What did you say about men wear..

What did you say about men wear..???????

The birds are tweeting, the weather's annoyingly inconsistent, the stores are full of pretty, feminine frocks. So, where does that leave all you stylish men out there? Frankly, we weren't sure. So we called Eric Jennings, director of menswear (and many other things) for Saks Fifth Avenue. He had some surprising things to say. For example, economic doldrums or not, men aren't shying away from buying color right now.

Qwhat is the biggest trend out there for men right now?
A. Sharp, strong pops of color. Novelty is selling, anything colorful. Need is about basics. All the basic things, people are not replacing. What's selling is things people respond to emotionally, like big pops of color. It has to make you feel something.
Q. What about ties? Color there?
A. Traditional, classic ties are not selling quickly, but narrow ties are. Younger customers are wearing narrow ties and bow ties with jeans, khakis, cardigans. . . . I love to see young men taking an interest in accessorizing. . . . We're also seeing a lot of non-silk [ties]. Ones made from suiting material, from leather. And then we're back to novelty.
Q. Speaking of novelty, let's talk about these shrunken suits for men. They look cool, but what can you do if you don't have the body for them?
A. It's not about buying a suit that's smaller. The key is to get a suit that fits you, one that's a little bit closer to the body. Getting a shoulder that is closer to your shoulder, not hanging over the shoulder. Just a bit more fitted.
Q. What about the pants?
A. Wear them without a break, or with little or no break.
Q. Whoa. No break. Really?
A. Even for me it takes a while to get used to wearing them without a break or with a very small break.
Q. What's the biggest problem you observe with men and the way they dress?
A. Fit. It drives me crazy. A larger guy feels that he has to buy bigger clothes but that just makes you look sloppier. Conversely, you have men who refuse to go up a size, and they end up looking like a stuffed sausage.
Q. What about shoe trends?
A. The dress-up sneaker does very well for us. It's an instant update to your wardrobe. Patent leather, metallic finishes, suede. Of course, saying that, my fear is that someone will take a white athletic sneaker and pair it with a suit.

Technicolour is our life

It was that time of the year when the who’s who of New Delhi turned up looking their best to catch a glimpse of designs that will send the fashion barometer soaring in the coming months. Here are glimpses from this year’s Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week that brought together India’s leading designersEkruEkta Jaipuria and Ruchira Kandhari’s collection embraces the rich cultural heritage of Europe, India and Mexico. The colourful story includes chocolate, black, turquoise, sea green, red, plum, and off-white. It also features folk embroidery to create beautiful accents and sharp tailored silhouettes with a sophisticated touch. The floral embroidery in vibrant colours go well with uniquely colourful texturing in the collection. Ruffles, pleats, tucks and quilting added a quirky touch to the collection. It includes jackets, dresses, skirts, saris and lahenga in beautiful variations and innovative cuts.

Google is to lay off 200 staff from its global sales and marketing operation

About 100 redundancies to come from Google's US operation

About 100 of the job cuts will come from the US operation of Google, which has its global headquarters in California, according to a report in the New York Times.
The US company, which has now made three rounds of lay-offs from its global workforce of more than 20,000 this year, announced the latest cuts on its official blog late yesterday.
"Google has grown very quickly in a very short period of time," said the Google senior vice-president of global sales and business development, Omid Kordestani. "When companies grow that quickly it's almost impossible to get everything right and we certainly didn't. In some areas we've created overlapping organisations which not only duplicate effort but also complicate the decision-making process. That makes our teams less effective and efficient than they should be. In addition, we over-invested in some areas in preparation for the growth trends we were experiencing at the time."
Kordestani said that the company recognised that "the recession makes the timing even more difficult for the Googlers concerned."
"We did look at a number of different options but ultimately concluded that we had to restructure our organisations in order to improve our effectiveness and efficiency as a business," he added. "We will give each person time to try and find another position at Google, as well as outplacement support, and provide severance packages for those who leave the company."