Life is a Catwalk

Dates: Monday, Jan 25, 2010 to Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 DALLAS, Nov 29, 2009 / FW/ — As the world market reeled over the shock of Dubai’s debt crisis, haute couture saw its remaining lucrative market shrink as the Middle East, once thought to be immune also succumb to the financial crisis that has hit [...]

WASHINGTON D.C., Nov 29, 2009 –As the closely-watched Black Friday weekend winds down, a National Retail Federation survey conducted over the weekend confirms the expected: more people spent less. According to NRF’s Black Friday shopping survey, conducted by BIGresearch, 195 million shoppers visited stores and websites over Black Friday weekend, up from 172 million last [...]

PARIS, Nov 28, 2009 / — In the lofty world of haute couture, innovation is the name of the game and Franck Sorbier found a game changer – instead of selling his creations in the atelier, he wields the auctioneer’s gavel. This groundbreaking take on haute couture started with a traditional encounter, a Swiss woman [...]

PARIS, Oct 7, 2009 (UPDATED Nov 30, 2009 for photos) / FW/ — With Sahara as his theme, Kenzo Creative Director Antonio Marras wrote on his press notes, “I describe my Sahara, I have never been there, and like Jules Verne, I imagine and invent it.” Imagining a woman adventurer, probably modeled after part English-part [...]

PARIS, Oct 2, 2009 (Updated Nov 29, 2009 for photos) / FW/ — Folding, draping and an innovative way to use eye hooks and snaps, Lutz continues to remain true to his ‘alternative’ fashion roots while gaining a mainstream following. It was 8 years ago when FashionWindows first attended a show by Lutz, and even [...]

Dates: Jun 12 – 20, 2009 Sandton Convention Centre Johannesburg, South Africa JOHANNESBURG, May 28, 2009 / FW/ — Dubbed as a showcase of the [African] continent’s leading fashion designers, Arise Africa Fashion Week is slated on June 12 – 20, 2009 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. With the promise of being “an [...]

One of the best features of WordPress 2.6 and above is the built-in Gallery that makes displaying multiple photos a ‘one-click’ event. But wait! Before you start uploading, make sure that you have the Firefox browser installed. Up to now, (the current WordPress release), photo uploads is still only optimized for Firefox. The photo upload [...]

Step 2: Adding Images / Media Now, the fun part. See the Add Media area. It’s on the same level as POST, but on the right side. If you hover your mouse on the LITTLE SQUARE near the Add Media label, you will get the little Add an Image icon as shown below. Step 3. [...]

Step 4 Adding Captions Though not necessary, I find it better to add captions for SEO (Search Engine Optimization). They find our articles and photos faster and better. It’s actually easy, just lots of copy and paste. There are times when I have to personalize captions but those are few and far between, and it [...]

Step 5 When doing a gallery, you have to repeat this for all the images you have uploaded. And since this is a runway show, it’s just a matter of copy and paste, so it is actually an easy task. When doing this. I usually leave the LINK URL as is, meaning, I don’t touch [...]