Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Skier nearly loses his pants in Sochi slopestyle qualifyin
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Though no Cossacks were called to the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park to investigate the incident, Harlaut vowed to toe the edge of decency with baggy ski pants that sag down below his knees and expose his buttocks to the Sochi Games – and the world.Paper Tissue Honeycomb Balls"I've got suspenders," Harlaut said. "So they're always secure."Henrik Harlaut's pants went for an adventurous ride during the qualifying round.Our store can offer Dsquared Long T-Shirts cheap price, welcome choose!The 22-year-old Harlaut,Buy cheap Coach Grade Sunglasses, Custom Fit Stripe Shirt and more. considered one of the best freeskiers in the world, finished seventh in the"petition and first in underwear exposure. It is unclear whether additional security was called in to monitor the situation, though based on the reaction of on-course announcers who expressed shock at Harlaut's fashion sense, the backlash could have been far worse than it was.
Between Harlaut's gray pants – which looked to be at least a XXXL, maybe larger – and his head of dreadlocked hair he hasn't cut in at least four years, he surely was the most colorful skier among the 32 who hit the slopestyle course in the sport's Olympic debut. His pants' death-defying journey up and down his backside ended with them in the down position after his stuck his second run in the finals for his highest score of the day, 84.4.Other riders backed Harlaut, contending that his pants are no public hazard but merely an expression of a dude who just loves to ski.
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Baseball jackets and cashmere track pants vied for the spotlight alongside more traditional evening gowns and fur coats recently at New York's fashion week as designers seize on shoppers' growing penchant for athletic wear.The fashion world has woken up to a trend that's driven strong sales at Nike, Lululemon Athletica and Under Armour for the past couple of years: increasingly, men and women are trading in jeans for sweatpants, yoga gear and shorts, and unapologetically wearing them anywhere and everywhere."It's huge," said Roseanne Morrison, a fashion director at the Doneger Group, a New York-based researcher of industry trends. "It's the new uniform."With activewear sales growing more than four times as fast as the $201 billion U.S. apparel industry, according to NPD Group,wholesale Best Dsquared Long T-Shirts from www.gotoptrade.com homepage. it's not hard to see why designers from Cynthia Rowley to Todd Snyder showed so-called haute-casual or sports-deluxe clothes at fashion week,party supplies paper straws which ended Feb. 13.
In years past, high fashion has typically trickled down into everyday clothing. The activewear trend is a "truly casual," bottom-up phenomenon, Marshal Cohen, NPD's chief industry analyst, wrote in a blog post recently. As workout gear b"es more fashionable and is worn in more places, streetwear is looking more like athletic apparel.Throwing on a zip-up jacket over track pants has b"e a lifestyle choice for men and women of all ages, shapes and economic means. Ladies who lunch sport $1,000- plus Chloe leather track pants while high-school girls flock to Under Armour's $20 running shorts. Yoga addicts and couch potatoes alike snap up Lululemon's $82 Wunder Under pants.The numbers show how consumer choices are transforming the industry. While overall U.S. apparel sales rose 2 percent last year, activewear sales surged 9 percent to $33 billion, according to NPD, which is based in Port Washington, N.Y. Jeans sales fell 1 percent.Buy high quality Coach Grade Sunglasses, Custom Fit Stripe Shirt and more.The trend has opened a chasm between chains that still sell a lot of denim and those positioned in the activewear sweet spot. Under Armour's sales rose 35 percent in its most recent quarter while Nike's profit exceeded analysts' estimates. Apparel chains will record a 1 percent gain in same-store sales for the last quarter, according to analysts' estimates averaged by researcher Retail Metrics Inc.
Baseball jackets and cashmere track pants vied for the spotlight alongside more traditional evening gowns and fur coats recently at New York's fashion week as designers seize on shoppers' growing penchant for athletic wear.The fashion world has woken up to a trend that's driven strong sales at Nike, Lululemon Athletica and Under Armour for the past couple of years: increasingly, men and women are trading in jeans for sweatpants, yoga gear and shorts, and unapologetically wearing them anywhere and everywhere."It's huge," said Roseanne Morrison, a fashion director at the Doneger Group, a New York-based researcher of industry trends. "It's the new uniform."With activewear sales growing more than four times as fast as the $201 billion U.S. apparel industry, according to NPD Group,wholesale Best Dsquared Long T-Shirts from www.gotoptrade.com homepage. it's not hard to see why designers from Cynthia Rowley to Todd Snyder showed so-called haute-casual or sports-deluxe clothes at fashion week,party supplies paper straws which ended Feb. 13.
In years past, high fashion has typically trickled down into everyday clothing. The activewear trend is a "truly casual," bottom-up phenomenon, Marshal Cohen, NPD's chief industry analyst, wrote in a blog post recently. As workout gear b"es more fashionable and is worn in more places, streetwear is looking more like athletic apparel.Throwing on a zip-up jacket over track pants has b"e a lifestyle choice for men and women of all ages, shapes and economic means. Ladies who lunch sport $1,000- plus Chloe leather track pants while high-school girls flock to Under Armour's $20 running shorts. Yoga addicts and couch potatoes alike snap up Lululemon's $82 Wunder Under pants.The numbers show how consumer choices are transforming the industry. While overall U.S. apparel sales rose 2 percent last year, activewear sales surged 9 percent to $33 billion, according to NPD, which is based in Port Washington, N.Y. Jeans sales fell 1 percent.Buy high quality Coach Grade Sunglasses, Custom Fit Stripe Shirt and more.The trend has opened a chasm between chains that still sell a lot of denim and those positioned in the activewear sweet spot. Under Armour's sales rose 35 percent in its most recent quarter while Nike's profit exceeded analysts' estimates. Apparel chains will record a 1 percent gain in same-store sales for the last quarter, according to analysts' estimates averaged by researcher Retail Metrics Inc.
Monday, February 17, 2014
Students to sport Starr shirts on Monday
Freshman
class officers wanted to find a way to "Thank our lucky Starr" this
Presidents Day.The officers decided to make T-shirts to celebrate
President and Chancellor Ken Starr and saw Presidents Day as a great
opportunity to'memorate him.Students have been buying the black shirts
bearing the phrase "Thank our lucky Starr" all week.Students can also
write Starr a message on the banner at the table. The freshman class
officers plan on giving him this gift on Monday.The T-shirts are being
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Opelousas, La., freshman Lindsey Bacque, a freshman class officer, worked closely with Ungarino on this project."Students really respect him and appreciate everything he has done for the university,wholesale honeycomb paper ball" Bacque said. "That's why we wanted to do this, as a way to show our appreciation."Having everyone wear these shirts on Monday will be an outward sign of the student body's thankfulness for his hard work, Bacque said.Ungarino took the initiative to get these shirts made not only as a way to honor Starr, but also as a way for the freshman class to start raising funds for its senior gift."I think this is a great idea because it brings us together in a different way," Bacque said. "It's a way for each person individually to say thank you and that we care about what he has done for the university as a student body."
Both the Seahawks and the Broncos have already been declared Super Bowl champions on tens of thousands of t-shirts, hats, and other merchandise.That's how manufacturers fulfil the immediate post-game demand for fan gear — by making it ahead of time, long before knowing which team will'e out on top.So where does all the losing team's merchandise go?On Monday morning, the products will be shipped from the National Football League and various retailers to a warehouse in Pennsylvania belonging to World Vision, an international aid group. From there, the merchandise will be sent overseas to impoverished nations and distributed to children and families in need.
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Both the Seahawks and the Broncos have already been declared Super Bowl champions on tens of thousands of t-shirts, hats, and other merchandise.That's how manufacturers fulfil the immediate post-game demand for fan gear — by making it ahead of time, long before knowing which team will'e out on top.So where does all the losing team's merchandise go?On Monday morning, the products will be shipped from the National Football League and various retailers to a warehouse in Pennsylvania belonging to World Vision, an international aid group. From there, the merchandise will be sent overseas to impoverished nations and distributed to children and families in need.
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He said. "Poor people support Shinawatra." The Clear Fork Valley Local School District is negotiating with Janice Wyckoff for the position of superintendent.Wyckoff is superintendent of the Black River School District, a position she has had for 10 years. Before that, Wyckoff was high school principal at Highland.She has a master's degree in education administration and a bachelor's degree in secondary education from Ashland University.Clear Fork Valley school board president Jim DeSanto issued a statement Friday saying the board believes Wyckoff's background, experience and personality will'plement that of the district's administration and staff."We look forward to working with her to advance educational excellence at Clear Fork,honeycomb party decoration"
DeSanto said.The board expects to take action to review and act on the superintendent contract at either its regular March board meeting or a special meeting date to be yet determined pending the progress of negotiations.The release said the board appreciated the'munity and staff input it had received, and the assistance provided by Cheryl Ryan of the Ohio School Boards Association throughout the search process.Regulation wasn't enough. Neither was a single overtime. Try double overtime.On this Valentine's Day, in-state rivals Arizona and Arizona State treated fans to an instant classic.And for the Sun Devils, it was their fans who celebrated, twice.After Jermaine Marshall put ASU up one, 67-66, with 14 seconds left, Jordan Bachynski blocked TJ McDonnell's potential game-tying layup. The loose ball ended up in the hands of Jahii Carson who raced down court for a two-handed slam, bringing the crowd to its feet and out onto the court.One problem. The game wasn't over.Officials put 0.7 seconds on the clock, giving UA one last attempt to extend the game into a third overtime.Nick Johnson's halfcourt heave bounced off the rim.
He said. "Poor people support Shinawatra." The Clear Fork Valley Local School District is negotiating with Janice Wyckoff for the position of superintendent.Wyckoff is superintendent of the Black River School District, a position she has had for 10 years. Before that, Wyckoff was high school principal at Highland.She has a master's degree in education administration and a bachelor's degree in secondary education from Ashland University.Clear Fork Valley school board president Jim DeSanto issued a statement Friday saying the board believes Wyckoff's background, experience and personality will'plement that of the district's administration and staff."We look forward to working with her to advance educational excellence at Clear Fork,honeycomb party decoration"
DeSanto said.The board expects to take action to review and act on the superintendent contract at either its regular March board meeting or a special meeting date to be yet determined pending the progress of negotiations.The release said the board appreciated the'munity and staff input it had received, and the assistance provided by Cheryl Ryan of the Ohio School Boards Association throughout the search process.Regulation wasn't enough. Neither was a single overtime. Try double overtime.On this Valentine's Day, in-state rivals Arizona and Arizona State treated fans to an instant classic.And for the Sun Devils, it was their fans who celebrated, twice.After Jermaine Marshall put ASU up one, 67-66, with 14 seconds left, Jordan Bachynski blocked TJ McDonnell's potential game-tying layup. The loose ball ended up in the hands of Jahii Carson who raced down court for a two-handed slam, bringing the crowd to its feet and out onto the court.One problem. The game wasn't over.Officials put 0.7 seconds on the clock, giving UA one last attempt to extend the game into a third overtime.Nick Johnson's halfcourt heave bounced off the rim.
Monday, February 10, 2014
Key Men's Accessories For AW13
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Sunday, February 9, 2014
What to wear to your holiday party
Chances
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holidays, whether it’s a work function or a New Years Eve celebration
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and colorful.Top trending holiday dresses for 2013 tend to be bright
jewel tones like fuchsia, sapphire and emerald – or have lots of
gorgeous embellishments like sequins and beading.If you aren’t
comfortable in a dress, try a women’s tuxedo suit.“I love that look on
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Fashion labels for the modern man
Every
city has a style identity. London is known to have many – sartorial
eclecticism is an integral part of its heritage – but one of the
strongest menswear aesthetics of recent years is an offbeat kind of cool
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of which have their own signatures, but belong to the same distinctive
family. There is something pleasingly homespun and comforting about this
lot and their wares: knits could’ve been handcrafted in the Scottish
highlands; shirts are often fashioned from cotton that has considerable
texture and softness.A Folk or YMC jacket might appear simple at first
glance, but look closer and the true character of the garment emerges.
An unmistakable whiff of English eccentricity lingers beneath the
fuss-free cuts; exuberance is confined to quirky detailing, subtle
prints or interesting colour combinations.
“Charles Eames once said: ‘The details are not the details, they are the design’,” says Folk’s MD Fraser Shand. “The reason why customers buy our clothes is probably because they like the effort we put into small details in the garment – whether that happens to materialise in a certain fabric choice, a type of button or a topstitch. We’re not recreating the wheel in terms of style, but adding the bells and whistles seems to differentiate us.”Designing pieces that strike a balance between functionality and creativity is not easy, and men aren’t always receptive to novel ideas – something YMC’s co-owner and design director Fraser Moss is well aware of. “It’s a fine line, and one that I have got wrong at times over the years. But since my own style is quite classic and timeless with enough of a twist, I just have to retain faith in my own judgement.”
Their increasing popularity certainly suggests these London labels have nailed the art of dressing the modern man. But most importantly, they know how to navigate the choppy waters of the fashion industry and take the look forward without losing sight of their identities. Far from being newbies, all four names have been around for some time. Folk was established in 2001 and initially sold menswear only. It now incorporates women’s clothing, as well as a growing range of footwear.Buy High quality Coach Grade Sunglasses, Custom Fit Stripe Shirt and more. At almost 20 years of age, YMC is the oldie of the group, and its offer has expanded with time to incorporate full collections for men and women.Forklift forks Oliver Spencer, meanwhile, is about to reach the respectable age of 12, and women have been able to clad themselves in his designs since 2008. Albam was founded in 2006, and so far caters for men only.The quiet but subtly humorous allure of this gentle fashion troupe appeals to a surprisingly sprawling clientele. The discerning Dalston set in East London have long trotted to Folk and Oliver Spencer to pick up cardigans and cotton twill trousers cut just so at the ankle, but boardroom dwellers aren’t entirely immune to their charm. “Our label attracts a nice mix of customers, which can probably be attributed to our focus on quality and understated design, which features just enough detail,” observes Shand. “There is enough detail in the garment to make the cool kids stand out, and the city boys find that the clothes aren’t too scary since they don’t scream ‘fashion’.”
The conscious stepping away from obvious trends resonates strongly with YMC’s Fraser Moss too. “I tend to design the kind of clothes I’d like to wear myself,” he says. “I never pick up fashion magazines,Our store can offer Dsquared Long T-Shirts cheap price, welcome choose! I don’t study trend forecasts – YMC is about style, not fashion. And as such it hopefully attracts a lot of likeminded souls.” Similarly, the ideas that come to Oliver Spencer at the sketching table mirror his own wardrobe – a style that fuses traditional tailoring and streetwear influences, resulting in an unmistakably English look with flashes of Americana and Japanese styling. The duo behind Albam – Alastair Rae and James Shaw – design clothes intended to slot seamlessly into any man’s wardrobe. But the craftsmanship that goes into the construction of each piece,Honeycomb Tissue Ball and the quality of the fabrics and trims, which are mainly sourced in Italy and Britain, give the garments an artisanal feel.
“Charles Eames once said: ‘The details are not the details, they are the design’,” says Folk’s MD Fraser Shand. “The reason why customers buy our clothes is probably because they like the effort we put into small details in the garment – whether that happens to materialise in a certain fabric choice, a type of button or a topstitch. We’re not recreating the wheel in terms of style, but adding the bells and whistles seems to differentiate us.”Designing pieces that strike a balance between functionality and creativity is not easy, and men aren’t always receptive to novel ideas – something YMC’s co-owner and design director Fraser Moss is well aware of. “It’s a fine line, and one that I have got wrong at times over the years. But since my own style is quite classic and timeless with enough of a twist, I just have to retain faith in my own judgement.”
Their increasing popularity certainly suggests these London labels have nailed the art of dressing the modern man. But most importantly, they know how to navigate the choppy waters of the fashion industry and take the look forward without losing sight of their identities. Far from being newbies, all four names have been around for some time. Folk was established in 2001 and initially sold menswear only. It now incorporates women’s clothing, as well as a growing range of footwear.Buy High quality Coach Grade Sunglasses, Custom Fit Stripe Shirt and more. At almost 20 years of age, YMC is the oldie of the group, and its offer has expanded with time to incorporate full collections for men and women.Forklift forks Oliver Spencer, meanwhile, is about to reach the respectable age of 12, and women have been able to clad themselves in his designs since 2008. Albam was founded in 2006, and so far caters for men only.The quiet but subtly humorous allure of this gentle fashion troupe appeals to a surprisingly sprawling clientele. The discerning Dalston set in East London have long trotted to Folk and Oliver Spencer to pick up cardigans and cotton twill trousers cut just so at the ankle, but boardroom dwellers aren’t entirely immune to their charm. “Our label attracts a nice mix of customers, which can probably be attributed to our focus on quality and understated design, which features just enough detail,” observes Shand. “There is enough detail in the garment to make the cool kids stand out, and the city boys find that the clothes aren’t too scary since they don’t scream ‘fashion’.”
The conscious stepping away from obvious trends resonates strongly with YMC’s Fraser Moss too. “I tend to design the kind of clothes I’d like to wear myself,” he says. “I never pick up fashion magazines,Our store can offer Dsquared Long T-Shirts cheap price, welcome choose! I don’t study trend forecasts – YMC is about style, not fashion. And as such it hopefully attracts a lot of likeminded souls.” Similarly, the ideas that come to Oliver Spencer at the sketching table mirror his own wardrobe – a style that fuses traditional tailoring and streetwear influences, resulting in an unmistakably English look with flashes of Americana and Japanese styling. The duo behind Albam – Alastair Rae and James Shaw – design clothes intended to slot seamlessly into any man’s wardrobe. But the craftsmanship that goes into the construction of each piece,Honeycomb Tissue Ball and the quality of the fabrics and trims, which are mainly sourced in Italy and Britain, give the garments an artisanal feel.
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