Duro Olowu

Duro Olowu Fall 2008, Ready to Wear collection at London Fashion Week



Duro Olowu is a Nigerian with a sophisticated eye for mixing splashily printed vintage couture fabrics with seventies style tailoring and hoards of distinctive jewelry. He has steadily built his business empire, and made many friends while at it.



He has become a apparent presence at London fashion week. Building a business from his Portobello Road store, he first emerged as the designer of a single dress, he is now internationally recognized with his flowy, patchworked printed frocks.



His collection was such a combined of a mixture of multi-patterned couture, African batik print, and a touch of sophisticated styling.

In his autum 2008 collection Olowu used a virity of camouflage prints to creat outfits from tailored jackets and pants, coats, and kimono coats.

His new shop opened on the 21 September 2007

DURO OLOWU

365 Portobello Road

London

W10 5SG

TEL: +44 (0) 208 960 3485

Opening Hours: Tuesday – Thursday by appointment only, Friday and Saturday, 11am – 6pm

Visit website at http://www.duroolowu.com/

Terre D'Hermes

HOT fragrance for your Hot BOY FRIEND!!!

(Product) Red

We Want, We Like!



And it is for charity! Brand new collaboration between Gap and British luxury brand Mulberry.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the two companies are teaming up to launch a special-edition version of the iconic Mulberry Roxanne Bag.

The tote is part of Gap’s ongoing (PRODUCT)RED collection, which benefits the Global Fund, a charity that helps fight AIDS in Africa by providing life-extending anti-retroviral drugs to women and children affected by the virus.

Bags are going for $175, and would be sold at Gap store on 5th Avenue NYC, from the 6th of February. 50% of profits will be going straight to the charity.

Visit website for more http://www.joinred.com/

Valentine's Day

Ok Christmas is over and the next big thing on our social calender is Valentines, are we prepared for this? For all the singletons, it can be trickier, but keep the faith...

The fun is easy to find out there you don't have to look hard enough let us here at 'Hotbabes' make the search much easier for you.

There are many ways to feel fabulous on Valentine's Day, the key to all of this is to having a fantastic Valentine's Day whether you are a couple or not, plan your day and make it one to remember.

For couples, this will be a piece of cake this year if you take advantage of the amazing Valentine's offers that are out there.

Show your love for each other by considered romantic get aways, massage therapy, wining and dinning, don't stick to the same place every year try out something new.

But if you want to stick to the traditional valentines why not, Jewellery, chocolates and lingerie. Good places to begin your search include Hobbs, with several gorgeous jewellery pieces to choose from, For lingerie set try Myla at Liberty And as for chocolate a gift of Godiva is ever-prestigious and is sure to make a lasting impression on your date.

Hope this was helpful

Happy Valentines Day Y'all

Hotbabes Favorite track for Valentiens day

Outkast - Happy Valentine's Day

Album Speakerboxxx

Istanbul

Saturday night disscusion over dinner with a couple of friends, a girlfriend mentioned she was going to Istabul for a wedding in May. The bride to be was also at the dinner and showed us some pictures of the wedding venue, Beautiful...

We've always wanted to go to Istanbul, so here at 'Hotbabes' we did our research and google'd up Istanbul,

People, we have to say, we were spoilt for choices this is why we have decided to make it our hot Vacation of the month!

Fights to Istanbul from London, between 28 Apr - 31 Oct, can cost as little as £170 return, and with thousands of hotels to choose from you'll find the perfect hotel for your trip, whether you want a luxury or a cheap hotel. It is also very easy to get some pretty good last minute deals.

We are certainly going...

Bon Voyage!!!

'Hot Lips'

This winter, being bad never looked so good...

We did our research and once more we promise not to let all you risks takers down. Thanks to 'Sephorah' we've found just the look and easy steps to creating it. This would Definitely make you stand out baby!!

This look is one part Sinner, one part saint. The silvery liner illuminates your face, while the intense shimmer gives you that glitterati edge.

TIPs: To keep glitter in place, dab a tiny bit of cream shadow or sticky gloss on lids before applying it.

Gloss lips with a sparkle-flecked Fresh Sugar Lip Gloss in Sugar Angel.

Take it up a nouch, Continue the festive sparkle in your 'do with a few spritzes of Frederic Sparkling Shimmer Spray.

To get your make up and beauty products, try shopping at www.sephora.com

Looking Fabulous Darlings

Side Car

According to legend, this classic cocktail was first served at Harry's New York Bar in Paris in 1931.

The Ingredients: Makes one drink

1½ oz. brandy or cognac
1 oz. Cointreau or Triple Sec
2 tbsp. lemon juice
Lemon wedge or twist

Wet the rim of a martini glass and dip it in sugar. Combine the brandy, Cointreau and lemon juice with ice in a cocktail shaker. Strain into glass. Garnish with lemon.

Recipe, thanks to domino magazine

Cheers Guys

Mac Book Air

Apple Geniuses

What kind of people do they have working for apple we wonder.

Yet again they have come up with another brand new product in the space of how many months from their last release???

Introducing the Mac Book Air.

Its features are Amazingly thin and different form any other laptop out there in the market at the moment.

The best thing about this is you can take it with you everywhere you go.

Visit apple store to learn more about this new product. http://www.apple.com/macbookair/design.html

New Blog We Found

http://www.yardwear.net/blog/default,month,2005-12.aspx

Support CatWalk the World - Fashion for Food

Congratulations to 'CatWalk the World' who won an award in Paris at the 21st annual World Quality Commitment Awards in the Humanitarian Category. An international campaign created by Mr Femi Amure (United Nations World Food Programme), Mr Matthew Mensah (CEO of CatWALK the World) and Mr Obaro Ibru (Chairman of CatWALK the World), with a mission to raise Funds and Awareness for Stop Child Hunger through high profile fashion shows around the world with the biggest and most respected designers and entertainment artists.


The team was recently in London to participate in the Kulture2Couture show in the grand Victoria & Albert Museum. The workshops held across two days, explaining 'how the global fascination in fashion and design can be harnessed to raise awareness and funds for the humanitarian initiatives aimed at alleviating hunger' were inspirational and very well received.


IMPORTANT
Please show your support and help to make a difference by donating on UN WFPs website http://www.wfp.org/ or http://www.stophunger.org/. Please note, CatWalk the World organise the Campaigns but do not accept any donations directly. ALL donations have to go to UN WFP directly and during events any one interested can donate to the UN WFP staff who will give you a receipt.


COMING NEAR YOU
December 2007: CatWALK THE WORLD will Partner with Mozambique Fashion week for an Awareness programme
March 2008: CatWALK THE WORLD will be hosting a Charity event in Los Angeles. Future shows will be held in Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe among many others.

For more information on the catWalk the World - Fashion for Food Campaign, please visit http://www.catwalktheworld.com/ where you can view videos and pictures of recent shows.

[We have to drop a line on the K2C show itself. It was absolutely incredible, and continues to improve year by year demanding and capturing the respect and recognition it deserves from the fashion industry.]