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Ook de platte sandaaltjes worden deze zomer een succes. De kleuren? Zwart, wit, roze en demin. Net even anders dan anders is deze versie waar veelvuldig gebruik wordt gemaakt van stof. Hip en een fraaie schoen voor je collectie
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CloseLinkedinDiggMixxMySpaceYahoo! BuzzPermalink THIS summer my wife and I celebrated our seventh wedding anniversary. Unlike other anniversaries with their signature gifts — first (paper), 25th (silver), 50th (earplugs) — the seventh anniversary is famous for only one thing: the urge to cheat.
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Originally, the “seven-year itch” referred to an untreatable skin condition called scabies that lasted seven years. In 1952, the Chanel bags
playwright George Axelrod appropriated the term for a Broadway play about a husband’s desire to stray. By the time Marilyn Monroe starred in the 1955 movie, the made-up notion that infidelity peaks after seven years had taken hold in the culture.
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Fifty years later, infidelity seems easier than ever to execute. In addition to all the old-fashioned ways, there are a host of newfangled methods, including sexting, I.M.-ing, and lurking in dedicated online hookup sites for married people, like ashleymadison.com.
But these days, there’s also another way to service that itch, one that doesn’t involve breaking your vows or dropping your trousers.
Turn on the television. Visit a bookstore. Pick up a magazine. Head to a multiplex. Divorce is everywhere these days. The culture is practically gorging on it.
The biggest adult film of the summer centers on a divorce (“Eat Pray Love”), the most talked-about television series of the moment revolves around a divorced couple (“Mad Men”), the hottest revival on Broadway of the season pivots on divorce (“Promises, Promises”), the bawdiest memoir of the year chronicles an affair that eventually led to a high-profile divorce (Andrew Young’s “The Politician”).
With the notable exception of Chelsea Clinton, the biggest celebrity stories of the year have all involved breakups, from movie stars (Sandra Bullock, Susan Sarandon), to television stars (Kelsey Grammar, “The Bachelor”), to sports stars (Tiger Woods, Chris Evert) to political stars (the Edwardses, the Sanfords, the Gores).
Forty-three years after the Summer of Love, one can be forgiven for thinking we’re in the Summer of Divorce.
“There may be a kind of harmonic convergence going on,” said Larry Hackett, the managing editor of People magazine, which has put celebrity breakups on 12 of its covers this year, compared with 5 covers devoted to celebrity marriages. “Not so much the quantity but the brutality of these breakups. The Elizabeth Edwards situation, the Tiger situation, the Sandra Bullock situation. There’s a lot of bad behavior out there. These are thermodynamic splits.”
A recently separated friend of mine, still in her 30s, has a term for the current cultural fixation with failing marriages. She calls it “divorce porn.” “Married people are obsessed with divorced people,” she said, particularly their sex lives.
The Hugh Hefner of divorce porn is Elizabeth Gilbert, of course. She helped popularize the recent surge. Her 2006 memoir, “Eat, Pray, Love,” uses her painful divorce at 32 as a starting point for an exuberant yearlong “search for everything” across Italy, India and Indonesia, including lavish meals, romantic affairs and a happy ending in the arms of an exotic man (also divorced).
Earlier this year, Ms. Gilbert published a follow-up book called “Committed,” an anguished account of her ambiguous feelings about marrying her lover, called Felipe in the books. As a mark of the current vogue for alimony over matrimony, “Committed” has sold 200,000 copies in the United States, according to BookScan; “Eat, Pray, Love” has sold five million copies. That’s a ratio of 25 to 1.
(Is it impolite to point out that Julia Roberts, who had two broken tabloid engagements and one divorce before finding marital happiness with three children, seems like the perfect star for the “Titanic” of divorce porn?)
Like all pornography, the film “Eat Pray Love” openly objectifies its subject, in this case the misunderstood middle-age woman seeking self-discovery. The camera positively lingers on Ms. Roberts’s orgasmic reaction to a bowl of spaghetti, her impassioned defense of her “muffin top” midsection, her adoring stare as her avuncular lover kisses his college-age son on the lips, and waits — and waits — for the right time to have sex. The film’s money shot involves Javier Bardem putting on a mix tape, folding down the corner of his lover’s paperback, then whispering in her ear, “It’s time,” as Julia Roberts discreetly closes the bamboo door in the camera’s face.
Forget Penthouse, here divorce porn seems closer to a Williams-Sonoma catalog.
Nora Roberts, the romantic novelist who has more than 160 books that have hit The New York Times best-seller list and has 400 million copies in print, said she wasn’t surprised by the spate of interest in lovers scorned, spurned or simply antsy. “Love has power, which is one of the reasons we’re interested when it screws up,” she said. Plus, failure is inherently more compelling than success. “There’s much more drama in the conflict. When a relationship is falling apart, the reader or viewer is going to sympathize more with the character that’s going through it.”
But in a manner that might make for a neat twist in one of Ms. Roberts’s novels, the obsession with divorce is playing out against a remarkable backdrop: actual divorce is plummeting. The divorce rate in America is at a 30-year low. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention puts the current divorce rate at 3.5 per 1,000, down 8 percent in the last five years, 16 percent since 2000, and a staggering 34 percent since its peak in 1979. Roughly 20,000 fewer American couples are divorcing every year as compared with a decade ago.
(The declines have been so steady over the last generation that widespread reports attributing recent drop-offs to the recession are misleading.)
The upshot of this convergence is a fascinating cultural dissonance: Americans seem to be talking about divorce more, while divorcing less. Divorce porn may be that rare indulgence that actually slakes interest in the activity it celebrates. Don’t like divorce; partake in more divorce porn.
“It’s entirely possible that people can look at all those stories and in some emotional way let off steam,” said Mr. Hackett of People. “One of the premises of ‘Mad Men’ is that the behavior on the show is something of a safety valve. We live through these folks so we don’t have to live that way ourselves.”
Nora Roberts said: “I think we’re ultimately a culture of optimists. We look at our friends — our celebrities — getting divorced, and it’s like reading a Stephen King novel. We think: ‘Man, at least I’m not getting eaten by the monster. Kiddie vampires aren’t knocking at my window!’ We close the story and say, ‘Sure it would be great to be beautiful, fabulously wealthy, and have a big house in Malibu, but I would rather be where I am, happy in my life, knowing that my partner is still my partner, even if he’s driving me crazy right at the moment.’ ”
Another recently divorced friend drove this point home. Her married friends may be fantasizing about divorce, she told me, but she’s fantasizing about being in a relationship. “The domesticity. The humdrum. The infrequent sex.” In other words, married people may want divorce porn. She craves marital porn.
I couldn’t help thinking that all this vicarious living suggests that the earlier definition of the seven-year itch might be more accurate. Fantasizing about escaping your marriage is not an acute problem that flares up after seven years; it’s a chronic condition. And for the first time in decades, we seem to have found a cure that helps. If the Summer of Divorce teaches us anything, it’s that scratching your own itch may make it worse, but watching others scratch theirs seems to make yours better
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CloseLinkedinDiggMixxMySpaceYahoo! BuzzPermalink IT was a gown befitting a princess. Designed by Zuhair Murad, the glittery dress had a constellation of black-and-white sequined flowers on the bodice and a fountain of tulle and sparkles that sprouted from Connie Britton’s trim waist and spilled dramatically to the floor.
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When a reporter asked Ms. Britton, the “Friday Nights Lights” actress, if she indeed felt like a princess, she swung around and smiled widely. “I do!” she said, and raised the frothy skirt over her head before faux-fainting on the couch in a heap of giggles.
But there were practical matters to consider. “Just sitting on that couch,” she said, “I would have to take up two seats.”
It was a week and a half before the Emmys (the ceremony is tonight), and Ms. Britton, surrounded by a glamorous collection of gowns, was trying on red-carpet dresses in the Hollywood Hills home of her stylist, Jessica Paster.
Playing dress-up may be fun, but this was serious business. The clock was ticking, and Ms. Britton was still in the infancy stages of finding something that wouldn’t end up on the bad side of the tabloid fashion police. As a first-time nominee, Ms. Britton, 42, will square off against previous Emmy winners like Glenn Close and Julianna Margulies in the Best Actress category.
Though critics have routinely praised her ever since her film debut in the 1995 indie hit “The Brothers McMullen,” Ms. Britton has yet to win a statue. This might be her last chance at one for her role as Coach Taylor’s smart, spirited wife, Tami Taylor, in “Friday Night Lights.” The NBC series, set in a small Texas town where high school football reigns supreme, enters its fifth and final season this year. “I’m super sad,” Ms. Britton said of the show’s imminent end. She had just spent a hectic week packing up her belongings in Austin, Tex., the site of the series’ production. “It was a really special thing.”
Devoted viewers think so, too. The series — an immediate critical success that failed to find a wide audience when it began in 2006 — survived several near-misses. It was saved in 2008 by an unusual deal with DirecTV that allowed die-hard fans to view it a few months earlier than its network broadcast date. That Hail Mary pass saved the show long enough to earn Emmy nominations for Ms. Britton and her co-star Kyle Chandler, who plays her husband, as well as for the writer Rolin Jones.
On this August afternoon, Ms. Britton’s most pressing concern was finding The Dress.
“I’m surprised at how quick it is — I was nominated and it’s a month later,” she said. “And for me it’s been kind of hectic because we were still working.”
She looked at the racks of gowns with amazement. “Can you imagine having all these dresses at your house?” she said.
For a while, nude-colored dresses were the theme. “But I’m really into red,” she said, examining a crimson number by Gustavo Cadile at the end of the rack.
At one point, she disappeared upstairs to try on a halter dress by Naeem Khan and reappeared, a vision in white. Looking at herself sideways in a floor-length mirror, she admired the gown’s curly detailing. “Jessica says, ‘We won’t know until next week, we won’t know until next week.’ I’m like, ‘O.K.’ ”
Ms. Paster spoke about the inevitable clucking from the gossip blogs. “You always worry about everything that everybody has to say, but it’s everyone’s opinion,” she said. “It’s so funny how much we give them that much power.”
Ms. Britton, a former aerobics instructor who has the body to prove it, does not have the wiry frame of the fashion models the samples are made for; like most women, she will have the gown she chooses altered. A few dresses didn’t zip up completely in the back, which Ms. Britton handled with the self-deprecating aplomb of a comedic actress (her forte before entering the realm of the serious actress, starring in sitcoms like “Spin City” and “Ellen”). In sky-high heels, she walked backward to shield the onlookers’ eyes.
“It’s Safety-Pins-R-Us back there,” she said.
She tried on four pieces in an hour. Each time she descended the coral staircase, her small audience — which included a reporter, her publicist and Ms. Paster and her assistants — oohed and aahed.
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Though the Naeem Khan dress looked the most comfortable, it didn’t scream “Emmy winner.” Another, the red dress by Gustavo Cadile, showed off Ms. Britton’s immaculately toned back, but had too much fabric bunched up in the front. A 1920s-inspired blush-colored gown with one elegant sleeve, also by Zuhair Murad, was her stylist’s favorite. But Ms. Britton played with the lacy sleeve and wondered aloud, “Does this look old lady?” Chanel bags
She was asked to try the all-important sit-and-stand routine to test Mr. Murad’s design.
Ms. Britton bent her knees. “I can totally squat,” she said happily.
As it turned out, Mr. Murad was a friend of a friend of Ms. Britton’s. She was pleasantly surprised to learn that Ms. Paster had several of his dresses on hand: “We have the Valentino and all that stuff too, but these have been better for me,” she said. “It’s so hard to decide because you can do something like this, which is really gorgeous and sophisticated,” she said, referring to the red gown. “Or, something like that, which is a total ball gown” — she pointed to the black-and-white Princess Dress, as it had become known — “but I really do think I’m just going to know it when I see it.”
For all the actressy clichés — she admitted to doing a cleanse to prepare for the awards and after the fittings ate a light salad with chicken for lunch at the Chateau Marmont — Ms. Britton, who is from Lynchburg, Va., and splits her time between Los Angeles and New York, seemed very un-Hollywood for a Hollywood actress. For one thing, she speaks Mandarin (she studied in Beijing as part of her major in Asian studies at Dartmouth). A more recent international preoccupation involves traveling to Ethiopia, where she has been working on a self-financed documentary about orphans.
But today, she was enjoying her Hollywood Cinderella moment, when, she said, “I get to do interviews and get to have dress fittings and do fun things like that — which is just, like, sparkly,” she said. “It’s a fairy tale.”
True to Ms. Paster’s prediction, Ms. Britton, as this section went to press Friday afternoon, didn’t know which dress would be The One, so fans will have to wait until the broadcast tonight.
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The doctor told me not to worry as I am not alone in the problem. He told me that he was once infected with yeast infection as well, and told me to try a product called Yeastrol because it helped cure his yeast infection.
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Best for watches
H.Samuel is delighted to have been awarded Best For Watches at the prestigious Cosmopolitan Online Fashion Awards. The awards took place on 6th March 2008 at The Roof Gardens in Kensington and were a star studded and glamorous affair.Chanel bags
Judged by Louise Redknapp and Mark Heyes, together with Cosmopolitan’s readers and fashion experts, the awards celebrate the very best in online fashion retailing.Chanel bags
The 16 award categories represent every element of fashion, from the hottest partywear and sexiest heels, to the best online jeweller and most ethical e-tailer.
Here are some of the reasons H.Samuel.co.uk was awarded Best For Watches, according to Cosmopolitan:
‘When we logged on, there were more than 2,230 budget-to blow out watches to choose from, with 72 styles in the under-￡20 category.’
‘Hot brands available include Guess, Michael Kors and Police.’
‘You can shop by price or brand.’
Glamorous award
High Street Jeweller H.Samuel sent two glamorous representatives to receive the award, Online Store Manager Vikki Luke and Online Visual Merchandiser Joanna Cook. In Vikki’s words, “The H.Samuel website has a great range of watches and we work hard to keep it up to date with the latest models and the hottest brands. We also aim to position ourselves as the authority in watch trends. Cosmopolitan is a leading authority on fashion, and to be recognised by its readers as their favourite online watch retailer is a fantastic achievement.”
Online shopping
The popularity of these awards and the standard of the competition show that online-shopping is truly a force to be reckoned with in the modern market place.
“Surfing from the sofa has never been easier. With the constant battle to reduce carbon footprints, it’s good to see online shopping becoming increasingly popular,” said Louise Redknapp.
“With increased time pressures, online shopping can transform a wardrobe at the click of a mouse and provide that instant fashion ‘click fix’”, said Mark Heyes.
About H.Samuel: nation’s favourite
H.Samuel are the nation’s favourite high street jeweller, featuring an incredible range of watches from fashion watches, through dress and sports watches. H.Samuel also has a stunning range of jewellery, collectibles and gifts for all occasions, offering something for every taste and style.
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“Cosmopolitan provides readers with the very best trend-led fashion. The Online Fashion Awards underline this and provide the ultimate guide to the best websites that cater for every fashion need,” said Shelly Vella, fashion director at Cosmopolitan.
The winners will feature in the April issue of Cosmopolitan (on sale 10th March). Further details and footage of the event can also be viewed at www.cosmopolitan.co.uk.
To find out more about H.Samuel’s amazing range of watches and jewellery go to www.hsamuel.co.uk
18 April 2008 The Swarovski range at H.Samuel features a stunning selection of crystal figurines from one of the world’s finest Chanel bags
manufacturers of collectibles. From Disney characters to endangered species, Swarovski collectibles are adored the world over and are available both in store and online at www.hsamuel.co.uk.
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Towards the end of the 19th century Daniel Swarovski invented an automatic crystal cutting machine and paved the way for the company that we know today as Swarovski. Capable of cutting crystal into intricate shapes and figures, Daniel Swarovski enabled the world of fashion, collectibles and home decorations to embrace a new age of sparkle and glitter. Glamorous fashions and delightful collectibles have been the wonderful legacy of this invention.
The Swarovski Disney range
A massive success at H.Samuel, the current Swarovski Disney line features Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Tigger, Piglet and Tinkerbell. Family favourites, these delightful figurines make great gifts for a loved one, or an addition to your current collection.
Don’t miss out on Disney
Last season’s Swarovski Disney figurines will be discontinued from June and there will be no more made. This series includes Disney favourites such as Pluto, Mickey, Minnie Mouse, Daisy and the effervescent Donald Duck. So if you are looking to snap up one of these wonderful characters, be quick before stock runs out.
The Swarovski Gang of Dogs range
Just as charming as the Disney collection is the fantastic Gang of Dogs collection. Featuring a wacky and wonderful cast of characters, the latest addition for 2008, is Violetta, a sparkling pink poodle that will only be made during 2008. She is joining other new characters Salvatore, Tomasino, and Peppino, all of whom exude character and playfulness in bright and sparkling crystal.
Endangered species
Another Swarovski hit is the member’s only Endangered Species Range. This range is only available to Swarovski Collectors Club members and runs for the next three years. The star animal in 2008 is the Panda, the animals for the next two years are, however, still being kept secret by Swarovski.
This range is only available to members, and as a result you can only buy them in store, on production of a valid membership card.
And much, much more…
Other new Swarovski introductions available now at H.Samuel, both in store and online, are the Spoon Bill, the Rabbit Range featuring a selection of charming bunnies in fun poses and the Aurora Butterflies.
Coming soon
Next year there will be a whole new exciting range launched by Swarovski. Details are firmly under-wraps for the time being, so watch this space for news of this exciting new range of collectibles.
Swarovski collectibles
Swarovski manufacture a stunning range of delightful figurines for all ages. Ideal as gifts and fun to build into your own collection, Swarovski offer joy in a wide variety of sparkling forms. So start collecting now at www.hsamuel.co.uk.
Lily’s 9″ wide opening offers a Velcro closure. If you prefer, a magnetic snap would work well for Lily, too. I tried a zipper and it simply is too much for this size opening. A zip cuts down on the usable width of the opening and adds bulk at the shoulder strap and side seam.
The back view shows Lily’s gentle curves.
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Four fun and fabulous prints are all you need to make the most of Lily.
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1/4 yd waistband
For a more varied look, use a handful of fat quarters. Keep in mind that you’ll need to piece the handle to the desired length when working with smaller cuts of fabric.
Back pocket panel is large enough for a cell phone and pen.
Interfacing and Batting
Lily’s delicate pleats are supported by a lightweight fusible interfacing, keeping them soft and feminine. A fusible batting or fleece offers structure for the bag lining, giving Lily just the right amount of invisible support.
What do you think of Lily?
Post a comment below and tell me what you think of our new Girl. I’ll have more info and notes for you in future posts as we await the arrival of our sweet Lily. She’s expected to arrive in September
Lazies, meet Lily, our newest Lazy Girl. Lily is a modest sized shoulder bag, perfect for light duty. Lily’s pleats, darts, curved shape and Empire waistband give her a modern and confident look while retaining her soft feminine and flirty personality. Don’t let these details scare you – I’ve made them Lazy! I promise.
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Lily (LGD128) shown in ‘Fandango’ from Moda.
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A long handle (42″) is great for wearing Lily cross-body to hang securely at your hip or hang straight from your shoulder. A medium length handle (27″) will allow Lily to tuck nicely behind your elbow when worn at the shoulder. Make the handle any length you like.
Pockets
Lily has several inside pockets and a couple of handy pockets on the back for your cell phone and a pen or lip gloss. The pockets are located at the widest part of the bag, making them surprisingly generous.
A peek inside shows two pockets large enough for a Wonder Wallet (LGD211), sunglasses or checkbook, divided by a handy pen pocket. The pleated front allows for a few other essentials to nicely travel along with you.
Three pockets along the back wall.
Size
Lily is about the size of a sheet of copy paper. She is 9″ wide at the top opening, gracefully widening to just over 10″ at the pockets, 10 1/2″ tall and just 1″ deep. Lily has a slightly rounded shape, making her a bit wider at the middle than the top or bottom. The back of the bag is flat. The front has both pleats and darts, offering depth.