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The international campaign to boycott Ahava beauty products has recently won the support of a Dutch parliamentarian and an Israeli peace group. [...]
A while ago, the International Herald Tribune had an article about how Muslim fashion designers are getting more creative:
But young Muslim entrepreneurs around the world are making their own fashion statements, modestly, challenging the status quo in their communities as well as stereotypes outside.
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Specialty fashion houses and companies starting distinct ranges intended for fashion-conscious women [...]
This one made up my day:
Reuters – Michael Jackson went shopping in Bahrain on Wednesday disguised as a traditional Arab woman, but if it was an attempt by the pop star to avoid attention, it failed.
A Reuters photographer saw him in a popular shopping mall in the center of the capital Manama all in black, [...]
It's not only in our blood, it's even in our hair styles. That is Politics!
I don't recall attending any festival, shows, conferences, even business workshops around the Arab world, without having a touch of politics in it. It seems that we are born with a destiny to live a daily political cyclone. Is it a [...]
The Jordanian Committee for the International Petra Beauty Festival has announced that it will present Lebanese singer Haifa Wahbi with the �Beauty and Arts� Award. The festival will take place in Amman Jordan at the end of May and will feature the latest trends in fashion and hairstyles for women.
Haifa was nominated for the prestigious [...]
AwareFashion are clothes that react to invisible communication technology in the surrounding and thus enable the wearer to sense their immediate digital environment. The detection device is hidden in a detachable pocket and the fiber optics sewed into the cloth. When a mobile is near, small light spots appear on the sleeve.
Also tagged (Mis) Use of Technology, Technology, WirelessA self-illuminating fabric merges tiny flexible optical fibers, originally developed for medical applications, & ordinary fabrics, like polyester & Lycra. It gives off its own light in five different LED colors, runs off of a rechargeable cell phone battery or a normal AC adapter, & can be used for place mats, table cloths, curtains, clothing [...]
Also tagged Art, TechnologyKITTY, a finger-mounted keyboard for data entry into PDA's, Pocket PC's and Wearable Computers which has been developed here at the University of California in Irvine.
KITTY was one of this years ISWC (Int. Symposium on Wearable Computers) Wearable Fashion Show main features (see here).
KITTY, an acronym for Keyboard-Independent Touch-TYping, is a fingermounted keyboard that [...]
