Fashion Blog

Although the saying “Clothes maketh a man” is not very true, but clothes and grooming goes a very long way in presenting a favorable first impression both for man and woman. Effort has been made to let woman know how they can present themselves “smart”.

Shorter woman need to keep cloth in line with slim narrow belt. A slight contrast in colors and fitted lines flatter them endlessly. They may stay with fabrics which is soft and flowing. They should avoid prints of overpowering design.

Tall woman should use wider belts but must avoid cloths that are excessively tight. Skirts that are too short or too long never suit tall woman. They can play down the waist by wearing blouses over pants and skirts.

Woman with top-heavy body needs to choose long jackets without shoulder pads. They should not wear clingy fabrics on top. Rather they should choose darker colors. They may wear pants or skirts that are pleated to bring the eye down.

The most important part of body is skin. Health is reflected in the appearance of skin and hair. Taking care of skin is very simple but before that one needs to determine the kind of skin they have.

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Hair, though an elementary part of human body, differs from country to country, age to age, and community to community in respect of style or hair dressing. Various kinds of hair cutting instruments have been invented to follow various hair styles. Let us have a glance at the hair dressing style of some countries.

 The most interesting hair dressing style is Chinese hair cutting. They cut hair in such a way that some hairs are long while some hairs are short. That is, all the hairs of the same head are not in a good sequence. While cutting their hair, they use a particular pair of scissors. They never uncover their forehead. Some times two ears are also covered with hair. The hairs of babies and children look more beautiful. In case of babies only the hairs of the front part of the head is uncut while all the hairs are cut down. Seldom Chinese people use artificial colour in their hairs. Male and female cut their hair in the same way. Very few Chinese allow hair to grow beyond the neck.

 Many Nepalese people keep their head without hair. They cut all the hair by shaving their head. Of course it is not a more style but it is a religious trait. Mainly Buddhists do this.

 Bolivian people take great care of their hair. The girls are very fashionable. Interesting matter is that there are two types of hair dressing in Bolivia. The females of Santa Cruz differ from those of LaPaz and Oruro in respect of hair dressing style. The former party keeps their hairs open without binding with a rubber or a chip and allows the hair fall up to shoulder. They never let their hairs grow up to middle of their back. Whereas the latter party let their hairs grow up to their waist. They never keep their hair open. Rather they bind and twist the hair in a fashionable way in two bunches and after twisting they bind the two ends of the bunches together with a rubber. The male Bolivian cut their hair normally – not too long or too short. Another Bolivian female hair fashion is that they colour their hair. They change the colour very frequently sometimes two times in a week. Beauty Parlors are found at every corner of the road.

 South African hair style is completely different from others. They have curly hairs – so curly that it is different to make them uncurl. They use very strong comb to dress the hair. South African people mainly females twist their hairs in a lot of thin bunches. It needs a lot of time to twist all the curly hair into so many bunches. So, once the head is dressed, they keep it for several days. But the male keep their hair very short – so short that head is visible. The babies and children use plastic flowers at the end of each bunch of hair.

 Fijian hair is curly but not so curly like South African hair. The male keep their hair short whereas the females allow the hair grow longer. When there is plenty of hair in the head of female, the head looks much bigger. They use iron comb to dress their hair. Fijian people never use artificial colour in their hair. It is a fashion for Fijian middle aged ladies to keep one yellow flower between head and right ear.

Indian hair is multi-styled. Hair is always black. Very few people use colour. Males keep the hair normal without allowing hairs cross necks. But most of females allow their hair grow up to as much length as they can. It is a fashion for ladies to possess very long hair. Of course for the long hair they twist and make only one bunch. Some times young girls cut their hair in ‘U’ size. Indian ladies always cover their ears with hair. There are some religious groups in India both male and female who cut their hair very short but keep some hair at the back of the head to twist, then make a narrow bunch. It is a religious trait. There are Indian nuns who shave all the hairs. In India, there are some monks commonly found in religious sites who never cut their hairs in their life time. As a result, there are so many long bunches. They never use comb to dress the hair. Their hair bunches can never be opened. It is not a style at all.

 Some people especially young boys make extra design to their hair. They cut the hairs of the both sides too short and keep the middle hair longer. Others cut their hair in such a way that they form any alphabet or any picture or any figure or flag in the head with hair-cut. Some boys also colour these figures.

I was looking to update my fashion blog but could not find a suitable topic on which I could do a write up. Then I chanced upon a website called pearls of joy (www.pearlsofjoy.com) and immediately I got my idea.

Since the ancient times pearls have been associated with Indian culture as is evident from its reference in the Hindu mythologies (it is specially associated with the Hindu God of moon (Chandra). It is also associated with many mythological animals such as snake, hog, elephants etc.

No wonder the gem has been having a special place in the hearts of Indian women. Even fashion conscious modern Indian women love them as it has varied usage, come in different shapes, shades. It can be used in blangles, nose pins, rings and many more jewelry pieces like pearl earrings, pearl necklaces are very popular with women looking for style. They also enhance the style of many Indian traditional dresses. As far as my experience goes, I often find even men wearing them on rings and pearl bracelet is very common too.

Hyderabad of Andra Pradesh is the centre of Indian pearls where natural (mostly freshwater pearls), cultured and semi-cultured pearls are processed and made finished products by skilled workers who are doing this for generations. According to market source, around 40-50 thousand kilograms of pearls are supplied and sold worldwide from Hyderabad. These days some companies and traders are even offering them on the net at affordable rate as we saw the pearl site I found on the net.

Fashion is one of the most dynamic phenomenons in our lives. A fashion statement today might soon be out dated or become old fashioned in less than a week. Celebrities have been icons of fashion during all these while. In fact, fans follow whatever their heroes and heroines wear and don. Sunglasses have been one such fashion or status item for the last 79 years.

Many are of the wrong conception that someone by the name Mr. Ray Ban was the first person to have sold a pair of commercial sunglass. But it was actually Mr. Foster Grant who first sold a pair of sunglass on the boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey way back in 1929. Since then the shades have become something of a socio-economic icon.

The shades also help someone to hide his eyes from total strangers in an awkward situation where it becomes necessary to have a glare. Indeed it has made beautiful women more mysterious than ever before. Some like George Michael and P. Diddy are popularizing the somewhat crazy concept of wearing it even in the dark.

But not too long ago, the sunglass market was limited to only some branded levels and not exploited properly. However the scenario is changing now with more and more celebrities introducing their lines. So far Victoria Beckham has her own range, but soon the market might see the Literary collection range from Kelly Osborne and Morning After Range from Britney Spears. And why won’t they cash on it! At Yves Saint Laurent, eyewear accounts for 20 percent of its total turnover and sales on other major brands or chains like Harvey Nicks are on the upper trajectory.

So, I won’t be surprised if we find the shade market is flooded with haute couture fashioned and high quality sunglasses in the near future as that would give fashion conscious consumers more choice and power.