In this modern day society, the teenage girl world is one big competition. A gigantic sport to be the best. Most girls mob all the best clothing stories trying to get the skimpy tank top everyone’s wearing, or the revealing dress that would make them the life of a party. Of course, there are some girls who are either above or below the competition. Some girls feel comfortable in dirty jeans and T- shirts, while others are so popular or different they don’t need to be in the competition. I don’t know which category I fall into, but I do know that yesterday I found my mom dragging me to shops in Livingston (and not the mall) to find a party dress. Our first stop led us to a boutique with men models in the window, 580 South on South Livingston Avenue. I headed to a rack with dresses for 10 percent off, while mom asked the owners some questions about the store. The dressed I picked out had a sort of Indian design material with a black bow on the front. Such a dress was fit for another girl wanting great clothing; it didn’t feel right on me. Nevertheless, my mom took some photos of me in the dress, and we thanked Stephen and Danny Steiner , the brothers who own 580 South, for their time. Just across the street was Kids at Heart, the type of boutique described as a little girls’ dream. But it wasn’t just for little girls. There were clothes in preteen and junior sizes. The prices – which we expected to be high just because it was a Livingston boutique – were surprisingly affordable. The sales ladies were nothing less than helpful and considerate and clearly love their store. In fact, owner Beth Levine told us that Kids at Heart "is the store I always wanted to shop in." Here are the rest of our Patch Picks for boutiques in Livingston. * Styles, located within Antonio's Salon, is the place to go for trendy, fashionable handbags and women's accessories. Here you will find a lovely collection of colorful bags, jewelry and other accessories. Stop by Styles for the great selection, friendly service and tastefully trendy fashion. * Mildred's Lingerie has been providing women with fine quality undergarments for more than 100 years. The lingerie shop's expert fittings ensure that you'll leave with a bra that is more comfortable than you thought possible. The incredibly knowledgeable and helpful staff at Mildred’s make finding the perfect undergarments a breeze. * Nicole Miller offers trendy clothes for fashion-conscious women. There is a private fitting room for brides-to-be, and the Nicole Miller staff is friendly.

Mumbai-based designers Falguni and Shane Peacock, after designing for names like Katy Perry, Fergie and Cheryl Cole, have now created an outfit for Britney Spears, which the latter has donned in her latest music video "Hold It Against Me".

The video was released this weekend. Speaking to us from London after the fashion week there, Falguni said, "It's great designing clothes for names like these. Our experience with all these international artistes shows that they like Indian embellishments, but are not really comfortable with Indian cuts. So we create outfits with Indian appeal and western silhouettes."

Even though they've been creating outfits for international artistes for a while now, Falguni says the job is very demanding. In this case, they barely had a week to design the outfit and send it across. Says Falguni, "We were contacted by Britney's stylist in the first week of January this year, and by January 15, the outfits had been dispatched. The brief given to us was that Britney is 'fighting with Britney' in the song, so the clothes should be able to explain that concept. That's why they wanted similar looking outfits with minor differences so that the concept of Britney fighting Britney was conveyed.

That's why even the colour scheme is like this."

Even though the Peacocks couldn't meet Britney, Falguni says that they have a couple of meetings lined up in the coming months, and they may end up meeting Britney then.

They are also supposed to be designing outfits for R&B artiste Nicki Minaj as well as more ensembles for Katy Perry.
soucer:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/fashion/designers/Falguni-and-Shane-design-for-Britney/articleshow/7527757.cms

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Stylin' and Hip

In this modern day society, the teenage girl world is one big competition. A gigantic sport to be the best. Most girls mob all the best clothing stories trying to get the skimpy tank top everyone’s wearing, or the revealing dress that would make them the life of a party.

Of course, there are some girls who are either above or below the competition. Some girls feel comfortable in dirty jeans and T- shirts, while others are so popular or different they don’t need to be in the competition. I don’t know which category I fall into, but I do know that yesterday I found my mom dragging me to shops in Livingston (and not the mall) to find a party dress.

Our first stop led us to a boutique with men models in the window, 580 South on South Livingston Avenue. I headed to a rack with dresses for 10 percent off, while mom asked the owners some questions about the store. The dressed I picked out had a sort of Indian design material with a black bow on the front. Such a dress was fit for another girl wanting great clothing; it didn’t feel right on me.

Nevertheless, my mom took some photos of me in the dress, and we thanked Stephen and Danny Steiner , the brothers who own 580 South, for their time.

Just across the street was Kids at Heart, the type of boutique described as a little girls’ dream. But it wasn’t just for little girls. There were clothes in preteen and junior sizes. The prices – which we expected to be high just because it was a Livingston boutique – were surprisingly affordable. The sales ladies were nothing less than helpful and considerate and clearly love their store. In fact, owner Beth Levine told us that Kids at Heart "is the store I always wanted to shop in."

Here are the rest of our Patch Picks for boutiques in Livingston.

    * Styles, located within Antonio's Salon, is the place to go for trendy, fashionable handbags and women's accessories. Here you will find a lovely collection of colorful bags, jewelry and other accessories. Stop by Styles for the great selection, friendly service and tastefully trendy fashion.

    * Mildred's Lingerie has been providing women with fine quality undergarments for more than 100 years. The lingerie shop's expert fittings ensure that you'll leave with a bra that is more comfortable than you thought possible.  The incredibly knowledgeable and helpful staff at Mildred’s make finding the perfect undergarments a breeze.

    * Nicole Miller offers trendy clothes for fashion-conscious women. There is a private fitting room for brides-to-be, and the Nicole Miller staff is friendly.

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Kate Middleton Wedding Dress Design Stolen

CLARENCE HOUSE: Preliminary designs of Kate Middleton's wedding dress were stolen last night from the back of vintage 1935 3.5 litre Lagonda Rapide motor car.

The £250,000 car is the prize possession of one of England's premier costume designers. It was parked in a private mews just behind Clarence House, Prince Charles' official London residence. The owner, whose name has yet to be released, was inside the house paying 'her' first call on Kate Middleton to carry out preliminary measurements.

An official described the design as looking very similar to the dress worn by Prince William's great grandmother at her wedding to the future King George VI on April 26th 1923.

That Elizabeth Bowes Lyon dress was designed by Madame Handley Seymour in typical 1920's 'flapper' style.

"It was considered unflattering at the time", said an expert last night. If Kate Middleton is really planning to revive that look for her wedding in April, she'll instantly become the Princess Di of 21st century fashion design".

"She'll look sensational".

Meanwhile police are looking for a team of thieves, believed to have specifically targeted the mystery fashion designer.

"Kate can forget that dress already", explained a detective last night. They'll be making it by the thousand in sweatshops from New Delhi to Shanghai by lunchtime today", he said.

By Monday it'll be in every cheap dress shop from Oxford Street to Central Liverpool.

"If she wants to be original, she might as well go out and buy a mini skirt".

This is Juanita Juan on Royal Duty for CJN 

source:http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s1i90889