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March 28, 2007

Children's Formalwear Looking Awesome

Tuxedo for all childrens age groups are now fashionable and affordable. Tuxedos come in Black, White and Ivory. Accessorize with great looking colorful vests in Red, Lime, Royal Blue, Orange...etc.
There is no reason to rent when you can own an entire outfit for prices starting in the $50.00 range. Shopping for your children on the web is convenient and as simple as a few clicks of the mouse. See these fine stores for your childs formalwear needs.
SmartTuxedo.com, TuxedoExpo., TinyTux.com

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March 26, 2007

Smart Favors for our Wedding!

Say it in Style! Personalized Gifts to Personalized Favors. You're invited to browse Smart Favors assortment of personalized gifts and accessories for any occasion. Whether you're shopping for men's gifts or women's gifts they are your source for holidays, birthdays, weddings, and every special occasion in between. Couples especially enjoy the many selections to help make their memorable day a complete success. Great Gifts at Great Prices!

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March 22, 2007

Hummer Limo for Prom

The hummer is one of those limousines when nothing else will do but top of the line style. Pull up in one of these Limos and you and your prom group will turn heads and be known at your Prom. If you need to attend Prom night 2007 and you need to do it first class then look no further. This exotic limousine will get you there and back while in VIP mode. The comfort and fun you and your friends will have in the Hummer will be one of the evenings many highlights. With a fully equipped non-alcoholic bar and a state of the art entertainment system that includes multiple flat panel TV screens and DVD player, you are sure to get the party started the moment the wheels start turning.

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Hummer Limo for Prom!

The hummer is one of those limousine for when nothing else will do but the exotic. Pull up in one of these babies and you sure are to turn heads and become the center of attention. If you need to attend Prom night 2006 and you need to do it in style then look no further. This exotic limousine will get you there and back while accentuating your personality as a person who deserve VIP treatment. With a fully stacked non-alcoholic bar and a state of the art entertainment system that includes multiple flat panel TV screens and DVD player, you are sure to get the party started long before you reach your destination.

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March 21, 2007

Stylish for Spring, Bowtie Cufflinks and Studs

New For Spring. Black Tie all the way! Stylish Bowtie Cufflinks and Studs, Black Enamel in a Silver Setting. Adds that Finishing Touch to your Tuxedo Ensemble. Cufflinks use to be Round Black Enamel in a Silver or Gold Setting. Now anything goes from Skull Cufflinks and Studs to Shamrock Cufflinks and Studs. Make Formalwear Fun while Dressing "In Style". **Bowtie Cufflinks/Stud Set Available at TuxedoExpo.com and SmartTuxedo.com.

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March 14, 2007

Shopping for a Prom Dress?

Where should you go to purchase your prom dress and accessories? Well, lots of shops now sell prom dresses, and it is sometimes difficult to know where to start looking. Read On....

Many young ladies go straight to their local name brand department store. Consider other alternatives. Don't miss out on grand selections, and often exclusive dresses. The more stores you shop in, the more variety of styles you will see. Independent local retailers, can offer a fantastic choice of dresses. These establisments are usually run by the owners themselves. Every customer is important to them, and they usually offer an excellent level of personal service, along with expert advice. They survive on local advertising and heavlly rely on word of mouth from past customers. The different stores also take on styles that the owner enjoys! Most will stock gowns and accessories from five or six major designers. They will also work with you to make sure girls at a particular school do not buy the same dress. They enjoy individuality in their products.

It may seem odd to go to a bridal shop/thrift shop for a prom dress, but remember that many of the manufacturers that make bridesmaid dresses also make prom dresses. Thrift shops offer great values. A great resource in large cities where great thrift shops exist!

What about renting a dress? Why Not? You could end up wearing an exclusive gown tha is very expensive. You can rent it for the night for a reasonable price. Most girls wear their prom dress only 1 time!
Have a ball at your Prom!

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March 11, 2007

Buying a Diamond - See BlueNile.com

Published: January 7, 2007 New York Times
Blue Nile

MARK C. VADON is one of the world’s top diamond retailers, but wholesalers often decline to meet with him on the convention floor at jewelry trade shows. At the very least, many ask him to flip over his nametag so that no one knows who he is or what company he runs.

There was a time not long ago when pundits generally dismissed Mr. Vadon’s company, the online jewelry purveyor Blue Nile, as one of the dot-com boom’s more lamebrain creations. People might be willing to buy a book online, or a CD, and maybe a toaster, they said, but a $3,000 diamond engagement ring? The jewelry industry — or at least the high-end jewelry trade — seemed impervious to the Internet.

Not any more. Only a decade after it was founded in the infancy of the Web, Blue Nile ranks behind Tiffany & Company and at least one other competitor, the Signet Group, in diamond ring sales, according to industry analysts. Experts also believe that probably only Tiffany’s and the Zale Corporation, which operates more than 1,500 chain stores and an additional 800 kiosks, bought more diamonds from wholesalers than Blue Nile last year.

While Blue Nile has grown — and its stock has soared 54 percent, to $38.53 a share on Friday from $25 when it was first sold to the public in May 2004 — Main Street jewelers have seen their profit margins shrink and many of their brethren shutter their store doors. As a consequence, many retail jewelers refer to Blue Nile as the “evil empire” — or worse.

So far, the Blue Nile effect has been felt mainly by mom-and-pop jewelers on Main Street and in malls; much bigger, high-end retailers like Tiffany have been affected only on the margins. And Blue Nile’s influence is limited largely to diamond sales, particularly diamond ring sales, but those are often the cash cow for smaller jewelers, accounting for a disproportionate share of their revenue.

“Blue Nile is just busting the chops of everybody, especially in the sale of diamonds,” said Ken Gassman, a former Wall Street financial analyst who runs the Jewelry Industry Research Institute. Diamond jewelry accounted for nearly half the $59.4 billion in jewelry, including watches and costume pieces, that United States retailers sold in 2005, Mr. Gassman said.

Blue Nile and other Internet jewelers are not solely responsible for smaller profits at traditional jewelers nor for the loss of more than 3,000 independent jewelry shops since 1999. Main Street jewelers, after all, have faced tough competition for decades, from the Home Shopping Network and other television creations beginning in the 1980s to, more recently, Wal-Mart, Costco and other big-box retailers that are grabbing a large share of the low-end jewelry market. A spike in the price of gold and other precious metals has also eaten into jewelry store profits.

Still, Blue Nile’s influence has been big enough that many smaller jewelers have been threatening to boycott wholesalers that supply online retailers. At the same time, consultants have been earning a handsome living advising retailers struggling to compete with Blue Nile — teaching them to “romance the stone,” as one consultant, Shane Decker, put it, using industry-speak for stressing the whole diamond-buying experience over merely the price.

Blue Nile operates no stores, so jittery men browsing its Web site in search of an engagement ring that matches their love and budget cannot compare diamonds side by side — or even see what they have bought until they tear into an overnight-delivery package.

But still they buy. The average diamond ring bought at the Blue Nile site costs $5,500, twice the industrywide average of $2,700, according to Mr. Gassman and other analysts. Blue Nile’s finance chief, Diane Irvine, says that nearly every day, the company sells a ring costing $20,000 to $40,000. Last month alone, more than a dozen people bought diamonds that were so expensive — $50,000 or more — that Blue Nile delivered them in armored trucks with armed guards. (All sales come with a 30-day money-back guarantee.)

“I don’t get up every morning and curse Blue Nile, like some do,” said Mark Moeller, owner of R. F. Moeller Jeweler, a three-store chain in St. Paul. “But the Internet has certainly affected profitability; there’s no doubt about that.”

Gary Gordon, chief executive of Samuel Gordon Jewelers in Oklahoma City, was more blunt. “Ours is an industry in big turmoil over Blue Nile,” he said.

SHOP owners, if they wish to curse anybody, might better aim their invective at one of their own, Doug Williams, a Seattle jeweler who in late 1995 took to heart all the radio advertisements he was hearing that implored business owners to adopt an Internet strategy.

The personal computer boom had been very kind to Mr. Williams, who for years had made a good living selling jewelry to Microsoft employees and other newly minted millionaires. Yet when he paid a consultant $2,000 to create a basic Web site he called Internet Diamonds, he did not even own a PC. “I was like a caveman looking at a television,” he said of the first time he visited his online creation.

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March 07, 2007

Tuxedo 101 - 3 Most Popular Lapel Styles

Tuxedos come in various styles. We will outline the different styles in future writings. Today let's start simple with the 3 most basic models.

Notched lapel
This lapel features a triangular indention where the lapel joins the collar. This is considered the least formal lapel style.

Shawl collar
This is a smooth, rounded lapel with no notch.

Peaked lapel
This broad, V-shaped lapel points up and out just below the collar line.

<----Shawl Lapel Tuxedo

Peak Lapel Tuxedo

Notch Lapel Tuxedo

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March 06, 2007

Bridesmaids Dresses - Who's Choice is It?

Your getting married and want to pick out your bridesmaid's dresses. Who should be involved in the decision making process? Well why not the bridesmaides themselves. Pick a day to go out (maybe a nice lunch) with all your bridesmaids to discuss your thoughts. Let them interject their own ideas. Remember it is not important for all the bridesmaids to wear the same dress. You may have a color scheme in mind, however let the individuals pick their own styles adhering to your chosen color. Your affair will start off wonderful. Your bridesmaids will be happy to know that they chose their own outfits.

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March 05, 2007

Women's Long Silk Black Tuxedo Tie

Ladies,
Who said wearing a tuxedo shirt or dress shirt with a long black silk tie is not feminine? SmartTuxedo's fashion coordinators enjoy the look. Yes it is Sexy! See below! Non-Pleated Tuxedo/Dress Shirt only $24.95, Black Silk Long Tie only $19.95.
Fabulous!

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March 02, 2007

Why go with Poly/Cotton Tuxedo Shirts?

Poly/Cotton Tuxedo Shirts are Comfortable, Durable, and can be Machine Washed. They can be found on the internet starting at prices as low as $17.95. See SmartTuxedo.com for great values. We recommend Poly/Cotton Tuxedo Shirts for professionals who wear tuxedo shirts daily (nightly), and may go through a good amount of shirts yearly. Yes a Cotton Tuxedo shirt is softer and a better quality material, however with daily use this does not mean it will last longer. Poly/Cotton shirts can be found in both Wing and Laydown Collar Versions as well as a variety of colors. Usually the shirts have convertible cuffs (not French Cuffs) and Fronts (can be worn with or without cufflinks and studs). TuxedoExpo.com carries a gorgeous Poly/Cotton Shirt from Classix Shirts which actually has a 3/4 inch pleat and French Cuffs which is very hard to find in a Poly/Cotton Tuxedo Shirt (See Below). Enjoy your shirt shopping!
1/4 inch Pleat Poly/Cotton Wing

3/4 inch Pleat Poly/Cotton with French Cuffs

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