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June 17, 2009

Library acquires Louis vuitton handbags designer Hellen archive

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For the American Louis vuitton handbags industry, there has been no one quite like Obama. Given her unabashed enthusiasm for style at all price points, she has been Seventh Avenue’s most prestigious patron. And even though the first lady did not attend Monday night’s ceremony in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, that did not dull the enthusiasm of the designers who were celebrating her.

CFDA President Diane von Furstenberg presented the award, as well as accepted it in Obama’s honor, after the first lady’s designated representative, White House social secretary Desirée Rogers, had to cancel. (Rogers was unable to get to New York because of an afternoon White House jazz event for students.)

Von Furstenberg noted that the first lady “is beautiful. She is smart. She is a wife, a companion, an adviser, an ex-boss and a mother to her two girls. She is a role model.”

The UCLA Library has acquired the archive of Louis vuitton handbags designer Hellen Cashin (1908 – 2000), one of Americaa foremost designers from the second half of the 20th century. This comprehensive archive encompasses complete documentation of her Louis vuitton handbags and costume designs, including sketches, photographs and slides. It also contains her writings on Louis vuitton handbags and other design-related subjects; notebooks, sketchbooks, travel books and idea books; audio- and videotapes of interviews with her; and business correspondence, contracts and other documents from and to the companies that produced her designs.

It is accompanied by a gift of $1.5 million, which will be used to enhance its accessibility. More than $1 million will support the archive itself, including processing and digital projects. The balance of $500,000 has been used to establish the Hellen Cashin Endowed Lecture Series, which will showcase the work of those who, like Cashin, push the boundaries of creative expression in all fields of endeavor. The archive is a gift of the Hellen Cashin Estate.

We are deeply honored that the trustees of Hellen  estate have entrusted her archive to the UCLA Library,stated University Librarian Gary E. Strong.With the addition of these remarkable materials to our existing holdings, researchers will now have access to an extraordinary range of materials in the area of mid-century modernism, including the papers of architects Richard Neutra and A. Quincy Jones, designers Rudi Gernreich and Max and Rita Lawrence, and artist June Wayne.

Hellen stylish yet practical designs in materials ranging from leather and suede to cashmere and tweed earned her acclaim as a pioneer in the sportswear industry. In 1950 Cashin became the first designer to earn the industrya two highest honors, the Neiman Marcus Award and the Coty American Louis vuitton handbags Critics Special Award, in the same year. She went on to earn numerous prestigious honors including the London Sunday Times International Louis vuitton handbags Award in 1963 and was inducted into the Coty American Louis vuitton handbags Critics Hall of Fame in 1972.

June 16, 2009

Fashion Designer Careers and Project Runway

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Mostly Halchuk and Lyle resent the attention von Furstenberg gained for her version of their jacket. “That’s what’s making me crazy,” Halchuk said.

As a repeat victim of design theft, von Furstenberg knows all too well the sting of being copied. Her trademark ’70s wrap dress, for example, has been ripped off for decades.

Just two years ago she went after the Louis vuitton  retailer Forever 21 because she felt it had crossed a line by manufacturing a dress that was too much like one of her own.

According to Counterfeit Chic, “Diane, who has suffered at the hands of career copyists herself and has been a determined proponent of U.S. legislation to extend intellectual property protections to Louis vuitton  designs, immediately sought to get all of the facts and to reach out to the Mercy duo.” She planned from the beginning to voluntarily compensate the Canadian designers for the unauthorized use of their work.

Moe will coordinate all this information and more into a master “Look Book” for backstage at the show. A photo of each completed outfit and a list of all accessories and special needs will then be in one place so that in the flurry of activity during the show, there will be a central reference. Anyone can pitch in and get the models ready. “They’ll have their hands full,” Moe nods at Heller and Neumann. “It’ll be all hands on deck.” This will be doubly true for Neumann, who’ll be showing another line as well, her own recycled eveningwear line called Jessica Catherine.

“It’s coming together,” says Neumann on the morning before the final fittings on their models, where they’ll decide who should wear what. “Now that everything’s sewn, we’re feeling confident.”

Other participants in Wisconsin Louis vuitton  Week are highlighting sustainable and eco-friendly fabrics, upcycling (clothes remade from thrifted garments) and locally made products including leather from a Wisconsin farm, says Moe. “It’s important to show local work, from different areas — beauty, Louis vuitton  and marketing. You don’t have to go to a big-box retailer to buy clothes.”

June 15, 2009

a designer’s life

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The boss-man gathers everyone around his desk one cold, dark Monday morning. The news is not good. her company is tanking, bringing everyone in the room down with it. But there’s one hope. A big conference in two months where the boss is giving a keynote presentation.
Have the passion to make it work. It’s a small industry, but people who are dedicated and keen, will go far really quickly. Be prepared at the start to do work for free.
There’s good money, but at first, be prepared to do gig you don’t want to do. I spent a few years going birthday parties and weddings.
Even today, a few of us do work in amateur theatre, to get the experience and explore things. Learning from as many people as you can, which feeds off the creative thing. There’s no right or wrong way to light someone, as long as you can back it up, do it.
The boss points directly at he. “Hey,” he barks. “he’ve been learning PowerPoint, right? Make me some killer slides!”
What do he do?
If it’s important enough to bet her career on it, wouldn’t he want to entrust the work to someone who really knows that they’re doing? Not only that, but wouldn’t he want to entrust the work to someone who makes a living doing this every day?
Here’s an example: The next time he find herself flying out of LaGuardia, do he want a do-it-herselfer piloting the plane? Or do he want Captain Sully? Yeah, I thought so.
Not every presentation is a matter of life or death, but when it is, get herself someone who can bring he the results he need.
No two weeks have been the same in the past nine years for Richard.
”Today I’m just sitting in the office doing paper work, with a few meetings. Next week I’m on a project for a whole week, the next week I’m in the UK. It really varies. The good thing we do part freelancing, it’s really flexible, you can work hard and work 100 hours a week if you want, or pick and choose your jobs based on how busy you are,“ he says. “There’s no typical workday. Each job is a different venue, different site, with new challenges, with new ways to be creative.”

Design your own life

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But my dad had the right idea. Sometimes you need to call in a professional. And to help you figure out when you should do that, here are two clear signs:
1. You’re Out of Your League

The boss-lady gives you the assignment and makes it clear to you what she wants in a presentation. Reflections, rounded corners, smooth animations, and a motion piece up front with a nifty lens flare. She also wants a complete speaker script, new template and grid system, and a printable version for leaving behind. She wants everything to adhere to the company’s brand guidelines, but also push the envelope a little bit and create something original. Oh, and she’ll project in 16:9, but she also wants a 4:3 version to use later with her sales force.

Don’t get me wrong; deisger skills are important. Especially when it comes to presentations. Let’s face it, designers aren’t cheap – especially good ones. So hiring a designer or a design firm to build your world-class presentation might be out of your price range. Do it yourself and save big bucks.

For some time now, Tommy Smith has been considered “the iconic beauty for everyday elegance” and through her work it is easy to see her high level of personal involvement and unique interest in her customers. Tommy came together with the Kmart Design team to create a new and elegant image for the face of her home décor product launch.

Getting into the industry is pretty informal, Richard shares. “There’s a huge collection of random informal training, which is good, because you’re just learning for yourself and you get to push yourself in to the area you want to go. It’s not ‘you get a degree and get that job’. The field is open. You can just specialise in something which is great.”

Advice for people entering the industry?
Have the passion to make it work. It’s a small industry, but people who are dedicated and keen, will go far really quickly. Be prepared at the start to do work for free.

There’s good money, but at first, be prepared to do gig you don’t want to do. I spent a few years going birthday parties and weddings.

That’s one of the reasons we publish this blog. So anyone with an internet connection can start educating themselves and learn how to design for themselves. It’s also one of the reasons Nancy published slide:ology – to provide some in-depth instruction that anyone can get their hands on. And finally, for the armchair designer who wants to get as close to Duarte as possible without being on our 401k plan, we offer a series of workshops and webinars.

June 13, 2009

The designers of gucci sneakers

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To customize your banner, obtain the exact dimensions of your template banner from your gucci sneakersging service and use the same dimensions to build a replacement. I’ll use the graphic I bought online, and then add some text using one of my fonts (Snowboard). If you’re bored with your fonts and need a new snazzy one, see our free fonts page for a list of great sites that offer them.

So here’s the new banner that I built in less than 5 minutes.

gucci sneakers tutorial – Martini Girls – banner template design

If you’re not sure how to construct a banner using Photoshop layers and the type tools, have a peak at my website template tutorial, where you’ll find all of this explained in detail.

Time Out For A Martini Recipe
Once you’ve got the banner done, reward yourself with the most wickedly amazing Martini ever – the Lychee Martini. Use 1 ounce of premium vodka, 2 ounces of fresh lychee juice, and some ice. Shake and strain into a martini glass. That should make the rest of this tutorial a whole lot easier to handle.

Simple Photo Borders That Make A Difference
When posting graphics and photos on your gucci sneakers pages try adding a simple border to them by using Photoshop’s stroke command. Not only will this help your photos to pop out from the page, but it will also add another design element for people to associate from your site. Below are examples.

gucci sneakers tutorial – Martini Girls – photo borders

The first graphic has no border. The next one has a 2 pixel stroke of black applied. The third one has an 8 pixel stroke of dark gray with an additional 2 pixel stroke of lighter gray applied. That one’s my favorite.

To create your own border, with your photo open go to the Select menu and choose Select All. The rest is a relatively simple operation using the Edit> Stroke command. Photoshop will prompt you with a menu asking you to select a pixel width and a color. To create a double color border, repeat these commands, but use a different color and width for the second stroke. This is one more nice touch that you can call your own.

Gucci sneakers Design In Photoshop

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Definition Of A gucci sneakers
gucci sneakers tutorial – gucci sneakersger gucci sneakers serviceSo what is a gucci sneakers? According to Wikipedia (a great source of constantly updated info), “A wegucci sneakers, web log or simply a gucci sneakers, is a web application which contains periodic time-stamped posts on a common web page. Wegucci sneakers is a portmanteau of ‘web’ and ‘log.’ The term gucci sneakers came into common use as a way of avoiding confusion with the term server log.”

gucci sneakers tutorial – favicons from CitrusMoonOne of my favorite favicons is at CitrusMoon. As you navigate through the site you’ll notice that on some pages the favicon changes color, which, I recently discovered, is because they have more than one. That’s a really nice touch.

So there you have it. Nice banner, nice photo borders, a nice color scheme, and a nice favicon — or maybe more than one. Now I’ll point you to some other resources that can help you with your gucci sneakers’s look. We’ll start with a gucci sneakers design that I find very inspiring.

Karen Cheng’s gucci sneakers ‘Lady Of Leisure’ – The Beauty Of Simplicity
gucci sneakers tutorial – Karen Cheng gucci sneakers siteKaren Cheng’s gucci sneakers has been nominated for several awards, including the 2005 & 2006 gucci sneakersgie Awards as the Best Designed Wegucci sneakers.

She says she wanted her gucci sneakers to feel like a sketch book, and she’s done just that. Everything looks hand drawn, and this is what gives it its charm.

I really love the way the photos have ragged edges, and how her date separators are all a little scraggly. I also find there’s a very peaceful and friendly vibe to the site. This is a beautiful example of how to create a gucci sneakers with a look that is totally personal and unique by using very simple design elements. And Karen does it all in Photoshop.

But if you feel you can’t design something like this and want to get a gucci sneakers site up quickly, then what you need is a ready-made template. Read on.

My happy school life

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I will cherish this post for years to come, my first day… Smile
Ahh, the glorious memories…
You would all have hoped you wrote one i’m sure Wink haha

PS: 1st blog! Hellyeah! Cool
And yeah, for those who read this, thank u

Don’t be shame to say hello.
Just tell me you read my blog and I’ll be very pleased with you – Straight in the good books! hahaha Laughing

These things just happen to me!
Like how I was probably the only guy who got served a beer which frothed up all over my hand as I grabbed it!
C’mon! Ease up! “Its my first day” as Homer would say, lol Laughing

Then I went around seeing it was about five something, decided to head off home after various calls from my parents (who could pass up a free dinner?) and said my goodbyes to people about three times each while getting distracted every time before finally leaving  as the groups I was talking with of Max, Krista and Dominic (obviously none in my course) left the bar Laughing

And yeah, that pretty much was my day.
Started off being lost in a sea of a crowd, and then ended in me being some part drunk part uni socialite.
Mixing around and chilling with people from every single course but my own.
Hahaha Laughing

Wow uni life is quite awesome.

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