If you fancy a fascinator, check out the mad hatting frenzy that went down at yesterday's royal wedding.
Kate has been wearing them all around town and they are a British trend. Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie donned toppers made by London millinerPhilip Treacy, a native of Ireland who also topped off other royal wedding guests such as:Victoria Beckham, Zara Phillips and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.
Big or small, feathered or floral, fascinators were all the rage at Kate and Wills' royal Nuptuals.
Time to discuss modern royalty. All I have to say is: WOW!
Kate (the Duchess of Cambridge) and Wills' wedding was a real life fairytale.
Kate wore a gorgeous gown by Sarah Burton, creative Director of British luxury brand Alexander McQueen. I found it very appropriate and appreciated that Kate paid homage to England by wearing a British designer's creation. I have to say however that the dress was soooooooo not McQueen style. Nothing about it said McQueen to me.
I love how Kate mixed old and new and represented a modern twist on the old royal look. The neckline was elegant. She looked very modest but in a glamorous way.
A nice length train (8 feet, 8 inches), not even comparable to Diana's though and a barely there veil.
I loved how Kate wore earrings given to her by her parents, the Middletons (something new) and something borrowed; the sparkly tiara (the Cartier Halo) was from 1936 and was loaned to her by Queen Elizabeth II.
My boos are for Kate's itsy bitsy bouquet. The flowers looked wilted and were lacking any decadence. I also wasn't a big fan of her hairstyle, the demi-chignon and loose curls were just okay for me. I was expecting something a bit more elaborate and special.
I was totally expecting Kate to wear this type of dress, which is not a bad thing. She looked beautiful and very elegant. Everything royalty should be.
And they lived happily ever after...
For those of you who didn't wake up at the crack of dawn (the early wake-up was so worth it), check out some highlights of the Royal Wedding.
It was announced yesterday that Salvatore Ferragamo presented its request to list its shares to the Italian stock exchange.
In a statement, Salvatore Ferragamo said that the coordinators for the deal will be Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Mediobanca will also act as a sponsor for the operation.
In an interview with Dow Jones Newswires in February, Ferragamo's Chief Executive Michele Norsa dismissed reports of a possible listing in Hong Kong by the company and explained that Italy is key for Ferragamo.
Many of the big players in the luxury fashion industry seem to be making IPO headlines. We have Ferragamo and Moncler's request to list in Italy on one hand and, Prada's highly-anticipated listing, which is expected to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange. It has been said that Prada will list in Hong Kong in order to benefit from the purchasing power in China, and from a lack of directly competing stocks in Hong Kong.
Coach has filed a lawsuit against Jo-Ann Fabrics based on the fact that the fabric store has made a fleece fabric printed with multicolored Os which are, according to Coach, too similar to their trademarked signature "C" pattern.
According to WWD, the lawsuit claims that: "the pattern of elongated Os found on the Blizzard Fleece fabric sold by Huston, Ohio-based Jo-Ann, in stores and on its website, has likely caused 'consumer confusion' as it resembles Coach's C trademark."
Coach discovered the fabric in February and has now filed a lawsuit with charges include trademark infringement, trade dress and copyright infringement, trademark counterfeiting, false designation of origin, false advertising and trademark dilution.
Coach is seeking seeking "$2 million per counterfeit mark, per type of counterfeit good, punitive damages, attorneys’ fees and other costs".
Image A hereunder is of Coach's signature "C" and Image B is a picture from the legal documents showing the Blizzard Fleece fabric sold by Jo-Ann Fabrics.
I am definitely team Coach on this one. In my eyes Jo-Ann's fleece fabric is an obvious imitation of Coach's trademarked "C" logo. Did the Jo-Ann Fabrics really think that Coach wouldn't eventually get wind of the fact that the Os on their Blizzard Fleece strangely resembles Coach's signature "C"?
It was announced recently that Milan based Moncler, the fashionable goose down jacket maker is seeking an IPO (initial public offering). The Italian outwear maker has filed the necessary documents for its forthcoming listing in Milan with the Italian Stock Exchange. With Prada also going public, it seems that luxury is back and the best of the best companies are taking advantage of the economic recovery / high stock prices to get premium valuations. Other recent events that highlight this was LVMH buying Bulgari for a 60% premium and Kinross selling off their remaining Harry Winston stake (btw HW is up 23% since Kinross exited their investment). The question is what or who will be bought out next... Coach? Tiffany? Lulu? Abercrombie? And can potential buyers justify paying additional premiums to current valuations?
Moncler's company statement announced that the global coordinators of the listing are Intensa Sanpaolo's Banca IMI (also acting as a sponsor for the operation), Bank of America-Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.
Moncler's board approved its 2010 results. The company posted a net profit of 52.2 million Euros, up 48% from 35.3 million Euros in 2009 and sales rose to 428.7 million Euros from 373.3 million Euros.
Carlyle, a US private equity fund acquired a 48% stake in Moncler in 2008.
May can't come soon enough and I simply CAN'T wait for the Bridesmaids movie to come out! From the Producer of Knocked Up and Superbad comes a comedy about a wedding, a gaggle of six wildly different thirty-smoething year old women and a bachelorette party in Vegas. This movie makes light of the bridezilla in every future bride, the different types of girls who form a wedding party, the typical disaster dresses that most bridesmaids tend to wear and all the typical duties that come with being a bridesmaid. Hilarity is sure to Ensue... Is this the female response to the Hangover that I and so many other women out there have been waiting for? I think So!
Check out the trailer for Bridesmaids coming to a theater near you in May.
Christian Louboutin who has become famous for creating the signature red soled footwear sued Yves Saint Laurent on Thursday for allegedly ripping off his soles by designing red YSL's with red soles.
The red sole on each pair of Louboutin's have been the designer's trademark since 1992, when the latter applied crimson nail polish to the soles of his creations. The rest is history and each pair of Louboutin's have since hit the pavement with red soles.
The lawsuit claims that YSL's red shoes with red soles "are virtually identical to plaintiff's Red Sole Mark, is likely to cause and is causing confusion, mistake and deception among the relevant purchasing public as to the origin of the infringing footwear."
I don't quite know what to make of all of this seeing as how colours could not traditionally be trademarked. However, Louboutin shoes have become known and identifiable because of their world famous and highly coveted red soles. On another note, the red YSL shoes with the red soles are part of a collection of YSL shoes wherein each coloured shoe has a matching coloured sole (i.e.: purple shoe and purple sole).
OPI has released their new S/S collection and has decided to come "home" to Texas for this season's inspiration. Using colours found in nature, the new Texas collection picks up on neutrals (think browns, beiges, greens and blues), but what would an OPI Spring/Summer collection be without their amazing purples, bold pinks, bright oranges and cute corals. I am loving the brights, but it's thumbs down on the greens and blues for me! Six of the twelve colours (Guy Meets Gal-veston, Ya’ll Come Back Ya Hear?, Too Hot Pink to Hold ‘Em, Big Hair…Big Nails, Do You Think I’m Tex-y? and Houston We Have a Purple)have what the company calls "a sorbet finish", meaning that the polish goes on slightly translucent. Your nails are sure to look juicy and sweet, just like your favourite sorbet on a warm Summer's day!
Now for my favourite part, their names and colours:
