FASHION: DESSINE L’ESPOIR LANVIN DOLLS

LANVIN DOLLS

In the build-up to the party season, Lanvin once again presents the association Dessine l’Espoir. Alber Elbaz has entrusted the association with the manufacture of four new limited edition Lanvin dolls. Playful, coquettish little faces, clothed in famous LANVIN attire have been created, hand-embroidered and sewn by a group of 20 HIV positive women in Swaziland. This financially rewarded activity allows the women to improve their quality of life and meet the needs of their families.

These little darlings will make a great gift for any fashionista, young or old; or you might like to collect them for yourself! They are on sale in all Lanvin stores (part of the proceeds will be donated to the Dessine l’Espoir association).

FASHION: FARFETCH HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN – SWIZZ BEATZ

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Online platform for the world’s best boutiques Farfetch.com have announced the launch of its 2013 holiday campaign, IT’S A WONDERFUL STORE, a play on the iconic Christmas film It’s A Wonderful Life. To launch this campaign, Farfetch.com has enlisted five renowned creative talents from fashion, music, art, food and film: the first being Swizz Beatz, the hip-hop artist and producer.

The guest curators have created a series of gift guides taking inspiration from the Farfetch.com network of boutiques and will each be taking over the site for one week. The campaign will also involve white Farfetch.com wrapped London cabs (til December 20th) which will offer passengers the chance to win 4 ‘golden tickets’ entitling them to spend £1,000 at Farfetch.com

There will also be an interactive IT’S A WONDERFUL STORE app on Facebook and the Farfetch website where you can win a different prize every day, including such coveted pieces as Lanvin’s ‘Help’ necklace (ooooooh), a Givenchy Nightingale Tote (oooooooh) and an Alexander McQueen skull scarf (oooooooooh) from our partner boutiques around the world.

What are we waiting for?!

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LIFESTYLE: BEAT THE WINTER BUGS WITH LIZ EARLE

Health and wellbeing specialist, Liz Earle, goes through her top three natural remedies to keep bugs at bay this winter.

Looking for natural ways to keep the winter bugs at bay? Liz Earle, creator of the award-winning Liz Earle Beauty Co., mother of five, organic farmer and more recently founder of Liz Earle Wellbeing, shares her top three immune-boosting natural medicines.

GARLIC 

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  • A highly concentrated source of health-giving compounds.
  • 100 times more powerful than popular antibiotics at combating bacteria.
  • Health-giving properties include:
  1. Lowering rates of heart disease
  2. Lowering rates of blood pressure
  3. Lowering rates of high cholesterol
  4. Improving cases of lung cancer outcomes
  5. Improving cases of hip osteoarthritis
  • A daily dose of garlic can decrease the frequency of colds

ELDERBERRY 

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  • Can boost the immune system, help stave off flu, allergies and general respiratory ailments.
  • Contains more vitamin C than oranges.
  • Contain anti-inflammatory, antiviral and anticancer properties.

 

GINGER  

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  • Best known for its anti-nausea properties (excellent at helping to prevent travel and morning sickness)
  • Contains powerful natural antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties
  • Proven to be helpful in some cases of osteoarthritis

Read the full article here: www.lizearlewellbeing.com/latest-news/beat-the-winter-bugs/

FASHION: THE RIGHT SHOE – QUENTIN JONES

QUENTIN JONES_at shoescribe.com

Cinderella and a wayward glass slipper gave us a little taste of it early on, Dorothy seconded with a ruby version while their modern-day counterpart, Carrie Bradshaw, and her amplified affinity for anything with a heel sealed the deal – a pair of shoes, especially the right ones, can truly change a woman’s life.

Marilyn Monroe immortalized the thought in her now famous quote, “Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world.”

High end online shoe store Shoescribe.com took these as inspiration and traveled the world from London and Paris, NYC to Toronto to meet up with six female icons for their Holiday campaign; and asked them “What’s the right shoe for you?”. Each completely different with just a few things in common – success, style and a love for shoes. In each interview they give us a little career advice, their future goals, fondest shoe memories and style tips; in addition to their selections of the 4 styles they’ll be wearing to conquer their world!

Illustrator/film maker/photographer Quentin Jones takes us through her understated cool girl style. She goes through her favourite projects, gives us her views on the internet for artists, and offers the very valuable, yet sound advice of not watching what others are doing but focussing on making your style (of work) the best that it can be.