Brigitte Bardot

WITH the Cannes Film Festival in full swing and summer holiday wardrobes on our mind, we're taking a look at the style of Brigitte Bardot - the screen legend as famous for her love of the South of France and for her iconic seaside style as for her film roles.

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Born in Paris in 1934, Bardot had initially intended to pursue a career as a ballet dancer. However, after appearing in a fashion show in 1949 and, subsequently, in French fashion magazine Jardin des Modes, she was discovered by French actor, writer and director Roger Vladim - who suggested her for the film Les Lauriers Sont Coupés and whom she later married. That film was never made, but it encouraged her to consider a career as an actress and - after several smaller roles - her career was launched when Vladim cast her in his controversial 1956 film - And God Created Woman. 

She starred opposite Kirk Douglas in 1953's Un Acte D'Amour, which propelled her into the international spotlight - where her killer curves and super-feminine sexuality lead to Bardot being dubbed a "sex kitten" and developing an almost cult-like following of male audiences. She retired from acting in 1973 and now lives in the South of France, where she runs the Foundation Brigitte Bardot which raises money for, and awareness of, animal rights. 

Mercedes-Benz Malta Fashion Week 2011/2012

Fashion filled seven days aura of the Mercedes-Benz Malta Fashion Week 2011/2012, supported by Estetika,  is going on in the tranquil surroundings of Southern European country Malta, with first edition scheduled in between 16-21 May 2011.

Comprised of latest style, glamour, trends and designsMalta Fashion Week 2011/2012 intends to celebrate Malta’s fashion with first ever fashion week in history. Welcoming new fashion designers, new catwalk and new parties the fashion week is sponsored by Diet Coke and the plan of Malta Fashion Week 2011/2012also feature Diet Coke Malta Fashion Awards being held on Saturday night, 21 May 2011.

The fashion sector in Malta includes thousands of talented fashion designers, fashion models, photographers, make-up artists and hair stylists. Whereas many are working in fashion retail and supporting industries as such event organizing companies that look after stage management, venue operators, sound, light management and many other departments. The industry also heeds internal marketing and large number of foreign agencies that take advantage of Malta in shooting commercials, films and TV series.

In executing Mercedes-Benz Malta Fashion Week 2011/2012, the European Fashion Council and the World Fashion Channel, which has been supporting Malta Fashion Awards for two years, have committed to aid all direct and indirect professional support in harboring the event at its best.

The schedule of Mercedes-Benz Malta Fashion Week 2011 is as follows:

• Launch Opening Party on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 2 22, Valletta
• Fashion Collective at Grand Hotel Excelsior, Floriana and Fashionable Weddings at Radisson Blu Golden Sands Hotel, Ghajn Tuffieha on Sunday May 15, 2011
• C&R Fashion Collection Launch at Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta on May 16, 2011
• Fashion Exhibition at the Point Shopping Mall, Tigne Point on Tuesday May 17, 2011
• Fashion Exhibition Opening at e Point Shopping Mall and Tigne Point, Charity Fashion Show at Villa Francia on Wednesday May 18, 2011
• Up and Coming Designers Show at Corinthia Palace Hotel & Spa, Attard on Thursday May 19, 2011
• Fersani Fashion Show at Casino Maltese, Republic Street, Valletta on Friday May 20, 2011

• Julien MacDonald at Debenhams: Debenhams Store, The Point, Tigne Sliema and The Diet Coke Malta Fashion Awards: MFCC, Ta’Qali on Saturday May 21, 2011
• Open Air after Party (Public): Numero Uno, Ta’Qali and Ice Watch after Party at Petite Suite, MFCC Ta’Qali on Sunday May 22, 2011

he Mercedes-Benz Malta Fashion Week 2011/2012 schedule will include:

• A charity auction of designer dresses at Villa Francia and a fashion show at Casino Maltese are the event of Malta Fashion Week 2011 reserved for some exclusive audience
• Charles and Ron collection at the Mediterranean Conference Centre
• A weddings event at the Radisson Golden Sands and fashion shows in Paceville
• Emergibg fashion designers at The Corinthia Palace
• A fashion collective at the Excelsior

This is how the mega days of Mercedes-Benz Malta Fashion Week 2011/2012 are planned. "Through The Malta Fashion Week, Malta will gain international exposure in Europe and worldwide on the World Fashion Channel with a potential audience of 1.2 billion viewers worldwide. This sort of publicity will increase awareness about Malta promoting it as a fashion destination”, concluded event organizer Adrian J. Mizzi (the person deemed a pioneer in Malta’s local fashion due to his various links in industry as his company Unique Promotions has been organizing the esteemed Malta Fashion Awards for the past 13 years). During his meetings while representing Malta on theEuropean Fashion Council, he was encouraged to launch an internationally acclaimed fashion that paved his way to take such a definite step to initiate Malta Fashion Week 2011 and to further give it a high rise in fashion world.

Variation; Panache of Latest Fashion in Pakistan

Variation; Panache of Latest Fashion in Pakistan

Pakistani fashion has gone through a transition from last few decades, as we can observe a considerable increase in number of latest fashion trends changing every week that were almost non-existent few years back.

Whether we talk about imminent trends in traditionalPakistani dresses or haute couture of fashion showsvariation is what we can call charisma of latest fashion in Pakistan. Variation is the spice of life and with the changing weather conditions in Pakistan a transition of latest fashion is what we are observing in spring/summer fashion 2011. Pakistani fashion has a great margin of incorporating style in it that make them trendy for every occasion.

Latest fashion in Pakistan is a hodgepodge of exquisite imagination knot with tasteful colors to make it inclinational and in vogue. Pakistani dresses, with an unlimited variety, have their own identity that makes them stand in the world. Fashion designers are experimenting with chic and vogue for Spring/Summer fashion 2011 to give them a fusion that always remains a mark of Pakistani fashion design. A combination of cultural dresses mix with latest fashion will be a score of Spring/Summer fashion 2011 to give them an infinite variation. Pakistani fashion is very dynamic, since years pass, elegance of its traditions still remains the same. No matter what type of dress we select, Shalwar kameez is still going to rule in Spring/Summer fashion 2011.Continue reading…

Elegance and splendor of Pakistani Bridal Jewelry

Fashion statements may change with the span of time, but Pakistani bridal jewelry is considered as an evergreen fashion trend. No matter what is the season, Pakistani bridal jewelry has always been in the fashion trends list. In the wedding festivities and celebrations, bridal jewelry and bridal dress have been considered as the major part. Girls always try their level best to pick up unique and elegant bridal jewelry to make their special day memorable for them.

With the changing bridal jewelry trends, Pakistani bridal jewelry has now introduced a vast variety of creations and designs. Pakistani bridal jewelry has always been considered unique and attractive sign of cultural representation throughout the world. Continue reading…

CrossRoads Grease Summer 2011

The CrossRoads Grease summer 2011 collection is inspired from the famous musical movie of the late seventies. Think exaggerated hair do’s, risqué dress sense and off beat styling.

Our summer 2011 campaign announces the start of the CrossRoads ‘Go Green’ era where abolishing the waste of paper through our catalogue production is the just the start of the many ways in which we would like to be eco friendly.  Hence, from this season on we will distribute our catalogues in CD’s-compatible with any desktop or laptop and hope to introduce a new technique of launching our seasonal campaigns every year. We have worked in collaboration with Guddu and Shani films to create an entirely different concept of promotion.DJ Shahrukh has exclusively remixed the music of Grease for us and to this we have added some life through the art of dance and video production. The videos are there to grab your attention, and to break the monotony of our usual campaigns but the actual collection can be viewed through our look book. Continue reading…

Style icon of Pakistan – VJ Anoushey Ashraf

Anoushey Ashraf is a young dynamic style icon of Pakistan, who started off as VJ, has done fashion modeling and has started her own clothing venture.

Anoushey Ashraf is a famous VJ and actress and now a famous fashion model and designer of Pakistan. She is considered to be a true style icon for the younger generation for music and entertainment. This young fashion model has marked her way in the industry in no time whether it be anchoring or modeling. She is among the first ones to gain popularity as VJ. Born in Karachi, this young dynamic lady started off her career as VJ onMTV Pakistan in 2002. She also acted in a PTV serial directed by Saira Kazmi.

Anoushey did her A-Levels and then B.A. with English Literature as a major subject and joined the media industry afterwards. She has done a number of shows on TV and has become an inspiration for the younger lot of our country. She is a smart, energetic, and vigorous style icon. She has been working for the administration of Indus TV Network for quite some time now. Continue reading…

Rock your spring with vernal fashion tren

The latest spring collection 2011 maintains the feeling of softness and nostalgia of charm since the themes of latest spring trend is following a sophisticated look with the digital prints, subtle silks and fine cottons that give a refines and luxurious look to the latest spring fashion collection. This spring is all about being passionate with colours that evoke the inner feelings of happiness and joy. Besides that the spring 2011 collection includes the explosions of prints with geometrical accents, Indian flowers, folk music kitsch, cartoon influences and the mis of creative patchwork of
fashion.

The creativity of the latest spring collection 2011 has made the spring collection the more authentic for every woman with a variety of mixes of feminist trends including a pinch of biker styled coughs and designs.

Besides the exotic blend of colours and prints the embroideries and beautifully painted and laced outfits have also taken over the latest spring 2011 collection to beat the latest fashion collection of the year. Continue reading…

Choosing the Day Wear 2011 Perfume

There are numerous women’s perfume and fragrances in the market today, and choosing your perfect fragrance may seem difficult. Selecting a daytime perfume 2011 spray may prove difficult and complex than ever. Follow these perfume collection tips and you will be the scent sensational for life.

A perfume is a mixture of fragrances and these fragrances reflect the persona of an individual. Whenever you choose and wear 2011 perfume options are numerous from fruity to musk; from piquant to mild. Many a times, you may get confused about how to select a perfume.

Remember that you have to select 2011 perfume with care and there are following things you need: A selection ofwomen’s fragrances and blotter papers. Perfumes are very elegant expressive gift items and come in classy and stylish bottles. This perfume collection tip suggests that make a list of the characteristics you want in a women’s perfume for regular day wear. Make sure that you wear light daytime scents which are fresh and fruity like citrus or light floral scents. Do not leave the heavier oriental or spicy perfumes for evening. Continue reading…

Shine and Glam with New LUX Body Wash

The New LUX Body Wash is the new talk of the town! LUX, now brings a variety of body washes that promises silky skin with an ecstatic luxurious look to flaunt about. LUX has always managed to be superior when it comes to bringing new and exclusive products in the category of beauty and skincare, be it “White Glamour”,” Sparkling Beauty”, “Vibrant Citrus”, “Evening Silk” or others; every single product has portrayed luxury and a star like beauty. Hence, now it’s time for the new Magical Beauty, Peach n Cream and Strawberry Cream, its highlighted everywhere. Continue reading…

Must-Have Cosmetics for Summer

Summer is here and it’s defiantly the time to do somesummer cosmetics shopping. Read on to the must have cosmetics, waiting to become a part of your dressing table this summer!

Summer 2011 is here and the latest fashion trendsare at their peak. Just like the fashion trends, trends in cosmetics keep on changing. In fact, fashion andcosmetics go hand in hand. So, there’s a lot to be talked about what are the ultimate summer cosmeticsfor this season and what are the in’s and out’s in cosmetics for summer 2011.

• Eye Spy

The most desirable summer cosmetics for eyes this summer are brightest possible eye shadows and colorful eye pencils. The hottest of all the summer cosmetics is going to be the summer palette of endless shades for your eyes. Try out all the bold shades that come in summer cosmetics like orange, red, shocking pink, electric blue, parrot green and a lot more. For a formal and party look, team up these eye shadows with two other summer cosmetics which are the eye shimmers and black mascara. Yes! The black mascara continues to make its mark in the summer 2011 too and it is the most ideal thing to put glamour to your bright eyes.

• Lip Lock

The matte and rich look for lip color is back in the summer cosmetics list for this season. The all time favorite matte colors for lips are red and pink. Apart from old red and pink, the newest color to hit the summer lipstick palette is zesty orange. Orange is surely the ruling color of fashion this summer.

These three matte shades give the complete bold look to your pretty face and get your ready to sizzle in the summer 2011. For a more perfect look of these matte shades, choose a lip pencil in the similar shades and apply it before putting up these shades. There is equal variety of lip pencils in summer cosmetics to give your lips a more professional and refined look.

• Nature’s look

Apart from the ultra dramatic bright colors, summer cosmetics also include the natural shades of beige, pale nude, muted rose. The natural look is still the favorite of all the big make-up artists and takes a larger space in the racks of summer cosmetics.  The great summer cosmetics for this look are good blush-on or a face shimmer, just a little bit of the classic black mascara and a hint of lip gloss to complete the look; in fact bare lips would do great too. This look created through the magical summer cosmetics of 2011 can easily be carried off for any daytime or evening party.  Just a little note in the end!

No wonder, summer cosmetics are going to make you stand out in the crowd and will let you fall in love with yourself; yet, the most important thing before applying these summer cosmetics is to make sure that you maintain a great skin. Make-up looks great only if you manage to have a good skin and if it is not and just ok then you can take help of some other summer cosmetics like concealers and foundations to even out your skin. But if your skin is in real bad shape with pimple, scars, marks and breakages then get your skin smooth and normal first and then enjoy trying out the cool summer cosmetics.

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What is Healthy Diet

Healthy and nutritious foods are considered as the general medicines of human beings. If people can rely on nutritious healthy food always, then they need not fear about any unhealthy conditions in their life. Unhealthy food deposits impurities in our blood whereas nutritious and healthy food clears blood to a greater extend. An individual’s health foundation starts from his embryonic stage. That is why women are advised to take high grade nutritious food during their pregnancy stages. In addition to healthy food pregnant women should take milk and fruits daily. Milk and fruits are capable to provide essential vitamins and minerals to pregnant women. As far as these pregnant women are concerned folic acid is very important. Folic acid is one among the important vitamins and is an inevitable factor for the development of embryonic nervous system. Since brain is the first part which usually develops in a fetus the presence of folic acid in the blood of pregnant lady ensures well developed brain and nervous system to the respective embryo. Hence, the presence of folic acid in the diet of pregnant women can avoid the birth of mentally retarded children to a greater extend.
Human body needs healthy food for the proper functioning of hormonal and metabolic activities taking place. The scarcity of essential boosters to the above mentioned body functions, makes hormone deficiencies and poor metabolic growth in the body. On account of hormone deficiency and poor metabolism men usually suffer hair falling and infertility. People suffering from hair falling are advised to take egg, milk and fruits to makeup the hormone deficiency. Similarly dry fruits like Dates and Badam are advised for people suffering from infertility in addition to milk and egg. Hence to make people free from various health problems they are advised to take milk and egg in addition regular nutritious food.

Quit Smoking With Electronic Cigarettes

People are aware of the hazards associated with smoking but it is very tough for many people to quit smoking forever. It has been found that almost 90% of the people feel that smoking is not good for health but still they are not able to give-up this habit. You also want to keep yourself away from it but you are still not able to do. Isn’t it? Therefore this information is very necessary for all those people who smoke.
Electronic cigarettes which are also known as e-cigarettes are one of the newest products available in the market nowadays. The design of this cigarette is such that you feel like a real cigarette however it does not have any tobacco. It also emits artificial smoke however it does not contain any harmful chemical. You can easily see that while inhaling an e-cigarette “flow censor” activation takes place. It discharges water vapor. This water vapor contains propylene glycol and nicotine. It also contains a scent that replicates the zest of tobacco. The basic point is that your body can get your nicotine without consuming any other cancer giving agent. Some of the cancer giving agents is hydrocarbons, tar and glue. These are available in conventional cigarettes and not in an e-cigarette. You can also protect yourself from any legal issue which people face while using conventional cigarettes. These e-cigarettes are free from any legal hassles as it does not contain any tobacco. Moreover it does not harm other people around you. It offers you the same tactile sensation which smokers need. You can free your lungs from harmful smoke as the smoke of these e-cigarettes contains water vapor. These water vapors are not dangerous for your health and it evaporates quickly. Therefore use e-cigarettes if you are not able to give-up the habit of smoking. It is safe for you as well as others. You can get some more details from allelectroniccigarettereviews.com.

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Health And Fitness

The importance ‘Health Fitness’ is too great. In olden times men had to work hard physically to gain their food and other living means. This had provided them enough physical exercises unknowingly. Thus, during that period the health condition of all people were in good condition. This is the reason as to why the men who lived in olden days had no illness or physical uneasiness.  But nowadays the life of men is very easy on account of the development of science and related technologies. If they have money they need not even travel for collecting their food. The currently prevailing conveniences enable men to gain everything by just making a phone call. This lazy life kept men away from the physical exercises required for their health fitness. In addition to this people prefer to eat spicy fast food items which are considered as the examples of malnutrition.   From the above mentioned facts we can understand the importance of health fitness as far as men’s wellbeing is concerned.
It is high time to think about the measures by which men can maintain their health in good condition. On account of these unrestricted life all people who are above forty are suffering from various health problems. Hyper Tension and high glucose content in blood are the main illness conquering men because of their unhealthy life. If they concentrate on daily exercises they can make their health in good condition. They need not spend majority of their time for performing these exercises. They can utilize one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening for health fitness activities. In between these two hours they can concentrate on their normal works or business. All people have been becoming fully aware abut the importance of health fitness nowadays. Hence we can expect a generation of healthy people in the near future.

Some Useful Health Tips

Youngsters of these years prefer to be slim in view to look more young and beautiful. This thought is more on young ladies than young men. Loosing weight and looking slim is really wonderful. This is really a dream of those who are bulky in look. This can be achieved by exercising regularly together with diet control. Those who want to be fit in all respects must get up early in the morning. Eight hours sleep is sufficient for a healthy man. Sleeping more is not good to the body. Hence after eight hours comfortable sleep everybody should get up early in the morning. Morning is the best time for doing daily exercises. During morning hours the environment will be slightly cool even during summer. Hence doing exercises in the morning will not make people to get tired so easily. People can breathe fresh air during morning hours. The process polluting atmospheric air will not have started in the morning. Hence the ideal time for doing exercises is morning.
Apart from exercising, people can choose either walking or swimming. Both for walking and swimming morning are highly desirable. Walking is beneficial in numerous ways comparing to exercising. Walking can be performed by all irrespective age and health conditions where as health should be considered preliminarily while doing exercises. There may be some side effects in the process of doing exercises. For a fresher there may be pain or uneasiness in the body on successive days. The fresher has to experience these difficulties until their body respond to the exercising process. But in walking no such difficulties can be found. For a fresher in walking, minimum distance is sufficient for the first day. Then the distances can be gradually increased in the next coming days. In this way individuals can walk considerable distances daily. If both walking and exercising are continued the people can maintain good health through out in their life.

Seasonal Diet For Better Health

Controlling weight and caring body health should be continuous process in all aspects. Hence body caring must be in full swing in all seasons of the year irrespective of rain winter or summer. If only this can be carried out carefully, better health can be maintained. In order to achieve this successfully people must rely on seasonal healthy foods in addition to regular exercises and walking. These techniques will enable people to gain health skin as well as healthy body. Fruits and vegetables are the various food items available with respect to various seasons. If we can consume these fruits and vegetables with respect to their availability then we will be in sound health through out. Since fruits and vegetables contain minerals and vitamins in abundance, they can be considered as the better alternative for ideal balanced diet. Fruits and vegetables which are available seasonally are capable to keep man in good health all the time. More over, they can be refreshed and rejuvenated all time by taking these foods regularly.
In additional to these seasonal foods if people can take milk and eggs also, nothing extra is needed to maintain better health. Fruits and vegetables are very good supplementary food for eyes, skin, hair, bone, teeth and hemoglobin found in blood. The diet we usually consume are suitable to apply externally also. In this regard certain fruits, vegetables, vegetable juice and fruit juices are recommended to use in our body and face. Fruit juices and vegetables have certain tendencies to reduce our body heat. Hence they are highly recommended for using during summer seasons. No vegetarian foods and dishes are not suitable to develop cool in human body. Hence they are not ideal especially during summer season. In addition to these nutritive foods, people must drink enough water every day. Since water is the main constituent of human body tissues drinking enough water will enable tissues to perform better metabolic activities. Thus seasonal diet and water consumption have key roles to develop better health.