Three designers have survived "Project Runway," but only one will win
By Suzanne S. Brown
It's down to the final three.
After what seemed like the longest and weepiest season yet of "Project Runway," it's finally time for the finale.
The original 16 designers stitched and witched their way through challenges that included dressing drag queens and even each other, in outfits based on a musical style — we'll never forget the punk Suede or the country-star-styled Korto.
We're used to the contestants getting emotional, but when Tim Gunn dabbed at his eyes in the workroom near the end, it was a bit of foreshadowing. Jennifer Lopez was supposed to be the guest judge for the final collections. When she excused herself from duty because of a reported foot injury, in stepped Gunn.
Runway" show during Fashion Week, which was a month ago, six designers originally presented their collections. But we now know that Joe, Suede and Jerrell had been cut.
I accurately predicted then that it would come down to these three women. I think Leanne made the strongest design statement, but any of them could be the winner. Who do you think will take home the $100,000 prize?
Leanne Marshall, 27
Bio: The Portland, Ore., native with the artsy oversized glasses and long straight hair studied fashion at Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in San Francisco. She lists Rodarte, Maison Martin Margiela and Zac Posen as favorite designers and is influenced by the five years she spent in graphic design.
Why she could win: Leanne's designs are carefully thought out and meticulously crafted. They're also original and modern, unlike anything else in the market. She says her final collection was inspired by waves, which explains the fullness, the layers, and soft blue-and-white color palette.
Why she might not: Some of her designs are more art pieces than wearable clothing. When she's not creating pastel gowns, her color palette and fabric choices can be a little drab.
What
Korto uses vivid silks and jewelrylike embellishment in her designs. (Scott Gries, Getty Images)
the judges said after seeing her wedding and bridesmaid dresses: "Leanne, I have to say, this is so chic, so beautifully crafted and right away, the minute it turned the corner, I knew it was yours," said Michael Kors. Nina Garcia was no less complimentary, saying, "It's modern, it's dreamy, and it's you."Continued...
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Fan's dress fit to honour King Kev
A FASHION designer in the Lake District has created a haute couture wedding dress out of recycled Newcastle United shirts in protest at the continuing chaos at the club.
Angy Morton and her husband Mike are both Newcastle United fans but decided to tear up their shirts after Kevin Keegan left the club.
Angy, who runs her own fashion design business near Lake Windermere, has now turned the shirts into a haute couture wedding dress.
She said: "Newcastle United fans have a real love hate relationship with their team at the moment. So I thought tearing up the shirts and turning them into a wedding dress was a good way to express how we feel.
"Many fans are finding it difficult to wear their shirts with pride with the way things are going at the moment but ultimately there's no escape because they are really married to football and the team!"
The dress was due to feature in a fashion show at Rheged near Penrith on Friday and Saturday, October 11, together with a number of other contemporary designs by Angy.
Recycling is a theme that features strongly in Angy's work.
She continued: "A lot of clothing gets thrown out because we've grown tired of it or because something new comes along. I like to think how I can make a beautiful new outfit or perhaps a bag out of these things.
"The Newcastle United shirts are a good example. Two new shirts are brought out every year but what happens to the old ones?
"Many of them probably get thrown out or just end up at the back of a cupboard."
Angy Morton and her husband Mike are both Newcastle United fans but decided to tear up their shirts after Kevin Keegan left the club.
Angy, who runs her own fashion design business near Lake Windermere, has now turned the shirts into a haute couture wedding dress.
She said: "Newcastle United fans have a real love hate relationship with their team at the moment. So I thought tearing up the shirts and turning them into a wedding dress was a good way to express how we feel.
"Many fans are finding it difficult to wear their shirts with pride with the way things are going at the moment but ultimately there's no escape because they are really married to football and the team!"
The dress was due to feature in a fashion show at Rheged near Penrith on Friday and Saturday, October 11, together with a number of other contemporary designs by Angy.
Recycling is a theme that features strongly in Angy's work.
She continued: "A lot of clothing gets thrown out because we've grown tired of it or because something new comes along. I like to think how I can make a beautiful new outfit or perhaps a bag out of these things.
"The Newcastle United shirts are a good example. Two new shirts are brought out every year but what happens to the old ones?
"Many of them probably get thrown out or just end up at the back of a cupboard."
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
A love that lasts
Continued...
Through six decades of marriage the couple has stayed in Peterborough and raised their six children while George enjoyed a career as an employment and immigration worker for the government and later as a lecturer at Fleming College.
Saturday marked the second time the couple has renewed their vows. The first was 10 years ago for their 50th wedding anniversary. For Mary Hedges, standing beside her friend as the maid of honour Saturday evoked the same feelings their wedding did.
"It was lovely, and she was just beautiful," Hedges said.
Hedges has known Lola since childhood and convinced her to come to Peterborough to work at the wool factory for a few months. Little did she know that she would inadvertently play matchmaker by bringing Lola to Peterborough from the East Coast.
"They just clicked," Hedges said. "She's always been very upbeat, and he's got a dry sense of humour.
They've made their marriage work for so long because they understand each other."
NOTES:Lola and George's granddaughter, comedianJessica Holmesfrom CBC's The Royal Canadian Air Farce, attended the celebration...The Cains's daughter Adell Williamsonalso wore Lola's wedding dress for her own vows more than 30 years ago...Lola handed each of her six children a red rose from her bouquet after the ceremony...In lieu of gifts the Cains asked guests to give vitamin pills to be delivered to malnourished children in Honduras. They collected 12,000 pills for their son David Cain to deliver to Honduras.End.
"This is a proof that with love nothing is impossible."
Through six decades of marriage the couple has stayed in Peterborough and raised their six children while George enjoyed a career as an employment and immigration worker for the government and later as a lecturer at Fleming College.
Saturday marked the second time the couple has renewed their vows. The first was 10 years ago for their 50th wedding anniversary. For Mary Hedges, standing beside her friend as the maid of honour Saturday evoked the same feelings their wedding did.
"It was lovely, and she was just beautiful," Hedges said.
Hedges has known Lola since childhood and convinced her to come to Peterborough to work at the wool factory for a few months. Little did she know that she would inadvertently play matchmaker by bringing Lola to Peterborough from the East Coast.
"They just clicked," Hedges said. "She's always been very upbeat, and he's got a dry sense of humour.
They've made their marriage work for so long because they understand each other."
NOTES:Lola and George's granddaughter, comedianJessica Holmesfrom CBC's The Royal Canadian Air Farce, attended the celebration...The Cains's daughter Adell Williamsonalso wore Lola's wedding dress for her own vows more than 30 years ago...Lola handed each of her six children a red rose from her bouquet after the ceremony...In lieu of gifts the Cains asked guests to give vitamin pills to be delivered to malnourished children in Honduras. They collected 12,000 pills for their son David Cain to deliver to Honduras.End.
"This is a proof that with love nothing is impossible."
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
A love that lasts
After 60 years of marriage, Lola and George Cain surprised family and friends this weekend by renewing their wedding vows
By LAURA MUELLER
Sixty-one years ago Lola Cain came to Peterborough looking for a man, and she never left.
"I didn't want a husband," laughed Lola. "I was like the RCMP -- I came to find a man. He didn't stand a chance."
"She's right," added her husband, George Cain.
And on Saturday, for the third time, the pair walked down the aisle together.
The ceremony was like a time capsule of the chilly November day they first recited vows to each other 60 years ago.
The flower girl, a sprightly four-year- old in 1948, now has grandchildren of her own. The maid of honour would now more accurately be deemed the matron of honour. And there were some slight alterations to the dress.
But when George and Lola stood in front of the priest to repeat their vows again on Saturday, the outpouring of love, tears and support was very much the same.
The roughly 100 guests who arrived at the Lions' Centre in East City on Saturday night thought they were in for a classic Cain party to celebrate the couple's 60th anniversary, but they had no idea they were about to see their beloved Lola slip into the same cream-coloured satin gown she donned 60 years ago to repeat those same vows.
"We shocked the hell out of the kids," Lola said. "They have given so many surprise parties for us. We wanted to do something to surprise them."
"When she came out I recognized the dress immediately," Laura Cain, the eldest of the couple's six children, said.
It was the dress Lola picked out at Faye's Bridal Shop on George Street 60 years ago and wore when she walked down the aisle to George.
The couple met when 17-year-old Lola left her home in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia along with 16-year-old pal Mary Hedges to work at the Bonnerworth wool factory in Peterborough.
She spun wool on the factory floor and George crunched numbers in an office.
They eventually crossed paths on the shore of Lake Ontario during a company picnic in Cobourg. Lola said two other couples who eventually became engaged met that day on the beach. "It was contagious," George said.
Less than a year later, they were engaged. George popped the question on a sunny Saturday afternoon while walking with a group of women from work.
"He did it right in front of all my girlfriends," Lola said.
Lola slipped the ring off her finger when she brought George back to Dartmouth to meet her parents, until he could ask for her father's permission. Then the tug of war began.
"He wanted us to stay in Dartmouth. I said 'no' and that's the first time I ever said no to my father," Lola said.Continued...
By LAURA MUELLER
Sixty-one years ago Lola Cain came to Peterborough looking for a man, and she never left.
"I didn't want a husband," laughed Lola. "I was like the RCMP -- I came to find a man. He didn't stand a chance."
"She's right," added her husband, George Cain.
And on Saturday, for the third time, the pair walked down the aisle together.
The ceremony was like a time capsule of the chilly November day they first recited vows to each other 60 years ago.
The flower girl, a sprightly four-year- old in 1948, now has grandchildren of her own. The maid of honour would now more accurately be deemed the matron of honour. And there were some slight alterations to the dress.
But when George and Lola stood in front of the priest to repeat their vows again on Saturday, the outpouring of love, tears and support was very much the same.
The roughly 100 guests who arrived at the Lions' Centre in East City on Saturday night thought they were in for a classic Cain party to celebrate the couple's 60th anniversary, but they had no idea they were about to see their beloved Lola slip into the same cream-coloured satin gown she donned 60 years ago to repeat those same vows.
"We shocked the hell out of the kids," Lola said. "They have given so many surprise parties for us. We wanted to do something to surprise them."
"When she came out I recognized the dress immediately," Laura Cain, the eldest of the couple's six children, said.
It was the dress Lola picked out at Faye's Bridal Shop on George Street 60 years ago and wore when she walked down the aisle to George.
The couple met when 17-year-old Lola left her home in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia along with 16-year-old pal Mary Hedges to work at the Bonnerworth wool factory in Peterborough.
She spun wool on the factory floor and George crunched numbers in an office.
They eventually crossed paths on the shore of Lake Ontario during a company picnic in Cobourg. Lola said two other couples who eventually became engaged met that day on the beach. "It was contagious," George said.
Less than a year later, they were engaged. George popped the question on a sunny Saturday afternoon while walking with a group of women from work.
"He did it right in front of all my girlfriends," Lola said.
Lola slipped the ring off her finger when she brought George back to Dartmouth to meet her parents, until he could ask for her father's permission. Then the tug of war began.
"He wanted us to stay in Dartmouth. I said 'no' and that's the first time I ever said no to my father," Lola said.Continued...
Monday, October 27, 2008
Wedding dress business badly hit in Kashmir Valley
By Pavez Butt
The recent turbulence in the Kashmir valley which saw curfews, Bandhs (closures) and agitations affecting normal life over Amarnath land row has affected traders specializing in wedding garments.
Many of the already scheduled weddings had been either cancelled or performed in an austere manner.
Local traders had bought various wedding dresses or clothes material from other States in advance, anticipating good sales during the season. But following the cancellation of wedding ceremonies they have failed to sell off their stock and recover their investments.
"We had done all our bookings. Our personal business has undergone huge losses of nearly about 20-21 lakh (about two million) rupees because of the problem of land acquisition and curfew. We bring fresh stock of clothes in January and February, get new Lehngas stitched, which takes around six months to get ready for the showroom," said Asif Bhat, a shopkeeper.
Many shopkeepers, dealing in the special wedding garments, had to return the advance payments from customers. They lament the fact that the sales this year could not be anywhere close to that witnessed last year.
"In comparison to last year's sales, we have undergone loss of about 70 per cent because of the strike. October is the wedding season. We hoped that all of our bookings that we did in the past two months would be recovered. But we incurred losses. Now the people, who earlier used to wear Lehngas during the weddings, prefer to wear simple wedding suits," said Tagvish Ahmed, another shopkeeper.
The brides and bridegrooms, who earlier thought of wearing the specially designed dress on wedding day, are also dejected due to non-availability of a wide special dress material for weddings.
"These days, the fashion of wearing Lehngas and Sherwanis has captured the minds of every bride and groom. It is their earnest desire to wear Lehngas and Sherwanis on their wedding day. But due to the recent agitations, the shopkeepers could not buy enough stock from outside. The brides and grooms could not buy dresses as per their desire," said Afrida Dar, a customer.
Most of the marriages have been celebrated in an austere fashion over the past three and half months.
Source
The recent turbulence in the Kashmir valley which saw curfews, Bandhs (closures) and agitations affecting normal life over Amarnath land row has affected traders specializing in wedding garments.
Many of the already scheduled weddings had been either cancelled or performed in an austere manner.
Local traders had bought various wedding dresses or clothes material from other States in advance, anticipating good sales during the season. But following the cancellation of wedding ceremonies they have failed to sell off their stock and recover their investments.
"We had done all our bookings. Our personal business has undergone huge losses of nearly about 20-21 lakh (about two million) rupees because of the problem of land acquisition and curfew. We bring fresh stock of clothes in January and February, get new Lehngas stitched, which takes around six months to get ready for the showroom," said Asif Bhat, a shopkeeper.
Many shopkeepers, dealing in the special wedding garments, had to return the advance payments from customers. They lament the fact that the sales this year could not be anywhere close to that witnessed last year.
"In comparison to last year's sales, we have undergone loss of about 70 per cent because of the strike. October is the wedding season. We hoped that all of our bookings that we did in the past two months would be recovered. But we incurred losses. Now the people, who earlier used to wear Lehngas during the weddings, prefer to wear simple wedding suits," said Tagvish Ahmed, another shopkeeper.
The brides and bridegrooms, who earlier thought of wearing the specially designed dress on wedding day, are also dejected due to non-availability of a wide special dress material for weddings.
"These days, the fashion of wearing Lehngas and Sherwanis has captured the minds of every bride and groom. It is their earnest desire to wear Lehngas and Sherwanis on their wedding day. But due to the recent agitations, the shopkeepers could not buy enough stock from outside. The brides and grooms could not buy dresses as per their desire," said Afrida Dar, a customer.
Most of the marriages have been celebrated in an austere fashion over the past three and half months.
Source
Saturday, October 18, 2008
The Wedding Belle
By ULRICA WIHLBORG
Continued from previous post...Eva's dream day got under way late afternoon at the historic Saint Germain L'Auxerrois Church in Paris, with a religious ceremony conducted in both English and French. The couple—who met after a San Antonio Spurs game in November 2004 and are building a home in the city, where much of her family lives—were supported by nine bridesmaids clad in red Badgley Mischka dresses and nine groomsmen. Just before she walked down the aisle in her Angel Sanchez couture gown, Longoria "was giggling," says a guest. "She couldn't wait." But when the twosome finally said their vows, "They were very emotional. She was crying." The giggles returned when Longoria mispronounced the word pauvreté (poverty in French). And the kiss? "There were several kisses," says the guest. "Everyone stood up and cheered and clapped. There was so much joy."
Following the ceremony, the guests were whisked away to the 17th-century Chateau of Vaux le Vicomte, where the red-themed reception featured tens of thousands of red roses, 2,000 candles and a red, five-tiered, raspberry-filled wedding cake flown in from California by Perfect Endings. After friends took turns giving speeches—Marc Cherry's, says a guest, "was the best of all, hilarious"—Parker and Longoria, who changed twice during the reception, shared their first dance to Peter Gabriel's recorded version of "Book of Love." They cut the cake at midnight, as fireworks filled the sky. Says Sheridan: "It was amazing!"
But the party didn't really get started until it moved to an outdoor tent, where deejays and an orchestra kept the revelers on the dance floor until 6:30 a.m. (with a 3 a.m. break to refuel with grilled cheese sandwiches, mini hotdogs, hamburgers and french fries). "Eva and Tony danced until the last moment," says chateau owner Jean-Charles de Voguë. A mere three hours later, the newlyweds left for their honeymoon on the Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos. "It was the ultimate fairy-tale wedding," says a friend. "Eva didn't want the night to end."
The wedding was really romantic.I agree that it was a fairy tale wedding.
Continued from previous post...Eva's dream day got under way late afternoon at the historic Saint Germain L'Auxerrois Church in Paris, with a religious ceremony conducted in both English and French. The couple—who met after a San Antonio Spurs game in November 2004 and are building a home in the city, where much of her family lives—were supported by nine bridesmaids clad in red Badgley Mischka dresses and nine groomsmen. Just before she walked down the aisle in her Angel Sanchez couture gown, Longoria "was giggling," says a guest. "She couldn't wait." But when the twosome finally said their vows, "They were very emotional. She was crying." The giggles returned when Longoria mispronounced the word pauvreté (poverty in French). And the kiss? "There were several kisses," says the guest. "Everyone stood up and cheered and clapped. There was so much joy."
Following the ceremony, the guests were whisked away to the 17th-century Chateau of Vaux le Vicomte, where the red-themed reception featured tens of thousands of red roses, 2,000 candles and a red, five-tiered, raspberry-filled wedding cake flown in from California by Perfect Endings. After friends took turns giving speeches—Marc Cherry's, says a guest, "was the best of all, hilarious"—Parker and Longoria, who changed twice during the reception, shared their first dance to Peter Gabriel's recorded version of "Book of Love." They cut the cake at midnight, as fireworks filled the sky. Says Sheridan: "It was amazing!"
But the party didn't really get started until it moved to an outdoor tent, where deejays and an orchestra kept the revelers on the dance floor until 6:30 a.m. (with a 3 a.m. break to refuel with grilled cheese sandwiches, mini hotdogs, hamburgers and french fries). "Eva and Tony danced until the last moment," says chateau owner Jean-Charles de Voguë. A mere three hours later, the newlyweds left for their honeymoon on the Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos. "It was the ultimate fairy-tale wedding," says a friend. "Eva didn't want the night to end."
The wedding was really romantic.I agree that it was a fairy tale wedding.
Friday, October 17, 2008
The Wedding Belle
By ULRICA WIHLBORG
With Multiple Dress Changes, One Red Wedding Cake and Hundreds of Kisses, Eva Longoria and Tony Parker Marry Not Once but Twice
Throughout their dusk-to-dawn wedding reception at a château near Paris, long after they were pronounced husband and wife, Eva Longoria and Tony Parker were still taking "You may kiss the bride" to heart. "They had a game they played all night," says a guest. "She would look at him and say, 'Bisou,' which is French for kiss, and he would lean down and kiss her. They were kissing nonstop!"
For the Desperate Housewives star, 32, and the Belgian-born, French-raised NBA player, 25, the lavish July 7 wedding (estimated cost: $1.5 million) capped a week of festivities that kicked off in Saint Tropez on June 30. There was a surprise helicopter ride to the eighth-century medieval citadel Mont Saint-Michel, organized by Parker for his bride; a day trip to Disneyland Paris; a romantic evening cruise along the Seine and an intimate civil ceremony at a Paris city hall (required to make a marriage legal in France) on July 6, followed by a rehearsal dinner at the Cristal Room Baccarat. On the actual wedding day, with the help of planner Mindy Weiss, the couple treated their 250 guests—including fellow Housewives Teri Hatcher, Nicollette Sheridan, Felicity Huffman and Brenda Strong (Marcia Cross stayed home with her twins) as well as friends Jessica Alba, Sheryl Crow, Terrence Howard and Mario Lopez—to a spectacular party that didn't end until dawn. "It's been one event after another—I'm tired," Lopez told PEOPLE a day later. "There are fun weddings and there are fun weddings. This was a fun wedding, you know? We danced all night." Says Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry: "It was easily the most amazing wedding I've been to."Continued...
I can really feel the fun. This is really a fun wedding but it costs a lot.
With Multiple Dress Changes, One Red Wedding Cake and Hundreds of Kisses, Eva Longoria and Tony Parker Marry Not Once but Twice
Throughout their dusk-to-dawn wedding reception at a château near Paris, long after they were pronounced husband and wife, Eva Longoria and Tony Parker were still taking "You may kiss the bride" to heart. "They had a game they played all night," says a guest. "She would look at him and say, 'Bisou,' which is French for kiss, and he would lean down and kiss her. They were kissing nonstop!"
For the Desperate Housewives star, 32, and the Belgian-born, French-raised NBA player, 25, the lavish July 7 wedding (estimated cost: $1.5 million) capped a week of festivities that kicked off in Saint Tropez on June 30. There was a surprise helicopter ride to the eighth-century medieval citadel Mont Saint-Michel, organized by Parker for his bride; a day trip to Disneyland Paris; a romantic evening cruise along the Seine and an intimate civil ceremony at a Paris city hall (required to make a marriage legal in France) on July 6, followed by a rehearsal dinner at the Cristal Room Baccarat. On the actual wedding day, with the help of planner Mindy Weiss, the couple treated their 250 guests—including fellow Housewives Teri Hatcher, Nicollette Sheridan, Felicity Huffman and Brenda Strong (Marcia Cross stayed home with her twins) as well as friends Jessica Alba, Sheryl Crow, Terrence Howard and Mario Lopez—to a spectacular party that didn't end until dawn. "It's been one event after another—I'm tired," Lopez told PEOPLE a day later. "There are fun weddings and there are fun weddings. This was a fun wedding, you know? We danced all night." Says Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry: "It was easily the most amazing wedding I've been to."Continued...
I can really feel the fun. This is really a fun wedding but it costs a lot.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Melting shirt does $4000 damage to dry cleaner load
By Robyn Ironside
Continued from previous post...After a "tortuous" month of negotiations - in which Mr Londy threatened to take New Twist to court - the company finally paid up in full.
Mr Londy said problems with incorrectly-labelled garments were all too common.
"I've had three beaded dresses melt in the last week. It's the bling that's the problem," he said. Often the beads were added by the wearer without any thought to the care and cleaning of the garment, Mr Londy said.
"It's impossible to tell which beads will endure the dry-cleaning process. Not long ago we had a $15,000 wedding dress ruined when the bodice melted. Fortunately the designer agreed to replace it," he said.
Mr Pyott said he had only been involved in three cases where problems with a single garment were responsible for wrecking an entire load.
"It's tragic enough when one garment goes wrong in the dry-cleaning process but it's a disaster when a whole batch is damaged," he said.
"Generally it's the high end of the fashion industry too. Wedding dresses and evening dresses in particular, which is very distressing for the owner."
Mr Pyott said there were three main problems with dry cleaning, the first being incorrect labelling, followed by dry cleaner error.
"You also see garments where the wearer has spilt something on it, which comes out as a stain in the dry-cleaning process because of the heat," he said.
I can't imagine if my favorite dress was damaged after entrusting it to a dry cleaner company.The manufacturers should also be particular on the materials it uses. It can tests the materials before using it in order to prevent dry cleaning problems. Moreover, the dry cleaning company should take it extra care in the process of dry cleaning any garments.
Continued from previous post...After a "tortuous" month of negotiations - in which Mr Londy threatened to take New Twist to court - the company finally paid up in full.
Mr Londy said problems with incorrectly-labelled garments were all too common.
"I've had three beaded dresses melt in the last week. It's the bling that's the problem," he said. Often the beads were added by the wearer without any thought to the care and cleaning of the garment, Mr Londy said.
"It's impossible to tell which beads will endure the dry-cleaning process. Not long ago we had a $15,000 wedding dress ruined when the bodice melted. Fortunately the designer agreed to replace it," he said.
Mr Pyott said he had only been involved in three cases where problems with a single garment were responsible for wrecking an entire load.
"It's tragic enough when one garment goes wrong in the dry-cleaning process but it's a disaster when a whole batch is damaged," he said.
"Generally it's the high end of the fashion industry too. Wedding dresses and evening dresses in particular, which is very distressing for the owner."
Mr Pyott said there were three main problems with dry cleaning, the first being incorrect labelling, followed by dry cleaner error.
"You also see garments where the wearer has spilt something on it, which comes out as a stain in the dry-cleaning process because of the heat," he said.
I can't imagine if my favorite dress was damaged after entrusting it to a dry cleaner company.The manufacturers should also be particular on the materials it uses. It can tests the materials before using it in order to prevent dry cleaning problems. Moreover, the dry cleaning company should take it extra care in the process of dry cleaning any garments.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Melting shirt does $4000 damage to dry cleaner load
By Robyn Ironside
A BRISBANE dry cleaner was left a legal headache when a plastic shirt labelled "dry clean only" melted, destroying 22 other garments.
Emmanuel Londy of Mayfair Dry Cleaners was furious when a ladies top marked "dry clean only" literally melted, destroying everything else in the load at his Hawthorne factory.
Faced with a $4000 replacement bill and 22 very unhappy customers, Mr Londy hired textile technologist Steven Pyott to wring out the truth.
Mr Pyott found the top should not have been dry-cleaned "under any circumstances" because of a black plastic trim.
"The trim simply dissolves in perchlorethylene solvent which is what dry cleaners use. In this instance, the manufacturer is responsible for the damage to the top and all the other garments damaged," Mr Pyott said.
But the Australian importer of the top, New Twist Pty Ltd, initially offered just 30 per cent of the claim. Continued...
A BRISBANE dry cleaner was left a legal headache when a plastic shirt labelled "dry clean only" melted, destroying 22 other garments.
Emmanuel Londy of Mayfair Dry Cleaners was furious when a ladies top marked "dry clean only" literally melted, destroying everything else in the load at his Hawthorne factory.
Faced with a $4000 replacement bill and 22 very unhappy customers, Mr Londy hired textile technologist Steven Pyott to wring out the truth.
Mr Pyott found the top should not have been dry-cleaned "under any circumstances" because of a black plastic trim.
"The trim simply dissolves in perchlorethylene solvent which is what dry cleaners use. In this instance, the manufacturer is responsible for the damage to the top and all the other garments damaged," Mr Pyott said.
But the Australian importer of the top, New Twist Pty Ltd, initially offered just 30 per cent of the claim. Continued...
Alesha Dixon: I've still got my wedding dress
Strictly Come Dancing winner fails to sell her gown on eBay
Alesha Dixon has revealed that although she's tried to get rid of her bridal gown, she's still stuck with it.
The Strictly Come Dancing winner, 30, put the dress on eBay when she split from husband MC Harvey.
'I put it up for sale and someone put in a false bid, so I've still got the bloody thing,' she tells The Sun.
Alesha married Harvey, 29, in 2005 after a 5-year relationship. But they split after she discovered he was having an affair with her friend Javine Hylton, 26.
Harvey and Javine now have a daughter Angel, 8 months.
The break up is sad. About the wedding dress, its very difficult to sell something very memorable. But, I can't blame her.
Alesha Dixon has revealed that although she's tried to get rid of her bridal gown, she's still stuck with it.
The Strictly Come Dancing winner, 30, put the dress on eBay when she split from husband MC Harvey.
'I put it up for sale and someone put in a false bid, so I've still got the bloody thing,' she tells The Sun.
Alesha married Harvey, 29, in 2005 after a 5-year relationship. But they split after she discovered he was having an affair with her friend Javine Hylton, 26.
Harvey and Javine now have a daughter Angel, 8 months.
The break up is sad. About the wedding dress, its very difficult to sell something very memorable. But, I can't blame her.
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