Fashion Week Survival Guide

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tobe, the international fashion and retail authority, today unveiled its “Survival Guide” for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. Whether stressed out, in need of a blowout, or have a cellphone battery out, EVP of Tobe, Catherine Moellering, shares insider tips for navigating through Fashion Week like a pro.
It’s never too late for a blowout – Hair Party 24 Hours will keep you looking your best for Fashion Week around the clock. This 24 hour salon treats hair, skin and nails (76 Madison Avenue at 28^th Street).
Tough day at the tents? Relax with popcorn and a movie at Tribeca Grand. The hotel’s theater will provide a free screening of Lagerfeld Confidential this Sunday, September 11^th.
Mending a Broken heel – Get your favorite Louboutin’s to look as good as new at The Leather Spa, which specializes in shoe repair. Most repairs can even be done while you wait. (58^th Street between 5^th and 6^th Avenues).
Escape Cab-line gridlock – While everyone else stands on the same corner to catch a cab, check out CabSense NYC, which analyzes GPS data from taxis to help find the best place to hail a cab. (Available for download on most Smartphone’s).
Tweet away without draining your cell phone battery - CaseMate makes multiple cases for BlackBerry’s and iPhone’s that also extend a phone’s battery for hours at a time.
No need for frizzy hair - Fashion Week is the last place to get caught with frizzy hair. Download the Smartphone app, Hair Cast 2: Brilliant Color and Beauty Today, which provides your local hair day forecast, so you can rock a hat at Fashion Week and avoid a frizzy fro.
Nobody’s taking your picture? You’re going to need more than just sunglasses to catch Bill Cunningham’s eye this Fashion Week. So what’s Tobe’s cheat sheet? Wear a hat, ride a bike, bring your dog, or if all else fails…do all three.

Let Me C Your Style

Mercedes-Benz & Derek Lam’s “Let Me C Your Style”-
10 Crosby Street (between Grand & Howard Streets)
Mercedes-Benz and Derek Lam are searching for this season’s “Crosby Girl” to go along with the season’s must-have accessory, the C63 AMG Coupe. On Sept 8th they will be having an open casting call for a trend setter at the incredible stylish Soho location.
Stop by Derek Lam’s Soho store and see if you have what it takes to be the next “Crosby Girl”.
The Style Panel judges will include Derek Lam, Hanne Gaby Odiele, and James Scully.
A DJ will be spinning and champagne will be flowing.

Vivienne Tam’s “A Lunar Love Story”-
Soho Boutique; 40 Mercer St
“Chinese folklore turns to a beautiful story of longing between an immortal lady, Chang’e, who is banished to live on the moon forever, and her mortal husband, Houyi, far below on earth. This September on the day when the moon is the brightest and fullest, Chang’e and Houyi can find each other and are reunited. For centuries on this night, Chinese people have lit up the earth with candles and lanterns to help light the way for the lovers’ reunion. This tradition has evolved to an appreciation of the moon and its symbolic meaning. While looking up at the full moon, people think of their loved ones, wherever they are in the world, and this brings them a little closer”.

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Academics Associates Collage

For the professional prepared to make the leap into design, Parsons offers Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degrees in Fashion Design, Fashion Marketing, Graphic Design, and Interior Design.

Graduates in Demand

The AAS programs are best suited to students with college experience who are clear about their interests in the field of design and prepared for rapid immersion in a professional course of study. Our students enter the school as experienced attorneys, bankers, teachers, stockbrokers, and chefs. When they graduate from Parsons, they are merchandisers, fashion designers, graphic artists, and interior designers versed in the language, process, and technology of their new fields.
They are also highly sought-after talents on the job market: Among AAS graduates from 2008, 96 percent of employed survey respondents had found work related to their major.

Flexible Learning

Qualified applicants who wish to complete their design training in a short time can apply to the Fast Track program, which enables students to earn an AAS degree with 34 credits in a single academic year (fall and spring semesters). Students may also study part time, and earn their degree over several years. For further flexibility, some AAS courses are offered online as well as on campus. The AAS Fashion Marketing and Graphic Design degrees can be completed entirely online from anywhere.

Real-World Experience

Challenging, rigorous coursework defines Parsons’ AAS programs. Courses and sequences are as intense as professional design work itself, and we encourage students to round out their training with internships at one of the many design-driven companies based in New York City. Access to job fairs and one-on-one career advising sessions give you the competitive edge upon graduation. 

Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival

On Chinese Lunar Aug. 15th, Chinese will go home to celebrate their traditional festival - Mid-Autumn Festival.

In Chinese dichotomy, the sun is yang (positive, active, or male) and the moon is yin (negative, passive, or female). According to the book Chou Li, the Chou emperors (1122-249 B.C.) had the custom of praying to the moon on the 15th night of the eighth lunar month. In the Ching dynasty, there were a sun altar in eastern Peking and a moon altar in western Peking; at the time of every autumnal equinox, the emperor offered sacrifices and prayed to the moon at the moon altar.
Before switching to the Gregorian calendar officially in 1911, the Chinese had used a lunar calendar since time immemorial; and even today, the Chinese still celebrate their traditional festivals by the lunar calendar. In each lunar month, the first day (the new moon) and the 15th day (the full moon) are major events; and the 15th day of the first month (the Lantern Festival) and the 15th day of the eighth month (Mid-Autumn Festival, September 9th this year on the Gregorian calendar) are the largest celebrations besides the Lunar New Year and the Dragon Boat Festival.

The Chinese Cupid is called "the old man under the moon" (月老) and uses a red thread to tie a man's and woman's feet together to make them man and wife--be they from hostile families or widely separated places.
The most lunatic mortal in Chinese history could have been the great poet Li Po (A.D. 701-762), who once invited the moon to have a drink with him and his shadow to form a band of three. Li finally drowned in a lake in an effort to catch the moon when he was drunk one night. Other Chinese legends about the moon abound.
Legends of the Moon


Moon cakes go best with oolong or jasmine tea.

 Hou Yi ( 后羿) was a great archer and architect, who shot down nine extra suns that had suddenly appeared in the sky and thus kept the earth from being scorched. He also built a palace of jade for the Goddess of the Western Heaven. For this, he was rewarded with a pill containing the elixir of immortality, but with strings attached--he must fast and pray for a year before taking it. His wife, Chang O ( 嫦娥), whose beauty was surpassed only by her curiosity, discovered and swallowed the pill and in no time soared to the moon and became a permanent resident there. Upon reaching the moon, Chang O, in dismay, coughed up the pill, which turned into a jade rabbit that, day and night, pounds out a celestial elixir for the immortals.

Moon gazing

Another permanent lunar resident of Chinese origin is Wu Kang ( 吴刚), a shiftless fellow who changed apprenticeships all the time before disappointing his last master, who was an immortal. From him Wu learned to be immortal himself, but he was punished by being required to chop down a cassia tree in the moon, an impossible mission. The cut in the tree heals completely the same day, so Wu Kang is still chopping away for eternity. Some Chinese crave to drink his cassia blossom wine.

The Chinese believe that the moon is at its largest and brightest, and Chang O at her most beautiful, on the 15th night of the eighth lunar month. They are at least half-right, for at that time most of China is in the dry season and the moon looms brightest. It's also cool then, a perfect time to celebrate the harvest which has just concluded; hence, the Mid-Autumn Festival is also called the Harvest Festival. The festival is a time for family reunions to appreciate the moon ( 赏月 , shangyue) and eat moon cakes together. Bathed in bright moonshine and with the company of chrysanthemum and cassia blossoms, poets eat crab meat and moon cake, drink tea and wine, and versify the night away.

The Chinese custom of eating moon cake was first recorded in the reign of the emperor Hsi Tzung (A.D. 874-889) of the Tang dynasty and became popular in the Sung dynasty (A.D. 960-1279) The moon cake is traditionally made in the shape of a full moon, symbolizing union and perfection, is usually about the size of a doughnut, and is stuffed with a variety of fillings such as bean paste, egg yolk, lotus seeds, dates, pineapple, walnuts, almonds, and sesame. The crafty Chu Yuan-chang, founder of the Ming dynasty, instigated a rebellion against the Mongol rulers by concealing a call to revolt in moon cakes, leading to the downfall of the Yuan dynasty.

There are many styles of moon cake in China; the most popular in Taiwan are the Cantonese, Soochow, and Taiwanese styles. The Cantonese moon cake is thicker and heavier, while the Soochow and Taiwanese ones have a crispy skin. In the last couple of years a new breed of refrigerated, unbaked moon cake has been gaining popularity, especially among youngster; and durian, coconut meat, vanilla, tea, and coffer have added as ingredients.

Most Chinese consume moon cakes given to them by relatives, friend, employers, or public relations people.Hence, brands matter. Among the most famous are Kee Wah, Maria's and shin Tung Yang. Moon cakes go best with oolong or jasmine tea.

It takes the moon about 29 1/2 days to revolve around the earth, and the Chinese lunar month is either 29 or 30 days. An extra month(called a leap month) is necessary about every three years. There will be a second eight lunar month in 1995. The 15th of the first eight lunar month is celebrated as the Mid-Autumn Festival, which has been designed a public holiday by the Republic of China government. Have a nice holiday, and remember moon calkes taste best when shared by family members or lovers, or both.

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