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The copying of fashion design originals – “knocking off” or “affordable interpretation,” depending on your point of view – is a practice that designers may have grudgingly accepted in the past, when less expensive copies took some time to reach stores and only those consumers who could afford the designer-label originals could be the first to follow a trend. This practice is costing designers greatly as more advanced technology makes it possible to see high-quality copies appear in stores before the original has even hit the market. While it has long been the practice of the American fashion industry to knock off European designs, American designers did not copy one another. They registered their original sketches with a trade group called the Fashion Originators Guild, an organization that urged retailers to prohibit styles known to be knockoffs.
In 1941, the Supreme Court held that the Guild was an unreasonable… Read the rest

The Gen-X yearns to look stylish. The youngsters can go to any extremes to be fashionable. One such filed of creating style statements is Body jewelry. If you want to experiment with your looks for the upcoming party then this is the area you can explore. Give yourself a bad boy or bad gal look by trying out the latest trend in Body Piercing that is the Labret Piercing. Labret Piercing is done on the lower part of the lip. If you really want to be the hot chic or a cool hunk for the next party then this is the stylish thing to try out!But let me warn you that it is not a cake walk to go for a Labret piercing. You ought to have guts to take the pain! Moreover, it’s like a permanent asset for your face. You cannot get rid of it once you are… Read the rest

Face and body piercing has become the latest fashion trend among the youngsters. Therefore if you consider face piercing, then you will surely want to choose labret jewelry. Labret basically refers to single piercing usually done on the lower lip in the center and above the chin. You can even do labrets in pair which means on either sides of the center. In case you find it comfortable with metal Labret Jewelry stud then you have the option to choose from a wide range of metals with different types of ends.Labret jewelry is also be found in gold, titanium and steel in either plain or colored. They might also come fitted with ball, spikes or a gemstone end for any of these metals. The range of rings also includes stone acrylic or balls or in novelty shapes similar to a gold bunny. Therefore with the wide range of rigs available… Read the rest