Ithaca Fashions

What Women Want

2010-01-13T11:50:00.000-08:00

The lipstick index holds true. New market forecasts from Mintel predict cosmetic sales in the US will rise as a result of the recession. Moreover, Mintel anticipates a higher growth rate for make-up now than it did just eight months ago (10% over the next five years versus 7%).

Mintel’s re-forecasting of previously published research reports has uncovered which beauty and personal care markets are recession-proof and which ones are being stimulated by the poor economy. Though the beauty and personal care sector is struggling overall, Mintel sees some very bright spots, including color cosmetics.

Joan Holleran, Director of Research at Mintel, notes that "many women have a deep emotional tie to their appearance, so cosmetics are a non-negotiable. These women may trade down on other purchases or forgo expensive vacations, but they will still treat themselves to small, feel-good luxuries like make-up and beauty products."

Joan Holleran points to another segment that is expected to fare the recession well: anti-aging beauty. Mintel expects sales of anti-aging skincare products to increase 20% over the next five years. One year ago, Mintel forecast 44% five-year growth, but the adjusted market forecast is significant given the current economic climate.

Mintel also predicts healthy growth for suncare products, with sales expected to increase 36% from 2008 to 2013. This is a slight decline from Mintel’s original market forecast of 41% growth, but it still shows people continuing to follow dermatologists’ advice to use sunscreen daily.

Though the cosmetic, anti-aging and suncare markets should hold strong throughout the recession, other beauty and personal care markets may not. "Shoppers are trading down to save money on purchases they don’t deem necessary. So everything beyond deodorant, shampoo and razors is at risk," states Joan Holleran. "Personal care companies need to focus on value, feel-good benefits and new product innovation to keep shoppers interested."

Mintel Re-forecasts Oxygen Reports for Better Market Predictions

Market research leader Mintel has re-forecasted all of its Oxygen reports from 2007 and 2008 due to the unprecedented economic changes of the past year. Never done before, Mintel decided to re-forecast these market size predictions so its consumer, market and trend reports would more accurately reflect market expectations in the next five years.

Each re-forecasted Mintel Oxygen report maintains its original market size predictions, so readers can see the recession's true impact on their market.

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Free Modeling Registry

2009-08-24T14:24:00.000-07:00

Caitlin Melanie joins Free Modeling Registry. She's beautiful.

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Fashions Gown Prom Rentals now offered at Shangri - La, Ithaca, New York

2009-05-07T13:30:00.000-07:00

Shangri-La has has out grown its previous location at 156 E State Street. We are now relocated in our LARGE new store with more to choose in Center Ithaca. 171 E State Street (The Commons), Ithaca, NY. Where we also offer great custom items, accents for your prom wear gown rentals at 10% discount for your prom. We also offer piano & harpsichord lessons - for more details call 607-272-5955. See WebSite Promotional.

Insure that your prom will be memorable with these exclusive fashions designed by China's up and coming fashions designer " Yoga. "You saw her gowns being worn by the Olympic Medal Award presenters in the Gold Medal Awards under the Swim category of competition."

Challenge to Professor Prof. Van Dyk Lewis, Cornell University

2009-04-23T11:36:00.000-07:00

The Next Wave: Tokyo Street Styles
More masculinity.
Guppies are now appearing on Tokyo's Streets.

Professor Prof. Van Dyk Lewis

Sir,

As per your paper, and possibly because of students doing the research, the presence of Street Styles to denote subcultural components though note-worthy does not fully focus on its recent appearance within fashions trends, nor its inherited typical age peer related cultural issues.

The root cause, STREET STYLES is the present dominance of the Japanese fashions designers who during their development in the 1980s grew to dominate the world during the late 1990 to present - in high end [ those gowns which approaches $ 10,000 plus and coctail dresses $ 5, 000 plus ] fashions, then its, more specifically in Tokyo, the up and coming younger fashions designers wanted in; They created the fashions genre " Street Styles " and was correctly aim at the University Students / Scholar markets International in scope. While at the sametime in the Rising of the Edo Sun in Fashions was taking over the lower, or budget end of fashions world wide, then came the fabric innovations which was emerging out of the Peoples Republic of China, and both seeing future opportunities threw in together around 2000 year.

Everything which is now present is an International wide reaction to the invasion of Tokyo Street Styles, and the Japanese were more than able to gain market nitches all over. However, the only resistance occur among Russian youth who wanted more plush designs and rejected the notion which taking over on the rest of Europe to throwing themselves in Street Style designs. No distinction were created, except in Russia who developed how the fabric was specifically inlaid with Russo Cultural Centric Graph LIke Design Traditions.

Unfortumately you have missed other and more important aspects which should be discussed further. The reason is due to the Rising Super Culture of European Youth in which various event providers, such those events in Rock Concerts, NightLife venues, and vaious National and International festivals who estimated this youth having an active growing core of 12 million.

National Modeling Registry Network Created

2009-04-08T09:22:00.000-07:00

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Editorial

2009-03-30T12:28:00.000-07:00

The presents of creative fashions styles within our civilizations' and times' clearly indicates a real central value of not only a sense of personal discovery - mixed - with actual visual creations, but a more nimble and gentler attitudes within ones own intellegence and psyche. For me its a real look into the sociocultural expectations of women who are the main object of the best of fashions designs and thus giving more real context, or a some what uninvited voyueristic probe into female socioenvironmental instincts and ego - centric self - reflected personas.

Absolutely fascinating, as not only the interplay of female ego centric persona expectations are played in virtual live near like stage performances in what she most desires to wear, but how she is able to likewise correctly judge for her self what can make her look good. This has brought me to the additional attentions of its International InterCultural Communications applications and as there are female - centric [ relative ids ] undergound means in which fashions are able to communicate both solidarities, and commonalites, especially in female common emergency issues [ such a trafficking in women, sexual assault, rape and death of children during human conflicts ] across borders, cultures, and societies. At the heart of this is the likewise expectations of social and cultural power, and thus at times central leaders have appeared within the truer history of women, and not the public relations dogma of the feminist movement.

It is here where Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel comes into full view, as well as her personal attraction to power, especially powerful men, which during WWII cause her a lot of trouble. None the less, what she was able to do, and not with standing contemporary feminist of her time and era, was to give women a fashions sense of their own sociocultural rights to self-determination. What the feminist historians all have missed is what were the women who were demonstrating after 1910 wore - " Little Black Dresses" , and more female oriented dress fashions as well designed by and for women.

Did this give an ego boost?

Certainly it did. And it is here where the perception is open and one is able to look more deeply into each female persona as one comes in contact with women the world over. It is how the choice in what one wants to wear, and ethnocentricity what one has to wear on traditional occassions, and their expectations which gives more vivid testiments of their own realization and control of personal values - even strangely in Islamic states. Just as much as there are endless shades of creative fashions designs, their existance, and their later sales successes have fully indicated that the designers have likewise discovered years before I did, what is exactly involved in females rights to choice and the most powerful self-advocacy contained within their future expectations of themselves; and all relevant fantasies themselves- which includes as power sociocultural image fantasy respectfully to their sexual fantasies as well. Men who appreciate these choice values in which women have in fashions, the more central his, or err ours full commitments to being men are manisfested.

One of the immediate impact is that we, as men become more gentle in our personal issues with those who we are enjoined, as well as those women in which we woo. A kiss of her hand, how light fabirc gently helps to shape her lovely and at times seductive forms propells us to listen more careful, and learn not to rush, especially her. See my fashions related sites to explore.

Roger's Fashions and Trendsetters News.

One last note:

I did not come up with the term H - E - T - E - R - O - P - H - O - B - I - C until I took the entired required core of study of the Women's Studies, Buffalo State College. The term was applied to those males who were unable to communicate with women, but only were able to push an agenda contrary to both his and her own interests - that which exist beyond sex itself. So becoming a man has a different conotation.

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My New Fashions Slide Show!

2009-03-30T11:22:00.001-07:00

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Miss Ithaca Contest

2009-03-04T14:27:00.001-08:00

Generation and now generation of Ithacans have not sent an Ithaca representitive to the Miss New York State contest component of the overall Miss America, or Miss USA contests.

This has had negative economic affects upon Ithaca's development, as there are those within the New York State and other regions who are aware of why this has not happen. They have decided this is one of an increasing longer list of why there has not been major economic development within Ithaca / Tompkins county.

There are other more formal factors. All of which indicates that a Miss Ithaca Contest is crucial in creating a more positive image which Ithaca presents of itself which in turns favors development.

Mr. Roger M. Christian

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the Center of Fashions for Ithaca, New York

2007-08-02T15:31:00.000-07:00

Its Shangri - La

Shangri - La Gifts and Publications outlet on Ithaca's Historic Commons is ground zero for style and design creativity for the Ithaca - Tompkins county central New York region. Here in this small shop backup by an impressive Internet network supporting base is Gosline and Kim working on new innovations from scratch. Everything they do is hand sewed into intricate stiches and support seam pannels on the some of most creative fabric imported form Main Land China.

Every effort has been put in making various female shapes look more sensual while at the sametime in classy styles. A combination of which no one here within this region can compare to since the vacating of Angelheart Designs [mostly dressy flax designs ] almost ten years ago. Here shape and form and taste melts into the social and personal expectations of those who made it within the upper middle class, not forgeting the sturggle in how they got their; the essential echo of all Shangri - La's female customers.

Reviewer:

Mr. Roger M. Christian

In 1998, we formed Shangri-La Publications to care for the riches of the mind, to promote cross-cultural understanding, and to lead the way in human rights. Our main headquarters is at 3 CoburnHill Rd, Warren Center PA 18851 and retail shops are in Ithaca, Cortland, & London, England.

In Ithaca, New York.

In Ithaca, NY, Shangri-La is located at 156 East State St., "The Commons," TEL 607 272 6156 or 5955. In Cortland, NY, Shangri-La is located at 55 Main St., at the corner of Court St. In both explore our haute couture, art exhibits and publications. Contact us to confirm current hours at each location.

This is the center of all fashions for Ithaca - Tompkins county.