Monday, November 29, 2010

MILITARY FASHION CAMOUFLAGE OUTFITS

Dear readers of sport&beauty. Today’s post is dedicated to a fashion style that’s all the rage, camouflage inspired military fashion. When the military service was compulsory, youths tried to do their best to skip it. Nobody wanted to dress the woodland camouflage uniform. However, nowadays almost everybody wants to put some military-style clothing into their closet and people are quite proud showing off their camo jackets, shirts or shorts. We are going to present you some of the military style garments people usually wear on the street so you can compare and make a decision whether or not you are ready to join military fashion. Here you are a beautiful girl. She’s might well be a US Marines drill sergeant. She’s wearing a refreshing and chic summer battle dress composed of a buttoned strapped camouflage bodice, a loose miniskirt, a golden belt, and a set of bracelets. I like the way it suits her. The glasses she’s wearing are especially suitable to inspect the newcomers and she seems to be watching something she doesn’t like at all. Somebody must have his fly unbuttoned or weird spots on the shirt. No mercy for him or her.

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This was the former drill sergeant. He was called “The Iron Sergeant”. It’s not strange that nobody wanted to join the Army. His only presence is a bit scary.

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Let’s get down to the basics and talk about camo t-shirts. Here you are a couple of proposals, for her and for him. These are nice military style camouflage t-shirts especially suitable for the summer’s hot weather.

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The following proposal is not as fierce as the previous ones. It’s a long loose strapless dress. It might be a good idea if you like this kind of camouflage print. This camo pattern is so real that if you decide to enter into the forest dressed this way, no rescue team would ever find you if you got lost.

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Let’s talk about some risqué military clothing. We have to prove that we are brave and courageous people. The following design is a real blockbuster. It’s a figure hugging camouflage thin-strapped dress paired with a long skirt, a tight belt and a pair of matching camouflage sandals. This model is especially suitable to attend the Regiment dinner dance. You take the risk that the Coronel could suffer a heart attack if he sees you dressed this way but I assure you that you’ll win all the battles and everybody will be willing to accomplish your orders. At least you will attract males’ sights....

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The following model is also one of my favorites. It’s composed of an olive green shirts and a dark-toned camouflage skirt. If you thought the previous one to be too risqué, this one is much more discreet and the model looks really great.

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Recognized bravery is a compulsory requirement to wear the following ítems. The first one is especially suitable for beach warfare. It’s composed of a gauzy shirt and a bikini bottom in the event you have to jump into the water. The goggles are especially suitable for night vision. What likes me most is the matching clutch. Long time ago, soldiers used heavy rucksacks to carry their equipment. Nowadays, everything seems to fit in this tiny clutch....

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Here you are another risqué outfit. In the first picture the model seems to be quite demure but in the second one she sports a kind of camouflage swimsuit that suits her much better.

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Mean also like military clothing. First of all we’ll have a look at some classical proposals. To the left we can see a model wearing a wrinkled olive green military trench coat. The model to the right seems to be of a Special Operations soldier. He got is face painted to scare the enemy and if you come up against him in the street you might well think he’s taking part in a Schwarzenegger’s or Van Damme’s movie shooting with bullets flying all around him.

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Do you know the man in this picture? He’s California’s Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger portrayed in the old times when he starred in “Commando”. As you can see he was one of the forefathers of military fashion.

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The following model is really funny. Its a mixture between Richard the Lion Heart and a German soldier from the Second World War. Especially designed for the summer, it must be quite a refreshing outfit. The fabric mesh is extremely useful as it will prevent you from being recognized in the street and be thrown eggs at.

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This last picture is not related to camouflage fashion but it really called my attention. To the left you can see the genuine picture. It’s an officer from the Scotland’s Highlander’s Regiment, one of the oldest Units of the British Army. To the right the laughable outfit inspired in the first one. For sure it will kill the enemy from laughter on the battlefield. No comment.

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Military fashion has also reached lingerie. It’s widely recognized that the most important battles are usually fought away from the front. We’ll finish today’s post showing a couple of camouflage men’s briefs. As you can see, firepower is guaranteed.

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To conclude, I’ll leave you a slideshow with some pictures of military fashion and a video so you can see this kind of fashion on the catwalk. Best regards.


Tuesday, November 2, 2010

AURELIE CLAUDEL FRENCH TOP MODEL

Dear readers of sport&beauty. A couple of days ago I was looking at model pictures when I got impressed by the beauty of one of them. She’s not as famous as Adriana Lima or Bar Refaeli but, as far as beauty is concerned, she has nothing to envy to most of the current top models. Here you are some clues about her identity. She’s French. She’s strutted the catwalk for Gucci, Chanel, Calvin Klein, and Victoria’s Secret and starred in ad campaigns for Calvin Klein, Tommy Hifiger, and Oscar de la Renta amongst others. She appeared in Ricky Martin’s video “Private Emotions” and in the cover of the most important fashion magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Vogue, and Elle. Most probably you already know who she is. Today’s post is going to be dedicated to French model Aurelie Claudel. Here you are Aurelie Claudel. She’s amongst the most beautiful models in the world for my liking.

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Aurelie Claudel was born on August 7, 1980 in the French village of Saint-Mars-d'Autille. Born in a wealthy family, Aurelie is the only daughter (she has two brothers) of a distinguished notary and descendiente of the famous French sculptress Camille Claudel. Aurelie’s life changed dramatically when in 1993 at the Paris’ Jardin des Plantes she was approached by Dawn Wolfe, a model agent who tried to persuade her to try her luck in the modeling world. Despite her father’s refusal to allow her to enter the fashion world, she didn’t think about it twice and decided to accept Wolfe’s offer. Here you are the data and measurements of this stunning French model:
- Full name: Aurelie Claudel

- Birth date: August 7, 1980 in Saint-Mars-d’Autille, France

- Height: 174 centimetres : 5'8.5"

- Measurements: (EU) 84-58.5-84 : (US) 33-23-33

- Hair color: brown

- Eye color: hazel

- Dress size: (EU) 34 : (US) 4

- Shoe size: (EU) 39 : (US) 8.5

- Agencies: IMG Models Paris, Group Model Management Barcelona, Storm models London, Modelwerk, IMG Models New York

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Let’s talk about Aurelie Claudel’s modeling career. In February 1997, four years after her lucky discovery, Aurelie made her debut at the New York Fashion Week walking for Calvin Klein, DKNY, Marc Jacobs, and Vivienne Tam’s Fall fashion shows and appearing for the first time in November of the same year in the cover of Cosmopolitan. In 1998, Aurelie was photographed by Mario Testino for “Allure” magazine and in October she graced the cover of Vogue France. In 1999, being already an established model, she was chosen to star in Ricky Martin’s video clip “Private Emotion” (you can see the video clip at the end of this article) and became the face of Chloé’s Spring ad campaign, Chanel cosmetics line and Valentino’s Fall Winter campaign.

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Since then, Aurelie has achieved success after success. In the year 2000, the French model walked in Paris for Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix and John Galliano and was chosen the face of Calvin Klein’s “Truth” fragrance. 2001 was one of her best years. Aurelie was photographed by Mario Testino for the famous Pirelli calendar and appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition and the Elle fashion magazine. In 2002 she graced the cover of Vogue Italy in four occasions and appeared, together with Brazilian model Alessandra Ambrosio, in the Victoria’s Secret shoe and accessories catalogue. In recent years, Aurelie has appeared in the world’s best fashion magazines such as Elle, Glamour, Flair, Amica and the US Vogue where she appeared pregnant in “The Shape Issue” (2006). In 2006 she reappeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition and Victoria’s Secret and Bloomindales’ catalogues.

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When she’s not working in front of the camera, Aurelie spends her free time riding horses and traveling to the islands. Out of curiosity we’ll say that she sports a tattoo on the lower back. We’ll finish today’s post leaving a slideshow with some of her pictures and a video where you can see Aurelie performing alongside Ricky Martin for his video clip “Private Emotion”. Best regards.