Friday, April 30, 2010

Ad Campaigns And Catalogues #109








Mulberry Alexa Hobo

If the new Fall Winter 2010 Alexa Bags and strap Clutches have already got you excited... how about a new member to join the coveted bag family of Mulberry:-) Look no further than the Alexa Hobo, a shoulder sling hobo style bag with a detachable cross body sling strap. The brass turn lock and strap buckled front pocket have been retained, but given a more slouchy silhouette! A good alternative for Alexa fans who wants the same chic design but an alternative format. Comes in soft buffalo leather colours of oak, black and plum:-)

I love the new sparkle tweed in powder which spot shimmery effects all over the surface. Ingenious treatment that is subtle bling! (See close-up pic)

More Mulberry bag styles to come...so stay tuned!

Source: Mulberry

My MANy Bags News #223



Bottega Veneta Opens New Store In Ion Orchard, Singapore

Perfect timing for May Day weekend... since after months of slogging away at your job, celebrate this holiday aptly called Labour Day to reward yourself with a new Bottega Veneta Bag?:-P We work to live, live to shop, and shop to live:-P Vicious cycle only a true shopping fan can understand:-P

So remember to check out the new store today. Meanwhile, for readers overseas... here's a couple of pics of Singapore's new bigger and better, (279 Square Metres!) Bottega Veneta Ion Orchard Boutique! The curve exterior shop window is interesting.

“I am very pleased to be opening at ION Orchard”, says Bottega Veneta Creative Director Tomas Maier. “The store will enable us to showcase a comprehensive range of Bottega Veneta products in an unusual and exciting environment. We also look forward to offering customers who visit the ION Orchard boutique our superlative service.”

“Singapore is an important shopping destination for both local customers and tourists from across Southeast Asia. The opening of the ION Orchard store reinforces our commitment to expansion and success in the Asia-Pacific region”, says Marco Bizzarri, President and CEO of Bottega Veneta.

Source: Bottega Veneta

Redhead Julia Hafstrom in VOGUE Russia

Looking well adorned and in charge, gorgeous redhead Julia Hafstrom models some lovely jewellery pieces for VOGUE Russia's May edition...







Photos courtesy of PicsandModels

Ad Campaigns And Catalogues #108






Mulberry Neely Bags

The first range from the Fall Winter 2010 Women's Bags collection to hit Mulberry stores are these elegant and lovely Neely bags. Three styles are offered from the family, namely the Neely Bag (A top handle tote with shoulder strap option, suited in and out of the boardroom. Price £650), Neely Shoulder Bag ( Petite sling bag great for evening affairs. Price £450) and the casual yet smart Neely tote in Leopard (Price £1650).

Mulberry usually designs more upbeat and youthful bags. I find it refreshing to see these more sophisticated styles this season. I also like the sublime colours of Nude beige, Steel blues with a eye catching Tomato red for the range... the red looking especially stunning on spongy patent leather! The leopard print design looks set to be a major inspiration next season (seeing Miu Miu also offered leopard print designs) for women's bag styles... so the Neely tote in camel haircalf leather hits the right spot in terms of keeping up with trends. Besides haircalf leather, the Neely Tote also comes in spongy patent leather of nude, steel and tomato red too! The signature metal push-lock buckles for the range also completes a sense of glamour for these lovely arm candies, rose coloured gold being my favourite.

Source: Mulberry

Navina Bole – Miss Elegant India


The Mumbai girl Navina Bole is an Indian television actress, got fame for her role of Dia Bhushan in the college romance, Miley Jab Hum Tum. Navina Bole started her career with modeling. She has appeared in a lot of TV commercials also done music videos. She was a Runners Up in Gladrags 2006. She won the Ms. Elegant title. More images after the break...


Doutzen Kroes – Photoshoot


Doutzen Kroes – Victoria’s Secret VSX Workout Clothes Photoshoot, more photos after the break...

Interesting Facts About the Sun

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Think you know everything there is to know about the Sun? Think again. Here are 10 interesting facts about the Sun, collected in no particular order. Some you might already know, and others will be totally new to you. Interesting facts after the break...

1. The Sun is the Solar System.
We live on the planet, so we think it's an equal member of the Solar System. But that couldn't be further from the truth. The reality is that the mass of the Sun accounts for 99.8% of the mass of the Solar System. And most of that final 0.2% comes from Jupiter. So the mass of the Earth is a fraction of a fraction of the mass of the Solar System. Really, we barely exist.

2. And the Sun is mostly hydrogen and helium.
If you could take apart the Sun and pile up its different elements, you'd find that 74% of its mass comes from hydrogen. with 24% helium. The remaining 2% is includes trace amounts of iron, nickel, oxygen, and all the other elements we have in the Solar System. In other words, the Solar System is mostly made of hydrogen.

3. The Sun is pretty bright.
We know of some amazingly large and bright stars, like Eta Carina and Betelgeuse. But they're incredibly far away. Our own Sun is a relatively bright star. If you could take the 50 closest stars within 17 light-years of the Earth, the Sun would be the 4th brightest star in absolute terms. Not bad at all.

4. The Sun is huge, but tiny.
With a diameter of 109 times the size the Earth, the Sun makes a really big sphere. You could fit 1.3 million Earths inside the Sun. Or you could flatten out 11,990 Earths to cover the surface of the Sun. That's big, but there are some much bigger stars out there. For example, the biggest star that we know of would almost reach Saturn if it were placed inside the Solar System.

5. The Sun is middle aged.
Astronomers think that the Sun (and the planets) formed from the solar nebula about 4.59 billion years ago. The Sun is in the main sequence stage right now, slowly using up its hydrogen fuel. But at some point, in about 5 billion years from now, the Sun will enter the red giant phase, where it swells up to consume the inner planets – including Earth (probably). It will slough off its outer layers, and then shrink back down to a relatively tiny white dwarf.

6. The Sun has layers.
The Sun looks like a burning ball of fire, but it actually has an internal structure. The visible surface we can see is called the photosphere, and heats up to a temperature of about 6,000 degrees Kelvin. Beneath that is the convective zone, where heat moves slowly from the inner Sun to the surface, and cooled material falls back down in columns. This region starts at 70% of the radius of the Sun. Beneath the convection zone is the radiative zone. In this zone, heat can only travel through radiation. The core of the Sun extends from the center of the Sun to a distance of 0.2 solar radii. This is where temperatures reach 13.6 million degrees Kelvin, and molecules of hydrogen are fused into helium.

7. The Sun is heating up, and will kill all life on Earth.
It feels like the Sun has been around forever, unchanging, but that's not true. The Sun is actually slowly heating up. It's becoming 10% more luminous every billion years. In fact, within just a billion years, the heat from the Sun will be so intense that liquid water won't exist on the surface of the Earth. Life on Earth as we know it will be gone forever. Bacteria might still live on underground, but the surface of the planet will be scorched and uninhabited. It'll take another 7 billion years for the Sun to reach its red giant phase before it actually expands to the point that it engulfs the Earth and destroys the entire planet.

8. Different parts of the Sun rotate at different speeds.
Unlike the planets, the Sun is great big sphere of hydrogen gas. Because of this, different parts of the Sun rotate at different speeds. You can see how fast the surface is rotating by tracking the movement of sunspots across the surface. Regions at the equator take 25 days to complete one rotation, while features at the poles can take 36 days. And the inside of the Sun seems to take about 27 days.

9. The outer atmosphere is hotter than the surface.
The surface of the Sun reaches temperatures of 6,000 Kelvin. But this is actually much less than the Sun's atmosphere. Above the surface of the Sun is a region of the atmosphere called the chromosphere, where temperatures can reach 100,000 K. But that's nothing. There's an even more distant region called the corona, which extends to a volume even larger than the Sun itself. Temperatures in the corona can reach 1 million K.

10. There are spacecraft observing the Sun right now.
The most famous spacecraft sent to observe the Sun is the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, built by NASA and ESA, and launched in December, 1995. SOHO has been continuously observing the Sun since then, and sent back countless images. A more recent mission is NASA's STEREO spacecraft. This was actually two spacecraft, launched in October 2006. These twin spacecraft were designed to watch the same activity on the Sun from two different vantage points, to give a 3-D perspective of the Sun's activity, and allow astronomers to better predict space weather.

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Nokia N8



Nokia N8 - official photos and video of the new smartphone

Nokia announced adhered until a certain time smartphone N8, fitted with a capacitive 3.5-inch screen, 12-megapixel camera, Xenon flash, and HDMI-output. Actually, the full specifications Nokia N8 became known yesterday, but now there are beautiful formal photographs - the device looks friendlier with his gay with bright flowers. More images after the break...

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The Material Boy #391


Below: Introducing Ted from Mulberry's Fall Winter 2010 Mens Bag collection... Now you see it as a messenger...


Below: Ta-dah! Now you see it transformed as a backpack!



Below: Besides oak, Ted comes in Black and Chocolate colours as well, with a top handle for ease of carrying! Love:-P



Mulberry Ted Messenger/Backpack


Have you guys been jealous of the ladies toting away at gorgeous 'school boy' style bags, the likes of Alexas and PS1s...but you feel left out becuase you cannot bring yourself to carry a ladies design?

Well, what if there is a male version and it can even changed into a backpack (boys just love backpacks yeah?!?!) as and when the occassion calls for? Mulberry is god send and now have the perfect man bag that not only rides strong on the 'school boy' bag trend but can function with dual purpose as a messenger and a backpack! How cool!

Introducing the Ted messenger/backpack... I love the functionality and classic design. Derivative of the classic Brynmore messengers with signature triple brass turn lock closure, the Ted bag is one step above and more!

Dimensions are: H33cm x W39cm x D11.5cm

I can't wait to see this in person. Thanks to Mulberry for sharing this!

Source: Mulberry





 

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