Japanese Fashion

2009 Fashion Scene According to Google

nobody@vox.com(mcdonline) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:10:18 -0800

Google Insights for Search is a very cool little tool from the clever folks over at Google. It allows you to enter a number of different search terms and get a general idea of what the standout trends have been over a specified period of time. Obviously, for us this meant plugging in various fashion related words to see what would happen!

Fashion Designers

Firstly, we compared 5 well known fashion designers: Gucci, Vuitton, Prada, Burberry and Armani. If you click into the various sub-categories to get to UK results for the "Clothing Labels & Designers" section, this is the table that you get:

The big story from this table is the performance of Burberry - their 2009 was a superb year, including a strong comeback at London Fashion Week. Three of the other designers (Prada, Gucci and Armani) had stable but unremarkable 2009. What is at first rather surprising is the poor looking performance of Luis Vuitton - however, all if we look at the "Growth relative to category tab" a different story emerges, Vuitton is actually growing far faster than any of the other brands.

Retailers in 2009

Another interesting chart is to have a look at how some of our biggest retail names are performing. Here we took Topshop, Next, River Island, Asos and H&M and this is what we saw:

Retailers in Google 2009

What strikes you from this chart is the huge boost in growth for H&M towards the end of 2009 - this is in line with the Jimmy Choo range announcement and release. The success of this style of collaboration means that we will be seeing alot more of designers getting into mainstream shelves in 2010.

We will be keeping a close eye on each of these charts throughout 2010.

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Top Five Women's Bags for Xmas 2009

nobody@vox.com(mcdonline) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:30:45 -0800

Its the last week in November and the madness of the Christmas Shopping season is just around the corner (although in reality its been going on for a few weeks now thanks to some over-enthusiastic retail chains). As always, there will be a few tricky people to buy a present for, probably the same ones that you struggle with every year - bah humbug.

However, If you're looking for a gift option for the woman that has everything then you can never really go wrong with a good bag. There are a vast range of women's bags out there, which is both a blessing and a curse. One of the most difficult aspects of Christmas shopping is actually making that final purchasing decision, we've all been there with the doubt swirling around our minds: 'i like it, but will she like that colour!?' - not a very pleasant feeling.

We thought that we would try and help a little by outlining five bags which we think anyone would love. We've included options from the cheap and cheerful end of the scale to some slightly higher budget bags. We hope that you agree with some of our choices.

Peacocks - The prices are so decent on the Peacocks website that you could probably buy 2 or 3 bags from Peacocks. However, we especially like their chic and cheerful range of Clutch Bags, which at £6 are great value.

Peacocks Black Clutch Bag

M&S - Marks and Spencer always have a solid range of bags and this year is no exception, they are well made and excellent value for money - we like this cross shoulder bag which comes in a t £39.95.

M&S Cross Body Bag

AllSaints - Fashionistas love AllSaints for their edgy designs and high quality fabrics, their bags this year exemplify this output. This Zeena Bag is one of the cheaper options (£120) that they offer but it is still very cool.

AllSaints Bags

Jigsaw - A High Street favourite in the UK for a number of years now, Jigsaw retain an aura of quality and elegance, combined with a great design sense - this Tote Bag is a great example (£159)

Jigsaw Tote Bag

Hermes - No we are getting serious. You know that you are dealing with a quailty bit of gear when the cheapest bag on offer is a purse that costs over £500! A bag from Hermes however should be seen as an investment - our cost-is-no-barrier option would be this Garden Party Bag, which only costs £1560.

Hermes

Well, thats our choices - what are your favourite bags this Christmas?

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words and pork ribs

nobody@vox.com(I_am_a_delicious_apple) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:42:04 -0700

Jer makes ribs so jucy the meat falls off the bone. I am a spoiled wife!

I made a pumkin pie for the first time....it smells sweet but I have not tasted it yet :D

Today I learned to say "black and white"in Japanese: kuro to shiro.

2 sentences I can say about myself in japanse:

1) Watashi wa kanojo to shogakusai wa nihonjin imasu. " I am (a) female and(a) student of japanese."

2) Watashi wa shiro onna no hito to watshi wa koi kuro otoko no hito desu. " I am a white woman and I love (a) black man."

"Red apple." is " Ringo aka desu."

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How in the seven hells?!!!!!!!!

nobody@vox.com(I_am_a_delicious_apple) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:47:07 -0700

Does anyone else own a shirt that is so complicated it takes an hour how to figure out how to put it on the right way?

If anyone asked me yesterday if I thoght I would be defeated by two strings, some ruffels and a loop I would have replied "your joking right?" After all who tries to put square blocks in round holes?

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Lovely pink gay gundam

nobody@vox.com(shuduck) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:20:39 -0700

ROFL!

Saw this while surfing the net!

OMG-ish..I'll probably buy this gundam if I have some extra money! So sweet and girly..that's what I really want!

Mrs Pink Gundam

archive (extracted from: http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/06/deco-gundam/)

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iPhone and Blackberry Fashion Apps

nobody@vox.com(mcdonline) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:33:21 -0700

The pace of application development for smartphones such as the iPhone and Blackberry (and Android) continues apace, and now the fashion industry has its own set of Apps that enable you to follow the latest trends on the catwalk and beyond.

Here are our pick of some of the best available for both platforms:

iPhone Fashion Apps

Nett-App: Net-A-Porter's free fashion application - a pretty slick app which keeps you informed of the latest styles - as you can see from the video..........

NET-A-PORTER ON THE GO. NEW iPHONE APP

Style.com - Keep up to date with the latest gossip and fashion events from the Style File

Style.com iPhone App Review - AppVee.com

Also worth a look.............

D&G Fashion Channel Winter 2010
The Ralph Lauren Collection
Donna Karan
Lucky magazine
Lookz Lite
Stylish Girl

See the full range at the iPhone Apps page.

Blackberry Fashion Apps

Fashion News Service by 360Fashion - Describes itself as "the latest insider fashion news service from professionals working within the industry. Check the catwalks of New York, Milan, Paris, London, and Beijing, to see what goes on behind the scenes! Insider information, is the key to know what's really happening in the fashion industry."

Fashion Mogul - This fun App lets you design and develop your own Fashion Boutique

Elle Magazine - Various Blackberry Apps are available from Elle

Shoewawa - One of the top fashion blogs for years has its own application where you can customise the blog to your hearts content

London Fashion Week - The latest news and views from the catwalks of one of the most influential fashion shows

See more Blackberry Fashion Applications.

Also, those with an Android enabled phone may want to keep an eye on the fast-growing Android App Marketplace where there are likely to be some applications appearing in time.

If there are any apps that we have missed (highly likely!) - please give us a shout - thanks!

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Item name: DSCI3923 Biscuit charms*NEW

nobody@vox.com(вєяяу 小物 ¢αкє) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:47:41 -0700

Hi all,

Sorry for the long hiatus! Once again, crazycandycake is back with some new items. Do check them out!

Item:	DSC13923 Biscuits charm *NEW
Price: (SGD$)	10.90 (excluding postage)each

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Item name: DSCI3903 Chocolate Heaven with Cherry

nobody@vox.com(вєяяу 小物 ¢αкє) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:57:03 -0700

Item:

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A small round container case filled with yummy choco goodies/cream

Price: (SGD$)

12.90 (excluding postage)

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Bun & Bu

nobody@vox.com(I_am_a_delicious_apple) — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:27:20 -0700

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An ancient Japanese saying

"Bun Bu Ryo Do"

translates in English to "The Pen and the Sword in Accord" and it represented the importance of combining and cultivating the two extremes of human nature (one's mental strength V.S. one's physical strength) to achieve balance.

An early term for the word "warrior" (uruwashii) was written combining the kanji for the words Bun (pen) and Bu (military arts)

Myself being a poet and my husband being a solider... It tickles my pride to no end that our marrage is an embodiment of a samurai principle!!

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Item name: DSCI2954 Compact mirror*SOLD

nobody@vox.com(вєяяу 小物 ¢αкє) — Sat, 30 May 2009 01:31:11 -0700

Item:

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Compact Round Mirror

Price :(SGD$)

19.90 (excluding postage)

Size:

6 cm (diameter)

Note: Decoration in the background is not included inside.

View photo gallery at http://crazycandycake.vox.com/library/photos/ for more details.

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