Apr 23 2010

catsuit FERG-ET CLINGY CATSUIT

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COSTUME and clothing designers and fashion stores don’t know what’s hit them – women want that catsuit that Michelle Pfeiffer poured into so purrfectly in Batman Returns.
Forget the cape and the car, the fashion and merchandising hit of the movie is the spiderman costume and mask and Tempo has managed to secure a lookalike from top Sydney costume designer Costume Design Centre.
What’s more, the sizzling suit will be tailor-made for the winner to show off those curves to best effect.
Ross Gordon,Spiderman Costumes, co-director of Costume Design, said he had already been bombarded with requests for the suit and believes the appeal is the obvious sensual, flattering design and fabric plus the fact that Catwoman is"everybody’s fantasy-an anti-heroine who has a dark side".
The winner’s tailor-made suit will use American Spandex as a base and will have the shininess, flexibility and slinkiness of the original.
Costume Design both designs and hires clothing for special and fantasy occasions. (Royal Command Performances, Jupiter’s Casino shows and movie premieres have featured their designs.)
More than 3,000 shiny metallic are on offer to hire – Roman Centurions,Spiderman Costumes, Valentinos and sheiks and Star Wars’ characters are among the range.
Costume Design is located at 288 Abercrombie St, Chippendale. Ph: (02) 698 7440.
To win the catsuit, simply write your name and address on the back of an envelope and send to: Tempo/Catsuit Giveaway, PO Box 422, Broadway, 2007. Entries will close on Tuesday July 21 and the winner will be notified by mail.

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Apr 23 2010

catsuit News in brief

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EJECTED Andrew Castle apologised to the men of Britain for getting sexy partner Ola Jordan kicked out of Strictly Come Dancing.
The GMTV presenter – who got booted off last night’s BBC One show – told The Sun he felt guilty for ending the stunning 26-year-old’s weekly stint on telly. But in a glimmer of hope for male viewers, he did say the Polish sexpot may give her plunging PVC catsuit another airing.
The pair became the seventh celebrity couple to go because of his lacklustre performance of the samba. Judge Len Goodman said: "Instead of Andrew Castle you’ve got to be more like a bouncy castle." And
the other judges also berated the former tennis star’s performance which cost the pair the dance-off to singer Heather Small and Brian Fortuna. Bruno Tonioli said: "The samba should have the excitement of the Brazilian Grand Prix and this was a Brazilian grand flop: no bounce, poor hip action, heavy footed."
But Andrew praised his sexy dance partner,Spiderman Costumes, saying: "Every man and teenage boy must love her. She’s such a fantasy figure; she’s beautiful and she bends double."
Ola caught the attention by appearing in a sparkly black PVC catsuit with a split down the front in the pair’s first dance, the cha-cha-cha.
Andrew, 44, said: &quot,Spiderman Costumes;I’m sorry that Ola will no longer be on the show but I think the catsuit might be returning.
"She will be coming back for the professional group dances and I have a feeling that the return of the costume spiderman is imminent."
But the happily-married TV host, who said he and wife Sophia would love to take up dancing, said he barely noticed what the blonde bombshell was wearing during the dance because he was so nervous. Andrew said: "I think I was the only man in Britain who didn’t."
Andrew will also be returning to Strictly next week as he wants to see Beyonce in a guest spot on the Sunday results show. He said the Destiny’s Child singer charmed him when he interviewed her on the GMTV sofa.

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Apr 23 2010

catsuits JUNIOR TURNOUT CLASSES

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THE Sixties are back with us this season and those women of a certain age could easily hunt their wardrobes for the items that defined that era.
 I can lay my hand on at least two tartan minis, a poncho and a spiderman costume with a memorable history.
 And, lo and behold, they’re back in high fashion.
 Had I kept up the exercises all these years I might even be able to get into them.
 Catsuits, in particular, were magnificent garments, and they were back in Belfast last week at the special show by retailers who are trying to entice southern buyers to the

north.
 Argos, which has got its fashion look together, have a stunning one for just pounds 29.
 They’re strictly party wear and nice with a pair of killer heel sandals.
 Argos have also dipped into the tartan minis.
&nbsp,Spiderman Costumes;So, too, have Marks & Spencer’s but theirs is a bit more conservative teamed with a polo neck.
 Somehow, they look much better with the cropped tops.
 As for ponchos,Spiderman Costumes, I wore mine because it was fashionable and it proved a boon when I was pregnant.
 But that’s not how a poncho should be treated. With the chillier evenings they’re perfect for keeping warm.
 Argos, again, have two, one for glitzy evenings and another one in colour, just in case you want to head back to sunnier climes.
 These three items will probably define this early autumn look.
 Also around are the suits in all kinds of tweed, the fringed chunky knits and duffle coats. Even the monochrome look made famous by Mary Quant and now taken up by Sarah

Ferguson, is back. Fashion hasn’t exactly moved forward this year but then the Sixties was a time of great change.
 We can’t forget the fashion, nor the music, nor should we.

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Apr 23 2010

catsuit NO HEADLINE

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The same aesthetics go into their creations, she explains. ”Nicholas’s designs have nothing to do with easy chairs or three-piece suites, but a different idea of comfort. It is all to do with the comfort of good posture. And that gets us back to the catsuit or dress, in stretchy fabric. It makes you stand tall.”
The couple met when she was 15 and, despite initial disapproval from her father, who whisked her away to a convent school in Mexico, they married five years later. Their ideas on function and design fuse in their collection of vintage cars, which currently adds up to an Alvis, three Facel Vegas, an E-type Jaguar and a bubble car.
Ms Bruce agrees that her body-hugging spiderman costumes were inspired by the Sixties image of female liberation, projected by Diana Rigg in The Avengers and the strong-armed females of the James Bond films. ”The Sixties were ahead of their time,” she says. To complete the image,Spiderman Costumes, a pair of white and black Chelsea boots stand on the floor of the towering iron structure (designed by her husband) in which her new season’s graphic black-and-white collection now hangs.
Ms Bruce’s design career was born on a beach on Mustique, when she improvised her own swimwear from pieces of silk during a holiday. Having established her design base in London with a tiny legacy from her grandfather, she has built the business into an international empire worth more than Pounds 1 million. Puckered and pleated stretch fabrics that she used in past collections were developed with textile designers from the Royal College of Art. Her clothes and swimwear are manufactured in Cornwall, where the Barkers have moved into a converted barn.
They may be clothes that offer little hope of camouflage and demand fitness from the wearer, but, once pulled on, the stretchy tautness of the matt Lycra crepe inspires the attitude to achieve svelteness. Her friends, including Romilly McAlpine (wife of Lord McAlpine) and Lucy Ferry, have converted to her clingy style. ”It is not a matter of weight. If you feel good in a swimsuit, you will look good in a catsuit,Spiderman Costumes,” she says. ”As with the mini in the Sixties, it takes a while to get used to the look.”

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Apr 23 2010

catsuit PONY HACK CLASSES

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Catherine Zeta Jones writhing around in a catsuit , playing havoc with pensioner Sean Connery’s blood pressure, might be enough for undemanding film goers but it’s not enough for

me.
 It wouldn’t matter if the catsuit wearer was gorgeous Gary Oldman and yours truly replaced the former Bond as the voyeur, when style outweighs substance a film becomes nothing

more than a big-budget bore.
 The premise of this hopelessly formulaic heist movie is simple – beautiful insurance investigator (Jones) tries to net the world’s greatest art thief (Connery).
 But a stimulating plot is not really the issue here. It’s the pairing of one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars with the current movie darling that’s important – no matter how

absurd or ineffective the match. But for anyone who is actually excited by the prospect of seeing a great and respected actor reduced to the role of dirty old man, here’s what

happens…
 Master thief Robert "Mac" MacDougal (Connery) can nick just about anything,Spiderman Costumes, even if it’s nailed down, and art is his particular passion. In fact, he’s a rich art collector who

only steals to expand his collection.
 Mac has pretty much done it all, but he excels himself when he nabs a priceless Rembrandt,Spiderman Costumes, upsetting lot of people in the process – especially the insurance company. Their most

eager investigator, Virginia Baker (Jones), begs to be allowed to trap him by becoming his criminal equal.
 She dons figure-hugging leather and a bad attitude, and treats Sean to a few displays of her athletic nimbleness, convincing him she’s the woman he needs to pull off the

biggest heist of all.
 About halfway through, the plot gets even more ridiculous, trying hard to seem clever but failing miserably.
 But it’s not all bad. As you would expect from such a monstrously expensive movie, it looks swish and there are some excellent stunts.
 I expected the calibre of talent to make Entrapment a worthwhile experience but ultimately I was left thinking I’d just sat through a studio executive’s private fantasy. I

wouldn’t recommend it.

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Apr 23 2010

catsuit New look – it’s out of this world

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 To fashion veterans, it is a jumpsuit. Some designers, however, are also referring to it as a catsuit, others as a unitard, and still others as an all-in-one.
Call it what you will, it is invariably tight, figure-revealing to the max, and a problem when nature calls.
The one-piece look, pegged as one of the fall’s biggest trends, has managed to find its way to the runways from Europe to New York, creeping into collections of every hue and stripe. But will it similarly infiltrate the closets of North America? After all, it’s one thing to admire the panache of Emma Peel, who? a television-engendered fantasy heroine – it is something else, altogether, to try to emulate it.
"Leggings have been big since last fall and the catsuit is a natural next step,Spiderman Costumes, an evolution of the look,"
explains Derek Price, one of the two designers behind the Toronto-based Price Roman label, which has a stretch crushed velvet version for winter ‘90."The trick is to cut it so that it suits a variety of body shapes, not just the perfect figure."
"You don’t have to be Miss America to look good in it,Spiderman Costumes," says Grace Hoo, a spokesman for British designer Jasper Conran, whose fall collection, inspired by the ballerina-look, is centred around a black stirrup-panted all-in-one.
For those of us who resemble neither a beauty pageant contestant nor Karen Kain, Hoo says Conran has created a variety of loose-fitting layers – sheer drawstring-waisted tunics, chiffon trousers and overskirts, black leather jackets and brief boleros, long silk T-shirts – to cover up what the unitard reveals.
"Donna Karan has been experimenting with the catsuit for a while and her stuff just flew out our doors," says a spokesman for Holt Renfrew. "Obviously, it’s not a look for everyone. But if you’re larger, you just add a big boyfriend jacket and you’re set."
So, this is fashion in the ’90s. Spend hundreds of dollars on a garment that you are too shy or embarrassed to wear. Faint of heart or flawed of figure, you must disguise it so that you can then go out in public, even though negotiating bathroom visits now becomes doubly complicated. Of course, if you just gave up eating and drinking, you could solve all the problems posed.
"Can you imagine a working woman sitting around a board table with 10 guys while wearing a spiderman costume?" says Sandra Angelozzi, designer for Femme de Carriere, a Montreal-based label. "And what’s the point of wearing it if you’re going to cover up? It’s a joke."

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Apr 23 2010

catsuit Just take your pick.

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Not long ago, a woman from Brooklyn named Shavonne wanted a catsuit to wear to a costume party. She went to Trash and Vaudeville, a clothing store in the East Village, and spoke to Jimmy Webb, a salesman. "I don’t have catsuit s," Webb told her. "No one’s the same across the shoulders and chest," he said, tracing the wings of her collarbone with his finger. "zentais have to fit perfectly,Spiderman Costumes, and they’re expensive." Webb is also the store’s buyer. "If I buy six," he said, "I can only sell one." Shavonne was disappointed. &quot,costume spiderman;Here’s what you do," Webb told her. "You go to Capezio, on Broadway, and buy a unitard. You know what a unitard is?" She shook her head. "A full-body leotard," Webb said. "They stretch to fit. You’ll look great." She thanked him and left.
"Did you know I went to hairdressing school?" Webb asked me. I said I didn’t. "I’m a beauty-school dropout, three times," he said. "Really, I’m more the kind of person to have my hair dressed than to dress other people’s. They told me I was inappropriately attired. I caused too much of a stir."
I asked how.
"Wearing a unitard," he said. "It was a leftover one year from when I was a quaalude on Halloween. A Rorer 714, the original quaalude. I was bone-thin back then, twenty pounds lighter than now. I got a solid-white unitard. I wore solid white, cheap, Thirty-fourth Street, high-heeled boots, and I had a little Puerto Rican woman bleach my hair with old-school wig peroxide. I must have looked like a Q-tip, but in a good way. I wrote ‘Rorer 714′ on the front. Years later, when people are looking for zentais that are expensive and don’t fit, I know where a unitard is."

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Apr 23 2010

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KYLIE Minogue has been ousted as Britain’s bestdressed woman – thanks to a hideous catsuit she wore on X Factor.
The pop star,costume spiderman, 34, was dumped from the top spot by Kate Moss, and only made it into 19th place.
And Glamour magazine, who compiled the list, blamed it on the lacey black zentai she wore on stage with eventual winner Leon Jackson.
It was a return to best dressed woman for Moss, who held the title for three years until 2007.
Magazine editor Jo Elvin said of the model: "Kate’s back with a vengeance.
"Her maverick approach to fashion is an inspiration."
Actress Sienna Miller came second on the list, ahead of Scarlett Johansson.
Jessica Alba is the fastest climber, shooting up 23 places to number eight this year, just ahead of Keira Knightley and Victoria Beckham.
Presenter Cat Deeley,Spiderman Costumes, Tom Cruise’s wife Katie Holmes, Bob Geldof’s daughter Pixie and singers Rihanna and Beth Ditto, are all new entries.
Lily Allen and Coleen McLoughlin dropped out of the top 50, while Naomi Campbell is in the worst-dressed list topped by Britney Spears.

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Apr 23 2010

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Looking more like shiny spacesuits, these crowd stopping fashions are tipped to be the new look.
 The pewter and gold lycra spiderman costumes and PVC raincoats were among the highlights in the spectacular finale of David Jones’ autumn-winter 1992 fashion parades. The spider costume s, selling for $179.50, and raincoats,Spiderman Costumes, at $595, have been made especially for the store and they will be available at the end of this month. The parades showcased the very best in new season Australian and international fashions. Store fashion buyers say primary colors, tartans, checks and coats will make a big impact this year, and skirts will come in all shapes, from bell to flared.
 SEXY Jessica Taylor will return to a winning formula to try to avoid a repeat of last week’s skate-off – a CATSUIT.
She’ll hope to catch the public’s eye with her silver skin-tight crystal-encrusted costume on tomorrow’s show.
Eight years ago she struggled into a black rubber number with Liberty X for a video of single Just A Little – and the ploy worked when it topped the charts.
Jess, 28, said: "That song won us a Brit,zentai suit, so I’m hoping the new costume will bring me luck. Thankfully it’s not made of rubber because the one I had for Just A Little needed two people to help me into it and I had to be naked underneath!" Roxy Pallett, 26, and Zoe Salmon, 29, will also be in jaw-dropping outfits.
Ex-Blue Peter host Zoe’s flesh-coloured outfit will make it appear she’s skating nude while Ex-Emmerdale star Roxy’s will look like a red swimsuit.
Jess, right, who survived the skateoff with Melinda Messenger, 38, has vowed to send snaps of herself each week to cricketer hubby Kevin Pietersen, 28, who is in the West Indies with England. Lucky lad.

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Apr 23 2010

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&nbsp,Spiderman Costumes;Tennis star Serena Williams’s black, leather-look catsuit may have seemed like an outrageous fashion statement when she wore it at last week’s US Open but it was designed to

boost her playing power. PETA BEE examines the claims of other recent developments in high-performance clothes and footwear
 IT MAY look skintight but Serena’s catsuit can stretch to up to five times its original size, enabling her to jump and lunge for the ball totally unrestricted. It has also been

shown that athletes who wear Lycra-based compression shorts during training experience 30 per cent less muscle fatigue than those in normal gymwear.
 Scientists are now developing a range of high-tech sportswear that can improve your game by helping you run faster or get fit quicker.
 So, if the idea of squeezing into a zentai doesn’t take your fancy – and even Serena admits that if you don’t have a decent shape, this isn’t the best thing to wear – here’s

some other smart sportswear.
 FITNESS-BOOSTING RUNNING VESTS
 Researchers at Loughborough University have developed a running vest that could help you get fit more quickly.
 Dr Mike Caine and a team from the University’s Progressive Sports Technology Centre have invented the RespiVest. This is worn round the chest and trains breathing muscles to

work more efficiently.
 It has several elasticated loops which squeeze the chest to stop it expanding fully, forcing the lungs to work harder. "Athletes need to train their breathing muscles, " Dr

Caine says. "If they start to tire, it has a knock-on effect on the muscles in the legs and arms."
 POSTURE-IMPROVING TRAINERS
 If you suffer from backache, the latest functional sports christian louboutins could help.
 MBT trainers, GBP 106 (01273 273555), were developed by Swiss engineer Karl Muller who studied the walking postures of Kenyan tribes to discover how they avoided joint and back

problems despite walking up to 50 miles a day. From his results, he invented a pair of trainers with a specially curved, super-thick sole that forces the postural muscles in the

legs, bottom and pelvis to work more effectively than when wearing normal manolo blahnik shoes.
 In the MBTs your joints are better supported so you walk (or run) in a taller and more upright manner.
 COMPUTERISED FOOTBALL SHIRTS
 Researchers from the University of Birmingham’s department of electrical and computer engineering have recently developed the SensVest, a football shirt that can monitor heart

rate, body temperature and speed.
 Chris Baber, one of the shirt’s designers, says the computer-carrying fabric enables data to be sent back through a radio network to coaches and physiotherapists who can use it

to assess a player’s performance during a match.
 They are also working on a computerised football which would mean that disputes with a referee or linesman could be solved instantly.
 POWER SOCKS
 The knee-length socks that Commonwealth and European running champion Paula Radcliffe wears in races are designed to do more than look good – they actually help her to run

faster. Looking uncannily like the white socks girls used to wear at school, the Italian manufacturers of the tight-fighting garments say they also help to stimulate micro-

circulation in the calf muscles and prevent injury.
 Although the power socks are specially made for Paula and aren’t on sale in the UK, you could always try wearing antiDVT compression socks, which use the same principles. Try

Activa Air Socks, GBP 9.56 (01283 540957).
 SPEEDY SWIMSUITS
 Australian swimming sensation Ian Thorpe wore a full-length Adidas swimsuit to help him glide through the water at top speed at this summer’s Commonwealth Games.
&nbsp,zentai suit;Speedo produces a similar outfit called the Fastskin made from a fabric that simulates a shark’s scales and helps to reduce drag and muscle or skin vibrations that can slow

swimmers down. Studies at the Australian Institute of Sport showed speed improvements of 7.5 per cent when wearing a full-length Fastskin suit.
 Speedo also has a range of Fastskin swimsuits for sale on the high street using the same high-tech fabrics. They are now on sale from GBP 40 and ready to try in the pool (0115

9105267).
 AIR-CONDITIONED CLOTHING If you get unbearably hot and sweaty when working out, you should wear airconditioned clothing, just launched by Nike, from GBP 25 to GBP 250 (0800 279

9196).
 New fabric technology has produced a material the company calls Nike Sphere Cool, with unique raised nodules that allows air to circulate between the clothing and your skin.
 The same principle is applied to Nike Sphere Thermal. This is clothing featuring dimples that trap pockets of air – like doubleglazing – to keep you warm on your winter run.

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