Etiquette authority Debrett’s has come out with a first official guide on how cinemagoers should conduct themselves.
The specialist publisher listed recommendations on how not to annoy other audience members with disturbances.
Jo Bryant, from Debretts.com, hopes that the new guidelines will help raise standards of a cinema experience.
“Over the past few years we have noticed an overall decline in the nation’s cinema etiquette. Having someone kick you in the back of the seat or talking for the duration of the film can be a real pain and can spoil a trip to the cinema,” the Telegraph quoted her as saying.
The suggestions include settling down into your chair before the movie begins, and refraining from kicking the seat in front of you.
Avoiding back-row smooching that causes embarrassment to others, along with abstinence from talks or whispers during the film, was also advised.
Debrett’s also offers guidance not to rustle sweet wrappers, suggesting they be opened before the show starts or later during noisy scenes.
Debrett’s came up with the guidelines after a research, commissioned by Orange Wednesdays, showed that 66 per cent of film fans urged for an improvement in etiquette at the cinema.
Finally the confusion is over and the verdict is out – there would now be only one fashion week as the industry’s two main groups Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) and Fashion & Design Promotion Council (FDPC) have decided.
After months of discussions and meetings, the decision was made keeping in mind the sentiments of the designers who were vouching for one fashion week.
The government-run FDPC had been talking of having a separate event of it’s own.
“Finally, I am glad and feeling happy about this united decision that is aimed at taking our fashion industry to great heights and benefiting our design fraternity in best possible way,” FDCI president Sunil Sethi told IANS.
“All designers wanted to have one fashion week and it was only the push and pull of different councils that was coming as a barrier. But with this decision, everything has been sorted out,” added Sethi.
Describing FDCI as a parent body, Sethi said: “FDCI has been a parent body from where different councils and different members originated. But at the end of the day, they all are part of the family and we all have one vision and that is to take our fashion fraternity to great heights.”
“We have come to this decision amicably and FDPC will work more towards supporting the industry, and on the other hand we will continue to showcase and promote our designing talent,” he added.
Michelle Obama wearing shorts while on holiday with her family during a trip to the Grand Canyon recently are fuelling a similar debate.
Click counts were on the rise for the sites that sparked the country’s interest by uploading her pictures wearing shorts.
Hence, the big question, “Should the first lady allow herself to be seen in public in such a casual look?” Opinions are liable to differ but there is no gainsaying that she looks good and in nice shape! The voters witnessing the picture also cast 88 per cent, upholding that she should wear this if she wants.
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is the wife of the forty-fourth President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady of the United States.
Michelle Robinson was born and grew up on the South Side of Chicago and graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School. After completing her formal education, she returned to Chicago and accepted a position with the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met her future husband. Subsequently, she worked as part of the staff of Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, and for the University of Chicago Medical Center.
US First Lady Michelle Obama proves once again that she is no someone who is willing to stick by age old norms if that means giving up her own individuality. She has already emerged as an independent personality, not clubbed together with the happenings at the White House. The First Lady set tongues wagging once again when she dared to sport a pair of shorts during recent outings; an event that has reportedly stirred the hornet’s nest, with many berating her choice of clothing.
Michelle Obama has been known to be a trend setter of sorts, with her immense perception of the fashion scene and has already gained much popularity for her dressing. However, many feel that she has crossed the thin borderline this once when she chose to don the shorts for a recent trip to the Grand Canyon.
By the many, it seems a large section of the media and fashion police have found the First Lady’s attire to be inelegant for the official hostess of the nation. No one however, seems to notice, or is consciously omitting the fact that the shorts were not at all indecent in their look, and that she was not on a casual skin revealing spree.
Seems it is tougher to break away from preconceived set notions than the First Lady would want to believe. General opinion taken in to account, it does not appear that she has committed any sort of fashion disaster or offense. She is just trying to be herself and hold on to her own identity, that of being Michelle Obama.
Schools have often been criticized for drowning students under the load of homework, however, parents see it in a much more positive light, according to a new study.
It showed that while students are spending considerable time completing homework, parents are generally supportive of homework practices.
According to Ken Kiewra, UNL professor of educational psychology and an expert on learning strategies, homework, and study methods, they’re also involved in homework — usually in minimal but supportive ways.
“Our findings should squelch the sentiments that homework is robbing children of free time and that parents are opposed to homework practices,” she said.
“Parents generally report that children spend ample time playing and socializing and report that homework workloads are reasonable,” she added.
While most middle schoolers spend 60 to 90 minutes a day with homework -slightly higher than what previous research in the area had shown – parents in the study did not believe it interfered with their children’s recreational or social activities.
Most parents said they thought their kids’ amount of daily homework was appropriate and did not encroach upon family activities.
With the wedding season round the corner designer Reynu Taandon is giving to-be brides something to look forward to with her bridal collection of bright, colourful saris, lehengas and suits.
“I have used a lot of gota work in my collection because a perfect wedding dress is incomplete without it,” Taandon told IANS here Friday at the preview of her bridal collection for the upcoming Brial Asia exhibition.
The wedding exhibition will be held at Ashok Hotel in the capital Sep 19-21.
For her collection ‘Wedlock’, Taandon has experimented a lot with sequins, thread work, mukesh and mixed them well with fabrics like silk, brocade, georgettes and French chiffons.
The colour palette compliment the festive occasion and she has used orange, fuchsia, maroon, reds and greens that she has drafted in saris, anarkali suits, salwar suits and lehengas.
Talking about her collection Taandon said: “The collection has something for everyone and for every occasion. The preview is just a glimpse of my collection. There is much more in store for to-be brides.”
Juggling their work, families, and endless lists of jobs leaves Australian women with lack of time for themselves, according to a study.
About 90 per cent of the 4000 women questioned during a recent survey said that they got less than two hours of “me time” per week.
Conducted by Nescafe Cafe Menu, the survey showed that about 56 per cent women did not feel like they made the most of every moment.
Twenty four per cent said that they did not entertain because it was either too expensive or too much effort.
Dr. Natalie Skinner, a research fellow at the University of South Australia Centre for Work and Life, said that the poll echoed the findings of the large-scale Australian Work and Life Index 2009, which were released last month.
“What we know from research is that it’s women who are really doing what’s called “the second shift” at home, so once they finish their paid work hours for example, when they come home, they’ve got a second shift of domestic and care work,” Adelaide Now quoted her as saying.
“And we know that the time women spend on this type of work is significant, and still higher than the time that men tend to spend,” she added.
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Levi Strauss’ 501 jeans, the self-appointed original blue jean, robust and indestructible, became the epitome of the denim trend that started more than 40 years ago. But the western look of the American cowboy is passe. The blue jean market, once the strongest revenue-producing segments of the fashion industry, has been transformed.
Small labels are pushing into the shops, giving jeans a touch of luxury and uniqueness — fresh, unconventional and cool.
In order to keep pace, the established brands grouped around Levis need a new strategy.
It’s been a long time since Levi’s jeans commercials held a cult status around the world. A glimpse of the tanned muscular stomach of a guy in the laundromat, the slow unbuttoning of a fly on 501 jeans — blue jean advertisements once were miniature works of art sensually filmed by Hollywood directors. But now the veteran brands Levi Strauss, Wrangler and Lee appear to have lost their sex appeal.
The companies are noticing it in their profits. Levi Strauss recorded a loss of $4 million in the second quarter of the business year. Revenue is sinking dramatically. At the beginning of the year earnings already had slipped by half. Wrangler and Lee, which belong to the US apparel company VF Corporation, saw revenue sink in the second quarter.
The jeans market desperately needs a “dose of excitement”, said analyst Katrin Magnussen of the US market research institute Mintel. Particularly in an economic crisis, customers need an incentive.
“This currently is being created either by designer jeans or by inexpensive jeans available at warehouse-style stores,” Magnussen said. Brands like Levi’s, Wrangler, Lee and Diesel occupy the middle of the market and therefore lose out.
