Anna’s Neighborhood

So, I've been using my Typepad account instead of VOX, and whenever I come back over this way I have shit loads of spam comments to delete. Surely, VOX, if you delete a spam account, it should automatically delete all of the spam comments they've left as well?

Go forth and fill your libraries with media.

Seriously, thanks to everyone for being so amazing and patient. You are the reason I love Vox.

~daisy

I was just told that the Amazon Conduit will be fixed by tomorrow. I will post here as soon as I get word that it's back up and running.

I know this has been frustrating and I am sorry there wasn't more I could do to make it less so. I really appreciate your patience though.

Cheers,

daisy

Bad news. As many of you have probably noticed, the Amazon Conduit was not fixed in the last week's release. Unfortunately, there was an undetected bug that is preventing the conduit from working.

We are working on this bug fix and hope to have the Conduit back up and running this week.

I will keep you posted.

Thank you for being so patient.

~daisy

Blog Action Day is every October 15th, when blogger are asked to post something about a single issue to show our strength and conviction as an online community. It's a great way to feel connected to the greater good, and the participation of so many bloggers to support the world's leading non-profit organizations is something you can do to help, right now. By blogging today, you're supporting some of the world's leading non-profits and sharing your voice for change.

This year's topic is climate change, and we'd love to read your thoughts on the topic. If you participate, leave us a link to your post in the comments, so we know to check out your post!

Go to www.blogactionday.org to learn more, get a badge for your blog showing your participation, and see some ideas for your post on climate change.

Can't wait to read your posts!

~ daisy

Last night was the night of TV glam. The 61st Emmy Awards were held yesterday at the Nokia Theatre. The TV equivalent to the Oscars gathered together your fave TV actors and actresses as well as TV show hosts and just beautiful A-listers and socialites to celebrate the best shows, actors and directors this year.

Beautiful dresses, original designs, gorgeous silhouettes, so who was the hottest best dressed of the night?

Project Runway host Heidi Klum showed her beautiful pregnancy style in a custom-made black strapless lace gown with embroidered bodice by Marchesa. Her enormous baby bump was really hard to hide. The model is due this fall.

Though she said No to personal fashion line claiming she wasn’t “interested in doing it for my own ego”, Harry Potter star and the highest grossing lead actress of the decade, Emma Watson added she would willingly design a line if it was “beneficial to a cause”, and looks like she’s found the cause she was looking for!

Emma Watson will launch her first Spring/Summer 2010 designer collection next February!

Emma teamed up with People Tree to create a capsule lifestyle collection with all the proceeds going to the People Tree Foundation, a charity which aims to school farmers and artisans on sustainable fashion through training and environmental initiatives.

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These Scala Bio-Fir leggings are hailed as the latest tool for a woman’s arsenal in the battle of the bulge: tights that fight cellulite. While these leggings, which were developed with retailer John Lewis, aren’t the first that have used cellulite reduction as a primary marketing ploy, their £15 price tag makes Scala Bio-Fir leggings perhaps the first affordable pair.

So how do Scala Bio-Fir leggings work? The gallery above contains the graphic Scala and John Lewis released, but essentially the leggings are outfitted with crystals that, when they come in contact with the skin, emit infrared rays. Such rays increase the body’s metabolism, which speeds the process of fat breakdown in the body. Wearing tights for weight loss? I’m still a bit skeptical, but if you try the Scala Bio-Fir leggings and have a good experience, let us know!

You can find the Scala Bio-Fir leggings at the link below, although when I checked this morning, they were sold out.

John Lewis claims the leggings are most effective if worn for six hours a day for a continuous 30 days. After this, they recommend regular use. The same material is in Scala's Bio-Fir knickers, which broke John Lewis records with sales of 25,000 a month after their launch in July.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/

Beyonce Knowles is to launch her own perfume. Now it has officically been announced that the ‘Single Ladies’ singer has signed a $20 million deal with a fragrance company Coty to create a scent that willembody her personality.

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By now, I'm sure everyone has had at least heard whispers of this amazing feat, still lets recap: In 2008, the dynamic Dutch fashion duo, Viktor & Rolf, once again baffled us with their creativity and originality, successfully demonstrating once again on what makes them and their partnership nothing short of legendary in the modern fashion world. The pair surprised and delighted us with news on their then-newest project which had taken in form of a giant dollhouse. The giant household contains 55  handmade porcelain dolls (each about 2 ft tall), chronicling some of the most interesting and vibrant designs by the two in the last fifteen years (starting from 1993). The outfits are meant to be exact replicas of each design at the time, from the model's hair style to the most delicate of details, all assorted by collection in each of the rooms.

The result? A spectacular dedication to fashion. But don't think this was any easier to pull of then an actual runway or the dresses. In fact, each minimized outfit took two times longer to put together then the full sized original. The dolls themselves were delicately crafted and hand-painted painstakingly to resemble their human counterparts. Creepy, yes. Over the top, absolutely. And purely Viktor & Rolf.
In September of 2008, Viktor and Rolf were asked to promote this dollhouse masterpiece In London's (UK)own Barbican Art Gallery. The exhibition was an instant success. For those of you who are instantly inspired to check this out on your next glamerous trip to London, UK, read on: Is it still there? No. The dollhouse was relocated to, and to this day resides, in Utrecht, Netherlands. There hasn't been any news of it leaving any time soon, either. But lets all hope this crazy fashion phenomena decides to take another road trip in the near future for a display in a mesueum on this side of the world. So yeah...Viktor? Rolf? Hint hint, nudge nudge!