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In today’s world your outfit is as good as how you accessories it, sometimes accessories can make or break the look. Hence StyleCartel would like to introduce you to a revolution in accessory design. Every wish you had a stylish fashion consensus grandmother, so you could raid her jewelry box! Or ever wanted that particular one of kind piece that no one has to accent that perfect black dress! Or do you just love the styles of the “Belle époque” like some vintage Christian Dior pearl and Diamante Golden Clip on earrings for only £34! Now that is a “throw back” for real vintage addict, because you can own pieces from the Jackie O or Grace Kelly Era.   With an opulent style and classic elegance to add to your own style.

v4vintage has got it all – glam, chic, hip and retro pieces. Vintage glamour has always been in with the in crowd… but recently all the Fashion Consciensce A listers have been taking to the red carpets in vintage glamour… Elle Macpherson attended Elton Johns party in over 250k of vintage clothing and jewellery just last week!!   There’s something special about owning a REAL piece of fashion history and nothing works better than vintage jewellery.

Here it is V4VINTAGE.COM your one stop shop for everything your grandmother never had. V4VINTAGE.COM invites you to celebrate the Fashion Era of the past 100 years. V4V has fashion accessories from the 1890’s Victorian through to the 1980’s Punk/Pop Error. V4V has pieces by Dior, Trifari, Haskell and much more. An expert team with over 30 years of vintage jewelry experience can give you interesting facts about jewelry and all things V4V. V4V will give you the history behind the pieces for sale. They will also help search for a hard to find piece for your jewelry box and ship all over the world.

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Francisco Vanbenthum is a Dutch fashion designer has worked for labels such as SO by Alexander van Slobbe, Puma and G-star. In 2003 he launched his own Men’s wear collection. Francisco sets out to change men’s wear with his vision as a designer, it is clearly seen in his well-designed collections. He alters proportions and affixes altered elements based on the male form.

F. Vanbenthum’s S/S 09 collection was titled Radiant. The idea behind the collection came from scenes from the classic “Lawrence of Arabia.” He has taken ancient looks from the Bedouin tribes of the Sahara Desert and modernized them. Think Middle East, North Africa. The Moors, Jellaba’s, Bedouin tents, Sahara-ouias wrapped in rich hand dyed scarves, how dreamy and delicious.

The collection reminded me of the current trends on the streets today, scarves are big for men. The Palestine style scarf can be found in every colour. The likes of Kanye West, Fall Out Boy, Marc Jacobs, Good Charlotte and Lupe Fiasco have turned scarves into a must have accessories for men, especially by Louis Vuitton.

This is proof that Francisco Vanbenthum is another men’s wear designer to watch because he pay’s attention to the street and what men want to wear. His collection was separated into three parts, candid style, for day and evening. He sent the colours from the desert sandy orange, Mediterranean blues, white and black. The fabrics are lightweight cotton, poplins, crispy nylon, coated silk and summer wools. Radiant S/S 09 includes suits, coats, shorts, and knits, and complement with footwear and accessories for the modern urban nomad.

This was truly one of the most unanticipated shows of men’s week Paris S/S 09 even http://men.style.com

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