Nov 24
by Jayde Johanssen

Style: it’s what everyone wants, and a decent amount of lucky people actually have. But who is the best teacher for understanding the delicate balance of fashion and style? An expert, of course. Instead of taking it from your best friend or a magazine article, why not pay attention to what some of the experts have to say about style? After all, those experts can talk the talk and walk the walk and they more than anyone else understand what it’s like to have everyone looking at you.

At the epicenter of a movement of clever artists, models, and filmmakers, Andy Warhol understood what it meant to create fashion and style. Never one to go underquoted, his words of wisdom continue to enhance the lives of aspiring fashionistas. One memorable quotation: “I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They’re beautiful. Everybody’s plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic.”

One of fashion’s heavyweights, Christian Dior is always creating a collection that has jaws dropping regardless the year or season. Famous quote: “Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.”

Part model, part musician, part actress, Grace Jones was one of the seminal figures of the 1970s downtown New York scene. Her influence in the modeling world is still felt, and she was one of the few performers who did a truly decadent job of dressing herself: “Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.”

Proving that one’s not born a woman but rather, becomes one, RuPaul has been setting the bar for her own unique brand of fashion since the 1990s. Still kicking, her incredibly witty insight on the world at large is worth repeating, and her search for the next best drag queen netted tons of viewers recently. One notable quote of hers: “With hair, heels, and attitude, honey, I am through the roof.”

More than just the host of “Project Runway,” Tim Gunn is a fashion icon in his own right, from his time teaching at Parsons and The New School to his impeccable taste for smart suits. Always well-dressed and quotable, his insight on fashion is unparalleled: “The larger-than-size-4 market is robust and is in need of good designers.”

Not necessarily a fashion icon of our time, the wit and wisdom of writer Oscar Wilde has inspired many a fashion designer with an interest in biting satire and foppish dandyness: “Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.”

One of the first supermodels, Cindy Crawford definitely saw the world of modeling change in the middle of one of the most prolific times for fashion in the States. Her candid interviews have led to helpful words of wisdom, like this one: ” Even I don’t wake up looking like Cindy Crawford.

About the Author:
Jayde Johannsen loves analyzing style. This is why she put together the Women’s Shoes website. It has a section on all the major shoe types, including women’s dress shoes
Nov 22

Common people were always interested in the lifestyles of celebrities, their hobbies and their personal interests that they follow. As they belong to the colorful life, their choices are also varied and unpredictable. With many glamour magazines up in the market, you will surely have daily updates about your favorite celebrities and their new hobbies and interests. Celebrities are always spotted talking on their cell phones and this can be seen in the glamour magazines. There are few personalities that stand apart from these fashioned and stylish celebrities though belonging to the same glamour field.

Danger’s T-Mobile Sidekick II is one of the most popular cell phones around and it is endorsed by hot celebrities like Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie. This phone received lot of attention because of the hacking of this gadget of Paris Hilton, and the confidential contents getting leaked all over the internet. Another handset which has its own niche in the cell phone fraternity is obviously the Blackberry, which is used by influential people inside the White House as well as stars like Naomi Campbell.

Another phone which has been quite popular in the Hollywood circle is the Motorola Razr V3 which was distributed as goodies in the recent Academy Awards. Nokia’s 7280 model has also been seen in Jennifer Lopez’s video (”Get Right”) and was brought by many celebrities at the Award ceremony.

Everybody remembers the news where Britney Spears carried her cell phone as the only device when she was sent to the rehabilitation center. Every common person today knows the way she used to frequently shift her cell phones from one model to another, much similar as the hue in her hair. It is also believed that she switched over almost five different cell phones including LG enV, Blackberry 8700c, Sidekick LX and the most recently launched the Samsung u740, in a recent activity of hers.

When Apple released their iPhone, it was in demand among the famous celebrities. Paparazzi guys always spotted Lindsay Lohan with her iPhone in the beginning stages but later she was spotted with her Blackberry. In fact, the reason Blackberry was preferred over others is the superior messaging service and also Apple does not collaborate with gifting organizations.

As a matter of fact, many organizations come forward for a tie-up with handset makers for the purpose of distributing these free of cost products. Palm Treo’s and Nokia handsets were circulated at major events like the Venice Film Festival and the World Music Awards.

Tennis heartthrob Maria Sharapova used the extremely hot girly pink-colored MOTORAZR phone and this phone became an instant hit. It was also handed out for free to celebrities for creating buzz for this handset and the associated brand. It has already sold out over a million units. Endorsements which are done by celebrities are extremely beneficial to the manufacturers of the cell phones and for this reason these companies shell out these handsets for free.

All in all, celebrities can get any particular mobile phone they wish for, but they certainly have a particular preference in using different models, which will definitely reflect their personality.

Mikkel Juul is a danish writer who has a great passion about mobile phones, you can visit his homepage mobiltelefon – which is the equivalent word for mobile phones in danish.

Nov 15

Obedience instruction has become more accessible to common people with the publication of the Diane Bauman’s guide Beyond Basic Dog Training. This book is a door open towards the secrets of an entire training philosophy, and it has been successfully used even for the preparation for canine competitions. Beyond Basic Dog Training helps you understand the principles and patterns on which dogs learn, which is in fact a dual system of trial and error. With Beyond Basic Dog Training you will learn to apply corrections in a positive way, teaching your canine friend not to fear failure.

As Diane Bauman proves in Beyond Basic Dog Training, for a successful program you have to understand that from the two elements involved in the equation, both are thinking. There is the “thinking handler” in charge of the “thinking dog”, so don’t ignore you’re pet’s “feelings”, on the contrary stick to an effective development of the communication level. With Beyond Basic Dog Training you will come to achieve more than obedient behavioral patterns, you will understand your dog and learn to respect and listen to its needs. We’re talking about security, trust and confidence and lots of fun too.

With a guide such as Beyond Basic Dog Training you can have fun entertaining classes with your dog in the comfort of your backyard. At least you’re 100% sure of the methods used, since you are in perfect trust. With Beyond Basic Dog Training you’ll turn your dog into a great companion; therefore it is very good for puppies to benefit from a fast and very humane way of teaching. It is perhaps the time now to answer a simple question: why would anyone go beyond basic dog training? Simple methods will only leave the training process at a minimal level exploiting the specific animal drives as much as possible.

Going beyond basic dog training, means getting to understand the more complex structures that make your dog what it really is; you come to appreciate a wagging tail more than you would have done before. Books such as Beyond Basic Dog Training may prove to be the right choice and the best source of information for strengthening man-animal friendship. Being able to see your dog succeed in performing complex tasks is the reward of every owner and amateur trainer.

Nov 2

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Nov 1

The most popular online Facebook game ever, Farmville Facebook hit like a hurricane and didn’t go back. Begun just in June 2009, Zynga’s Farmville has 63.7 million active users as of November 2009 all around the world. Zynga, a free online gaming company, specializes it doing what seemed impossible only a few short years ago: making lots of money with free games. Farmville is now a multi-million dollar enterprise.

It all happened so fast that it’s hard to figure out just why Farmville became so popular. One thing is for sure: without Facebook, Farmville couldn’t have gotten so big. Facebook, the joke is, made the Internet “uncool.” That is to say, with the rise of Facebook, suddenly young people weren’t the only people spending hours of their lives on the computer. Facebook is a platform that everyone can enjoy, of all ages and from all walks of life, from teenagers to grandparents.

Zynga took advantage of that uniquely broad market and put together a friendly, addictive, simple gaming application where you take care of a virtual farm. It utilizes the very things that made Facebook popular: community development, the sense that things are always happening, and massively increased word-of-mouth advertising. Scrolling through the live feed and seeing friends’ Farmville facebook events has done more than anything to lure new players in.

In addition to the billions of virtual crops Farmville has generated, a whole economy of Farmville facebook guides, hints and tips has “cropped up” to take advantage of the hype. As people new to gaming and the Internet comprise a significant portion of Farmville Facebook players, easy-to-read e-books are making lots of (real) money and becoming very popular purchases for occasions such as birthdays and even the upcoming holiday season. One such e-book, has seen much success, and many others are also catching on.