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Vintage fashion shopping day for York

8:27am Tuesday 22nd February 2011

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VINTAGE fashion businesses in York are creating an alternative day’s shopping in York.

Alex Claydon, who set up her vintage fashion business Audrey and Joan’s, when she inherited her great aunt’s wardrobe, has set up the event to celebrate York’s love of vintage.

York Does Vintage, which takes place at St William’s College on March 5, from 10am to 4pm, will have about 25 stalls of Alex’s fellow York and North Yorkshire vintage organisations, including Violet Wilde, which sells vintage-inspired lingerie, vintage fashion retailers Mad Elizabeth and Scarborough’s Vintage Junkie, House of Avalon, Nancy’s Vintage, and vintage accessories business Razorblade Mermaid.

Artist Klare Lutwyche, who specialises in vintage-style patterns and flowers, will be personalising items for shoppers and vintage tea sets and cupcakes will be provided by the Curiositea Shop with Revelation Booths providing photo booths for shoppers to save snaps of the event.

Alex, who runs her business from her home in York, online and at vintage fairs, is also hoping to secure hair and make-up artists for the event.

she said: “I want it to be more of an event rather than just a fair.

“In the future I have plans for big weekend events in May and in the summer, so I am putting out the feelers as to what takes and what does not.”

the event is happening the same day as the Souk Fashion and Lifestyle Bazaar in the Park Inn Hotel, in North Street.

Alex said they hope the two events would provide an alternative day’s shopping for York and they are marketing the events jointly to encourage people to go to both.

she said: “They work really well together and in future we will combine our efforts into one big event.

“The response has been fantastic. I did not realise how interested people are in it all. we are expecting at least 500 people to come on the day.”

the £1 ticket price will raise money for York children’s charity SNAPPY, for which Alex volunteered for during her days as a student.

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Online marketplace eBay inc. has assigned its North American fashion chief Miriam Lahage to become eBay’s European general manager of fashion. EBay hired her in August as general manager, eBay fashion, which was a new position.

Lahage brought more than 20 years of retail fashion experience to eBay.  in her two decades with TJX Companies inc., which owns discount retailers TJ Maxx and Marshalls, she worked her way up from store manager to senior executive roles in merchandising and management. she also has e-commerce  and European experience, launching Koodos.com in the United Kingdom and working as a consultant at Net-A-Porter, No. 83 on Internet Retailer’s Top 500 Guide. 

She continues her involvement in a division that has proved very successful for eBay, which deems fashion its one of its most successful product categories.  the online marketplace says fashion products especially helped boost results in the fourth quarter of 2010 for eBay’s operations in the United Kingdom and Germany.  last week, eBay completed its acquisition of  the German fashion site brands4friends.

“as our fashion business strategy evolves, we realized the need for someone like Miriam to lead our business in Europe at this exciting time,” says Clare Gilmartin, vice-president of eBay Europe. “Miriam will oversee our continued drive to innovate, offering the U.K.’s largest online shopping audience access to an unrivalled selection of clothing, shoes and accessories at great value.”

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You could clean the fashion jewelry yourself. also you could clean the gold fashion jewelry. Put your fashion jewelry into the bowl with a mild detergent and warm water for 3 minutes. Secondly, brush the fashion jewelry with toothbrush and finally dry the fashion jewelry. this is only for your reference. there are many professional protecting methods of jewelry beads.

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Shifting identities online used to be pretty easy. but as we fashion ourselves digital identities out of fragments of personal information on Facebook or Foursquare, and as those identifies follow us around the web and merge with one another, is online personal reinvention still possible?

Jenna Wortham poses this question at the new York Times, noting that “retaining anonymity becomes more challenging as the Web populace becomes more interconnected.”

Wortham explains that Internet companies ranging from Netflix to Pandora are increasingly soliciting or simply tracking user preferences to enhance the utility of their services, as the web gravitates toward all-encompassing personalization.

“What do we lose when we can’t mutate and molt through online personas?” she asks. “There’s something deliciously freeing about shedding one’s self to don a shiny new identity. It’s why vast multiuser online games like World of Warcraft have flourished and why the anonymous video-chatting site Chatroulette catapulted in popularity.”

Yet Wortham adds that some companies are pushing back and introducing more anonymity into the web: a tool called Disconnect disables third-party tracking as people surf the web, while the search engine DuckDuckGo refrains from collecting people’s browsing history or other personal information. And that’s not all:

There is something of a covert resistance afoot, the fringes of which I can see on the Facebook page of my 13-year-old niece. She and her friends use only cute screen names to identify themselves, and the only profile pictures they post are rendered nearly unrecognizable by cartoon hearts and sparkles. Maybe it’s a start.

NEW YORK — Leandra Medine, a fashion blogger who lives with her parents on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, was thumbing through the hangers in her bedroom closet on a recent Monday morning, pulling out the sort of items that she calls “sartorial contraceptives”: a blouse with erect shoulder pads from Zara; a floral, curtain-like blazer by Zimmermann; high-waisted lime green trousers by Opening Ceremony; drop-crotch utility pants; an ostrich-feather miniskirt; a cape.

Since April, Medine, 21, has been publishing photos of herself wearing these pieces on her blog, the Man Repeller (manrepeller.com), as well as shots of similarly challenging recent runway looks: fashions that, though promoted by designers and adored by women, most likely confuse — or worse, repulse — the average straight man. These include turbans, harem pants, jewelry that looks like a torture instrument, jumpsuits, ponchos, furry garments resembling large unidentified animals, boyfriend jeans, clogs and formal sweatpants.

Glossy magazines have taken notice. Lucky has asked Medine to guest-blog. Harper’s Bazaar assigned Medine a feature in its December issue titled “Can you Be in Fashion and Still Get a Man?” and women in new York who have become fans of her blog have begun using it as a verb, as in, “I am totally man-repelling today.”

“I’m really happy that people understand that man-repelling is a good thing,” Medine said, seated on a velvet blue sofa in her parents’ living room. “I was afraid people would think I was mocking fashion, and it’s like, ‘No, I swear, I’m wearing feathered sleeves as I write this!’ “

Growing up, Medine attended Ramaz, the private Jewish Orthodox prep school, where she had to wear a uniform. now a senior at the new School majoring in journalism, she said she always wanted to start a fashion blog but “didn’t want to be just another personal style blogger wearing a sequined minidress on the High Line.” last year, inspiration struck while visiting Topshop with her friend Rachel Strugatz, an online editor at Women’s Wear Daily (wwd.com).

“We were laughing at how everything was so man-repelling: acid-washed harem pants and enormous shoulder pads, and I just said, ‘That’s it! That’s the blog,’ ” Medine said.

As for whether she’s dating anyone, Medine declined to comment.

“I think men like things tight and simple,” she said. “It’s not even about slutty, tiny dresses from Bebe because that’s not very becoming of a woman either. But to guys, harem pants don’t exactly shape the body, shoulder pads are unusual because you look like a linebacker and sequins are a cry for attention.”

On this day Medine, a brunette with big brown eyes and a tanned complexion, was dressed in skinny brown jeans and an oversized gray sweater with fringes and braided fabric along the arms.

“I wore this sweater on a date once, and he was like, ‘Can’t you just wear a regular jacket?”‘ she said. “I guess it looks a bit like a throw pillow.”

Around her neck were pretty pendants layered with biker chains; her father owns a wholesale jewelry business.

“I get it from my dad too,” Medine said, meaning negative feedback. “When I wear the Opening Ceremony bow wedges, he says, ‘Your feet look like trucks!’ ” But if you go to the Jane and you’re wearing enormous harem pants and a turban, people are like, ‘Oh, that girl is really cool.’ “

Although designers like Oscar de la Renta and Carolina Herrera loyally cater to the classic female silhouette, Medine contends that now more than ever before, designers are pushing boundaries in ways that might turn off the average man.

“This past Chanel collection had all those outrageous grizzly suits, and even Jason Wu had turbans running down his runways,” she said.

Medine attributed this to the attention that bloggers pay to fashion personalities.

“So much of the inspiration for designers has been that someone like Anna Dello Russo” — the fashion director of Vogue Nippon (annadellorusso.com) who replicates looks from the runway — “has been pushing limits so much,” she said.

Medine’s mother, Laura, popped in wearing easily comprehensible leggings and a blue sweater.

“Oh, that’s my Mommy!” Medine said.

“I think she tapped into something here,” said the blogger’s mother, who was leaving for a yoga class. “She is relating fashion to feminism. She is saying women dress for themselves.”

“We used to shop together and she bought snakeskin pants once,” Medine recalled fondly. “She said, ‘Dad is going to make me return them.’ “

“I really used to dress for my girlfriends,” Laura Medine said. “And my husband would say, ‘What is that? and I would say, ‘What do you know!’ “

There is a bit of Cindy Sherman in what Leandra Medine is doing: proudly thwarting the male gaze by disguising her body with androgynous or intimidating silhouettes. and perhaps there

is someone out there who will be able to discern it as wearable art.

“I do think there are men who would see a girl wearing this stuff and think, ‘She has so much confidence and she still looks great despite the fact that I don’t know where her crotch starts in those pants,’ ” she said. “You can still tell when a girl is pretty. The men who really get repelled by what you’re wearing are a little shallow, and you probably don’t want to date them anyway.”

The Internet is the best place to buy clothes online because they come in great designs and styles that you cannot find anywhere else. you will be able to choose from men and woman fashion, as well as kids and costumes too. all the great and famous brands are for sale if you buy clothes online at lower prices than what you would pay in real life. if you want to wear something that is unique that you can be sure no one has seen before, I urge you to buy online now. It is a growing trend all around the world due to its ease and simplicity of the Internet.

If you are unsatisfied with your order when you’ve received it, you can easily contact the store again and request a refund or request. Speaking to a customer support should be the first thing to do.

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It’s a Thursday afternoon, and I’m standing in front of the full-length mirror in my bedroom, iPhone in hand, ready to snap a photo of my reflection. the first couple of tries come out blurry. then, click, a sharp image. I hit send.

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Minutes later, fashion advice starts rolling in from the ether. my outfit — gray skinny jeans, tall brown boots, a long purple sweater layered under a short charcoal cardigan — gets mixed reviews.

Enter the world of smart phone style advice. less than two minutes after uploading the photo, Leyna — first names only in the digital fashion community — gives my look a thumbs up on Glamour magazine’s “Go Ask a Stylist” iPhone application. “I love your outfit! All the layers work great, and that purple is super pretty on you.”

Then, over at “Go Try it On,” another iPhone app, my ensemble gets a “Wear It” verdict, but not with universal approval. the vote tallies 30 yeas (represented as up-facing clothes hangers), 19 nays (down hangers), and one written review from Megan B. — “like the layers! You look good.”

For anyone willing to welcome complete strangers into their closets and fitting rooms, there’s live, instant and, surprisingly enough, helpful clothing advice available day and night. In the case of Go Try it On and Ask a Stylist — both free through the Apple App Store — it’s like having a virtual chorus following you around, opera-style, ready to jump in with critiques while you’re getting dressed.

As I waited for a review of my outfit, I thumbed over to the “give an opinion” page on Go Try it On. Rinnie K. from Geneva, Switzerland, was seeking advice on a denim and hoodie combo (OK but not very pizazzy). Scott R. from Miami was checking his untucked shirt and jeans before a date (dress it up a little more with darker denim), and Magen H. of Rustburg, Va., wanted a yea or a nay on an eye-popping pair of leopard print, red-heeled pumps (yea, but only wear them with something very simple, like a little black dress).

Remarkably, reviews — at least on these two apps — were all supportive, even when the outfits weren’t a hit. On Go Try it On, the app makers even sound a bit like kindergarten teachers, reminding everyone to be friendly — “Remember, our comments are helpful, not hurtful.”

After scrolling for a while, I looked up at the clock. I’d wasted a whole half hour hunched over my phone, thumbing through strangers’ outfits, like some sort of fashion voyeur. almost as intriguing as the clothes were the backgrounds in the photos: the unmade beds, the floral wallpaper, the bathroom counters filled with hair dryers, flat-irons and perfume bottles.

For fashion fanatics, apps are a wonderful new time-suck, offering not just style advice but the latest, coolest portals into the worlds of beauty, glamour and designer clothing (many major labels now have apps).

This holiday season, smart phones are changing the way we shop, as well as dress, with applications to help you bargain hunt, search the sales and even find the nearest bathroom when you’re on a marathon shopping spree.

While it’s still only a small part of the market, purchases made through mobile phones will ring up to $3 billion in sales in 2010, said Gwenn Bézard, author of a new study on mobile payments for the Boston-based research firm Aite Group. that sales figure is anticipated to grow to more than $27 billion by 2015.

Apps also have upped our expectations, according to a study by Harris Interactive. it found that 76 percent of users believe “all brand-name companies and organizations should have mobile apps to make shopping or interacting with them easier.”

So what are the best fashion and shopping apps? I spent an entire Thursday glued to my computer scrolling through the Apple App Store (yes, all in a hard day’s work, sigh …). Here’s my definitely-not-definitive list of fashion apps that I find fun, useful and just a little bit silly. these are all for iPhone or iPad, — sorry I didn’t have time to do the Android Marketplace store, too — but many of the same apps are available now on Droid as well.

More apps pop up every day, so if you have a favorite, share it in the comment sections below.

For lessons from the street

The Sartorialist — free: Forget magazines and movie stars, street style provides some of th

;e best inspiration for creative dressing. And no one captures it better than photographer Scott Schuman. His photo-rich blog grew into this addictive app that’s like a mobile inspiration board. Scrolling through the beautifully composed photos of fashionable folks, caught on the streets of the world’s most fashionable cities, typically induces two emotions: insane jealously and a burning need to run home and rework your outfit.

ChicFeed — free or 99 cents for a version with no ads: this app is a quick  compilation of street photography from several bloggers, including the Sartorialist, Face Hunter and LookBook.

For closet organizing

My Style Assistant — $1.99: For those who prefer virtual mixing and matching to physically trying on and standing in front of the bedroom mirror, this app is for you. Snap photos of your clothes, upload them and then plan your outfits for weeks, swapping out tops and bottoms, necklaces and handbags. If you’re resolving to “shop your closet” more in 2011, then this might be a helpful tool.

For mobile makeup lessons

Lookz — free: Gotta do a smoky eye on the fly? this app does everything but put the brushes in your hand. Made-for-mobile video tutorials offer tips from makeup basics to graduate-level lessons for recreating looks by Lady Gaga. Created by Barry M Cosmetics, the app definitely inspires experimentation. Save your favorites and then post them as wallpaper on your phone.

For shopping

Lucky At Your Service — free: Billed as a “digital shopping concierge,” this app hunts down online stores where you can score all of the glorious shoes, bags, shirts and dresses featured in the printed Lucky magazine as well as hundreds of additional items. once you’ve zeroed in on the object of your desire, click it, and you’re directed to an online retailer that stocks it. the app also claims to find the item at a local store, check availability and put it on hold, but I couldn’t for the life of me figure out how to do that. Even still, it’s dangerously easy to spend money here.

EBay — free: as if shopping needed to get any easier, eBay, the largest online retailer, has upped the ante, making it so simple to thumb and click your way to new purchases. Surf through millions of listings for clothing, shoes and accessories, build a virtual closet with wants and must-haves, mix and match outfits and even “try on” items using your iPhone camera.

For trend-spotting

iCoolHunt — free: this app is like treasure-hunting for trends. Just snap a photo of the cool stuff you see around you — fashion, design, technology — and upload it with a description of why you think it’s the next trend in the making. Others will vote on your discovery. the more votes you get, the closer you are to becoming the next “Guru of Coolhunting.”

Trendstop TrendTracker — free: want to know what’s going to be hot before it’s even lukewarm? this app gives you professional fashion trend forecasts, photo galleries, videos and a daily dose of fashion news.

For getting your daily fashion fix

Style.com — free: this is a digital portal to all things runway – from front-row reports to after-party shots of beautiful people in beautiful clothing. Quick clicks take you to video interviews with designers and celebrities as well as a look of the day, where you can “vote on your favorite fashion moment.”

For parking

Parking Mate — 99 cents: Magazine Street and mall shoppers, check this out:  never forget where you’ve parked again. this app uses GPS to mark your car’s location, and it alerts you when your meter is about to expire. Just think, with all the money you save in parking tickets you could do some extra shopping on Lucky’s At Your Service.

For pit-stops

Have2p — free: oh my goodness, this is a brilliant idea for an app. If you need to go on the go, you can find listings for places nearby that have public restrooms. Even better, you can scroll through reviews and tips listed by other users, on such things as the cleanliness of a certain restroom and whether it has a changing table. now if only it would work on Mardi Gras.

For scouting sales

RedLaser — free: this is a bargain-hunters new best friend. Scan the bar code on a product, and this app will give you a list of online and local stores that carry the item, along with price comparisons. never worry whether you paid too much again.

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