Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2010

Victoria's Secret 2010 annual extravaganza at 69th Regiment Armory on Lexington Avenue in New York City on November 10 was bigger and better than in the past.

A total of 28 models walked the runway including well known angels Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Karolina Kurkova, Candice Swanepoel, Selita Ebanks, Jessica Stam, Izabel Goulart and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

The Angels wore fine diamond jewelry from Mouawad.
New Angels

Several Victoria's Secret models earned their Angel wings this year. These included Erin Heatherton, Lily Aldridge and Candice Swanepoel.
Adriana Lima Returns

Adriana Lima, who skipped the show in 2009 along with Karolina Kurkova for child birth, made a spectacular comeback this year wearing the Victoria's Secret Fantasy Bra.

Adriana is reported to have shed 50lbs after giving birth to daughter Valentina on November 15, 2009.

This is the second time Adriana, 29, has been selected to wear the coveted bra.
Fantasy Bra

Valued at $2 million, the Bombshell Fantasy Bra is comprised of more than 3000 brilliant cut white diamonds, light blue sapphires and oval-shaped topazes, all set in 18 karat white gold.

The bra features an astounding 60 carats of diamonds and 82 carats of sapphires and topazes and the bra pattern was designed to evoke a heavenly display of swirling stars and constellations—perfect for a Victoria's Secret Angel.

The bra took six Damiani craftsmen 1500 hours of full-time labor to complete. Each diamond was meticulously hand-set to create this wearable piece of art.

In the past angels Heidi Klum, Gisele Bundchen and Marisa Miller, have strutted the diamond lingerie.

Heidi Klum has since retired as a Victoria's Secret Angel. Looks

The models sported looks from six categories and the stage changed according to the theme which included - Tough Love, Game On, Country Girls, Heavenly Bodies, Wild Things, and Pink Planet.
Performances

Katy Perry and Akon gave stellar performances during the show.

Perry's performance included her own songs "Teenage Dream," "Hot N Cold" and "California Gurls."

Paris and Nicky Hilton were in the front row, as were Adrian Grenier, Malin Akerman, Twilight's Billy Burke, Caleb Followill of Kings of Leon supporting his model fiancée, Lily Aldridge; Adam Levine to support his love Anne Vyalitsyna, Vin Diesel and director Michael Bay cheering for Transformers 3 star Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

Lanvin collection for H&M

Which dress to choose? Apparently, this question bothers millions of fashion lovers waiting in anticipation of November 23.This is the date when H&M, Swedish clothing company, will launch its latest collection. The collection was designed by noone else by the creative director of Lanvin Fashion House, Alber Elbaz.

The most anticipated items are: satin dresses with the famous Lanvin frills, miniature one-shoulder mini-dresses in canary yellow or passionate fuchsia colors, lacy skirts, dresses with large floral prints, long gloves, and shiny pumps in bright colors and with satin ribbons.

Isabelle Adjani bag from Lancel

Fall 2010 and winter 2011 at Lancel will feature the beautiful actress Isabelle Adjani. The practice of dedicating handbags to great women is turning into a tradition. That the previous design, which was inspired by the image of Brigitte Bardot, is still very popular with fashionistas.

Lancel, the French fashion house with 135 year-old history, always uses bright, rich, and sparkling colors in its designs in order to create genuine luxury. All Lancel’s heroines have something in common – perfect combination of natural coquetry and femininity, independence and inner freedom.

Isabelle Adjani commented on this masterpiece by saying: ” My entire life is inside this bag. My deepest secrets will be revealed as soon as someone else takes it into possession…”

Oriental Style Christmas Collection from Shanghai Tang

The beauty of Chinese woodlands made even more exotic and mysterious by the presence of various unexpected objects is the theme of 2010/11 Gift Collection by Shanghai Tang. Haunting and tantalizing, they introduce oriental exquisite uncommonness that is ever fresh.

Shanghai Tang is the first international luxury brand, set up in China by David Tang, a businessman from Hong Kong, back in 1994. The brand and the store were designed to evoke the vibrant atmosphere of the Shanghai a hundred years ago.

Shanghai Tang produces a vast range of home and travel paraphernalia, clothes and accessories for women, men and children, perfume, bags and purses and what not.

‘Candy-colored’ Kate Spade Accessories for Spring 2011

Fashion brand Kate Spade, famous first for its stylish and also quite affordable accessories has presented a collection of models for Spring 2011. The main merit of the new collection – bright “candy” colors, which however, do not quite look kitschy due to excellent choice of materials and design.

Kate Spade accessories for Spring/Summer 2011 perfectly complement the summer wardrobe due to their brightness: the collection is built on live colors of bright pink, red, lemon yellow, coral and neon green. The brightness of colors is somewhat balanced by a simple design of accessories: from classical everyday square bags on short hands to ballet shoes and sandals on a flat sole.