Error in Life

September 21st, 2007

2 weeks left until cuti raya, yang tak balik raya tu ikut sy la pi raya kat rumah orang lain.

2 minggu tapi i have tons of assignment havent even started and nees to be sent before the holidays. i’m so dead la. let me see what i have:

(i) Live drama presentation (Lit&Gender)- done the script, now practicing to act excecute it next saturday.

(ii) oral test for Japanese and Spanish.

(iii) japanese & spanish essay assignment due next week.

(iv) IR Theory oral test next friday

(v) Foreign Policy assignment just given today. hope this group don’t make so much drama or someone is getting the axe. this paper due on Oct.5

(vi) short stories for Lit&Gender. one week before final

(vii) need to read around 6 article.

(vvi) quiz International Organisasion & Japanese.

so dead lar… and im sick losing my voice, but thats not an excuse. this semester is the harderst!!!

Fashion 102

September 3rd, 2007

MODELLING

There are 2 kinds of model. fashion models and commercial models. fashion models can do commercial ad such as cosmetic, hair and even bikini but fashion models are the most famous one such as Cindy Crawford, Giselle Bundchen, Tyra Banks, and Helena Christiensen.

in fashion, there are 2 kinds of model:

  1. Regular Model
  2. SuperModel

         Supermodel is the superstar in fashion, and there was an era where the supermodels ruled the world. this era started during the late 80’s until the early 90’s and the major names in the supermodels arena was the one name such as Cindy, Naomi,Christy, Linda, Tyra, Claudia, and Helena.

          the term supermodel was claimed to be coined by Janice Dickinson as the World First Supermodel who was countless magazine cover. Supermodels are count by their magazine covers and the prestige of the magazine such as Vogue, W, Elle, Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar and many more. according to history the world first supermodel was actually Lisa Fonssagrives in the 1930’s to the 1950’s.

           Twiggy was the one who change the fashion industry at first with her long but skinny look while models during that time was more plum and curvicious than her. She made the standart that are use for models nowadays, to be tall and skinny. that’s was in the 60’s and she with Wilhelmina (now the founder of Wilhelmina Models), Veruschka and Cheryl Tiegs was the one who open the glamourous world of modelling.

             Donyale Luna was the first Black women to be appear in the cover of Vogue however Beverly Johnson was the first black women to cover the American Vogue and broke the color barrier in fashion. famous black supermodel are such as Iman, Naomi Campbell, Tyra Banks, and Omahyra.

              back to the supermodels era, during that time the industry was controll by 6 major name or known also as the Big Six according to Time magazine. they’re Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss, Claudia Schiffer, and the ‘Trinity’ made of by Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington.

              Supermodels today are not as famous during the supermodel era but they still exist. today supermodels are such as Giselle Bundchen (who was the largest modelling contract and the richest models according to Forbes Magazine in 2007) Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima, Karolina Kurkova, Liya Kebede, Laetitia Casta, Eva Herzigova, and my favorite model of all time Carmen Kass.

           There are also male supermodels existed such as Marcus Schenkenberg and Tyson Beckford.

Fashion 101

September 2nd, 2007

LESSON 1: Designer

there are a few kinds of fashion design as haute couture, ready to wear, bridal, and men fashion. however the most famous is Women’s wear. the most expensive fashion wear is haute couture where the grament is made by hand and very specific to the buyer. it’s also the most expensive clothes you can ever buy.

Grand fashion house that makes Haute Couture clothes are such as Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Givenchy, Versace, and Armani to name a few.

Famous fashion designer:

Karl Lagerfeld

the most prominent designer in the fashion industry. work with many famous faces such as Nicole Kidman and is the creative director and designer for the many fashion houses and still is such as Chanel (Duh!), Fendi, and his own label Karl Lagerfeld. he also used to work with the french label Chloe.

CHANEL: made famous by Coco Chanel. she introduce the world with the pants suit for women and worn by Katherine Hepburn. she also has the most famous perfume line called ‘Chanel no.5′

FENDI: popular with the fur design.

CHLOE: a new french fashion house and famous for ‘it handbags’ such as the Paddington Bag

Mark Jacobs

called the ‘genius’ in fashion world. he single-handedly brought the fame back to Louis Vuitton. a gradute from Parson School of Design in New York, he’s known for his runway show to be notoriously late but great fashion sense.

Louis Vuitton: a french fashion house and famous with the luggage. Jacob’s has made LV one of the most known label with his design on the LV handbags.

Vera Wang

any bride would definately die just to have her wedding gown on the wedding day. she is known for her fantastic wedding gown and her range start from $5000.

Diane von Furtenberg

Known for her dresses and was the one who introduce the wrap dress to the world. she is an American designer.

Christian Louboutin

A french shoe designer and one of the most worn shoe by celebrity because of it red-color leather sole as the trademark. his shoe price tag start from $400 a pair.

Hubert de Givenchy

His label Givenchy was the one who was responsible to made ‘the little black dress’ that are known to the world until now. this french designer help actress Audrey Hepburn in the film ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s" where she worn what known today the little black dress.