tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80376596089869676662018-09-26T18:35:59.666-07:00NEWSEverything about news Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037659608986967666.post-91287959799198531092017-03-17T11:36:00.001-07:002017-03-17T11:36:29.085-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Pv3vuaVlO6U/WMwsnloXtGI/AAAAAAAAAQw/sdrNUx3hhesT5G_t5WKREsT9dH3X2UzQwCLcB/s1600/02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Pv3vuaVlO6U/WMwsnloXtGI/AAAAAAAAAQw/sdrNUx3hhesT5G_t5WKREsT9dH3X2UzQwCLcB/s640/02.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037659608986967666.post-59609839386966010362016-03-02T02:39:00.003-08:002017-04-22T06:27:42.263-07:00Kardashian Family Banned From Oscar Party Over ‘Drunk,’ Messy Behavior — Report <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c8sIHvbXFRM/VtbC2JfZ0VI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/LUBVULHy4ck/s1600/kardashian-family-banned-from-oscars-party-lead.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c8sIHvbXFRM/VtbC2JfZ0VI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/LUBVULHy4ck/s320/kardashian-family-banned-from-oscars-party-lead.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h3 style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: 19px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;">Whoa. Did the Kardashians get banned from one of the biggest Oscar pre-parties of the year?! A shocking new report claims that the reality superstars were actually forbidden from entering the Raleigh Studios’ ‘Night Before’ extravaganza this year after getting in trouble for their ‘drunk,’ messy behavior in years past. Ouch!</h3><h1 style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 3em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; margin: 0px 0px 3px; padding: 0px;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 19px; margin-top: 20px; padding: 0px;">When Hollywood’s biggest stars hit the red carpet at the <a href="http://hollywoodlife.com/2016/02/28/weinstein-oscars-party-2016-pre-oscar-pictures/" style="color: #ff0099; font-size: 14.0014px; text-decoration: none;">Oscar pre-parties</a> on Feb. 27, we couldn’t help but notice that a couple famous faces were noticeably missing from the A-list lineup: of course, we’re talking about <a href="http://hollywoodlife.com/topics/kardashians/" style="color: #990066; font-size: 14.0014px;">the Kardashian/Jenner clan</a>! The Internet-breaking family was a no-show at the Raleigh Studios annual pre-party, and as it turns out, it had nothing to do with their busy schedules. In fact, a shocking new report claims that the women were actually BANNED from the VIP festivities after raising eyebrows with their “drunk” behavior in years past! Well, this certainly doesn’t look good for the brand!</div></h1></div><a href="https://trafficholder.com/aff.php?klajdi123">TrafficHolder.com - Buy & Sell Adult Traffic</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037659608986967666.post-15799702481088222772016-02-27T03:36:00.003-08:002016-02-27T03:36:41.085-08:00When your kidding around with somebody<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8zo2bjGwjIU/VtGKLkRcUdI/AAAAAAAAAMA/IoeVszDO_WY/s1600/892027.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="When your kidding around with somebody" border="0" height="311" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8zo2bjGwjIU/VtGKLkRcUdI/AAAAAAAAAMA/IoeVszDO_WY/s320/892027.JPEG" title="kidding" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037659608986967666.post-57149570449128780552016-02-25T10:26:00.001-08:002016-02-27T03:38:51.806-08:00Just Answer The Question! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2SwPzELrh1M/Vs9HQhljzdI/AAAAAAAAALw/5UDUlj2_4Ko/s1600/891973-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2SwPzELrh1M/Vs9HQhljzdI/AAAAAAAAALw/5UDUlj2_4Ko/s320/891973-1.jpeg" width="262" /></a></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037659608986967666.post-50662677445754961722016-02-24T12:45:00.001-08:002016-02-27T03:39:02.118-08:00The Toilet Is Your True Friend <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rKiEvqZFQqE/Vs4WM6H1K8I/AAAAAAAAALg/rN81IshlxG4/s1600/728.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rKiEvqZFQqE/Vs4WM6H1K8I/AAAAAAAAALg/rN81IshlxG4/s320/728.jpeg" width="304" /></a></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037659608986967666.post-54776216720584207212016-02-22T04:36:00.002-08:002016-02-22T04:38:01.271-08:00Ellie Goulding 'shook' off Grammy nerves<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="standfirst" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LaAQBdj40kk/VssAwwKBpxI/AAAAAAAAALQ/XeqpkaQ7_cE/s1600/681ac09138bb54c9ccdbaca0043133d540179a4c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="shook off Grammy nerves" border="0" height="208" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LaAQBdj40kk/VssAwwKBpxI/AAAAAAAAALQ/XeqpkaQ7_cE/s320/681ac09138bb54c9ccdbaca0043133d540179a4c.jpg" title="Ellie Goulding" width="320" /></a></div>Ellie Goulding has admitted she was very nervous before taking to the stage at the Grammy Awards but she pulled herself together just before stepping out with Andra Day.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ellie Goulding "shook out" her nerves before performing with Andra Day at the Grammys.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The 'On My Mind' singer readily admits she had pre-show butterflies before her duet with the R&B star, for which they performed a mash-up of their songs 'Love Me Like You Do' and 'Rise Up', at the prestigious awards bash in Los Angeles.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But Ellie knew she owed it to Andra to get herself together.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Speaking to News.com.au, she said: "I was a bit nervous, but I was performing with Andra. When you're performing with someone else you owe it to them to not be too nervous. I just shook it out of me. I wasn't on the set for that long but it was a fun thing to do."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ellie has also revealed her top tip for keeping her voice in peak condition during the busy awards season and whilst on tour - drink green tea and get lots of vocal rest.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Liberation Sans', FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The 29-year-old singer - who is dating McFly bassist Dougie Poynter - shared: "I just drink tea, rest my voice when I can, try not to do interviews before shows. I still get made to do them but I try and keep talking to a minimum."</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037659608986967666.post-42109569016343843422016-02-21T10:27:00.007-08:002016-03-02T02:29:59.922-08:00India's $4 smartphone: Too good to be true?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gsWy5yTKqUU/VsoBnZlCD8I/AAAAAAAAAKs/xWXB3TfbPbE/s1600/160219063126-india-cheap-smartphone-780x439.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gsWy5yTKqUU/VsoBnZlCD8I/AAAAAAAAAKs/xWXB3TfbPbE/s320/160219063126-india-cheap-smartphone-780x439.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; font-family: CNN, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 38px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 30px;">What's the real story behind India's $4 smartphone? Just days after launching with enormous buzz, a cutting-edge device with a rock-bottom price is being blasted by industry officials and analysts.</h2><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; font-family: CNN, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 38px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px 0px 30px;">Ringing Bells unveiled its Freedom 251 smartphone on Wednesday, touting features that included a 4-inch display, 1.3-GHz quad-core processor and 8 GB of storage.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px 0px 30px;"><br /></div><div id="ie_column" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; float: left; font-size: 18px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 22px 10px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 220px;"><div id="ie_column" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin: 0px 22px 10px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 220px;"><div id="quigo220" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><div class=" adfuel-rendered" id="ad_ns_btf_03" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/8663477/CNNMoney/tech/main_5__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="200" id="google_ads_iframe_/8663477/CNNMoney/tech/main_5" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/8663477/CNNMoney/tech/main_5" scrolling="no" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="220"></iframe></div></div></div></div></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px 0px 30px;">The "made-in-India" product was listed for just 251 rupees ($3.65), a price with the potential to revolutionize India's devices market and make Internet access affordable for tens of millions of people.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px 0px 30px;">One problem: Industry insiders say the deal is too good to be true.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px 0px 30px;">"This seems to be a joke or a scam. It is something we are very upset about," said Pankaj Mohindroo, national president of the Indian Cellular Association. "This is being investigated by various government authorities."</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px 0px 30px;">In a letter to India's Minister for Communications and I.T., Mohindroo said that even when using the cheapest components, such a phone would cost at least 2700 rupees ($40) to produce. After counting taxes and duties, the price should be at least 3500 rupees ($52).</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px 0px 30px;"><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/14/news/economy/india-modi-investment-manufacturing/?iid=EL" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1173b4; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="inStoryHeading" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Related: Is India's economic miracle a mirage?</span></a></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px 0px 30px;">Richard Windsor, an analyst at Edison Investment Research, was also skeptical. He calculated that at the announced price, Ringing Bells will lose $26 on each device sold.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px 0px 30px;">"This launch has generated a lot of waves, and we suspect that either after the first batch has been sold, the price goes up to $53 per device or that the company quietly disappears," he said. "There is no way that these economics add up in the long term."</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px 0px 30px;">Ringing Bells did not respond to multiple phone calls and emails seeking comment.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px 0px 30px;">A couple more warning signs: Journalists at the Freedom 251 launch event reported that white-out appeared to have been used to cover another brand on the sample phones they were allowed to test. Photos from the event also show that the phone's home screen icons have been ripped straight from Apple's iOS, an obvious copyright violation.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px 0px 30px;"><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/14/news/economy/make-in-india-arun-jaitley-finance-minister/?iid=EL" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1173b4; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="inStoryHeading" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Related: India's finance minister isn't afraid of robots</span></a></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px 0px 30px;">So what's going on? Windsor has a few theories: The Indian government could be subsidizing the smartphone; a manufacturer could be dumping phones that failed safety tests; or a Chinese company eager to enter the Indian market could be selling phones for cheap.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px 0px 30px;">Ringing Bells has stated publicly that the phones will be made in India with no government subsidies. However, the prototypes passed around at the launch event resembled a model sold by Adcom. Adcom is an Indian company that imports tech products, but does not manufacture them, suggesting that the phones are actually from a foreign market, most likely China.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; padding: 0px 0px 30px;">Ringing Bells said Thursday that it had stopped accepting orders after its website crashed due to intense traffic. The company has promised to deliver the Freedom 251 to customers by the end of June.</div></h2></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037659608986967666.post-90967745687366985852016-02-21T10:25:00.000-08:002016-03-02T02:32:08.320-08:00MWC 2016: Samsung Galaxy S7 restores expandable storage<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="story-body__introduction" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 28px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wD3HGyWpg-o/VsoA3KEsZ5I/AAAAAAAAAKg/-z3HnmVsOHc/s1600/galaxy-s7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wD3HGyWpg-o/VsoA3KEsZ5I/AAAAAAAAAKg/-z3HnmVsOHc/s320/galaxy-s7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Samsung's latest flagship phones restore a couple of popular features dropped from the previous generation.</div><div class="story-body__introduction" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 28px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 23px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge both accept MicroSD cards, allowing their storage to be expanded, and can also be submerged underwater.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In addition, they feature new gaming tech and a rear camera that should cope better in low-light conditions.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Their overall design, however, is similar to the Galaxy S6 line-up.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Some experts suggested that could pose a challenge.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Although there are significant improvements under the bonnet with the camera, the chipset, the removable storage and the water resistance, Samsung will have to make sure that's visible to consumers," commented Ian Fogg from the IHS Technology consultancy.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Because at a glance they look to be the same as last year's model."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Samsung does not disclose smartphone sales numbers. However its share of the market dropped by 2% in 2015, according to research firm IDC, at a time when Apple, Huawei and Xiaomi made gains.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Even so, IDC's data still indicates the South Korean firm remains the bestselling brand by a wide margin.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037659608986967666.post-34527238775218815842016-02-21T10:20:00.001-08:002016-03-02T02:35:03.474-08:00Taylor Swift Celebrates Friend's Wedding: 'I'm the Happiest Maid of Honor Ever<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Open-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vnPuIFPtRW4/Vsn_fivSEyI/AAAAAAAAAKU/sWKd6pBRuOw/s1600/taylor-swift-sideye-red-carpet-2015-billboard-650.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="420" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vnPuIFPtRW4/Vsn_fivSEyI/AAAAAAAAAKU/sWKd6pBRuOw/s640/taylor-swift-sideye-red-carpet-2015-billboard-650.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><a href="http://www.billboard.com/artist/371422/taylor-swift/chart" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #01b1e6; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Taylor Swift</strong></a> was as a maid of honor for the first time on Saturday (Feb. 20), and by the look of the wedding party photo, the pop star had an amazing time. </div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Open-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Open-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/6882831/taylor-swift-maid-of-honor-britany-maack-wedding" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #01b1e6; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Taylor Swift Serves as Maid of Honor at Friend's Wedding: See the Picture</strong></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Open-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Swift served as made of honor for her childhood friend Britany Maack in a ceremony held at the chapel of the Bernardine Franciscan Sisters near Alvernia University Pennsylvania. Maack married another one of Swift’s childhood friends, Benjamin LaManna.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Open-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“I met her when I was 10 days old, and him in kindergarten,” Swift captioned the wedding party photo on Instagram. “Now they're married and I'm the happiest maid of honor ever. Congratulations @britmaack and Ben!”</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Open-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Both Swift and Maack wore dresses designed by Reem Acra, seen in part in the picture shared by <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">People</em>.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Open-sans, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"I've never been a maid of honor before,” Swift -- who certainly lived up to those maid of honor duties when she brought her friend to the Reem Acra showroom in New York to try on wedding dresses over the summer -- previously said. “This is my first time, and it's really, really important to me because this is my best friend, who I've known since I was born. And she's marrying someone I've known since I was 4.”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ETw7IWTq7bY/Vsn_0qscxBI/AAAAAAAAAKY/sLo7zzsrAoA/s1600/CbrrlsqW0AAnTVj.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ETw7IWTq7bY/Vsn_0qscxBI/AAAAAAAAAKY/sLo7zzsrAoA/s320/CbrrlsqW0AAnTVj.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037659608986967666.post-45687326075038918132016-02-21T10:16:00.001-08:002016-02-21T10:16:11.017-08:00Perrie Edwards 'playing the field'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JhVVZJAXgio/Vsn-2Y_QvVI/AAAAAAAAAKM/3AqYrzyG24I/s1600/ea7bbe65a85ee1ca7eeefb48e47ebeaf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JhVVZJAXgio/Vsn-2Y_QvVI/AAAAAAAAAKM/3AqYrzyG24I/s1600/ea7bbe65a85ee1ca7eeefb48e47ebeaf.jpg" /></a></div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Singer Perrie Edwards wants the guy to do the running this time round, according to an insider.</div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Little Mix star is currently single after her shock split from fiance Zayn Malik last year (15).</div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Zayn is the one who called it quits, shortly after he left boyband One Direction. He has since been linked to a host of ladies, most recently model Gigi Hadid, while Perrie has instead been making the most of time with her girl pals.</div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Perrie is happily playing the field right now," a source told Britain's Closer magazine. "She gave Zayn too much too soon, so now she wants to have fun. She feels Zayn got into a comfort zone because she was happy to sit back and let him go off having fun. This time she wants the guy to do the running."</div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">That's not to say Perrie hasn't been enjoying the company of men though, as she was recently spotted out with model Leon King and earlier this month (Feb16) was snapped with a mystery man. Since apparently moving out of the north London home she bought with Zayn and into her own property, the blonde beauty is said to be focused on putting herself first. This includes turning to self-help books, the publication claims.</div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Perrie's reading about love to help her find the perfect relationship one day," the source added. "The books are telling her to come across as more unattainable. She doesn't want to repeat the nightmare she went through with Zayn."</div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">During their relationship, there were numerous claims Zayn had been unfaithful to Perrie. Despite these rumours the tattooed hunk previously insisted he'll always care for his ex-fiancee and that he didn't end things over text, as was claimed.</div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"I love her a lot, and I always will, and I would never end our relationship over four years like that. She knows that, I know that, and the public should know as well," he said.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037659608986967666.post-62567864058155915222016-02-21T10:12:00.003-08:002016-03-01T04:09:46.716-08:00Chelsea 5-1 Manchester City<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h1 class="article__title" data-short-title="Chelsea thrash youthful City" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SkyTextReg, sans-serif; font-size: 2.6em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.15em; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px;"><span class="article__long-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Chelsea 5-1 Manchester City: Impressive Blues move into last eight</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PXKgeO3LBjQ/Vsn-BuhTHaI/AAAAAAAAAKE/IIUch_xcATs/s1600/diego-costa-goal-celeb-chelsea-manchester-city-fa-cup_3419350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PXKgeO3LBjQ/Vsn-BuhTHaI/AAAAAAAAAKE/IIUch_xcATs/s320/diego-costa-goal-celeb-chelsea-manchester-city-fa-cup_3419350.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><span class="article__long-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="article__long-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="article__long-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span><br /><div itemprop="description" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SkyTextMed, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><span class="article__long-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Chelsea booked their place in the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 5-1 victory over a young Manchester City side at Stamford Bridge on Sunday evening.</span></div><span class="article__long-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SkyTextReg, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><span class="article__long-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Diego Costa headed Chelsea in front before David Faupala, one of five full debutants for City, equalised from close-range, but two goals in five minutes after half-time put Guus Hiddink's side in control.</span></div><span class="article__long-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: SkyTextReg, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.25em; padding: 0px;">Willian slid home a third and Eden Hazard dispatched a fourth with a free-kick, and there was still time for Willy Cabellero to save Oscar's penalty before substitute Bertrand Troare added the fifth.</div></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037659608986967666.post-24738545902060189712016-02-21T10:10:00.001-08:002016-02-21T10:10:06.526-08:00Cristiano Ronaldo Biography<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="sp-story-body__introduction" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: adelle, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: -0.24px; line-height: 28.8px;">Cristiano Ronaldo is a professional soccer player who has set records while playing for both Manchester United and Real Madrid.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BheE0oVqV0A/Vsn9bRIjCiI/AAAAAAAAAKA/olnYZTlX9gk/s1600/117087_heroa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BheE0oVqV0A/Vsn9bRIjCiI/AAAAAAAAAKA/olnYZTlX9gk/s320/117087_heroa.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="sp-story-body__introduction" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #121212; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: adelle, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 300; letter-spacing: -0.24px; line-height: 28.8px;"><br /></span></div><section class="ng-scope ng-isolate-scope" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.7px;" tml-anchor="synopsis"><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: none; font-size: 1.8rem; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.65em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 620px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Synopsis</h2><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px;">Cristiano Ronaldo was born on February 5, 1985, in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. Manchester United paid £12 million to sign him in 2003—a record fee for a player of his age. In the 2004 FA Cup final, he scored Manchester's first three goals and helped them capture the championship. In 2008, he set a franchise record for goals scored. In 2009, Real Madrid paid a record $131 million for his services.</div></section><section class="ng-scope ng-isolate-scope" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.7px;" tml-anchor="early-life"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="early-life" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent 49%, rgb(211, 22, 20) 50%); background-position: 0px 90%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 1px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #d31614; line-height: 1.6em; outline: 0px; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 2px 0px; transition: all 0.25s ease;"></a><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: none; font-size: 1.8rem; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.65em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 620px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Early Life</h2><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px;">Born Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro on February 5, 1985, in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, a small island off the western coast of the country, Ronaldo is the youngest of four children born to Maria Dolores dos Santos and Jose Dinis Aveiro. He was named after Ronald Reagan, a favorite actor of his father's.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px;">Ronaldo grew up in a largely working class neighborhood, his home a small tin roofed shack that overlooked the ocean. His early life was shaped by hardship; his father, a gardener, often drank too much, and eventually died from kidney problems in 2005. To help keep the children fed, and maintain some financial stability, Ronaldo's mother worked as a cook and cleaning person.</div></section><section class="ng-scope ng-isolate-scope" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 29.7px;" tml-anchor="intro-to-soccer"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="intro-to-soccer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent 49%, rgb(211, 22, 20) 50%); background-position: 0px 90%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 1px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #d31614; line-height: 1.6em; outline: 0px; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 2px 0px; transition: all 0.25s ease;"></a><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: none; font-size: 1.8rem; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.65em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 620px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Intro to Soccer</h2><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px;">It was through his dad's work as an equipment manager at a boy's club that Ronaldo was first introduced to the game of soccer. By the time he was 10 years old, he was already recognized as a phenomenon—a kid who ate, slept and drank the game. "All he wanted to do as a boy was play football," his godfather, Fernao Sousa, recalled for British reporters, adding, "He loved the game so much he'd miss meals or escape out of his bedroom window with a ball when he was supposed to be doing his homework."</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px;">By his early teens, Ronaldo's talent and legend had grown considerably. After a stint with Nacional da liha da Madeira, he signed with Sporting Portugal in 2001. That same year, at the tender age of 16, Ronaldo turned heads with a mesmerizing performance against Manchester United, wowing even his opponents with his footwork and deft skill. He made such an impression that a number of United players asked their manager to try and sign the young player. It wasn't long before the club paid Ronaldo's team more than £12 million for his services - a record fee for a player of his age.</div><section class="ng-scope ng-isolate-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 29.7px;" tml-anchor="success-with-manchester-united"><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: none; font-size: 1.8rem; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.65em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 620px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Success with Manchester United</h2><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px;">Ronaldo, however, did not disappoint. He showed his promise early on in the 2004 FA Cup final, scoring the team's first three goals and helping them capture the championship. In 2008, a year after signing a five-year, £31 million contract, Ronaldo again justified the high tab when he put together one of the club's finest seasons in history, setting a franchise record for goals scored (42), and earning himself the FIFA World of the Year honor. In all, Ronaldo helped steer Manchester United to three premier league titles.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px;">But Ronaldo's time in England was marred by his mother's 2007 struggle with breast cancer as well as his father's death from alcohol-related illness. The latter was especially hard for Ronaldo as the two had been close, and the young athlete had often pushed for his father to enter rehab and address his drinking. His father, however, never accepted the offer.</div></section><section class="ng-scope ng-isolate-scope" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 29.7px;" tml-anchor="departure-to-real-madrid"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="departure-to-real-madrid" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent 49%, rgb(211, 22, 20) 50%); background-position: 0px 90%; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: 1px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #d31614; line-height: 1.6em; outline: 0px; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 2px 0px; transition: all 0.25s ease;"></a><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: none; font-size: 1.8rem; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.65em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 620px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Departure to Real Madrid</h2><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px;">As lauded as Ronaldo was on the field for Manchester United, his commitment to the club came under constant question. Speculation swirled that he wanted to play elsewhere. So in 2009, when Spanish soccer club Real Madrid agreed to pay United a record $131 million for the chance to sign him, nobody was all that surprised to see Ronaldo leave United.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px;">"I know that they are going to demand a lot of me to be successful at the club and I know that I'm going to have much more pressure than at Manchester United because I was there for many years," Ronaldo told reporters. "But it means a new challenge and is going to help me be the best footballer."</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 620px; padding: 0px;">In addition to his FIFA World Player of the year award, Ronaldo has also won the coveted Ballon d'OR, the Golden Boot, and been named the UEFA Club Forward of the Year, among other honors during the course of his career.</div></section></section></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037659608986967666.post-76619183243971241232016-02-21T10:02:00.000-08:002016-02-21T10:02:16.403-08:00Mali Koopman could be Australia’s next big model export<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="summary" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #514e4e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin: 20px 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vh_RLc5ejlc/Vsn7mxMPV0I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/ChSfQsdykNY/s1600/38449-1_og_article_portrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vh_RLc5ejlc/Vsn7mxMPV0I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/ChSfQsdykNY/s320/38449-1_og_article_portrait.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 31px; margin: 20px 0px;"><br /></h3><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 31px; margin: 20px 0px;"><br /></h3><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 31px; margin: 20px 0px;">In her first New York fashion week she walked Altuzarra, DKNY, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Public School, Calvin Klein, Tory Burch, Vera Wang, Lacoste and Narciso Rodriguez.</h3></div><div class="body" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #514e4e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; min-height: 350px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;">“My favourite show so far was DKNY,” says 19-year-old Mali Koopman to<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Vogue</em>. “After seeing the looks collectively I knew it would be my favourite. I think you enjoy a show more when you feel good in the clothing, and I don’t think anyone can complain this afternoon since everything is pretty amazing.” </div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;">Her appearance at <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/galleries/calvin+klein+collection+ready+to+wear+autumn+winter+16+17,38439?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/readyToWear" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Calvin Klein</a> has confirmed her status as an up-and-comer; being cast in a Calvin Klein show is taken as an indicator of a rising star. “The casting process here in New York does have its similarities to Sydney, however in New York you can’t get away with showing up to a casting in Converses!” says Koopman, who has been spending her free time staying up late to watch <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Avatar: The Last Airbender</em> “and discussing how good it is with my roommate.” </div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;">Although it is her first international runway having only modelled for the past two years, Koopman didn’t show any signs of nerves. “The show isn’t just about you,” she explains. “You’re part of a designer’s presentation and that’s what everyone is mainly interested in, not your pace or how you turn on awkwardly cornered runways.” </div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;">After her success at New York fashion week, the architecture student has deferred her university studies to pursue modelling, but is keen to return to it or to study in the USA - both her parents are architects.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;">As to what the biggest conceptions are about modelling, she’s quick to respond - and eloquently, too. “That models have it easy or that modelling isn’t a real job. Things like having your hair and make-up done and wearing heels don’t necessarily register as hard work in many peoples minds, but as enjoyable as it can be, you’re still obligated to be professional after excessive hours of looking lively and dealing with the irregularities of the job,” she says. “People also tend to forget that a lot of models are usually under 20, which is pretty young to be flying around the world, working late nights and having no routine within your job. I would love to have the maturity to enter new countries with confidence and independence, but I still find myself calling my mum and dad most days to have the comfort of adult insight and to feel like a 19-year-old again.” </div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8037659608986967666.post-13160224842887413992016-02-21T10:00:00.003-08:002016-02-21T10:00:39.119-08:0015 things to know about New York fashion week<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2RW1V66voMU/Vsn7J8P216I/AAAAAAAAAJw/9Wcywez0fcc/s1600/38453-1_og_article_landscape.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2RW1V66voMU/Vsn7J8P216I/AAAAAAAAAJw/9Wcywez0fcc/s320/38453-1_og_article_landscape.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #514e4e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #514e4e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #514e4e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 15px;">1. The <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/news/heres+what+happened+at+the+worldwide+screenings+of+kanye+wests+yeezy3,38377" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Kanye West Yeezy show</a> happened. It was so popular, he had everyone calling it #Yeezy3 or #YeezySeason3. Not even Alessandro Michele of Gucci - the current It-boy of fashion design - can get people to comfortably and regularly reference his main inspiration of last season, Madeleine de Scudéry's 1654 Carte de Tendre with the same ease. We suppose #CartedeTendre doesn't have the same hashtag ring to it. <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/news/galleries/see+who+attended+kanye+wests+yeezy+season+3+show+,38344" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">The Kardashian and Jenners</a> wore custom-made Balmain and <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/news/galleries/inside+yeezyseason3+see+the+instagrams+from+kanye+wests+show+,38343" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">social media was rapt</a>. West wins out again.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #514e4e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 15px;">2. New York proves to be the fashion week of the celebrity designer with <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/Fashion%20Shows/galleries/fenty+x+puma+ready+to+wear+autumn+winter+16+17,38365?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/Fashion+Shows" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Rihanna's Fenty X Puma</a>, <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/galleries/victoria+beckham+ready+to+wear+autumn+winter+16+17,38385?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/readyToWear" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Victoria Beckham</a> and The Row also showing, albeit with very different design aesthetics and price points.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #514e4e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 15px;">3. The best show locations are the ones with a view. Spring Studios on Varick street - used by <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/galleries/michael+kors+ready+to+wear+autumn+winter+16+17,38430?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/readyToWear" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Michael Kors</a>, <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/galleries/calvin+klein+collection+ready+to+wear+autumn+winter+16+17,38439?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/readyToWear" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Calvin Klein</a> and <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/galleries/altuzarra+ready+to+wear+autumn+winter+16+17,38359?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/readyToWear" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Altuzarra</a> - has an impressive view over Soho and Tribeca, but Kate Spade in the famous Rainbow Room won out. For those without a view, it’s hard to beat <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/galleries/tommy+hilfiger+ready+to+wear+autumn+winter+r16+17,38407?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/readyToWear" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Tommy Hilfiger</a>’s ship fitted out with an ‘Instapit’ and more celebrities than you can throw a selfie stick at. </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #514e4e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 15px;">4. The 90s are not going anywhere. <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/galleries/alexander+wang+ready+to+wear+autumn+winter+16+17,38357?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/readyToWear" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Alexander Wang</a> revisited the trend in his layered collection that had models sport the <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/beauty/hair+insider/the+awkward+short+bob+with+fringe+is+the+hairstyle+of+the+moment,38423" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">awkward haircut</a>, and<a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/galleries/public+school+ready+to+wear+autumn+winter+16+17,38379?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/readyToWear" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Public School</a>, DKNY and <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/galleries/vera+wang+ready+to+wear+autumn+winter+16+17,38417?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/readyToWear" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Vera Wang</a> all looked to 90s-era Margiela for their collections.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #514e4e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 15px;">5. Old-world textiles are having a resurgence, if <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/blogs/suzy+menkes/suzy+menkes+at+new+york+fashion+week+day+two,38401" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Ralph Lauren</a> and<a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/galleries/altuzarra+ready+to+wear+autumn+winter+16+17,38359?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/readyToWear" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Altuzarra</a> - two stand-outs of the week - are anything to go by.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #514e4e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 15px;">6. There may be mega names at NYFW, but there are some new ones that are creating almost just as much buzz. <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Vogue</em> likes Sally LaPointe, Ryan Roche, Sandy Liang and <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/trends/remember+the+bubble+skirt+from+the+2000sr+its+back,38414" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Monse</a>. </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #514e4e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 15px;">7. Shearling is everywhere, on the runway (see <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/galleries/prabal+gurung+ready+to+wear+autumn+winter+r16+17,38405?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/readyToWear" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Prabal Gurung</a> and <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/galleries/coach+ready+to+wear+autumn+winter+16+17,38437?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/readyToWear" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Coach</a>) and off - <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/street+style/galleries/street+style+from+new+york+fashion+week+autumn+winter+r16+17,38354" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">i.e. on every model</a>. </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #514e4e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 15px;">8. Elegantly relaxed suiting is another big story. See Jason Wu for <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/galleries/hugo+boss+ready+to+wear+autumn+winter+16+17,38424?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/readyToWear" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Hugo Boss</a>, who embraces the femininity within the architectural constraints of the German label, and <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/galleries/calvin+klein+collection+ready+to+wear+autumn+winter+16+17,38439?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/readyToWear" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Calvin Klein</a>, whose opening looks were very popular with the Instagrammers.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #514e4e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 15px;">9. The buy-now-wear-now concept was the buzz term of the week, with Michael Kors offering a small capsule collection of pieces that were available to buy the day after the runway show (unfortunately in the USA only), as well as Rebecca Minkoff, Tom Ford and Burberry.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #514e4e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 15px;">10. The original street style favourite <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/street+style/galleries/street+style+from+new+york+fashion+week+autumn+winter+r16+17,38354" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Taylor Tomasi Hill</a> was out and about, spotted at Rosie Assoulin and more. Her deft layering put other attention-seeking fashion identities to shame.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #514e4e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 15px;">11. There is such a thing as an ‘It-presentation’ now - a presentation so popular, that you have to carefully time when you arrive so that you can actually see the clothes and not get stuck behind fashion socialites catching up. This was definitely the case at Rosie Assoulin and Mansur Gabriel.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #514e4e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 15px;">12. The set of <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/galleries/rodarte+ready+to+wear+autumn+winter+16+17,38413?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/readyToWear" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Rodarte</a> started to smoke which alarmed some attendees, but it was all part of the plan. Regular Rodarte-goers would be used to the duo’s dreamy and all-to-real set designs.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #514e4e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 15px;">13. The reinvention of Coach has everyone talking. We spotted Susie Bubble wearing a Coach patchwork dress from the <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/galleries/coach+ready+to+wear+spring+summer+16,37176?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/readyToWear" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">spring/summer ’16 collection</a>with aplomb. </div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #514e4e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 15px;">14. Lady Gaga wins the award of most diligent fashion celebrity by attending<a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/galleries/brandon+maxwell+ready+to+wear+autumn+winter+16+17,38436?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/readyToWear" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Brandon Maxwell</a> and Nicopanda’s show, and <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/news/lady+gaga+to+walk+marc+jacobss+show,38435" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">walking in Marc Jacobs</a>. Nicopanda is created by her former stylist Nicola Formichetti and Maxwell is her current stylist. She’s a loyal one.</div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #514e4e; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 15px;">15. Australians in New York are an ongoing theme: designers <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/galleries/dion+lee+ready+to+wear+autumn+winter+16+17,38364?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/readyToWear" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Dion Lee</a> and<a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/galleries/zimmermann+ready+to+wear+autumn+winter+16+17,38387?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/readyToWear" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Zimmermann</a> showed, and Jesinta Campbell sat front row at <a href="http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion/fashion+shows/ready+to+wear/galleries/vera+wang+ready+to+wear+autumn+winter+16+17,38417?adkit_ref=/fashion/fashionShows/readyToWear" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; padding-bottom: 1px; text-decoration: none; transition: 0.5s;" target="_blank">Vera Wang</a>. Meanwhile there's a gaggle of Australian-born PRs working hard at the backlines of shows and major American design houses. </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0