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Fashion Know How: 100 Sweaters to Avoid on First Date

100 Sweaters To Avoid On First Date

By Laura Milligan of The Love Coach

Deciding what to wear on your first date is tough. Especially if your first date falls during the colder months. We’re here to help you resist the temptation to pull on some pilly, hole-y, stinky holiday sweater by showing you just how horrible you might look on your date. Read below for our list of 100 types of sweaters you should completely avoid wearing on your first date.

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If your sweater meets any of the following qualifications, it’s the wrong choice.

Anything that sheds: If you’re leaving behind bits of pistachio-colored wool or mohair behind you, no one’s going to want to risk kissing or even hugging you goodnight.

A stinky sweater: Sometimes we wear our sweaters more than once without washing or dry cleaning them, but if it’s a first date, always wear a clean–or at least Febreze’d–sweater.

Anything the moths have gotten to: If you find a hole under your armpit, don’t think that no one will notice. They will.

Anything that smells like mothballs: Keep your sweaters in airtight containers during the summer months. Mothballs will make your first date gag.

"Vintage": Vintage sweaters are cool but not for first dates. Especially if your idea of vintage is a triple hand-me-down from your great grandpa who loved to sleep in his sweater.

Stained sweaters: Wearing a stained sweater to your first date–no matter what kind of stain it is–makes you look disgusting and lazy.

Cashmere: Cashmere is soft and snuggly, but it’s also really hot and will probably make you sweat if you’re even the teensiest bit nervous.

Horizontal stripes: Girls who wear sweaters with horizontal stripes will just look chunky, so wear something more flattering.

Itchy sweaters: If you’re going to be itching and scratching and turning red during dinner, wear something underneath or pick a different sweater.

Incredibly expensive sweaters: You’ll be so nervous that you’ll end up spilling something on it, but you can’t make a big fuss because you won’t want to seem materialistic or rigid. Leave it at home.

Read the rest of this article here.

Fashion Update: Designer Watches From Avelle

AVELLE KICKS OFF COMPANY EXPANSION WITH THE LAUNCH OF TWO NEW ACCESSORY CATEGORIES – LUXURY WATCHES AND LUGGAGE

Designer Watches and Luggage are the Newest Additions on Avelle.com Available for Renting SEATTLE, WA (November 3, 2008) —Avelle, the new Bag Borrow or Steal, and the largest online rented-luxury retailer offering designer accessories, today announced the addition of luxury watches and luggage to their line of product offerings. These two categories are part of the company’s overall plan for expansion, moving them well beyond handbags, jewelry and sunglasses.

The “Avelle Watches Collection” is a compilation of 70 styles of authentic watches from 15 top designers, including Rolex, Hermès, Cartier and Tag Heuer. The collection also features the Chanel J12, which is currently one of the most in-demand luxury watches on the market. The “Avelle Luggage Collection” features suitcases, duffles and carry-ons from the world’s most well-known and admired designers, including Louis Vuitton and Gucci. Each watch will be individually priced with monthly rental fees ranging from $40 - $7,490. Monthly rental fees for luggage will range from $160 - $335.

“The launch of luxury watches and luggage is our way of responding to customers who have been asking us for more rental options,” said Becky Gebhardt, vice president of creative for Avelle, the new Bag Borrow or Steal. “The addition of these categories and our continued plan to expand our business is the main driver behind our decision to change our name to Avelle. The name accurately communicates the variety of accessories we offer today, which now includes watches and luggage, as well as those that we will offer tomorrow.” The decision to add watches and luggage was a result of a recent customer survey, which revealed that consumers want to rent even more luxury.

Through extensive market research, Avelle’s team of fashion experts determined which styles and designers are most popular in their respective categories to ensure customers will be borrowing the most coveted watches and luggage on the market. About AvelleFounded in 2004, Avelle, the new Bag Borrow or Steal, is the largest online rented-luxury retailer. Called the “Netflix for Handbags” by The New York Times and featured in the Sex and the City movie, the company offers a new way for anyone to access and enjoy luxury accessories, including designer handbags, jewelry, sunglasses, watches and luggage.

Members simply select accessories to rent, keep them as long as they like and then purchase, or exchange them for something new. Avelle has experienced tremendous growth and in less than a year, has seen its member base soar from 250,000 to more than one million. Avelle offers the opportunity to rent more than 4,000 styles of luxury accessories from more than 100 authentic designers, including Chanel, Gucci, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Coach, Stephen Dweck and Vera Wang.

For more information visit http://www.avelle.com/.

Jewelrywhore's Weblog: Indian Jewelry


Guest Contributor: jewelrywhore
Hesitation came over me as I started to get the pieces together for this post. I became worried that I love Indian jewelry TOO MUCH, and that the BEAUTIES in this post was just going to turn me into a blathering IDIOT. Too pretty! Too cool! But I’m soldiering on, and hoping it all makes sense!

I’ve always been fascinated by Indian jewelry. So colorful and vibrant and amazing. And they wear so much of it, especially on special occasions, like a wedding. You’ll be hard-pressed to find anything more beautifully adorned than a traditional Indian bride.

So I decided to do some investigating, to see what the jewelry actually means to them, why they wear what they wear. I found an excellent and easy-to-read article on Buzzle.com by Rachana Agarwal about the history of Indian jewelry.

Here’s a snippit:
India is known as the ‘gem bearing’ country. You can find ornaments for every part of the body…Ornaments are also designed for elephants and gods which shows their expertise and excellence in jewelry making art. Available data shows the rich history of nearly 5,000 years, which says [a lot] about the Indian love of jewelry. For the rulers, jewelries were the symbol of their power, richness and class.

Ms. Agarwal also talks about a couple different types of Indian Jewelry, including:
Temple Jewelry, which is traditionally worn at traditional dances and “is available in whole set containing jewelry for ears, feet, hips nose, hands, fingers and legs” and is made by specific craftsmen to ensure quality.
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Manhattan Transfer: Patricia Field's New Range of Clothes


With her penchant for kitsch, ultra-sexy clothes, Field might not seem the obvious choice for M&S. Yet, when I meet her in The Hotel Edison in New York, hours before she unveils the range on the catwalk, she dismisses the notion. "My look has been proven on worldwide television, and M&S is a worldwide retailer so I think it's a perfect fit," she says, firmly. Seated next to Field is Kate Bostock, M&S's executive head of clothing, clad in a red dress from the new range. "I know our customers extremely well and I know how passionate they are about the kind of stuff that Patricia has done," Bostock says.

Check out the link belo for a sneak preview of the range before it's official launch: http:///www.marksandspencer.com/patriciafield

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Cocktails & Connections Takes New Haven

COCKTAILS & CONNECTIONS
Serious social networking function in a sophisticated environment. This event is open to all established professionals and entrepreneurs and is specifically designed to facilitate professional networking. Due to our unique 9MinuteNetworking platform you will leave this event with new contacts in your Rolodex. You should expect to have a wide range of conversations, meet new people, exchange cards and contact information. If expanding your base of relationships and making connections is important, then this event is for you!

OCTOBER 15TH
Pacifico, 220 College St., New Haven, CT
Time: 6-10PM
For more information visit: www.myspace.com/apresentaevents

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World Sight Day is Thursday!

World Sight Day is an annual day of awareness coordinated by the Vision 2020 Global Initiative and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB). Its aim is to raise global attention concerning the current reality of 300 million people living with blindness and vision impairments worldwide. On WSD, Vision 2020 members work together to:

- Raise awareness of vision impairments and blindness, an international public health issues.
- Involve and influence governing health ministries to distribute funds and resources for national blindness prevention programs.
- Inform of targeted assemblies of the Vision 2020 initiative, as well as generating more support for its program activities.

In support of that, Lensshopper.com is giving away 2 fabulous prizes:

Grand Prize: 1 year's supply of contact lenses.
Runner-up Prizes: 6 month's supply of contact lenses

Enter here!