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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are all set to release their own coffee table fashion book. The Olsen twins, who are known for their unique fashion sense, already have their own fashion line.  After their success in the film industry and fashion industry, the Olsen twins are ready to conquer the book business by releasing their coffee table books.  Olsen sisters’ book has been christened “Influence”, and will be published by famous Penguin publishers.

Although some fashion critics do not like the fashion sense of 21 year old actresses, their fashion line is a success, and therefore their fashion book is also expected to be a success. The book “Influence” will have lot of pictures of Olsen sisters, who are in the film industry since childhood. Also the pictures of Olsen sisters, taken by the world renowned photographer Rankin, will be included in the coffee table book. The book will also include some facts that have never been revealed before in the media and a personal collection of interviews. The Olsen sisters are taking interview of artists and designers, like Bob Colacello, Terry Richardson and Jack Pierson for their book. The Olsen sisters say that these are the people who have inspired them, and therefore they are giving them preference in their book. The Olsen sisters’ expressed hope that their book will inspire readers. The book will be launched later this year by Penguin. However, Coffee table books are bit expensive and therefore critics have doubt over the success of the book. 

Pop Star Amy Winehouse is all set to enter fashion world, according to various newspapers and websites. News is that the “Rehab” star is talking to various fashion experts about her plan, and will soon launch her own line of products. Winehouse, who recently won 5 gongs at the Grammy awards, is all set to launch her line of hairspray, eyeliner, perfumes and scarves.
 
Amy Winehouse, who is in her early 20’s, is famous for her huge beehives hairdo, smudged eyeliner and denim mini skirts.  The pop star has recently spent some time in rehabilitation center, for taking drugs and alcohol addiction. But it seems that all this did not affected the popularity of the star in anyway. Thousands of young girls want to look like Amy, and for them Amy’s own line of products will be a nice gift from their favourite star. In fact many admire Amy’s style, including “Project Runway” judge Michael Kors.  Although few think that Amy’s line will not take off well, as she has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately. Amy was also on second spot in Richard Blackwell’s worst dresses celebrity list. But the list is no criteria to judge anyone as Victoria Beckham, who was recently seen in top fashion designer Max Azria’s fashion show, topped the list. Amy will join the long list of celebrities, who have their own line of fashion products, with this. Recently Avril Lavigne has also announced that she will enter fashion world as well after finishing her present tour.
 

We know Oscars are the Academy Awards that are bestowed for excellence in the film industry. But apart from awards in the ceremony, what makes news are the dresses of the actresses. Like past several years, celebrities walked on the red carpet in fabulous designer gowns this year as well.   Red was the favourite colour of the celebrities this year, as most of the celebrities were sporting red colour dresses. Heidi Klum’s beautiful red silk satin dress, designed by Galliano, was applauded most by fashion critics. Helen Mirren, who gave away best actor award to Daniel Day-Lewis for “There Will Be Blood”, wore a red duchess satin dress with a pleated bodice and silver beaded sleeves. Mirren, who played Queen Elizabeth in “The Queen”, was indeed looking royal in the fabulous red dress. Ann Hathaway also won some applauds for her off-the-shoulder red dress with floral accents.

Black was the second favourite colour of the actresses walking the red carpet. Nicole Kidman successfully covered her pregnancy with a simple black satin dress. Jennifer Garner sported a strapless black dress, which perfectly complemented her figure. Action girl Hillary Swank wore a black Versace lace gown.  Apart from black and red, Penelope Cruz looked stunning in midnight blue Chanel dress with feathered details. Although a drape at the waist was not so impressive in her dress. But the worst dress awards goes to Rene Zelwelger. Her dress was intentionally designed to show most of her figure and skin. Julie Christie did not look impressive as well in her knee length dress, which not at all looked appropriate for the Oscars.

Some of the top Designers of the industry, including Calvin Klein, Versace, Diane Von Furstenberg, Bottega Veneta and Stella McCartney, participated in the eco-friendly fashion show, ahead of New York Fashion week on Thursday. The attires and accessories presented in this show were designed with eco friendly fabrics such as organic cotton, bamboo and hemp. Designer also used recycled material for their designs. But if you think that these clothes were any less than other clothes made of non-eco friendly fabric, than you are wrong. The designs were fabulous and clothes were simply outstanding. It seems these designers are taking eco-friendly fashion quite seriously. Some lesser known eco friendly fabrics were also introduced by the designers like PLA, which is made from Corn and is an alternative of polyester, abaca, which is made from leaf stalks of Philippine banana plant and Lyocell, which is made from wood pulp cellulose.   All these fabrics are not only environment friendly, but also good for you skin. People with sensitive skin do not have any threats of getting rashes and allergies from these fabrics. Versace presented a gorgeous dress made of hemp and silk, Stella McCartney’s presented a long summer dress made of organic cotton and Maison Martin Margiela presented a ball gown crafted from three vintage wedding dresses and a vintage bustier. Around 25 fashion designers participated in the fashion show sponsored by Barneys New York, Lexus Hybrid, and Pure & Natural, Earth Pledge. You can see the collection at Barneys New York flagship store window at Madison Avenue and 61st Street from February 1 – 21.

Hollywood actress Kirsten Dunst is all set to unveil her own collection of knitwear for New York based fashion duo, Tina Lutz and Marcia Patmos. Dunst, who played role of Spider Man’s beloved in Spider Man movies, will unveil her designs this weekend in United States. Dunst, the star campaigner for Miu Miu’s spring/summer 08 collection, will unveil her capsule collection during New York Fashion Week on February 03, 2008 at Manhattan’s New Museum.

The actress has designed a crewneck sweater that can also be worn as a dress. With her collection Dunst will join the Hollywood hotties, Christy Turlington, L’Wren Scott, Carine Roitfeld, and Julianne Moore, who have designed their lines for Tina Lutz and Marcia Patmos. The fashion duo plans to donate 10 percent of the profits from their Autumn/winter collection to Al Gore’s ‘The CIimate Project’.   This is Kirsten Dunst first appearance in the fashion industry as a designer. Kiki, as Dunst was called when she was a child, used to dress her Barbie dolls with deflated balloons, this is the only designing she has done till date. Born in New Jersey in 1982, Kirsten Caroline Dunst, has been nominated for the Golden globe and has won several other awards. She is in the Hollywood since childhood, and has been started in dozens of blockbusters. Rumors are that she will be starred in a murder mystery “All Good Things”, which also stars Ryan Gosling. It seems she has her hands full.

A familiar image from the 90s pop culture is that of Madonna, sporting an Om tattoo on her palm. This just like everything else Madonna does became a huge fad, with almost every one sporting the sacred symbol. Omm is the sacred syllable of the Hindus that is placed at the beginning of most holy texts to be uttered at the beginning and end of a reading of the Vedas, or before the cOmmencement of any prayer or mantra. The most recognizable Omm symbol is a ligature of Devanagari. As we know that figurine a tattoo in skin it’s very difficult but for trendy any thing we can do after all a hard labor gives the best result. It’s a very old step from decades. But during the time of figurine a tattoo u must conscious about the prickle or the pointed machine. Pointing tattoo suits especially in western get ups but that does not mean that other costumes not suit it. But today people like posted tattoos, it’s easy to wear and you can easily change it. In this trendy world Omm tattoos really get a higher priority among the youth generation. And you can find in India every Indian monk pointed this Omm in their body. The word Omm has been borrowed from Hindu society. With the whole new flourish of ecological fashion, this Omm tattoo holds a bright future. Pointing tattoos is itself an art and this word Omm is a symbol of believing Indian god and by which you got strength and self-sufficiency.