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I am in the field of Computers from past 16 years and during this period I had learnt many things and from the beginning itself I was very fond of learning Computer Programming and at present I am developing Software programs for various Govt. Sectors. And regarding the Internet business, I started my internet career about 5 years ago and since then I have learnt a lot from this Internet thing.

Almost 80% of Internet users search for ‘How to make money online?‘ and so I decided to create a niche website to tell you about the most of earning money online.

Make Money Online

Since, this is my first post describing this niche, I just wanted to tell you the ‘Basics of Internet Career’ and what is all about ‘Earning Money Online‘.

So guys, have you ever thought that how most of the publishers earn their living only with a few sites they develop. Most of them are under the free site providers like Blogger, WordPress.com, etc. The main success behind such Publishers is just their hard work and patience.

I have seen many publishers who are earning more than $144K per month, so how this happened? Actually, they are writing under a proper niche and that too continuously, within time the reputation of their site increases in search engines and they start earning regular income from their blogs/websites. For more information about finding your niche, refer to my article regardingList of High Paying Adsense Categories for your Niche Website.

Regarding Adsense, its a very big deal to make a good standing account with Adsense because Google won’t spare a single second to ban your account if you have made a single mistake in following Adsense TOS.

But, what if you haven’t done any mistake and Adsense disabled your account, so as with many genuine Publishers. Always make an alternate source of online Income like:

1. Sell online products.
2. Sell your own ebooks or products.
3. Become Affiliate Marketer, through which many publishers are earning their livelihood.
4. Always use Adsense Alternative Publisher accounts, don’t ever depend on a single firm as Adsense.

If you follow the above tips, you will always have a backup of your Income Source, and if something odd happens with Adsense account, you will gain a regular income from other sources.

But, I recommend making a good standing with your Adsense account as this is a Genuine Publishing network and pays the most share which comes form its advertisers.

Now, what about the Stable Income? Its a must have like problem for almost all of the Publishers who are beginners in this field. don’t worry guys, I will try to solve this problem also, rest depends on your work and writing capabilities.

The income which is coming regularly is called Stable Income, but when this income multiplies itself per month then its called a GOOD STABLE INCOME, so how to earn a good stable income, its very easy… just follow this tip:

HAVE PATIENCE AND UPDATE YOUR SITE DAILY WITH NICHE AND QUALITY CONTENT

DON’T FORGET TO FOLLOW THE ABOVE 4 POINTS AS A SOURCE OF SECONDARY INCOME

After a certain time, you will be getting a regular income, and please don’t blame me if you are not writing proper articles, not updating your blog regularly and expecting to get a good income.

Moreover, many of us think that Google Panda update has eaten my visitors, but my personal opinion about this blog and the visitors is that after recent Panda Update, every genuine publisher is getting targeted users, and I am watching my blog since the last update and I have seen a drastic increase in returning visitors and also new ones, that too targeted.

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MAC Style Black: A Tutorial with Gilt By Association Eyeshadow and Black Cream Colour Base louis vuitton outlet online

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I’m having a blast exploring different ways to wear MAC’s new Style Black collection.

Earlier today I tried a bronzy black smokey eye using Mineralize Eyeshadow in Gilt By Association ($20).

It turned out better than I thought it would! At first I was afraid (I was petrified) the slippery Cream Colour Base would look too messy coach factory outlet, but I found that as long as I didn’t overuse it, it stayed put reasonably well.

This is a look I’ll definitely wear again, maybe with a white, brown or bronze top and some gold jewelry.

Tutorial: What you’ll need

1. An eyeshadow primer like Too Faced Shadow Insurance ($17)
2. A creamy black eyeshadow base like MAC Cream Colour Base in Black ($17)
3. A shimmery blackish bronze shadow like MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Gilt By Association ($20)
4. A shimmery, peachy golden eyeshadow like MAC Eyeshadow in Woodwinked ($15)
5. A shimmery, bronze pencil liner like MAC Eye Kohl in Powersurge ($15)
6. A black liquid pen liner like LORAC Front of the Line Pro ($22)
7. A black mascara like MAC Zoom Fast Black Lash Mascara ($13)
8. A black gel liner like MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack ($15)

Swatches from left to right: Too Faced Shadow Insurance, MAC Cream Colour Base in Black Coach Outlet Store, MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in Gilt By Association, MAC Eyeshadow in Woodwinked


MAC Eye Kohl in Powersurge, LORAC Front of the Line Pro, MAC Zoom Fast Black Lash Mascara, MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack

The eyes

1. Start by priming your entire eyelid with a thin layer of eyeshadow primer.
2. Next, with a synthetic eyeshadow brush (I’m using a MAC 239 Eye Shader Brush), apply the creamy black eyeshadow base to the first lid. Try to concentrate more of the color on the outer lid (the side closest to your ear).
3. While the creamy black base is still wet, use the same brush to add several layers of the shimmery blackish bronze eyeshadow directly on top (a wet base sticks to the shadow better and prevents the shadow from falling on your cheeks). Smooth out any harsh edges with either the brush or a finger.
4. Sweep the shimmery peachy golden eyeshadow into your crease with a MAC 217 Blending Brush, and use the same brush to soften any harsh lines.
5. You can emphasize the lower lash line by lining the lower water line with your bronzy pencil liner.
6. Make the eye pop even MORE by smudging the shimmery, peachy gold eyeshadow along the lower lash line with a MAC 214 Short Shader Brush.
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8. Then, line the upper lash line with your black liquid pen liner.

Finish by curling your upper lashes and adding two coats of black mascara to both your tops and bottoms.

Finito, babe!

Why the heck are you still reading this? It’s the weekend Coach Outlet! Get out there and have some fun.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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A Smashing Giveaway- Enter to Win $80 in Smashbox

A Smashing Giveaway: Enter to Win $80 in Smashbox for Valentine’s Day

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Update: The giveaway is closed Coach Handbags Outlet usa! I’ll be contacting the winner shortly. Thank you for entering!

When I was a kid, Valentine’s Day always stressed me out.

I liked to give out V-Day cards to my classmates, but before I’d sign the cards I’d separate them into two piles. The first contained the “lovey dovey” cards — the ones reserved for the boys who were less yucky than average — and the other pile contained the “strictly platonic” cards.

Smashbox O-Gloss Intuitive Lip Gloss ($22) gives me grade school V-Day flashbacks.

Almost like magic, it turns a different shade of pink based on the wearer’s skin chemistry (think Hypercolor for lips!).

There was a time when the thought of kissing a boy totally and completely grossed me out, but taste- and scent-free O-Gloss turns my lips a shade of rose I like to call Coach Outlet Online Store, “I’ve been making out with C. Bale El Hub for hours!”

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This Valentine’s Day I plan to kiss _______.

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Golden Lips and Golden Girls: MAC Pink Treat, Chanel Astral and Benefit Gilded

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Golden Lips and Golden Girls Coach Handbags, Part II: The Rose

Ya’ll know I loves me some Blanche, but I couldn’t leave the other Golden Girls hanging without lip looks of their own!

Today’s look salutes the ditsy yet oh-so-lovable Rose Nylund and features Benefit Gilded Pencil, MAC Pink Treat Cremestick Liner and Chanel Astral Glossimer (a glittery hot pink).

I was inspired by Rose’s golden hair and the pink flush of her cheeks whenever she tells crazy St. Olaf stories.

While it has crossed my mind that very few people may appreciate Rose and The Golden Girls as much as I do (LOL louis vuitton purses!), I think the pink and gold in this lip look perfectly capture Rose’s cheerful personality.

From left to right: MAC Pink Treat, Benefit Gilded Coach Outlet, Chanel Astral

The Look

I started by lining and filling my lips with a layer of MAC Pink Treat and a layer of Benefit Gilded pencil directly on top for added shimmer. Then, for even more sparkle and shine, I popped on a layer of Chanel Astral Glossimer.

For a more subdued version of this lip look Coach Purses Cheap, I’d skip the gloss. MAC Pink Treat and Benefit Gilded make for a pretty matte lip all on their own!

Version without Chanel Astral Glossimer

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The site Etsy is a treasure trove of TV memorabilia. I find neat stuff there all the time, like the HutchMe ($18) tote bag. Let Blanche, Rose, Dorothy and Sophia help you carry your stuff in style.

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The False Lash Files

Last night’s false lash session was, um, interesting. Let’s just say that crazy cat + false lashes = not a pretty sight. Maybe next time.

Hope you’re having a lovely Sunday! I’m not ready for the weekend to end…

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict coach outlet,

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Fun with DailyMakeover.com

Fun with DailyMakeover.com

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Have you ever used an online makeover tool before? I’ve used a few of them, where you upload a picture of yourself and fit it with virtual hairstyles and different colors of makeup.

The thing is, they’ve always seemed more toys than tools, with very few colors to choose from and a paint-by-numbers feel.

DailyMakeover.com’s Makeover Studio is the first online makeover service I’d actually call a real tool.

Fun AND useful

What makes it more than just a toy?

For starters, DM has a huge selection of makeup colors to choose from, and they’re based on actual products, so you’re not just choosing a random shade of beige blush or pink lipstick and swiping it over your picture with the mouse. You’re choosing from among actual brand name products and colors and setting the colors down precisely where they’re supposed to go on your face.

Second, you have an amazing amount of control over everything, from the way each hairstyle hugs the contours of your face to the angle you use to apply eyeliner.

If it is a toy … then it’s a toy meant for women who are serious about (having fun with) makeup and beauty.

Test using actual products available in stores right now

Today I wanted to see what I might look like with a different hairstyle, so I pulled up DailyMakeover.com.

You can use the makeover tool for free Coach Outlet Store, but with the free trial you’re limited to uploading a single picture of yourself. That Coach Handbags, and you only get access to a pretty small group of hairstyles coach bags clearance online, accessories (like earrings) and brands of makeup.

The free selection is still broad enough to try quite a few different looks, but with one of DM’s premium All-Access memberships you get access to literally thousands of hairstyles and makeup — we’re talking current makeup collections in stores now — and can upload an unlimited number of pictures.

The All-Access membership costs $14.95 for 3 months or $29.95 per year.

Using the Makeover Studio

1. Overview of the features and a comparison between the free membership and the All-Access membership
2. How to upload a picture of yourself (and what constitutes a good self-portrait)
3. Library of demo portraits you can use in place of a picture of yourself

I grabbed my digital camera, opened the drapes to allow in as much sunlight as possible and took a picture of myself with my hair pulled back in a ponytail.

The site says the best pics are full-frontal portraits with uncomplicated backgrounds, where you’re not standing directly in front of something like a painting or bookshelf. You want a picture taken in good natural lighting, too, for accurate makeup colors.

After uploading my picture, the tool guided me through some simple steps to define the shape of my eyes, lips and face.

I even thought this part was cool (seems very high tech)…

Because they have you define the shape of YOUR eyes, face and lips Coach Outlet bags, the makeup you test on your pictures isn’t just slathered on randomly. It really looks like proper makeup application.

When you have a look you like, with a list of all the specific products you used, you can save the file to your computer and/or print it out (along with a shopping list to take with you to the makeup counter!).

I didn’t really try out the Community Makeovers feature (I’m a little nervous about letting everyone in the world do a makeover using my picture), but it’s also where you can go to get feedback from other members and to give feedback in return.

I’d be interested in seeing if there are other members with similar skin tone and features doing looks I may have never even thought to try.

Definitely give DailyMakeover’s Makeover Studio a try if you haven’t already. It rocks!

The Beauty Bloggerati – A few weeks ago DailyMakeover invited me and about a dozen other beauty bloggers to join a new network of their favorite blogs called the Beauty Bloggerati. Click here to read more…

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$375 Chanel Sublimage Texture Universelle- Someone Forgot to Tell Chanel about the Economy

$375 Chanel Sublimage Texture Universelle: Someone Forgot to Tell Chanel about the Economy

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Question: How does Chanel intend to weather the down economy?

Answer: Simple, they’re gonna release another $375 skincare product.

Their Sublimage franchise has been a big hit, accounting for half the brand’s skincare sales wherever they’ve been sold, so this January the company plans to add a new product to the mix, Sublimage Texture Universelle, an identically priced cream offering the same broad anti-aging benefits as the original Sublimage cream, but in a lighter texture for even more skin types.

Back in April I tried and LOVED Chanel’s Sublimage Eye Cream (I even kept the empty 0.13 ounce sample jar as a memento, LOL!), but Chanel broke my heart by charging $225 per ounce!!!

The addition of Sublimage Texture Universelle brings the Sublimage line to a total of four products, including an eye cream and a serum. Introduced in September 2006, the original cream has been renamed Sublimage Texture Supreme.

As Chanel’s premiere skincare line (no kidding), Sublimage targets wrinkles, loss of firmness, dehydration, lack of radiance and uneven pigmentation.

Why does Sublimage work so well?

Psychosomatic placebo factors aside … it’s thanks to a compound Chanel calls Plantifolia-PFA, the line’s active ingredient, derived from the fresh fruit of a Madagascan orchid-family plant. Chanel claims the compound boosts skin’s inter-cellular communication. “If Texture Supreme is cashmere,” the press release says, “Texture Universelle is silk.”

That’s mostly marketing fancy talk, but I did think the rich, jasmine-scented Sublimage eye cream worked well. I loved it even more than my previous eye cream crush, MAC Moisturelush ($30, 0.5 oz jar), and that’s saying a lot.

Chanel must agree because they’ve priced Sublimage out of reach of most consumers. The new Texture Universelle will cost $375.00 for 1.7 oz. The other sizes will be priced from $175.00 to $385.00.

Because of the price, the Sublimage line gets limited distribution, but you can usually find it on Chanel’s counters in Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue stores.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Because we all love SPF (learn from my mistakes, girls!), I should also mention that Chanel plans to launch a facial sunscreen in March. UV Essentiel ($48 for 1 oz) will offer full spectrum UV and pollution protection with SPF 30+. “We didn��t want to compromise an existing product by putting in a high level of sun filter,” said Elizabeth Mankin, vice president of marketing at Chanel Beaute, “so we decided to create one that is a stand-alone.” With a light matte texture, the lotion will target UVA/UVB rays, pollution, free radicals and dark spots. Stay tuned for more info…

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Chanel Spring 2009- Mystic Eyes Quad Swatches and More!

Chanel Spring 2009: Mystic Eyes Quad Swatches and More!

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Leave it to Chanel to elevate brown eyeshadow into something extraordinary. I wasn’t sure if the brown, plum and taupe eye shades from this year’s Bohemian Fantasy collection would be able to top last spring’s ultra hot Aurora Blues, but after swatching ‘em I think they have.

These colors are earthy, but they aren’t boring at all. There’s a good mix of cool and warm tones, too, so nobody gets left out, yay!

From left to right:

• Sand Fluid Iridescent Eyeshadow: warm shimmery taupe
• Delta Fluid Iridescent Eyeshadow: cool yellow gold
• Brown shade from Mystic Eyes Quadra Eyeshadow: neutral deep brown with gold flecks
• Pink shade from Mystic Eyes: cool, shimmery light pink
• Silvery gray shade from Mystic Eyes: neutral, shimmery gray taupe
• Light brown shade from Mystic Eyes: warm, shimmery gold brown
• Magic Night Soft Touch Eyeshadow: shimmery plum brown
• Brun Precision Eye Definer Crayon: dark, shimmery gold brown

The only thing from this release hasn’t really rocked my boat has been Liberty Soft Touch Eyeshadow (a shimmery beige). It sure looks a lot like MAC Shroom…

A few days ago I did a soft and smokey plum brown eye with a wash of Delta over my entire eye, lining the upper and lower lash lines with Brun liner, and then smudging Magic Night eyeshadow on top of the liner.

I paired it with Fandango blush and Aqualumiere lipstick in Malta to complete the look.

What do you think of these shades? They make me wanna put on my stretchy pants, call over my girlfriends and bust out the ice cream for a massive makeup makeover par-tay, LOL!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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Healthy Hair in 4 Easy Steps

Healthy Hair in 4 Easy Steps

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Can’t go a day without your Chi or T3? Did winter really lick your locks? If your coif is crispier than a bucket of KFC, here are four steps you can take to rescue and restore damaged hair.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Mmm… KFC.

4 Steps to Shiny, Healthy Hair

by Rachel Hayes, Daily Makeover

The key to creating any gorgeous hairstyle is to start with healthy, shiny hair. Guest editor and NYC salon owner Sam Brocato shares his best beauty tips on how to score healthy hair even after months of winter abuse. Sam and his team have worked with countless celebrities including Britney Spears, Hilary Duff, and Claire Danes.

Step 1: Lather Up Gently

Basic winter hair care starts with a gentle shampoo that won’t strip hair of moisture.

Try to shampoo less than 3 times a week and use a dry shampoo in between washings.

If you simply can’t part with a favorite shampoo or daily wash, blend two parts shampoo with one part conditioner for added moisture.

If you’re ready for something new, try a conditioning treatment that has a mild foaming agent like my Brocato Constructor.

Continue reading…

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Makeup and Beauty Blog Retro Roundup- So Long, Sep

Makeup and Beauty Blog Retro Roundup: So Long, September 2009

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G’morning Coach Outlet Factory, cuties! Can you believe we actually made it through September? I dunno about you, but I was definitely feeling the Mercury in retrograde madness!

Despite the planetary challenges, it was a pretty good month for makeup and beauty. Obvs, there was the excitement of New York Fashion Week louis vuitton handbags, but there were also lots of fabulous releases (MAC ATTACK!), too.

• Oh blog.livedoor.jp/coachkeysud4g, Philosophy — Your Duos Make Me Blush!
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• Dismiss Dark Circles with Origins GinZing Eye Cream and Concealer
• Makeup Tutorial: Red Hot Lips and Shimmery Teal Eyes
• MAC Style Black: A Tutorial with Gilt By Association Eyeshadow and Black Cream Colour Base

Isn’t it a little crazy that you and I are traveling into yet another holiday season? It seems like just yesterday we were chatting about summer launches and heat waves.

Even though I’m not looking forward to the cold weather (I actually had to bundle up with an extra sweater this morning, brr) Coach Outlet Store Online, at least there will be a ton of hot holiday makeup to keep us toasty.

Urban Decay Book of Shadows Vol. II, $48

Here’s to making it through September together Coach Online Outlet, *raises coffee cup*.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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Museums, Art, Fashion and Commerce

Museums, Art, Fashion and Commerce

MoMu Museum, Antwerp

With a slew of fashion exhibits being staged across the United States and often outside the boundaries of traditional costume and fashion museums (the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Meadows Museum in Dallas; the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles) discussions about the relevance and appropriateness of fashion within the museum come up once again. Virginia Postrel has written an interesting article on the topic in this month’s Atlantic Monthly. Titled “Dress Sense,” the article debates why fashion stirs up such strong reactions both positive and negative, once it’s placed in the museum. Postrel argues that the uneasiness surrounding fashion and museums is ultimately an uneasiness about markets. She also points out how recurrent discussions of fashion’s appropriateness in museums (particularly art museums) end up preventing more interesting and critical discussions on the validity of the exhibits themselves. A similar point was also made by Christopher Breward in an article on the British staging of the controversial Armani exhibit (Guardian 2003), in which the British scholar also notes how criticism often arose primarily from the strong associations between fashion and commerce. This association remains perhaps most problematic within the art museum, where the relation between art, commerce and the museum however strong and well-established tends to be, if not hidden, at least de-emphasized. Thus coach factory outlet store, the embattled relation between fashion and the museums (particularly of the art variety) could be partially attributed to the fact that by entering the art museum, fashion (“tainted” by the commercial) functions as a mirror of sorts coach outlet wallets, and “unveils” the preexisting ties between museums, markets and commerce.

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Looking to the Past- Inspiration or Copying-

Looking to the Past: Inspiration or Copying?

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Last night the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum held a panel discussion titled Groundbreaking: The Past as Inspiration, which was moderated by the Museum’s curator of contemporary design, Ellen Lupton. The panel consisted of fashion designer Anna Sui, textile designer Jessica Smith, and the architectural interior design team of Diamond + Baratta, each of whom, as Lupton described, used history to create their “imaginative, fantastic and irreverent” designs. All the designers acknowledged that their use of pattern was strongly influenced by historical examples, and that their appropriation consisted of contemporizing older patterns through distorting scale, changing colors, juxtaposing or collaging elements, or updating the subject matter.

Most interestingly, the discussion rapidly turned to the question of design copying. Lupton noted that Sui was in the midst of a lawsuit against the chain Forever 21 for pirating her prints – in fact, last night Sui claimed that 26 of her patterns from her last season (which can be seen on the internet) had been copied by other designers or stores, including some copies which came out even before her designs were available for purchase! Diamond + Baratta, also victims of pirating, bemoaned the lack of legal protections available for design ideas. Jessica Smith openly admitted that she “borrowed from history” yet used patterns in a way that not only acknowledged their provenance, but stimulated conservation about the similarities to be found in historical cultures with society today. When pressed about the use of museums, archives and libraries for design inspiration coach factory outlet store online, each of the designers agreed that there was a subtle difference between studying actual objects (usually for the perfection of craft, technique and construction) and blatantly ripping off photos of objects to create often-inferior copies. They noted that pencils were usually the only tools allowed when looking at historical objects, a restriction which creates an inherent gap between an original design and a drawing that is filtered through the designer’s talents and perception. Perhaps the most enlightening moment came when an audience participant asked whether the designers thought there was such a thing as completely original design at all. Diamond + Baratta mentioned Frank Gehry, but all agreed that there wasn’t a whole lot of design today that did not, in some aspect, reference historical works.

When I first started working in vintage fashion inspiration archives, I, perhaps naively Coach Factory Outlet Online, was shocked at the abundance of examples of blatant design copying. There were even instances when I found two garments, one the original and the other a copy, and it was only through noting the effects of age or examining the sewing and fabric that I was able to deduce which garment was, in fact, the “inspiration.” (Hint: the copy is inevitably the one poorly made from cheaper fabrics.) I understand the aforementioned designers’ frustrations with pirating, but I’ve come to the conclusion that all designers copy or reference to some extent. Even Anna Sui admitted last night that the pattern on the self-made dress she was wearing was derived from a swatch of vintage textile usually reserved for interior design purposes. In Sui’s mind, it was how she had manipulated the pattern for the human body (rather than a room) that made her design original. Isn’t claiming originality yet suing others for copying patterns that were very likely copies themselves a tad too contradictory? If everybody is doing it, is it really that bad? I think Lynn Yaeger put it best in her brilliantly funny article last year in the Village Voice when she claimed she would stop wearing cheap designer knock-offs just as soon as she had an extra few grand laying around to purchase the real thing.

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A new stunning collection by Sandra Backlund is ou

A new stunning collection by Sandra Backlund is out!

Sandra Backlund,”Don’t Walk.” Photo by Denise Grünstein

Titled “Don’t Walk” and made entirely of red knits, it is the fifth collection by the Swedish designer Coach Outlet Online, who started out by studying fine arts in college, then textiles and art history and only later decided to pursue fashion and enrolled at the Beckman’s School of Design in Stockholm. Her varied background shows through in her beautifully constructed, intricate work, which often stands away from the body yet at times reiterates it in the very material she uses to create clothes. Her very first collection “Body, Skin and Hair,” partially employed human hair, which she carefully and painstakingly “styled” into garments by sewing it onto a fabric lining, then combing, cutting Coach Bags Online, braiding and finally pinning it.

Most of her work plays with the traditional silhouette, often distorting and transforming it in different ways. She admits to working along the lines of a sculptor rather than a tailor in building her clothes from a number of small pieces which she then joins together in different ways to create novel and ever-changing shapes. (see, sandrabacklund.com)

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Would You Wear… a Bib Necklace-

Would You Wear… a Bib Necklace?

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For this edition of Would You Wear?, let’s talk about an accessories trend that’s been going on for a little while now but has recently started to have its spark renewed – the bib necklace.

Over the past season or so, designers and celebrities alike have been bringing drama to their outfits with seriously eye-catching neckwear. The bib necklace Coach Factory Outlet, named for the fact that it resembles a bib cheap louis vuitton bags, has been snapped up by celebrities like Olivia Palermo and Mischa Barton Coach Handbags For Cheap, who love the injection of glamour that such necklaces bring to any outfit.

But recently, a different variation on the bib necklace has begun to emerge from those with more romantic, soft tastes: the flowered bib necklace. Flower bib necklaces have exploded in popularity because of their feminine touch, and are an excellent alternative for girls who feel the heavy jewels of original bib necklaces are too much.

Flower bib necklaces are great because they’re often less expensive than their jeweled counterparts and are a great DIY project: all you need is a glue gun and a trip to your local craft store. Both the Glamourai and Krystal from This Time Tomorrow chronicle their DIY attempts at bib necklaces coach outlet online coupons, here and here.

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Personally, I love both styles of bib necklaces. They can bring either a little bit of attitude or a soft touch of femininity depending on your taste, and I love that you can either buy one in stores or make your own with fairly little effort.

What do you think?

Would you wear a bib necklace? If so louis vuitton outlet online, which style of bib necklace do you like better? Would you consider making your own? Leave a comment with your thoughts!!

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