IGIGI by Yuliya Raquel Holiday Collection

Award-winning American Fashion designer label IGIGI by Yuliya Raquel, unveils The Holiday Collection; an opulent collection of romantic pieces inspired by Parisian feminine charm and a mélange of glamorous 60’s and 70’s elements.

Versatile, flirtatious and feminine gown, cocktail dresses, day-to-evening separates, and complementing accessories make for a chic and stylish wardrobe that will turn the holidays to a wondrous love affair. Designed and made in the San Francisco Bay Area, The Holiday Collection is now available in sizes 12-32 at website.

“During the creation of this collection, I envisioned a powerful, sensuous and beautiful woman evoking the womanly charm and luxurious beauty of decades gone by. This collection captures what it means to be a confident and sensual contemporary woman in love with a time when beauty was conveyed with the swivel of a hip and the sparkle of the eyes creating a luxurious being in one’s own femininity,” said Yuliya Raquel, Founder, Designer and Creative Director.

The Holiday Collection carries Raquel’s signature silhouettes that drape over the body to create flattering curves and smooth body contours. Princess seams and attention to balanced proportions create harmonious looks especially flattering to the plus-size silhouette. 

 

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Mac Duggal Show features new Spring dress collection

The new spring collection of the latest dress and gown for the upcoming season were recently unveiled. The elegant designs were showcased at the Mac Duggal Spring 2012 Fashion Show at the AmericasMart in Atlanta, Georgia.

"This is an opportunity to unveil the long-awaited new spring styles," said Chicago designer Mac Duggal. "We have an exciting and fresh new look for proms, pageants, couture and wedding parties."

Using his more than 25 years of creative expertise, the designer has created styles in elegance for celebrities, socialites and up-and-comers for television, movies, pageants, weddings and other special occasions. His prom dresses, ball gowns and evening wear are soon to set the trends for spring.

One of the featured collections in the fashion show was the Sugar Collection, which has special designs for girls ages 5 through 15 who are entering pageants or participating in wedding parties.

The spring fashion show was a chance for Mac Duggal, LLC to display the designer's new offerings for 2012 in a unique setting. The spring dresses will soon be available in select boutiques.

 

 

 

 

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Anastagia Pierre Miss Bahamas

The Miss Bahamas 2011 Pageant was kept at the Atlantis Theatre on Paradise Island on Sunday, May 1st. The seats in the Theatre were practically filled to limit and one would be able to feel the power and fervor. Cowbells, whistles, yelling, waving of pennants; and marks or dance ace poms were part of the hurrah for the event's competitors and there was a mixed bag of contrasting sentiments showed from the crowd.
The evening's display was opened with a move number to agree with the topic of for the present year's delightfulness event, "All that jazz" and fast moved into the swim trunks and nighttime outfit programmes. Co-accommodates, Jerome Sawyer and Nakeria Simms-Symonette graced the stage with appeal and the judges had their work cut out for them, as the hopefuls had a large number of unyielding values.

Anastagia Pierre Miss Bahamas

Michelle Malcom, president of the Miss Bahamas Organization declared that "It was a sturdy rivalry and that not the people should be blissful with the effects, but it was an exceptional indicate and I am particularly glad for Sasha who had the largest transformation out of every last trace of the youngsters. Sasha, is a testament to what our conglomeration stands for, and she progessed beyond anyone's expectations."

Anastagia Pierre Miss Bahamas

Anastagia Pierre Miss Bahamas In The Center

Anastagia Pierre Miss Bahamas Black Beauty

Anastagia Pierre Miss Bahamas Classic View

Anastagia Pierre Miss Bahamas Great Smile

Anastagia Pierre Miss Bahamas With Crown

Designer Laura closes NYF Week on right trends

On Thursday, September 15th Laura Smalls unveiled her S/S 2012 "Legacy" runway, anchored by her signature collection of dress featuring both slim-shaped and flare silhouettes. Her looks incorporated lots of draping details, patchwork, color blocks, and appliqué details while also playing with striped patterns. She was right on trend with color, infusing a palette of sun bursting yellows, blood orange hues and green brights complimented by a chic collection of Manolo Blahnik heels.


Since beginning her independent designs in 2009 with her "30 Dresses” collection, it is expected that Smalls will put on a runway that exudes elegance and sophistication and her fifth series delivered that and more. The audience was filled with the "who's who" of New York and fashion in front row attendance at the luxurious Centurion Condominiums penthouse setting, including Vogue's Andre Leon Talley, Italian Vogue's Bethann Hardison, supermodel Chanel Iman, music icon Valerie Simpson, opera sensation Kathleen Battle and actress Grace Hightower De Niro.


"Laura Smalls has the ability to register modern contemporary fashion that is a throwback to ladylike elegance when dressing up for any moment in a day meant something", said Vogue's Contributing Editor Andre Leon Talley post show. "Think Sophisticated Lady”, he continues, “Vibrant color for spring is the new trend. Smalls puts the vitality of saturated celadon green in satin evening dress with embroidered petals at the hem for a dramatic red carpet entrance maker.

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Scherri-lee Biggs Miss Australia Miss Universe

Scherri-lee Biggs Miss Australia

The 20 year old conveyances scholar from Perth wowed the swarm and the judges at for the present year's expo, decimating 29 alternate finalists for the crown.
Following showing an executioner two-piece figure in the swimwear parade, Scherri-Lee was asked her idea on kid delightfulness shows in the exceptionally-significant inquiry area.
"Youngsters ought to be kids," she answered.
She later credited her win to a breakfast of pork belly, hashbrowns and toast, telling news hounds she "had to keep her vigor up".

Scherri-lee Biggs Miss Australia

Miss Australia, Scherri-Lee Biggs, might just administer a place in the Miss Universe beat 10 regardless of being a sizzling favourite to take home the desired title. Respected as one of the top contenders following being unofficially named 'the most obviously magnificent face in the expo', the Perth delightfulness could undoubtedly be baffled to have came up short to make it into the top 5. It ought to still be respected as an achievement for Biggs to have gotten to the top 10 whilst going up against 88 alternate ladies.

Scherri-lee Biggs Miss Australia

Kept in Sao Paulo, the Miss Universe challenge was parting about its 60th year and has absolutely incited
countless talking indicates over the course of the rivalry. Miss Colombia lured her just dessert of interest and fury with articles flowing that in the run-up to the rivalry she was shot wearing a short dress with no underwear to disguise her humility. Our particular Miss Australia has been soiled in contention too as her nighttime outfit was announced to be overly sheer to the purpose of being transparent. She was likewise trained to make modifications to her two-piece, the unpleasant article clearly being considered 'too sexy'.

Scherri-Lee Biggs overwhelmed at winning. Source: Herald Sun

Natalie Rodriquez Miss Argentina Miss Universe

Natalie Rodriquez Miss Argentina

Natalie Rodriquez Miss Argentina

Natalie Rodriquez Miss Argentina

Natalie Rodriquez Miss Argentina

Natalie Rodriquez Miss Argentina

Natalie Rodriquez Miss Argentina

Natalie Rodriquez Miss Argentina

Black Beauty Dresses

Black Beauty Dresses

Someone once requested me ‘you wear a part from dark, don’t you?’. I didn’t totally apprehend it, but yes, I wear parts and bunches of dark. It's chic, runs with anything and it looks exceptional on me… granted that. This is what I suspected!
Today I studied that (as masters state) ‘only one in five folks has the true skin tone to pull off dark garments. For the alternate four in five, dark garments underline sacks under the eyes, make wrinkles look darker and deeper, and can even make the presence of crevices or gloom spots in irises.

Warm skins make a point not to adapt well to dark in opposition to their countenances as it takes afar every last trace of the golden shine that they have as an essential skin tone,’ Mrs Standish stated. What those ‘warm skins' are? Apparantly, its dependent upon yellow, orange and gold colours.
To be legit, I’ve never perceived someone wearing dark that made me think ‘oh dear, this is so not your colour!’ So utilize the counsel in the method you need, in the mean time I’ll keep wearing dark!