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Political Statements!

Written by Tamyka Bullen

The word politics might will freak out some people but what we are doing in our daily lives are political.

Every comment we are saying and every act we are doing are political because for that it will make people think of what you are and draw a final decision what to do with you. Again, we are living in the Christianized country where religions are much less welcomed into the secular government.

Everywhere I go, I am seeing more Christianized ethnics enforced in workplaces, businesses, etc. There are different revolutions such as religion tolerance, women rights, LGBT rights, Deaf rights, disabilities rights, etc. They find their rights to be recognized in the Christian philosophy.

For instance, Canada welcomes different religions as long as their religions are in cooperation with the Christian philosophy such as women have the right to be equal to men, and according to the philosophy, Christians are told by the bible to love your neighbours as you want them to love you in return. Christians are told to encourage people to express their thoughts, doubts and feelings without judgements unless if their behaviours attack certain groups, then stern punishment is the last resolution to use. Christianity becomes the politics.

Now people mingle political statements and arts to commercialize their philosophies. They express their opinions in the fashion world thrus how to dress and what are on clothes.

There are examples here:

Britain's Most Beautiful Woman

A year and a half ago the British media made a big fuss about the woman above, Florence Colgate, and called her Britain's Most Beautiful Woman because she was "mathematically perfect".

The idea was that her face was perfectly symmetrical and well proportioned. And that symmetry was beautiful.

Well a year and a half later I am going to call BOGUS!

I am not saying the photos are photoshopped (although they probably are), but what I am going to say is that I don't think she is that beautful.

Why?

Because she is boring to look at. It is too perfect, too symmetrical and waaaaaaaay too boring.

Her face has almost no personality.

And call me a naysayer if you want, but I think it is a person's personality that bubbles forth and makes a person MORE beautiful because of the way they smile, make faces, show emotion. The photo at the top for example is more bubbly than the symmetry photo above... but neither of them are bursting with real emotion.

Now here is the thing... I also think the whole thing was a scam to promote people to get facial reconstruction surgery / plastic surgery, etc. People would see the media articles and go "My face isn't symmetrical! I should get surgery..."

I wouldn't be surprised if the whole thing was organized by the plastic surgery industry in Britain (which by the way, is one of the world's leading places to get plastic surgery).

I even checked. See the graphic below. Eyelid, face, neck, brow lifts surgery statistics all rose in 2012. Even the statistics for men concerning the face rose dramatically in 2012 - for men! Which means even men were going out and getting eyelid surgery, face lifts, neck lifts, etc.

It really makes me an advocate of makeup.

I would much rather see people try to beautify themselves with makeup than slowly turn themselves into monsters using plastic surgery.

Just google plastic surgery mistakes sometime... or look at all the celebrities who have ruined their faces with plastic surgery. Or even ruined their careers.

Remember the actress Jennifer Grey from Dirty Dancing?

You wouldn't recognize her today. She had a nose job a few years after Dirty Dancing and her face is now unrecognizable. See the before and after photo below. That nose job ruined her career.

And personally I thought she was more attractive with her original nose.

Canadian Supermodel Devon Owens

Do a Google Image search sometime for "Devon Owens" and you will see the new face of North American fashion. At least in our humble opinion.

Don't bother with America's Next Top Model or Canada's Next Top Model, Devon Owens IS the next top model and she's already in the industry whereas those TV wannabes would kill to be in her position.

Our synopsis of her modeling style? "The Hippie Bad Girl". Why? Because she looks so innocent and yet has a streak of naughtiness in her.

So yeah, expect to see her in a lot more advertising and magazines.

NAME: DEVON OWENS

AGENCY: Ford Models, Elite NY (ELITEMODEL.COM)

AGENT: Chantale Nadeau in Toronto.

HEIGHT: 5'10"

BUST: 32

WAIST: 24

HIPS: 34

SHOES: 9

HAIR: BLONDE

EYES: BLUE

RAISED IN: TORONTO, ONTARIO + LISTOWEL, ONTARIO

Carpet Fashion? Not bad!

FASHION - Home decor never looked so haute.

Home décor company Korhani has turned its decorative carpets into haute couture at Toronto's Fashion Week Monday this week. The manufacturer based in Toronto and creative director Kirsten Korhani repurposed its rugs for the runway, showing off Mongolian rug inspired capes, studded pants and regal looking gowns all using a rug as a central part of the design.

This is actually the third time the company has pulled this publicity stunt, but it is still eye-catching.

“We’re trying to evolve, make it better, make it more interesting,” says Kirsten Korhani. “We have to step it up every season.” Korhani says the new collection has a wider selection of garments with “more diversification” in style and construction.

In the past Korhani’s off-beat shows have raised the company’s profile, so it just proves fashion can also be good publicity. And since their designs keep improving and getting attention it proves people don't get bored of it either.

The shows have increased Korhani’s sales and revenue “by big numbers,” owner Moji Korhani said after the show this past Monday night and they are now planning to expand into the USA and Europe.

Fashion Photography: Guide for the Inept

Observe the fashion of photography...

EXAMPLE #1: THE BAD GIRL

EXAMPLE #2: A BLONDE IN A BIKINI

EXAMPLE #3: THE BROODING MISFIT

EXAMPLE #4: THE PLAIN JANE

EXAMPLE #5: THE ARTSY TYPE

Now you may be getting the point... photographers and models are chosen to convey specific stereotypical looks for different fashion products. The goal in the end product (advertising) is to get the viewer to identify with the woman in the photo and want to be more like that...

And then run out and buy jeans, jewelry or whatever they happen to be selling.

Often they will throw in a semi-shaved ruggedly good looking male model in a clear effort to say... "Buy this and you will get a handsome man!"

And it works very easily because people are basically stupid and fall for it even when they know they're being pitched advertising.

Who is Patrizia?

FASHION - I just really like the smart way they did this advertising campaign... keeps the focus on the clothes, not the model's face.