Irina Shayk

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Irina Shayk Wears Form Fitting Blue Dress to Fashion Event.

Russian model Irina Shayk showed off her svelte figure in a skin-tight blue dress at the Jeffery Fashion Cares event in New York on March 26.

The Sports Illustrated model wore a form-fitting baby blue collared dress and Christian Louboutin stiletto styled peep-toe heels, as shown in photos provided by the Daily Mail. She matched this daring look with a basic silver clutch.

Her long hair was pinned back in a messy bun. Her makeup was unexpectedly very fresh and natural with nude lips, dusty gold eye shadow, and soft pink blush on the apples of her cheeks.

Shayk’s makeup is perfect for an every day look because of its natural appeal. To get her nude lips, try Dior Addict Lipstick in the hue Beige Casual 222 or Tulle 214. These two colors are great for pale to olive skin tones and give the lips focus. To create a soft blush look, use Tarte Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush in the color Dollface. This light pink blush has no parabens, sulfates, chemicals, or GMOs, so it won’t harm the skin or cause it to break out no matter how sensitive it is.

The Jeffery Fashion Cares event was held in order to benefit the lives of lesbians, gays, and transsexuals who are living with AIDS or are HIV positive. Irina Shayk joined the cause with other Sports Illustrated models such as Jessica White, Jessica Gomes, Anne V, and Lindsay Ellingson.

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Star

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Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery’s (no) costume drama in U.S. cover shoot.

Lady Grantham would certainly disapprove.

Normally seen in a demure Edwardian costume, Downton Abbey star Michelle Dockery has shed her corset for this provocative photo shoot.

The British actress marked her arrival as a transatlantic star by posing nude with three stars of the American small screen.

The 30-year-old shares the front cover of May’s issue of Vanity Fair magazine with Claire Danes, 32, the star of Channel 4 hit Homeland as well as 45-year-old Julianna Margulies from The Good Wife and Modern Family star Sofia Vergara, 39.

Wearing only a diamond bracelet and necklace, Miss Dockery seems to have been banished to the foot of the bed while her glamorous television colleagues snuggle together under the sheets – although that does make her rather more prominent on the front cover of the magazine.

The actress has become a surprise star in the Stataes. on the back of her role as Downton Abbey’s Lady Mary Crawley.

With its gentle evocation of a bygone age, the ITV costume drama has been as big a hit across the Atlantic as in Britain, winning a Golden Globe for best mini-series in January and four Emmy awards.

The second series lured 4.2 million viewers to the PBS network, doubling the U.S. cable network’s average audience.

Miss Dockery has made the most of her new-found fame, making guest appearances on two of America’s biggest chat shows, The View, and The Late Show with David Letterman.The Essex-born star told Mr Letterman: ‘I come from a very working class background, so my family would’ve been downstairs in the past. People are often surprised to hear I’m not actually posh.’
Meanwhile her co-star Dan Stevens – who plays Matthew Crawley in the drama – looks set to secure future acting parts in America after signing with U.S. talent agency WME.

Joining Miss Dockery on the Vanity Fair bed, Claire Danes has become a familiar face on UK screens in American series Homeland.

The Romeo and Juliet actress stars alongside British actor Damian Lewis in the spy thriller, which airs on Channel 4 on Sunday evenings.

Writer Lord Fellowes, 62, recently admitted Downton Abbey’s American success has come as a surprise.
He said: ‘To me, all success is a delightful surprise, since one can absolutely never predict it. I was tremendously pleased when it became apparent that the show had gone down well in America.
‘What the Americans want to see is life in their drama. Life of all sorts: hard lives, easy lives, or lives which, like most of ours, are a mixture of the two.
‘If we are popular there, then I would suggest, again rather timidly, that we have managed to get some of that into the drawing rooms and sculleries of Downton Abbey.’ The May issue of Vanity Fair is on sale this Friday.

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Keni Valenti

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Keni Valenti is known as the “King of Vintage Couture” to celebrities, editors and design houses around the globe. Kate Moss is a customer, and designers like Marc Jacobs and Cavalli turn to him when they need fashion inspiration.

Valenti this month opened the city’s first fashion art gallery in Wynwood during the district’s Art Walk.

“It’s been my dream to open up a fashion museum and what better place than beautiful Miami,” said Valenti. “Everything is coming to Miami now. Hermes is coming here, Louis Vuitton. Do you see what Art Walk and Art Basel is like here? I want to be in the epicenter of it all.”

The gallery is at Northwest Second Avenue and 26th Street. Named after its owner, its only signage is a giant black-and-white mural of Yves Saint Laurent outside the gallery, representing the first designer in Valenti’s exhibit.

“I decided to go with Yves Saint Laurent first because I think Miami needs a little bit of him, don’tcha think? He was the last of the last. I met him in Paris in 1995. I was having dinner and he came and sat next to me with his Moroccan boy entourage and his little dogs. What really fascinated me was that the dogs sat at the table as people. They were served steaks and they ate with them and Yves Saint Laurent was laughing hysterically,” recalls Valenti.

The exhibit includes decades of Yves Saint Laurent apparel, photographs, lithographs, jewelry, hats and accessories — all from Valenti’s private collection, which includes more than 10,000 articles of couture designers.

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There’s Les Smoking, worn by James Franco on the cover of Candy Magazine in October 2010, the infamous Safari Suit and hat worn by the legendary Verushka in 1968, a few pieces from the Tryolean and Russian collection, power suits from the ‘80s that Valenti calls very “Ivana Trump.” And what he refers to as his showstopper: a 1959 Dior Couture evening gown from the Ballet Russes collection also shot for Italian Vogue by Steven Meisel.

“I’ve been collecting vintage for 30 years, but not regular vintage. I have the Rolls Royce of Vintage clothing. I have Balenciaga, I have Dior, I have YSL. Name a designer. I have it. I have so much YSL, I could’ve done a

show 10 times bigger than this, but this is the space I could afford right now.

“I’d love to one day open up a bigger space and really make it a museum and have tours where people and students can come and learn about the history of fashion because we are losing the art of making couture clothing. Today, things are pumped out like candy because fashion houses have to sell. So you can’t do something too intricate,” Valenti said. The exhibit, open to the public from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and by appointment, will be up for eight weeks. Then, he will feature Mr. Blackwell’s collection, followed by Halston and Bill Blass.

“I’m working on setting up lectures and having guest speakers come to teach people about the different exhibits,” said Valenti.

But for now, Valenti — who first started out as a fashion designer working for Forucci and Betsey Johnson before turning to styling stars and collecting vintage, wants to perfect his Spanish and enjoy Miami.

“I came to visit Miami for the first time in 2002, and all the New Yorkers were like, ‘What are you doing? Miami is over. Versace is dead and Madonna moved,’ but I didn’t listen. It’s paradise here. I love the people, the Cuban food and I’m working on my Spanish,” Valenti said.

Keni Valenti Gallery is at 2612 NW Second Ave., Miami. Visit www.kenivalenti for more information.

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Lisa Faulkner

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‘I was emotional, sad and just desperate’: Lisa Faulkner opens up about how her failed IVF treatment left her a walking mess.

She underwent three failed rounds of IVF and spent £35,000 trying to make her dream come true.Lisa Faulkner told the May 2012 issue of Red Magazine how traumatic and horrendous the whole process was on her and husband Chris Coghill.

She said: ‘When you’re faced with a chance of never carrying your own baby, all you want is to be a mother. It was a roller coaster. Every day I was injecting myself. ‘I put on two stone from drinking gallons of milk. I was a walking mess of hormones – crying all the time. I was emotional, sad and just desperate for it to work. It was horrendous.’ Lisa was left devastated after the injections failed to help her conceive and she couldn’t afford to pay any more money towards it.

She told the magazine that she didn’t think her relationship with Chris could have coped with any more strain.

She said: ‘We were strong, really strong, but it is so hard. In interviews, they would always ask about babies and I’d say, ‘Yes soon.’ ‘Then the next minute I’d be injecting myself in the toilet.’

Desolate and distraught, Lisa never considered adoption but her husband, who is nicknamed Stacks, was certain that they could do it.She told Red magazine: ‘It was Stacks who said, ‘We can do this.’ I was definitely more doubtful. ‘I think we underestimate how much we can love. I may not have carried Billie, but I love her absolutely. I couldn’t have made a better a little girl. She is my life.’

The actor lost all her confidence through IVF and adoption but found a new lease of life when she joined MasterChef.

She said: ‘So when I did ‘MasterChef’, I felt really small. I’d lost me. But something kicked in. At 38 years old, I discovered something else; something I was good at.’Lisa went on to win the TV show in 2010 and has now published her first cook book, Recipes from my Mother for my Daughter.Faulkner, who lost her mother to cancer when she was 16, said: ‘I didn’t mean to write a book with personal stories but it was like therapy for me. ‘It only dawned on me recently that I’m doing what my mum always dreamed of. I actually feel closer to her when I’m cooking.’

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Rose McGowan

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Now that’s an illusion! Rose McGowan makes Parisians blush by appearing to stroll topless in France.

It might be a terribly lazy cliche, but people often assume that Parisians are hard to shock.

It’s because they’re sophisticated, sexy, insouciant and brought the world the Folies Bergère and therefore burlesque and striptease.But even Parisians stared in horror when they saw 38-year-old American actress Rose McGowan apparently strolling topless outside the city’s Pompidou Centre.

For all intents and purposes, the brunette appeared to wearinng a pair of dunagrees with nothing under her top straps.But ah ha, Florence-born McGowan fooled them all as it was just the latest example of optically illusion clothing.

Kate Winslet is a massive fan, and managed to shave inches off her frame in Stella McCartney’s miracle dress – she owns the $3,900 in different colours.But Rose’s outfit doesn’t slim her, it simply makes it look like she’s had a wardrobe malfunction.But why would anybody, least of all a celebrity want to look like they were flashing acres of illicit flesh?Well, it’s a canny way to get attention… but we’re sure Rose just liked the outfit.Rose has been filming the movie thriller Napa, in which she plays a sheriff opposite Sean Austin.Rose’s lips looked full, and a lovely hue of.. rose.She teamed the outfit with low metallic heels.

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Demi Lovato

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Ain’t no sunshine: Demi Lovato goes sightseeing in London wearing a pair of platform heels in the rain.

After a few days of glorious sunshine in England, and with a hose pipe ban and a national drought warning, Demi Lovato picked the wrong day to venture into London.The 19-year-old was all smiles as she went sightseeing in London, but her day was dampened by some rainfall, earlier today.The Disney channel star wasn’t exactly dressed for an excursion around the capital as she chose to wear a pair of platform heels.

Demi was dressed in true rock and roll fashion and wore a leather jacket with a white blouse and black trousers.

The Camp Rock actor also wore a pair of sky-high Louboutin platform heels, as she stood in the centre of Piccadilly Circus.After taking some photographs for her personal collection, Lovato then posed next to a black cab before taking her entourage onto Buckingham Palace.She also checked out the House of Parliament and Big Ben, as well as taking a close look at Downing Street.

Despite being a huge star in the States, the This is Me singer was not besieged by screaming fans at all, and was even able to be filmed by her own crew without drawing too much attention to herself.The American singer-songwriter saw all the picture postcard sights that the West End had to offer and tried not to let the April showers ruin her adventure.Demi later paid a visit to the historic Trafalgar Square but had to take a break from her fun schedule to concentrate on some work.The star is in the UK to promote her new album, Unbroken, and she signed copies of the CD for fans at HMV on Oxford Street.She will be hoping that her third studio album does better than her previous two efforts, Don’t Forget, and Here We Go Again, which reached positions 192 and 199, respectively in the UK charts.

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Runways of Russia

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FROM THE RUNWAYS OF RUSSIA.

The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia, the biggest fashion event in Eastern Europe, will once again present the collections of leading Russian designers, talented debutantes, and foreign fashion houses.

From Wednesday to Sunday, the leading designers of post-Soviet fashion will present their new collections on the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia Fall 2012 runways.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia will be featuring the collections of: Tatiana Parfenova, Viva Vox, Bessarion, Dasha Gauser, Yulia Nikolaeva, Sultanna Frantsuzova, Khaka Ma, Tegin, Borodulin’s, Leonid Alexeev, Poustovit, Basharatyan V, along with new and young designers, Sh.O (Shikhova Olga), Ruban, Yanina Vekhteva, Maria Golubeva, and many more. Foreign participation will be also be present; including designers hailing from the United Kingdom, Poland, Turkey, Portugal, and Peru.

For Russian fashion this season will be really symbolic and major, because this spring Slava Zaitsev celebrates the 50th anniversary of his creative work. The designer became not only a legend of Russian fashion, but also the first Russian designer of the second half of last century. Today, the designer is still energetic and full of revolutionary ideas. At the event he will show his new collection which will mark the beginning of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia Autumn-Winter/2012-2013. The entire first day of Fashion Week will be devoted to Slava Zaitsev.

Here are some designs from Slava Zaitsev.

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Olympics

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REFILE-Olympics-Red Square retailer opens in East London.

Russian retail group Bosco, which owns Moscow’s famous GUM department store, has opened a store in the shadow of London’s Olympic Stadium, its first venture into western Europe.

The fashion and sportswear company has strong Olympic connections. It will supply clothing for the Russian, Ukrainian and Spanish teams at this summer’s Games in London and is a sponsor of the 2014 Winter Games, which Russia will host in Sochi and when all the officials will wear its designs.

Company founder Mikhail Kusnirovich said he had long harboured ambitions to expand his family-owned company beyond its core markets of Russia and Ukraine.

“We want to use the London Olympic Games to start to be not global but more international,” he told reporters at an event to mark the opening of the store.

The company has taken a 10-year lease on the store in the Westfield Stratford City shopping mall, which opened last year and has brought luxury brands to what had been one of London’s poorest areas.

Kusnirovich said Bosco, which now has 65 stores, planned to expand into Spanish cities Madrid and Barcelona, as well as Rio di Janeiro in Brazil, the 2016 Olympic host. He is also targeting Europe’s affluent Alpine ski resorts.

The Olympics are increasingly embracing the faster- developing global economies, with China having hosted the previous summer Games in Beijing in 2008.

The sportswear market has been dominated by U.S company Nike and German rivals Adidas <ADSGn .DE> and Puma , but Bosco sees room for smaller niche players.

“We are not direct competitors but we want to be successful ourselves,” he said, adding the company relied more on catching the eye with multi-coloured outfits rather than brand logos.

GUM, the retail landmark on Red Square, is the best known of Bosco’s 65 stores. It has been adding shops at a rate of around 15 each year.

Bosco had sales of around 600 million euros ($800 million) last year, up 24 percent on the previous year, and is looking to maintain annual growth of 20 percent, Kusnirovich said.

The burly, bearded Kusnirovich said he had no plans to surrender control of a company he set up during the dying days of the Soviet Union in 1991.

“A lot of Russian companies have big ambitions to go to the stock exchange, but it’s not my way for the moment,” he said.

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Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Russia

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Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Russia (MBFW Russia) season fall-winter 2012-2013 closed with the international fashion season. The biggest fashion event in Eastern Europe took place on 21-25 March in the Congress Centre of the World Trade Centre at Krasnaya Presnya. Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia presented more than 70 new collections of the best designers from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Turkey, Poland, Peru and Great Britain.

Innovations were also presented by Fashion week partners – leaders in different business fields. Among the partners of Fashion Week Russia are automobile concern Mercedes-Benz (Title Partner of Fashion Week), Maybelline New York and L’Oréal Professionnel, logistics brand DHL, hotel ‘Radisson Royal, Moscow’, ASUS and Canon.

Automobile concern Mercedes-Benz is the title partner of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia. Fashion is the main communicative platform for Mercedes-Benz in the world. German autoconcern supports all the leading fashion weeks, from New York and Berlin to Beijing and Tokyo.

This season Madrid joined the ‘family’ of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Weeks. Apart from that, in 2012 the company is celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the classic SL-Class roadster. The renovated SL became the flagship of the fall-winter season at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia and Maybelline New York unite the urge for innovations and the ability to determine trends. This season it was possible to watch new make-up trends forming live. On the Maybelline NY channel on YouTube online video clips appeared covering the backstage and how, with the help of the rich colour palette of the brand’s products, vivid images are created the for the runway.

During Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia a show took place of the collection by Elena Trotsko, the winner of the young designers contest ‘Yellow is the colour of speed’, organized by DHL in collaboration with Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia in the autumn of 2011. Her newest collection includes several models created especially for DHL in the style of the company’s logo.

Another beauty expert and partner of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia is L’Oréal Professionnel. The unique experience of the brand, collaboration with outstanding creative personalities and their ability to form trends all allow the company to determine fashion every year in coiffure art.

Hair styles at the runways are an integral part of the looks and L’Oréal Professionnel, being the official stylist of the biggest fashion event in Eastern Europe, professionally created the splendid style of the models, perfectly adding the final touch to fashion collections of the leading Russian and foreign designers.

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Russian girlfriend

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Adam Levine says goodbye to Russian girlfriend.

“Voice” coach Adam Levine and Russian model Anne Vyalitsyna have called it quits after two years of relationship, according to the Peoples Magazine. The couple found themselves caught in a whirlwind of fights that resulted in the split. However, their reps reported that the couple would treasure each other forever.

“Adam and I have decided to separate in an amicable and supportive manner. We still love and respect each other as friends. I wish him all the best,” the blond Victoria’s Secret model said in a statement.

The couple had instantly clicked when they first met each other back in 2010 at a Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue party that was held in Las Vegas. Reps of Levine, 33, and the Russian-born model, Vyalitsyna, 26, told the US Weekly at the time that Levine “will always love and cherish her.”

Levine sung Vyalitsyna a love song in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion show held in November last year and the couple even posed nude together for the November issue of Vogue Russia. However, the pair got into a terrible fight soon after they celebrated the New Year, breaking up their relationship. The two were seen together again in January during their courtship on the red carpet. This time, however, they appeared to be done for good after Vyalitsyna made the news official on Monday, making the incredibly eligible bachelor, Adam Levine, single again.

Levine’s name has been stringed with many hot actresses in the past, including Jessica Simpsons, Cameron Diaz and Natalie Portman. However, after meeting Vyalitsyna, he appeared to be ready for settling down in life. While Vyalitsyna told that their breakup was a friendly one, Levine still might be going through a tough time dealing with it.

But not to worry, because fellow “Voice” judge Blake Shelton might always be there to lend him a shoulder to cry on. Only a month back, when his break up was not even official, Shelton told MTV that he had a die hard crush on Levine and desperately wanted to kiss him. “All I have to say is, it’s true: I have a man crush on Adam,” Shelton admitted last month. “It blows me away people can pick up on that just by watching that on television. I want to kiss him. I want to kiss him so bad. I don’t care if it’s mutual or not.”

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I Love Fashion

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During Russia Fashion Week, FashionTV debuted the “I Love Fashion” collection with a stunning show that included a beautiful spy, an amazing top model, and loads of passion on the runway.

In 1997, FashionTV became the first television channel to network programs solely dealing with fashion and lifestyle. This season, FashionTV has decided to take those same two components in order to create one magnificent fashion collection.

The world’s first “I Love Fashion” collection was launched during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia F/W 12/13. The collection was specifically designed in order to give FashionTV fans across the globe a chance to don the clothes they’re used to seeing only on screen.

The “I Love Fashion” collection showcased various silhouettes in seasonal hues of purples and greens, along with an array of sexy and black pieces.

The runway show began with quite a surprise, as the beautiful Russian Spy, Anna Chapman, emerged in sexy, tight black pants and a gorgeous, cropped, black jacket. The show continued with various other striking models and remarkable designs.

Finally, top model Maria Mogsolova strutted on the runway as she closed the show clad in one of the collections’ most stunning designs.

Now, you have the opportunity to not only catch all the latest trends on FashionTV, but also the chance to finally wear the most gorgeous styles on your body…

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Woman Protests

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Woman Protests Sentence With Hunger

A Yabloko Democratic Party member went on dry hunger strike Monday after being sentenced to 10 days in prison for taking part in a Strategy 31 demo on Saturday.

Maria Kozhevatova, who was holding an anti-Putin poster, was detained at the unauthorized demo in defense of freedom of assembly. Strategy 31 demos have been held regularly in St. Petersburg since January 2010.

Magistrate Judge Alexei Kuznetsov of Judicial District 21 sentenced her to 10 days in prison for failure to obey a police officer’s lawful orders and fined her 900 rubles ($30) for violating the rules on holding public assemblies Monday.

Kuznetsov had previously sentenced Strategy 31 protesters to terms from one to 15 days in custody on the same charges, but some of his sentences were overruled by courts of appeal as contradicting both Russian law and Russia’s international human rights obligations.

Female protesters had previously been arrested, held at police precincts and fined, but had never been sentenced to terms in custody on such charges.

Anna Dudnikova, an activist with the preservationist group Okhtinskaya Duga who was a defense witness for Kozhevatova, described her arrest and sentence as “absolutely unlawful.”

“Why she got those 10 days in prison cannot be explained logically,” Dudnikova said.

“Kozhevatova held a classic one-person demo (which does not require any previous authorization under Russian law) — without shouting, chanting or saying anything at all.

“She stood alone with a placard. A policeman approached her and asked, ‘A one-person demo?’ ‘Yes, a one-person demo.’ They took down her name and address, without objecting to anything she was doing and went away. Then, after some time, other policemen in helmets grabbed her under the arms without any explanation and dragged her onto a bus. It’s a crystal clear situation.”

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According to Dudnikova, the police later wrote in their reports that Kozhevatova was shouting slogans and refused to obey police orders several times.

“This is completely untrue,” she said.

Later that same day, Kuznetsov also sentenced Yury Melnichuk, a member of the Party of People’s Liberty (Parnas), to 10 days in prison.

Dudnikova, who was also a witness for Melnichuk, described the sentence as “ridiculous.”

“The hearing on charges of participating in an unsanctioned rally was postponed until a video recording of the event has been supplied, but he was sentenced to 10 days for failing to obey orders to stop participating in the rally,” she said.

“This means that it has not yet been proved that he participated in an unsanctioned rally, but he has already been sentenced for refusing to stop participating. I have no idea how this can be explained from a legal standpoint.”

“In reality, there was no rally at all, it was rather a series of attempts to hold a one-person demo that was immediately shut down.”

About 20 people were arrested at the demo. Olga Kurnosova, the local chair of the United Civil Front (OGF), was sentenced to one day in custody, but was released soon after as she had spent time at a police precinct before being sentenced.

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Global Fashion Awards

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Acclaimed U.S. fashion designer Thom Browne, who was named Designer of the Year 2008 by GQ Magazine and the Most Influential Designer of Men’s Fashion by Global Fashion Awards in 2010 is the headliner of the upcoming Avrora Fashion Week that kicks off on April 9 at the Manezh Central Exhibition hall.

Browne has made an international reputation for his flawlessly cut men’s tailoring. His collections win rave reviews far beyond New York.

“The Paris men’s shows couldn’t have found a better ending than Thom Browne’s Punks and Jocks, an exhilarating, visually exciting parade of chic renegades,” reads a review in Hint Fashion Magazine from January this year.

“To a solemn soundtrack of Prokofiev, models zipped through the grand gallery of the Musée de la Mineralogie wearing studded, scalpel-cut jackets and multi-zippered kilts. Spikes were a recurring adornment on shoulders, sleeves, face masks (a trend), and elbow and knee patches.”

Innovation is at the heart of the fifth edition of the AFW. The event is vigorously pushing geographical borders and stylistic boundaries. For the first time in the event’s short but dramatic history, its program will feature presentations of more than 40 collections of fashion maestros from Europe, America and Asia.

Avrora Fashion Week will feature a mixture of fashion shows by Russia’s leading designers in the caliber of Leonid Alexeev and Larissa Pogoretskaya as well as up-and-coming fashion talent represented by the aspiring local fashion brands some2some, Cat’s Production, Za-Za and Shlitsa brand from Moscow.

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Russian fashion

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Midnight on April 11 will see a mysterious event at the Manezh Exhibition Hall. Tatyana Parfyonova, one of Russia’s premier fashion designers, whose creations celebrate femininity, tenderness and ultra-romanticism, will present her new collection. Titled The Twelfth Night, the collection makes an obvious reverence to Shakespeare’s eponymous comedy. Expect metaphorical solutions, a dramatic setting, mystery and an avalanche of theatricality.

The organizers of Avrora Fashion Week see the event, which was launched in May 2010, as eventually becoming a platform for fashion designers wishing to make contacts with retailers, a promotion of Russian fashion among potential customers and, ultimately, as an attempt to revive the long-defunct local textile industry — one of the first victims of the failed economic reforms of the perestroika years.

The rapid development of AFW has already won the event a place within the top three largest and most important fashion weeks in Eastern Europe, organizers said.

St. Petersburg and Russia have their own fashion labels and there is no shortage of talented designers, but there is almost no domestic textile industry to support them. Russian fashion is made using foreign fabrics, foreign buttons, and foreign zippers, with the exception of some linen items and fur coats.

In other words, the city has a wealth of designer talent but lacks the industry to support those designers. In order for local stores to stock up with Russian fashion items, the country’s designers need to be able to manufacture locally and establish secure relations with local retailers.

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The Avrora Fashion Week

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The Avrora Fashion Week will run through April 14.

Running almost concurrently with AFW is St. Petersburg’s veteran fashion event, Defile on the Neva. Running from April 5 through April 8, Defile on the Neva will open with a gala fashion show offering a retrospective look at the event’s history. This spring’s program showcases pieces by a number of the country’s fashion icons such as Polina Raudson, Irina Tantsurina, Katya Anderzhanova, Tatyana Gordienko, Stas Lopatkin and Natalya Soldatova. Most of the shows will take place at the Weavers Exhibition Space (Tkachi) located at 60 Obvodny canal embankment.

Defile’s long-time ally, Tatyana Kotegova, one of the grande dames of Russian fashion, will also present her collection as part of the event.

Since its foundation in 2000, Defile on the Neva has been an invitation-only affair. The easiest way to get a ticket used to be by shopping at the Defile boutique, where one could shop for any item seen on the event’s catwalk. The boutique has since closed down, and now, regular customers of the leading local designers that typically present shows at the event have the best chance of getting a ticket through their local stores.

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Anna Chapman

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Sexy Russian spy Anna Chapman nearly bedded Obama staffer: FBI chief.

Glamorous Russian spy Anna Chapman came close to seducing an unnamed member of President Barack Obama’s inner circle before intelligence shut down her circle of spooks, a top U.S. intelligence official has claimed in a new British documentary.FBI counter-intelligence chief Frank Figliuzzi claims the red-headed spy got “close enough to disturb” U.S. officials, he said in a BBC documentary.”We were becoming very concerned,” Figliuzzi said. “They were getting close enough to a sitting U.S. cabinet member that we thought we could no longer allow this to continue.”The honey trap spurred the FBI to arrest 10 people connected to the spy ring in June 2010, shortly before Chapman was deported.

Chapman, 30, has risen to fame since she was deported from the U.S. in a Cold War-style swap in July 2010.She’s posed in lingerie, attended a Russian space launch and sang patriotic songs with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

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Kate Upton

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Who needs to talk when you look like that! Bikini-clad Kate Upton speaks just seven words in new ad to plug American satellite provider.

One could be forgiven for having to watch the video over and over again to catch what Kate Upton is talking about.As all eyes are likely to be on the 19-year-old model’s figure as she rolls around on a beach in a new advertisement.The Sport Illustrated Swimsuit Edition covergirl speaks just seven words to plug American satellite broadcast provider, DirecTV.

But that’s probably all that was needed.

The rising star can be seen sitting in a blue floral bikini on white sand, crystal blue water behind her, staring seductively at the camera.

She says: ‘Go get DirectTV. Right now. I’ll wait.’

She then strokes her hands through her blonde hair and playfully runs and hides behind a tree.It’s hard to believe that just last year, Kate’s friends staged an intervention, encouraging her diet after she ‘gained too much weight’ over summer.

A friend told the New York Post: ‘She’s not your typical model… She will eat anything. She’s not assuming. She’s not into herself. She’s not very affected.’The football fan’s laid-back approach started to show, the newspaper said – and pounds piled on, in part because of her refreshingly healthy attitude to eating.

Extra gym sessions were all it took to hone her body into readiness for the coveted role, the hard work paying off, it appears.

The Post reports that the model admitted to her sweet tooth at club Crimson in New York. She said: ‘I never deprive myself. If I’m craving something once a week, then I’ll go have it… Ice cream or whatever, I just eat the foods I like.’Her workout regimen keeps her in shape, and she praised her personal trainer for her figure.

‘I have to give credit to my trainer. He definitely kept me motivated in staying in shape… I’ve always been naturally curvy, but of course I had to get used to being in the public eye’, she said.

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Kim Kardashian

April 4th, 2012 admin
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Back on the treadmill: Kim Kardashian heads to the gym after her fast food slip up.

She was spotted yesterday indulging in a calorie-laden fast food snack at Wendy’s burger chain.But Kim made sure to limit the damage today as she headed to the gym near her Los Angeles home. The 31-year-old reality show star showed off her curvy figure in a clinging black gym vest and leggings over a neon yellow sports bra.She seemed unusually shy about her famous figure, holding an oversized fringed cream Chanel handbag in front of her as she headed to her workout session.

She tied her long dark hair up in a loose ponytail and wore oversized aviator sunglasses while clutching her Blackberry. The reality show star looked extremely focussed on the task in hand, striding towards the gym. She even tweeted: ‘Let’s workout!!!! I am in need!’ at 9am before heading out.Kim recently admitted she is working out up to six  times a week to keep her famous figure in shape.

She also tweeted that along with her workout regime, she has been changing her diet for the better.

Kim wrote via Twitter: ‘I’ve been trying to change my bad eating habits – slow process but its working. I feel so much better! Sugar, dairy & gluten free. HARD!’She added: ‘I will have sweets every once in a while & dairy but this is a huge step for me! Its a lifestyle change but I’m loving it so far!’Despite this, the glamorous star seemed to be looking forward to her Wendy’s fast food, which she bought at the Dominican Republic airport yesterday. The star helped herself to ketchup after ordering some soft drinks and a fast food snack.

She then strolled through the airport brandishing the bags of food, joined by her younger brother Rob and sister Kourtney’s boyfriend Scott Disick. Kim looked ultra glamorous in a flowing pale pink midi-dress which she teamed with a belt and cream jacket.

With her full make-up, she cut a glamorous figure with her long dark hair in a pretty braided style.

Kim has clearly been enjoying her family holiday, which was of course filmed for her family’s reality show.She wrote: ‘Fun times in the Dominican Republic with the whole family!’Kim also used her Twitter account to hint at another family first – a music video.

She wrote:  ‘U better believe the whole family shot a new music video while in the Dominican!!! Its our new family tradition! Can’t wait to share it soon.’But Kim was clearly tired after the sunshine-filled trip, with Scott posting a photograph of her fast asleep on the plane home, along with the caption ‘Kim’s out!’Meanwhile, Kim had managed to avoid a protest by models Joanna Krupa and Katie Cleary outside the family’s Calabasas clothing store DASH today.

The models planned to deliver a petition signed by 140,000 people demanding that the Kardashians stop selling fur in their stores and online.In a statement released to Radar, Krupa wrote: ‘One of the most influential families in the entertainment industry that could help give animals a voice on a large scale are the Kardashians.

‘As a fashion-forward family with their clothing line in stores all over the US, they have the power to influence millions of people around the world.’Kim was infamously flour-bombed by a woman believed to be an animal rights activist at an event last month.

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Roberto Cavalli

August 24th, 2011 admin
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Luxury, wealth, colors and elegance come together in a fall collection for women Roberto Cavalli. If you’re tired of the monotony, you will surely delight in amazing styles and mind-blowing combination, presented the famous fashion house.

The world of high fashion is always surprising us unexpected insights and stylistic interpretations that exceed all expectations and set new standards. Thanks to ingenious solutions fashionable and fantastic combinations of autumn collection of Roberto Cavalli is the dream of every woman.

Women’s clothing, created by world-renowned luxury brand, contrary to popular belief that a fall wardrobe rarely boasts an abundance of bright colors and elegance. The fashion house Roberto Cavalli proposes to abandon stereotypes and plunge into the world of luxury and splendor. You can select the day and stunning outfits, and elegant evening gowns.

Obviously, the animalistic designs will be popular until the end of the year. They turned out to be surprisingly versatile and eye-catching. Emphasize the wild side of the female character will be very easy. Autumn Collection Roberto Cavalli – a combination of the spirit of the urban jungle and bold sexuality. A popular brand proves that sometimes is to break the rules of style, and offers a new perspective on femininity. Only a very confident woman can truly appreciate the dress to the floor with provocative cuts.

In the catalog of Roberto Cavalli are slightly more conservative and women’s dresses, but they are anything but modest. Seductive styles, sequins, gold inlay and striking accessories make these dresses incredibly sexy and sophisticated.

Another key collections – the use of fur. Along with the animal painting patterns, fur details and full fur create a luxurious and glamorous image.

The luxury brand does not disappoint and in accessories. Animalistic patterns and fur accents, unique jewelry, beautiful handbags, long scarves and high heels – an integral part of the image of the modern fashionista.

The uniqueness and high standards attract women’s attention to a famous brand for many years. No doubt, this season, Roberto Cavalli will not let his fans.

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Reebok

August 24th, 2011 admin
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Pursuing fitness, yoga, simple running, our feet are wearing shoes. And it is very important that this shoe was good. In the market very much choice of footwear, but over the years this demand, around the world, enjoys shoes Reebok.
History of Footwear Reebok, takes us to the distant 1895. This year, JW Foster and Sons started to manufacture shoes and began selling them throughout the United Kingdom. They were quite successful athletes at the Summer Olympics in 1924, but the general public does not pay due attention to the shoes.

In 1958, JW Foster and Sons decided to create a company to produce shoes Reebok, which means African Gazelle. This name they wanted to show that their footwear is as stylish and elegant and most importantly, fast. But this time the shoes Reebok uses a small demand.

Only the 1979 World Expo in Chicago, Paul Fireman said the brand Reebok. While Paul Fireman worked supplier of sporting goods. Wasting no time, they enter into a contract for the supply of shoes Reebok in the United States. While their price was $ 60, they were the most expensive on the market.

In 1982, the company took a step forward, presenting the first sneaker for women than captured significant market share.
Then in 1989, Reebok, provided shoes for athletes involved in basketball. In the footwear used an air bladder, the pump was the language of the shoe, when clicked bubble inflated and the shoes fit snugly to the ankle. These shoes were $ 170, which is 2 times the price of other sneakers. But despite the high price, Reebok shoes became a hit. And for 4 years the company has sold more than 20 million pairs worldwide.

Reebok shoes are extremely popular, which contributes to its transition from a number of sports in everyday. A huge number of sales has contributed to the advertising. Then any athlete will enter the game in running shoes Reebok, it will remove any movie where the main character wears shoes Reebok.

In 1996 and 2000, enters into a contract with Reebok NBA Allen Iverson rookie. This young, successful player becomes the face of the company, which contributes to an even greater demand for the brand.
In the recent 2005 Reebok introduced the new ATR Pump. This shoe is different from the original pump so that the pump is located on the outer ankle boots. In 2005, the game superstar, NBA Allen Iverson and Yao Ming showed the world ATR Pump. In addition to Iverson and Ming, the new shoes were such superstars as Steve Francis, Baron Davis, Jerome Williams.
Soon Reebok sold ATR Pump Adidas-Salomon for $ 3.78 billion. These two brands have decided to unite and overthrow the pedestal Nike.
Reebok and Adidas go hand in hand toward his dream to conquer the world. And not far off the day when they will again be popular all over the world.

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Woman

August 24th, 2011 admin
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Everyone in life there are bad days. In the year of 365 days, and it is natural that they can not all be successful. But if your life more bad days than good, talk to someone about it. In case you just a little sad, I suggest 10 simple ways to make your day great!

1. Full breakfast

In the morning the woman the body needs energy charge – proteins, fats and carbohydrates in the complex, plus a little sentimental as motivation not to give up breakfast the next morning. Get up early to catch to cook a full breakfast. (Incidentally, the early rise reduces the risk of depression).
2. Sufficient water

In developed countries, woman have the opportunity to drink pure water all year round, so that it does not take sin. The cold water speeds up metabolism, and warm water with honey and lemon – the best sedative.
3. Brush your teeth

After each meal you brush your teeth. It is not only a clear distinction between meals, but also make pleasant communication with others. In addition, radiant smile is the best female ornament!
4. Recite the names of people who speak

Being tired and frustrated, we tend to depersonalize people. Uttering aloud the names during the conversation, you immediately feel a close relationship with the interlocutor, and support from his side.
5. Do everything for 5-plus

Awards and Recognition destroy motivation. You should not do something for others. Do it all for my own pleasure.
6. Sympathizes

Each are bad days, and some have not reached the level of emotional maturity to cope with stress. Rejoice that you are emotionally balanced enough to fight the bad days.
7. Think big

Will what is happening now be set tomorrow? And next week? In the next year? After your death? No? Then and now it does not matter.
8. Tour

Even moderate physical activity for the production of endorphins zhenschinesodeystvuet – the hormone of happiness, which will help you relax and unwind.
9. Excellent lunch

This point is especially important if you missed breakfast. Soups, salads, sandwiches – all will be welcome.
10. Learn to say NO

In pursuit of the ideal may be difficult to refuse someone’s request. When you’re not in the mood, nothing can be worse than the extra commitment.

Feel that the days of the failure capture your life? – Try to cope with them using my tips, add in your world the joy and good mood!

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Russian women

July 26th, 2011 admin
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Nowadays, Russian women have become extremely popular amongst Western men seeking to expand their options away from the depressing as well as limited choices of women available in developed countries. In fact, such international unions are more advantageous than domestic marriages, lots of men hop on the current trend. Indeed, now it seems like crowds of Western men are concerned in finding Russian women.

The primary thing that Western men must do is to educate themselves about some ways for finding foreign brides. There are many good Russian women packed with helpful info on this topic for Western men to reference. They need to spend some time overlooking these Russian women. When men have started to learn about the international dating process, they should concentrate on the best international dating web sites to choose the best Russian woman.

A next tip for Western men to stick to is when they link dating sites, they must spend an apt amount of time and make a great profile about themselves. Western men should keep in mind they are selling themselves in this profile. Thus, they have a restricted amount of space and time to accomplish this goal. The major target a Western man needs to look to attain is to attract the Russian women he is concerned in with the profile blowing such a lovely lady out of the water.

Finally, when he has performed the steps mentioned, he should go to Russia, meet this girl, spend the time learning each other, and narrow down the area to the lady without which he cannot live.

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Hello world!

July 26th, 2011 admin
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Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

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