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I just had to jump on the band wagon and writer about this.  I am soooooooooooooo, excited about this application because I am a online shopping freak and have already found a Vivienne Westwood skirt via the online store window via my I-Phone APP.  OH Net-A-Porter.com launched NET-APP on the Apple APP store.


The application allows the tech savvy fashion forward to read the Net-a-Porter customer magazine, browse products, add items to a wish list and email them to friends.  Online shoppers will also be able to access product size and measurement information and email fashion advisers for guidance on sizing, fit and style.

Net-a-Porter chairman and founder Natalie Massenet said: "Net-App gives the customer the ability to shop the world's most sought-after products and brands 24/7, no matter where she is in the world, directly from her iPhone or iPod Touch. She will never miss a thing."

I am already addicted to it, fashion at your finger tips, a slide across your screen easy as pie.  The app is updated with new content and products every Monday and Wednesday.  The NET-APP is available for free from Apple's APP store

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Once again The Swedish chain, H&M, has made a commitment with one of the biggest names in designer fashion accessories  directly aimed at women's hearts' by engaging with the Jimmy Choo to create shoes and handbags for the fashion forward. There will be some items for those "Smart Geezer's"  out there too! Ladies and Gentlemen you have until Saturday the 14th of November to pay off your credit card bill.

This most resent endeavour follows in the long line of partnerships for H&M of a slew of hip-chic & cheap, sell-out collections by the likes of Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons, Stella McCartney, Karl Lagerfield, Viktor & Rolf, and Britain's 'Bohemian King", Matthew Williamson.

This autumn, British accessory brand Jimmy Choo will bring its international glamour and covetable shoes and bags to selected H&M stores. The collection will be available from Saturday 14th November in around 200 stores across the world. It is the first time that H&M is collaborating with an Accessories brand, and to celebrate Jimmy Choo will extend its design vision for this collection to Women's clothing to complement the accessories. Further exciting news is that this collaboration includes a men's collection of shoes, bags and accessories.  
 
"We are privileged to be among the fashion greats who have been affiliated with H&M so far, and to be designing a collection appealing to fashion savvy, street-smart women, and to be including some great pieces for men, too. Jimmy Choo will bring to H&M a sophisticated, fashion forward, accessible and glamorous collection - the perfect party pieces to buy now and then wear out that night!" Tamara Mellon,
Founder and President, Jimmy Choo.

www.hm.com

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The 2009 Autumn/Winter Make-up Collection created by Nicolas Degennes was inspired by his appreciation for everything soft and romantic.

The artistic trend born in the 19th century "Romantiques" motivated Nicolas to create a hot palette for one of Falls hottest make-up trends staying natural but adding that non-dramatic edge to your Fall look.

The palette is romantic soft colour.  Soft and gentle pink, with fresh and subtle accents of Blue, coral and nude tones.  Leaving a soft natural romantic feminine look, with a natural blush on the lips.

An unsullied and opalescent complexion, nude beige nails and underlines the eyes with soft translucent pink mixed with hues of blue or beige tones.

This collection consists of a flower garden of colour.  The Les Poetiques collection is limited addition must haves.  Oh did I tell you that within the collection there is a revolutionary new High Precision Panoramic Mascara with a brush that give your eyes the long luxurious lashes we weren't born with.

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This award winning mascara comes in a new shade of black with a hint of grey-blue softness to emphasise the eyes.

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"The eyes are the windows of the soul" Nine prismes of harmonized shades, each offering an infinite number of looks from the softest to the most tempestuous of seductions.

Nicolas Degennes Tips:Play with layering and graduated shading.  Apply the darkest colours at the base of the lashes like eyeliner and layer and blend in lighter shades towards the brown line. A "little trick" for more intense colour is to apply the colours over a black pencil base and gently blend.

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This fresh "Poetique Orchid" loose powder quartet combines apritcot,pink,yellow and white hues to accentuate and enhance the porcelain glow of ACTI'MINE.

Nicolas Degennes Tips: Apply to bare skin or over your regular foundation. Play with the colours:the pinkish hue for the cheeks, the apricot for the eylids and facial contours, and the slighlty pearly white for the tops of the cheebones with a light touch across the forehead.

Some of the biggest celebrities from the world of fashion, music and style will be joining H&M and Designers Against AIDS (DAA) for Fashion Against AIDS, to help fight the disease and raise youth awareness.

Katy Perry, Dita Von Teese, N.E.R.D and Yoko Ono are among the artists who will collaborate with H&M on designs for T-shirts,T-shirt dresses, vests and bodies. 25% of the sales price will be donated to youth HIV/AIDS awareness projects.

The collection, in 100% organic cotton, for both guys and girls will go on sale in H&M's youth DIVIDED department from May 28 20009

"The designs have a real 80's feel to them, there's lots of white, bright colors and graffiti-like prints. Girls can wear the pieces with mini's, or worn denim and big jewelery, while boys can team them with colored jeans or rolled-up chinos - it all adds to that 80s feeling.

Fighting AIDS is always of great importance, and H&M is overwhelmed with the enthusiasm and the commitment from each and every celebrity involved in this collection." Ann-Sofie Johansson, H&M head of design.

"H&M and Fashion Against AIDS are so important to us because we could never reach so many young people on our own. AIDS is still very much a subject that's vitally important today. People build their attitude towards their sex lives when they're very young, so it's important for them to realize that safe sex is a vital part of that as early as possible." Ninette Murk, founder, Designers Against AIDS.

Style Cartel is always on the pulse of supporting causes like this.  If you know anyone who has AIDS they you can relate.  It is very important that our generation is aware that AIDS does not discriminate and it's not the "gay" disease.  There is an increase amongst hetero-sexuals, and people of color.  So please strap it up, unless you like seconds.

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There are scents that linger in your memory forever. The scent of the holidays, of family gathering... The scent of your first love... Imagine if a perfume were infusing that moment of destiny and present at that first meeting, making it all the more memorable.

Destiny and meetings that change one's life are at the heart of Chanel N°5's history, with the life of Coco Chanel as a testament to fate.

On May 5 premieres the new Chanel Number Five advert and for those of you who thought that Nicole Kidman's version was too Hollywood and not quintessentially French enough, this one ought to satisfy.

First, the scenery, the mythical Orient-Express for the most part and one of its iconic destinations: Istanbul. The story itself is pretty simple: a woman, a man, a moment that changes the path of their lives forever. To guide them -and us- and link them, her sillage, Chanel N°5.

We find Audrey Tautou, currently on-screen as Coco Chanel in the biopic "Coco Avant Chanel", a very different character, softer and more feminine. Perhaps is she the Coco that might have been, if her life had been fraught with drama? The very cushy Orient-Express and the almost-sepia tones of the movie evoke luxury and the colour of the perfume itself.

Behind the camera is Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who has already worked twice with Audrey, first on Amélie Poulain, then on Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles, which were both met with success.

With every detail carefully thought out, this new offering is definitely romantic and in keeping with a certain idea of romance. It also speaks volumes on the quality of the cast and crew on this set which was rather unlike others, which is fitting for a house like Chanel that is not quite like any other...

Filming in such a confined space as a train carriage looked like it was a real challenge, between lighting issues, space issues and the perpetual movement. Certainly for anyone who has travelled on a night train -albeit less luxurious ones than the Orient Express- the cramped spaces make creativity a necessity in order to be comfortable, so I can imagine what it must have been like with the bevvy of equipment required to make a movie!

What amazes me most in the Istanbul shots is that nowhere do you see the ubiquitous supertankers that mar the narrow stretch of sea constantly.

If you want to go on that trip too, meet me on May 5 at http://www.chaneln5.com

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Last night, the London glitterati turned out to celebrate the launch of Belvedere's Black Raspberry Vodka Pop-up Store, on Mount Street, in the heart of Mayfair.

However, the who's who of London were not just celebrating the launch of the fantastic new flavoured vodka but also Jonathan Kelsey's first handbag creation, 'The Belvie', designed for Belvedere Black Raspberry with Estelle as his muse and gifted to O.C. starlet, Mischa Barton.

The handbag is now available at Blue Bird for £990.

Also hailing Jonathan's genius was the ever-controversial Jodie Harsh, designer Henry Holland, Kaiser Chief front-man Ricky Wilson and up-and-coming singer/songwriter Hannah Ild.

Veronique Branquinho appointed new Artistic Director at the House of Delvaux

March 10th, 2009

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