Magazine 2011

Not all marriages are made in heaven it seems. A married couple from the town of Havlickuv Brod recently made headlines when the bride got plastered and started a fight with the groom at their wedding reception. After physically attacking the groom and several relatives who tried to defend him the bride unleashed her wrath on two police officers who had been called to the scene when the fight spilled out onto the street. The officers were having none of it and the bride was carted off in her cheap weddingdresses to spend her wedding night in a drunk tank. When she finally sobered up the next day she was handed a hefty bill for the damage caused in the respective restaurant and the fee for her accommodation at the drunk tank. The media which reported the incident speculated about what the lady’s divorce might look like if this was a taste of wedded bliss.

 

Of course, if you want to get drunk –drink is not your only option. There are now bars in the Czech Republic offering cocktails in the form of a snack for instance a plate of “alcoholic spaghetti”. Given the fact that most visitors are still suspicious when faced with a drink on a plate the special menu is something that you have to order in advance. For instance at the Prague bar La Casa de la Havana you can enjoy a four course menu based on different alcoholic beverages. Starting with Crème de Cassis with sparkling wine jelled into what appears to be a dish of caviar, followed by Greenpeas Mary soup –made of green peas, bacon and a dash of vodka, then you can enjoy Strawberry Daiquiri ala Italiana – made of rum, strawberries, lime juice, and sugar jelled and pressed into pink spaghetti. And for dessert Nachos ala Pina Colada –made of pineapple, coconut, rum and cream. Just an idea for New Year’s Eve.

Martin Stazsko He’s 35 – the world’s second best poker player and has just won the equivalent of 98 million crowns. Moreover ladies –he’s single and unattached. Martin Stazsko became an unlikely overnight hero when in his flannel shirt he played game after game and won second place at the World Poker Tournament in Las Vegas. Fears that the staggering financial prize might go to the young man’s head were unfounded – on returning to Prague’s Ruzyne Airport he boarded a bus back home. On being quizzed by the media about a girlfriend Stazsko said he had not had the time and opportunity to court anyone or had ever had a proper long-term relationship. “Maybe now the girls will find me,” the unassuming young man quipped. Well, I have a feeling they will – and they will doubtless be happy to teach him how to spend his money.

Vendula Kroupová She’s a young communist and she’s red-hot. The 24-year-old town councilor from Jindrichuv Hradec has put her town and party on the map by putting a series of nude pictures on her Facebook page. Vendula Kroupova is an unabashed young communist who clearly has nothing to hide from her voters and ready to prove it with a series of nude pics where she is seen fishing, smoking a cigar, and posing seductively on her bed. The scandal made headlines in the Czech Republic and Vendula’s pictures appeared in tabloids across Europe –in the Sun under the heading “Councilor gets her kit off to fish for votes”. Fishing for votes is exactly what Vendula is doing and not ashamed to admit it. As a guest on a popular talk show the blonde councilor admitted she had not been assigned any specific work but was “still getting her bearings” at the local town hall. Contrary to what you might expect, her party has not written her off. The chairman of the local Communist party branch Tomes Vytiska said that what the councilor did in her own private time and what she chose to put on her Facebook page was entirely her own affair. Besides, he added, I havn’t seen a single negative reaction to those pictures in Hradec. Well, a star is born –maybe the Czech Republic will have its own Ciciollina.

  A kinetic sculpture in Prague’s Karlovo Namesti has won public acclaim and made it into the Czech Book of Records. The giant construction which makes huge bubbles as the wind blows is over 5 meters tall and weighs over 300 kilograms. The sculpture is powered by photovoltaic cells and the bubbles are created from a special ecological soap solution. The work of artist Vilem Fric, the sculpture has an out-of-this world quality and is meant to break the daily stereotype for people walking through the park and bring a few minutes of pleasure. Throughout the summer and autumn the sculpture has attracted more passers-by than any other in Prague with children, tourists, people on their way to work and even nuns from a nearby convent stopping to watch it work its magic.

 

 An Ostrava brewer has produced the first ever “golden brew” –an exclusive brand of beer that literally contains particles of gold. Marek Pieton says he wanted to create a beer such as no one in the world had sampled and was inspired by the fact that Czechs call their beer “liquid gold” and that hops are referred to as the country’s green gold. “I decided it was time to produce a 24 carat brew, for an exclusive clientele,” Pieton said. Each of his beer bottles contains 0,017 to 0,018 grams of 24 carat gold that are so finely dispersed that they create a golden glitter. When you shake the beer bottle you see gold particles swirling and dancing in the brew to create the impression of liquid gold. So far the brewer has produced 60 bottles of the golden brew labeled Faust –with the letters AU –denoting gold. Some accuse him of snobbism, but Pieton is convinced that in spite of the economic crisis there will always be clients looking for new and exclusive products –and he believes there is no one else in the world offering real gold beer. Well – that may be true enough but he may have to look further afield for those clients. According to the latest surveys on New Year’s Resolutions among Czech the one that has been at the top of the list for years –to loose weight – has been replaced by a new goal – to reduce my household debts or save more in the coming year. So it looks like for most Czechs it will be good old hops and malt in 2012.

Princess Di's Iconic Dresses to Go on Display

Still bummed you missed Kate Middleton's wedding dresses display this summer? Well royal aficionados, don't fret. Starting in March, some of Princess Diana's most famous frocks will be shown at Kensington Palace next year. The Diana exhibit will include several dresses that haven't been seen in public since the late icon wore them in the '80s.

The display will include ensembles like the famous ivory Catherine Walker dress she wore in her Vanity Fair photo shoot, the black taffeta wedding dress she wore for her first public appearance as Prince Charles' wife, and a fuchsia sari-style gown worn to a dinner for the King of Thailand. The exhibit also coincides with an $18.8 million renovation to the palace, which was once Di's home. 

Palace curator Deirdre Murphy says, "We have carefully selected this collection of exquisite dresses to illustrate to visitors Diana's evolving style and the important role fashion played in creating her public image. Diana promoted designers very well, something that carries on with members of the royal family today."

The exhibit will run from late March through September 2012. Hopefully Queen Elizabeth will find this showing a little less creepy than the last.

Global economic crisis hits China's exporters

Wedding dress maker Wang Lujia earns a living making brides happy, but the global economic crisis is casting a chill over her small business in southern China.
At her workshop in the manufacturing hub of Shenzhen, workers stitch and bead by hand wedding gowns designed for brides in the United States and Europe, which are now reeling from financial turmoil.
"The external crisis had a big impact this year. Business was not so good," Wang, founder of Divine Bridal, told AFP in her showroom filled with 600 wedding and party dresses.

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Over the past three decades, Shenzhen has grown from a sleepy fishing village to the heartland of China's export juggernaut. But as demand from China's key markets slows, companies here are suffering.
As orders have tailed off, the cost of raw materials and labour have surged, with workers striking to demand higher pay.

Meanwhile, China's gradually appreciating yuan currency is making products more expensive on overseas markets, trimming profit margins. And the worst might be yet to come for Europe and the United States, key export markets for China.
Chinese officials have warned that the eurozone debt crisis and sluggish recovery in the United States threaten the world's second-largest economy.
Export growth has fallen from 31 per cent in 2010 to an annual rate of 21 per cent in the January-November period of 2011, and is predicted to slow further next year.
Struggling exporters are seeking ways to survive the economic crisis by exploring new overseas markets, turning to domestic consumers and finding new products.
One company, Shenzhen Rongen Technology, is moving away from the LED screens it makes to high-end medical devices.
"The number of orders may be less, but the profit margins are higher," salesman Lu Daqing said.
Dressmaker Wang is finding a new market for her bespoke wedding gowns, which can sell for up to $1000, by turning to domestic consumers with cash to pay for luxuries like imported fabric and Japanese beads.
"Exports are not as good as the domestic market. The overseas market is weak," she said.
Wang estimates the price of fabric has risen by as much as 40 per cent in the past four years and says the rising cost of material and salaries for workers are pushing up her prices and discouraging overseas customers.
Shenzhen city, her base, has the highest minimum wage in China and the local government plans to hike the level by another 14 per cent to 1500 yuan ($240) per month in 2012.

Wang is already paying her employees far more, up to 4000 yuan a month, and she plans to raise salaries to retain workers with skills to operate the sewing machines and do the labour-intensive beading for the cheap wedding dresses.
"If my costs are higher, then I have to sell for a higher price," she said. "China's inflation is too high. If salaries don't rise, people will be in difficulty."
China's inflation peaked at 6.5 per cent in July - the highest level in more than three years.
It has since eased, but workers are feeling the pinch. In recent months, thousands of workers across China have downed tools in a series of strikes over low payment as persistent inflation raises the cost of living.
The labour strife comes at a bad time for companies already struggling with higher costs and shrinking profits.
Zeng Xiangjin, who manages a textile firm, said a stronger Chinese currency was erasing his narrow profit margins for exports like upholstery fabric.
The yuan has risen steadily against the dollar since mid-2010, when Beijing relaxed a de-facto peg to the US currency imposed in 2008 to protect its exporters. Major trading partners have called for greater appreciation.
"Increasing material prices and labour costs contributed to our difficulties to some extent, but I still think the main cause is the exchange rate," said Zeng of Shenzhen Welltex Housewares.

Wedding Dress Style

Sweet princess sent
" Layers of gauze tutu," the delicate mix once so serious and solemn wedding dresses from country to reverse the poetic romantic stage, light and elegant with Lolita-style stacked spinning, so the bride looks lovely without loss of a small woman's well-behaved.

 For:

 ● slim petite bride, you can choose high waist design, the lines stretched legs.
● chest full of the bride, you can choose some of the deep V-neckline or collar, to make the neck look more slender.
Wen yarn know women: most of them slender, dignified temperament, yet romantic style, used to use soft power to defend their insistence on the aesthetic taste. Surface of the cute and lovely she is a strong, brave women of the era.
Light wizard school

 This section is very simple wedding, according to the body curve of the narrow tailoring put fit design, do not slip. Mostly with silk georgette, crepe, etc. with excellent sense of drooping fabric. The direct contact with the skin of soft fabric is not only approachable, but also waving a magic - so women naturally quiet temperament slowly distributed.

  For:
● tall bride can be a good show fascinating physical curve.
● petite bride
Not suitable:
● lower body than upper body fullness of many of the bride
● do not want too much curve to show the body of the bride
Wen yarn know a woman: This is certainly a country with hearty smile, tall, temperament Europeanization girl, as if marriage is a way sweet dream journey, not the cards, she has never reasonably in the fashion arena to find the most suitable for their own touch of vivid colors . She is full of amenities so you always have surprises like freshness.

Luxury queen to send
"There are natural fragrant musk," but quietly expansive wedding style revolution, the evolution of formal cut high waist fashion design. Such a fit close to the wedding in the chest, was slightly A-line skirt, full lines the shoulder and chest, waist and hips on the cover also has a good effect. Eye-catching wedding dress with a bright light and then the accessories, they can also try a return to hog the attention.
For:
● relatively little bride
● hip more fullness of the bride
● slightly relaxed style of wedding you want the bride's mother
Not suitable:
● relatively tall stature of the bride
● chest is not full of the bride

    Elegant lady sent
Fit of the upper body, tighten the waist and full skirt, is the type of wedding features. Accordance with the ladies of high society culture, the faction of the cheap wedding dresses  must have refined and high quality design, rich but subtle details and dotting the witty humor. Although the lack of compelling elements of exaggerated stage, but it is most pleasing to win hot conditions.

 For:
● hourglass or full type of bride. Choose long-sleeved style or V shaped waist, it would be better.
● chest full of the bride
Not suitable:
● petite bride, the skirt is too large will make you even more short.
● thin upper body, lower body plump bride.
Wen yarn know a woman: they are intellectual temperament, delicate, is the standard model and dutiful wife and mother a woman. They do not ask for material life, but then demanding spiritual life is to know the lady over ceremony.

Beach Wedding Theme

If you are not in the sea for their wedding, the consultant proposes ways to have a wedding on the beach, even when you are away. Some of the ideas could be adapted to a real wedding on the beach.
wedding dress
The use of simple wedding dresses and wedding dresses casual is appropriate. If you do not worry too much about classic, with a long beach of white wedding dress flowing wide-brimmed hat and large tropical flowers in the hair or the sun.
Dress, the groom and his assistant
So here is probably better casual. Use a good white or beige jacket and white pants. Add a little fun at him for wearing a tie color range.

Bridesmaids
Whether long dresses or half-calf or bridesmaid with chiffon scarves to keep your hair long or to bind a wide-brimmed hat. The dresses can be used in a color scheme that bridesmaid dress or fashion colors in the palette of colors to be adjusted.
invitations
Use the jewelry for the bride on the beach. a good image of a tropical beach, for example. (Create your own with a good scanner and a printer.)
decorations:
Buy a couple of beach balls suspended in a variety of colors and ceiling. Rental fake palm trees. The officials of the wedding guests covered "with a blue tablecloth, sprinkled with a little sand in the middle, and mussels.
Favors:
Beautiful large shells, with holes at the top of each other, and the tape loop through the hole for hanging. Or treat boxes full of pieces of chocolate shaped beach material such as shells and wrapped in gift paper beach.
The basic elements:
Embedded large pillar candles with shells in wax and placed in a low, flat plate with sand. (Both are light in the hobby and gift shops in cities like Cape May to see the beach.)

How To Choose The Wedding Dress?

Wedding dress many businesses, a variety of styles is dazzling variety of styles! What should brides how to pick? Together now to learn about the basics of dress to buy it.

    To purchase in the country

    Purchased from abroad, a wedding dress too much trouble. "Foreign dealers are not bound by our laws," certain frequently used online shopping user said, "So, in case of a problem can not resort to the law, to protect their interests." Moreover, purchased from abroad, freight is very expensive .

    Do not trust online advertising images

    Some sites will sometimes unauthorized misappropriation of advertising from the designer's website pictures, want to confirm whether the site or in the studio by way of licensing is very simple, as long as the designers call the customer service hotline on the website can be.

    To buy the same bridesmaid dress standards

    Imagine, if they dress the bridesmaid look like different color effects. Maybe the naked eye can not see this slight color difference, but in your wedding photos they will be very harsh.
Do not deal with unauthorized retailers

    "The more you stay away from authorized retailers, the more likely to buy the wrong dress," A says, "a designer without authorization of the studios claim that they got the designer's work, and use discounts to lure the bride are. "there are many hidden dangers of this transaction: the color of fabric may be biased, dress may be defective, or simply completely the wrong fabric. Details may be different, for example, you can imagine dress with back zipper instead of buttons, or worse, there is no wedding dress before the wedding in time to catch up to!

    To "price" than the three

    Samples should always pay attention to clearing discount information. Frequently visited website wedding dress, dress in your area contact the studio and ask them to send you the latest catalog. Want to use the ideal price buy roses dress, you have to wise and versatile. Reduce the requirements for dress fabric is a good way to save money, save the number may be very considerable, and sometimes can save a thousand dollars.

    Do not blindly rule out the online shopping

    Shop to buy some domestic breeze dress, dress them with a variety of sizes, fitted, and if not can easily return policy. More convenient is to buy the cheap wedding dresses online fastest delivery in a week. Nevertheless, it is recommended that love knot ready to dress at least three months to set aside time to cut out the modification, and in case of real products and pictures of the dress does not match or is not satisfied and stores passing stretch of time.

Wedding Dress Color And The Relationship Between The Four Factors

In the cheap wedding dresses in the process, how to configure the colors associated with many factors.



1, is closely related with the fabric

Determine the factors that the United States fabric color is determined by the yarn, fabric, texture, color, pattern etc., and also have color dyed in a variety of different textures of fabric, showing the gloss will be different. Such as silk fabric for color absorption, reflectance is very high. So colorful silk fabrics. The silk cotton no reflection effect, and coarse linen even worse. From the point of view of color shades, shades of difference between the large and smooth texture, reflectivity must be smooth and strong silk, which highlights and dark shades of light and dark colors gives the feeling of a big gap between the diffuse reflection Velvet material, shading the small difference would some.

2, consider all the material itself has the styling, the relationship between the expression

The same pure red, then in Scotland, a class of sparse fabric, it shows the calm, stable expression; if gold and silver woven silk fabric is luxurious, beautiful face; Furthermore, if on the Georgette , Pure red can be drawn is one kind of gentle, flowing character; if resin fabric, it becomes a slightly brave the cold red, to produce a cold, rational expression. As a result, are identical in color science in the red, there is a variety of different fabrics, there is a wide range of expression. That is, the same kind of red, can show the beautiful face, but also show the simple character, but also look into a passion and intellect. It is therefore important that we should first make a variety of color, it has the texture of facial expressions, character sort, then we feel a sensible comprehensive judgments.

Wedding dress color and the relationship between the four factors

3, with the wearer's body, age, sex, color, etc. are related

Only by understanding these can be handy, targeted at the performance of clothing with better color, in order to make the wearer of the garment against the background even more attractive. Such as body fat than those with dark series, older persons with calm colors; between the use of color and color contrast against the background color can play a role.

4, other conditions

In general, usually have to consider five conditions: the object, purpose, time, place and occasion. In the match process, only about the wearer's personality, the environment and the types of wedding dresses, colors in order to grasp the overall direction.

In short, color and much related to our lives, we interpret them through the senses, according to the different objects and needs of the colorful clothing decorated, to give people a different vision.