Each year, in January and July, Paris hosts about 30 shows during the haute couture and 30 men’s wear fashion shows and again in March and October over a hundred women’s ready-to-wear fashion shows. The Federation sets the shows schedules so avoiding time conflicts to enable both the Press and the buyers to cover the entire collections.
Since 1982, the Federation has been using prestigious places located in the very heart of Paris to present the shows: the Cour Carrée and Cour Napoléon in the Louvre, then the Jardin des Tuileries and later the restored Cour Carrée.
A collaboration has developed in order to organize the various show rooms exhibiting at the same time as the fashion shows and a co-ordination of the Milan and Paris schedules has taken place as well to ensure cohesion of the European presentations.
The schedule issued by the Federation is a strong visibility means for the brands as it is sent to some 2,000 journalists and to French and foreign buyers who currently attend fashion shows in Paris.
This season, Anne-Valérie Hash dedicates her Haute Couture collection to Love – a feeling exclusively expressed through sheer silk tulle. Cut in “millefeuilles gourmands”, from invisible to opaque and all gauzy nuances, tulle is expressed in all its forms.
Anatomical cuts, futuristic construction and meteoric fractions, remain ultra-light. Sheer “cage-like” sleeves, constellations of flexible pyramids, edges as sharp as cut diamond.
Suddenly, the robotic future honours ancestral Africa. we at www.nirvanastyle.com love to present designers across the world to honor them and to make sure that this art is seen by the world.
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 2nd, 2008 KCRW and Nirvana Woman Magazine DEVOTION CD RELEASE PARTY CHEB i SABBAH & 1002 NIGHTS With RIFFAT SULTANA & PARTY SALAR NADER - MALINDER TOORAY (Dhol Nation) KIRTI & NADRA - TAAL DANCE COLLECTIVE TEMPLE BAR 1026 WILSHIRE Blvd., SANTA MONICA, CA www.templebarlive.com - www.kcrw.com 9.00 PM to 2 AM
DEVOTION CD RELEASE - Cheb I Sabbah
Saturday, February 9, 2008 - Sunday, February 10, 2008 9:00 PM - 2:00 AM Temple Night Club 540 Howard Street San Francisco, California 94105 Category Music Description SATURDAY FEBRUARY 9th, 2008
WORLDLY & 1002 NIGHTS & Nirvana Woman Magazine
PRESENT
DEVOTION CD RELEASE PARTY CHEB i SABBAH & 1002 NIGHTS & Nirvana Woman Presents
The Shrine:
Cheb i Sabbah Performs Live Devotion tracks with Riffat Sultana (Vox), Mitch Hyare (Dhol), Salar Nadar (Tabla), Super Dancers Ummata + Binah
Karsh Kale (DJ + Electronic Tabla Set)
Catacombs:
Bobby Friction (The freshest UK Bhangra – Breaks - Drum & Bass) Janaka Selekta (WORLDLY - Dhamaal) DJ Mozaic (Nexus - Raindance)
Destiny Hookah Lounge + Full Hookah Lounge with Faux Dive Shisha Alcove:
DJ Dragonfly DJ Funkminsta Fulla (MoPimp) DJ Mozaic (Nexus – Raindance) DJ Amar with Mitara & Verbatim Belly Dance Troupes DJ Juno Gidelo (Arabic Trance) Drummm Circle with Jeni Swerdlow The Luxury Tax (Electronic Music) Nick Culp & Company (Live Cello & Piano) Pedram (Live Persian Sitar) Jewel of Opar (Belly Dancer) Summer Everette (Belly Tribal Dancing) The Sacramento Fire Spinning Music & Dance Group L.E.D Poi (Veil Poi & Ribbon Poi Dance Performers)
Cheb i Sabbah & Karsh Kale signed copies of Sharon K. Sobotta’s book The Journey Of Life will be on sale
New York, NY – No, you’re not mistaken! South Asians are one step closer to the Superbowl!
You know the facts: The winner will get a music video aired during Superbowl XLII & a deal with Interscope Records!
Soul Tap Records – Nivla, P. Oberoi, RVM Sounds & DJ Sharad – was given an opportunity of a lifetime. They made it known to everyone that they have what it takes to make it to the top and now they are off to LA to shoot their video with for Doritos with acclaimed director Malcolm Jones – but the only way you'll get to see that video is if you vote for Nivla & P. Oberoi! So now we're back to calling upon all friends, family and fans to get Soul Tap that major deal with Interscope Records and have their music video shown during the Superbowl!
Voting as easy as 1-2-3!!
Step 1: Log into Myspace
Step 2: Go to à http://www.myspace.com/doritoscrashthesuperbowl
Step 3: Select Nivla & P. Oberoi's track "Be Easy (Koi Na)" and submit your vote!
We've all been through the process before! Getting Soul Tap Records the deal with Interscope and having their video on NATIONAL TELEVISION is up to YOU! For all the lucky people in LA, be sure to check out Nivla & P. Oberoi performing LIVE at V2O Night Club in Long Beach, California, Saturday, January 12th – come out and show your support!
The entire Soul Tap team is also very happy to say that they’ve joined forced with the largest South Asian magazine distributed in the , Nirvana Magazine. Jaya Patil, CEO and Founder of Nirvana Magazine stated, “We’re extremely thrilled to be supporting such fine talent from our community and we only want to see them succeed in what is most passionate to them!”
Nirvana Magazine will be doing a full-fledge photo-shoot with the entire Soul Tap crew in the heart of Hip-Hop, New York City – so be sure to check out Nivla, P. Oberoi, RVM Sounds and DJ Sharad in the next issue of Nirvana Magazine – out on newsstands in March!
Nivla, P. Oberoi and the entire Soul Tap Records team, wants to thank each and every individual who has helped to make this dream a reality – from the promoters to radio stations and magazines – you have all helped to pave our road to the Superbowl and it's with your support we can take things even further. Thank you for your support till date and remember…Be Easy!
For more info, please visit: http://www.HipHopSuperbowl.com
BOOKS: New York Times Book Review's Islam issue http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/index.html
This Sunday's NYT Book Review is an all-Islam issue - reviews, essays and more dealing with Islam. From the editor's note:
Islam, one of mankind’s great religions, numbers 1.3 billion adherents around the world, with major communities not only in Cairo, Baghdad, Istanbul, Jakarta and Tehran, but also in London, Paris, Berlin, New York and Washington. Yet most Americans know very little about Muslims, which often means they know very little about their own neighbors. Even public officials with responsibility for our national security — powerful congressmen, top F.B.I. agents — betray an ignorance of the most basic facts about Islam, like the difference between Sunnis and Shiites.
Since 9/11, publishers have been rushing to fill this knowledge gap, and the time seems right to highlight their efforts. This special issue is by no means comprehensive (any more than a single issue of the Book Review could be comprehensive about Christianity or Judaism). It is, instead, a sampler of what is now available. It offers reviews and essays by scholars, critics and journalists of varying points of view discussing many of the most important facets of an impossibly huge subject, from history and literature to theology and politics.
.You can also see the entire issue online here. 'The Suicide of Reason'
By LEE HARRIS Reviewed by AYAAN HIRSI ALI
Arguing that the West�s �fanaticism of reason� is no match for the fanaticism of radical Islam. Also in This Week's Book Review Essay Reading the Koran
By TARIQ RAMADAN
The Book of all Muslims, Tariq Ramadan writes, can be understood on many levels. 'The Adventures of Amir Hamza'
By GHALIB LAKHNAVI and ABDULLAH BILGRAMI Reviewed by WILLIAM DALRYMPLE
The �Iliad� and �Odyssey� of medieval Persia is presented in a hefty new English translation. 'Arguing the Just War in Islam'
By JOHN KELSAY Reviewed by IRSHAD MANJI
A professor of religion traces the thinking behind Islamic holy war. 'The Great Arab Conquests'
By HUGH KENNEDY Reviewed by MAX RODENBECK
How Muslims redrew the map of ancient civilization. 'American Crescent'
By HASSAN QAZWINI Reviewed by RASHID KHALIDI
From his mosque in Michigan, a cleric argues that Muslims can be integrated into national life. 'Jihad and Jew-Hatred'
By MATTHIAS K�NTZEL Reviewed by JEFFREY GOLDBERG
A German scholar argues that Muslim anti-Semitism can be traced to a project of the Nazi Party. Essay The Clash
By FOUAD AJAMI
I doubted Samuel Huntington when he predicted a struggle between Islam and the West. My mistake. 'God�s Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570 to 1215'
By DAVID LEVERING LEWIS Reviewed by ERIC ORMSBY
David Levering Lewis�s history of Arab rule in Spain focuses on its ethic of mutuality. 'Peace Be Upon You'
By ZACHARY KARABELL Reviewed by JASON GOODWIN
Muslim rulers, Zachary Karabell says, did not force conversion upon their subjects. 'Napoleon�s Egypt'
By JUAN COLE Reviewed by TOM REISS
A historian takes a new look at Napoleon�s invasion of Egypt. Essay Beyond the Burka
By LORRAINE ADAMS
Muslim women�s voices are being heard as never before. But which ones? 'Islamophobia: Making Muslims the Enemy'
By PETER GOTTSCHALK and GABRIEL GREENBERG Reviewed by SHIBLEY TELHAMI
A look at American media since 9/11 makes the case that Muslims have been unjustly demonized. Caught in the Ayatollah�s Web
