Amancio Ortega - Biography

25 December 2010

Amancio Ortega Gaona is the co-founder and chairman of Inditex Group; recently in the news for being listed as one of the richest men in the world by the Forbes magazine. He is also as a well-known Galician fashion designer and entrepreneur.

Amancio Ortega was born on March 28, 1936 in Leon, Spain. He was born in a family with limited means as his father worked on the railroad while his mother worked as a maid. During his adolescence, at the young age of thirteen, Ortega started work as a delivery boy for a tailor in La Coruna, Galicia.

He was a fast learner and quickly gained insight into the way products and costs changed as they exchanged hands from the manufacturer to the consumer. Consequently, he came up with the idea of getting the product directly to the consumer from the manufacturer with no middlemen dealings.

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Bond Street London's Most Elegant Shopping Experience

14 June 2010

Bond Street has a long history of being one of the foremost shopping locations in all of London. Oddly enough, however, there is no actual Bond Street to be found. It’s more of a nickname that survived the times and was picked up due to the southern section being known as Old Bond Street and its northern counterpart known as New Bond Street.

The street runs through Mayfair from Piccadilly on the south end and up to Oxford Street in the north. This large shopping area is located in London’s posh West End shopping district, and it easily beats Regent Street in terms of high-end boutiques and clientele. Bond Street has been a fashionable shopping experience in London since the 18th century, and it continues on today.

Bond Street was named after Sir Thomas Bond, a developer who purchased property in the area. Bond would immediately begin demolishing the mansion he purchased and building up the area, including the nearby Albemarie and Dover Street. It wasn’t long until the area (Old Bond Street) was completed and shops started to open up.

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Goldvish Le Million Mobile Phone Review

13 June 2010

There’s no question that technology is moving up in both style and price. Function doesn’t necessarily need to be groundbreaking, but add-on features will certainly make or break any new design to hit the market. Cellular phones rely solely on popularity these days, since all basically perform the same function - and the Goldvish Le Million is popular for a few reasons.

For starters, the name “Le Million” isn’t a coincidence. It costs around a million dollars (or more depending on your currency). Golvish Le Million stands out as one of the most lavish gadgets ever to hit the market. It’s an updated version of the Goldvish Queen and is marketed solely to an affluent audience wishing to make a statement with their choice of cell phone.

The body of the Goldvish is really what makes it stand out from other phones. The million-dollar model is 18k gold covered with grade 1 diamonds available and is available in pink, yellow or white.

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An Overview of Fashion Brand Twenty8Twelve by Sienna Miller

06 June 2010

Famous British model, actress and fashion designer Sienna Miller has recently risen above being known as the better half in Jude Law’s rocky relationship. With a hit fashion label called Twenty8Twelve, Miss Miller is showing an undeniable flair for trendy clothing and accessories. Launched in 2007, Twenty8Twelve is still doing well on its own.

Since Twenty8Twelve is one of the newest fashion lines, there isn’t a lot of history involved beyond the career of Sienna and a relationship with her sister Savannah. When the girls were still very young, Savannah displayed a knack for fashion while Sienna concentrated more on writing plays and on her dreams of becoming a famous actress.

Eventually, Sienna’s star shone bright enough to gain some recognition in the acting world. She started to become part of the Hollywood mainstream in the late 1990s and kept turning up in hit movies throughout the early 2000s. Her relationship with Jude Law helped to catapult her into the limelight, but Sienna ultimately carved out her own niche with her acting talents.

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The Story of Top Fashion Brand Versace

13 October 2009

In the entire world, no fashion brand is better known than Versace. Only around for three decades, this Italian high-fashion brand has become a mainstay, pulling in huge money per year and constantly releasing new, cutting-edge items. Born in Reggio, Calabria, Italy in 1946, Gianni Versace was destined to be a fashion designer.

His mother owned a dressmaking business, and from a child, Gianni watched his mother’s work closely, always wanting to follow in her footsteps. Finally, he was given a chance to work alongside his mother during an apprenticeship. Soon after, Gianni began work as a freelance designer, and at age 25, he began designing collections for top fashion houses including Callaghan and Genny.

Throughout the late 1960s and early 70s, Gianni’s name was on the tip of every fashion designers tongue. A young man with extraordinary talent, Gianni finally decided to form his own line, merging with his brother Santo and creating the Gianni Versace Company in 1978.

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Missoni, the Sumirago fashion house

03 August 2009

Missoni is often considered one of the most beautiful fashion houses in the entire world. Although every design they put forth may not be cutting-edge, the style is always there. They are one of the only fashion brands to carry a reputation for consistent beauty. Missoni’s powerful tradition of creating new products has trickled down to their competitors. The business has meager beginnings, starting in 1953 to little acclaim and eventually building a lavish and luxurious fashion empire. The Missoni name has come a long way since the days of a basement studio in Sumirago, Milan.

Rosita and Ottavio Missoni met during the 1948 Olympic Games in London, England. Carrying on a relationship for the next five years, the two wed in 1953 and decided to take the plunge into fashion designing. They started a very small knitwear operation in the aforementioned Milan basement, and after much hard work and meager sales, the line started to take off in the 1960s.

It was during this time that the brand Missoni began to turn heads due to the colorful palettes, unique textures and a wide range of fabrics. The Missoni’s definitely had more than one ace in the deck, proving time and again that they could produce chic originality on demand.

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Top Fashion Brand Overview Of Fendi

22 July 2009

The luxury line Fendi develops some of the most in-demand fashions of the day, including expensive handbags adorned by some of the world’s most famous celebrities. Like most reputable fashion lines, however, Fendi didn’t automatically start out with their merchandise flying off the shelves. It took hard work, dedication, and a little bit of luck before this brand stood out above the competitors.

A lot of the fashion moguls in 2009 have been around for a long time, and while Fendi doesn’t set any records for being the oldest around, they are pushing close to a century in age, starting out in 1925 when Edoardo and Adele Fendi married in del Plebiscito, Italy, and decided to start up a leather goods store.

The tiny shop produced very trendy and expensive bags for the time, working with high-quality material and professional craftsmen. The workmanship made them an instant success in their respective territory, but the rest of the rest of the world wasn’t so eager to buy the bags.

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Top Fashion Brand Overview of Dolce & Gabbana

25 June 2009

Dolce & Gabbana is another in a long line of famous fashion houses by way of Italy. For a country barely larger than the state of California, an overwhelmingly large percentage of the world’s high-end fashion is a result of the boot-shaped land mass. The fashion conglomerate takes its name from the owners: Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. The brand is relatively new in comparison to other fashion lines out there, getting their start in the 1980s and experiencing the height of their success only a few short years later.

Dolce & Gabbana are the quintessential power couple of the fashion world. Their partnership began while they were each working as assistants to fashion designers in Milan, Italy. The duo discovered that they shared a lot of interests in common, and after forming a partnership in love, they merged their names for fashion in 1985 after the organizers of the Milano Collezioni invited them both to participate in a new talent show launch. In 1986, the duo tirelessly worked to produce their line and subsequent "ready-to-wear" women’s fashion show. The show was a smash hit, and stars of the day like Madonna and Nicole Kidman flocked to the line.

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Top Fashion brand review of Tiffany & Co.

06 June 2009

Tiffany & Co. is one of the world’s most legendary designers of premium goods. Unlike other fashion brands, T&C; deal strictly in accessories such as jewelry, watches, glassware, lamps, bags, and more.

While most fashion is judged on a simple set of criteria that includes originality and appeal, Tiffany goods are judged on their quality and painstaking craftsmanship. Long before the modern "bling" era of jewelry, Tiffany was the A-#1 designer in the land, dominating the 1990s in earnings and popularity. "He went to Jared" was never heard. Instead, one word said it all, "Tiffany."

In 1837 Charles Lewis Tiffany and lifelong friend John Young made the trek to New York from New England with a dream of designing high-end jewelry. After a few years of dabbling around and attempting to form a legitimate business, the duo opened Tiffany & Young, a stationery and goods emporium on Broadway in NYC.

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Top Fashion Brand Roberto Cavalli

19 May 2009

One of the most recognized fashion brands to date is Italy’s Roberto Cavalli. Name of both the brand and the man who created it, Cavalli is a high-end fashion line that produces everything from shoes to sunglasses, and the couture, mega-expensive items worn in between.

Born in Florence, Italy in 1944, Roberto Cavalli had a firm grip on what he expected to do with his life as an adult. He wanted to be a fashion designer. He attended the Florence Art Academy, and after graduating, he and a female companion he met in school began painting t-shirts in 1965.

At only 21 years old, Cavalli was ready to delve into the world of fashion. He set up a factory where the printing of the painted tees would take place, and along with a few young friends, his painting sessions would sometimes get a little messy. Tattooing had been an art for thousands of years, but painting on skin is something that no other fashion designer was doing.

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Overview of Fashion Company Chanel

05 March 2009

Chanel is one of the world’s most recognized fashion names. From the first Chanel shop to open in 1912, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel quickly rose to fame and became one of the premier fashion designers in France.

Her fashion themes ushered in a new era for women of Paris. Instead of the tight and restricting corsets of old, she introduced a comfortable and casual feel to women, yet her designs were still elegant and transcending. Her simple suits, women’s trousers, jewelry, and various textiles helped to cement her position in the fashion world before 1920.

Born in Auvergne in 1883, Chanel was primarily raised by her father after her mother died when Gabrielle was only six-years-old. She picked up the name Coco during a very brief career as a caf� singer in the early 1900s. She was a mistress to a wealthy industrialist, and later would design some simple hats that quickly became something of a legend.

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