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Thursday, September 22, 2011

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London Fashion Week

TWICE a year, in spring and autumn, London’s fashionistas go crazy at the second of the world’s “big four” fashion weeks. From September 16th to the 21st, 68 catwalk shows displayed the wares of mainly British-based designers, with celebrities as oddly assorted as Samantha Cameron (designer wife of the prime minister), Pippa Middleton (sister-about-town of Britain’s future queen) and Andy Murray, a tennis ace not known for his clothes sense, in attendance. The talk was of colours (hot), prints (prominent), and how the dastardly Gucci had stolen London’s best models by summoning them early for Milan’s week, which followed.

The fashion industry is much more important than the frothing over foxy frocks made of recycled metal scraps and PVC suggests. A study by Oxford Economics for the British Fashion Council (BFC), published last year, found that the business added about £21 billion ($33 billion) to GDP directly, twice as much as carmaking. High fashion accounted for only a fraction of that, but top-end, trend-setting design sits at the heart of the broader retail market. The BFC, which stages London Fashion Week, estimates that its six days will have yielded perhaps £100m in orders.
More than that, fashion is just the sort of thing Britain is supposed to be good at in this post-industrial age: creative, high-value-added, cluster-based. And the country does excel. Its offerings run the gamut from the edgy outpourings of Central St Martins, a well-known fashion college, to the classical style anglais. Much of its brightest talent comes from elsewhere—Greek-born Mary Katrantzou, for example, or the half-Austrian, half-Italian Peter Pilotto. And the now-infamous John Galliano, once of Christian Dior, is only one of many British designers snapped up by foreign houses.
But there are characteristically British downsides, too. Many talented designers (like some British inventors) have trouble converting their ideas into cash. This is only partly because capital is hard to come by. “Here, it’s all about art. In other places it’s much more of a business,” says a Central St Martins student who has worked in France. The agent for a number of new designers agrees: “Young designers here just make what inspires them without thinking enough about how much they’ll have to charge for it, or who will buy it.” A great many fold after a few years.
A big challenge now is to conquer developing markets before developing-world fashion houses conquer Britain. The BFC is taking designers to Hong Kong next month, and to Beijing and Shanghai next year, says Harold Tillman, its chairman (pointing to Paul Smith and Stella McCartney as examples of global British names who started small). One ace up his sleeve? The appeal of the Duchess of Cambridge, a photogenic pin-up with a well-judged penchant for British designers.

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Bangladesh Fashion
Ready made garments clothing and fashion wear. Salwar kameez , sari , etc.
http://www.bangladeshfashion.com

Anjans Fashion
At the beginning Anjan’s widely introduce achieved for its fashion designs and loveliness accessories. The second branch of the Anjan’s opened at Dhanmondi near Sobhanbagh in 1998.
http://www.anjans.com

Fit Elegance
Fit Elegence, committed to provide guaranteed quality and service for its pool of Suits, Blazers & Trousers.
http://www.fitelegance.com

BRAC Aarong
Aarong is the handicraft-marketing arm of BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee), the largest NGO in Bangladesh. Aarong means a village fair, where craftsman of all trades exhibit and sale their traditional handicrafts. It helps vitalize the tradi
http://www.aarong.com

Orvisbd Bangladesh Quality Mens & Womens Clothing
Orvis is a vary popular Fashion Brand in Bangladesh. Orvis Started in 2001 with an aim to establish it self as a trendy RMG brand. We have 8 existing branch across the city.
http://www.orvisbd.com [1334]-[History]

Dressy Dale
Dressydale is a name devoted to making trendy designs with a traditional appeal for people with unique and distinctive tastes.
http://www.dressydale.com [1106]-[History]

Basonti Fashion House
Fashion House. Salwar Kameez, Panjabi etc.
http://www.basontifashion.com

Fashion Bangla
This is a site of Fashion of Bangla. Catagories- Women dress, Mens dress, child dress, Fashionable dress, etc.
http://www.fashionbangla.com

Bibi Russell
Bibi Russel, the astounding model who rose to stardom in the late 70s and early 80s, now works to establish a cause that is much closer to her heart: the plight of the hand woven textile industries and their workers in her native Bangladesh.
http://www.bibirussell.org

Punjabi Salwaar kameez
Looking for Mixer grinder, punjabi salwar suits, cricket bat, bridal wear, preethi mixer ? your search ends here. visit www.eastwestusastore.com for detailed information.
http://www.eastwestusastore.com

Rang Fashion House of Bangladesh
Rang A leading fashion house of Bangladesh.
http://www.rang-bd.com

Zarif Fashion : Fashion house of Bangladesh
Zarif Fashion & crafts is an exclusive fashion house, buy gorgeous sharee via online, Jamdani sharee, Mosline sharee, Silk Sharee, Katan Sharee and salwar kamiz.
http://www.zariffashion.com

Rang
RANG is a prime boutique house in our country. RANG has established itself as an unique and a prime boutique shop and a fashion house of innovative design.
http://www.rangbd.com

Kanishka
Mrs. Fauzia Amin (Neena) founded Kanishka in the year 1984. From then on it has been an uphill journey in making the simple housewives of Bangladesh to be more aware of fashion...
http://www.kanishkabd.com

SadaKalo
Fashion is a part of daily life. The work of a designer is to create a feeling of unexpressed desire- that is after a designer designs something a fashion conscious individual should say to him.
http://www.sadakalo.net

Official site of Ecstasy Bangladesh
Catalog of ecstasys product and purchase online. Exclusive Fashion, Clothing & Design house of Bangladesh.
http://www.ecstasybd.com

Surjomukhi
Surjomukhi is a handicraft organization in Dhaka,who exports their products to Europe, USA and Australia. The products are made by skilled women and men from different cities and villages in Bangladesh.
http://www.surjomukhi.net

Fashionline Chittagong
The only comprehensive fashion catalogue of Chittagong, the second capital of Bangladesh. Fashions in various colours and forms.
http://www.fashionline.tk

Kanchkupi.com - Fashion House of Bangladesh
Kanchkupi Fashion House of Bangladesh, Interior, Fashion Designing, Home Attair. Decorate your house with modern accessories.
http://www.kanchkupi.com

Kanchkupi.com - Fashion House of BD
Fashion House of Bangladesh. Home attair, Product & Services Home. Dress, Event Management, Interior.
http://www.kanchkupi.com?cat=fashion.

Bandbox - dry cleaning and laundry services
The project is an automated laundry service located at Mohakhali C/A, Dhaka. In December 1989, Bandbox started its operation with 2 outlets only. Now by rendering quality dry cleaning and laundry services and focusing on customer satisfaction, Bandbox ex
http://www.bandbox.info

E-garments Solution
Marketing and sourcing partner in RMG Industry
http://www.egsbd.com

Banglar Mela
Branded showroom of handloom in the town. Panjabi, Sharee, Shalwar Kamiz, Baby Dress, Fatua. Ladies & Mens clothing.
http://www.banglarmela.org

Zaara Fashions
We design, retail, wholesale, manufacture & export women fashion apparels. Its old meets new, east meets west, traditional meets contemporary.
http://www.zaarafashions.com

Westecs Fashion Wear
A brand fashion shop. Suit, Socks, Blazer, Shorts, Shirt, Bath Robe, Trouser, Towel, Underwear, Vest, Hand Made Leather Shoe, T-Shirt, Ladies Leather Bag & Full Range of Ladies Wear.
http://www.westecs.net

Banglar Fashion
Bangladesh Fashion portal. Lots of information and display about top products of best fashion houses in Bangladesh.
http://www.banglarfashion.com

Kanchkupi.com - Fashion House of Bangladesh
Kanchkupi Fashion House of Bangladesh, Interior, Fashion Designing, Home Attair. Decorate your house with modern accessories.
http://kanchkupi.com

Bangladesh Fashion
Ready made garments clothing and fashion wear. Salwar kameez , sari , etc.
http://www.bangladeshfashion.com

Anjans Fashion
At the beginning Anjan’s widely introduce achieved for its fashion designs and loveliness accessories. The second branch of the Anjan’s opened at Dhanmondi near Sobhanbagh in 1998.
http://www.anjans.com

Fit Elegance
Fit Elegence, committed to provide guaranteed quality and service for its pool of Suits, Blazers & Trousers.
http://www.fitelegance.com

BRAC Aarong
Aarong is the handicraft-marketing arm of BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee), the largest NGO in Bangladesh. Aarong means a village fair, where craftsman of all trades exhibit and sale their traditional handicrafts. It helps vitalize the tradi
http://www.aarong.com

Orvisbd Bangladesh Quality Mens & Womens Clothing
Orvis is a vary popular Fashion Brand in Bangladesh. Orvis Started in 2001 with an aim to establish it self as a trendy RMG brand. We have 8 existing branch across the city.
http://www.orvisbd.com

Dressy Dale
Dressydale is a name devoted to making trendy designs with a traditional appeal for people with unique and distinctive tastes.
http://www.dressydale.com

Basonti Fashion House
Fashion House. Salwar Kameez, Panjabi etc.
http://www.basontifashion.com

Fashion Bangla
This is a site of Fashion of Bangla. Catagories- Women dress, Mens dress, child dress, Fashionable dress, etc.
http://www.fashionbangla.com

Bibi Russell
Bibi Russel, the astounding model who rose to stardom in the late 70s and early 80s, now works to establish a cause that is much closer to her heart: the plight of the hand woven textile industries and their workers in her native Bangladesh.
http://www.bibirussell.org

Punjabi Salwaar kameez
Looking for Mixer grinder, punjabi salwar suits, cricket bat, bridal wear, preethi mixer ? your search ends here. visit www.eastwestusastore.com for detailed information.
http://www.eastwestusastore.com

Rang Fashion House of Bangladesh
Rang A leading fashion house of Bangladesh.
http://www.rang-bd.com

Zarif Fashion : Fashion house of Bangladesh
Zarif Fashion & crafts is an exclusive fashion house, buy gorgeous sharee via online, Jamdani sharee, Mosline sharee, Silk Sharee, Katan Sharee and salwar kamiz.
http://www.zariffashion.com

Rang
RANG is a prime boutique house in our country. RANG has established itself as an unique and a prime boutique shop and a fashion house of innovative design.
http://www.rangbd.com

Kanishka
Mrs. Fauzia Amin (Neena) founded Kanishka in the year 1984. From then on it has been an uphill journey in making the simple housewives of Bangladesh to be more aware of fashion...
http://www.kanishkabd.com

SadaKalo
Fashion is a part of daily life. The work of a designer is to create a feeling of unexpressed desire- that is after a designer designs something a fashion conscious individual should say to him.
http://www.sadakalo.net

Official site of Ecstasy Bangladesh
Catalog of ecstasys product and purchase online. Exclusive Fashion, Clothing & Design house of Bangladesh.
http://www.ecstasybd.com

Surjomukhi
Surjomukhi is a handicraft organization in Dhaka,who exports their products to Europe, USA and Australia. The products are made by skilled women and men from different cities and villages in Bangladesh.
http://www.surjomukhi.net

Fashionline Chittagong
The only comprehensive fashion catalogue of Chittagong, the second capital of Bangladesh. Fashions in various colours and forms.
http://www.fashionline.tk

Kanchkupi.com - Fashion House of Bangladesh
Kanchkupi Fashion House of Bangladesh, Interior, Fashion Designing, Home Attair. Decorate your house with modern accessories.
http://www.kanchkupi.com

Kanchkupi.com - Fashion House of BD
Fashion House of Bangladesh. Home attair, Product & Services Home. Dress, Event Management, Interior.
http://www.kanchkupi.com?cat=fashion.

Autumn Book Fair at Public Library

In an attempt to popularise creative and innovative publications throughout the year, leading publishing houses of the country have arranged a month-long book fair titled “Shoroter Boimela” (Autumn Book Fair) at Central Public Library, Shahbagh in Dhaka. Bhashachitro, Anya Prokash, Charulipi, Muktodesh Prokashan, among other publishing houses, are taking part in the fair.

The book fair was inaugurated by media personality Faridur Reza Sagar on September 20. Noted and promising writers, poets, publishers and cultural personalities were present at the inauguration programme.

Manipuri Theatre to celebrate 15th anniversary

Manipuri Theatre, a troupe that aims to popularise Manipuri performing arts and culture across the country, will celebrate its 15th anniversary through a daylong programme on September 23 at the Experimental Theatre Hall, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka. The Maulvibazar-based troupe will stage its most recent play “Kohe Birangana”, while invited troupe Manipuri Natpala Shilpi Shangstha will stage a demonstration of the indigenous performing art form, Manipuri Natpala.

Seasoned theatre personality Mamunur Rashid will be present as chief guest at the inaugural programme.

Manipuri Natpala usually narrates the akhyan (story) of Radha, Krishna with a strong essence of Vaishnavism. Incorporating traditional Manipuri dance and music, the performance features local instruments such as mridanga, dhol and kartal. The pala will be directed by noted artiste of the genre, Bidhan Chandra Sinha. The pala will feature eleven performers.

“Kohe Birangana” has been written and directed by Shubhashish Sinha, chief of Manipuri Theatre. The play is based on Michael Madhusudan Dutt's “Birangona Kabyo”.

“Birangona Kabyo” features the agonies of major female characters from the epic “Mahabharat”. “Birangona Kabyo” has 11 verses, from which Shubhashish has adapted four for his play. The play features stories of Shakuntala, Draupadi, Dushala and Jona.

The play has been written and is performed in a lyrical form known as 'poyar'. Jyoti Sinha plays the four characters. It will be the 25th show of the play.

During its 15-year journey, Manipuri Theatre has produced 27 plays. Some of its notable productions are “Shri Krishna Kirtan”, “Dhajo Mestorir Maron”, “Ingal Andhar Pala” and “Kohe Birangana”. Apart from theatre productions, the troupe regularly holds shows featuring traditional performing arts such as Raas Leela, Natpala, Rakhal Raas etc. The troupe has also published a journal -- “Manipuri Theatre Potrika”.

Health secretary calls for global action on lifestyle conditions

Health secretary Andrew Lansley has urged governments across the world to be “bold and determined” in working together to tackle so-called ‘lifestyle’ conditions caused by poor diet, lack of exercise, smoking and alcohol abuse.
He made his call for action on cancer, respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease and diabetes at a speech to the United Nations conference on non-communicable diseases this week, saying that preventing the risk factors which led to them could in turn prevent millions of deaths.

Lansley invoked the spirit of UN meetings more than 50 years ago on infectious diseases such as smallpox and polio, “the greatest health challenges of their day”.

“Today, we face new challenges from obesity, lung disease and alcohol-related diseases,” he told an audience in New York.

“These are inextricably linked to the way we live our lives. They are just as widespread, just as chronic and increasingly threaten early mortality and disability,” he went on.

Tackling the causes of health inequalities would only be possible via what he called a “whole government” approach “looking at better outcomes and helping individuals to make better choices about their own health”.

“With an emphasis on prevention, on physical activity, on personal and corporate responsibility and with unified government action, we can make a big difference,” he concluded.

Delegates to the UN conference will sign a declaration on how they are to effect a global response focusing on preventing these conditions.

In the UK, the government is to set out later this year how obesity will be tackled in the restructured NHS.

The Department of Health says food producers are already removing transfats and reducing the levels of salt in their food, while drinks companies are reducing the amount of alcohol in some brands.

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