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Famous Women and Beauty
Here are some inspirational short stories about some very fascinating, famous women. Audrey HepburnQuestion: How did Sonia Gaskell view Audrey and what were her rolls in Audreys life? Answer: Thank you for the good question. Sonia Gaskell was the leading Anita RoddickQuestion: How was Anita Roddick self confidant in her work to open the Body Shop? Answer: At the time Anita Roddick started her venture, she did not know Anita RoddickQuestion: How was anita roddick persistent in her career for the body shop? Answer: Anita Roddick’s persistence and also her ability to bring her Indira GandhiEver since I learned her name, Indira Gandhi has been a role model for me. She inspired--and continues to inspire--me to be who I am and do what I can. Anita RoddickQuestion: What advantages came from her work? Answer Anita Roddick initiated a revolution in the minds of people of what corporate business in Jane Fonda HairstylesJane Fonda Hairstyles. She changed her hairstyles with every shift in her thinking and her life. Vivienne Westwood - the designer we love"My best advice at any age is to try to understand the world we live in. Go to art galleries, museums, concerts, read. This is all relevant to your present life. Get off the consumer treadmill. Spend less and yet have a more interesting life. You get out what you put in." Anita Roddick and Fair TradeQuestion What did Anita Roddick do for fair trade? Answer "I would rather be measured by how I treat the weaker and frailer communities I trade Lady GagaShe made me feel beautiful, inspired me to be who I wanted to be, not what other people wanted me to be. She made me feel special, important,and made Jessica AlbaI have a boyfriend who loves Jessica Alba. I was so depresed about it, that I kept searching information about Jessica Alba on internet every day and night. Opera Singer Maria Callas GalleryOpera singer Maria Callas. Find her best photos here. Listen to Maria Callas Coco Chanel: timeless remarks about fashionShe invented the classic look, the slick elegance which was later adopted by American business women. Coco Chanel believed in an unmistakable look. This look is not subject to eccentricity and fashion. This look is flattering woman and is easy to wear. “I hate the old little girls,” said Chanel about women wearing miniskirts. She herself was creating her designs for women, not teenagers. Coco ridiculed the idea of a woman who tries to compete with young girls, using their weapons. “Haute couture is finished because it’s in the hands of men who don’t like women and can only think of ridiculing women.” “Men dress like women, women like men, and no one is happy with what he or she has,” said Chanel in her seventies. The biggest mistake for a woman, according to Chanel, is in trying to change herself. Because the real happiness is in not changing. Natalie Massenet - Internet EntrepreneurSeveral women named her their role model. Natalie Massenet, the founder of U. K. based Net-a-Porter.com, the luxury fashion e-trader is certainly a very good example of a business woman and internet entrepreneur. Natalie Massenet was an editor of Women’s Wear Daily in U. S. before moving to London in 1986, where she joined Tatler. "When I wrote an article telling people to buy something, I always wondered how many of them actually went out and bought it." Now she knows it well. In 2007, Net-a-Porter had 300,000 customers with extra 1,500 coming every month. Her inspiration came when she left Tatler in 1998 and started working as a freelancer. Natalie went online doing a research, and understood where the weak points of the internet were. The internet community at that time was dominated by men, and there were only few American fashion brands offered online, which were not available for shipment outside the U. S. Net-a-Porter was founded to cover the market gap which existed both online and offline. "It was an obvious problem in the fashion industry. All the various media were telling women about what this season’s look is but when it came to distribution, not everyone can get to a designer’s boutique. Even those who do live in a major city don’t always have the time to go out shopping, much as they’d love to. So, Net-a-Porter was formed because the media was creating the thirst for designer clothing that we didn’t think was being met." The team of Net-a-Porter was an all-women team, and they created the service based on their vision of how they wanted it to be. The initial website offered 35 top fashion brands. The website Net-a-Porter is targeting an international audience. The website offers the next season fashion instead of the traditional web approach of offering discount fashion articles. The business concept is very straight-forward: it appeals to a consumer who is ready to pay good money for luxury. The typical client of Net-a-Porter is a woman who is brand oriented, and doesn’t mind spending money online on a favorite brand. The website offers deliveries with all taxes and duties pre-paid all over the world, and the customer care is said to exceed all expectations. From the very beginning, however, the idea of Net-a-Porter was not limited with an ambition to sell high fashion items around the world. Net-a-Porter has a look of a luxury online magazine, where visitor can read fashion articles, get fashion tips and see the latest fashion collections online. Net-a-Porter today has grown from five persons to over 100. It ships its products to more than 50 countries, and the customer only pays the price indicated on the site. Want to know more about Natalie Massenet and Net-a-Porter? Click on the interview below for the full story. Learn to be ignorant from Elsa SchiaparelliShe was one of the most successful fashion designers of all times. Even though her designs were often compared with the designs of Coco Chanel, Elsa Schiaparelli followed her own unique path. Her highly artistic personality, appearance and originality in everything she did, made her the international celebrity, comparable only to the phenomenon of Coco Chanel. "Shocking Life. The Autobiography of Elsa Schiaparelli" is the source of wisdom and tips for a woman who wants to succeed. One of the most shocking Aha’s of this book is the confession of the author that she decidedly did not know anything about dressmaking. Instinctively she felt that this ignorance would pay off. She had a courage of a person who had nothing to loose, blind and without limit. She had no capital, no superiors (several fashion houses had refused to give her a job). The few principles about clothes she learned, were made by herself. Although her ignorance looks almost shocking in the highly professional world of today, there is a certain pattern to be seen. If you are passionate about something – go for it instead of learning it. Click here to order Shocking Life Maha Al-Ghunaim. Being a LeaderMaha is a mother of four. Like many other business women, she knows the challenges of balancing family with work. In 1998, she started Global Investment House, the Kuwait-based investment company. Maha Al-Ghunaim has succeeded in making Global Investment House one of the most successful financial institutions in the region. Forbes Magazine listed her in “The 100 Most Powerful Women in the World”. Oprah Winfrey and the secret of her success
The moment of truth – Estee Lauder
The power of being yourself – Coco Chanel"Women want to change; they’re wrong. I’m for happiness, and happiness consists of not changing, " said Coco Chanel. Elizabeth Arden Red DoorElizabeth Arden Red Door is a destinctive element of design of Elizabeth Arden salons. Read more about the history of it. The biggest mistake of doing things rightSome time ago I heard in the news about a British girl aged 5, who had an IQ of 165. I thought: “I wish I could fly over the time and hear about this girl and what she is doing when she is thirty-years-old.” Continue reading "The biggest mistake of doing things right" Diane von Furstenberg - doing something you enjoyDiane von Furstenberg, the famous fashion designer, started her career of an entrepreneur when she launched her little wrap dress, which became very famous in early 1970s. Her business quickly expanded, and her entrepreneurial success and her title of a princess made her an international celebrity. Continue reading "Diane von Furstenberg - doing something you enjoy" It’s all about attitudeRita Moreno, the Academy Award winning actress, a singer and dancer, aged 77, says the following about her attitude to aging: "People tell me I look good these days, I look good because I feel good. I know peoplewho are older than I am who are twenty-five... To me, age is just a number." Read more stories about famous women and beauty. One Person Can Do a LotThe biggest illusion in life is seeing obstacles that either not really exist, or are not really difficult to overcome as we think. During our lives we have thousands of brilliantideas, but only for a small part of them we would follow through. Be Different to Succeed – An Advice from Anita Roddick"Every element of our success was really down to the fact that I had no money. " Anita Roddick often said that the entrepreneurs like her would have been murdered for their ideas in a business school. She was convinced that entrepreneurship is mostly about being and thinking as an outsider, something you cannot learn.
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