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Adriana & Ari

Adriana  &  Ari
About Soffer Ari :
In 1995 Ari founded S.A. Leather when he created his first piece, a pair of handmade leather pants, which quickly became a necessity among the Hollywood Elite. Soon after he created his leather pants customers wanted belt straps and buckles to match. Ari quickly became the go-to person for custom pieces for movies and rock tours. Today, Ari houses a complete lifestyle collection and has earned a reputation for distinction, beauty, and quality craftsmanship.
The Soffer Ari collection is a very large and extensive collection. Ari has chosen some of his favorite pieces to offer in this online store. If you do not see what you are looking for in this store, you can send an email and order almost any piece that is shown on Ari’s online catalog which is viewable under “online catalog” at http://www.saleather.com

 

 

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Skull symbolism is the attachment of symbolic meaning to the human skull. The most common symbolic use of the skull is as a representation of death and mortality, but such a reading varies with changing cultural contexts.

Humans can often recognize the buried fragments of an only partially revealed cranium even when other bones may look like shards of stone. The human brain has a specific region for recognizing faces [1], and is so attuned to finding them that it can see faces in a few dots and lines or punctuation marks; the human brain cannot separate the image of the human skull from the familiar human face. Because of this, both the death of, and the now past life of the skull are symbolized.

Moreover, a human skull with its large eye sockets displays a degree of neoteny, which humans often find visually appealing—yet a skull is also obviously dead. As such, human skulls often have a greater visual appeal than the other bones of the human skeleton, and can fascinate even as they repel. Our present society predominantly associates skulls with death and evil. However, to some ancient societies it is believed to have had the opposite association, where objects like crystal skulls represent “life”: the honoring of humanity in the flesh and the embodiment of consciousness.

The skull is a bony structure found in the head of many animals. The skull supports the structures of the face and protects the head against injury.

The skull can be divided into two parts: the cranium and the mandible. A skull that is missing a mandible is only a cranium; this is the source of a very commonly made error in terminology. Those animals having skulls are called craniates.

Functions of the skull include protection of the brain, fixing the distance between the eyes to allow stereoscopic vision, and fixing the position of the ears to help the brain use auditory cues to judge direction and distance of sounds. In some animals, the skull also has a defensive function (e.g. horned ungulates); the frontal bone is where horns are mounted.

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 ELIE SAAB

Elie Saab (Arabic: إيلي صعب) (born July 4, 1964), sometimes known simply as ‘ES’, is a Lebanese fashion designer.

In 1982, Saab launched his own Beirut-based fashion label when he was 18 years old. His main workshop is in Lebanon, a country to which he remains deeply attached. He also has workshops in Milan and Paris.

Saab is self-trained. He started sewing as a child and knew that one day he would make a living out of it. In 1981 he moved to Paris to study fashion, but ended up returning and opening his workshop in 1982. In 1997 Saab was the first non-Italian designer to become a member of the Italian Camera Nazionale della Moda, and in 1997, showed his first collection outside Lebanon in Rome. In 1998, he started ready-to-wear in Milan, and in the same year, he held a fashion show in Monaco which was attended by Princess Stéphanie of Monaco. He became an overnight success after he became the first Lebanese designer to dress an Oscar winner, Halle Berry, in 2002. Berry wore a burgundy gown by Saab to the 2002 Academy Awards when she won for Best Actress. Berry later wore another dress by Saab, this time a gold dress, to the 2003 Oscars.

In May 2003, the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture invited him to become a member, and he showed his first haute couture collection in Paris in July 2003. His first ready-to-wear collection in Paris was the Spring-Summer 2006 collection, and Paris is now his permanent ready-to-wear runway.

His creations can be found all over the world, with boutiques located in Beirut and Paris.

Elie Saab

De origem árabe, Elie Saab faz sucesso com seus vestidos de noite vendidos para as mais variadas festas em ambientes formais ou a rigor; de coquetéis a recepções, bailes e casamentos. Com um estilo que faz sucesso tanto entre as mulheres ricas da sociedade quanto no tapete vermelho do Oscar (Halle Berry é uma das estrelas que prestigiam Saab na cerimônia), o estilista mostrou sua coleção para o Inverno 2008-09 com sala cheia para cerca de mil pessoas, incluindo o escritor Paulo Coelho.

Rosas enfeitavam a cintura alta no mesmo tecido dos vestidos, que eram também ganhavam babados, drapeados e outros trabalhos de modelagem em musselines, tafetás amassados, organzas e crepes . Os bordados com brilhos, tão apreciados pelas conterrâneas de Saab (sentadas na primeira fila) ficaram em segundo plano aparecendo em dois ou três vestidos tas inteiros cobertos por pequenos cristais.

O modelo hit da passarela era o clássico tomara-que-caia. Mas Elie Saab também se saiu bem em outros momentos, principalmente da metade do desfile para frente, quando os longos de festa começaram a aparecer (o início, com looks mais formais, em preto, foram menos feliz). Na cartela de cores, os azuis e os verdes mais vibrantes perderam em refinamento para o bonito azul clarinho, com toque de cinza e o rosa quase fúcsia. Na única estampa da coleção a citação ao tema de Elie Saab, numa versão livre da geometria de Mondrian.

Criador de moda para um público feminino que tem dinheiro e gosta de se vestir à maneira dos ricos “de antigamente”, Saab é sucesso de vendas neste setor, com bom corte e caimento de seus vestidos. Os negócios vão tão bem que, recentemente, ele abriu uma loja na Champs-Elysées, em Paris.

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ICA 360

New Discounted Tickets Only for Members

 

 

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10
 7 – 11 PM 

Don’t miss this spectacular evening celebrating today’s most influential new American designers.  

Now, ICA Members save more than half off the ticket price!  

The ICA is pleased to present NIGHT and DAY, a celebration of the newest in fashion by top American contemporary designers. Organized to honor our second anniversary, this event is coordinated by Debi Greenberg, owner of Louis Boston, the premiere Boston retailer, and Charlie Scheips, cultural historian and author of American Fashion.A fashion show featuring daytime and evening looks by some of the most inventive American designers today includes:  

Ashley Olsen representing The Row
Brian Reyes
Chris Benz
Elise Overland
Jason Wu
Lyn Devon
Magda Berliner
Sari Gueron
Tuleh
Zero + Maria Cornejo

NOW! FOR ICA MEMBERS ONLY – $200 DISCOUNTED TICKETS

$425 general admission
$200 ICA Members – a savings of over $200!

PURCHASE ONLINE NOW

Tickets are also available by phone at 617-478-3103 during regular museum hours.

Media sponsor: ELLE

 

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Ashley Olsen and Mario Russo at the Institute of Contemporary Art’s fashion fund-raising party last night. (bill brett for the boston globe).

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FIDM Alumna Adriana Sassoon.

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Wearable Art designer Adriana Sassoon & Tonn (Tonn Incorporated).

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 Adriana Sassoon, Wearable Art designer at the Institute of Contemporary Art’s fund -raising party last night.
By Mark Shanahan & Paysha Rhone
A bus full of cutting-edge designers rolled into Boston from NYC yesterday for the ICA 360 fashion soiree – and among them was diminu-twin Ashley Olsen, repping her line, the Row. Working the crowd at last night’s bash were designers Brian Reyes, Elise Overland, Jason Wu, Lyn Devon, Magda Berliner, Sari Gueron, Chris Benz, Maria Cornejo, and Bryan Bradley with Tuleh. But the star of the evening was actress/fashion designer Olsen. “The designers here are really inspiring,” she said in between photographs. “I’m a big fan of their work.”

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CORTES DE CABELO

Muda a estação, mudam também os cabelos. E para versões mais vaporosas carregadas de estilo e leveza para enfrentar o calor da temporada. Segundo a hair stylist do Soho Trianon Bruna Pires, as franjas – em voga desde o verão passado – continuam nesta estação. De acordo com ela, as novidades ficam por conta dos cabelos com tons mais frios e claros e formas desestruturadas, sejam para os curtos ou compridos.
 
Curtos.

Se você estava pensando em deixar suas madeixas curtinhas, agora é o momento. O verão 2009 traz versão super moderna para esse comprimento. “Nesta temporada, os curtos abusam das franjas alongadas com acabamento estilo militar”, diz a hair stylist.

No entanto, é preciso analisar atentamente o formato do seu rosto, antes de optar por esse estilo de corte. “Cabelos mais curtos são ideais para quem tem rosto mais fino e quanto mais arredondado for, o comprimento da franja deve ser no mínimo dois dedos abaixo do queixo para que possa dar a impressão de um rosto mais delgado”, alerta a profissional.

Os curtos de Katie Holmes e Rihanna exibem versões super modernas para o verão 2009.

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TIARAS E PINGOS DE LUZ PARA ARRAZAR NAS FESTAS

A moda pede acessórios chique e simples nos penteados de Natal e Réveillon

Há menos de um mês para as comemorações de fim de ano, assuntos relacionados ao look para as festas e confraternizações rondam a cabeça das mulheres. Como arrumar o cabelo e usar a maquiagem adequada são dúvidas freqüentes de mulheres modernas ligadas nas tendências da moda.

A maquiagem depende muito do tom de pele. Com o intuito de passar uma imagem mais harmoniosa, a utilização de roupas chamativas e brilhosas pede uma maquiagem mais discreta, sem brilhos nos olhos e no rosto. Além disso, é importante adequá-la com os acessórios, a fim de causar um efeito chique e sutil no visual.

Para os penteados, a tendência mostra que as mulheres são a favor do cabelo elaborado, porém com aspecto natural.

Segundo o cabeleireiro Leverson Lino, também do Spazio Personale, aqueles penteados conservadores totalmente presos estão fora de moda. “Hoje em dia, elas procuram algo diferente para os cabelos que fujam do efeito conservador, muito sério e duro de tanto laquê. Por isso, deixar as madeixas com ar natural, com movimento é a melhor solução para as festas de fim de ano”, afirma.

Além disso, Lino sugere a utilização de pingos de luz, presilhas, fivelas, tiaras gregas aquelas com flores, para chamar atenção nos penteados. “Esses acessórios garante um charme a parte no penteado”, conclui.

Presos ou soltos, as mulheres podem ousar na hora de arrumar os cabelos. A principal dica é, antes de mais nada, adequar os penteados com o estilo da roupa e com os acessórios.

Pele clara ou escura, cabelos lisos ou enrolados, o que vale é caprichar no visual e aproveitar as festas de fim de ano.

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Desde que Miuccia Prada colocou as faixas nos desfiles, liberou geral a volta delas e das tiaras ao mundo da moda aqui uma das gêmeas Olsen, Ashley, usando uma das faixas da Prada.

 

Like the more popular tiara, bridal headbands are a great way to dress up your up do, or add a little glam to your hair down.

You can find headbands with pearls, crystals, diamonds, satin, lace or almost anything you can imagine to complement your gown, and in a wide range of prices from all the best designers.

Have you considered what, if anything, you will be wearing in your hair?

 

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By Dr. Chitti Moorthy -Director, Departments of Radiation Medicine and Radiology,
New York Medical College, Valhalla , NY

The cause of cancer lies deep within the building blocks of a person’s cells (genes and DNA). If these blocks become disorganized, cancer may develop.

Some forms of cancer may be inherited; they are passed down from parents to their children. For example, if a woman has close family members who have had breast cancer, she is more likely to get breast cancer.

Some cancers are caused by outside factors. For example, anyone who smokes is more likely to get lung throat or mouth cancer.

A tumor is a mass of abnormal cells. Tumors are either benign or malignant. Benign tumors usually grow very slowly and generally do not spread. Doctors can remove most of them. In the beginning, cancerous (malignant) tumors, usually stay in the organ where the cancer started. This is called localized disease. As cancers continue to grow, they are more likely to spread, or metastasize into the lymph nodes. This is called regional disease. When the cancer spreads beyond the nearby lymph nodes it is called distant disease. The more advanced the cancer (the more the cancer has spread) the more difficult it is to control or cure.

Doctors usually cannot tell if a tumor is cancer until a biopsy test is done. A tiny piece of tissue is removed with a needle or by surgery. A special doctor called a pathologist studies the tissue under a microscope to see if it is cancer. Often, more tests are done on the tissue if it is cancer. These tests let the doctor know more about the cancer. This information guides treatment. The pathologist might “grade” cancer from one to four. Grade one tumors have cells that look very similar to normal cells. Grade four tumors have cells that look very different from normal cells. Higher grade tumors are more likely to grow and spread.

Tumors also are “staged” to indicate the extent of the tumor. For example, tumors may be “called” stage one to stage four. The oncologist stagers a tumor based on the pathology report and other tests. Patients with the same stage and type of cancer have similar treatment in general, the higher the stage of cancer the more difficult it is to treat.

There are hundreds of different types of cancer. They are identified by the type of body tissue involved or by the body part involved. The major classifications of cancer are:

Carcinoma is a malignant tumor found in the outermost covering or lining of body surfaces or organs. These tumors are found on the skin, in the mouth and throat, stomach and bowel, or in organs like the breast, prostate, colon, lung or bladder.

Sarcoma is a malignant tumor found in connective tissues such as bone, muscle and cartilage.

Leukemia is a malignant disease found in bone marrow and other blood forming organs.

Glioma is cancer in the brain, spinal cord or nerves.

Lymphoma is a malignant tumor of the lymph glands or other lymphatic tissues.

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra was formed in 1996 by Paul O’Neill who immediately approached long time friends and collaborators Robert Kinkel and Jon Oliva to form the core of the writing team.

While producing and writing for a number of years with various rock groups Paul was always looking for ways to make the music have greater and greater emotional impact. He tried to write the music that was so melodic it didn’t need lyrics. And lyrics that were so poetic that they didn’t need music but once you put the two of them together, the sum of the parts would be greater than the whole, and you couldn’t imagine them apart. Once he’d done this, he was still looking for a way to take it to even greater heights and he realized that putting the songs within the context of a story would give it a third dimension that wou ld make that additional emotional impact possible.

Hence, he started writing not just albums, but rock operas.

He realized then, that there was an inherent problem recording rock operas within the standard rock and roll band makeup. Rock operas by their nature need the voices to change as the characters change. Rock bands normally only have one (or if you’re lucky) two great vocalists to work with, therefore limiting how far you can go. You’re forced to make the music fit the band, as opposed to allowing the music to go wherever it needs to.

With Trans-Siberian Orchestra, first the music is created with no artificial limitations, and then we seek out within the classical, rock, Broadway and R & B worlds, the very best singers and musicians to bring each song to life. This also in many ways forces us to operate on a higher level. This environment has the additional benefit of causing a cross pollenization of musical ideas, creating hybrid forms of music that normally never would have occurred, such as an R&B singer doing a classical style melody and bringing gospel touches to it that causes it to glitter in ways that even the creators could not have predicted. Another very important aspect in the creation of the band, is that there could be no limits on the members; we mix all races and ages.

The young get to mine the experience of the old musicians, while they can’t help to be inspired by the enthusiasm of people just entering the business. This has created a vast constantly changing musical group that even we do not know what it is going to do next.

Once when asked what Trans-Siberian Orchestra was about, Paul O’Neill replied, “It’s about creating great art. When asked to define what great art was, Paul said, “The purpose of art is to create an emotional response in the person that is exposed to that art. And there are three categories of art; bad art, good art and great art. Bad art will elicit no emotional response in the person that is exposed to it, i.e.; a song you hear in an elevator and it does nothing to you, a picture on a wall that gives you the same emotional response as if the wall had been blank, a movie that chews up time. Good art will make you feel an emotion that you have felt before; you see a picture of a forest and you remember the last time you went fishing with your dad, you hear a song about love and you remember the last time you were in love. Great art will make you feel an emotion you have never felt before; seeing the pieta, the world famous sculpture by

Michelangelo, can cause someone to feel the pain of losing a child even if they’ve never had one. And when you’re trying for these emotions the easiest one to trigger is anger.

Anyone can do it. Go into the street, throw a rock at someone, you will make them angry. The emotions of love, empathy and laughter are much harder to trigger, but since they operate on a deeper level, they bring a much greater reward.