Swap in the City for the Galway Simon Community

2009 marks Galway Simon Community’s 30th Anniversary of combating homelessness in the West of Ireland. Unfortunately, our services are needed now more than ever, and fundraising has become a vital income stream to assist in the financing of our projects. To reflect the fact that 20% of our service users are women, and acknowledging that we are facing a recession, we have organised an inexpensive fashion event directed towards the ladies. Swap In The City will be a fashion extravaganza with one vital difference –it will offer the women of Galway the opportunity to update their wardrobe in a Guilt Free, Ethical, Stylish way, at zero cost. This event will provide a unique opportunity for women to create their very own 'fashion currency' by swapping their unworn or unwanted pieces from their wardrobes. This will be the first event of its kind in Galway. I have attached a full description of the event along with a poster. Tickets for the event are only ˆ10, which enables you to swap an unlimited amount of clothes at no further expense. All of the proceeds from this event will be going directly to providing accommodation and support to people in Galway who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

For more info please contact Barry McCann 0874156201

Register your Dress

Want to know whether your dress is a standout? Or make sure you won’t have a twin at an upcoming event? Enter the Dress Registry today and in a few quick steps you can make sure the dress you plan to wear is the only one of its kind registered for your event. Plus take a sneak peek at the designers, colors, and styles that others will be wearing.

http://www.dressregistry.com/

Colette Boutique Paris

Description Three storeys of exquisitely collated cutting-edge fashion, this year celebrating its tenth anniversary
Clientele State-of-the-art sneaker geeks, fashion tourists, starlets Merchandise Marc Jacobs, Dries van Noten, Prada make-up, obscure design magazines, entirely unnecessary gadgets with high lust-after factor
Ambience Design exhibition launch party

Famous for Inspired window installations (the film director Michel Gondry is in charge this month); the Colette Dance Class, the fashionista's favourite party; in-house CDs; one-off designer collaborations
Added extras In-house magazine, Le Colette; basement water bar selling more than 100 varieties of limited-edition bottled mineral water

http://www.colette.fr/

Browns Boutique London

After three decades this legendary boutique still leads the way in spotting new talent. Heavyweights such as Balenciaga and YSL sit alongside newcomers like Roksanda Ilincic and Christopher Kane. Serious fashion. South Molton Street
http://www.brownsfashion.com/

Online Beauty

Every girl should know about this organic apothecary. Orders arrive in a straw-packed box as if they've come fresh from the farm. We love John Masters Organics and Suki, a 100 per cent natural skincare and make-up brand. Visit http://www.lovelula.com/

Debs and Student Fashion Expo

Ireland's Premier Student Lifestyle Event

The Debs and Student Fashion Expo will be live at the RDS from 13th - 14th March 2009.
The glitz, the glam, the must see attractions including over 100 exhibitors, celebrity guests, live entertainment, a host of major prizes and of course lots of free stuff are among a few reasons to attend! Here you will find everything you need to make your Debs a success.
Our catwalk will exhibit Ireland’s boutique, designer and high-street debs dresses and tuxedos, all of which will be available on our very own Fashion Avenue.
Visit the Student Life Centre and meet with financial institutions, professional career guidance councillors and even Leaving Cert revision experts.
Step into our Lazy-Boy Lounge and play the latest computer games or sample the most up to date mobile technology…..That is if you can find the time between choosing the coolest limo and picking that James Bond tuxedo.
As Ireland's first fashion and lifestyle event for school leaving students, The Debs and Student Fashion Expo is set to be bigger & better than anything before seen at the RDS.

http://www.debs-expo.ie/

Very Happy Pig

With all the doom and gloom around, this website should cheer you up http://www.veryhappypig.com/

Preheatable Dining Stones keep Dinner Warm

One of the sad realities in the culinary world is that even expertly cooked food tends to cool off—often much sooner than one would like. While there are a variety of electric plate warmers on the market to try to keep things warm, a new innovation from Iowa-based Roccia Bollente Dining Stones uses natural granite to keep meals steamy until the last bite.
Each Dining Stone set includes a precision-cut granite stone disc—available in a variety of colours—and a custom-fitted wooden tray to hold it in cherry, alder or ash. The stones take just 15 minutes to heat in a 350-degree oven; once they're hot, they are simply placed under dinner plates to keep food warm. Even after 45 minutes, their surface temperature is still 220 degrees, Roccia Bollente says. And while the primary motivation behind their creation was keeping hot food warm, the stones are equally useful for keeping chilled foods cold—an hour in the freezer makes them cold enough to keep salads crisp and drinks icy, the company says. A 9-inch set was designed to warm dinner plates, while a smaller, 6-inch version was designed with chilled salad plates in mind, but consumers can use each for either purpose. Pricing begins at USD 40 for the smaller set, and USD 60 for the larger version.
Launched this fall, Roccia Bollente plans to sell its Dining Stones to restaurants, caterers, wholesalers, kitchen stores and gift shops. One to get in on early....?
Website: http://www.diningstones.com/

Contact: www.diningstones.com/contact.html

Thanks to Springwise for this article!

DIY Fashion for Tweens

Est. Today's Design Studio, which recently launched into beta, offers tweens an online canvas along with a set of tools for creating the T-shirt of their dreams. Users begin by picking a style of T-shirt to work with—white, pink or grey—along with a theme for their design; options include "charms," "fun sayings," "glam" and "athletic." They then drag and drop the designs they like onto the shirt they've chosen, including background, accents and logo, until they're happy with their creation. Custom-design tees can then be shared with the Est. Today community and submitted in the site's contests; they can also be purchased for USD 18. New York-based Est. Today sells a variety of other clothing in its online shop as well. Items are available only within the US, and are typically shipped out within one to two days.
Is there any demographic that *doesn't* like doing it themselves?

Website: http://www.esttoday.com/ Contact: www.esttoday.com/contact-us

thanks to Jane from Springwise for the article