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- Top 10 Shocking Celeb Splits of 2012
- Top 10 Luxury Shoe Brands For Women
- Top 10 Noteworthy Deaths in Sports
| Top 10 Shocking Celeb Splits of 2012 Posted: 25 Jan 2013 09:05 PM PST The world of the celebrities is known for giving breaking and shocking news all round the year. The year 2012 was a touch year for the Hollywood celebrities. Some of the most dearly loved couples of Tinseltown have parted their ways in the previous year. The most shocking splits have become the greatest talk of the town. Are you eager to know the couples who have lost their beloved partner last year? Here you are… Check out the list. Most Shocking Celebrity Divorces of 2012
1. Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise
2. Seal and Heidi Klum
3. Amy Poehler and Will Arnett
4. Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman
5. Evelyn Lozada and Chad Johnson
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| Top 10 Luxury Shoe Brands For Women Posted: 25 Jan 2013 09:00 PM PST Shoes are women’s achilles heel and luxury shoe designers create myriads of designs each year to feed the desires of their awaiting clientele. It is no longer a wonder to find a woman who has 100 pairs of shoes or a wife that is shopping for new footwear. So long as there are new designs, there will always be a ready market willing to buy. Below are top 10 of the most popular luxury shoe brands 1. Jimmy Choo: Jimmy Choo is an iconic luxury lifestyle brand, distinct for its empowered sense of glamour and an assured sense of style. The brand traces its roots to a bespoke shoemaker named Jimmy Choo, who catered to the global jet set, including Princess Diana. The Jimmy Choo company was founded in 1996, when Tamara Mellon discovered Mr Choo. Finding her place in the luxury shoe market, she established the Jimmy Choo brand. Choo's niece, Sandra Choi, joined the business as Creative Director. The sexy cuts, fashionable designs, and exceptional Italian craftsmanship struck a chord with a stylish clientele, and the first collection enjoyed instant success. With a goal of creating a global luxury business, Jimmy Choo fascinated outside investment and the company significantly expanded across product categories, channels and geographies. Jimmy Choo departed the company in 2001 and Tamara Mellon left in 2011. A pioneer in the art of celebrity dressing, Jimmy Choo is amidst the very first to bring shoes and handbags to Hollywood where the red carpet proved to be the perfect runway for the brand. Academy Award Winners Halle Berry and Cate Blanchett all wore Jimmy Choo shoes when they won. Today, Jimmy Choo can be seen on style icons from celebrities to royalty to musicians to heads of state. The brand's reputation as a celebrity favourite helped to fuel its rapid expansion. Its iconography was more defined by the bold and theatrical advertising portraying glamorous but strong women in towering heels and luxurious handbag. Retail development has also been an integral part of the company's strategy. The first Jimmy Choo store was opened in 1996 on Motcomb Street in London. A few years later, the company expanded to the US, opening two stores in New York City and Beverly Hills. International expansion continued with Jimmy Choo securing locations in the premiere luxury shopping destinations of the world's most prestigious cities including Sloane Street and Bond Street in London, Avenue Montaigne in Paris and Via Condotti in Rome to name a few. Today, Jimmy Choo encompasses a complete luxury lifestyle brand. Women's shoes remain the core of the product offer, alongside handbags, small leather goods, scarves, sunglasses, eyewear, belts, fragrance and men's shoes. The design direction is managed and run by Co-Creative Directors Sandra Choi and Simon Holloway, who together share a vision to create one of the world's most precious luxury brands.
2. Christian Louboutin: Some people learn their skills in the hands of more seasoned masters, but shoe designer Christian Louboutin found his calling as a 17-year-old apprentice in the dressing rooms of Paris’ fcabaret, Folies Bergère. Tina Turner and Nicole Kidman are inspirations for Louboutin, 44, whose immediately recognizable red-soled stilettos have become a fashion statement on the red carpet and among Hollywood’s A-list crowd. Christian Louboutin spent the early years of his career designing shoes for some of fashion’s biggest names, including Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. In 1992 he opened up his own store at the end of a picturesque 19th century Parisian arcade. He still runs his business from that Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau address, but now his shoes are sold in over 46 countries. He has 14 boutiques in cities such as New York, Los Angeles and London to name a few and he plans to open six more next year in places such as Singapore and Jakarta. He counts on people like Oprah and Cameron Diaz to be among his loyal clientele. Louboutin is just as considerate of his less famous customers. At a recent personal appearance at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City, he canceled his flight back to Paris in order to spend another two hours autographing shoes.
3. Louis Vuitton: What is not to love about Louis Vuitton shoes and luxury brand products? They are elegant, stylish, chic and extremely fashionable. All these go along with the brand's excellent workmanship, quality of work and of course comfort. Louis Vuitton is an icon, representing excellence and this broadens to the shoes that it creates. The Louis Vuitton label was founded by Vuitton in 1854 on Rue Neuve des Capucines in Paris, France. Vuitton was the first to introduce his flat-bottom trunks with trianon canvas, making them not only lightweight, but airtight as well. Before the introduction of Vuitton’s trunks, rounded-top trunks were used, generally to promote water run off, and thus could not be stacked. By 1913, the Louis Vuitton Building opened on the Champs-Elysees. At the time, it was the biggest travel-goods store in the world at the time. Stores also opened in New York, Bombay, Washington, London, Alexandria, and Buenos Aires as World War I began. During World War II, Louis Vuitton collaborated with the Nazis during the German occupation of France. The French book Louis Vuitton, A French Saga, authored by French journalist Stephanie Bonvicini chronicles how members of the Vuitton family actively aided the puppet government led by Marshal Philippe Pétain and increased the government’s wealth from their business affairs with the Germans. The family set up a factory that created artifacts glorifying Pétain, including more than 2,500 busts.
4. Gucci The Gucci brand has been the representation of undoubted quality in the leather field for almost 100 years. Gucci established itself as a luxury fashion label in the clothing, accessories and jewelry field. The quality of their clothes, materials and the uniqueness of their styles made Gucci the symbol of Made in Italy and one of the most acclaimed brands worldwide. One of the most renowned shoe designers, Tom Ford, managed to revive the Gucci brand and turn it into one of the most popular and demanded shoe brand. Women around the world have embraced the fashionable shoes that have loyal followers who turn to Gucci to find comfort and sophistication. The luxury shoes are popular with women from all occupations and they are found in millions of closets around the world. Gucci is an example of how a design can be extremely innovative, yet solid for over 100 yeands.
5. Manola Blahnik These past 3 decades, Manolo Blahnik has topped the charts with luxury brand shoes. She has managed to become one of the most coveted brands to walk this planet. Earning the title of one of the world’s most influential shoe designers, his complex designs have fascinated judicious shoe connoisseurs from around the world. The brand has loyal devotees, who just love the unique shoes that range from sexy stiletto heels to unique designs with embroidery detail. Manolo shoes radiate luxury and enthusiasm and they can take the wearer from a business meeting to a cocktail party in no time.
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| Top 10 Noteworthy Deaths in Sports Posted: 24 Jan 2013 09:00 PM PST They are they species of their own kind and something about them makes us, the fans, obsess over them. It maybe their lifestyle, their achievements, their voices and their skills or maybe it`s just their power to do set records. The life, soul and legacy of these athletes live on even after their passing. They`ve left this world abruptly, accidentally and unnaturally. We feel heartbroken, as if this world is unfair and leaving us with not enough notice. So let`s take a moment to reflect on the following notable deaths in sports. May these athletes live on in our memories.
1. Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL Team:
Russian investigators charged a former airline executive in connection with the crash. Vadim Timofeyev, former deputy director of now-defunct Yak Service Airlines, was charged with "a violation of the rules for transport safety and operation of air transport" for permitting 2 unqualified pilots to fly the plane that crashed shortly after takeoff. On Thursday, investigative committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told reporters that Timofeyev was supposed to ensure that crew members were qualified and their training complete, but instead allowed the pilots to fly the aircraft "illegally." Federal investigators later revealed that the pilot and co-pilot had falsified documents stating that they had undergone the necessary training for the Yak-42.
2. Sarah Burke:
Burke died at the age of 29 in January of 2012 after tearing the artery that supplies blood to her brain during a training run in the super pipe at a personal sponsor event at the Park City Mountain resort. As the result of the fall subsequently after completing a jump, she suffered a ruptured vertebral artery, one of the four major arteries supplying blood to the brain, causing her to go into cardiac arrest as a result. Burke was rushed to hospital, where she was put on life support and therapeutic hypothermia was initiated to protect her brain. On Jan. 11, she had surgery to repair the torn artery, and had been in a medically induced coma until she died. She had sustained severe irreversible damage to her brain because of the lack of oxygen and blood after cardiac arrest. This brain damage from lack of oxygen ultimately led her to death.
3. Bjorn Sieber:
4. Alexander Dale Oen:
He was a medalist at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 where he won silver at the 100m breaststroke. There was great potential for this athlete as he planned to attend the London Olympics as well.
5. Nodar Kumaritashvilli:
Kumaritashvili enjoyed luging since he was 13 and came from family lugers. His cousin was the head of the Georgian Luge Federation. Kumaritashvili, competed in the 2008-2009 Luge World Cup where he finished 55th of the 652 races.
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