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Halcyon days of Italian fashion honoured in London show

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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;"><b>LONDON: From its birth in post-war Florence through to Milan's modern-day creations, a new London show is celebrating the glory days of the "Made in Italy" brand, which today is facing an uncertain future.</b></span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Spectacular gowns and accessories from top designers and forgotten brands showcase the craftsmanship and style that helped rebuild Italy and its global reputation after World War II.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">The exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum is entitled "The Glamour of Italian Fashion 1945-2014", but it has a nostalgic air, a reminder of how Italy's standing in the fashion world has declined.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">The marketing of Italy as the home of fashion began at the time of the Marshall Plan, the US aid package that helped rebuild parts of Europe destroyed and demoralised by war.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">With the vision of charismatic businessman Giovanni Battista Giorgini, the funds helped Italian fashion play a key role in national reconstruction - and give Paris a run for its money.</span><br />
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<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Giorgini succeeded in attracting international buyers, including US department stores, and organised the first major show in February 1951, where models sporting elegant dresses and casual beach wear worked the catwalk at his Florence home.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">"The fact that Giorgini convinced these buyers to come and add Florence after Paris on their fashion route really brought the international press and buying power to Italy for the first time," explained exhibition curator Sonnet Stanfill.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Italy's international reputation for style was ingrained by the semi-mythical "Sala Bianca" shows, held in Florence's sumptious Palazzo Pitti and captured on black and white film.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Among those early designers, Emilio Pucci is the only brand currently shown on the runway.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Others disappeared into obscurity, including Vanna and Emilio Schuberth, who is represented at the London show by a stunning strapless robe in various shades of pink.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Cinema and its glamorous stars served as a unique shop window for Italian designers, thanks to the many movies filmed in the Cinecitta studios in the 1950s and 1960s.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">A Sorelle Fontana dress worn by Hollywood star Ava Gardner and a Bulgari necklace and emerald-and-diamond ring given by Richard Burton to his lover Elizabeth Taylor, who filmed Cleopatra in Rome, are among about 100 exhibits on show.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Combining expert craftsmanship and lower-than-Paris prices, Italian designers drove a booming export market, profiting from a thriving textile industry and local skill clusters: Como for silk, Biella (Piedmont) for wool and Prato (Tuscany) for leather.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">In the 1980s, Milan became the capital of Italian fashion and the "Made in Italy" brand became an effective marketing tool worldwide.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Marked by a stunning pair of Dolce & Gabbana black boots encrusted with stones, and Valentino and Armani evening dresses, the final part of the exhibition explores the latest big names in Italian fashion.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">It also looks at the uncertain future of an industry plagued by economic difficulties and the advancing age of its designers.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">"I was very aware of the debate that is swirling around Milan at the moment. If (renowned fashion writer) Suzy Menkes referred to London as a fashion laboratory, where does that leave Milan?" asked Stanfill.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">"I think the fact that the Camera Nazionale della Moda (Italy's national fashion council) has created a new position, that of CEO, and appointed a British female executive, Jane Reeve, to that position, indicates its own self-awareness that there needs to be a change," she added.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">It is a sentiment expressed by the designers themselves in a film shown at the end of the exhibition.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">"Italian fashion needs really to wake up... we need fresh blood," argues Jacopo Etro, creative director of accessories and leather at Etro. He claims the high number of designers aged over 70 is blocking progress.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">Mariano Rubinacci, chairman of the eponymous tailoring company, complains of "unbelievable taxes" while Angela Missoni, creative director of Missoni, bemoans a lack of government support.</span><br />
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetail" style="font-style: normal;">It is a message that may be particularly poignant for new Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, 39, who saw the exhibition on Tuesday evening during a visit to London. AFP</span><br />
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New Story About Paul Walker Car Accidient

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<b>Fast And Furious Late Actor Paul Walker’s friend has opened up  new Issued that how he and everyone else present at the scene of the Accident  car wreck tried to free the trapped star. </b></div>
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<b> Antonio Holmes described  a popular website that he and his friends desperately tried to put out the raging flames using fire extinguishers and free the Fast and the Furious‘ star from his seat belt so he could be pulled out from the Car. </b></div>
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<b> Holmes told website representatives that everyone risked their own lives by attempting to reach into the burning car, but the flames and the heat was so high that they were dragged away by the fire officials when they arrived to the scene.  The Fast and Furious Actor friend   said that everyone got a phone call informing them about the accident, and they just jumped into their cars to reach the scene.  Holmes said that as soon as he and Walker’s loved ones and other friends arrived, they were trying to put out the flames with extinguishers. </b></div>
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<b> His friends  said that it was immense and he saw him trapped lying unconscious in the car after fire, as the car was engulfed in flames, but the driver wasn’t visible to him at that time.  Antonio also said that he had to grab everyone and pull each other off as they were risking their themselves, something that Walker would have done too.  He added  also that when the firefighters showed up, they were all out there and some of them were put into squad cars so they wouldn’t leave the scene and there were at least seven extinguishers on the ground, and that Walkers friends wouldn’t stop trying to help.  Walker had been on his way to a charity event for his organisation ‘Reach Out Worldwide’ when the red Porsche he was travelling in hit a tree and burst into flames.</b></div>
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Actor Ben Affleck to play Batman in 'Man of Steel' sequel

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<b>LOS ANGELES: Ben Affleck will don Batman's cape and cowl.</b><br />
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Warner Bros. announced Thursday that the 41-year-old actor-director will star as a new incarnation of the Dark Knight in a film bringing Batman and Superman together. The studio says Affleck will star  opposite Henry Cavil, reprising his role as Superman from ''Man of Steel''. The movie will also reunite ''Man of Steel'' stars Amy Adams, Laurence Fishburne and Diane Lane.<br />
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The big-screen DC superhero mash-up was originally announced at last month's Comic-Con International in San Diego by director Zack Snyder.<br />
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Snyder said in a statement that Affleck will provide a counter-balance to Cavill's Superman.<br />
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Production is expected to begin in 2014, and the as-yet-untitle film is set for release July 17, 2015. (AP)<br />
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Hollywood Movie 'Lee Daniels The Butler' released today in all over the world

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<b>NEW YORK: New Hollywood Movie ' Lee Daniels The Butler ' is being released today all over tha United States.</b><br />
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<b>Story of this movie about a person, who worked as Butler in White House for many decades. During this time, he served with Eight American President. </b><br />
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<b>Cast of the movie are John Cusac, Opra Onfri and Forest Waity.</b></div>

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Selena Gomez Is 'Definitely Not' Ready to Marry Justin Bieber

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They may have smooched backstage at the Billboard Music Awards, but Selena Gomez definitely isn't ready to settle down with Justin Bieber.<br />
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The ''Come and Get it'' Singer visited Miami's Y100 radio station this week and was asked whether she wanted to get married and start a family with Biebs sometime soon.<br />
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''Oh, my God no,'' Gomez said. ''No... I'm not even 21 yet.''<br />
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She added. '' That's definitely not anything that I want on my radar. I have so much to have fun and experience with.''<br />
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To summarize, backstage kissing and Instagram reunion pics: good. Early marriage to a 19-year-old singer who wears leather harem pants; bad.<br />
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