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PETER SOM at New York Fashion Week
Peter Som’s spring runway was a closet full of clothes for the young and beautiful set. The collection was an even mix of tropical colors and neutral earth tones, resortwear and cocktail dresses. Peter Som’s spring runway was a closet full of clothes for the young and beautiful set. The collection was an even mix of tropical col... more
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Black Rock Boutique
The Black Rock Boutique outfits Burners with the best threads this side of... well... there's just no equivalent to Burning Man, is there?
After picking your new outfit, walk the plank (aka catwalk), go rock the look all over BRC & bask in the compliments.
You're welcome. The Black Rock Boutique outfits Burners with the best threads this side of... well... there's just no equivalent to Burning Man, ... more -
Miranda Kerr shines at the launch of the David Jones Summer Collections
Aussie babe was spotted working the runway for the David Jones Summer 2008 Collections in Sydney.Kerr stepped out in a hot pink one piece swimsuit by Jets and she also wore a feathered head dress to open the show.Enjoy the pictures of Miranda Kerr heating up the catwalk ! Aussie babe was spotted working the runway for the David Jones Summer 2008 Collections in Sydney.Kerr stepped out in a hot pink one pi... more
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From clearing excrement to NY modelling
Walking down the catwalk in front of the great and the good in New York is a far cry from using your hands to clean up human excrement for a living.
But this week a group of such women - known in India as scavengers - have been doing just that. They have been attending a United Nations conference here and doing some modelling at the same time.
In all, 36 scavengers from India have been invited by the UN to attend a conference to mark the UN's International Year of Sanitation.
The women were brought up from early childhood for the demeaning work.
Scavengers are invariably from the lower-caste, "untouchable" (Dalit) community. They carry the human excrement in pots on their heads. They can also be found clearing rubbish from the streets and open drains outside homes.
'Humilitation'
Usha Chomar is one of these women. Walking along the corridors of the UN headquarters, she was ecstatic by the respect and honour showered on her by dignitaries and the movers and shakers of the world.
Thirty-year-old Chomar gave up scavenging in 2003. She says she finally feels like a human being. "I have always done the work of scavenging and have faced humiliation all my life.
I tell all scavenging women that it is not impossible for them to change their lives
Usha Chomar
"So I had never imagined that I would ever have been honoured like this. I am very happy at last to be treated like a normal person."
The women got the opportunity to hit the catwalk during a fashion show called Mission Sanitation where they appeared alongside top models from India and other countries. Some of the designer clothes worn by the models were embroidered by the women .
The ceremony was especially poignant for Usha Chomar, because she was unofficially crowned as princess of sanitation workers.
Among the various organisations taking part in the activities was the India non-governmental organisation, Sulabh International, which was invited by the UN to work with other groups around the world in the struggle to provide better sanitation.
"This is the dream coming true of Indian independence hero Gandhiji (Mahatma Gandhi)," said Bindeshwar Pathak, the head of Sulabh International.
"In India scavengers have been looked down upon for centuries. But those who have abandoned that work are... being treated with respect which they deserve. I am over the moon with happiness."
Huge task
Usha Chomar said that she hoped that other disadvantaged women could derive inspiration from her story. "I tell all scavenging women that it is not impossible for them to change their lives and command just as much respect as any other human being."
Official statistics in India say that there are still around 340,000 scavengers working in villages and small towns.
The UN aims to reduce by half the number of people without basic sanitation by 2015.
But in India alone they face a huge task.
It's estimated that around 700 million Indians do not have access to safe and hygienic toilets.
Experts say that scavenging in India is most prevalent in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.
They warn that because they work in such nasty conditions, many suffer from acute health problems. They say that the stench that goes with the job forces many scavengers to hold their breath for long periods of time, which in turn causes respiratory problems.
The Indian government banned manual scavenging in 1993, but the law is not widely implemented. Walking down the catwalk in front of the great and the good in New York is a far cry from using your hands to clean up human excrement... more -
ARMANI FOR GRANNY, Malaga
Around 90 elderly people went on the catwalk “Pasarela de Moda Mayores” to celebrate the elderly of Malaga (Spain). But it’s not just the catwalk. You can see Spanish senior citizens every evening, wearing glamorous clothes, walking along the beach promenades, sitting in the street restaurants and bars, having a coffee, ice cream and a glass of brandy. Spanish elderly can enjoy their lives. Around 90 elderly people went on the catwalk “Pasarela de Moda Mayores” to celebrate the elderly of Malaga (Spain). But it’s not just ... more
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Fashion Guinness World Records 2008
We have found some of Exclusive Fashion Guinness World Records 2008
Most designers reperesented at one fashion show
Eighty-nine different fashion designers from around the world were represented in Paris Fashion Week, France, 1999. The event as a whole, which averages 11 catwalk shows per day, outstrips all other international fashion showings and attracts the biggest following. Christian Dior, Vivienne Westwood and Yves Saint Laurent are just a few of the names to regularly top the exclusive fashion line-up each year.
Longest catwalk (structure)
A group of 111 fashion models walked the entire length of a 1.111km (3,645 ft) catwalk, built in the parking lot of Seacon Square shopping center, Sri Nakarin Road, Thailand, May 27-30, 1998.
Youngest haute couture designer
The French fashion designer Yves (-Mathieu) Saint-Laurent (b.1936), who became Christian Dior’s assistant at the age of 17, was named head of the House of Dior at Dior’s death in 1957. In 1962, he opened his own fashion house and in the 1970s expanded into ready-to-wear lines, household linens and fragrances.
Most expensive dress sold at auction
A flesh-coloured beaded Jean Louis gown worn by the actress Marilyn Monroe (USA) when she sang Happy Birthday to US President Kennedy on 19 May 1962, was sold at auction on 27 October 1999, for US$1,267,000 (£767,042) at Christie's, New York, USA to New York dealers Robert Schagrin and Peter Siegel of Gotta Have It! Collectibles.
Longest fashion shoes
The pointed-toe shoe, first introduced in the late 11th Century, reached excessive lengths in the 14th & 15th Centuries. These piked shoes - also known as poulaines or crakowes, were as long as 45cm 18in.
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Fashion is racist
A major model agent has laid bare the racial discrimination the fashion industry is riddled with.
Premier Model Management's Carole White admitted that finding work for black clients was significantly harder than for the white models, as magazines and designers were reluctant to employ them. Models from ethnic backgrounds 'have to be perfect because we can't have a lot of diversity with black models.' At style.com, three shows chosen at random featured black models in eight out of 136 photographs taken during the week. The March issue of Vogue – with more than 400 pages of editorial and advertising – has 14 shots with black or Asian women – two of them featuring Naomi Campbell. Is this an issue industry insiders should work to tackle, or is it just a case of giving people what they want? A major model agent has laid bare the racial discrimination the fashion industry is riddled with. ... more -
Teenage model realises catwalk dream after radical spinal surgery made her FIVE IN...
Teenager Josie Chapman's dreams of stalking the catwalks came a step closer after she had radical surgery to straighten her deformed spine and won a place in a national modelling competition.
Now the 16-year-old stands five inches taller and has beaten 5,000 other girls to win a coveted place in the final of the country-wide competition to become a beauty queen.
Josie developed the condition scoliosis two years ago and it resulted in her developing a twisted, S-shaped spine.
The problem was so severe that her rib cage touched her pelvis, leaving her hunched over in pain.
But the pretty schoolgirl now boasts a perfect posture after she underwent a life-changing 10 hour operation to correct the severe curvature.
Two titanium rods have been placed into her back to straighten her spine and she has had four ribs broken permanently to help flatten her back.
After three months of painful recovery, blonde Josie now stands at 5ft 6ins and is on course to win a teenage modelling contest. Teenager Josie Chapman's dreams of stalking the catwalks came a step closer after she had radical surgery to straighten her defor... more
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