| Music and fashion fuse at New York fashion shows
UNDER tents in Manhattan's Bryant Park, disc jockey Javier Peral is mixing beats for an exclusive New York gathering, but sweaty hipsters won't be dancing to his soundtrack. Instead, willowy models draped in Luca Orlandi's gold-plated fabrics and all-white winter outfits will strut down the catwalk to the sound of the Klaxons, the English new rave and psychedelic pop group. Like sommeliers who select wine to heighten the taste of haute cuisine, DJs select cutting edge music to enhance the collections showcased by designers at New York's fashion week. Music and fashion aficionados say the sound must complement the collections to underscore the designer's message and sell the clothes. "The music becomes an extra element of the collection," Peral says. "Music is one of the most important ingredients." Peral, who has mixed music for 12 years for labels like Gucci and Ralph Lauren, says Orlandi's Luca Luca show required a "more futuristic" sound than the "pop-y and sugary" radio-friendly soundtracks used for previous collections.
Headlines for January 31, 2007
Steve Sawyer: "My country where I live in, Holland, will effectively disappear, the World Trade Center memorial will be under water and the coast lines of the continents as we know them will have completely changed beyond all recognition and we'll be looking at hundreds of hundreds of millions of people with no place to live." The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is planning to release a report Friday saying there is at least a 90 percent chance human activities are the main cause of climate change. The same scientists listed a 66 percent probability six years ago. FBI Surveillance Collects Internet Use in Massive Database
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The Sun Rises On Station Agents Again
After being replaced by those time-saving MetroCards, full-time token booths are making a comeback. The reason for six or more booths being reopened full-time? The new emergency exit alarms, which impatient travelers are setting off instead of waiting in line to exit through the turnstiles. Station agents now have the annoying responsibility of monitoring the area to ensure that passengers with strollers and the ilk can get through, while fare-beaters cannot. So all those station agents who spend their time watching passengers curse at those pesky MetroCard machines, get ready for a nice new place in the sun—your time has come. Photo courtesy of luisvilla on Flickr .
Stefani Plans Baby Number Two
GWEN STEFANI is making plans to have a second child after she completes her upcoming tour. The pop star plans to take baby KINGSTON on the road with her when she tours this year (07), and if motherhood continues to be a blessing for her, she hopes to add to her family. She says, "It's already on the itinerary... I'm ready to go." But the singer is hoping she doesn't fall pregnant with husband GAVIN ROSSDALE's baby while she's touring - because she toured while pregnant two years ago and found it tough going. She adds, "That was really crazy... I was in rehearsals and I'm like, `What is wrong with me? I am such a jerk right now,' and then all of a sudden I found out I was pregnant. "I couldn't back out of the tour at that point and I was so sick... they had to keep expanding my costumes. "And the smells of, like, the tourbus and air fresheners, yuck, so gross!"
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