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Even the most perfect suit - anything if the shoes don’t match. The choice of footwear can change your appearance completely: Even if you have the most fashionable jeans or the best suit, ideal shirt and a fashionable tie, your footwear can bring all efforts to nothing. In a man’s wardrobe should be, at least, five base models of footwear which will help the owner almost in all life situations.

1. Gym or running shoes. 
The clothes in casual style should be in a wardrobe of every man even if he spends all time in the office. For example, ultrafashionable model Roma Pigskin from Puma - the best sample of modern footwear for the weekends.

2. Daily shoes.
Not every “rest” assumes free enough style; therefore, besides running shoes it is necessary to have one more pair of shoes or boots in casual style. It can be black low shoes with thin leather sole. Such footwear can be found at Steve Madden.

3. Black model shoes.
Even if you wear classical suit every day and have some choice of corresponding model footwear, additional pair all the same should be present.

4. Brown model.
You may think that this is superfluous. But today dark brown in a shoe fashion has turned in the second «black». If black remains the classical color intended for special official solemn occasions, brown is good for a daily official style.

5. Classical boots.
Classical boots are the one more universal model of daily footwear designed for colder weather. Choosing classical boots pay attention, first of all, to their functionality. A sample of universality is the footwear made by Gordon Rush brand.   

Man’s brand Band of Outsiders announced launch of a women’s line.
Not widely known in Russia, but valued Band of Outsiders brand develops, and a women’s line of such brand is a pleasant surprise. Band of Outsiders works in an Oxford style, dresses young and not very young men. The main condition for their clothes - a beautiful figure, you see, tummies won’t suit semi-fitting shirts with short sleeves, which are together with suits with narrow jackets in great amount at Band of Outsiders.
This brand prefers to use the most different fabrics, but it never resorts to boring ones, that is why we always see the same checked or striped shirts, of red, yellow or blue color.
Among the admirers of the brand there is not only students and lords, but also true guys: Justin Timberlake, Brad Pit, Garsia Bernal, James Franko.

Italian fashion house Bottega Veneta gets ready for opening the smart apartments on the top floor of prestigious Roman hotel St. Regis. The first clients can take pleasure of comfort and the first class service of new luxury apartment in September already.
The apartments made in beige-cream color are completed by stylish furniture and equipped with the last technological novelties. Visitors will have an opportunity to estimate the first class quality of cashmere coverlets, antique bedside-tables, suede armchairs, and also the Venetian glass. Some months ago Bottega Veneta run similar experiment in hotel St. Regis in Manhattan - both visitors, and owners of the magnificent hotel were impressed, so the project has received its start in life. Nearest plans of Italian designers include work above the apartments in hotels of leading world capitals.
“It is great honor for me to get similar project. It enables to show the imagination, creating a unique place for rest in the heart of Rome”, admitted Bottega Veneta`s creative director Thomas Mayer.
All furniture displayed in luxury suite, is made at Bottega Veneta factory. The object of apartments` pride are unique woolen carpets from New Zealand, created by special request of designers.

Discussion about which one is better - automatic, mechanical, ordinary, folding or a cane, renews every spring with interseasonal rains. Experts of an “umbellate” affair didn’t manage to find the answer to this question. But all of them agree that there is nothing worse than low-quality goods.
The simplest way to check an umbrella is to open it and slightly shake. If the frame jingles and trembles, and the fabric is badly tensed – it means, such umbrella won’t last long.
Reliability of an umbrella also depends on the amount of folding. The less - the better. The most reliable - is cane-umbrella. But this “shaft” will not get even in a suitcase, and one should be able to carry it elegantly.
A folding umbrella is certainly easier for the owner. It is placed without an effort in a ladies’ handbag. And small one even in theatrical handbag. Designers have taken care of those who go without a bag at all and created a model which when folded becomes flat. Such umbrella can be carried, for example, in a pocket, or may be attached to a belt, as mobile phone.
The durability of an umbrella depends not only on its quality, but also on the temper of the owner. The most simple, mechanical umbrella, demands patience and accuracy. It is cheaper than the others, but at the careful treatment will serve long. An impulsive person will better purchase the “full automatic” device (or as it is named, “superautomatic device”). It, certainly, will cost more, but there is any trouble neither with opening, nor with folding.

It became common for many fashion houses to change the creative directors in spring. The German Hugo Boss has decided to not lag behind and head for democratization and mass character of one of its advanced lines, having appointed on a post of art - director of the most popular Hugo line well-known Belgian designer Bruno Piters. Piters is known in his homeland Antwerp and in Europe for a rather successful brand of the same name.
It is necessary to note, that when at the end of 2006 Folker Keihele left the post of Hugo creative director, German fashion house management repeatedly discussed the urgent need of changes and new important assignments.
Simultaneously with the statement about the Bruno Piters assignment it became known that he will team up with the popular designer of sportswear Eyan Allen, who earlier created collections for such brands as Nike, Puma, Adidas and Ellesse in Europe. He has taken up a post of the creative director.
Both designers will come into office on June, 1.

It is always interesting to watch collections, inspired by historic suits. After all, to make these things modern and fashionable and to spare “museum shade”, the designer should have luxuriant imagination and excellent taste.
Velvet jackets on links and volumetric sleeves, blister sleeves with the lowered cleanness of shoulder -, a similar silhouette is played up by the designer differently: she transforms it either into lacy blouses, or in wind-jammer jackets from taffeta or bolero.
Empire “citations” are also used by Sudaryanto in queer dresses with the high waistline and thin coats. Modern and tendentious things are also present in this collection: magnificent shorts, skirts-tulips in sports style, overalls.
Man’s collection should be noted separately. Unlike the women’s one, it is a city and unsure: knitted waistcoats, wide trousers, tolstovkas with hoods, soft jackets with contrast trim.
*palace revolution

It is an open secret that the “correct” handbag is a continuation and true “I” of its owner; indeed, not always this accessory tells about our sexuality. State of affairs was improved by Mulberry brand.
Or rather, by well known designer Jill Dekon who has put out the special line under the name of this brand.
Collection has all imaginable accessories. There are leather bracelets with a huge gold glossy rivet, charms for handbags made as an awesome mace with thorns. Handbags tell also about fascinating nights: first, the designer has used the most contrast colors - black, white and red. Second, the texture of leather itself is sexual too, you may choose between a varnish and a polish. And the soft silhouettes of these bags resist to severity and clearness of rivets and thorns. In general, this season Dekon`s creations may become a fetish.

For the Eurovision specially the Finnish designers have developed youth clothes line with its main souvenir - badge - with the image of the person in huge glasses - dragonflies and a flower on a head. Creation of this fashionable print was inspired by Ukrainian singer Verka Serdjuchka. Clothes line is called the Queen of the Eurovision. The clothes, bathing suits, and also such accessories as handbags, trinkets and badges will be on sale during the sing contest.
Andrey Danilko, the candidate from Ukraine, knows about the creation of souvenirs and is very pleased.
“I have already seen these badges. They are made very stylishly and tastefully. I liked it, -  told Danilko. - Though more often uncoordinated beforehand souvenir irritates me, as it is often made with lack of taste”. Danilko complained, that “the country does not help Serdjuchka to prepare for the Eurovision”.
Let’s remind that Eurovision - 2007 will take place May, 12 in the capital of Finland, Helsinki, in connection with the last year’s triumph of Finnish group Lordi. The record amount of countries will participate in the ending of the Eurovision`s finale - 52.

When the talk concerns accessories, star relatives do not hesitate to lend it to each other.
1. The head scarf from Prada suited both sisters Olsen. Therefore Ashley Olsen wear it in Los Angeles, and Mary – Kate during a fashion party in Paris.
2. Sisters Simpson like Louis Vuitton, however, do not like to buy new accessories. Louis Vuitton handbag they share: Jessica Simpson has appeared with it during a dinner in Hollywood, and Ashley - at a party in Los Angeles.
3. Not only sisters, but also married couples share accessories: sunglasses from Ray Ban took the fancy of both Brad Pitt, and Angelina Joly.
4. Misha Barton has added the casual-image with a classical handbag from Chanel. And her sister Hania has borrowed an accessory for a walk.
5. Sisters Hilary and Hailey Daff have shared the handbag Hudson from Marc Jacobs between two cities - London and Los Angeles.

Lee X-Line is a jeans collection of the peculiar and advanced silhouettes. Connecting together traditions, innovations and last fashion-tendencies, X-Line brand Lee steadily creates dynamic collections, changing traditional denim perception.
X-Line gives fresh interpretation of the youth style with the help of the advanced cuts, details modelling and transformations of silhouettes, thus creating unique images.
Men’s and female X-Line collections spring - summer 2007 are created under the influence of folklore motives of the East Europe. Impudent and bright drawing calls up with the national symbols and characters of legends, mixing up with a drawing on the modern posters and musical albums covers. The expressive decor in style of the paper applications, traditional embroideries, and use of high technologies in drawing of printed pictures - all this plays an important role in collection.
Female collection presents bright images of hand-worked imitation and colour spectrum. Gipsy traditions are combined with a bohemian glamour!
Design in a man’s collection combines elements of a decor from the traditional Central European folklore up to the modern graffiti art. Colors are shaded, their palette - from violet and pastel-pink up to deep blue in contrast with green.