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Tired of being nagged by your wife/ girlfriend/ boss lady/ mom/ mom-in-law/ landlady? Ever doze off on a sunny afternoon just trying to imagine how it could be heavenly if you could spend some time hanging out with your buddies, drinking beer and staying up really late watching the basketball games and not having to have a ‘talk’ with the missus later?

Well, the latest CBC-TV reality show concept is out to give the guys of a lucky town in Canada that once-in-lifetime opportunity with a first-of-its-kind ‘female-free reality show”.

Vancouver’s Paperny Films is developing the exciting new television series, called ‘A Week Without Women’, that explores what happens when all the women in an ordinary Canadian town disappear for a week and leave the men and children to cope on their own.

In a ’social experiment’, the series will try to find out what happens to a workplace without women, what happens in a community, and what happens at home when the men and children are forced to cope without girlfriends, wives or mothers!

The ideal place, according to the makers, must be small and scenic and should inhabit fewer than 1000 residents. They want to find a place that’s large enough to have businesses, schools, and a vibrant main street, but also small enough to have a great community spirit and sense of adventure.

And the ‘winning’ town must be completely behind the project.

Director Sally Aitken says:

I keep telling everybody I want 100 per cent buy-in. I am serious, but I recognize there are external circumstances - we can’t kidnap people.

Aitken says the company is trying to find a sponsor to take the women away on a week’s vacation. They are also trying to figure out what to do about women who need to stay for reasons like looking after elderly relatives.

The remaining men folk will have to not only look after their families and businesses, but will be assigned a ’special project.’

The towns already in the running are Lillooet in British Columbia, and Hardisty and Bashaw, both in Alberta.

The town will be selected in February, and filming is to take place in May.

Hmmm...I can’t wait for the series to go on air.

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The world is full of funny people. The world is also full of gizmo freaks. And sometimes funny gizmo freaks like to experiment with underwear. Take a look at these inventions.

Cozy Seamless Man Mitt aka Willie Warmer aka Peter Heater.

This Man Mitt is called “Jingle all the Way!”

This is a hand knitted seamless male undergarment accessory created for comfort and warmth. The crocheted tie makes this piece adjustable for a comfortable fit.

This Man Mitt is made with very soft chunky yarn (100% acrylic) for comfort and easy care. (Machine wash and dry). It features two tiny bells attached to the tie, which are very festive and make this mitt a great Christmas gift idea.

Not sure how much practical function it might serve but it’s sure bound to be a great anecdote for years.

And of course if you’re looking for something different for the missus it also makes a handy dandy little coin purse with side cell phone pocket.

“UNDER-EASE” Anti-Flatulence Underwear

Did you always want to go to one of those ‘All-you-can-eat’ diners and free buffets, but had to pass up because you were a victim of a little, er, flatulence? Well, the wait is finally over. Yes, world’s first fart-free undies are here.

Merchant says “Under-Ease is underwear for protection against bad human gas (malodorous flatus) and is made from a soft air-tight fabric (polyurethane-coated nylon). To maintain the air-tightness, elastic is sewn into the material around the waist and both legs.

A triangular “exit hole” for the flatus to be expelled is cut from the back of the air-tight underwear, near the bottom. This “exit hole” is covered with a “pocket” made of ordinary porous fabric sewn over the “exit hole”. This unique design forces all expelled gas (flatus) out through the “pocket”.

Inside the “pocket” is a high-functioning, replaceable filter - the core of the technology. ... In the center of the filter is a single layer of activated carbon.

A great invention for your great-uncle Ned, and a true blessing for the rest of the family.

Black Velcro Thong

Do you always get nagged by your wife/girlfriend about how you two never ‘talk’ anymore? Well, with the new Black Velcro Thong, you will be able to satisfy all her conversational needs.

Each thong comes with a pack of 40 consonants, 16 vowels and a selection of punctuation marks. More than enough letters to let them know, “Not tonight” or keep them guessing with a “Maybe later!”
The ideal ‘little something’ for your loved one, It is perfect for creating your own intimate, personal messages.
Now if they could only invent underwear that listens...

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New York rapper and DJ Biz Markie is launching two clothing collections.

The musician is following in the footsteps of rappers Sean John and 50 Cent, who have successfully launched their clothing lines.

Markie says that his clothing line is ‘funky’ and said, ‘We just didn’t want to slap a name on it. We want to fill a void in the market and this takes time to develop’.

‘One of the lines will feature mid priced T-shirts and jeans and the other one will consist of designer collections and tailored suits,’ explains Natalie Hoo from Portuguese based Textile Company, Win-Win textiles, who has been hired by Markie to provide creative direction for the two lines.

‘We’ll do things differently and tone it down so that it’s wearable both day and night. The first looks will appear in the club and at our parties, not on the runway,’ said Hoo.

Hoo says that the lines which will a pay homage to the relationship of ink and flesh, will be based on a different technique. He explains that one will not be able to feel the ink in the garment on touching it.

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If you were a little confused seeing the Hugo Boss ad and realized that he was not the usual model, but the young actor actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers, you must have noticed that in the commercial, he doesn’t approve of the product as such. However, the only way you can relate him to the product is by the two-year contract he has signed to be the ‘face’ of the brand.

Brand endorsing, which was the niche area of young, lovely lasses is now being explored by men too, as they are increasingly endorsing men’s luxury brands.

‘Just 10 years ago, there were virtually no male fashion or grooming ads. But now there’s such an increasing noise around the men’s markets that they’re facing the same challenge that women’s brands have faced for years: how to cut through the clutter,’ explains Thomas Burkhardt, the marketing director of Hugo Fragrances.

Undoubtedly, famous brands are facing the challenge by making successful actors their brand ambassador and in turn increasing the count of ATM’s (Actors turned Models). Take for instance Ioan Gruffudd for Burberry’s London fragrance; Antonio Banderas for Police sunglasses; Brad Pitt for Tag Heuer.

Brand endorsement is a two way business. On one hand, the brand benefits in the form of elevated sales and on the other hand actors too get a chance to associate themselves to a particular audience, thereby helping them in their movie careers.

According to a study by US analysts Marketing Management Analytics, ‘The return on a successful campaign with an ATM is four times what it would have been using a model.’

So, we may safely conclude that its not only actresses who minting money in the process of brand endorsements, actors too are reaping benefits of the current trend of marketing.

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We weren’t quite done with our winter wardrobes yet but Milan’s fashion designers decided to tease us with their predictions for men’s Fall fashion 2007 anyway. Sombre, classsic, retro: all the buzzwords of seasons gone by were thrown out the show-window and Dolce & Gabbana set the mood for the coming autumn with their, and you have to hold your breath for this one, space-age glitter!!

Dolce & Gabbana’s new collection, themed on the film 2001 - A Space Odyssey, with space-suit style zip-heavy jumpsuits in whites and metallic colours, jazzed up the catwalk as the lights flicked from blue to white and the film’s soundtrack filled the converted cinema, leaving the audience of over 1000 reporters, buyers and photographers mesmerised.

Sharp-lined suits in metallic colours with razor-thin ties in black, gold and gun metal with white shirts peeping out from under the jumpsuits and the slicker suits. Metallic knitwear, in both chunky, country-style shapes and slim-fitting, echoed the space theme.

“I was a bit overwhelmed that there was so much stuff that just looked fantastic,” said Jake Shears of glam rock band the Scissor Sisters Shears. “I love the slim silhouette. I’m crazy about it because I know that it fits me, because I’m a little guy.”

He picked out bronze metallic suits and white leather lean tailored jackets over jeans as especially attractive to wear.

Sunday’s show saw Platinum-blonde Donatella Versace continuing the more muted approach with her models strutting down the catwalks in black, military-style coats and suits. The straight, slim silhouette marked a further departure from her trademark flamboyant style, already seen at the menswear spring-summer show in June 2006.
Black-and-white blooms of bowties added a twist to elegant, sombre evening wear while kingfisher flashes or red scars of plastic livened up black jumpers.


Versace’s “Noble Chic” show included some women’s wear too. The little black dresses bore similar flashy splashes and were teamed up with achingly high shiny heeled shoes.

This week Milan will host over 1200 photographers and reporters, along with major international buyers.

There are 51 shows till January 18 for 50 brands. Big names on show during the week include Roberto Cavalli, Prada and Gucci. On Wednesday Giorgio Armani presents at venues across the city, from Dolce & Gabbana’s converted cinema to the stock market. Belstaff too promises a collection inspired by Steve McQueen for Wednesday.

Nobel literature laureate Dario Fo may have lamented last week that catwalk shows are boring but he will himself introduce Romeo Gigli’s show on January 18, closing the week’s events. The 80-year-old playwright will grace a catwalk that will be surrounded by life-sized reproductions of Renaissance paintings of an imperial triumph.

“The shows are ... a great sounding board and a great public relations instrument,” Dolce & Gabbana said.

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So it took Daniel Craig’s sexy trudge out of the ocean in the new Bond flick in those now-legendary pale blue La Perla speedos to make the world stand up and recognize the budgie as the next big style trend in men’s swimwear.

For long, a man’s choice of beachwear had been deemed a reflection of his sexual orientation. But with the advent of the metro-sexual man, the choice no longer remains between the extremes of a pair of racing briefs or baggy shorts.

Today men’s swimwear market is overflowing with styles, colors, fabrics and prints to choose from, and being bright, colorful and sexy is very, very permissible.

‘You wouldn’t say there’s one trend. But there’s more variety out there for men now.’ Kelly Ingersole, a buyer for retail chain Swimwear Galore, has been keeping an eye on the demand for the new kind of swimwear. ‘Men are looking for more high-fashion items, and bold tropical prints.”

The demand for trendier, brighter and more attention grabbing beachwear in men’s section has gone up says Dean White, of Bang Clothing in Prahran, who sells the hugely popular aussieBum range and imports a lot of labels from the U.S. and Brazil, such as Rufskin and Pistol Pete. “We’re selling a lot of white and bright colors. There’s a lot of 1970s and retro cuts around.”
Sleeker, sexier, more stylish and definitely much smaller swimwear is now set to do the rounds across the beaches of the world.

Clement Chuah, of new Melbourne men’s fashion label Clemente Talarico, says,“Once upon a time, only a very small minority of men, the gay guys, was interested in looking hot, but now it ranges across the general public.”

Chuah designed his new range to “enhance the masculinity of the male form”, and has gone for an upmarket, retro St Tropez feel. And responding to the public debate over the propriety of these short shorts, he has focused on improving the hold of the garment “It’s also much more chlorine-resistant so it lasts longer and the colors will hold. And you can do laps in them.’ He’s has used Italian Lycra, which has a higher density than normal Lycra, so the trunks hold their form.

Not too long ago millionaire hotelier Justin Hemmes, was dubbed an “offender” for wearing Speedos by a Sydney tabloid newspaper, while Prime minister-in-waiting Malcolm Turnbull was criticized in The Australian for “parading in ill-advised budgie smugglers that left very, very little to the imagination and were stupendously un-prime ministerial”.

But times are changing. The modern man is not too shy to show off his assets, and wearing a bright budgie smuggler to the local beach isn’t as taboo as it used to be. The notion that manly bumps are shameful and unsightly and should be covered up with haggardly baggy board shorts is dated. And the creators of Casino Royale obviously agree.

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Embarrassed to go to the beach with your guy ’cause his swimsuit ‘reveals’ too much?
Can’t find a good pair of beach undies for your uberdandy?

Well this coming summer shall bring a lot of relief to all you ladies losing your precious beauty sleep over your man’s beach wardrobe. Nicky Rowsell, of Melbourne swimwear label Flamingo Sands predicts Lycra trunks will become more popular but says mid-thigh shorts, significantly shorter than boardies, have been their best sellers this summer.

“Guys’ shorts are definitely getting shorter. The most popular style for us for the past few seasons has been our mid-thigh retro short. It’s a great fit and cut that can be worn from the pool or beach straight to the bar . . . It is more of a fashion-forward style that is not necessarily just for swimming or catching rays.”

“Our feedback to date has been that guys do find it difficult to find a great pair of trunks that are not too heavily branded or surfwear orientated. I guess that’s why we added a menswear collection to our range,” she says. “If you are a fashion-forward guy who is not into branding all over your shorts and you don’t surf, there hasn’t been a huge offering for this kind of male consumer - until now of course!”

Rowsell says next summer shorts will get even shorter.

“Our new shape ... is very ’80s.”

Rowsell’s current collection features animal prints, florals, batik patterns and multi-coloured Missoni-inspired stripes. And as for the summer’s colors and patterns she finds the brighter of the lot to steam up the beaches.

“We have been really surprised by what guys have gone for at times - they just love the brighter more colourful prints. And they really love the florals.”

So ladies before your beau plans to go shopping for beach trunks this year take him on a nature excursion and hopefully you’ll have the most dazzling dandy at your arm on the beaches this summer!

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These Balmorals come in a standard Six-eyelet design with a thin string that perfectly adds to the formal appeal of the shoe.
The Cap toe perf design gives it a relaxed yet strong appearance. The lining is done fully in leather.

The insole is leather wrapped with PORON materials making it a high comfort shoe. The Moor tap sole adds to durabilty. Heel is customized for optimized feel.

It is a very comfortable shoe that can be worn throughout a day even standing.

Available in Black, Mocha, and Brandy.
Price: $304.95

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Polo Blue condenses the force of the mighty blue oceans with the vigor of gale storm winds that lash the tempestuous shores, all the while filling you with the euphoria of a calming walk in a Mediterranean garden on a fresh spring morning.

This lush fragrance for men is a fresh blend of aquatic accords combined with spicy basil, verbena, and clary sage, softened with soothing notes of washed suede, velvety moss, and sheer musk.

Notes:
Melon de Cavaillon, Lush Accord, Lush Watery Melon, Fresh Sliced Cucumber, Tangerine, Clary Sage Absolute, Geranium, Basil Verbena, Washed Suede, Velvety Moss, Amber Wood, Patchouli Coeur, Sheer Musk.

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A crystal blue sensation.

Product Range:

Price:
2.6 oz Deodorant Stick $16
4.2 oz After Shave Gel $42.50
4.2 oz Eau de Toilette Spray$62.5
2.5 oz Eau de Toilette Spray $45

Prints are again back and you can see men in all types of floral, leopard, polka dots, zebra or camel print. Prints give you a wild appearance and you can get a change from all monochromes of work place.

Here, is a dress in which you can slip-in for a causal date. The Leopard Print Shirt is in pure silk with green, brown, white leopard print. The shirt is styled with spread collar, front button and long sleeves with button cuffs. Price: $385.00

In addition, if you are bored with your regular or faded jeans then mingle fades, leather to same, and rock yourself with the shirt featured above. The denim jeans in blue wash and brown leather trim is from Just Cavalli collection. The jeans have penta-pocket style with golden-tone logo tag on back waist. Price: $425.00