Business Attire

It is definitely confusing to choose over multitudes of wedding shoes arranged neatly in major department stores. The worse thing is that the wedding is just a few days away and you have a lot to think about but getting the perfect wedding shoes is also an important thing to do. There’s also the fact that these shoes need to go with the dress and also need to be comfortable rather than eating your feet slowly throughout your “big day”.

Though this might be a tiring task for everyone, you should make it a point to get the wedding shoes yourself because if you let others choose for you, you may not like what they picked and that would entail another round of window shopping, fittings and many more.

It’s not just about the flashy design and the tall heels. Remember, no matter what you do, you will always be the star of the wedding so go for a pair of wedding shoes that would feel comfortable during your special day. Make sure that you get to walk well on those heels especially during the reception. You can be practical and still make your day special.

Entrepreneurial singer Kelly Rowland has found a new niche, that is, to go for the latest fashion trends as designed by some of the aspiring designers in her reality television show.

The Destiny Child member is currently a co-host of Bravo Network’s “The Fashion Show” and the singer has realized that it’s as easy to become a fashion designer through just hosting a show. To make your mark in the fashion work involves a lot of hard work and passion. In an interview, Rowland said that coming up with the latest fashion trends is a hit and miss because the colours and designs may and may not appeal to the public.

Rowland hosts the show together with fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi and IMG Fashion Senior Vice President Fern Mallis. The latter is currently one of the major producers of the Mercedez-Benz Fashion Week in New York.

“The Fashion Show” was a huge hit last year and has been renewed.

Multitalented television celebrity Martha Stewart announced that one of her newest shows will make a grand debut next month on the Hallmark Channel. Aside from that, she’s expected to bring her other top shows in the channel as well including the hour-long “Whatever” satellite radio show hosted by her daughter, Alexis Stewart, and Jennifer Koppelman Hutt.

Stewart will also launch “Martha Stewart Presents,” a new series of primetime interview specials that will debut on September 13. Her premiere show will celebrate the American women who dress for success. Her guests include fashion designers Donna Karan, Jenna Lyons, Diane Von Furstenberg and Tory Burch.

These events seemed to jive with the upcoming New York Fashion Week. Stewart was quoted as saying that she’s looking forward to a long-lasting relationship with the Hallmark Channel. The channel has a larger female demographic which is fitting with Stewart’s shows.

Maroon 5 lead vocalist Adam Levine is venturing into the world of fashion by launching his very own celebrity fashion line.

It has become a trend these days that leading personalities in showbusiness are now venturing to other businesses such as creating a fashion line among others. Thus, for industry experts, it is not much of a surprise to hear Levine jumping on this trend.

Other artist that have gone this path are Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z and P-Diddy. Levine’s clothing line is called 222 and will make a grand launch at Las Vegas later this week.

Levine has been known for having good taste on clothes and he has seen wearing designer clothes made by Yves Saint Laurent and other high profile fashion houses.

The initial line of items that will be launched are jeans, leather jackets and t-shirts.
Levine is currently on tour this month and won’t be able to make it at the launch.

Football star David Beckham has been successfully persuaded by his popular wife to enter the world of fashion. According to reports, former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has convinced her husband to launch his first ever men’s line of sharp suits and evening wear under her fashion label. These products are said to be fitting in time for winter fashion collection which will be launched later this year.

Sources revealed that the 35-year old football icon has already started working on a collection for Autumn/Winter 2011. The source added that Victoria has been persuading her husband for quite some time and eventually the hunky football player relented.

Victoria believes that her husband has the eye for fashion and it would be fitting for him to make use of this talent. She already hired a team of employees to work with him on the new line.

A global poll conducted by Reuters/Ipsos revealed that Europeans are more into casual clothing when coming to work while Indians tend to be stricter, going for business clothing.

A survey has been made to more than 12,500 people in about 24 countries. Based on the results, about 27 percent of Europeans wear business clothing when going for work. Hungary placed last with only 12 percent of the workers saying they wore business attire. In this country, about 46 percent said that it seems appropriate to wear shorts while 56 percent would like to wear flip-flops while doing their daily tasks.

Topping the list are Indians when it comes to smart dressing. About 58 percent wear business clothing while going to work. Only 21 percent of the respondents said that it was okay to wear shorts.

Four out of ten respondents said that casual clothing-wearing workers would never make it to senior management in their company.

Men’s fashion has taken the backseat all these years due to the increasing interest in the women’s side with clothing lines offering the most diverse and colourful products. Classically, mens fashion has revolved around basic suits, shirts, ties, etc, and with not much imagination invested in more casual wear. However, men are increasingly expressing an interest in the desire to look good when they go out, so the male fashion industry has seen a surge of designers branching out in this line of business to meet the growing demand.

Islamic Design House Managing Director Harun Rashid said that even though they are creating a larger number of male fashion lines these days, they are still creating these products that would still target the female population. Rashid said that men rarely buys for themselves and their wives or girlfriends will end up to be the ones to do this rather daunting task, and this is despite online-shopping become much more common-place.

Islamic Design House has been designing products that have both the East and Western culture embedded in every item. The company hopes that their initiatives will bear fruit in the near future.

Actor Justin Bartha said in a recent interview that his girlfriend Ashley Olsen has never given him any form of fashion tips in order to improve his appearance.

The “Hangover” star, who has been dating the fashionista-businesswoman-actress for two years, stressed that Olsen never imposed her knowledge in fashion to him because she’s not a “shallow” person.

The actor said that he’s aware of what his girlfriend does for a living but that does not mean that he’s also getting fashion tips from Olsen. He said that he still get to choose what he wants to wear.

The 31-year old actor said that even though he does not get any expert fashion tips, he personally dabbles his interest in this line of business because he wants to be conscious about his looks as well, considering that he’s also works in the showbusiness world.

The actor stars in an upcoming film with actress Catherine Zeta-Jones. He admitted that filming love scenes with the Oscar-winning actress was “awkward.”

Business clothes mean wearing something professional for formal occasions – such as work or in a formal meeting. However, more and more companies are now bending this strict rule by allowing the employees to wear something casual in some of the days in the week. But how casual can someone get when it comes to business clothing? Not too casual like wearing these items. These are the don’ts:

•    Wearing of flip-flops: These forms of recreational footwear are almost not acceptable in all offices because it is inconsiderate to other employees.
•    Bathing suits: Self explanatory
•    Wearing of sunglasses: There’s no sunlight inside the workplace, not counting the rays coming in the windows. This can be disrespectful especially when interacting with officemates because they could not tell if you are paying attention or not.
•    Last and not the least: Don’t wear shorts in the office. This can be construed as unprofessional.

What defines casual business attires? Better yet, what should not be considered as casual business attires. In a formal atmosphere such as the work place, one should always be conscious of what he or she wears because this could be a make or break deal on your company’s future.

Here are items you should not wear because these are overly casual:

* Tank tops: This is showing too much skin for women and they are worn best on beaches but not in the office.
* Bright, beach-inspired shirts: Shirts with vulgar messages or suggestive connotations should not be worn at work. This may be construed as something that you’d probably say out loud and your co-workers might find it not very amusing.
* Transparent clothing: Though self-explanatory, underwear should not be something to show off to colleagues at work. If you prefer light fabric to beat the heat, wear something that still covers what you wear underneath.