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Funding is Flowing for Stick-e® Fitness Products from Focus Investments

Capital may still be tight in this economy but the right partnership is worth funding. Stick-e® Brands and Focus Investments, Inc. have just announced the formation of a new entity, Stick-e® Products LLC. Focus Investments will leverage its consumer products expertise to the portfolio of... - May 17, 2011 - Stick-e Products LLC

Hollywood Lends a Hand to Greenway Arts Alliance & Good Work(s) Make A Difference to Give Students a Dream Prom

Students from Los Angeles Fairfax High School Senior class of 2011 got an opportunity to live out their prom fantasies and close their high school years knowing dreams do come true. - May 17, 2011 - Goodwork(s) Make A Difference.com

Nice Fresh Kicks; New Sneaker News Site

Nice Fresh Kicks Sneakers new site has come along to give sneaker fans, collectors and even general buyers a great resource. Nice Fresh Kicks has created an easy to use site with all the news on the latest Sneaker releases. - May 17, 2011 - Nice Fresh Kicks

Shock & Oar Widens Product Offering, Includes Boat Interiors

As Shock & Oar releases its latest range of women’s shirts, the Australian nautical leisurewear brand has widened its offerings to include men’s deck shoes and custom made soft furnishings for home and boat – showcasing the brand’s versatility in a niche... - May 17, 2011 - Shock and Oar

SophiasStyle.com Announces Summer Savings Sale

As part of their Summer Savings Sale, Sophias Style is offering customers a 15% discount on an entire order. - May 16, 2011 - Sophias Style

MiiBrand Website and iPhone App Named in "SMART 100" Index

MiiBrand has been named one of Australia’s 100 most innovative products or services, in one of the largest and most audacious innovation awards of its kind in Australia – the Anthill Magazine "SMART 100" Index. - May 14, 2011 - MiiBrand Pty Ltd

Atlanta Fashion Designer Roberta Sean Launches Online Boutique

Roberta Sean has launched its first high-end online boutique, filled with fierce fashions for equally stylish celebrities and everyday individuals. - May 13, 2011 - Roberta Sean

NewProductHelp.com to Spearhead Marketing Campaign for VersaBill Invention

Andrew H., Ohio resident and inventor, has contracted South Florida invention assistance leader NewProductHelp.com to represent his VersaBill concept to industry over the next 2 years. An innovative new headwear product designed to catch the eye of those who enjoy wearing caps, the VersaBill... - May 13, 2011 - New Product Help, Inc.

Caterpillar® Merchandise Now Available at Dig This® Las Vegas

Dig This® Las Vegas, the nation’s first heavy equipment playground, is now featuring Cat®-branded apparel for men, women and kids, as well as hats, accessories, die-cast miniatures, and gifts for purchase inside their new office. Dig This Las Vegas located at 3012 S. Rancho Drive,... - May 13, 2011 - Dig This

Sydney Personal Stylist Recommends Gift for Mums

People are always searching for the ideal gift to give to Mums during special occasions. Something significant that will express to the mothers out there just how cherished they are. And Smitten with Style is offering this opportunity: To give Mums the chance to undergo a makeover with a personal stylist from Smitten with Style. - May 07, 2011 - Smitten With Style

Black, Starr & Frost America's First Jeweler Since 1810 Will Continue the Tradition of Providing Rare, Magnificent Gems in an Exclusive New Location in Newport Beach, CA

As America’s first jewelry store, Black, Starr & Frost’s history is as mesmerizing as the dazzling gemstones it procures for its clients. Like a diamond’s journey to the surface of the earth, the renowned firm has moved from South Coast Plaza and will open its’ new 5000 square foot location at 341 Bayside Drive, Newport Beach, CA on Saturday, May 7, 2011. - May 06, 2011 - Black, Starr & Frost

Uniform Advantage Miami Dade Nursing Scholarship

Uniform Advantage announced the winner of its semiannual Uniform Advantage Miami Dade Nursing Scholarship today. Kevin Jacobson, in school to attain his Associate of Science Degree in Transitional Nursing, has won $500 for tuition as well as a $100 Uniform Advantage Gift Card to be used for his nursing scrubs and accessories. - May 06, 2011 - Uniform Advantage

New York Fashion Connect Website Re-Launch and New Platform

New York Fashion Connect brings you the new and improved nyfashionconnect.com, New York Fashion Connect new site provides a creative space and exposure for designers and consumers to converge, shop and share ideas about fashion and style, while bringing designers attention on a national level. The... - May 06, 2011 - New York Fashion Connect

10,000 Facebook Page Likes – The Well-Defined Social Media Strategy

Achieving 10,000 Facebook page likes is a major milestone. Learn how the power of social media has increased brand awareness of an online retail brand. - May 05, 2011 - Fabulous Nobodies

Creative Bube Tube Has a Style to Fit Hakim Optical’s Every Advertising Need

Hakim Optical continued to collaborate with the ingenious team at Creative Bube Tube to create a new commercial that maintains the young and hip image Hakim has adopted. Their previous campaign created by Creative Bube Tube has shown such great results that Hakim wanted a new concept to give a... - May 05, 2011 - Creative Bube Tube

Shirtworks Upgrades Online Customised Clothing and Promotional Product Shop, Providing More Powerful Search Options

Shirtworks has made changes to its online shop, enabling website visitors to search for customisable clothing based on fabric colour and gender, rather than simply type of garment. - May 05, 2011 - Shirtworks

Artists Clash to Raise Funds for Art Education

NYC-based arts non profit 501(c)3 Art For Progress (www.artforprogress.org) will feature the winners of the fifth annual international competitions, "Clash of the Artists" on May 13th -14th at Headquarters Studio in Tribeca. The showcase events serve to raise funds for AFP's Arts Education Program, and bring together the genres of visual art, music, and fashion. - May 04, 2011 - Art For Progress

Environmentally-Friendly Clothing Company Hopes to Make Immediate Impact

Envolve Clothing, LLC is an Ann Arbor, MI based for-profit company that produces environmentally friendly clothing. Envolve Clothing donates 20% of each transaction to Project Envolution; a non-profit established to help finance, develop, and implement environmental service projects. - May 04, 2011 - Envolve Clothing, LLC.

Luxurious Silk Scarf Website Created for Elegant & Chic Women at CORIEE.com

CORIEE.com, a comprehensive website dedicated to Silk Scarves inspired by style, today announced their launch. This one-of-a-kind online resource caters to women who desire a silk scarf that emulates their true personal style. Whether the preference is preppy, classic or avant-garde, CORIEE.com... - May 04, 2011 - Coriee

Atlanta Urban Wear (AUW) Presents Its 1st Annual Fashion Show and Launch Party as the First Clothing Line to Represent Atlanta

Atlanta Urban Wear (AUW) will host their 1st Annual Fashion Show and official Launch party on May 5, 2011 to introduce the first clothing line representing Atlanta. - May 03, 2011 - Atlanta Urban Wear

ChefUniforms.com Announces the Winners of Its First Ever Contest for an All-Expense Paid Trip to the 2011 National Restaurant Association Show

ChefUniforms.com held a contest in which culinary professionals and culinary students competed to win an all-expense paid trip to the 2011 NRA Show. Voting took place on the company’s website from April 4th-29th, and winners were announced May 2nd: Peter S. Del Cotto from Trocaire College, and Kimber Hoang from Magenta Restaurant. Congratulations to the winners! - April 30, 2011 - Chef Uniforms.com

10th Annual FAST Spring Benefit Fashion Show "Illumination"

On May 25th, 2011 from 7 to 9pm (doors open at 6pm) in Ackerman Grand Ballroom at 308 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles 90024, FAST at UCLA will be featuring 11 student designers and 35 student models at its 10th annual spring fashion show benefiting the non-profit Food on Foot. “Illumination”... - April 30, 2011 - Fashion and Student Trends

Outstanding Apparel Turns Attention to Churches and Christian Bookstores

Clothing company looking for partners for its custom and inspirational apparel. - April 28, 2011 - Outstanding Apparel

Ed Eskew Joins CGATLANTIC to Start Unique Apparel Consulting Practice

CGAtlantic’ new consulting division has already delivered “Cost Savings through Cost Avoidance” to notable Small and Mid-sized Apparel Companies. - April 27, 2011 - CGATLANTIC

Shirtlab, a Leading Provider of Personalised Clothing, Launches Customisable School Leavers Hoodies Shop to Make Group Orders Easier for Students

Shirtlab has created a customisable shop on its website, enabling students to create a school leavers hoodie design and share it with classmates who can then pay individually whilst still obtaining a group discount. - April 27, 2011 - Shirtlab

Designer Lane, Turns Heads of the Fashion Conscious

A new Australian designer store has launched. Designer Lane stocking exclusive, premium international and local labels, this new online store adds a truly unique and exceptional flavour to the Australian online fashion shopping experience. This online women’s boutique provides... - April 26, 2011 - Designer Lane

AzCa Embroidery Documents Dramatic Rise in Hat Orders

AzCa Embroidery, Inc., a contract embroidery small business in the metropolitan Phoenix area, has documented a dramatic increase in hat and cap orders this month. "We always see an increase in hats as the weather gets warmer," AzCa President Nathan Milhoan comments, "but this year,... - April 24, 2011 - AzCa Embroidery, Inc.

Aymara Designers Creates Exclusive Amazonian Butterfly Cufflinks - Make a Difference Through Fashion

Aymara Designers has partnered with Cufflinksman.com to create a unique line of Amazonian Butterfly cufflinks made from real butterfly wings. The exotic butterflies live and die naturally in a protected environment in Butterfly Garden, located in Peru and their delicate wings are then transformed to create stunning jewelry pieces. In order to support the continuation of the Amazonian butterflies, Cufflinksman.com donates a percentage of all sales to the Garden and the Amazon Animal Orphanage. - April 22, 2011 - Cuff Links Man

Julep Ball Names Survivor Ambassador at UofL

Louisville native Sherry Trenaman Howell has been named Survivor Ambassador for the 2011 Julep Ball, the celebrity-studded event held on the eve of the Kentucky Derby and benefiting the James Graham Brown Cancer Center at the University of Louisville Health Sciences Center. - April 22, 2011 - University of Louisville Health Sciences Center

Shore Thing Signs Top Ranked East Coast Men’s Professional Beach Volleyball Team

Coastal Lifestyle Apparel Company, a ShoreThing, Inc. Represents Top Ranked Men's Professional Beach Volleyball Team in the 2011 Season. - April 22, 2011 - A ShoreThing, Inc.

Creative UK Trend Company Mudpie Unveil Latest Editions of Trend Books for AW12/13

Latest trendbooks published from Mudpie - April 21, 2011 - Mudpie Ltd

Latest Stacey Dash Creative for Tiret Timepieces

Stacey Dash, the beautiful and talented model, actress, & designer is featured in the latest Tiret campaign for Second Chance Collection. - April 20, 2011 - Tiret New York

NOVA Fashion Week Welcomes New Designers, Media and Fashion Enthusiasts to Celebrate a New Decade of Fashion

The various events that will take place during NOVA Fashion Week's October 2011 Fashion Week - April 20, 2011 - NOVA Fashion Week

Launch of InsideOut Styles

New Chicago based designer, Shalini Sharma, launches her first collection of fine, 100% reversible, customized by color draped jersey dresses for women that want style with comfort and no fuss. www.insideoutstyles.com - April 18, 2011 - InsideOut

LingerieDiva.com Adds Baci Lingerie Black Label Collection to Its Line

LingerieDiva.com, a premier online source for sexy lingerie and costumes, is excited to announce the addition of the Baci Lingerie Black Label Collection to its line of products. The collection combines the elegance, quality and sensuality of designer lingerie brands with the price point of off-the-rack labels. - April 18, 2011 - Virtual Inventories, Inc.

Handbag Designer, Brynn Capella Launched Her American-Made Spring 2011 Collection

Hand-picked boutiques and select events across the country welcome the beach-inspired collection this Spring. - April 15, 2011 - Brynn Capella, Inc.

The Spectacle and Vivace Announces 3rd Annual "A Walk for Wishes" May 11

North Hills Retailers Team Up to Support Make-A-Wish Foundation - April 15, 2011 - The Spectacle

Sarah Wallner Causes Hearts to Race Using Denim & Lace in Latest Playboy Spread Featuring Playmate Jaclyn Swedberg

Hot model, hot motorcycle, denim and lace. The only remaining elements needed for a memorable Playboy Magazine shoot were a strategic Mulholland Drive Location with city lights shimmering in the background – which is exactly what Sarah Wallner, popular celebrity stylists – had to work... - April 14, 2011 - Musotica Wear

Newly Redesigned Rainebrooke.com Offers a Huge Selection of Pink Laptop Bags and Cases

Rainebrooke.com recently unveiled its newly redesigned website, including a larger selection of pink laptop bags and cases for women. The new site offers a streamlined category structure, larger images to view close-up pictures of the bags, alternate views of the pink bags and a new layout so... - April 13, 2011 - Rainebrooke Designs

Kachi Designs Jets Off to New York

Up and coming designer is set to debut her collection at Africa Fashion Week in New York. - April 12, 2011 - Kachi Designs

SophiasStyle.com Announces One-Day Sale on All Bonnie Jean Dresses

On Monday, April 11, 2011 customers can take 20% off any Bonnie Jean brand dress at Sophias Style boutique. - April 11, 2011 - Sophias Style

MEZZI Sees Big Bump in Growth of Its Aluminum Case Wholesale Orders

Popularity, product quality contribute to more companies purchasing MEZZI cases in bulk. - April 09, 2011 - Mezzi

Women Wearing More Flattering Fitness Outfits with Advent of Xbox Interactive Exercise on Their Flatscreen TVs

The days of exercising in comfy, gray sweatpants on the trusty family room treadmill may be coming to an end. With the advent of Xbox and similar interactive devices, a new era in exercise has dawned, and women of all ages are dressing for the occasion. “These interactive video games and... - April 09, 2011 - Musotica Wear

Hollywood Celebrity Stylist Sarah Wallner Brings Sexy Fashion Sense to the Big Screen in “Sucker Punch”

Sarah Wallner, known as the “go to” stylists for “A” List Hollywood actors and models, was recently tapped to bring her talents to the big screen in Zack Snyder’s “Sucker Punch” – a fantasy thriller where contrasting, suggestive costuming played a key... - April 09, 2011 - Musotica Wear

Designed to Take a Drenching and Without Ever Stretching, Musotica.com’s Crochet Bikinis Make Splash in Marie Claire Magazine

Social and fashion barometer Marie Claire Magazine is the latest indicator that crochet bikinis have made an improbable comeback since they were first introduced in the seventies. At the vanguard of the new crochet bikini movement is Musotica.com, a popular sexy fashion, lingerie and fitness wear... - April 08, 2011 - Musotica Wear

Donation of Neckties Sparks a Growing Relationship Between APSU and Tiecoon.com

Tiecoon.com has been on the forefront of excellent quality neckwear that is sale, discount, wholesale and clearance priced since 2004. Tiecoon.com has been a premium neckwear supplier of neckties to many retail stores also including Mr. Mac, Missionary Mall, CTR Clothing Stores, and many other LDS and missionary stores throughout Utah and Salt Lake City. Many schools and universities also carry the Jon vanDyk brand neckties and tiecoon.com’s other lines of ties. - April 06, 2011 - tiecoon.com

Kate Middleton’s Engagement Ring Inspires New Fan Site from Emitations.com

Since 1998, Emitations.com has been the leader in bringing celebrity style to the everyday woman by using cubic zirconia and sterling silver. Emitations.com is a popular resource for celebrity and fashion media, with sterling silver jewelry frequently appearing on The View, The Today Show, and in magazines such as InStyle and O Magazine. - April 05, 2011 - Emitations.com