Jewelry Fashion Trends

Have you ever wondered why he didn’t call although he said he would. Well… as most of us probably already know this, very often guys say one thing and mean something opposite. The “I will call you” is probably the most popular one but there are several other phrases that men love to use.

Steve Santagati – a relationship expert from “The Today Show”: prepared a little dictionary translating the true meaning of “man-phrases”.

- “I’ll call you” – meaning “I may call you.” Santagati says a man will definitely ask for your phone number if he likes you, but he could also just be looking for quick way to end the conversation.

-“I’ve been busy lately,” can mean two things. According to Santagati, if you’ve been dating less than six months, it means, “I’ve lost interest in you.” If you’ve been dating longer, it means, “I like you, but I also need to focus on other things.”

-“I need some space,” meaning “This relationship is moving too fast.” It could also mean: “It’s over.” Santagati recommends asking if he still wants to date you. If he says “yes” and your are still interested in him give him some time. Also, spend time with your friends and family or pursue your own interests. That way, you’re not so dependent on him.

-“I love spending time with you.” He actually means, “I love you – I think.” He probably is not 100% sure of his feelings but he really cares about you.

- “I want this to last forever” he means, “I’m really happy right now.” Santagati says that if you’re wondering if your relationship has a future, a man’s behavior is more important than his words. For example, is he physically affectionate? Does he remember the things that are important to you? Is he supportive when you need it? If you can answer “yes” to all those questions, your relationship is doing just fine.

It was the party to be at this Halloween weekend. Many famous people showed up at the 10th Annual Halloween Party in West Hollywood (CA) hosted by Heidi Klum and Seal. The couple was virtually unrecognizable dressed as crows with long beaks, black feathers and faces painted black.

Kelly Osbourne and her fiancé DJ Luke Worrall went as bacon and eggs and Eliza Dushku and Rick Fox chose gangster vampires costumes. Sacha Baron Cohen aka Ali G/Borat/Bruno was hiding behind "Hillary Clinton" mask and Perez Hilton posed for photographers dressed as Lady Gaga.

But most attention drew Paris Hilton and her current boyfriend Doug Reinhardt, who ultimately ended the night fighting.

As New York post reports Hilton dressed in white tulle dress with wings accessorized with diamond-encrusted headband, diamond necklace, two diamond cuffs and diamond rings took off in a limo with Reinhardt to The Roosevelt hotel in Hollywood for another round of partying.

Source: New York Post:

"At the corner of La Brea and Sunset Boulevard, the reality star's cellphone was launched out the window. The limo came to an abrupt stop, and a tipsy Paris stumbled out, peering up and down the street to find her phone as traffic and pedestrians came to a halt. "She was staggering down the street, up and down," the second witness said.

Failing to find her phone -- it was later located and returned by a paparazzo -- Hilton climbed back into the limo and began ranting at Reinhardt for throwing it out the window, the witness said.

She also started slapping and kicking as he grabbed her and tried to fend her off. His left hand had a firm grip on her throat, according to the witness.

"And the guy they were with was trying to block anyone from taking pictures," the witness said.

"It got very physical. The limo driver was horrified!"

The incident was witnessed by several photographers.

A call to a Hilton spokeswoman was not immediately answered. No police report was filed on the couple's Halloween incident.”

Heidi Klum is forced to shut down her jewelry line after her ex-business partner –luxury jewelry house-Van Cleef & Arpels filed a lawsuit against Klum.

The “Project Runway” host told the Lost Angeles Times last week: "Unfortunately, I did have a partner who ... maybe wasn't as knowledgeable in terms of setting up a business (…) I worked five years very hard on [the line] ... which I loved doing (…) But we stopped because we had a lawsuit with Van Cleef & Arpels. They wanted to have the clover, even though our designs had never matched. I don't know how may designs I had done in five years, maybe 800 different designs -- but they just wanted to own the clover motif."

Klum launched the jewelry line five years ago. She explained at the time that her inspiration for the collection was based on a four-leaf clover pattern she observed when touring churches in Milan, Italy.

Due to a lawsuit the model decided not to continue with the line and is looking for new licensing agreements for her jewelry. The Heidi Klum Collection is now being drastically discounted at many retailers.

Do you sometimes wonder whether the fancy $50 shampoo works better than the $6 brand? We should remember that there's no scientific evidence that high-end beauty products work better than what you get at your local drugstore for much less. Dr Craig A. Vander Kolk, professor of plastic surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and associate director of the Plastic Surgery Medical Center says: “You can get the smelly good stuff. You can go out and get all the fancy Cliniques and the lip balm and lip enhancers, but there's no study showing they are better."

Nancy Trejos from The Washington Post did some research and asked a few beauty experts for tips on looking good on a budget:

- Do your research. Learn about ingredients. It could keep you from buying products with ingredients that won't do you any good.

- Find dual uses for items. Take cleanser. You can find some that also serve as makeup removers and toners. Neutrogena One Step cleanser, for instance, will run you only $6.20 for a 5.2-ounce bottle.

- Don't be afraid to ask for freebies. Go to any makeup counter and ask for samples.

-Try baby skin-care lines. They are usually cheaper and just as good as the adult lines. Check out Johnson & Johnson, Mustella and Aveeno products.

-Shop online. Sometimes you can find unopened high-end cosmetics on eBay or Amazon.

-Scale back. Pedicures last a long time, so there's no need for one every week. Instead of a full-on manicure each week, opt for a cheaper polish change.

Source: The Washington Post

During this difficult economic time many of us could use a few simple methods to lift up the mood. These tips come form Dr Stuart Shipko, a psychiatrist and author of “Surviving Panic Disorder” book.

- Pleasant fragrance will boost your spirits. A study in the journal Physiology & Behavior found that when a dentist’s waiting room smelled like orange or lavender, patients were less anxious and in a better mood. So, surround yourself with fragrances your like and you will feel better immediately.

- Exercise. Exercise releases mood-boosting dopamine and serotonin. In a study of over 12,000 people, those who ran regularly were 70% less likely to be highly stressed and dissatisfied with life.

- Have goals. People who set goals are actually less stressed, feel better about themselves, and find more meaning in their lives.

- Avoid alcohol. Alcohol is not a solution to any problems. It prevents the production of neurons in the area of the brain that regulates mood.

This year Madonna capped her position of fashion icon when she became the face of Louis Vuitton collection. The queen of reinvention has been a trendsetter since day one - but that doesn't mean she's always gotten it right!

Two venture capitalists have spent the past two years tracking down her more memorable outfits. So far they have collected 250 items of clothing, plus another 50 or so pieces of Madonna ephemera. For the moment, the collection resides in the vaults of Coutts, but soon it will be unleashed in an exhibition. Lisa Armstrong from The Times put together a list of Madonna’s most famous outfits which made impact on the fashion world.

Material Girl, 1985

Hiring a kitschly pink satin strapless dress for the video of Material Girl, Madonna openly plagiarised Monroe’s scene in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. But where Monroe was part gold-digger, part adorable naif, Madonna is entirely knowing. This was a platinum blonde whose eyebrows were deliberately left a contradictory shade of charcoal and whose body was beginning to look as though she could go several rounds in the ring. Given that workout regime, Monroe wouldn’t be the later Madonna’s chosen screen reference – Dietrich would, and not the fleshy young Dietrich of the Lola era. Attempting to put a twist on Anita Loos’ satire on materialism, Madonna, hair slickly waved, interspersed scenes from the 1953 movie with a new story that showed her playing an actress being wooed by a Hollywood director who has to pretend to be poor in order to win her (unmaterialistic) heart. Hah! Ironically, it’s Monroe who emerges as the more subversive.

Sex, 1992

Jean Paul Gaultier had been playing with cone bras through the Eighties, and Yves Saint Laurent had tinkered with them 20 years earlier. But no one expected anyone to wear them, until Madonna commissioned Gaultier to design the costumes for her Blonde Ambition tour in 1990. This period saw Madonna’s exhibitionism reach potentially corrosive extremes, culminating with Sex, the explicit picture book she released in 1992. Flaunting its artistic credentials – the photographs were taken by Italian Vogue’s Steven Meisel – Sex was a puzzling and shocking detour from a superstar who, so it seemed, didn’t need to strip off and get gynaecological. Sex sold out, but along with 1993’s Body of Evidence, in which Madonna played a woman trying to kill a man by having sex with him, it almost finished her career. A period of relative restraint followed.

Evita, 1996

Madonna’s formidable lobbying tactics paid off when Alan Parker finally cast her in the role she felt she was born to play. You can see why she identified with Eva Perón ­up to a point: humble background, ruthless climb to the top. But Evita was more than a demanding diva; she was thought to be complicit in the disappearance of anyone who crossed her, as well as millions of Argentina’s missing pesos. Oh well, she gave great wardrobe. Working out every day despite her pregnancy (Lourdes Ciccone was born three months before the premiere), Madonna more than did Perón’s style justice. In curlicues of eyeliner and Christian Dior lipstick, she worked every one of those 85 costume changes, 39 hats and 49 hairstyles. This was a first glimpse of Madonna doing ladylike, later a glossy magazine staple in her English country lady period. The release of the film saw a revival in Forties tailoring, and for months Madonna wore suits and cultivated an überpale skin.

Music, 2000

Having exhausted Eva Perón and geishas, Madonna turned to facets of her homeland that had previously failed to engage her. Although the early Noughties vogue for ghetto fabulousness seemed at odds with Madonna’s increasing interest in kabbalah, it provided some irresistible style opportunities. The white three-piece trouser suit she wore for the Music video (in which she allowed Sacha Baron Cohen’s alter ego Ali G – then Britain’s coolest comic figure – to send her up, thus winning hearts in her adopted homeland) was not a million miles from the Savile Row-inspired tailoring her friend Stella McCartney was churning out for her recently launched label.

American Pie, 2000

The vest-and-jeans outfit that Madonna wore for her American Pie video was as wholesome and straightforward as the raven hair and kimono-inspired clothes of Ray of Light had been mysterious (or pretentious, depending on your taste). If her cover of Don McLean’s Sixties standard was banal, it at least pre-empted the waves of patriotism that engulfed America after 9/11 – and, as McLean contentedly noted, ensured that “I’ll never have to work again.”

Re-Invention Tour, 2004

Jean Paul Gaultier was back on board, along with Karl Lagerfeld, Christian Lacroix and Stella McCartney. Madonna’s pirating tendencies were more eclectic than ever – ranging from Marie Antoinette to Braveheart and Carnival, and the clothes were some of the most beautiful to have gone on a pop tour. But the whole enterprise felt like a stock-taking of sort; a montage of Madonna’s greatest style hits was played on a giant screen every night – an indication that while the chameleon gene was still active, the desire for dramatic transformations that spilt over into real life was waning.

Via: The Times

There has been much talk lately about Michelle Obama’s style and almost all magazines and tabloids published articles commenting on her wardrobe and look.

But let’s not forget about the jewelry, an important element of Mrs Obama’s look. For the historic event of inauguration of her husband Barack Obama as the nation's 44th president, the First Lady wore diamond-stud earrings and a Victorian paste pin, once meant as a sash decoration. For the inaugural balls on Tuesday night jewelry was a very important part of her outfit and she accessorized her full-length ivory gown by designer Jason Wu with classic diamonds. She chose Loree Rodkin diamond linear earrings, diamond ring and diamond bangle bracelets.

Sally Morrison, the director of Diamond Information Center said: "By choosing to wear a pair of classic diamond linear earrings and diamond bangle bracelets, Michelle Obama has defined her own take on a timeless and enduring diamond look in a way that is destined to become iconic in fashion history (…) This look is absolutely her own, simultaneously modern in a way that will be emulated by women around the world today, but so timeless that it may very well one day be worn by her own daughters."

Dubai will be home of first in the world skyscraper for women only. The project is called Eve’s Tower and will be a 20 story building where only women can own or rent office space. Eve's Tower is part of the iconic Hydra Towers Project that comprises five uniquely shaped, high-rise towers that will be at the 'core' of the largest commercial hub in the Middle East, Dubai's Business Bay. The project is expected to be completed by 2010 and is a tribute to the nurturing spirit of women all over the world.