Unique Designer Handbags that Reflect Your Personality
We express our personality with just one look, via our clothes, shoes, and hairstyles. A handbag can express personality just as easily. Shape, color, and size alone can give important details about your personality, while extra details can say even more. What does your handbag say about you? More importantly, what do you want it to say?
A popular style currently are bags encrusted in the elite Swarovski crystals. Swarovski crystals are known for being luminescent crystal rhinestones that have maximum flash. These crystals are being used by many celebrities and designers to add extra personality to their designs. Now they are being integrated into exclusive handbag designs. Encrusted in Swarovski crystals, these clutches are elegant and mysterious, attracting the attention and admiration of all. Any woman who carries one of these bags is sure to leave a memory etched in the minds of all who sees her. This style of clutch often comes with a coordinating chain to add variety to the style, allowing for it to be carried as a clutch or worn as a small luxurious shoulder bag. Small details are attuned to, often with the clasp and hardware decorated with matching larger crystals.
Colors alone are one way to express personality. Neutral or classic colors give the impression of being reserved or business like. Depending on the style of the bag, people may perceive you as either elegant…or hard to approach. Bright colors give off the impression that you are trendy, creative, fun and friendly. A simple black clutch is elegant, but doesn’t stand out from the crowd. Add Swarovski crystals and the once simple clutch now becomes fashionable, trendy, and mysterious. Just like a plain black purse, a black crystallized purse can be paired with any look. What a plain bag cannot do however is show your style or love for Hollywood glamour. Read more
Top Rated Flat Iron Favorites: Straight Talk with a Beauty Editor
Did you ever wonder how she does it? The girl with the fabulous hairstyle? We bet she used one of our all time favorite, must-have hair accessories, a straightening iron. But with so many on the market, which one is right for you? Folica.com has got you covered. We have assembled expert and customer picks below, to give you the scoop on some of our most popular, best-selling, most raved about flat irons so you can find the tool that’s right for you.
Sedu Ionic Ceramic Tourmaline 1-1/2†Straightener
Alias: The Bestseller
Soft, shiny, straight and snag free! That’s what we keep hearing from our customers. Not only do we have 2,800+ reviews already, Sedu customers are very passionate about this straightener; they keep coming back again and again to rave about it. There is a reason it’s our #1 best seller. Need we say more?
Plus: This ceramic, ionic wonder-tool is infused with 100% crushed tourmaline – a semi precious gemstone – allowing the patented, ultra-smooth plates to give incredible ‘slip’ through your hair. Any hair appliance that won’t snag or pull an overworked ‘do gets an A+ in our book. Thanks Sedu!
Chi Original Ceramic 1†Flat Iron
Alias: The Pro
Great hairstyles are simple with the right tool, CHI proves that time and time again. With an extensive product line and many different irons to choose from, we agree with their loyal customers, you can’t go wrong with CHI, but the original model is one of our faves, and surely to be one of yours!
Plus: Well known in the industry for continually creating new limited edition irons in trendy colors, CHI is great for you fashionistas!
Solia Pink 1″ Tourmaline Ceramic Ionic Flat Iron
Middle name: Versatility
One iron, endless styling possibilities! Straighten, flip, and even curl your hair with this baby. Solia’s Dynamic Alignment System ensures perfect contact between your hair and the plates every time you use it, and trust us, with an iron this versatile, you’ll use it a lot! We are definitely on Team Solia. Read more
Superdry fashion label sees profits almost triple
The company behind Superdry, currently the hottest fashion label on the high street, has defied the economic gloom with a near tripling of profits over the past year.
In its maiden results as a quoted company, founder and chief executive Julian Dunkerton said the group, which sells the preppie look to shoppers aged 15 to 50, was succeeding in all areas. “We are in a unique position: spitting out cash, trebling profits and virtually doubling sales. I have been in business nearly 20 years and have never had all three growing at the same time.”
Sales of Superdry’s trademark T-shirts, joggers and hoodies jumped 83% to £140m in the year to 2 May while profits surged from £7.6m to £22.5m. The group now operates 42 UK stores and 56 concessions in department stores such as House of Fraser. Twenty new British shops are planned this year, along with numerous new outlets overseas; the six-year-old brand, which is a favourite of footballer David Beckham and film star Leonardo DiCaprio, already has nearly 40 franchise outlets in 14 countries and a wholesale business selling the label to independent retailers in 36 markets.
Supergroup, which owns Superdry and the Cult boutique chain, was floated in March this year at a time when other larger companies, including rival fashion retailer New Look, were being forced to cancel plans for their own listings as investors shied away. It has since become Europe’s most successful flotation this year.
At the time of the listing the shares were priced at 500p, valuing the Cheltenham-based business at £400m. Dunkerton cashed in shares worth £80m and retained a stake worth £130m. Today the shares added 14.8% to close at 919p. After just four months as a public company, Supergroup is now valued at £735m and Dunkerton’s stake has soared to £239m.
The fortunes of Supergroup contrast with those of Sports Direct, which raised a fortune for founder Mike Ashley but left investors nursing huge losses. It also comes as internet grocer Ocado is struggling to win the backing of investors for its own planned £1bn float. Dunkerton said that he intended to start paying a dividend to shareholders next year. Read more