Today’s luxury watches come in a wide variety of materials and designs, from stainless steel, sterling silver and gold watches adorned with chain link bands, to silver and gold watches with bands made of luxury leathers such as lizard and snake skin. In addition, today’s watch faces may be made of delicate, diamond-studded porcelains as well as brushed silver and gold, which is really easy to maintain, according to the cleaners in Melbourne.

For those who like a look of classic elegance, companies such as Rolex, Cartier, Patek Phillipe and Tag Heuer have continued to make the same traditional designs of luxury watches for generations. Newer companies, however, such as Jacob & Co. and Joe Rodeo, have made their own mark with modern-styled luxury watches inlaid with colorful gemstone panels and encrusted with diamonds.

While buyers have more to choose from than ever before, it’s important to have a good general understanding of how to match a watch shape to a particular wrist and hand length and size. This is especially important because luxury watches are investment timepieces meant to last for generations.

Generally speaking, a longer wrist and hand can wear any of the elongated and rectangular styles, including the classic rectangular Cartier Tank style and the Golden Ellipse style made by Patek Phillipe. Patek Phillipe also makes several oval styles, including the Nautilus; these oval designs look particularly attractive on a long wrist and slender hand.

If you have a heavy, large wrist and a large hand, you’re easily able to wear the bulkier chronograph and bezel styles produced by companies such as Rolex and Tag Heuer. The classic Rolex Presidential and Oyster models won’t engulf your wrist if it’s large enough to carry off the overall look.

Women with small wrists and hands may have problems wearing a heavy chain link band because it’s liable to slip off the wrist completely. In addition, the chain might also feel too heavy and clumsy for comfort. A great number of luxury watches are produced in leather strap models, so those with smaller wrists would do well to consider purchasing one of these designs instead.

Whichever style you choose, it’s important to remember that luxury watches are indeed long-term investments, so choose your watch according to your own preferences rather than according to any particular fad or fashion of the moment. Also, pay attention to the cleaning processes so you wont have to turn to cleaning services Melbourne every time your watch gets dirty.

So,Levi Strauss had the canvas made into what he called’waist overalls’.To make them fit properly,the wearer had to sit in a watering trough so that the pants shrank to a perfect fit.Miners liked the pants,but complained that they tended to chafe.Levi Strauss substituted a twilled cotton cloth from France called ’serge de Nimes’.The fabric later became known as denim,and the pants were nicknamed blue jeans.

By 1950,Levi’s jeans began selling nationally.Everybody now had a chance to wear a pair of original Levi’s jeans,as they were now called.Later,many other brands emerged,but Levi’s have remained the all time favourite,bringing frame and glory to Levi Strauss.

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1. BW2 sunglasses (canadian)
2. Wanko formals — white, not black this time — i have so much black!
3. Corti sandals …flat enuf to be confortable at work, all day !
4. Suede Boots! — very funky and cute ones, beige.
5. New cute flap phone, red in color, and very very small and cute! and rings very polyphonically!! — ok ok getting carried away with the phone, but yes it is my favorite gadget, cos without my phone i am just so lonely!
6. Minute Maid orange juice! – hah, low on sugar they say, it is tho’!
7. Whitening creams …. (”u r so fair and u still wanna be fairer? do u wanna be invisible?” said the sales girl !! and i said “yes” very matter of factly )
8. Chocolcate roll — and got peach muffins free! yay! — no, but will put on weight with all this sweet!
9. Ralph Lauren bags — bright red, yeah wht else did u expect!
10. Stuffed panda
11. Heart-shaped Swarovski earrings … very very classy, and pretty, and glittery ! — as u can see, i am very fond of them.
12. Bracelet — with coins…and it actually jingles — and i like that!
13. strawberry footcream!
14. foam bath !
15. toothpaste that tastes terrible …
16. soft sinking floaters … again red!
17. skin colored stocking — Calvin Klein ! — spoilt brat!

yay! shopping is really the best therapy for women

And loads of mineral water.

And now i need that lovely soft skin mousse i saw in the mall today. I must get it tomorrow!

I don’t know why i am so excited about that silly mousse, as if it will get sold out if i don’t buy one tomorrow morning ! what a crazy woman!

And i also want the lovely Marco Polo bag! kinda steep! but very nice!

whew!

Those mauve colored sandals with the silk bow were outta this world, but 6800 bucks for one pair of sandals is smthng even I cannot afford! i mean, even i cannot think of splurging on! way too much. But they r so nice! i WANT !!!!!! — ok thts a demanding tone, now be very afraid! LOL !

Need sm sleep now! Dreaming of shopping is also very soothing by the way !

Obama brand being sold on footpath

Just a day before when president Obama has to reach to Mumbai, for an Indian visit just before the most famous festival of lights “Diwali” when people in India spend billions of Rupees on shopping.

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s is known to every one that almost half of the Indian markets do business on footpaths in urban area

As and most of the markets cater in open fields, where people gather and enjoy shopping with lot of hecklings.

This “Diwali” festival is looking a new brand, which is really attracting consumers, specially related with cheap items like “Obama undergarments”, “Obama T-shirts”, and “Obama firecrackers”, are getting very

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 popular.

For the first time, fashion brand “Tantra” has decided to sell merchandise related to a political figure, Obama, and this has hit the right note with five thousands odd pieces are being picked up every day by Indians as well as foreigners.

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I struggle to see the appeal of out-of-town retail parks. For a start, they all carry the same faceless brands. Stores that you wouldn’t ordinarily shop in, stores that place more importance on the label and the price tag than the quality of the product. For example, I purchased a pair of trainers one time – I won’t name the brand here, but let’s say they were not my usual brand and cost way more than I’m ordinarily comfortable spending. They fell to bits within three weeks.

Another thing I hate about retail parks is the herd factor. Everybody is herded around like cattle. You daren’t stop to look at anything in case you’re trampled by the thousands pushing along behind. And they are always inside. Why are they inside? If I have to go to the shops I want to feel the air on my face in between stores. Even if it’s raining outside, I want to feel the real world on my skin. Especially at Christmas. Where’s the fun of shopping at Christmas if you can’t wrap up warm and walk in the snow?

Market towns have character, history, a sense of community. They’ve got quirky little alleyways, filled with nook-and-cranny shops; street performers; cafes and bars; the usual retail suspects. In short, they have everything and more. Where is the character in an out-of-town shopping center that has been hastily thrown together in some quarry in the middle of nowehere?

The sad thing is that the retail parks are winning. People prefer the convenience of free parking and escalators to cobblestones and the chance of a shower. Ted Baker sells better than Fred’s Threads. Consumers get some sense of certainty and security from paying a fortune for the same shirt that everybody is wearing and drinking the same coffee as everybody else.  Sad. But true.

G-Star-Raw; You see a lot of normal people wearing g-star clothing. In my eyes, I don’t see the point; the money you pay is purely for the label. What is the big deal with it anyway? You could get 2 pairs of nice jeans from River Island, for the price you pay to get just one pair of ‘legendary’ G-Star jeans.

A few years back I can remember watching a programme on television, showing the same kind of views I am. They did an experiment with two pairs of jeans, a Calvin Klein pair worth over £100, and a standard pair worth £5. They put these jeans through all sorts of processes to wreck them. At the end of the destroying process, they put the jeans in a shop window, and asked members of the public which pair of jeans they thought cost the most. Almost everybody asked said that the £5 pair of jeans cost the most because they had kept in better condition. Thanks to this experiment, it just goes to show that paying lots of money for things doesn’t necessarily mean that they are good quality. You pay so much on the label, you don’t even think about how long they are going to last.

So, is designer really all it stands up to be?

1. Kleenex

   
   
   Kleenex [kli-neks] – noun: a paper tissue

   This is a trademark brand name for soft paper tissue, used as a handkerchief but it is also widely used as a generic name to refer to similar type of tissue paper.

2. Jeep

   

   Jeep [jip] - noun: a small, sturdy motor vehicle with four-wheel drive

   This is a trademark brand name for motor vehicle with four-wheel drive. However, it is used as a generic name to refer to similar type of vehicle. It is said that the word originated from the initials GP, for general purpose, influenced by “Eugene the Jeep”, a character in the Popeye comic strip.

3. Sellotape

   

   Sellotape [se-leu-tep] – noun and verb: transparent adhesive tape or the act of fastening or sticking with Sellotape

   Sellotape is a trade mark brand name for cellulose or plastic sticky tape. It is also used to refer to other similar adhesive tapes. “Sellotape” is an invented name from the combination of words, cellulose and tape.

4. Frisbee

   

   Frisbee [friz-bi] - noun: a plastic disc designed for skimming through the air as an outdoor game

   This is a trademark name for a light plastic disc, shaped like a plate, thrown between players in a game. It is said that the plastic disc is named after the pie tins of the Frisbee bakery in Connecticut, USA.

5. Yo-Yo

   

   Yo-yo [yo-yo] - noun and verb: a toy consisting of a pair of joined discs with a deep groove between them in which string is attached and wound, which can be spun alternately downward and upward by its weight and momentum as the string unwinds and rewinds; or the act of moving up and down repeatedly or fluctuating

   This is a trademark brand name for the toy in the UK. The brand name is also used as a generic name to refer to similar type of toys. It is believed that this word originated from the Philippines.

6. Vaseline

   

   Vaseline [vas-si-lin] - noun: a type of petroleum jelly used as an ointment or lubricant

   This is a trademark brand name of petroleum jelly. The word originated from the combination of German “wasser” for water and Greek “elaion” for oil.

7. Rollerblade

   

   

   Rollerblade [rol-ler-bleyd] - noun and verb: an in-line skate or the act of skating using Rollerblades

   This is a trademark brand name to refer to the type of in-line skate.

8. Jacuzzi

   

   Jacuzzi [je-koo-zi] - noun: a large bath incorporating jets of water to massage the body

   This is a trademark brand name to refer to such bath and it is said that this type of bath is named after the Italian-born American inventor, Candido Jacuzzi (1903-1986).

9. Land Rover

   

   Land Rover [len-ro-ver] - noun: a strong motor vehicle used for traveling over rough ground

   This is a trademark brand name to refer to similar type of motor vehicle used for the above said purpose.

10. Velcro

    

    Velcro [vel-kro] - noun: a fastener consisting of two strips of fabric which adhere when pressed together

    This is a trade mark brand name to refer to a type of fastener. The word is believed to be originated from the French “velours croche” which means hooked velvet.

11. Hula Hoop

    

    Hula hoop [hu-la-hup] - noun: a large hoop spun round the body by gyrating the hips

    This is a trademark brand name of the hoop. The word is widely used to refer to similar type of hoops spun round the body.

12. Skidoo

    

    Skidoo [ski-du] - noun and verb: a motorized toboggan or the act of riding on a skidoo, chiefly North America

    This is a trademark brand name which is generally used to refer to any long light narrow sledge, used for sliding downhill on snow.

13. Allen key

    
    
    Allen key [el-len-ki] – noun: a spanner designed to fit into and turn an Allen screw

    This is also a trademark brand name to refer to this similar type of spanner.

14. Walkman

    

    Walkman [wok-men] – noun: a type of personal stereo

    This is a trademark brand name introduced by Sony to refer to personal stereo or cassette player. However, the name has been a generic word to refer to other similar type of personal stereo.

15. Strimmer

    

    Strimmer [strim-mer] – noun: an electrically powered grass trimmer with a cutting cord which rotates on a spindle

    This is a trademark brand name that is generally used to refer to similar type of grass trimmer.

16. Plasticine

    

    Plasticine [plas-te-sin] - noun: a soft modeling material

    This is a trademark brand name (in the UK), of a substance similar to clay but does not harden like clay, used for modeling, especially by children. However, this word is used as a generic name referring to similar type of substance.

17. Lego

    

    Lego [le-go] - noun: a toy consisting of interlocking plastic building blocks

    This is trademark brand name but is widely used to refer to similar type of toy consisting interlocking building blocks.

18. Loafer

    

    Loafer [lo-fer] - noun: a leather shoe shaped like a moccasin, with a flat heel

    This is a trademark brand name for shoes. Nevertheless this word is also used to refer to any type of flat shoe similar to moccasin, usually for casual wear.

19. Pyrex

    

    Pyrex [pai-reks] - noun: a hard heat-resistant type of glass

    This is a trademark brand name and also a generic name of a similar heat-resistant glass used especially for cooking and serving food.

20. Yellow Pages

    

    Yellow Pages [yel-lo-pae-jes] - noun: a telephone directory printed on yellow paper and listing businesses and other organizations according to the goods or services they offer

    This is a trademark in the UK for such telephone directory, named after the yellow-colored paper to differentiate it with the normal phone directory.

21. Laundromat

    

    Laundromat [lon-dro-met] - noun: a launderette

    This is a well-known trademark in the USA to refer to any launderette.

22. Filofax

    

    Filofax [fai-lo-feks] - noun: a loose-leaf notebook for recording appointments, addresses and notes

    This is a trademark brand name which is believed to be originated from a colloquial pronunciation of “file of facts.”

23. Dictaphone

    

    Dictaphone [dik-ta-fon] - noun: small cassette recorder used to record speech

    Dictaphone is a trademark brand name to refer to the machine that records speech, and plays it back so that people especially a secretary can type it out. It is also generally used to refer to similar speech recorder.

24. Teflon

    

    Teflon [tef-lon] – noun: a tough synthetic resin used to make seals and bearings and to coat non-stick utensils. Usually this word is also used before another noun especially of a politician having an undamaged reputation in spite of scandal or misjudgment

    This is a trademark brand name which refers to non-stick utensils.

25. Styrofoam

    

    Styrofoam [stai-ro-fom] - noun: a kind of expanded polystyrene, used especially for making food containers

    This is a trademark brand name in the USA and it has become a generic name used generally to refer to any food containers made of polystyrene material.

• hoo·ver [hoo-ver]
  –verb: to clean with a vacuum cleaner (Chiefly British)

It is in fact a trademark brand name of a vacuum cleaner. This brand was named after the American industrialist, William H. Hoover (1849-1942) who commercialized vacuum cleaners as one of the “must-have” household items.

Xerox

• xe·rox [zeer-oks]
  -noun or verb: a name for a copying machine or the act of reproducing printed, written, or pictorial matter by xerography.

This is a trademark brand name for a copy machine. “Xerox” is an invented name from the word xerography which came from the Greek radicals xeros (dry) and graphos (writing), as there are no liquid chemicals involved in the copying process.

Thermos

• ther·mos [thur-muhs]
  –noun: a vacuum bottle or similar container lined with an insulating material, such as polystyrene, to keep liquid hot or cold

This is a trademark brand name of a vacuum flask. The word is actually derived from the Greek word thermo or “hot”.

Prozac

• pro·zac [proh-zak] -noun: a brand of fluoxetine hydrochloride

This is a trademark brand name for a type of drug prescribed for depression. However, it is often widely used to refer to other drugs that treat similar cases of depression.

Spandex

• span·dex [span-deks]
  –noun: a synthetic fiber composed of a long-chain polymer, used chiefly in the manufacture of garments to add elasticity

This is a trademark of a type of polyurethane fabric. However, it is also widely used to refer to other stretchy fabric material.

Jello

• jell-O [jel-oh]
  -noun: brand of dessert made from a mixture of gelatin, sugar, and fruit flavoring, dissolved in hot water and chilled until firm

This is an American trademark brand name, i.e. Jell-O. It is also used to refer to other similar types of jelly desserts.

Tampax

• tampax [tam-pax]
  -noun: tampon used to absorb menstrual flow

This is a trademark brand name for a tampon but it is also widely used as a generic name to refer to similar types of sanitary tampons.

Band-Aid

• band-Aid [band-eyd]
  -noun: adhesive bandage with a gauze pad in the center, used to cover minor abrasions and cuts

This is a trademark brand name, widely used to refer to other similar types of bandages.

Viagra

• vi·ag·ra [vahy-ag-ruh]
  -noun: sildenafil citrate, used to treat impotence

This is a trademark brand name, widely used to refer to other similar types of male potency drugs. It is also said that the name comes from the word virility and Niagara.