Make-Up Artist London Brighton – All About Beauty and Fashion

The new limited edition Louis Vuitton jewelry Marc Jacobs explores the theme of fetishism.

 

In November in the boutiques of Louis Vuitton a new limited edition collection of jewelry will apear. It will include the pendant Minaudière, which follows the shape of the same accessory of the spring-summer 2011 but in a smaller size. The price will be much higher than the catwalk version – 25 000. Minaudière will be released in quantities of 10 copies, each is of yellow gold with white and brown diamonds. The collection will also be presented with a gold bracelet with samll charms, each of which represents a fetish: the mask, handcuffs, hat and boot.

Christian Louboutin has been called the “foremost shoe designer in the world” who creates instantly recognizable and signature heels. Louboutin became fascinated with shoes at the age of 17 when he was apprenticing at the famous Folies Bergère cabaret in Paris. Louboutin says “[The showgirls] influenced me a lot. If you like high heels, it’s really the ultimate high heel – it’s all about the legs, how they carry themselves, the embellishment of the body. They are the ultimate icons.” He began sketching shoes when he saw a sign posted outside of a museum prohibiting stilettos to protect the floors from being damaged. This sign left an impression and inspired Louboutin to sketch shoes.

Christian Louboutin learned shoe designing from the master himself & the creator of the stiletto, Roger Vivier as an apprentice. Louboutin says, “the most important part of the shoe is the body and the heel.  Like a good bone structure, if you get that right, the rest is makeup.” In 1992, Louboutin opened his own store in Paris and now his shoes are sold in 46 countries all around the world.

Louboutin Manicure

Christian Louboutin’s famous red soles were inspired by an employee’s nail polish, so it’s only fair that those same red soles inspired a manicure called, what else, but the “Louboutin Manicure.” The trend involved painting the underside of the fingernail tip red, and the top of the nail black, so what looked like normal black polish delivered quick flashes of red, much like catching a fleeting glimpse of a Louboutin sole.

Christian Louboutin Shoes with Blue Soles

For a short time, some Christian Louboutin shoes were available with baby blue soles. Intended to provide the “something blue” for brides-to-be, these creations were only available via special order, and were very short-lived. Production was eventually stopped due to trademark issues.

Designing Hills Instead of Heels

After completing his work with famed shoe designer Roger Vivier in 1989, Christian Louboutin briefly left the fashion industry to work as a landscape designer. He returned in 1992 with his own collection of footwear.

Quotes from Christian Louboutin:

“I did not really choose the red sole. Its more like the red sole came to me and had to stay with me. It started as a happy accident, which I kept. I was very inspired by pop art so all my drawings were really full of colors.”

“I never was interested in being part of the fashion world – I just wanted to design shoes. I didn’t even know Vogue existed when I was growing up. Vogue, what is that?”

“I would hate for someone to look at my shoe and say, ‘Oh my God! That looks so comfortable!’ That’s not what I want to project. But I’m not a sadist. I don’t believe suffering makes you beautiful. But comfort is not part of my creative process.”

“It’s a good addition. There are so many bad addictions. Better be addicted to shoes than something else”

 

 

The plait is back with in 2010, so much so that if formed the basis for this year’s hairstyle: the side braid. Yet many celebrities are still fascinated with the braid and with the beauty its structure holds. So in summer 2011 and autumn / fall 2011′s fashions on the horizons we take the opportunity to look at the other plaited and braided hairstyles which are fresh, effortless, and simple to create.

Here’s one of those styles that comes straight from an autumn / winter 2011 / 2012 catwalk. One whose ‘how to’ guide you can experiment with and add to one of your 2011 hairstyles. Seen on the runway at Nanette Lepore’s showing, this half up style with two braids works for either long hair or a longish bob.

In order to do this style, you need to be able to do a regular or french braid. Otherwise, it is very simple and elegant for shoulder length and longer hair. Your sides do need to be long enough

Instuments you’ll need

To style the half up and braided hairstyle you’ll need to have on hand some styling product (preferably a mousse and a hairspray), a hair straightener or curling wand, a comb, and a handful of bobby pins.

How to style half up braided hair

1. Detangle hair. Part two sections on both sides of your hair to the back of your ears. Be somewhat picky about these two sections, since these will be your braids. Take the sectioned parts on both sides of your hair and temporarily clip to the side.

2. Pull the rest of your hair back and put in a low ponytail out of the way.

3. Take one of the clipped side sections out now and keep one out of the way

4. Take the section and start a basic braid or a French braid. I’ll have to write another article on how to do that.

5. Once you have braided about halfway down your head, put in a ponytail holder and let it go. Repeat step 4 on the other side.

6. Take both braids in your hands, take the ponytail holders out, and put a ponytail holder over the ending braid area. Adjust the placement on your head a bit by tightening or pulling the ponytail holder down. There you go. And enjoy-very pretty and elegant.

What to wear with the half up braided hair

You could wear this double braid hairstyle with a wide variety of clothing styles and looks ranging from the very classic (a la Lepore) to the very fashionable. It can lean to sporty, tomboy cool if worn with pared back makeup.But where the half up braided hairstyle really comes into its element is when you drape it in the gauzy layers of spring’s 70s flower-child chic fashions, and rock it with careless abandon.