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Mary Wilson Struts Stuff as HSBC Sets Up Catwalk for b. Michael
Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Fashion designer b. Michael walked down the runway an hour before his show last night, instructing his models on how to strut and where to stop for poses. He wasn't in the tents at Bryant Park across the street, where many designers have shown their spring 2008 collections during New York's Fashion Week. He was in the lobby of the U.S. headquarters of HSBC Holdings Plc, a Beaux-Arts building on Fifth Avenue. At the end of its business day, the bank transformed the space for the 50-year-old designer's 30-minute show. More than 200 white folding chairs appeared on either side of the catwalk. The balcony took on sound and lighting systems. A zone near office cubicles and teller windows morphed into the hair and makeup station. By 6 p.m., that area was bustling as specialists gussied up 20 models.
Curvy girls
It just doesn't work here in steamy, subtropical SoFla. So you can imagine it in The Bahamas. For plus-sizers, the advice has always been the same: Wear dark monochromatic colors to "lengthen" the body and dress in layers to "camouflage" bulges. Sounds good. But try that in August and you just might spontaneously combust. Here in Humidityville, we need some alternatives. We have gathered a group of experts to give curvaceous women seven tips on dressing for looking stylishly cool when it is sooooo hot: 1. Pick the right fabric. "Linen is huge right now," said Kellie Brown of Avenue stores (there are 10 in South Florida). "Or, if you're sitting at your desk all day and don't want to be all wrinkled, then maybe a nice lightweight jersey dress.
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