Kate Bosworth Wearing Nonoo Field Hockey Dress

To the “Homefront” film press day in a rabbit hole four-ply silk surreal print cross back field hockey dress with concealed silk organza pleats and chalk Pima cotton long sleeve hand-pleated shoulder oxford blouse from the Spring 2014 collection. Available for pre-order now on Moda Operandi.

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2013 Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix

2013 PRIZE LIST

The Aiguille d’Or goes to Girard-Perregaux

The jury of the 13^th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) unveiled its prize list on the evening of Friday November 15^th 2013.  The prize-giving ceremony, presented by Frédéric Beigbeder, took place in the Grand Théâtre de Genève in the presence of the President of the Swiss Confederation, Mr Ueli Maurer. 1’500 guests, all influential stakeholders in the fields of watchmaking, politics and the economy, congregated on this occasion to celebrate the excellence and creativity of the 12^th art.

15 prizes honoured the year’s finest watch creations, including the supreme distinction, the “Aiguille d’Or”, which was awarded to Girard-Perregaux for the Constant Escapement L.M watch.

 « Winning the Aiguille d’Or tonight is a genuine emotion that will stay with me deeply. I owe this amazing consecration to the work, passion and love of my team for the art of watchmaking » as quoted by Mr. Michele Sofisti, Girard-Perregaux CEO.

The prestigious international jury of this 13^th GPHG brought together the skills of watch experts, collectors and authoritative figures in their respective fields, who were called on-stage in turn to announce the winners of the various prizes. Notably, designer Philippe Starck, indian jeweller Viren Baghat, architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, all keen watchmaking enthusiasts, officially presented the trophies to the CEOs of the prize-winning brands.

           

2013 PRIZE LIST :

“Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix: Girard-Perregaux, Constant Escapement L.M.

Grande Complication Prize: A. Lange & Söhne, 1815 Rattrapante Perpetuel Calendar

Ladies’ Complications Watch Prize: Van Cleef & Arpels, Lady Arpels Ballerine Enchantée

Ladies’ Watch Prize: DeLaneau, Rondo Translucent Champagne

Men’s Complications Watch Prize: Romain Gauthier, Logical One

Men’s Watch Prize: Voutilainen, V-8R

Innovation Prize: Vianney Halter, Deep Space Tourbillon

Jewellery Watch Prize: Chopard, L’Heure du Diamant

Artistic Crafts Watch Prize: Chanel, Mademoiselle Privé Camélia Brodé

Sports Watch Prize: Zenith, El Primero Stratos Flyback Stricking 10th

“Petite Aiguille” Watch Prize: Habring2, Jumping Second Pilot

Revival Prize: Tudor, Heritage Black Bay

Horological Revelation Prize: Ressence, Type 3

Special Jury Prize: Philippe Dufour

The public, which had expressed its views on the Internet and during the exhibitions, chose the winner of the :

Public Prize : A. Lange & Söhne, 1815 Rattrapante Perpetuel Calendar

Organised as a live link-up broadcast with New York and simultaneously translated into English for enthusiasts around the world, the ceremony was streamed live on Euronews.com, Worldtempus.com and on the official GPHG website, Gphg.org.

A highlight of the international watch industry calendar, the Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix is a yearly salute to the excellence of global watch production and thereby contributes to promoting the influence of watchmaking and its values around the world. These values are shared by the main partner of the GPHG Foundation, the Edmond de Rothschild group, which has since 2011 annually rewarded the best student at the Geneva Watchmaking School by granting a scholarship.

This year, the travelling exhibition presenting the watches pre-selected by the jury featured stopovers in Beijing, Macau, Dubai and Geneva. To conclude this 13^th edition, the prize-winning watches in the various categories will be on show from November 21^st to 28^th at L’atelier by the Hour Glass, in Singapore.

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Girard-Perregaux remporte l’Aiguille d’Or

Le jury du 13^e Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) a dévoilé son palmarès ce vendredi 15 novembre 2013. La cérémonie de remise des prix, présentée par Frédéric Beigbeder, s’est déroulée au Grand Théâtre de Genève, en présence du président de la Confédération suisse, Monsieur Ueli Maurer. Mille cinq cent invités, acteurs influents des univers horloger, politique et économique, se sont rassemblés à cette occasion pour célébrer l’excellence et la créativité du 12^ème art.

Quinze prix sont venus distinguer les meilleures créations horlogères de l’année, dont l’Aiguille d’Or, récompense suprême, qui a été décernée à Girard-Perregaux pour la montre Echappement Constant L.M.

« Remporter l’Aiguille d’Or ce soir m’émeut profondément. Je lie ce succès au travail, à la passion et à l’amour que mon équipe témoigne à l’art horloger » a déclaré Monsieur Michele Sofisti, CEO de Girard-Perregaux.

Prestigieux et international, le jury de cette 13^e édition du GPHG, réunissait les compétences d’experts en horlogerie, de collectionneurs et de personnalités faisant autorité dans leurs domaines, appelés tour à tour sur scène pour annoncer les gagnants des différents prix. Ainsi, le créateur Philippe Starck, le joailler Viren Bhagat et l’architecte Jean-Michel Wilmotte, tous amateurs d’horlogerie, ont notamment remis sur scène les trophées aux CEOs des marques lauréates.

         

Palmarès 2013 :

Grand Prix de l’Aiguille d’Or : Girard-Perregaux, Echappement Constant L.M.

Prix de la Grande Complication : A. Lange & Söhne, 1815 Rattrapante Quantième Perpétuel

Prix de la Complication pour Dame : Van Cleef & Arpels, Lady Arpels Ballerine Enchantée

Prix de la Montre Dame : DeLaneau, Rondo Translucide Champagne

Prix de la Complication pour Homme : Romain Gauthier, Logical One

Prix de la Montre Homme : Voutilainen, V-8R

Prix de l’Innovation: Vianney Halter, Deep Space Tourbillon

Prix de la Montre Joaillerie : Chopard, L’Heure du Diamant

Prix de la Montre Métiers d’Art : Chanel, Mademoiselle Privé Camélia Brodé

Prix de la Montre Sport : Zenith, El Primero Stratos Flyback Striking 10^th

Prix de la  Petite Aiguille : Habring², Jumping Second Pilot

Prix « Revival » : Tudor, Heritage Black Bay

Prix de la Révélation Horlogère : Ressence, Type 3 - Le Scaphandrier

Prix Spécial du Jury : Philippe Dufour

Le public, qui s’est prononcé sur internet et lors des expositions, à couronné quant à lui :

Prix du Public : 1815 Rattrapante Quantième Perpétuel

Organisée en duplex avec New York et traduite simultanément en anglais pour les amateurs du monde entier, la cérémonie a été retransmise en direct sur Euronews.com, Worldtempus.com, et sur le site officiel du GPHG, Gphg.org,

Temps fort du calendrier horloger international, le Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève vient saluer chaque année l’excellence des productions horlogères mondiales et contribue ainsi au rayonnement de l’horlogerie et de ses valeurs de par le monde. Des valeurs partagées par le partenaire principal de la Fondation du GPHG, le groupe Edmond de Rothschild, qui récompense depuis 2011 le meilleur jeune élève de l’école d’horlogerie de Genève en lui remettant une bourse d’étude.

L’exposition itinérante présentant les montres présélectionnées par le jury a été organisée cette année à Beijing, Macao, Dubaï et Genève. Pour conclure cette 13^e édition, les montres lauréates des différents prix seront exposées du 21 au 28 novembre à L’atelier by the Hour Glass, à Singapour.

Gwen Stefani Wears Seraphine Aline Skirt

Gwen Stefani was spotted in Seraphine while cheering on her son, Kingston at his soccer game this weekend in Los Angeles! The stylish mommy-to-be kept warm in the cool weather with a camouflage jacket, rain boots and Seraphine's Janine Grey Jersey Aline Skirt ($73).

Here are two more photos of Gwen in her Seraphine maternity brand skirt.

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Vera Wang Ebony Bridal Collection

WHITE by Vera Wang Ebony Bridal Collection

You are among the first to see the WHITE by Vera Wang limited edition Ebony Collection featuring five top bridal gowns available in the color Ebony (the above link will take you to David's Bridal).

Learn more about Vera Wang at their website.

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Pheel Good in Fitness Apparel

Offering body-slimming sculpting fitness apparel for women, pheel is fashionable, affordable, comfortable and created to move with you from the gym to brunch and beyond – regardless of where your day takes you. pheel offers a lightweight, moisture wicking fabric that is strong enough to hold your curves in all of the right places, but soft enough to feel like second skin during your daily workouts. pheel is a premium fitness apparel line that offers shirts, shorts, bottoms and sweaters and is sold online (http://www.pheel.com/) in addition to Barry’s Bootcamp and other retailers across the country.

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Appalatch Custom Fit Sweaters

Appalatch is an outdoor apparel company located in Asheville NC, with a plan to make the world’s first custom fit sweater program for the masses. They are striving to make gorgeous, high quality, custom fit sweaters using totally domestic fibers and labor. Already, with an offering of domestically made and mountain inspired goods on appalatch.com, they are ready to spread their wings.

Recently, Appalatch was featured in NY Magazine and exhibited at SXSW Eco, as well as at the exclusive men's American pop-up market, NorthernGrade.  

We think Appalatch's story is interesting for the following reasons:

1. Appalatch's products have a timeless appeal that is ultra classic and of very high quality. Their design for both women and men keep one eye on performance and the other on timeless design. The result has been a unique hybrid that attracts people who are simply obsessed with wool for its performance attributes, and others who simply love quality and style.

2. Ethics and sustainability are the back bone of all decisions they make when it comes to manufacturing. Their custom fit sweater program will help further this mission. For example, with the 3D like knitting machine they are looking to purchase, they can drastically reduce the 20-30% of fabric that is thrown away in typical manufacturing. 3D printing sweaters means virtually zero waste.

3.Appalatch's story is entirely domestic -- everything they offer is made entirely within the USA. With American made clothing increasingly being sought after, they offer a solution to the problem of 98% of clothing bought last year, coming from abroad.  Appalatch is working to rebuild the textile manufacturing industry at home, one sweater at a time!

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Jessica Alba Spotted Twice in Transmission Fashion

Jessica Alba was spotted wearing Transmission twice over the weekend while out and about with her family. The actress sported a Rolling Stones tee to Coldwater Canyon Park on Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles and wore a Keith tank to breakfast on Sunday morning ($65 each; Fred Segal). 

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BCBGeneration Intimates Slumber Party

To celebrate the launch of the new BCBGeneration Intimates Collection, the brand hosted a retro slumber party last night at New York City's ultra-hip, Ace Hotel.  Models informally showed the collection while guests munched on vintage-inspired hors d'oeuvres and cocktails.

Snoozing has never been so stylish!

Alessandra Ambrosio Working Out

Alessandra Ambrosio sported Junk Food earlier today in Los Angeles!  The fitness aficionado sweated it out in her Roxy Raglan Pepper Mickey Mouse Tee at Pilates class (Available in April, $60, www.junkfoodclothing.com).

Below is the shirt she was wearing.

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Who created the First Fashion Blog?

Have you ever put thought into who was behind the first fashion blog?  We are rather curious.

Although it is a long shot, we are wondering if the Think Tank fashion ramblings on Apparel Search had been the first.  If not the actual first, possibly it was one of the earliest versions of a style blog.

A blog (originally referenced as a web log) is a discussion or informational site published on the internet and consisting of entries (posts) typically displayed in reverse chronological order (the most recent post appears first).  Originally blogs were most often the work of a single individual, occasionally of a small group, and often covered a single subject.   More recently multi-author blogs have developed, with posts written by large numbers of authors and professionally edited.  Blogs written by multiple people include online newspapers, fashion magazines, universities, think tanks, special interest groups and similar institutions account for an increasing quantity of blog traffic.  The rise of Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and other "microblogging" systems helps integrate MABs and single-author blogs into news streams to that they can be easily located by the masses.

Style blogging can be seen as a form of social networking because the majority of them have some sort of messaging system where viewers can post comments and communicate with the author of the post.  Fashion bloggers do not only produce content to post on their blogs, but they also often build social relations with their readers.  

Many blogs provide commentary on a particular subject (the most important subject obviously being clothing and accessories).  Some others function as more personal online diaries.  Some fashionistas keep a daily journal of their “outfits of the day” (OOTD) in the form of a blog.   Others function more as online brand advertising of a particular designer, brand, or company.  A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other websites.   You can view a good example at the fashion blogger website which is currently maintained on the WordPress platform.  To view additional options you can view some of our favorite blogs.

Do you actually know who created the first fashion blog on the net?  Please share your thoughts in the comments section below if you have proof that helps confirm who created the very first fashion blog.

If you enjoy reading about fashion you may want to follow the Fashion Blog page at Google.  Possibly, they know the answer to this question.