A Chinese tycoon has been quietly buying up shares in Italian fashion house Prada SpA in a bid to become its largest shareholder, his company confirmed Monday.
Naomi Campbell will testify at war crimes trial
(AP)
11 Jul 2010 at 10:15am
AP - Fashion model Naomi Campbell says she will testify at the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor.
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List of fashion designers
French
Pierre Balmain
Pierre Cardin
Coco Chanel
Andr� Courr�ges
Christian Dior
Jean Paul Gaultier
Nicolas Ghesqui�re
Herm�s
Hubert de Givenchy
Daniel Hechter
Christian Lacroix
Christian Louboutin
Marcel Marongiu
Jean Patou
Sonya Rykiel
Yves Saint-Laurent
Hedi Slimane
Chantal Thomas
Louis Vuitton
Michel Abraham
Italian
Giorgio Armani
Gucci
Franco Moschino
Miuccia Prada
Elsa Schiaparelli
Riccardo Tisci
Donatella Versace
Gianni Versace
Ermenegildo Zegna
Domenico Dolce
Stefano Gabbana
American
Jhane Barnes
Bill Blass
Oscar de la Renta
Tom Ford
Marc Jacobs
Donna Karan
Calvin Klein
Ralph Lauren
Mainbocher
Jay McCarroll
Isaac Mizrahi
The Blue Panther
Todd Oldham
Lilly Pulitzer
Faria Salman
Anna Sui
Vera Wang
Jacqueline Smith
Kate Spade
Japanese
Issey Miyake
Satoshi Matsuzawa
Yohji Yamamoto
Rei Kawakubo
Junya Watanabe
Kenzo
Belgian
Dirk Bikkembergs (1959)
Veronique Branquinho
Ann Demeulemeester (1954)
Martin Margiela
Raf Simons
Olivier Theyskens
Walter Van Beirendonck
Dries Van Noten
Dirk Van Saene
Marina Yee
British
Thomas Burberry
Hussein Chalayan
John Galliano
David Holah
Betty Jackson
Stevie Stuart
Vivienne Westwood
Charles Frederick Worth
Wale Adeyemi
Rhona Nampijja
Christopher Bailey
Alexander McQueen
Giles Deacon
Julian Macdonald
Matthew Williamson
Stella McCartney
Luella Bartley
Indian
Ritu Kumar
Rohit Bal
Ritu Beri
Raghuvender Rathore
Manish Malhotra
Rita Kumar
Prateek Oberoi
Other
Carlota Alfaro
Lisa Ho
Collette Dinnigan
Arkadius
Arne & Carlos
Ash Rana
Crist�bal Balenciaga
Jhane Barnes
Melie Bianco
Hattie Carnegie
Oleg Cassini
Nico Didonna
Domenico Dolce
Gianfranco Ferre
Stefano Gabbana
Anja Gockel
Sighsten Herrg�rd (1943-1989)
Carolina Herrera
Karl Lagerfeld
Helmut Lang
Judith Leiber
Fong Leng
Maha Moda
Rudolph Moshammer
Paco Rabanne
Mary Quant
Faria Salman
Jill Sander
Raf Simmons
Christina Yu
Sergiu Marian Bechian - Romania
Ovidiu-Valentin Stan - Romania
Anshita Asnani - India
Martin Ludvik
See also
List of fashion houses
Comme Des Garcons
Valentino
fashion designers
Haute couture
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Coping with Your Abuser - Part I
How to cope with your abuser?
Sometimes it looks hopeless. Abusers are ruthless, immoral, sadistic, calculated, cunning, persuasive, deceitful - in short, they appear to be invincible. They easily sway the system in their favor.
Here is a list of escalating countermeasures. They represent the distilled experience of thousands of victims of abuse. They may help you cope with abuse and overcome it.
Not included are legal or medical steps. Consult an attorney, an accountant, a therapist, or a psychiatrist, where appropriate.
First, you must decide:
Do you want to stay with him - or terminate the relationship?
1. I want to Stay with Him
FIVE DON'T DO'S - How to Avoid the Wrath of the Narcissist
Never disagree with the narcissist or contradict him;
Never offer him any intimacy;
Look awed by whatever attribute matters to him (for instance: by his professional achievements or by his good looks, or by his success with women and so on);
Never remind him of life out there and if you do, connect it somehow to his sense of grandiosity;
Do not make any comment, which might directly or indirectly impinge on his self-image, omnipotence, judgment, omniscience, skills, capabilities, professional record, or even omnipresence.
The TEN DO'S - How to Make your Narcissist Dependent on You If you INSIST on Staying with Him
Listen attentively to everything the narcissist says and agree with it all. Don't believe a word of it but let it slide as if everything is just fine, business as usual.
Personally offer something absolutely unique to the narcissist which they cannot obtain anywhere else. Also be prepared to line up future sources of primary Narcissistic Supply for your narcissist because you will not be IT for very long, if at all. If you take over the procuring function for the narcissist, they become that much more dependent on you.
Be endlessly patient and go way out of your way to be accommodating, thus keeping the narcissistic supply flowing liberally, and keeping the peace.
Be endlessly giving. This one may not be attractive to you, but it is a take it or leave it proposition.
Be absolutely emotionally and financially independent of the narcissist. Take what you need: the excitement and engulfment and refuse to get upset or hurt when the narcissist does or says something dumb, rude, or insensitive. Yelling back works really well but should be reserved for special occasions when you fear your narcissist may be on the verge of leaving you; the silent treatment is better as an ordinary response, but it must be carried out without any emotional content, more with the air of boredom and "I'll talk to you later, when I am good and ready, and when you are behaving in a more reasonable fashion". Treat your narcissist as you would a child.
If your narcissist is cerebral and not interested in having much sex - then give yourself ample permission to have "hidden" sex with other people. Your cerebral narcissist will not be indifferent to infidelity so discretion and secrecy is of paramount importance.
If your narcissist is somatic and you don't mind, join in on group sex encounters but make sure that you choose properly for your narcissist. If you do mind - leave him. Somatic narcissists are sex addicts and incurably unfaithful.
If you are a "fixer", then focus on fixing situations, preferably before they become "situations". Don't for one moment delude yourself that you can fix the narcissist - it simply will not happen.
If there is any fixing that can be done, it is to help your narcissist become aware of their condition, with no negative implications or accusations in the process at all. It is like living with a physically handicapped person and being able to discuss, calmly, unemotionally, what the limitations and benefits of the handicap are and how the two of you can work with these factors, rather than trying to
change them.
Finally, and most important of all: Know Yourself.
What are you getting from the relationship? Are you actually a masochist? A codependent? Why is this relationship attractive and interesting?
Define for yourself what good and beneficial things you believe you are receiving in this relationship.
Define the things that you find harmful to you. Develop strategies to minimize the harm to yourself. Don't expect that you will cognitively be able to reason with the narcissist to change who they are. You may have some limited success in getting your narcissist to tone down on the really harmful behaviors that affect you - but this can only be accomplished in a very trusting, frank and open relationship.
(1a) Insist on Your Boundaries - Resist Abuse
Refuse to accept abusive behavior. Demand reasonably predictable and rational actions and reactions. Insist on respect for your boundaries, predilections, preferences, and priorities.
Demand a just and proportional treatment. Reject or ignore unjust and capricious behavior.
If you are up to the inevitable confrontation, react in kind. Let him taste some of his own medicine.
Never show your abuser that you are afraid of him. Do not negotiate with bullies. They are insatiable. Do not succumb to blackmail.
If things get rough- disengage, involve law enforcement officers, friends and colleagues, or threaten him (legally).
Do not keep your abuse a secret. Secrecy is the abuser's weapon.
Never give him a second chance. React with your full arsenal to the first transgression.
Be guarded. Don't be too forthcoming in a first or casual meeting. Gather intelligence.
Be yourself. Don't misrepresent your wishes, boundaries, preferences, priorities, and red lines.
Do not behave inconsistently. Do not go back on your word. Be firm and resolute.
Stay away from such quagmires. Scrutinize every offer and suggestion, no matter how innocuous.
Prepare backup plans. Keep others informed of your whereabouts and appraised of your situation.
Be vigilant and doubting. Do not be gullible and suggestible. Better safe than sorry.
Often the abuser's proxies are unaware of their role. Expose him. Inform them. Demonstrate to them how they are being abused, misused, and plain used by the abuser.
Trap your abuser. Treat him as he treats you. Involve others. Bring it into the open. Nothing like sunshine to disinfest abuse.
(1b) Mirror His Behavior
Mirror the narcissist’s actions and repeat his words.
If, for instance, he is having a rage attack – rage back. If he threatens – threaten back and credibly try to use the same language and content. If he leaves the house – leave it as well, disappear on him. If he is suspicious – act suspicious. Be critical, denigrating, humiliating, go down to his level.
(1c) Frighten Him
Identify the vulnerabilities and susceptibilities of the narcissist and strike repeated, escalating blows at them.
If a narcissist has a secret or something he wishes to conceal – use your knowledge of it to threaten him. Drop cryptic hints that there are mysterious witnesses to the events and recently revealed evidence. Do it cleverly, noncommittally, gradually, in an escalating manner.
Let his imagination do the rest. You don't have to do much except utter a vague reference, make an ominous allusion, delineate a possible turn of events.
About the Author
Sam Vaknin is the author of Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited and After the Rain - How the West Lost the East. He is a columnist for Central Europe Review, PopMatters, and eBookWeb , a United Press International (UPI) Senior Business Correspondent, and the editor of mental health and Central East Europe categories in The Open Directory Bellaonline, and Suite101 .
Visit Sam's Web site at http://samvak.tripod.com
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