Primark Spring / Summer 2013

The Irish retailer Primark (Pennys) allowed a look at the new collections for spring / summer of 2013.

Primark fans can rejoice now, because in the coming season, it will be varied in the stores and everybody will find the right look. The creations range from the look of an urban cowgirl, inspired on the attitude 80s hip hop girls to sugary girly creations in pastel. My personal highlight are the boxy blazers with stripes and star prints in black and white, jackets and denim shirts in all colors of oldschool to Western.

The best news for last: the first creations for 2013 are already available in stores.

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Bruno Mars – Unorthodox Jukebox

Six million albums sold, forty million singles sold and a Grammy Award: Bruno Mars is one of the absolute high-flyers in the pop business since the release of his debut album “Doo-Wops” (2010). Now the native Hawaiians puts on with his new album ‘Unorthodox Jukebox’.

On this album the singer raged in various genres. Whether crunched Michael Jackson-goes-indie-rock sound (‘Gorilla’), arm in arm with Sting (‘Locked Out Of Heaven’), together with Terence Trent D’Arby on piano (‘When I Was Your Man’) or unconcerned fluffy reggae-pop like (‘Show Me’). Bruno Mars looks on “Unorthodox Jukebox” with big eyes beyond his own nose.

Pop, Rock, R & B, Soul: Despite permanent change of direction a thick thread through the whole work. With great choruses and edgy pop up structures the second ‘landing on Mars’ turns out to be a good stop on the way in large worlds.

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Alexa Chung Pushing Waiting Lists In Height

Fashion-star Alexa Chung is considered as fashion icon and a pioneer in terms of absolute trends. It’s her third British Style Award this year she could take home.

A few days ago, Alexa shared via Twitter her enthusiasm about a nail polish with a leather effect and did not seem to think about the consequences. The waiting list of the upcoming It-Nail Polish soared immediately to over 870 pre-orders.

The nail polish is only available from December, 13.

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Keywest

Keywest are a 5 piece Irish Rock/Pop band. The band recently signed a world wide publishing deal in the US after working with Grammy nominated producer/mixer Mark Needham. Their debut album was released on the 27th of January 2012.

Befor I came to Dublin I never heard about the band. Until one day I discovered they in the shopping street. Despite their success Keywest regularly plays free street concerts.

With one of the largest Facebook fanbases Keywest continue to uphold their reputation as one of the largest growing and most sought after bands in the country.

Keywest is the Band to watch and is expected to break out of Ireland on an International scale and follow such bands as The Script, Snow Patrol and U2.

 

Wiz Khalifa – O.N.I.F.C.

As this lanky, tattooed guy with the slightly bizarre name in 2006 for the first time struck the musical world with his tunes, nobody could have guessed that six years later, the name Wiz Khalifa is on everyone’s lips.

Game, Snoop, Ne-Yo, even Maroon 5, all they want to have him as a guest on their songs. Despite all these features, he has still managed to complete with ‘O.N.I.F.C.’ his own second studio album. Although none of these artists is represented as a feature, but he has Cam’Ron, Akon, 2 Chainz, Juicy J, and Pharell brought into the bot.

Already with the first three tracks is a little on irrelevance in Wiz ‘appearance. Safe, relaxed and stress free seems ‘Bond Paper’ or ‘Bluffin’. The decisive moment in the battle for the favor of the listener you get with danceable, oppressive beats  like ‘Work Hard, Play Hard’, which was not without reason the first single release from ‘O.N.I.F.C.’. Unexpectedly pale is the nearly ten minute long ‘No limit’.

Is ‘O.N.I.F.C.’ now become a bad album? Not at all. But a successful Album is it also not . If you still can not get enough, let me tell you: The next feature will be come certainly.

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Style Rachel Zoe’s Cozy Hippie Look

Combine simple basics with a good dose of extravagance and hippie chic is the new trend in Hollywood. No one else controlled this art so perfectly like Rachel Zoe. As if from another time but still dressed modern, she strolls through the streets of Los Angeles and you can actually just wondering that this Look works.

To the simple black knit dress and suede boots she is wearing the patterned jacket in warm tones. Gold statement jewelry and a knit cap completes the outfit.

For those who want to come also similar stylish through the cold season, Rachel’s Look:

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1. Chunky statement necklace by Mango about 40 €
2. Black knit dress from Mango about 20 €
3. Colorful coat of Kaffe sat. at Zalando about 110 €
4. Knitted by Görtz 17 about 15 €
5. Sunglasses from River Iceland sat. at Asos. about 6 €
6. Boots in suede finish of Deichmann € 35

 

Lavera Showfloor

The Lavera fashion events, recent fashion which was mostly produced under sustainable and ecological criteria. The Event sets a strong Focus on sustainability. Many of the collections are produced under ethically correct criteria. Along with Partners staged Lavera an authentic fashion world, the close of each experience is that every fashion enthusiast can look at the fashion shows that is for each tangible.

The fashion shows from 16.01. to 18.01.2013 are public and accessible to all.

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Ellie Goulding – Halcyon

Ellie Goulding’s album ‘Halcyon’ captured my soul right on the first listen. Never before have I experienced so many emotions, from despair and sadness to hope. Goulding’s voice is something special, imprinting everything she sings with unique character. Her tremulous vibrato and slightly hoarse timbre have the feel of something primal and folky, her birdlike high notes conveying a childlike wonder while darker tones imply ancient depths of sorrow. She sings like she is strung out on the melody, warbling from a place of desperate emotion.

To find inspiration for her second disc, the singer-songwriter traveled back to her native Herefordshire, England. There she recorded with producer Jim Elliot. With its melodicism, emotionality and ear-catching sound effects, this is certainly pop music but not of the formulaic electro-r & b style that has come to dominate the charts.

This album deserves the same success, if not more, than Adele’s 21 has achieved.

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Greenday – Tre

‘Tre’ will be the last album of Green Day’s trilogy and it is a worthy, perfect ending.

As the first two albums ‘Uno’ and ‘Dos’ and this album has its own style. It is musically compared with the two predecessor albums ‘American Idiot ‘and ’21st Century Breakdown’. ‘Uno’ was classic and ‘Dos’ was a little dirty and fun. Thats the reason why everyone will has their own favorite of the CD’s.

In any case, a successful conclusion of the trilogy.

 

PREMIUM Berlin

In January 2003, exactly ten years ago, is the PREMIUM fashion fair held for the first time in Berlin. Concept, location and Berlins creative potential, coupled with the visionary power of Anita Tillmann and Norbert Tillmann, makes the PREMIUM unique and overnight to the hottest event for fashion and lifestyle.

Of January 15 – 17 2013 PREMIUM celebrates 10th anniversary – ten years of fashion expertise, visionary action and fashion networking – but above all, ten years of fashion in Berlin.

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