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Versace, passes test of time
Article & photos collected by Aggie



范思哲的品牌标志是大家熟悉的蛇发女妖美杜莎(Medusa), 这个logo代表着致命的吸引力, 象征Gianni Versace带着神话色彩的设计精神. 在希腊神话中, 她的极至美丽使见到她的人会在瞬间变成石头; 在现实生活中, 范思哲毕生追求这种美的震慑力, 以及濒临毁灭的强烈张力.
如今, Donatella Versace赋予了范思哲新的形象与特色, 从而更贴近新时代职业女性, 在时尚高贵、性感艳丽之外又创造了活跃轻快、纯净俐落以及洗练自信的气氛.



Known for striking colors, materials and cuts, the Sun King of the fashion world-Gianni Versace was brilliant in his designs, which are endowed with a unique beauty and an emphasis on pleasure and sex appeal. Therefore, the women's wear is fascinating and graceful while the men's is robust and masculine. He liked to create sexy clothes for women -skin-tight with low cuts and high slits on the skirts. Good at using gorgeous materials and skillful with diagonal cutting, Versace skillfully combined stiff geometrical lines with gentle female curves. His suits, skirts and coats are symbolized by lines and sexually expresses the female body.



Versace was among the first to revive the cat suit and the mini skirt, and to have tights worn as trousers. His collections for men and women are sexy to the point of vulgarity. At first sight his work seems to reflect the typical Italian grandezza. On second sight, he seemed to draw only from the images similar to the neo-classicistic ornaments in his prints, pushing them to the limits, in order to challenge any prevailing agreement on good taste. Moreover, there is no great divide between men's and women's wear as shown with his use of chains in his designs. The men's can be multicolored whereas the women's are stylish and flirtatious.



Versace developed different brands to cater for different markets. His selected lines include Gianni Versace, Couture, Instante, Versus, Versace Classic V2, GVII - a men's wear collection for the US market. The most costly Gianni Versace tailor-made high-class dress series, the economic Versus Jeans series and Instante youth series all enjoy wide popularity in various markets.



Donatella became the chief designer for the Versace brand upon her elder brother, Gianni's death. It was Donatella who came up with the idea of using well-known models for catwalk shows, knowing it would generate more press coverage for the Versace label, and in the nineties she was given carte blanche to design a new line, Versus.



Compared to Gianni, Donatella is more exquisite and mellow. A touch of softness, which could never be felt by Gianni, is found in Donatella's designs. In a few short years, she projected the Milanese fashion house into the stratosphere, bringing a new sensibility to the house of Versace and helping make Versace the label of choice for celebrities the world over. These days, the label is more in tune with the modern career woman, as Donatella has taken her inspiration from the lives of friends such as Madonna, Trudie Styler, Naomi Campbell and Courtney Love. And, while the hemlines might not have dropped along with the price tags, collections display more variety while retaining her brother's original ethos.

 

 

"Apple Pie"
Debut Of Apple Pie
By 高翔



We finally make it!

After months of hard work, the first album of Apple Pie is released today. The title of this album is the same as the band-Apple Pie. Its release may mean nothing great in music circles because Apple Pie is not a famous band yet, but it really means a lot to the five members of the band. Its members are, drummer Hai Wei, keyboardist Zhang Zhuo, guitarist Su Yi, bassist Hai Bo and me, the vocalist. It's a dream come true for us.



With this album, we hope to encourage more and more local music fans to also create their own music and make a better atmosphere for pop music in Xiamen. As you know, the atmosphere of pop music is really weak here in Xiamen.

Many thanks to Common Talk and those people who kindly helped us. Go and search for this CD!

 

 

Xiamen Kaiming Movie Complex 厦门天地开明电影城 23日起隆重上映 史诗数字大片 《破釜沉舟》! 地址: 江头北路69号 Ticket line: 5517918

影片简介: 破釜沉舟是家喻户晓的成语典故, 出自《史记·项羽本记》. 讲的是秦军围赵于巨鹿, 项羽率领楚军前去救援. 在两军人数相差极其悬殊的情况下, 项羽率大军渡过黄河, 沉船破釜, 只让士兵持三日粮进军, 义无反顾, 勇往直前, 以示决不后退的决心. 他身先士卒, 冲锋陷阵, 九进九出敌营; 楚军在项羽的率领下, 个个英勇无畏, 以一当十, 英勇战胜了秦军, 缓解了巨鹿之围. 项羽也从此在诸侯中树立起威信, 为后来的称霸天下奠定了基础. 而影片《破釜沉舟》就是反映这个历史故事的. 只不过通过明星的演绎和传奇的电影技术, 这个原本平面的成语将演变成一场神奇刺激的大战.