Fashion and Hair Style Category

Getting ready for summer is exciting – it gives you a chance to start bringing some fun new items into your wardrobe. But hitting the beach isn’t just about bikinis. To really add flair to your look and stand out, you’ll want to add some jewelry to the mix. One great place to get ideas for good jewelry pieces for the summer is the Sports Illustrated 2011 Swimsuit Edition. Here are some of the best pieces featured this year – these are excellent ingredients for an eye-catching look this summer.

Ettika Braided Satin Cord Bracelet

Ettika’s braided satin cord bracelets are excellent for matching with brightly colored clothes or bikinis, making them perfect for summer time. The neon multicolored bracelets help you create an overall fun and spontaneous style. These bracelets are excellent for drawing attention without being overstated. You can also choose the charm that best suits your personality – this makes the bracelets a great talking point when people comment on them. Charms include crosses, hearts, skulls, feathers and wishbones, giving the bracelets a great versatility of meaning depending on the choice you make.

Dogeared 100 Good Wishes Necklace

If you’re planning to spend as much time as possible on the beach this summer, a 100 Good Wishes necklace makes the perfect statement. Dogeared jewelry is down to earth and hand made with a natural feel that works well for a beach lover. The necklace consists of 100 little beads on a thin chain, each representing a wish. This is appropriate both as a gift to yourself, to allow your summer to bring all the positive experiences you hope for. It also works well as a gift to a close friend. It’s a great way of expressing to someone that you appreciate them and want the best for them in life.

Summer is a time for personal growth and development – it’s a time to party, meet new people and move forward in life while enjoying yourself. This is the positive, life-affirming attitude reflected in the 100 Good Wishes necklace.

Dogeared Not-to-Worry Wood Bead Bracelets

These simple and elegant bracelets are perfect for stacking and are ideal if you like heavier, thicker bracelets. There are a handful of colors to choose from, so you can combine them as you like to mix and match with your wardrobe. Like the 100 Good Wishes necklace, the not-to-worry wood bead bracelets are all about giving off an aura of positivity, fun and love.

If you take a “don’t worry, be happy” approach to summer and to life in general, a not-to-worry bead bracelets is an essential jewelry item to express your personality and attitude. While other people are sweating the small things in life, your bracelets will remind you not to take anything too seriously and to take any problems that may arise in your stride. Like the 100 Good Wishes necklace, stacked bead bracelets are also a great look for the beach.

Expressing Your Summer Personality

Jewelry can say a lot about you, even more so than clothes in some cases. Every piece of jewelry has a meaning or a story behind it. People often overlook the role jewelry can play in meeting new people – often it’s jewelry that catches a stranger’s eye and sparks a conversation that can lead to a new friendship or summer romance.

The featuring of these jewelry pieces in such a huge publication as Sports Illustrated shows that understated, handmade jewelry is the way to go this season. Get your hands on your own Ettika jewelry pieces from ZeeBerry today.

Cartier established their business on 1847 in France. Cartier glasses are very popular brand of sun glasses and are often hard to find on sale. At initially Cartier was started with their luxury watch and jewelry. Cartier is also famous in manufacturing leather goods, accessories and fragrance. After some years they entered in to the making the spectacles in 1968. These spectacles called as Cartier sunglasses and Cartier eye glasses. They are a few of the most expensive designer glasses in town ever. As their glasses are distinctively design and it can never find a similarity between two different pieces of the glasses. These glasses are normally looks like a rectangular or butterfly shapes. Many retail stores carry Cartier glasses but hardly ever put them on sale due to the high demand.

Cartier eyeglasses have recently been creating waves in the market with their wide range of designs for both men as well as women. The Cartier sunglasses are popular among men as well as women. They are the perfect combination of function and superior style. The Cartier sunglasses are designed to perfection, they have very stylish looks but at the same time they are not whacky and very loud.

Why the Cartier glasses are very popular in the world wide? These glasses are well known spectacles in globally. If you wear these glasses, you will be looking a professional man in the society. Why should a store lower the price on a product when it is already selling well at it is present price. These spectacles are very reasonable prices to the consumers. And also you will never get any difficulty problems with these glasses. In competitive market many other glasses are introduced. Why the consumers are opting only Cartier glasses? These type of questions are normally comes into the human being mind. When a retail store becomes loss with the glasses, at this situation the retailer should give the discounts to consumers. Even if it would good for the customer, auspiciously for customers, they do not have to rely on retail stores to find good deals on Cartier glasses.

The Cartier sunglasses are designed such that they suit every person who wants to wear them. They have great choices of frames for men as well as women. The Cartier eyeglasses are perhaps the only designer glasses that are attractive yet are not those that attract a lot of attention. The makers of Cartier sunglasses know the difference in the styles of men as well as women. The women’s glasses are designed mainly having plastic frames and the handles are usually adorned with stones or you can get them plain as well whereas the men’s glasses are made mainly out of metal frames and have very little or no designs on them at all.

Each of the spectacles will be impressed with a distinct serial number on the holy place of the glasses. This is the only way to clarify that the spectacles is reliable. Cartier glasses are looks like very professional way. There are a few online options that customers can take advantage of to search Cartier sunglasses on sale. These glasses are perfect combination of function and better style. They also have great options of frames for men as well as women. If you want to be a proficient person in humanity then you should only one chance to choose Cartier glasses? They are stylish and however are not those that attract a lot of concentration. Some online retailers will run end of season sales to clear out their stocks of sunglasses as well as eye glasses.

The Cartier sunglasses are worth an investment as once you get a pair of these sunglasses you can use them for years together and they will protect your eyes the same way. The material used to make these glasses is of superior quality so it won’t fade away and your sunglasses will look as good as new even after years of using it. No one will ever be able to guess how old your sunglasses are. Cartier sunglasses can be worn during any season, the visibility is great with these sunglasses and the lenses are of superior quality and provide excellent protection for your eyes. In winter you can use the sunglasses even while skiing. If u need a pair of sunglasses while driving then these are the perfect ones for you as they have excellent visibility.

A good pair of designer sunglasses provides you with good protection for your eyes, good visibility, and a great style that suits your face. The normal sunglasses too might have great style but the UV protection and the visibility are poor as compared to the designer sunglasses. Go ahead and grab your pair of Cartier sunglasses today, its definitely worth an investment.

When one thinks of Asian style fashion, one thinks of Geisha Girls and kimonos. But it is much more than that!  When I did some research into this subject, I noticed that there was a very eclectic and diverse variety. Most of the photos I have seen included from Japan and Korea.

When I googled images of ‘Asian style fashion’, I came up with a plethora of different styles. The most notable is the bobbed ‘pixie’ style haircut.  Unnatural dye jobs for hair are also quite prevalent in Asian fashion. The colors can range from pink, to purple, to green and combinations of these.  These beautiful ladies much resemble characters from Japanese animated programming. The use of hair spray and sculpturing is also quite noticeable. Not to be outdone by the hairstyles, the dress itself has quite a western appeal. Many of the young ladies pictured have on form fitting t-shirts, with either pedal pusher type jeans, short Capri-style French cut jeans, or shirt flouncy skirts with leggings underneath. These will usually have stripes or plaid.  A variation is the thigh-high sock, usually white, with chunky platform shoes to give height.

Nail art is also a characteristic of Asian style fashion.  Many of the models pictured in my Google search had manicures that varied from anything to decals to fancy paint jobs.

I think many of the Asian models like to emulate Lady GaGa with her unique looks. I am seeing images galore of bathing suits (bikini tops and bottoms mostly) being used as street wear, topped with thigh socks, high heels, and a shrug-type jacket, a neck tie, scarf, and of course the wild hair. Asian women also like to incorporate menswear into their wardrobes, since you will often see what looks like a private school uniform with a man’s button down shirt and a tie.

My favorite of all the Asian style fashion trends is the prevalence of bold prints and Paisleys.  These look the best, in my opinion, on maxi dresses. They are a toned down version of the classic kimono, and often have flouncy princess skirts. Short dresses have too much deserved attention, since many of these are strapless numbers with oversized bows on them. These come in classic colors and are usually made of silk, satin or similar shiny material.  Floral prints, paisley prints and plaids seem to be very popular.

Of course Asian fashion should not be limited to The Pacific Rim and countries like Korea, Laos, and Japan.  India should be included in the mix too. Indian women wear the traditional sari in both short and long styles.  The hair is much different than the Japanese/Korean counterparts.  The hairstyle most frequently seen is a knee length braid.  These are either natural or extensions.

Since tattoos are popular, henna tattoos that usually last about two weeks are also pretty apparent and prevalent.  Henna tattoos look like the real deal, and cost just as much sometimes, but they have the added benefit of being semi-permanent. If the wearer decides at a later date not to sport a tattoo, or wants a change in design, they can easily make the switch to a different one or go without one entirely.

As far as makeup, the current trend is to make the eyes look as large as possible. This is achieved either by contact lenses that give that effect, or techniques with mascara, shadow, and a combination of eyebrow shaping and eyeliner to complete the effect.

The only thing about Asian style fashion that one must consider is that it will not work for everyone.  It will work best on a woman with a small, angular frame, and who weighs less than one hundred and fifty pounds.  Since this fashion trend is varied, one can always experiment with the looks depending upon body type, and colors that flatter the skin tone.

Clothes are art. Like art, they have changed through time and generations. They have filled a place in human studies: psychology, sociology, and anthropology. While worn out of necessity, clothes have also been a representation of human beliefs, and social class system. They have also represented revolutions in these areas. Clothing choices in the past few decades have changed both rapidly and dramatically. The 1800′s started out with flowing dresses, which changed to more top-fitted dresses, which began to show more skin in the front and back, which turned into more bottom-fitted dresses in the early 1900′s. This time line continued. The 1930′s brought in two piece skirt sets. Things picked up from here: the poodle skirt of the 1950′s-60′s, the short dresses of the 1960′s-70′s, the short-shorts and bell-bottoms of the 1970′s-80′s, leg warmers and shoulder pads of the 1980′s, the mini-skirts of the 1990′s. The 2000′s have also had their share of craziness: the butt-out pants, the thong-out pants, and so on.

Even more interesting than the general fashions of the times is the emergence of the more dramatic contrasts in subcultures of fashion. This began to occur more dramatically after the fashion revolution of the 1980′s. This decade served as an extension and exaggeration of the movements that occurred in the 1960′s. It was a decade of ‘Me!Me!Me!’ While the flower power parents were becoming responsible adults, while the generation’s mother’s worked extended hours out of the home, while it became more accepted for children to be increasingly independent in their actions and attire, the children were expressing these new found freedoms in various ways. One of the most prominent ways was through clothing. It was at this point that individuality and group representation began to form more drastically than at any other time in history. There were preps, goths, mods, skaters, schoolgirls, party girls, punks.

This contrast continued to evolve into almost infinite subgroups over the decades following. Finally, urban street fashion emerged. Like its predecessors, punk, then skater, it is a form of fashion that represents the lives of its creators: inner-city youth looking for a voice, and looking for attention of their efforts to change the world around them and express their views of it.

Calling people who wear urban street clothing is like calling an artist a person who uses a brush. People who wear urban street clothing are artists themselves. It is their application of clothing and accessories that creates their artwork. Urban street clothing is a complex mix of textures, shapes, placements, and other styles and forms. It is a representation of ideas, of values, morals, culture, and history. It is a representation of the individual. It is a form of expression that is constantly visible for others to see. Like any other artist, these people are putting themselves out there at the risk of rejection, judgment, and dismissal. It is a way of putting what is inside a person’s heart, mind, and soul, into public view. It is making oneself vulnerable. And this is a direct representation of the people and the generation wearing them.

Like any attire, urban street fashion has also been utilized as a tool for the purpose of unity. While there are many, many forms of individuality found in urban street clothing, there are also striking resemblances as the clothing of a state, city, or neighborhood is witnessed. This is largely due to peer influence and exposure to similar social events, environments, media, view points, and other social influences. Ironically, urban street fashion’s intention is to show individual expression, rebellion, and viewpoints, but in doing so, it illustrates major and minor cultural differences from one place to another.

The rapid progression of fashion after the 1960′s is a reflection of the progression of society. In this case, it has been the thoughts, morals, views, and opinions of social interactions. In the 1960′s, the clothing revelation was linked to a sexual revolution. As seen in attire dating back to the early 1800′s, this revolution was a long time in the making. The 60′s however, broke through that barrier and beyond, paving the way for other changes in clothing and society. It provided a platform for female liberation, heterosexual experimentation. These freedoms opened the door for all sorts of self expression and even pride. It is upon this idea that many subcultures of fashion were formed, mirroring their progressive social counterparts.

Urban street fashion is a huge incorporation of several sub(sub)fashions. These fashions can be anywhere from an edgy, punkish look, to an intellectual, artistic look, to a hip-hop look, to a more structured, Eastern look. The common factor is having the elements put together in a way that it represents a person, in an artistic, cutting edge manner. Some types include:

Bicycle Urban Fashion: Lightweight, practical clothing made for biking. It usually includes a fanny pack or pageboy bag and bicycle gloves. May include sunglasses.

Japanese Urban Fashion: Became popular in the 1990′s and is made up of various sub(sub, sub) fashions that have their own subs. Includes versions of versions of hundreds of different fashions from cute to Gothic (within the same sub, sub, sub, sub) category. They have taken the idea and multiplied it.

Hip-Hop Urban Fashion: This fashion became dominant in the 1980′s and evolved within the rap community. Rap itself was fueled by Black Nationalism. With the rap and Black Nationalism intertwined, the fashion surrounding this part of the music industry created a form of fashion based on traditional Black influences. Du-rags, baseball caps, baggy pants, and basketball sneakers dominated this market and encouraged further evolution.

Surf and Skate Wear: These were the founding fathers of Urban Street Fashion. Based on the subcultures of their respective sport, they introduced a form of sportswear that evolved into the various categories of urban street wear visible today. Surf wear often includes t-shirts with logos of surfboards and the various brands associated with them, surfer shorts, and flip-flops. Skate wear often includes t-shirts with skateboard brands, jeans and jean shorts, skater shoes, and baseball caps.

Fashion gives us an amazing insight into sociology. It is as intriguing, if not more so, than its artistic counterparts. In fact, it is a form of art itself, displaying an infinite number of cultural, social, and individual ideas. This is what I love about urban street fashion.