Justin Bieber Won't Let People Change His Style
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Justin Bieber refuses to wear clothes just because they look "cool".
The 16-year-old Canadian pop star is rarely seen in anything but baggy jeans, a T-shirt and a hoodie.
He loves his sense of style, and doesn't don anything he doesn't like, even if he's at a photo shoot.
While Justin insists he is never "rude" to people who try to make him look more fashionable, he makes sure they know he won't wear anything that isn't "him".
"I try not to be rude, but people push you and push you," he explained to Top of the Pops magazine.
"I was at this photo shoot and these guys were like, 'Put this on, it looks really cool,' and I was like, 'I don't really like that, I don't wanna wear that!' This is me. I wear a hoodie - I'm just easy."
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Also Businesses Enjoy The World Cup
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JD Sports reported an increase in like-for-like retail sales of 5.1 per cent in its shops during the eight weeks leading up to 5 June – following a 3 per cent increase during the earlier part of the year.
Executive chairman Peter Cowgill said the group's 49 Scottish stores had performed almost as well as those in England – despite Scotland having no team in the contest.
"It probably comes as no surprise that the Scottish stores are not quite as uplifted by the World Cup boost as those south of the Border.
"It would take a lot to persuade a proud Scotsman to go out with three lions on his shirt. But it is not just about the replica shirts – we also have a lot of World Cup inspired lifestyle goods and apparel.
"In Scotland the mix of products is different – and we are selling lots of Italy and Brazil shirts as well."
Cowgill said the JD group was confident that the retail gloom is lifting. "The performance across the stores is satisfactory – in fact very pleasing.
"We were already very positive before the effects of the World Cup started to be felt.
"The market has been about winners and losers. A number of losers have disappeared from the retail scene and as a consequence the winners are beginning to get a bigger market share."
JD Sports Fashion owns 450 stores across the UK and Ireland, including 49 in Scotland – 40 of them sports stores and nine fashion.
The firm has been one of the retail sector's strongest performers in the recession and is due to be rewarded with promotion to the FTSE 250 index when the market's latest reshuffle takes place on 18 June.
As well as JD Sports, the group also owns the Bank and Scotts fashion chains – which are also showing signs of healthier trading. Like-for-like sales in the fashion division were down 1.2 per cent compared with the 3.5 per cent decline reported earlier in the trading period.
Bank showed 0.3 per cent growth over the 18 week period while Scotts showed a reduced sales decline of 4.4 per cent.
Shares in JD Sports group opened more than 1 per cent up following yesterday's update.
The group embarked on an overseas buying spree last year, following up the acquisition of Chausport, a sports shoe retailer in France, by snapping up rugby brands Canterbury and Canterbury of New Zealand as well as related distribution assets.
Analysts said the results looked promising. Mark Photiades of Singer Capital Markets said: "The current valuation remains extremely compelling and the prospect of further earnings-enhancing acquisitions cannot be ruled out in light of the balance sheet strength."
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Fashion Queen Scarlett Johansson...
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Glittering gems, wings of plumage, flowing trains, guyliner—the 2010 Tony Awards had it all, and we’re not talking about the costume category.
Now that the winners have been announced and the parties have dispersed, we’re throwing the spotlight on one of the best parts of Broadway's big night: the clothes, naturally.
Despite some potentially disastrous weather (rain + white dresses = major CBS costume malfunction), the ladies and gents of the Rialto made it into Radio City in style, letting us catch a glimpse of how our favorite stars look once they’ve stepped out of costume.
After much debate, we’ve selected our Top 5 for the 2010 Tonys—though a big round of applause goes out to anyone who can handle that slick step and repeat in stilettos.
1. Scarlett Johansson
Maybe it's the years she's spent being scrutinized on Hollywood red carpets (or a team of A-list stylists), but the clear winner in tonight's Tony fashion race was newcomer Scarlett Johansson, who wooed us all in a deep emerald sequined construction by fashion staple Elie Saab.
ScarJo highlighted a perfect figure with a plunging neck and back, exchanging conservative character Catherine's mousy locks for an uber-glam backcombed updo and fierce, smoky eyes.
Forget the Bridge. This is one ensemble you’d want to view from pretty much anywhere.
2. Maria Dizzia
In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play's Maria Dizzia made her Broadway debut this season as an uptight (no, seriously—corset, petticoats, buttons…the works) housewife laced head to toe in hysterical neurosis.
For her first walk down the red carpet as a nominee, Dizzia stripped off the drama, letting her hair down into a cascade of loose locks that paired perfectly with a form-fitting confection of fluttering tiers.
A fitted bodice showcased the rising star's petite frame with sophistication, while the surprising ash-gray tone set her apart from the night's pack of primary hues.
Hats off to Dizzia for demonstrating how an understated approach can still get the crowd buzzing.
3. Kristin Chenoweth
Not everyone can pull off a textured, bejeweled micro-mini in eye-popping white on a rainy day—but Kristin Chenoweth certainly can, as she demonstrated with confidence both on the red carpet and during onstage pratfalls opposite Promises Promises co-star and telecast host Sean Hayes.
The pint-sized powerhouse's Tony Ward Couture creation could have been more Vegas than va-va-voom, but fortunately this star had the sense to pare down the rest of the look, limiting the jewelry to sensible drop earrings and one oversized bauble on her right hand.
We “Say a Little Prayer” for everyone to have such fashion savvy when strutting their stuff for the masses.
4. Angela Lansbury
It's not easy to out-rouge the red carpet itself, but five-time Tony Award winner and A Little Night Music nominee Angela Lansbury managed to do it—at 84, no less.
Age-appropriate sleeves, flattering draping, a simple brooch and a classic black bag were all it took for this grand dame of the stage to outshine starlets a quarter of her age, but what really put Lansbury over the edge and into the winner's circle was that perfect shade of Russian red, which seems to light the star from the inside out.
May Lansbury's timeless class and style serve as a lesson for the next generation of Broadway legends.
5. Montego Glover
Montego Glover grabbed Broadway's attention this season as newly anointed Best Musical Memphis’ reigning siren, then kept all eyes trained on her as she sashayed past the Tony cameras in a perfectly tailored Max Azria gown.
Geometrically assembled from fluttering candy-apple cubes and finished with delicate mermaid tiers, the rosy column proudly declared:
“I’m here, and not going anywhere.” Simple hair, classic make-up and one seriously sexy statement cuff only underscored Glover's eleven o’clock fashion number.
Forget the “Radio.”
This girl's got a face—and body—we expect to see on stage and screen on the regular.
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Paris Hilton...
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We haven’t heard much about Paris Hilton lately, what with the Miley Cyrus trying to claim the “hoochy of the month” title, and Lindsay Lohan's SCRAM bracelet maybe or maybe not going off.
So, what is the darling socialite up to these days?
Apparently she is trying to be a fashion model.
Paris was spotted walked the runway for Triton's Summer 2010/11 collection at Sao Paulo Fashion week in Brazil on Thursday.
Paris walked the runway in what appears at first to be an almost-wearable-if-it-wasn’t-so-short white outfit.
Upon closer inspection, the short little dress with matching cropped white jacket looks like “When Fabrics Attack.”
The sleeveless cropped jacket looks like a white jean jacket that has been covered with pieces of lace from the remnant pile.
The dress itself seems to be made from remnant white fabrics, as well, with bits of satiny white trim.
Given the look of the piece, Paris still works it pretty well.
Well, for Paris Hilton, anyway.
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Elephants Wearing Leopard Skin, YES! But...
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Fashion designer Julien Macdonald has said that plus-sized girls would not be successful in the modelling industry.
The Merthyr Tydfil-born fashion guru, who has an OBE for services to fashion, is a judge on Living TV programme Britain's Next Top Model.
Julien, who has previously attacked the use of size zero models on the runway, insisted the fashion industry will never accept a figure above a tiny size eight.
He said: “There were no plus size models.
“This is a serious show.
“You can’t have a plus size girl winning – it makes it a joke.
“It's not fair on them – you’re setting them up for a fall – I know what would happen to them afterwards,” he said.
“They are looked down on, they’re frowned upon. A catwalk model is a size six to eight. If you’re a size 14 in a room full of size eights – you’re in the wrong room.”
Britain's Next Top Model, which returns to our screens next month with new supermodel presenter Elle Macpherson, aims to discover the next Naomi Campbell or Lily Cole.
Lotty Sykes, a nutritional therapist who works with eating disorder sufferers, said: “Young girls are at an impressionable age where they can develop eating disorders, and many models themselves have eating disorders.”
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Graduate Fashion Week 2010
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Student designers are getting more attention and working harder than ever before.
Now that fashion is the new black, the UK is just as nuts about fresh talent as the rest of the world.
Rebecca Thomson, of Manchester University School of Art, won the £20,000 River Island Gold Award for best student collection at the Graduate Fashion Week gala in Earls Court, in London.
Thomson was one of a number of remarkable young designers to show in the gala runway shows.
The 22 year-old used the classic white shirt as inspiration, re-working it into volumous white box-pleated pieces, ruffles, delicate light blue folds and plenty of lace.
Ravensbourne was a hotly anticipated college show earlier in the week and with good reason.
Thomas Crisp won Best Menswear Award with a graduate collection that looked ready to be part of an edgier Christopher Bailey range for Burberry.
The most famous of UK fashion colleges, and the most expensive - Central St Martins - does not show at Graduate Fashion Week.
Despite it's fame, the honest truth is that it wasn't missed.
The talent from the regional universities present was overwhelmingly excellent.
Rhea Fields of Northbrook College, Sussex, won Best Womenswear and Northumbria University's Ledina Zhang won the BHM Knitwear Visionary Award.
Anna Lee of De Montfort University was an obvious choice for the Zandra Rhodes Catwalk Textiles prize.
Her rich and complex prints drew from African tribal fabrics and the late Alexander McQueen's spring 2010 ready-to-wear lizard and animalistic rainbow prints.
While the Australian graduates keep getting better, nothing says industry support like a 6-year sponsorship from major chainstore River Island.
They may not always be the most ground-breaking of retailers, but their financial support of this show alone demonstrates an admirable commitment to the development of ideas and talent.
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THEY'RE BACK!!!
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Everyone remembers them, the skimpy trunks that are normally favored by middle aged men.
That is right, it's the Speedo, and it's making its way back to UK beaches.
A new survey has indicated that the demand for this swimwear has soared among Brits.
This is suggesting that holidaymakers could be exposed to a little more flesh than what they have seen in recent years.
According to Ciao, which is a price comparison website, there has been a 400 percent increase in searches for Speedo swimwear during the last six months when compared to the same time last year.
Searches for bikinis on the internet are also up 100 percent compared to 2009, meaning that women are looking to be a little more skimpier this year as well.
Fashion experts say that, this year, skimpy is in.
Whether it's for men or for women, showing more skin is hot.
What does this mean for holidaymakers? It means that the beaches are going to be a place filled with a lot more “eye candy”, whether they like it or not.
To go with these new revealing swim suits, people also want to look like they already have a tan.
The search shows that self-tanning products are also in high demand.
More than 6,000 internet searches on this site have been done on this kind of product alone.
Of course, travel experts are excited about the news.
Maybe not so much because Speedos are back in style, but because it means that people are planning on vacationing this year.
The experts point out that an increase in sales of these products, which are typically vacation products, mean that more people are looking to get out and about this summer.
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Willow Smith - The Fashion Rebel
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We'll surely get taken to task for daring to snark -- no matter how gently -- on a nine-year-old's get-up.
But think of us not as a kid basher, but as more of an interventionist whose only aim is to save a misled elementary-aged girl from years of critiques from the Fug girls.
First of all, brava to miss Willow Smith -- budding actress and daughter of Hollywood power couple Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith.
Even at nine, she's clearly working hard to establish her own persona.
And that takes a lot of guts.
And experimenting with one's look is better done at age nine, certainly, than at, say, age 32.
But there's a fine line between individuality and caricature.
And, sadly, the leopard-print get-up Smith wore to Monday's "Karate Kid" premiere (brother Jaden stars) is more cartoonish than couture.
From the Zubaz-style pants to the dominatrix-ish boots to the poof of hair perched atop her head, there is just nothing here to like. Believe us, we tried.
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Miley Is Not Happy About Her Boyfriend's Style
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Miley Cyrus has a problem with her boyfriend's fashion sense.
The 17-year-old singer-and-actress confesses her gay best friend has far better style than her boyfriend Liam Hemsworth, and she gets annoyed when the Australian actor wears surfing shorts when he isn't anywhere near a beach.
She said: "I have a problem with people who are wearing board shorts when they aren't going to the beach and Liam is constantly in surf trunks.
"He just wears trunks all the time. My best friend is gay, so it doesn't help. He's always decked out and really hot and then I see my boyfriend and I'm like, 'I kinda want that one. Even though you don't like me, I really like you!' "
The teen star - who has been dating Liam since they met on the set of movie The Last Song - also confesses her friend has more in common than her than 20-year-old Liam does.
She told UK chat show host Graham Norton: "My best friend is way cuter and way more fun and wants to do everything I want to do, so that's the difference."
Recently Miley revealed she loved her boyfriend because of his positive nature.
She said: "He gives the best comments when asked about our relationship. He's smart, positive and non-judgemental."
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£192,000 For A Black Dress?!No, For...
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The low-cut black taffeta dress that transformed Lady Diana Spencer from a demure girl to fashion icon Princess Di has fetched 192,000 pounds at an auction.
She wore it at her first public engagement with the Prince of Wales in 1981.
Estimated by Kerry Taylor Auctions to fetch 50,000 pounds, it saw heavy bidding before the hammer came down in favour of Fundacion Museo de la Moda, a Chilean museum.
The dress provoked some outrage at that time for its deep neckline.
When Diana bent forward as she emerged out of her car at the Royal Opera House, the photographers went into a frenzy, making Prince Charles to remark: "Have all the fashion writers finished?"
Diana's dress has had as chequered history as its wearer's iconic and turbulent times.
It was initially assumed destroyed by Diana, but later found in a bin in the garage at the home of the designers of the dress, David and Elizabeth Emanuel.
In the weeks after her engagement, Diana lost much weight and returned the dress to the designers to be altered.
But the alterations were so drastic they thought it better to re-make a new version for her.
Auctioneer Kerry Taylor told The Times: "They kept the original and forgot about it - only re-discovering it quite recently. It was rumoured that the Princess had destroyed the black dress. It was sold together with an original copy of the invoice, fashion sketches and contemporary photographs of her wearing it."
Jorge Yarur of the museum in Santiago, Chile, who bought the dress, has announced that upon his death, not only this gown, but all the other important Diana dresses he owns will be donated to Kensington Palace, Taylor said.
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