PARIS CITY FASHION: Oktober 2010

Minggu, 31 Oktober 2010

5 Ways for Men to Dress Slimmer

Larger guys can easily give the impression of being much thinner than they are, simply by wearing certain clothes.

And the Jacamo plus size mens clothing range has plenty of items to choose from that will result in a genuinely slimming effect.

Here are 5 tips to help you choose the right Jacamo plus size mens clothing.

1. Stripes

There is a golden rule with wearing stripes... Horizontal: No. Vertical: Yes.

Vertical stripes will make your silhouette look longer and slimmer.

Horizontal stripes, however, will have the opposite effect and make anyone look larger than they are...

2. Jackets

A single-breasted jacket will make you look far slimmer than a double-breasted one; this is because people’s eyes will automatically focus on the centre point.

Also, try to avoid jackets or blazers that are double-vented as this will draw unnecessary attention to your bottom!

3. Sizes

NEVER try and squeeze into a size that is too small!

Wearing clothing that is overly tight will look terrible and you will feel very self-conscious.

4. Belts

Belts are a very important accessory!

You should always wear one as it will hold your waistline and ensure that your trousers hang correctly!

5. Colours

Wearing contrasting colours will immediately draw attention to the joins between your clothes, i.e. your stomach...

Stick to shades that are more similar to one another.

Bronze Beauty

Designed by Tatiana Andrade (Me). Photographer Ash Gupta captured Kristina in this simple, classy and sexy, open back dress, made of silk with metal sequins and sheer chiffon - one of my favorites.

beeld hal werk

Today we also visited beeld hal werk in amsterdam north. This art has only one thing connecting it to each other part. It occupies its place and uses its material in the spatial. It is dutch sculpture.

Frida Gustavsson Off Duty (IMG, NY) exiting Chanel

bag -- Michael Kors

our favorite shop/SKY

SKY shop owner and designer SheRebel Lilian Konings

today we visited SKY. This was our favourite item from the week by IRO

COACH PEYTON LEATHER DRAWSTRING TOTE Style# 14508

COACH PEYTON LEATHER DRAWSTRING TOTE
Style# 14508
Colors: Black & Melon (Only 1 Unit each)
Measures 9.5 x 15.25 x 4.5 inches
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mad men

Gastrotypographicalassemblage from christian carlsson on Vimeo.

Free November fashion screensaver

(click here to download this month's fashion calender)

Bohemian

Feathers,

Fur, faux fur,

Plums and winter berries,

Layering, with a personal allure and style all one's own...

Like the freedom of personal expression felt in the 60s, pull out old, new and borrowed from your closet, and layer it on with creative liberty.

The cape was sketched in fur, the thought being - that it was a re-fashioned fur - but when I finished sketching, it had become a cape of feathers. And the little "Juliet" plum velvet vest, is patched with old denim, and found in my book, Denim Revolution. Postcards scanned into photoshop make up the background, one of the ceiling of the "Salotto di Psiche" (Psyche Room) in the Tea Palace in Mantova, Italy -- and the other of music from Troldaugen, Norway, with the phrase "Det Forste motes sodme," roughly, translating as -- the sweet taste of the first meeting. November is lush, filled with art, music, friends, family. All of it swept up in the beauty of the last, lingering, leaves of autumn.

Best wishes to one and all,

for a lovely month,

Nancy

flying lotus kill your co-workers

Flying Lotus - Kill Your Co-Workers from beeple on Vimeo.
by beeple

Sabtu, 30 Oktober 2010

Centralia, a spooky ghost town

Centralia, Pennsylvania.
It all started in 1962 with a fire...

"... started by five members of the volunteer fire company when they were hired by the town council to clean up the landfill... The landfill was located in an abandoned strip mine pit and as the firemen had in the past, they set the dump on fire, let it burn for a time, and then extinguished the fire, or so they thought." (source)

They fought the (underground) fire for twenty years. It just kept on burning (it still burns today). With carbon monoxide levels continually rising and risks such as the ground suddenly sinking (in 1981 a 12-year old boy fell into such a sinkhole but was saved), the inhabitants started to leave in the 1980s.

It's now an abandoned ghost town, apart from the 9 or so inhabitants who refuse to leave. It's hard to find because it's been taken off the map and does not officially exist (the US Postal Service has revoked Centralia's zip code.). But it's real. It's a town where streets lead to nowhere. Streets that have no names, nor houses because they have now either been burnt down or demolished.

But wait... was this town allowed to die for a reason? If it doesn't exist, it can't have mineral rights. And it's sitting on some rich coal deposits... That's what some people believe.

Is Centralia haunted? There have been no known related deaths. But many visitors have talked about the 'strange feeling' that they get when they're there. There are two stories that you can read about here. These people heard a voice out of nowhere... and footsteps in an abandoned house. To believe or not to believe? Sony thinks so... they developed Silent Hill - a popular video game (Playstation) and film - which was inspired by Centralia.

I think... I sort of believe (I want to!) that it's haunted... at least enough that I will stay away from the place. But many go there for that reason! Would you want to visit a ghost town like Centralia? (click for map!)

Happy Halloween!