Fashion

The history of the wedding veil, the crucial accessory of the bride to compliment her image and the wedding ensemble, comes from old rituals and religious traditions of ancient times.  Nowadays the veil is the fetching sheer fabric that is not designed to conceal the bride's face. In the old times the wedding veil was presented as the opaque dense cover to screen the bride from head to toes. The tradition to hide the bride under the cover appeared during the times of ancient Greece and Rome when the veil was believed to protect the bride from ill looks of envious person s, to turn away from the evil eye and hex. However, in the ancient time the veil was not white. The Greek brides concealed their faces under the yellow fabric while the Roman brides were covered by the veil of vivid red color or decorated the hair with multicolor fabric with embroidery.

Ties make far more essential influence to the image of a man rather than the place it takes in the costume. Moreover, a tie is the most expressive details of the wardrobe that helps to appreciate the personality of a man. Therefore, throughout the history all men pay a great attention to this small element, from men of Kin Dynasty or Roman legionaries with neck kerchiefs to Louis XIV in his lacy jabot.

The Autumn-Winter Collections boast with various pantyhose along with the clothes and shoes. Almost recently the pantyhose were the item that was required for all occasions being the regular item of clothing. The last seasons were quite extreme for the public when the designers made the pantyhose into something really exclusive and extravagant.

Whatever the latest fashion trends or economic situation in the world, luxury fur never goes out of fashion. Despite the depressing atmosphere of the global crisis, which caused many brands to give up luxuries in favor of enforced functionality, winter collections are still dominated by fur pieces, both natural and faux, which can really match natural fur in quality or appearance.

Cashmere cardigans is a fashion pin in both men's and women's wardrobes for decades and with so many different styles, colors and sizes. They are a time-honored choice finding support among a wide range of ages. Cashmere cardigans are constantly recreated producing an array of designs that include twin-sets, capes and boleros, patterned and embroidered styles.

The Byzantine attire was created in the times when the Christianity made the first world achievements and distinguished with its astonishing asceticism and constant expectation of a miracle. All Christian wonders have a spirit as a source but not the body, and the Byzantine attire is fully penetrated with the idea to emphasize the spirit masking the body. It is interesting that when advocating the rejection of material benefits and announcing the world of sensitiveness as the world of vice and sin Byzantine put intentionally luxury attire onto the asceticism. The Byzantine attire is the intensified decoration, rich and luxury fabric, embroidery and luxury patterns and deep colors and abundance of jewelry.

If you remember the legendary series of the '90s «Sex and The City», then you will understand and may perceive the statement that the best friends for a young lady is diamonds. Now the statement changed slightly when the girls having no diamonds are ready to do with gays. In the opinion of most women, the non-traditional sexual orientation males are more comprehensive in regards to women. On the top of it, they never go asleep in the boutique when a woman tries on clothes and ready to give pieces of advice.

The clutch of the XIX century was a small women's accessory that contained the most required belongings like smelling bottles or a handkerchief and which became the actual trendy item to replace modern handbags for many occasions. Throughout two centuries the clutch was regularly announced as outdated, though it regularly came back to be in vogue with a good consistency. Currently a clutch is an exclusive evening accessory which is evident since a woman of our times has to keep in her bag more fine things then ladies in the XIX century, including keys, a mobile, a purse, makeup products and other stuff. Once the clutch was acknowledged as the accessory for an evening wear, the designers rushed to create their own clutches and now the majority of them tell from the delicacy and even luxury so much required to compliment the evening ensembles.

Like Mari Adeland Niely, the founder of Nina Ricci Brand, who afterwards became Nina Ricci, the brand is one of the legendary figures in fashion world. The history of the brand goes back to its establishment in the XIX century when the 12-year-old Mary decided to go for apprenticeship at the tailor's workshop to lend a hand to her mother make ends meet. And the masters could observe that the hats designed by the young girl got highly demanded and were snatched away.

All girls play with their dolls. But Anna Sui was the only one who, when dressing her little protégés, cherished a dream that someday she would design real garments, and not simple ones, but the ones that would make women happy. And her dream came true, as those fair ladies who wear Anna Sui dresses can consider themselves lucky to be donning apparel of such unforgettable design and vigor.

Cocktail dress aka cocktail gown found its ready market and may be small black dress, the classic garment created by Coco Chanel and well accepted and practiced throughout the world for many years. The cocktail dress when appeared in 20s of the previous year is almost one hundred years old, interpreted in the legendary collection New Look by Christian Dior and garments worn by Audrey Hepburn who epitomized the Chanel ideal for wearing little black dresses, accessorized with pearls, to Hubert de Givenchy and the latest haute couture designer collections.

Spring-Summer Collections 2010 shall promise to show elegant and comfortable shoes as it seems when the designers keep on using the basic shoe trends that were successfully used in autumn collections. So, what kind of shoes is offered fashionable for the next year? In summer the platform-sole shoes will appear in a wide variety and the heels will be higher and the design of shoes is too far more extravagant. Animalistic patterns are still trendy, and vivid color gamut still presents as well as models with open toe.