Eastdale Mall fashion show highlights spring fashion

Getting dressed up in colorful dresses and bright bows is what the 5 and 7-year-old Dale sisters, Sydney and Cassidy, look forward to every year at the Eastdale Mall Spring Fashion Show. That and getting to prance down the runway with smiles and confidence.

Cassidy used to be shy in front of crowds, but not anymore, said her mother, Debi Dale.

"They look forward to it every year and watch the older ones do it," said Debi. "They want to be in the teen group when they grow up. I think it's a good thing for them to aspire to. They work hard out there and it's good for the little ones to have somebody to look up to and it builds their confidence. ... This has really opened her (Cassidy) up."

Cassidy has been part of the show since the age four and has fun doing it with her younger sister.

"They let them walk out together and do their own routine," said Chris Dale, the girls' father. "They have been practicing at home and blow air kisses to each other. They're just all smiles when they're on stage."

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The fashion show is an annual event at the mall and has been a staple there for 30 years. The show is much more than simply showing off fashion, although there is much of that and models feature the latest spring trends that are available at clothing stores within the mall.

The show featured choreographed dance routines to popular pop songs, children from area schools and local media hosts.

A crowd of about 300 gathered to watch the show and shoppers stopped browsing to take a look.

"It was a huge turnout! We're so excited," said Suzanna Wasserman, marketing director for Eastdale. "The goal is to promote Eastdale Mall and show the great spring trends that are going on this year. All the clothes are from retailers here and it's just a great community event, bringing in the children. They're the best. They just get so excited on stage."

The models came out as groups and singles showing off professional attire, athletic wear, children and teen casual fashion, suits and prom gowns. Some of the styles this season include bright colors and patterns, animal prints, free-flowing fabrics, floral dresses and skirts and bright neon athletic spandex.

For more information about Eastdale Mall events or promotions, visit the website at www.eastdale-mall.com.

Kathy Griffin on Reaction to 'Fashion Police' Exit: "I'm Surprised That People Are So Invested in This Show"

Kathy Griffin, never one to stay quiet about a hot-button issue, has weighed in on the media's reaction to herself leaving Fashion Police.

The star performed a stand-up comedy show Friday in Conn., where she said she was surprised that her Thursday announcement that she is leaving the E! series has caused such a stir.

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"It just didn't work out," Griffin said about her stint on the show. "I'm surprised that people are so invested in this show. But I shouldn't be because Joan [Rivers] was so incredible and amazing, and it just wasn't the right thing for me."

She added that she has received a "really nice crop" of supportive tweets after announcing her departure.

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Griffin, who took over for Rivers earlier this year, appeared on just seven episodes before leaving. This is a time of turmoil for the series, with Kelly Osbourne announcing on Feb. 27 that she was leaving the show, following co-host Giuliana Rancic's controversial joke last month centered on Zendaya Coleman wearing dreadlocks to the Oscars.

On Friday, Kelly's brother Jack Osbourne shared a link to The Hollywood Reporter's story about Griffin earning praise from Hollywood for leaving Fashion Police. "So Kelly quits and she's overreacting, Kathy quits and she's a hero?" Jack wrote. "I find this frustrating."

Jack's post can be seen below. 

Fashion world greets Apple's highly anticipated watch with a yawn as it's seen as a gadget and NOT this season's must-have accessory

Apple has made every effort to convince the fashion world that the Apple Watch is the next chic accessory. 

Supermodel Christy Turlington Burns became the timepiece's highest-profile advocate from the fashion world when she joined CEO Tim Cook onstage in San Francisco on Monday. 

And the company has made a big publicity push in Paris, giving style heavyweights Karl Lagerfeld, Anna Wintour and model Karlie Kloss an advance preview ahead of a display last fall at the Paris boutique Colette.

But has it convinced the fashionistas that the Apple Watch belongs on their wrists? Not so far.

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Apple hasmade every effort to convince the fashion world that the AppleWatch is the next chic accessory

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For all of the glitz surrounding the watch's introduction, the multi-tasking timepiece was met in the fashion world on Monday with a yawn.

Members of the style establishment, in Paris for shows from the glittering likes of Chanel, Givenchy and Hermes mostly said they saw the watch as a gadget, not this season's must-have accessory.

Up-and-coming model Julia Van Os dismissed the new device in an interview with Reuters after working the Stella McCartney show inside the ornate Opera house.

'I haven't heard anyone talking about it,' said the Dutch model. 'It's a different world, it's more technology rather than fashion. People don't wear that kind of watch in fashion.'

The new Apple Watch, on display in the demo room after an Apple event on Monday in San Francisco, was met in the fashion world on with a yawn

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Supermodel Christy Turlington Burns became the timepiece's highest-profile advocate from the fashion world when she joined CEO Tim Cook onstage in San Francisco on Monday, but not everyone is impressed 

A salesman at the famed department store Printemps agreed, saying his store won't carry the watch, which will range in price from $350 (£232) to more than $10,000 (£6,600) for the high-end Apple Watch Edition in 18-karat gold.

'You have to understand; we are luxury brands, and [the Apple Watch is] more technology,' said the salesman at Printemps, which carries such brands as Rolex, Montblanc and Longines.

Apple's new timepiece, which will go on sale in April, links to a wearer's iPhone, and can display messages, alerts and appointments, among other things. 

An array of apps can track fitness, arrange a car with Uber, and even open a garage door remotely. 

The rectangular watch face display can be changed by the user to feature a range of styles, from Mickey Mouse pointing his hands at the time to a simple digital clock.

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Apple's new timepiece, which will go on sale in April, links to a wearer's iPhone, and can display messages, alerts andappointments, among other things

French newspapers put coverage of Monday's Apple watch unveiling on their business pages, reserving their popular glossy fashion pages for the winter runway shows and ads for luxurious items such as watches by Bulgari and Boucheron.

Luxury consultant Robert Burke, who is based in New York but is currently in Paris for the shows, said the Apple watch simply 'hasn't resonated strongly' in the fashion world.

'Apple has notably been targeting the fashion world leading up to its launch, but the watch still has an inherently tech focused sensibility,' Burke said.

'The tech world and the watch world are very different,' he added. 'While there's certainly a novelty and attraction to the [Apple Watch], so far it has appealed more so to the early tech adopters.'

Nevertheless, he added, the company's push could pay off.

'Their message to the fashion world has definitely become more focused over the past few weeks,' he said. 'It's evident that they've been fine tuning their strategy.'

Among other things, the company ran a 12-page advertisement in the March issue of Vogue, which Burke said people noticed. 'The buzz is starting to build again,' he said.

Though Turlington noted that she was wearing her 'chic' version of the watch at Apple's Monday event, she praised it primarily as a fitness tracker, noting that it had helped her in training for a half-marathon in Tanzania and would, she hoped, help her crack the four-hour mark in her next full marathon.

But her endorsement may not hold much sway with people who primarily want an attractive watch. Fashion trend-spotter Roseanne Morrison of the Tobe Report said the watch's need for a nightly charge and an accompanying iPhone were considerable drawbacks.

'It is not attractive from a woman's point of view. Right now, it is not sexy,' she said, and lacks 'a femme spin.'

Nicole Phelps, executive editor at Style.com, who attended the Apple unveiling at Colette, said Apple has one big advantage with the fashion crowd that could help as it launches its new watch.

'The fashion industry is 100 percent in love with iPhone,' she said. 'The Apple Watch looks like an Apple product, it looks good and sleek, and you have the market behind it.'

But in the end, she said, it will come down to one crucial question: 'Do people want those tools around their wrist?'

Kim Kardashian Wears Questionable Outfit During Paris Fashion Week

Newly blonde Kim Kardashian is in Paris for Fashion Week, which means she's wearing some outrageous outfits. But Monday's look was more like something off the Hot Topic sales rack than anything else.

Photographers spotted the reality star and husband Kanye West leaving the Jean Paul Gaultier store, and we just do not understand her outfit.

The 34-year-old looked bizarre in a pinstripe button-down shirt and matching blazer, which she paired with a wool skirt that looked more like a cardigan with the sleeves cut off. She finished off the look with black leather, thigh-high peep-toe boots:

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The Apple Watch: Is it a gadget or a fashion statement?

Apple CEO Tim Cook summed up the problem during a conversation with sales staff at a London Apple Store: "We've never sold anything as a company that people could try on before."

With the expected launch next month of the Apple Watch, the company’s first new product in five years, Apple will be stepping into new territory.

To conquer the marketplace, the watch will have to appeal not only as a gadget but as a fashion statement, a fact tacitly acknowledged by Apple's decision to launch its advertising campaign with a 12-page insert in the March issue of Vogue.

The company isn’t talking about plans for marketing the Apple Watch in advance of it's much-touted "Spring Forward" event on Monday, but it clearly intends to keep a tight grip on initial sales and distribution, leaving many retailers guessing about when -- or if -- they'll be able to sell it.

Sources with direct knowledge of the matter said that Best Buy Co Inc, one of the largest sellers of Apple products, may not get the watch at launch time, though the company wouldn't comment on the situation.

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Other large retailers, including Macy's, Saks 5th Avenue, Bloomingdales and Barney's said they had no immediate plans to carry the watch. Target and Nordstrom,along with all the major phone carriers, declined to comment on their plans, though a source with knowledge of the situation said Nordstrom has engaged in discussions with Apple.

"Apple is being cautious. There are too many unknowns around how this product will perform," said Van Baker, research vice-president, technology research firm Gartner Inc.

That might mean restricting initial sales to company stores, where Apple has complete control over the experience and staff can be specially trained to sell the watch, Baker said.

Apple's Cook seems very aware of the challenge. The Telegraph, which sent a reporter with the CEO to the company's Covent Garden store, reported that he explained to the staff that selling the watch might require "tweaking the experience in the store."

In the absence of hard information about what the tweaks might look like, speculation has been intense. The Washington Post last week suggested that Apple might add carpeting and mirrors and change store lighting to enhance the watch-buying experience.

Media outlets and Websites have also posited that the watch will be offered at special pop-up stores installed at luxury retailers such as Selfridges in London and Colette in Paris.

Apple hosted a private event at Colette last September, at which guests were able to try on the watch, but a spokesman for Colette declined to comment on whether the store would carry it.

Until now, wearable gadgets have not been big sellers for technology companies. Rival products such as Samsung's Gear watches have sold poorly.

Apple hopes to change that, but it is still a big if whether the watch will appeal to buyers seeking a fashion accessory, especially if it needs to be upgraded every few years like Apple's phones, tablets and computers.

"It could do wonders for the watch market if it means people might wear watches again, but realistically, there are a lot of doubts," said Eric Wilson, fashion news director of InStyle.

"Fashion customers are more skeptical than anyone, so Apple has picked a tough crowd."

(Reporting by Nandita Bose in Chicago and Piya Sinha Roy in Los Angeles, Additional reporting by Nathan Layne in Chicago, Alexei Oreskovic in San Francisco and Malathi Nayak in New York, Editing by Dina Kyriakidou and Sue Horton)

Jared Leto dyes his hair blond – stylewatch

Is there something in the water at Paris Fashion Week? First Kim Kardashian pops up with hair the colour of a budgerigar’s crown. Now Jared Leto – whose dearly departed man bun we recent eulogised – has debuted a dye job that makes him look like Rhydian from X Factor, or Spike from Buffy, at best. We’re hearing that the hair is for a role. But as for that velvet jacket – with the tag still attached and visible – and the snowboots worn in crisp, sunny Paris? They remain unexplained.


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Photos: Provo Fashion Week

The third bi-annual Provo Fashion Week was held Friday and Saturday and highlighted many up-and-coming local designers.

Provo Fashion Week was started in Spring 2014 as “a medium for local designers to showcase their work,” according to a Provo Fashion Week news release. The first runway event included 18 local independent fashion designers, more than 150 models and almost 800 attendees. The event has since grown and the second fashion week included 23 designers, more than 300 models and 1,450 guests, the news release said.


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The Friday night show of the 2015 Spring Provo Fashion Week included a variety of clothing lines ranging from children’s clothing to women’s swimwear. The designers showcased in the Friday show included Bree Wilkins’ Bree Lena line, Aaron Puglisi’s Tessel Supply, Chris Bennett’s Hush & Salt, Garth Peay’s Perfectly Suited, Lauren Whittier’s ThreeTwoSevenSix, Aaron and Alexis Puglisi, Michelle Whitaker and Chylie Garner.

Provo Fashion Week was held at the Provo City Library at 550 N. University Avenue. The event will continue with two Saturday shows held at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.