The store has purchased more clothes for high school students

"If parents don't have what they need, the schools should be there to get them what they need," Wells said. "The schools should expect parents to come in and have questions and to look for help."Stores in the area have adjusted to the changing EVSC policy and have bulked up their selection for parents.At Kohl's on the East side, manager Kara Rose has seen more parents coming in and asking for help to make sure they are prepared for the new school year."We had to get to the buying offices and change those things and get more uniforms because we weren't ready," Rose said.
For Susan Barrick, the service manager at Old Navy in Eastland Mall, the change in policy also required a change in the store's buying strategy. The store has been working for years to be able to provide students with the right clothes.With parents looking for different clothes, Barrick said she has seen a shift in sales. Parents are moving away from the T-shirts, shorts and jeans that used to fill back-to-school carts."There's a trade-off of course," Barrick said. "Luckily, we have enough of a market in surrounding areas, and parents buy clothes for students' afternoon activities."Some stores have welcomed the policy switch with open arms.This summer, twice as many EVSC parents have come into Artex School Uniforms on Royal Avenue looking for uniforms, according to store manager Kimberly Marsh.
To meet the needs, the store has purchased more clothes for high school students, since the store was primarily serving students in elementary and middle schools.Marsh said Artex has a leg up on the competitors because the company was already suited to dress EVSC students."I just hope the larger department stores don't catch on," Marsh said. "Still, we offer these things year-round and not just at the beginning of the school year."Polo shirts range in price from $10 to $15 and khakis can range from $15 to $25. To help out parents, Wells suggested that schools apply for grants to receive clothes for students who can't afford uniforms.Concept clothing would give you pollution-fighting super powers.In the end, Wells said, principals and students alike will see the benefits of the dress code."If we dress like we expect respect, we'll receive respect," Wells said. "The expectation for learning is going to be there."
When 'Bachelorette' star Emily Maynard received the proposal from Jef Holm, she hesitated for about 10 seconds before accepting the ring. She had questioned whether she would accept the proposal earlier in the day, because she didn't want to rush into anything, especially since this is her third engagement. But after the couple got engaged, it seems to have been anything but slow. Not only has the couple been doing lots of interviews, but Emily has also been planning her wedding and finding wedding dresses.

Concept clothing would give you pollution-fighting super powers

No superhero worth their salt would go out without a super suit — complete with powers that render their foes helpless. If you are an eco-warrior then pollution is your sworn enemy, and fortunately futurist-designers Nieuwe Heren are ready with your suit.Okay, so it's a parka instead of a spandex bodysuit, but really the intent is the same. The parka will alert you and keep you safe from your enemy — pollution.At its basic level, the Aegis Parka alerts you to dangers from pollution in the environment. It contains and integrated MQ-135 air pollution sensor that detects ammonia, nitrogen oxides, alcohol, benzene, smoke and carbon dioxide. If any of those items is detected the parka's integrated LED lights will light up.
The higher the concentration of the pollutant, the 40 special "extra bright" LEDs will warn you of the added danger.This parka isn't just a warning device — it's also a weapon to protect you from the pollution. The makers have added a respirator to the design that filters out nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, ozone, hydrocarbons, asbestos dust, diesel emissions, road dust and pollen. Clearly the designers aren't kidding in their mission to keep the wearer safe once alerted to danger.Finally, the parka is treated with titanium dioxide — a photocatalyst compound that has sterilizing properties when exposed to UV light. With this added to the parka's arsenal, it renders the garment resistant to dirt, mold, bacteria and other airborne pollutants.
Essentially, it cleans itself.With all this fruit you'd be expecting to come out looking like a character from the Avengers, but the parka itself is relatively mild-mannered in appearance. It has a modern vibe to it, but looks well cut and isn't so off putting that it would be relegated to the back of the closet.Sure, we haven't seen what it looks like with the LED sensors on, but frankly I'm not sure that they would detract from the appeal. After all we've reported on dresses and jewelry integrated with LEDs — so why not a parka? This isn't the first time we've heard of Nieuwe Heren. We reported on their ahead-of-its-time keyboard pants. Clearly they are a creative bunch.They humbly call their prototype parka the Aegis, a reference to the shield and breastplate belonging to Zeus and Athena — two pretty powerful lofty and powerful immortals. Clearly the inference is that this parka is the bad-ass enemy of pollution.

A Kim Kardashian-Inspired Dress Causes Outrage After Colorado Shooting

Kim Kardashian recently tweeted of the tragic Aurora, Colorado shooting that left 12 people dead during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises, "Nothing is worth causing so much pain to so many people."In her tweet the reality show star didn't respond to a tweet that referenced her name and the Colorado town where the shooting took place, so she might not be aware of how the website Celeb Boutique used her name in a very insensitive way.When "Aurora" started trending on Twitter, someone working at Celeb Boutique saw it as the perfect way to try to sell a certain dress featured on their website. They tweeted, "#Aurora is trending, clearly about our Kim K inspired #Aurora dress ;)."
Kim Kardashian might not appreciate the website using her name to sell dresses once she hears about the tweet, and other Twitter users were quick to point out how awful and insensitive the tweet was. Celeb Boutique has now profusely apologized for the tweet, writing that they didn't check to see what the Aurora trend was about before referencing it.Cut from the same cloth, these dresses are poles apart - in price.The tweet has also been removed.This should serve as a warning to others using tweets to promote something - always check to see what the story behind a trending topic is before using it. One simple click would have revealed that "Aurora" was trending because shooter James Holmes took the lives of a dozen innocent fans excited to see The Dark Knight Rises.
Too often tragedies do get used for profit - there are people out there who are devious enough to set up fraudulent charities to benefit from disasters, so it's not surprising that many Twitter users immediately thought that Celeb Boutique intentionally referenced the tragedy.Perhaps now the online clothing store should try to do something charitable for the families affected by James Holmes' horrific shooting rampage.Imp & Exp Co., Ltd. specializes in the manufacturing and wholesale trading of ladies' blouses and all kinds of knitted garments. It also deals with textiles and accessories. Established in 2003, the privately owned foreign trade company reports annual sales of up to $10 million. It exports to many regions around the world including USA, Europe, and Australia.
When asked about the strengths of Imp & Exp Co. Ltd., owner Wang Daoqing mentions the novel and fashionable style, delicate craftsmanship, and competitive price as the main reasons behind the company's success as a global partner in trade. "We believe in the importance of high quality, competitive prices, and prompt delivery," he said, adding that Imp And Exp Co. Ltd. is always out to meet its clients unique requirements.

What to Expect From the Theyskens' Theory and Helmut Lang Sample Sale

The  Theyskens' Theory and Helmut Lang sample sale opened to the public today, and besides air-conditioning and shelter from the torrential rain, the best part of the sale is the sheer quantity of merchandise. On the Theyskens' Theory side, blazers and silk tops fill multiple racks and are available in a range of styles and sizes. Though there are fewer dresses and skirts, chances are you'll still find something good. Another bonus: A lot of what's on the racks is still more expensive online, like the Drajee Igem dress, the Brunla Franky top, and the Jigal Folgna jacket (no additional discount for being able to pronounce those names). Theyskens' handbags take up a small corner by the door and include everything from dark suede satchels to neon trim purses, priced between $79 and $169.
As for the Helmut Lang side, draped knit dresses and dark jackets dominate. Certain dresses are only stocked in sizes zero through four, while others fall between six and ten, but for some, there's a full size run on hand. The variety of jackets (think leather, fur-trimmed, wool, and/or feathered) spans petite through large. Skirts and pants hang in a separate area and include pebbled leather pants in gray and blue, the Fulcrum Print skirt, and the leather Side Waist Tab skirt.
One potential problem at the sample sale is that most items aren't individually marked with prices; instead there's a sign listing the price ranges. So, to find out whether you can take that silk-printed Helmut Lang number that you've already fallen in love with home to meet your boyfriend and/or cat, you have to ask a salesperson to scan it and then determine if the cost is a deal-breaker. However, one big plus is the dressing room — spacious and filled with empty racks behind a curtained area, with small mirrors scattered throughout. Bottom line: Run there! Now! While there's still lots of great stuff to spend your money on.Lisa Ho, an e-store with a clothing line comprising jackets, bottoms, tops, knits and dresses, announced that it is running a winter sale where customers can get up to 60% off on select clothes and accessories. One of the most sought after clothing items at the store are dresses. Some of Lisa Ho's best designs on sale feature a range of lengths, cuts, drapes, fits and colors.

Cut from the same cloth, these dresses are poles apart - in price

Designers are sewing for the masses, creating less expensive lines to catch more of the market.BOTH are flirty, fun and feminine and carry the vintage-inspired signature of designer Fleur Wood. Only close inspection will reveal the big difference between the dresses: the one on the right costs less than half that on the left.The cheaper dress is from the Sydney designer's new Fleurette range, a lower-priced daywear collection of pretty floral frocks, cotton blouses and flowing skirts that sit alongside her eponymous brand at Myer.
Wood has joined the growing number of Australian designers who are launching cheaper lines - or ''diffusion'' to use the preferred term - in a bid to leverage their brand in a competitive market of fast fashion, shrinking profits and changing consumer demands.''I think fashion is changing,'' says Wood. ''Women like to mix fast fashion and designer labels together, high-end with more accessible pieces. For us a diffusion line also accesses a new customer, who is perhaps not a regular fashion buyer but wants to buy a designer piece.''
In recent years, retailers Myer and David Jones have housed diffusion lines such as NF by Nicola Finetti, Maticevski Sweethearts, Hi There by Karen Walker, Wayne Cooper Brave and Leona By Leona Edmiston.Banks Profit From Mentoring Small Businesses in Need of a Jump Start.They are created in collaboration with in-store designers, produced offshore with cheaper fabrics and fewer embellishments to keep costs low.''Often customers can't quite afford the price points so this is a way for us to spread the brand into a wider number of stores and to leverage the DNA of the brand that has been built over a number of years,'' says Myer's head of merchandise, Judy Coomber.
Designer Jayson Brunsdon, best known for his glamorous party frocks and evening gowns, last year launched a Black Label range of dresses from $100 to $350 at Myer.If done well, diffusion lines can be an effective compromise, he says.''Everyone knows the money is in cheaper clothing and more disposable clothing. It was something I'd been thinking about for a while because there is only so much room in Australia for high fashion. We don't have a very large population and consequently not a very large market for high fashion. It's been increasingly difficult to export overseas because of the GFC and the exchange rate, so we needed to grow and this was the way to do it.''

Banks Profit From Mentoring Small Businesses in Need of a Jump Start

Fashion designer Alicia Estrada has gone from selling homemade dresses at rockabilly concerts and car shows to running a booming clothing line.After running Stop Staring for 14 years, she wants to expand at a time when the economy is making it hard for entrepreneurs to succeed and banks aren't lending like they used to.She's now getting help from an unlikely source: Wall Street.UBS, Switzerland's biggest bank, put her in a program that matches small-business owners with financial advisors and business experts. Estrada is one of 10 Los Angeles entrepreneurs whom the bank is connecting with mentors and helping to finance their expansion.
A recent report by the National Federation of Independent Business, a nonprofit lobbying group, said its small business optimism index fell for May on the negative economic outlook. Only 7 percent of small businesses said now is a good time to expand, according to the report."If (the banks) take people with good ideas that don't have the business experience to get them off the ground, then that's helpful," said Christopher Thornberg of Beacon Economics. "The complexity of a small-business operation grows quickly. It's good to have a hand up."
The UBS program is a relief for Estrada, 40, whose 26 full-time employees can't keep up with demand. "I felt like I'd been walking on tippy toes this whole time," she said.The program's participants are not startups but established entrepreneurs who have gotten as big as they can, given their limited business acumen."We're not backing business plans," said UBS Group Americas Chief Executive Bob McCann. "We're backing people who have had some success."Estrada has made it this far without so much as a written elevator pitch, let alone a business plan. Still, her 1940s- and 50s-style dresses sell faster than she can order them, she said.
She recently gave UBS financial advisors Seth Radow and Glen Titan a tour of the facilities — the showroom where celebrities and buyers check out the top products, the warehouse filled with 30,000 dresses, the old photo studio that now serves as fabric storage.Radow and Titan — with help from HBO producer Anne Thomopoulos — have six months to help Estrada turn Stop Staring into an exploding business.The UBS effort, called Elevating Entrepreneurs, is the second version of the bank's small-business advisory program that launched last year. The bank is also making $10 million in loans available for small businesses in L.A.Other major financial institutions have designed targeted programs for financing and mentoring small businesses.

Emiratis want crackdown on women's skimpy dress

With the number of foreigners dwarfing that of locals in her hometown of Abu Dhabi, Asma al-Muhairi has become increasingly anxious at the prospect of her younger nieces abandoning their full-length black robes in favor of Western attire that seems to be everywhere she goes.But it wasn't until the 23-year-old marketing worker came face to face with two scantily-clad female foreigners at one of the many luxury shopping malls in the United Arab Emirates that she decided to take action."While going to a mall, I saw two ladies wearing ... I can't say even shorts. It was underwear," said al-Muhairi, whose black abaya — a long garment worn by conservative Gulf women — is offset by a gold Versace watch and egg-shell blue handbag.
"Really, they were not shorts," she said. "I was standing and thinking: 'Why is this continuing? Why is it in the mall? I see families. I see kids around.'"Failing to persuade the mall to intervene, al-Muhairi and another Emirati woman, Hanan al-Rayes, took to Twitter to air their concerns in May.They were inundated with responses that prompted them to launch a Twitter campaign dubbed (at)UAEDressCode that aims to explore ways to combat the growing number of shoppers in low-cut dresses and hot pants.The right way to dress for teachers.As the campaign picked up steam, it also has served to symbolize the growing concerns among Emiratis, a tiny minority in their own country.Emirati citizens account for a little more than 10 percent of the 8 million people living in the Gulf nation. Most of the population is made up of Asian, African and Middle Eastern guest workers, as well as Western expatriates living here temporarily.
The overall population more than doubled over the past decade as the country embarked on a building boom that transformed Dubai, up the coast from Abu Dhabi, into the Arabian Gulf's financial hub and a popular tourist draw."I think in an increasingly tumultuous region and in an era of powerful and often intrusive globalizing forces, citizens of the UAE are increasingly concerned that their traditions and core values are being eroded," said Christopher Davidson, an expert on Gulf affairs at Britain's Durham University."In some senses, it is a grassroots reaction to authorities and leaders that have for many years done little to check this erosion," he added. "We've seen reactions to alcohol, so now we are seeing a reaction to immodest dress."Jalal Bin Thaneya, an Emirati activist who has embraced the dress code campaign, said it is a way for Emiratis to show they are concerned about the loss of traditions.

Different Types of Culture and Black Dresses

Dresses symbolize the culture of a country. It was thought the, black dresses are the symbol of mourn. But now the meaning of these dresses is changed.  In many countries, colors are very important for dress. One color is more popular than other. In some countries, people like red color. In some countries, people like blue color. Color preference is also depended on the age of the people. Young people like dresses which are of bright color. Old people like comparatively light colored dresses. But there is a common color which is preferred by all. This color is used almost every type of dress.
The dresses made of this color are called black dresses. It is proved that black dresses have become the people's choice. People choice these for their general purposes also. There is an added benefit of using black dresses. If you work in dust, it will cover the dusts and the dust color will not be seen in the black color. Black color has a disadvantage also. Black color consumes more heat than any other color. As a result, it is tough to use it in the sunshine. But nowadays technology has changed a lot. Such kind of black dresses are manufactured so that the heat consumed by the dress can be eliminated by the dress. Special type of cotton is used for this purpose.
Usually in Europe countries, men wear shirts, pants, t-shirts. These are the most common wears. There are many colors of these wear. But among them black is considered as the standard color. People like to wear black dresses to maintain the standard and class of hi. Women also wear these dresses. There are many designs in the black dresses. In some black dresses, special black cotton is used. Other colors are also mixed. Wearing complete suit is a tradition in there. They are used as official dress as well as party dress. For official purposes, black dresses are more popular. Because a officer look very well when he wear a black suit. It goes with the environment of an office and personality of an employee. It has a positive official impact on the employee which helps him to do his tasks carefully. In the Indian sub-continent black dresses are very popular. Sarees are very popular there. You can buy various types and designs of Sarees which are of black color. It is a very different wear and women from other countries also like this.

The right way to dress for teachers

IT is school time again; teachers and students are back inside the classroom. Coming to school needs a lot of preparation and one is choosing the right clothes to make an impressive identity as the school year starts. In going to the teaching field, teachers must wear the appropriate clothes to look professional; this applies for both new and veteran teachers.Teachers should consider the right clothes to wear in the classroom. At times it's quite difficult to choose the right stuff. Some struggle to get dressed in the morning, others come to school overdressed, and others underdressed.
What could be a good get up for teachers in the elementary, high school and college? Students today are sharp-eyed. They are very keen about their teachers' outfits, looks, hairstyles, jewelries and make-up. As teachers we want to look nice. Are dress pants and skirts, jeans and rainbow flip-flops, plunging necklines, miniskirts, sleeveless blouses, long shapeless dresses, unflattering jumpers, unbecoming floral, and everything matched with a too-big cardigan becoming of a teacher?
How do our students want us to dress? According to Beth Lewis, "It's a fine art, achieving effortless teacher style while still maintaining a teacher's professional look." She added two tips in making a teacher's wardrobe. First, modesty is essential, especially if you're working with high school students, those teenage boys have enough estrogen to distract them from their studies; no professional teacher wants to be another distraction.Penelope Cruz Shows Off Two Stylish Dresses In One Day In NYC.Keep in mind when choosing tops, especially V-neck tops, the majority of the time you're going to be bending over helping a student with a problem. Second, "length and comfort are key, especially for those teachers working with elementary students. The majority of the time, teachers need to squat down or bend down to meet a student at eye level or help them with their projects. A lot of projects are done on the floor as well."
Choose clothes that are purposely cut with modesty, not low cut, covering the upper arms and have longer hemlines. One can choose cute t-shirts and blouses that have some pretty embellishments to dress them up a bit for work with khakis or under a blazer. Skirts are best at a length that is right below the knees to mid-calf. This length is probably the best bet for any teacher dress or skirt because it's comfortable and professional.For shoes, comfort is king. - Avoid trendy too-high heels and opt for sensible flats that can last all day. For the most part, tennies are out, but maybe for field trips or Jog-a-thon day, you could get away with it.