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Jaslene Gonzalez Walks for Farah Angsana

Paul — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:01:54 +0000

How fabulous to see Jaslene walk for Farah Angsana this Spring 2009 Fashion Week. She rocked, she was fierce, and she’s a working model! Wonderful stuff. Here are some great pics, courtesy of Mabel Lim, who attended the show.

Farah Angsana Couture – Spring 2009 – Final Exit

Paul — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:43:24 +0000

This was the final exit of the show. I loved the vibrant colors and the excellent cut of the long gowns. The embellishment and embroidery is just exquisite.

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Farah Angsana Couture, Spring 2009, New York Fashion Week

Paul — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:39:02 +0000

The video doesn’t do justice to the incredible detailed workmanship on these gorgeous gowns. I was seated in pole position and wanted to reach out and touch the fabric as the girls went by. The emerald green numbers were among my favorites. I also liked the peach gown that had an exquisite bolero-jacket-like top.

Silk, satin, crepe, jersey – the material was so beautifully tailored to fit the body and fell so gracefully across the form. One number – a red/pink short dress with lots of silver studded embroidery – drew gasps, as did an amazing pink long gown with detailed silver work.

There were many red carpet pieces and hopefully it won’t be just Teri Hatcher, Olivia Wilde or Carrie Underwood, who will be wearing her clothes.

Oh, and it was a treat seeing America’s Next Top Model winner from a few seasons ago, Jaslene Gonzalez, walk the ramp! Tyra Banks would be proud!

Farah Angsana Couture Spring 2009 New York Fashion Week

Paul — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:30:17 +0000

I’m attending the Farah Angsana Couture Spring 2009 show tomorrow at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea. It’s a great location in a fabulous neighborhood.

Since her first showing in New York last year, Farah Angsana has had a string of celebrities don her glamorous frocks. Terri Hatcher, Carrie Underwood, Olivia Wilde have all picked Farah Angsana Couture dresses for black tie and red carpet events and received great reviews. Her drapery is exquisite and I really hope I get to sit right by the runway so that I can see the details and hear the swish of the material as the models sashay by.

I leave you with some of her pervious creations and will gleefully Twitter her show tomorrow.

Carolina Herrera Spring 2009 New York Fashion Week

Paul — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:56:24 +0000

I was at Carolina Herrera. It was packed, and I was way up in the boondocks – amazed I saw anything at all but very happy to be part of the experience. There were lots of ruffles, lots of frills, and very, very elegant clothes from this fashion doyenne. My little N75 was not quite up to the video task, but it took video and sound that really showed how packed the place was.

The colors started out Spanish red, and that Latin theme carried through the show. Ruffles across bare shoulders, embellishing necklines, trailing from hems – they added accents to body-hugging gowns, tops, and skirts. Reds changed to a whole spectrum of colors; my favorites were the saffron yellow pieces and this black evening gown that screamed RED CARPET!. We will definitely be seeing Carolina Herrera come Oscar season, if not sooner!

Twittering Fashion Week Spring 2009

Paul — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:10:37 +0000

Screen shots of some Fashion Week Twitterers

The joy of tweeting is in full swing this season in Bryant Park and throughout all of Twitterville. Throngs of fashionistas are delivering instantaneous, online, up-to-the minute information on what’s going on in the Bing Tent and at other Fashion venues in New York. And nothing, nothing escapes the attention of the beady-eyed twitterers . From long lines to get into certain shows to which model just tripped on the runway, from the fabulous gifts in goodie bags to who got standing room only in the tents, from being drenched by tropical storm Hanna to peeves and praise, information is coming in fast and furious! And exactly who is tweeting merrily away? We have stylists, editors, bloggers, and it girls. Here’s a list of twitterers I’ve found :

Nside L.A.
Nside L. A bills itself as L.A.’s Lifestream, but note that their news comes from NY Mag’s own fashion pages The Cut.

55SecretStreet
A beauty and fashion blog for stylish women of substance by Nichelle

ElkeVonF
A top celebrity makeup artist in LA & NY, her work has been seen on runways, celebrieis, top magazines and advertising campaigns. Elke is also works on clients on both coasts as a top Eyebrow Speciallist.

YuliZ
Yuli Ziv is the co-founder of http://MyItThings.com, blogger, fashion addict and entrepreneur.

Well done, twitterers! Keep us enthralled!

Miss Italia 2007 – Silvia Battisti

Paul — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:54:35 +0000

Alright, it’s about time for me to start my build up to Miss Universe 2008 in Vietnam. Here’s a gorgeous contestant, who I think should definitely be in the semi finals. She’s fresh-faced and an absolute delight judging from her wonderful smile.

Does she have what it takes? Take a look for yourself!

And if you want to email Silvia and drop her a friendly “Buon giorno!”, email her here!

Miss Universe’s Blog

Paul — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:56:33 +0000

Riyo Mori started a blog long before she won the Miss Universe pageant. You can read her latest posts here.

It will be fascinating to see how long she will be able to keep posting her experiences as Miss Universe. I’m thinking that the Miss Universe Organization (MUO) has some policy about title-holders blogging, much like companies have HR policies about their employees blogging. It would be great if she could track her year via her blog, and especially via Twitter. I’d love to follow her tweets on Twitter. AND also great if she could be candid and honest about working with the MUO. But’s that’s too much to ask, I feel.

Another blog to watch is the one kept by her national director Ines Ligron. That’s more likely to be upfront about what it’s like to work with the MUO.

So far we’ve had a detailed account of Riyo’s first few days as Miss Universe. She went to the Hamptons; she was at Japan Day in Central Park; she has a personal trainer called Eric with whom she does Pilates…. amazing!

The immediacy of Riyo Mori is thrilling!

RIYO MORI IS THE NEW MISS UNIVERSE 2007!

Paul — Tue, 29 May 2007 02:57:49 +0000

Annoucement of Miss Universe 2007!

Paul — Tue, 29 May 2007 02:57:20 +0000

First the annoucement for the winner of the national costume award!

All the thanks are now being said!

The final walk of Zuleyka Rivera. She is stuning is a black , empire wasitline dress. beautiful, with the mikimoto crown. Looks stunning, a young Janet Jackson! She is so beautiful! I love her!

4th Runner up – USA

3rd runner up korea

2nd runner up Venezuela

1st runner up Brazil

WINNER IS MISS JAPAn!