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Custom Embroidery – Evergreen Fashion

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Fashion and style are two things that change on almost a monthly basis. If at the start of July women love to wear long sleek skirts, there are pretty good chances that they will be wearing baggy trousers by mid August. Fashion is something that has no bounds and limits. The choice of colors and cuts may vary from person to person but embroidery is one pattern that has never been able to escape the gates of fashion. Try this little experiment; at the end of the day try counting the number of people you meet wearing embroidered outfits and you will find out how embroidery stays in vogue in all the seasons.

Embroidery is used mainly to embellish clothing. Bags, shoes, stoles, carpets, quilts, table cloth, wall hangings, mugs; you name a thing around you and you will find a gleaming touch of embroidery in it. Conventionally, embroidery was a name given to the process of designing patterns on cloth by needles and special colorful threads by hands. It used to take a few days to finish the custom embroidery on one piece of cloth. Today we have several machines and equipment that can embroider different pieces and meet the growing demands of custom embroidery. There is another very traditional and pretty fact that comes along with embroidery for decades and decades. It is the addition of tiny mirrors on the embroidered piece. It is believed that mirrors add the touch of spice to custom embroidery. They are used together so often that if a custom embroidered piece does not have mirrors embellished on it, something seems to be incomplete.

Latest Fashion Trends and gucci

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Gucci is one of the oldest known brands in global fashion arena with roots in the fashion streets of Italy. Since its inception in year 1921 at Florence, Italy, Gucci has maintained its uniqueness and attracted international clientele due to its diverse innovative designs. Gucci started the journey of delivering innovations in fashion with leather goods, and entered into every segment of fashion very soon.

The brand started several fashion trends, like presentation of designer trunks or using bamboo for fashion. These are some examples of experiment in fashion which can be expected by Gucci, the Fashion Pioneer only. Now it operated more than 425 stores world wide, and has true global presence across continents. The brand gained equal reputation among people of different community and nationality. A Gucci store is serving needs of fashion starved people in North and South America, Africa, Middle East, and Asia too. Such strong commitment for perfection leads Gucci to become one of the most famous, prestigious, and easily recognizable fashion brands in the world, and was ranked 46th in the Business Week’s annual chart ofnd environment and more.