Thursday, June 23, 2011

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10 most stylish celebrity dads 2011

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 02:01 AM PDT

From casual hotness to tuxedo chic, these celebrity dads have been voted most stylish in the online poll conducted by MyCelebrityFashion.co.uk to mark Father's Day. The website says they wanted "to put celebrity dads under the fashion spotlight" to see whose style was most appealing and who failed to impress.

Though I'm a little bit surprised by the poll winner, having Brad Pitt in the top 10 is quite unexpected as I don't find his new style cool or worth-copying.

Do you also find these guys the top 10 most stylish celebrity dads 2011?

10. Brad Pitt (22%)

Brad Pitt is the most stylish celebrity dad 2011

9. Ben Affleck (26%)

Ben Affleck is the most stylish celebrity dad 2011

8. Johnny Depp (29%)

Johnny Depp is the most stylish celebrity dad 2011

7. Will Smith (36%)

Will Smith is the most stylish celebrity dad 2011

6. Hugh Jackman (41%)

Hugh Jackman is the most stylish celebrity dad 2011

5. Matthew McConaughey (46%)

Matthew McConaughey is the most stylish celebrity dad 2011

4. Jude Law (53%)

Jude Law is the most stylish celebrity dad 2011

3. Peter Andre (59%)

Peter Andre is the most stylish celebrity dad 2011

2. David Beckham (66%)

David Beckham is the most stylish celebrity dad 2011

1. Orlando Bloom (71%)

Orlando Bloom is the most stylish celebrity dad 2011

As a new dad [son Flynn was born in January this year], it was interesting to see Orlando Bloom fly straight into the charts and clinch the top spot as the most stylish celebrity dad," the website's Andy Barr said in the statement. "The public evidently likes his eclectic style and diversity of his look.”

Photos: Most Stylish Celebrity Dads With Their Children

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Katy Perry’s Kissable Rolling Stone Cover

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 10:09 PM PDT

The sexy pop star poses for the cover of Rolling Stone in a Hersey’s Kiss-inspired bra and talks about taping down her boobs in behind-the-scenes video!



www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmoF58cjw5I

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Lustables: Natural Dye Necklaces

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 10:08 PM PDT

With a necklace from BlueRedYellow, you’ll always be aware of sustainable fashion.

These apothecary bottle necklaces from BlueRedYellow are filled with natural fermented indigo, exhausted madder root and marigold dye in a glass apothecary bottle. Bottles are tightly sealed so you don’t get your clothes dyed another color while wearing.

The line also has naturally dyed t-shirts and get their organic cotton fabric from the Fessler USA mill in Deer Lake PA, and grow and harvest their dyes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Talk about sustainable.

$ 40

Look for Lustables daily at EcoSalon. 100% gorgeous green finds, and never sponsored. Submit your favorite to tips@ecosalon.com

 

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Style Stars of the Week: Lady Gaga, Jon Hamm & More

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 02:08 PM PDT

Lady Gaga goes blue, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley sports a hot halter jumpsuit and Jon Hamm shows some scruff.

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The Post-Recession Fashion Industry: A Return to Nature

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 02:07 PM PDT

SeriesPart 3: The fashion industry is emerging from its cocoon post-recession, a changed sector where consumers are more cautious, manufacturers are on their toes and designers are struggling to stay afloat doing business as usual. In this five-part series, we take a hard look at the fashion world, speaking with industry leaders, luminaries and experts. This week we ask: Now more than ever, is eco-fashion inextricably linked to conscious connections with land and place?

We might attribute eco-fashion to ’60s youths, with their natural approach to style, but the official terminology came much later. The term “eco-fashion” came into the mainstream in the late ’90s, and 2005 was perhaps the most significant year. EcoSalon’s Louise Lagosi writes, “In 2005, it became a marketing tool which is why we suddenly knew about it. Capitalists needed to bank on a trend and this was something they couldn’t ignore. It became the tipping point for eco-fashion.”

While eco-fashion most certainly did become a focal point for all industry sectors circa 2005, if we take a look at why it has stuck, we might be surprised.

Textile Arts Center knitting group

A Consciousness We May Not Be Conscious Of

Owyn Ruck, General Manager of the Textile Arts Center in Brooklyn, says our green awareness has gone beyond being just “eco-friendly” to a deeper understanding of how things are made.

“Understanding not only reminds you of the impact of an object on the environment, but also allows for the true appreciation of the object. Things from our past are easily represented through physical objects, and by understanding more about the making, we pay more respect to our past – and thus ourselves and current environment,” says Ruck.


Permacouture Institute batch dyeing

Pioneering women have entered the sustainable scene, with many dropping the “eco” terminology altogether, introducing heritage craft with natural textiles and dyeing to further promote this awareness. These designers and entrepreneurs have taken our appreciation of what is eco to a new level, where natural materials are not only being used, but are being designed to biodegrade to leave virtually no footprint at all. But there’s something deeper yet at work – something bordering on the primitive.

Ruck says the growing desire to go past the surface of the eco label is a weighty subject.

“What does this even mean to the average person, who may know nothing about the production of the product? The more prevalent these words become, the more people want to understand them. People are not stupid,” says Ruck. “They want to understand what this movement is about, what do these words mean, why the large price tag on designers using natural and sustainable methods? Maybe it’s not to the point yet where the H&M’s of the world using such terms are ignored, but it’s a step in the right direction.”

She adds that education is key, as well as knowing the person or the story behind the brand.

A New Seasonality

Adie + George

Sasha Duerr, Founder and Co-Director of the Permacouture Institute in San Francisco, author of The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes and co-designer for Adie+George, is one of those pioneering women willing to educate and create in concert. Duerr says creating her line has been an experiment and a labor of love fusing natural textiles with a desire to test out a new seasonality.

Having just completed a full collection of Northern California artisan spun (fair trade), local and seasonal naturally-dyed knits, Adie + George hopes to broaden the topic of biodiversity for color, while also looking at connections to the physical source of materials. Duerr says she hopes her collection will ultimately finish in the compost pile after a very long and well-loved life to create more food, color and fiber for future fashion.

Adie + George co-designer, Permacouture Institute co-founder and author Sasha Duerr

She also asks us to consider something we’re not used to when it comes to fashion: seasonal colors based on what’s in season, as we do with food. Though she says it takes more care, thought, and common sense to understand the benefit of why we should use natural dyes, following what makes the most sense for nature is not always perfect, and it is not always commercial.

“Fashion seasonality in the industry is so far out of sync with actual seasons, that it is difficult to sync your samples to your production process with batch dyeing. So we choose some plant dyes that are always readily available in the urban environment (example: avocado pits). This created the mauves, grays, and pinks in our collection. For the other color [yellow], we derived a system to use two weed dye plants that bookend each other in wet and dry season so that we know if one is not available the other will be,” says Duerr.

Permacouture Institute

Can there be four seasons in fashion when designers are creating this way?

“I think there can absolutely be four local seasons of fashion in sync with what makes the most sense for nature and culture,” she says. “Refining the process is ongoing and creating a healthy and thriving life for ourselves as designers and human beings, also means saying ‘no’ to the insanity of how the industry currently functions on the expectations of  ‘fast fashion’ seasonality. Time after time, appreciating more with less is usually the most satisfying.”

Primitive Permaculture

Another design duo working closely with nature is designer John Patrick of John Patrick Organic, in collaboration with knitwear designer Amanda Henderson, for the A/W 2011 season. To document the story of the collection, Patrick collected video footage and provided visuals of his supply chain onto a Sourcemap to document the garments from fiber collection through manufacturing and production local to the Eastern United States. See the inspiring video here about the people behind his collection.

John Patrick Organic and Amanda Henderson’s A/W ’11 collection

The supply chain began with wool fibers sourced in upstate New York at Hudson Valley Sheep and Wool Company. After the wool was sorted and washed, it traveled to either a mill in Canton, Massachusetts, or directly to Queens, New York to be knit into hand crafted sweaters by Henderson. The fabric used in the collection was created at Draper Knitting in Massachusetts, then cut and sewn in NYC's historic garment district and finally previewed and exhibited at New York Fashion Week in February 2011.

I asked Henderson if she thinks designers need to have a better connection to where they’re getting their materials. She believes it's “a fundamental connection that greatly inspires the end result,” and adds that elements of story-telling and honor in fashion has been lost to the past and that perhaps we need to have more of it when considering clothing.

A John Patrick Organic knitting mill for the A/W ’11 knitwear collection

“Native Americans would worship the animals that brought to them necessities for survival. They adorned simple garments beautifully and meticulously in order to honor that animal and what was provided to that individual person and what it meant to them,” says Henderson. “That is the element of fashion I wish to resurrect, which is why this project with Organic meant so much to me. Why I felt that establishing a connection with my materials, and the story of those wools, was so important to both John and me.”

But with a hungry society enamored with fast fashion’s quick catering to trends and bargain basement pricing strategy, can this story really matter to the consumer? Do we as a society have the patience to hear it?

“Now is a perfect time for the consumer to cease spending on numerous new garments with short-lived spans, especially from designers who consider price over both human and clothing quality of life. Rather, to invest in few, very selective pieces, with great meaning to that person, at a higher material quality and technique level. Timeless clothing with hand-made history, and primal human meaning. After all, clothing has been around since the early beginnings of human existence, and can inspire a modern person to consider their roots. That ancestral element, to be passed through the generations,” says Henderson.

Fashioning Self In Relation To Environment

Abigail Doan, fashion writer for EcoSalon, textile artist and founder of Ecco Eco, says that while she is an “eternal optimist” regarding consumer’s connections to clothing, she isn’t so sure that we are closer to being significantly connected to what we wear as a result of a raised fashion consciousness.

Doan says cost and overall availability are things that still influence which items consumers select and incorporate into their wardrobes. Someone living a few hours from a major city is likely to either shop at a local mall, a local main street retailer, or hunt for bargains online when trying to locate new fashion acquisitions.

“This is why I feel that ‘conscious fashion’ also needs to incorporate ideas about fashioning self in relation to the environment as a complete approach to how clothes shopping relates to one’s ethical and environmental views,” says Doan. “Being connected to nature via our clothes must first come from an awareness that is generated by the individual in response to how to create or style an identity that reflects one’s awareness about conservation, materials, and craft.”

Doan, who grew up in a household where hand spinning and sheep shearing were regular activities, goes on to say, “From this platform one can build a wardrobe that reflects a connectedness that is meaningful and perhaps even sustainable.”

Abigail Doan photos

Not everyone can have this deep connection to fiber. Doan admits to being biased, as making things by hand and recycling were part of her family’s livelihood. She does, however, believe that using one’s hands is a great way of bringing us closer to any meaningful activity.
“Making things also helps us to understand just how challenging it is to make things well, and this is a great way to understand the value of any product, be it a juicy heirloom tomato or a hand-knit shawl,” she says. “The good news is that many fashion designers are including unique handmade elements in their current collections, and in addition to the beauty that this adds to certain designs, it quite often connects production to local enterprises that utilize raw materials like sustainable fibers, wool, alpaca, or even recycled textiles. I think that it is tremendously satisfying to combine something you have made yourself with an outfit that you might have saved up for or unearthed at a vintage store. Creativity really makes a person radiant, and in the same way that a hike makes us feel good after hours on the trail, working for our fashion might also make us look even more stunning given the energy that we have put into it.”
Designer Natalie Chanin of Alabama Chanin

Designers will always have to make money and consumers will always want something new, but the psychology of fashion is changing.

Duerr-Fossel says it will all come down to our individual lifestyles – that this consciousness extends beyond fashion to many areas including food, transportation and even the way we love one another.

“It is an overall choice to do things that help the environment, in many aspects of your life, and when you start with one, it’s easier to keep going. Which we can see with this idea of homesteading very clearly. I think all these changes and movements feed off one another in a nice way that keeps our society changing to something more positive,” Duerr says.

Our hearts are set on it.

Image: sydigill, b3d, Dan Zen

 

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Prince William’s Birthday, Blake Lively and Leo in California and Lost Star Marriage Scandal

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 02:04 PM PDT

By Chloe Schneider 

Our leading man Prince William has just celebrated his 29th birthday so we see how he and his princess celebrated. Despite break-up rumours, Leo and Blake have proved they are still well and truly together with a getaway in California.Finally, we get the inside scoop on Lost star Doug Anthony Hutchinson’s marriage to a 16 year old! 

Wills Quiet Celebrations
It was Prince Williams 29th birthday on Tuesday, a milestone amoung many the young royal has celebrated this year. So what did he get up to?
He worked! Describing it as a, “normal working week”, the prince went about his duties as a search and rescue helicopter pilot in his new home of Anglesey, North Wales.
We’re guessing Wills and Kate are saving their celebrating for their much talked about trip around Canada and California where the pair will be seeing everything each area has to offer.
Some already revealed parts of their itinerary include Polo matches for Wills, a meal cooked by Giada De Laurentiis and a race across Canada’s Prince Edward Island lake! 

Blake and Leo Back On
We’ve been watching Blake steal Leo’s heart since November last year right after she split with Gossip Girl co-star Penn Badgley. From then, it wasn’t until Leo’s split from Bar Rafaeli, in May, that the romance was able to truly flourish. Now, the pair have been spotted openly together on many occasions but recent rumours of their split and many solo outings had us questioning whether they had split.
This past week, the pair have been spotted together enjoying a private getaway in Carmel, California confirming that they are well and truly on.   

Doug Anthony Hutchinson Weds Teen
Lost’s Doug Anthony Hutchinson, 51, has just announced that he has married 16-year-old Courtney Alexis Stodden, an aspiring country music star, in Las Vegas in May.The secret was well kept until the actor accounced the marriage on his website, saying, “”Doug Anthony Hutchison and Courtney Alexis Stodden became husband and wife on Friday May 20th, 2011, at 12 pm in The Little Chapel of Flowers in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison live together happily ensconced in their Hollywood Hills home with their lil’ pups, Everette and Tuna.”
He has spoken out about the massive 35 year age difference, saying, “We’re aware that our vast age difference is extremely controversial. But we’re very much in love and want to get the message out there that true love can be ageless.”
Courtney’s parents have publicly proclaimed they support the marriage and insist, “Courtney was a virgin until she married Doug. She is a good Christian girl.” While we know we should judge by appearances, there are some seriously raunchy photographs all over the teens website that would suggest otherwise…
We’ve got out bets on that this one won’t last!


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