Thursday, May 26, 2011

Ali Larter in TACORI 18K925


LOS ANGELES - May 25, 2011
 Ali Larter glammed up her tank top and jeans with a TACORI 18k925 necklace for a trip to the salon in Beverly Hills this morning!  The actress wore a TACORI 18k925 turquoise pendant (SN100Y05; $1,710) and silver chain (SN10138, $170).  http://www.tacori.com/



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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Stephanie Pratt in Baby Phat

LOS ANGELES - May 20, 2011
Stephanie Pratt 
wore Baby Phat to the car wash in Santa Monica today. The former Hillsstar looked cute and comfortable in her Off The Shoulder Romper, only $69! Baby Phat offers a lifestyle collection that features everything today's metropolitan woman needs....date-worthy dresses and blouses, bold pairs of sling back pumps and boots, designer women's jeans, accessories, and handbags; http://www.babyphat.com/

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Friday, May 20, 2011

Colorfast Apparel Introduces Active Audio


LOS ANGELES - June 19, 2011 
Ever wondered what it would be like to have your clothes work simultaneously as headphones for your iPod??  Colorfast Apparel has done just that, creating & patenting "Active Audio", which incorporates music directly into your garment with headphones built into the drawcord for iPod integration.  It is super cool and gives you a flawless combination of style, music, & function, while remaining comfortable and washable.

The innovative pieces come in a variety of styles, including zip up hoodies, parkas, and vests, and range from $70-$125.
 
About Colorfast Apparel:
Colorfast was launched as a Men’s, Women’s, and Kid’s collection at the start of 2010 to address the need to bring a vibrant trend forward style to fashion basics.  The brand embodies itself as an active California lifestyle collection focused around color, fabrication, treatments, and effortlessly cool style.  Their versatile collection can be found at a wide range of stores including department, specialty chain, and top tier boutiques, such as Bloomingdales, Urban Outfitters, Metro Park, The Buckle, Kitson in LA, Shoe Gallery in Miami, Len Druskin in Minneapolis, Lansky’s in Memphis, Circa 2000 in Plano TX, Boogies in Aspen CO, and 88 tees in Honolulu Hawaii.

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Taryn Manning & Heather McComb at Coke's 125th Birthday

LOS ANGELES - May 18, 2011
 DJ Taryn Manning was mixing beats last night at Coke's 125th Birthday celebration, wearing her favorite Jessica Kagan Cushman brass Skull Ring ($110).  The Event's Heather McComb glammed up her t-shirt and jeans with TACORI 18k925 red onyx french hook earrings (SE101Y23; $1,620) and yellow ring (SR102Y07; $850), paired with a TACORI fine jewelry gold and diamond chain necklace (FC104-18Y; $2,190).  http://www.jessicacushman.com/;http://www.tacori.com/


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Junk Food & Kitson Celebrate Coke's 125th Birthday: Chace Crawford, Shenae Grimes & More




LOS ANGELES, May 18, 2011
 Happy Birthday Coca-Cola! Celebrities gathered at Kitson to celebrate the 125th Birthday of Coca-Cola last night, hosted by Junk Food Clothing. Chace Crawford, Shenae Grimes, Aimee Teegarden, Stephanie Pratt, Dijan Talton, Ross Thomas, Christian Serratos, James Preston and Ashlan Gorse were among the many who attended to embrace 125 years of happiness. Celebs wore Junk Food tees and listened to jams DJ-ed by Taryn Manning http://www.junkfoodclothing.com/






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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

GLEE STAR Cory Monteith in JOHN VARVATOS EYEWEAR

LOS ANGELES - May 17, 2011
 Cory Monteith attended the FOX Upfronts in NYC, sporting a geek chic look in his new JOHN VARVATOS glasses!  The Glee star wore JOHN VARVATOS Horn optical lenses (V132, $250).http://www.johnvarvatos.com/


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Jude Law in JOHN VARVATOS EYEWEAR

Jude Law in JOHN VARVATOS EYEWEAR!
LOS ANGELES - May 12, 2011 
 Jude Law waves to fans outside the Palais des Festivals during the 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival, wearing JOHN VARVATOS shades!  Jude sported a pair of black JOHN VARVATOS "Classic Sunglasses" (V768, $275). http://www.johnvarvatos.com/




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Consumer Savings Expert: Andrea Woroch 6 RETAIL 2011 TRENDS

 
1. Daily Deals
With the explosion of limited-time daily deals via group-buying (more than 23 million in the last year) and flash-sale sites like Gilt GroupJetsetter.com, it's no surprise other retailers have adopted this successful sales strategy. In fact, online retailers like Target & Overstock now offer Deal-of-the-Day sales that bode well for sales. Even Facebook and Amazon have added daily deal services.


2. Name Your Own Price
Gap has recently taken the daily deal concept a step further with the launch of its new Gap My Price program, which allows customers to bid for clothing and accessories. The process is the same as with Priceline, which targets cost-conscious travelers: You extend a sales offer for a particular item; Gap then makes a final offer you can either accept or reject.


3. Free Shipping
Originating in Australia, retailers are talking about charging shoppers for use of their changing rooms. The move is designed to prevent consumers from trying items in-store, then buying them online at a discount price. Fortunately, retailers have shifted marketing efforts to target online shoppers by creating a more accessible e-shopping experience and offering free shipping both ways as well as site to store free shipping. Online stores like Zappos & Piperlime now offer free shipping both ways and merchants like Walmart and REI offer site to store free shipping. Discover more merchants that offer free shipping both ways from this article on LearnVest.


4. Body Scanners In Malls
We're not talking about security scanners here, but rather a system that helps you deal with manufacturer's increasingly different sizing charts. MyBestFit addresses this problem with mall kiosks offering free 20-second, full-body scans. Here's how it works: You step fully dressed into a 380-degree booth and a wand rotates around you, emitting low-power radio waves that record roughly 200,000 body measurements to assess areas like bicep circumference. The system then matches these measurements to sizes in its database for roughly 50 stores, including Talbots, Old Navy and Eddie Bauer. It sure beats trying on five different sizes of jeans and (shudder) bathing suits.


5. Mobile Sales, Coupons and Instant Deals
The busier we become, the more we rely on our smartphones to shop, compare prices and look for deals while on-the-go. Retailers have cottoned onto this need as a new opportunity for capturing and engaging customers. For example, the CouponSherpa iPhone app allows shoppers to research mobile coupons for specific items, then use those same coupons at checkout. Foursquare has become increasingly popular as a way for retailers and restaurants to provide special offers when you "check in." For example, Ann Taylor in NYC may provide a 15-percent off deal on full-priced merchandise for a shopper who has used Foursquare to check in. Amazon's iPhone App allows you to scan a bar code or take a photo of a product seen while window shopping and, at the your later convenience, purchase that item with just one click.


6. Social Media Sales
As Gen Xers move into their peak spending years and become entranced by social-media shopping, more retailers are jumping on the bandwagon to engage their customers via Twitter and Facebook. In fact, the Facebook store, referred to as "F-Commerce," is an increasingly popular outlet for retailers to target such social-media shoppers.
Also known as social shopping, the process allows consumers and retailers to aggregate and share information in real time about special offers, products, prices and purchases. The big advantage to consumers is they needn't leave a social-media site to shop and can immediately share their purchase with friends and other fans. This helps reduce the solitary feeling of online shopping. Via social media, merchants also provide information about special offers and, increasingly, coupon codes and downloadable coupons.



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Thursday, May 12, 2011

Twilight's Ashley Greene in Junk Food

LOS ANGELES - May 11, 2011 
 Twilight's Ashley Greene wore Junk Food while out and about in LA yesterday. The move-star looked adorable in her Junk Food Dear Nature T, $28, while feeding the meter; http://www.junkfoodclothing.com/ . Junk Food launched in 1998 as the original vintage t-shirt company, creating and forever changing the premium t-shirt market.  Known for its soft, comfy fabrics and witty art, Junk Food is a celebrity favorite carried in the top stores throughout the world. 




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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Harrison Ford in JOHN VARVATOS EYEWEAR

LOS ANGELES - May 10, 2011
 Harrison Ford was spotted signing an autograph for a fan after lunch in Brentwood, California, wearing his favorite JOHN VARVATOS glasses!  Harrison sported the JOHN VARVATOS silver wire frame V111 ($220). http://www.johnvarvatos.com/




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Sugar & Bruno Partners with Top Dance Celebrities for Street Wear Line

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Sugar and Bruno Partners with Top Dance Celebrities to Expand
to Fashion and Teen Street Wear Markets
The Dance Inspired Clothing Brand Expands with its 2011 Spring/Summer Collections

(May 2, 2011) Indianapolis, IN –  Sugar and Bruno, best known among the dance community for its “street” inspired dance clothing line, recently expanded with its 2011 Spring/Summer collection and the addition of several fashion forward street wear pieces.  Several of the fashion pieces were designed by their partner celebrities from the dance world: Chelsie Hightower (Dancing With the Stars), Stacey Tookey (Judge and Emmy Nominated Choreographer, So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD)), Keltie Colleen (Former Rockette, author, also known for her turn on The Bachelor), film and television actress Mollee Gray (Runner up, SYTYCD),Kent Boyd (Runner up, SYTYCD), and more.


“At first, we noticed dancers modifying their existing wardrobes to create their own unique look at practice and in performances,” said Steve Powers, COO of Sugar and Bruno, “They’d wear baggy jeans with burn out tees, and cut them up – whatever it took to make them stand out, and make the clothes functional for dance.”

Sugar and Bruno set out initially to meet the demands of dancers.  Powers continued, “Try as we did to meet their needs – and we did that with some great success - we also started seeing non-dancers wearing and purchasing the clothes.  With this year’s line, we took those trends into consideration, without compromising the functionality and freedom of movement built into each piece.”

Dance apparel has evolved over the years, due most recently to its rise in popularity in feature films (Burlesque, Black Swan, the Step Up trilogy), reality television (Dancing with the Stars, America’s Best Dance Crew, So You Think You Can Dance), television shows like ‘Glee,’ music videos and viral videos on YouTube.  The rise in popularity among mainstream audiences of dance and the clothes its stars were wearing helped Sugar and Bruno facilitate the shift from strictly “dance” to fashion forward attire.

The line, which hit retail in February 2011, caters to both performance and style, making it one of the world’s most sought-after brands in the youth fashion and lifestyle marketplace.

ABOUT SUGAR AND BRUNO

Sugar and Bruno, one of the world’s most recognizable brands among teen and young adult dancers, was launched in 2007 by its parent company Progressive Design Apparel, Inc (founded 1989). S&B designs, manufactures and distributes dance inspired products and clothing, and recently expanded its reach to fashion and teen street-wear markets. The entire line, as well as the cast of Sugar & Bruno celebrity designers may be found at www.sugarandbruno.com.





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