Shine and Fashion Blog

The garden party dresses commonly worn during spring /summer season started long time ago when fashion industry kind of transformed dramatically to provide loosely fitting yet flattering dresses of nineteen twenties. During the Victorian age, the parties were held by both middle and upper classes and the classic dresses worn then were simple in design yet made of pricey materials silky enough to provide nice cuts needed for summer. They were also designed in floral designs, loose niceties over the hips and sleeves and this was a big hit during the nineteen fifty’s.

Lately, with advanced technology and therefore fresh learned or innate skills, ladies are enjoying completely modernized garden party dresses that are no longer conservative in design and they are still worn during summer or late spring. Fashion designers are embracing the green environment and the brightness of summer sun when making-dazzling white dresses made of silk or other lightweight materials. Though a hundred percent cotton or linen is still the best preference of modern ladies, they are not at all more interested in colors as now they know how to match them well. Garden party dresses are simply loose fitting, comfortable and stylish and some feature a strapless design to create that sexy appearance.

Floral dresses matching the green leaves or grass and flowers of kinds are also trendy nowadays for those who do not like plain white or whatever summer color useful for an important garden party. (more…)

The way modern people swap fashion trends can sometimes be interesting because ironically these are the days when undergarments or sleepwear of less coverage is favored yet Victorian nightgowns are still used for romantic reasons. Anyone who knows these gowns can confirm that they are strictly for the timid because of their lengthy appearance as well as layers of laces and ruffles all over. Back in the Victorian age or precisely nineteenth century, ladies used to substitute this nightgown for a corset not to loose their shape in the bedroom buts still showing too much skin those days was almost a taboo. Therefore, the Victorian nightgowns were typically garments of protecting the women body from excessive cold when sleeping as well as offering comfort because the designers of the days used cotton or silk.

Contrary to now when these gowns are categorically for everyone who feel like wearing them, in the past they were precious garments afforded by women of high society. Those others who bought them had one or few gowns but the point is that Victorian nightgowns marked the end sleeping in the same clothes worn during the day for the sake of body cleanliness. Lately, ladies use this gown to revamp a classic style in a very stunning way in that the lingerie for both genders is so much revealing and sexy. Hiding the curves from reach from time to time is seen as great idea to turn him on. Actually, the look of a beauty queen wearing long flowing Victorian nightgown with long sleeves and excessive ruffles and laces is eye popping for the significant other. (more…)

By buying Tanzanite jewelry, men and women can feel like they are experiencing the ethnicity of Maasai, a tribe living in Tanzania and Kenya both of which are East African countries.  The nomadic man of this community was the core pioneer of this stone in 1967, and when it happened he must have been grazing at the base of the Mt Kilimanjaro located in Tanzania. History says that the tribesman saw the sapphire stone after a lightening struck the ground and as gemological tests confirm this not a sapphire mineral either.

To this day, the Maasai still think that Tanzanite, the new label offered to the perplexing stone brings good fortune while the American Gem Association officially chose it as a December month birthstone in two thousand and three. Perhaps those who do not know Tanzanite stone jewelry have unconsciously bought it because there is no jewelry producer who has used this stone than Tiffany & company, a world-class brand and many people wear its products. An exquisite Tanzanite necklace made of these rare stones is breathtaking and to add to this, it is more affordable that other precious stones available today.

It is also easy to confuse this lovely stone with sapphire but it too undergoes serious heating processes to boost the appearance of its color. When wrongly handled, it can easily crumble before it is used to accentuate an earring pendant or something else. Perhaps because this (more…)

Apparently, it is ironic how people find it scandalous or funny when a woman intentionally or unintentionally shows part of her bottoms on the streets or publicly and they do not giggle at the beach. It is even embarrassing if it happens to a plus-size lady whose dress is abruptly lifted up by the winds and a hot pant can see her through that effortless peek. A number of women call these short pants or shorts and sure they are really tiny and fit her bottoms tightly. When ladies want to avoid such accidents or need to wear comfortable underwear on top of the usual thongs and panties, this short pant is a fabulous choice.

In fact these days, there are plus size short pants made of leather and they are not supposed to be veiled under dresses and skirts but are meant to be noted draping their bottoms. These however are bad omen in a respectable office or cocktail party but ideal for clubbing with friends and stills some ladies with faint hearts wont dare embarrass themselves, so they think. Therefore, daring and plus size ladies with high self esteem can have a hot leather number and have fun like every other slender woman particularly if the hip curves are delicious and legs skin and shape are so lovely. (more…)