60's and Stripes

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She Loves You

The Beatles

Lennon / McCartney

She loves you
Yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you
Yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you
Yeah, yeah, yeah
You think you've lost your love
Well, I saw her yesterday
It's you she's thinking of
And she told me what to say
She says she loves you
And you know that can't be bad
She loves you
And you know you should be glad
She said you hurt her so
She almost lost her mind
But now she says she knows
You're not the hurting kind
She says she loves you
And you know that can't be bad
She loves you
And you know you should be glad
She loves you
Yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you
Yeah, yeah, yeah
With a love like that
You know you should be glad
You know it's up to you
I think it's only fair
Pride can hurt you too
So apologize to her
Because she loves you
And you know that can't be bad
She loves you
And you know you should be glad
She loves you
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Fringes - 20's and Today

Irish Feature

Irish noses and skin are in

Pale skin hits Hollywood and the runways

By

MEGHAN SWEENEY

IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 8:03 AM

Updated Thursday, July 23, 2009, 5:44 PM

Supermodel (and Irish dancer) Coco Rocha sports the porcelain skin look

Photo by Dave Yoder

From L.A.’s plastic surgery offices to New York’s runways, the “Irish” look is in.

Irish noses and porcelain skin are all the rage in Hollywood  and the fashion world. So Irish ladies: hop out of the tanning bed and raise your upward-pointing noses in the air.

Cosmetic surgeon Rag Kanodia, from the E! channel’s “Dr.  90210 " told Irelans’s Herald that many of his clients request nose jobs complete with an “Irish-looking tip.” Kanodia’s client list reportedly includes A-listers Jennifer Aniston, Ashlee Simpson and Cindy Crawford.“I love the Irish features, especially the nose,” said Kanodia. “It’s a nose everyone desires. The Irish tip is one of the most wanted, even in L.A.".

The characteristically “Irish” upward-pointed nose tip has long been praised, but that’s not the only physical trait the Irish have going for them.

Kanodia, who was in Dublin swapping non-surgical beauty tips with Irish colleague Dr. Mark Hamilton of Cosmedico Clinic in Wicklow, also praised Irish skin, saying: “One of the best features of Irish people is their skin. The lack of sun here means that there is almost no sun damage to the skin. People here have beautifully silky skin that we don't see in L.A.”

Maura Lynch, Associate Beauty and Fitness Editor at Elle magazine, agrees that the growing popularity of pale skin is partly a health issue. “I think that knowing what we know about sun exposure and its risks, women are slowly coming around to the idea that they don’t need to have a tan to look glamorous,” she said.

Lynch points to “impossibly gorgeous” actresses such as Cate Blanchett as examples of how pale is making its mainstream comeback.

This year, porcelain skin is all the rage in runway shows. Leading make-up artist and P&G Global Creative Design Director Pat McGrath created looks for the Fall/Winter shows for Christian Dior, John Galliano, Yohji Yamamoto and Miu Miu that all feature Irish-influenced powdery skin.

“Fair complexions have been reflected on the runways too,” said Lynch. “For the spring shows, where makeup artists typically lay on the bronzer, they opted for more blush instead, giving rosy-cheeked women of Irish heritage an unfair (pun intended) advantage. And based on what I’ve seen, I think porcelain skin will be a take-home trend from the fall runways as well.”

What do you think of the Irish look?

From : http://www.irishcentral.com/gossip/Irish-noses-and-skin-are-in-43309917.html

 

Wardrobe Personality

Know Your Wardrobe Personality

By Maureen Palmer

Your personality is what makes you . So when it comes to what you wear, you should know your wardrobe personality. You maybe wondering what a wardrobe personality is? Let me tell you. A wardrobe personality is your branding, it what makes you different from everyone else. Its your own unique style that you are confident to carry off and others envy.
If that sound good to you but you have no idea what yours is, read on. There are five basic wardrobe personalities. Some of us, are a combination, of two of them. One of them will be the dominant one.
Lets have a look at what they are and some of the traits that go with them. From this you should be able to identify your own.
The first is the romantic wardrobe personality. This lady will love to be feminine, she will love the feel of clothes and be attracted to silks, suede. jersey and crepe. She will love colour and have pleasure wearing accessories. Her hair will often have soft curls and very natural. She may love patterns, lace and embroidery. She loves dressing up for an evening out, creating a feminine artistic look with a sophisticated air.

The Second one is the classic personality. This lady will have an effortless elegance, where quality is more important . She likes co-ordinated well cut separates. She appears expensive and classy. Her accessories are used to compliment her outfit, not the other way around.

The third one is the dramatic wardrobe personality. This category would include people like Madonna who like to be noticed. They don't mind standing out from the crowd and dress to be noticed. She loves to wear striking colours. Her wardrobe has an electric taste. One off items will be found in her wardrobe which are often described as "different". She will often have more shoes than she cares to count.

The fourth wardrobe personality is the natural lady. She has a relaxed easy going approach to her wardrobe with comfort being the top priority. She has little or no interest in fashion and likes her clothes to be low maintenance. Her wardrobe will have a lot of casual clothes, many from the high street or mail order. She will often be found with wash and go hairstyle that requires little attention.

The last but not least one is the Gamine. This lady will generally have a neat body and need small scale clothes to complement it. Her clothes will very often have a sporty theme, but also very co-ordinated. She will wear a casual natural hair style that she can run her fingers through and still look good. Her make up will tend to look fresh and natural.

The thing to remember is that there is no right, there is wrong, there is no good, there is no bad. Just be yourself and stick to the one thing that feels best for you. What most people do, is see different people around them and in the media who have different wardrobe personalities and because they look good it is tempting to copy them. The result is often a mix matched wardrobe that just does not work. Don't let this be you. Be your own person

My name is Maureen Palmer. I am a stylist for real women that like to look and feel good everyday of their lives. My website is [http://www.day4image.com]. Article Source: http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Maureen_Palmer

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Tweed

Tweed (cloth)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tweed is a rough, unfinished woollen fabric, of a soft, open, flexible texture resembling cheviot or homespun, but more closely woven. It is made in either plain or twill weave and may have a check or herringbone pattern. Subdued, interesting colour effects (heather mixtures) are obtained by twisting together differently coloured woolen strands into a two- or three-ply yarn.
Tweeds are desirable for informal outerwear, being moisture-resistant and durable. Once worn in, tweeds are commonly worn for outdoor activities such as shooting and hunting, in both Ireland and the United Kingdom. "Lovat" is the name given to the green used in traditional Scottish tweed. In Ireland, tweed manufacturing is most associated with Magee of Donegal, a company based in County Donegal in the Province of Ulster. Tweed is also commonly found covering vintage or retro guitar amplifiers, such as the Fender Tweed. Tweed has recently come back to fashion with high end stores and designers using it often.

Contents 1 Etymology 2 Types of tweed

Etymology

The original name of the cloth was tweel, Scots for twill, it being woven in a twilled rather than a plain pattern. A traditional story has the name coming about almost by chance. About 1830, a London merchant received a letter from a Hawick firm about some tweels. The London merchant misinterpreted the handwriting, understanding it to be a trade-name taken from the river Tweed that flows through the Scottish Borders textile area. Subsequently the goods were advertised as Tweed, and the name has remained ever since.

 Types of tweed

• Harris Tweed: A luxury cloth handwoven by the islanders on the Isles of Harris, Lewis, Uist and Barra in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, using local wool. Formerly, Harris Tweed was also handspun and hand dyed with local natural dyes, especially lichens of the genus Parmelia.

• Donegal tweed: A handwoven tweed manufactured in County Donegal, Ireland. Like the Outer Hebrides, Donegal has for centuries been producing tweed from local materials. Sheep thrive in the hills and bogs of Donegal, and indigenous plants such as blackberries, fuchsia, gorse (whins), and moss provide dyes.

• Silk tweed: A fabric made of raw silk with flecks of colour typical of woollen tweeds.

Houndstooth , Prince of Wales

Houndstooth

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Houndstooth, houndstooth check or hound's tooth (and similar spellings) is a duotone textile pattern, characterized by broken checks or abstract four-pointed shapes, often in black and white, although other colours are used.

 Design and history

Houndstooth checks originated in woven wool cloth of the Scottish Lowlands,but are now used in many other materials. The traditional houndstooth check is made with alternating bands of four dark and four light threads in both warp and filling or weft woven in a simple 2:2 twill, two over - two under the warp, advancing one thread each pass.

Glen plaid (short for Glen Urquhart plaid), also known as Prince of Wales check, is similar to houndstooth, with alternating blocks of 2-on-2 and 4-on-4 colouring. It has an over-check in a bright or contrasting color. The pattern was popularized by Edward VIII when he was the Prince of Wales. The pattern made a frequent appearance on fabrics designed in the 1930s through to the 1970s.

The Australian department store David Jones uses a houndstooth pattern as part of its corporate logo. The branding — a black-on-white houndstooth pattern — is one of the most recognised corporate identities in Australia. A government sponsored panel judged it in 2006 as one of Australia's top ten favourite trade marks. The origin of this motif is due to the store founder's intention not to use the name on its packaging; the store would be so well known that everyone should recognise it simply by this motif.
Houndstooth is the well-recognized pattern on legendary University of Alabama football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's hat. Fans wear the patterned hat and other merchandise with the pattern. However, it is not a part of their official colors.

Fair Isle

Fair Isle (technique)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

 

Fair Isle is a traditional knitting technique used to create patterns with multiple colours. It is named after Fair Isle, a tiny island in the north of Scotland, that forms part of the Shetland islands. Fair Isle knitting gained a considerable popularity when the Prince of Wales (later to become Edward VIII) wore Fair Isle Tank tops in public in 1921. Traditional Fair Isle patterns have a limited palette of five or so colours, use only two colours per row, are worked in the round, and limit the length of a run of any particular colour.
Some people use the term "Fair Isle" to refer to any colourwork knitting where stitches are knit alternately in various colors, with the unused colours stranded across the back of the work. Others use the term "stranded colourwork" for the generic technique, and reserve the term "Fair Isle" for the characteristic patterns of the Shetland Islands.
Other techniques for knitting in colour include intarsia, slip-stitch colour (also known as mosaic knitting).

Contents 1 Technique

Technique

Basic two-colour Fair Isle requires no new techniques beyond the basic knit stitch. (The purl stitch is not used.) At each knit stitch, there are two available "active" colours of yarn; one is drawn through to make the knit stitch, and the other is simply held behind the piece, carried as a loose strand of yarn behind the just-made stitch. Knitters who are comfortable with both English style and Continental style knitting can carry one colour with their right hand and one with their left, which is probably easiest, although it is also possible to simply use two different fingers for the two colours of yarn and knit both using the same style.
The simplest Fair Isle pattern is as follows: using circular or double pointed needles, cast on any number of stitches. Then, just keep knitting round and round, always alternating colours every stitch. If you started with an even number of stitches, you will end up with a vertically striped tube of fabric, and if you started with an odd number of stitches, it will be a diagonal grid that appears to mix the two colours.
Traditional Fair Isle patterns normally had no more than two or three consecutive stitches of any given colour, because they were stranded, and too many consecutive stitches of one colour means a very long strand of the other, quite easy to catch with a finger or button. A more modern variation is woven Fair Isle, where the unused strand is held in slightly different positions relative to the needles and thereby woven into the fabric, still invisible from the front, but trapped closely against the back of the piece. This permits a nearly limitless variety of patterns with considerably larger blocks of colour.
Traditional Fair Isle sweater construction usually involves knitting the body of the sweater in the round, sewing or otherwise fastening the work securely where the arm holes are to go, and then cutting the knit fabric to make the armholes. These cuts are known as steeks in American knitting terminology, but not in the Shetland Isles where the Fair Isle technique was developed.
Beginning in the 1990s, the term "Fair Isle" has been applied very generally and loosely to any stranded color knitting which has no relation to the knitting of Fair Isle or any of the other Shetland Islands.

 

Argyle

Argyle (pattern)

From Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia

 

 

The argyle (occasionally argyll) pattern is made of diamonds in a diagonal checkerboard arrangement. The word is sometimes used to refer to an individual diamond in the design but more commonly refers to the overall pattern. Most argyle layouts contain layers of overlapping motifs, adding a sense of three-dimensionality, movement, and texture. Typically, there is an overlay of intercrossing diagonal lines on solid diamonds.
The argyle pattern is derived from the tartan of Clan Campbell, of Argyll in western Scotland,used for kilts and plaids, and from the patterned socks worn by Scottish Highlanders since at least the 17th century. (See illustrations in History of the kilt) These were generally known as "tartan hose".
Argyle knitwear became fashionable in England and then the USA after the first world war. Pringle of Scotland popularised the design, helped by its identification with the Duke of Windsor.  Pringle's website says that "the iconic Pringle argyle design was developed" in the 1920s. The duke, like others, used this pattern for golf clothing: both for jerseys and for the long socks needed for the plus-fours trouser fashion of the day.
Payne Stewart (1957–1999), who won the U.S. Open and a PGA championship, was known and loved by fans for his bright and "flashy" dress; he wore tams, knickers, and argyle socks.
It has seen a resurgence in popularity in the last few years, due to its adoption by Stuart Stockdale in collections produced by luxury clothing manufacturer, Pringle of Scotland, as well as the prominence of the pattern in high-end pret-a-porter American fashion.Argyle socks are worn by revivalist golfers playing with hickory clubs in the pre-1930 style.
As a knitting pattern, argyle is generally accomplished using the intarsia technique. Argyle patterns are occasionally woven.
Some sports teams use bright, contemporary interpretations of the argyle pattern: for example, the Garmin-Slipstream professional cycling team, nicknamed the "Argyle Armada", and the Norwegian men's curling team at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Polka Dot

Polka Dot

From Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia

Polka dot is a pattern consisting of an array of filled circles, generally equally sized and spaced relatively closely in relation to their diameters. Polka dots are most commonly seen on children's clothing, toys, and furniture, but they appear in a wide array of contexts. The pattern rarely appears in formal contexts, however, and is generally confined to more playful attire such as bathing suits and lingerie. Occasionally, white-on-black small dots appear on more formal clothing.
Polka dots first became common on clothing in the late nineteenth century in Britain.

Contents 1 Etymology 2 Usage

 Etymology

An early recorded use of the term "polka dot" is in 1873 in Godey's magazine, Volumes 86-87, Page 389.The pattern is named for the dance of the same name, it is suspected there is a connection linking the pattern to the dance. Instead, the name was settled upon because of the dance's popularity at the time the pattern became fashionable. Many contemporary products and fashions also adopted the name.

 Usage

Traditionally polka dots are used in the clothing of flamenco dancers and performers. Musician Randy Rhoads used a Flying V guitar with polka dots. Professional wrestler Dusty Rhodes was given a black outfit covered in yellow polka dots during his time in the WWF. This seemed strange at the time but went on to become a successful and memorable gimmick. Artist Yayoi Kusama uses polka dots throughout much of her work. Blues guitarist Buddy Guy regularly plays a signature Fender Stratocaster painted in black with cream polka dots. Some people associate polka dots with Venezuelan fashion designer Carolina Herrera, who used polka dots on most of her dresses during the late 80s and early 90s, as well as on the boxes of perfume Carolina Herrera, Herrera For Men, Aquaflore and Flore. In the Tour de France, the leader in the mountains competition wears a distinctive polka dot jersey (French: maillot à pois rouge). Although the King of the Mountains was first recognised in the 1933 Tour de France, the distinctive jersey was not introduced until 1975.
There were many other "polka" items, some of which include "polka-hats" and "polka-jackets." Most disappeared with the fad of the actual polka dance. Only the polka dot fabric pattern remained popular, and the name has been left intact over the years.
In 2006, polka dot skirts, dresses, scarves and tops became a fad in the United Kingdom. The polka dot skirts were usually pencil skirts. This started another fashion period, after which silk replaced the polka dot. The Pipettes were instrumental in bringing about this fashion trend.
The polka dot also appears in popular music. "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" is a novelty song telling the story of a shy girl in a very revealing bathing suit who stays immersed in the ocean water to hide from view. It was written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss and first released in June 1960 by Brian Hyland. Before that however, "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" was a popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke, published in 1940. It was Frank Sinatra's first hit recorded with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. The song is one of the top 100 most-frequently recorded jazz standards with arrangements by Gil Evans and others and notable recordings by Lester Young, Sarah Vaughn and many others.