Fashion affortable

With today economy who said looking good would make you broke. . . .

This lady came ibto Foschini and she looks like a fashionista.

This look didn't even cost her R150 - she boughr her whole outif at PEP

So the lesson here is be fashionable doesn't me your going to have to break bank. . . . .

2013 the Year for Movies Part 1

With the year just starting out, I can’t help to wonder what will 2-13 hold in for the movies.  Will it be a year full of blockbusters or flops or is it gonna be the year of sequels.

This Post will consist of 2 parts.  Part 1 will be about the movies I think will be box offices hits and also the movies I want to see. Part 2 will be a brief overview of the sequels and the 3D films for 2013.

So without any further delay here is the list.

The Internship

Release date - 7 June 2012

Staring - Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson

Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson portray two old salesmen who, finding themselves suddenly unemployed and passed-by in the digital world, try to reinvent themselves by becoming interns at a major tech company.

Oz the great and powerful

Release date - 8 March

Staring - James Franco, Rachel Weizz

When small-time magician Oscar Diggs (James Franco) pulls one flimflam too many, he finds himself hurled into the fantastical Land of Oz where he must somehow transform himself into the great and powerful wizard—and just maybe into a better man as well.

The Host

Release date -  29 March

Staring - Saoris Ronan, Max Irons

 From Stephenie Meyer (author of the Twilight Saga) comes The Host, a love story set in the future.

Iron man 3

Release date - 3 May

Staring - Robert Downey Jr, Dan Cheadle

 In Marvel's "Iron Man 3," Tony Stark/Iron Man finds his world reduced to rubble by a malevolent enemy and must use his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him as he seeks to destroy the enemy and his cohorts.

Thor: the dark worlds

Release date – 8 November

Staring – Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman

In the comic books, Algrim the Strong (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) was the most powerful of a race of Dark Elves, who is coerced by Malekith the Accursed (Christopher Eccleston) to fight Thor (Chris Hemsworth). After he's betrayed by Malekith and injured during a battle, Algrim is healed and transformed into a much more powerful being called Kurse, who is twice as a strong as Thor.

Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Release date – 22 November

Staring – Jennifer Lawrence, Jose Hutcherson

Follows Katniss Everdeen who has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) - a competition that could change Panem forever.


The Great Gatsby

Release date – 10 May

Staring – Leonardo Di Caprio, Tobey Maguire

 The Great Gatsby follows would-be writer Nick Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super-rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles.

The Hobbit: the Desolation of Smaug

Release date – 13 December

Staring – Ian Mckellen, Andy Senlams

The story centers on Hobbit Bilbo Baggins and the scary adventure he makes with 13 dwarves

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Please note this isn’t a complete list of movies coming out in 2013. To get a more complete list go to – www.movieinsider.com



Top 10 Disaster Movies

TOP 10 DISASTER MOVIES

SO WITH TODAY BEING 21-12-2012

I JUST CAN'T HELP WANTING TO WATCH MY FAVORITE

DISASTER MOVIES.........

SO WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY HERE IS MY TOP 10.....

10. 2012 (2009)

9.  THE TOWERING INFERNO (1974)

8.  EARTHQUAKE (1974)

7.  DANTE'S PEAK (1997)

6.  THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (2004)

5.  DEEP IMPACT (1997)

4.  OUTBREAK (1995)

3.  THE CORE (2003)

2.  INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996)

AND THE BEST DISASTER MOVIE OFF ALL TIME AND MY

PERSONAL FAVORITE -

1.  ARMAGEDDON

HOPE YOU ALL AGREE WITH MY TOP 10

XOXO



American Country Awards 2012

The American Country Awards was held on 10 December 2012.

I must be honest this award slip by me........ but here is a quick best and worst

dressed.......

BEST DRESSED

Cassey James

Carrie Underwood

Lauren Alaina

Carmen Electra

WORST DRESSED

Jason Aldean

Natasha Bedingfeild

Marinda Lambert

Well so here was my best and worst dressed.....

I do wish I could have put up more pics but hey a girl can forget sometimes.

sooooooooo

do you agree with my selections........



Taylor Swift - Get the Look

 

TAYLOR SWIFT

Taylor Swift is fast becoming a fashion style icon for all young girls and woman.

She is bringing retro back.......

with her blond hair and red lips she is doing the 50's style right.

If your like me and just loving her 50's style her is how to get the look

 I just love this waisted skirt and white shirt.  Perfect for day out on the boats or a walk in the park. 

Get this look at Zando - your online fashion shopping

Adam and Eve design for just R569 @ Zando

Gordon Smith design for just R979 @Zando

and round of the look with this cute Utopia peep toe pump for R179 @ Zando

This is just perfect for going shopping or having lunch with your girlfriends

Very cute red polkadot design by Revenge for just R519

Round this look of with ffc-new york peep toe shoe for just R349

Mint design with peter pan collar for just R569

and your shoe off course peep toe by Crysalis for R699

But.......

There is one more item left to complete this look and it is.......

yes you guessed it...

the RED LIPS

Black opal plum coloured for R109

you can go to www.zando.co.za to get this whole look........

American Music Awards 2012

American music awards 2012 was held on 18 November 2012.

With almost one of the last Award Ceremony’s for 2012, I wonder if we will see this trend at the Globes, Oscars and Grammys.  I must say personally the dresses were much better that at the mtv Europe Awards.

Two major trends I saw was the “mini-dress” and pastel dresses (which I love)

Soooo here is my Best and Worst dressed.....................................

The Mini-Dresses

Taylor Swift as always stunning

Heidi Klum looking stunning in gold lace dress

Stacey Keibler

Keisha but ladies check out those shoes

The Dresses

Carley Rae Jepsen

Carrie Underwood - I just love this colour on her

Jennifer Morrison - you can't go wrong with black STUNNING

Niki Minash - she looked stunning

The Worst Dressed 

Christina Aguilera - this dresses is so not flattering on her body

Jordan Sparks - Looking like a tribal queen flop

Pink

MY BEST DRESSES PICK IS.........

CARLEY RAE JEPSEN

Everything works with the outfit, the colour

the hair, the cluch back and I bet my bottom even the underwear.

HOPE YOU AGREE WITH MY PICS

XOXO

The History of Visual Merchandising

The History of Visual Merchandising

So I had a bit of difficulty finding info on the history of Window display and even more difficulty on Visual Merchandising.  But here is what I got.

Visual Merchandising is part drama, part fantasy and always dripping with objects of desire. 

Window in London

With Historical roots in merchandising and theatre it’s little wonder that dressing windows for display is as much a art as it is commerce.

The Origins of Window Dressing  came to light with the use of the plated glass in the 1890’s.  Before that lovely invention (plated glass) window dressing was almost in non-existent.  Store owners used true standbys as painted billboards, wooden signs and poster to advertise their wares.

In the early windows displays it was focused on the quantity of products rather than the quality of design.  In these early stages windows had no impression to the consumer  and needed a “little drama” to catch their eyes.

Thats when the fun started.   More lifelike mannequins contributed to more creative window displays.  A wide variety of innovations came to light in the turn of the century and sparked a creative outburst in the window dressing industry.  Electric lights was used to make windows more visible in day and night, mannequins were used instead of dressmakers bust.

A window of a store selling hats - see quantity

Its wasn’t long before major forms of movies, musicals, actors and artists alike impacted the overall approach to window dressing in the 1930’s.

                    

What I could find of the term “visual merchandising” wasn’t much only that it became the popular in 2004 and replaced window dressing.

window in 1918

Window 1923

Window in the 1950's

Olympic inspired window in 1948

Hope you enjoyed this little bit of history..........

xoxo