ufashion

Blog to be Revived

2008-10-06T18:47:00.000-04:00

This blog is in the process of waking up.

The LG Phone Experience Tour

2007-05-15T20:41:00.000-04:00

The LG Phone Experience Tour presents an extravagant lingerie show, open to the public for its final Chocolate party.

The Tour's grand finale will take place at the hot and trendy MUZIK nightclub on May 16th where LG will open the doors to general public at 8:00 p.m. with NO COVER CHARGE.

Join LG for a sexy fashion show from Montreal lingerie designer SHAN, and be immersed in a unique musical experience with DJ Andrew Reid.

This amazingly hot event will open its doors at 8:00 p.m. on May 16th; the fashion show will start at 9:00 p.m., with dance performances and giveaways to follow.

To receive your free ticket for the LG event at Muzik, please visit http://www.lg.ca/chocolate/event and enter your details. Your ticket allows you to invite up to 3 friends to join the party.

Visit http://www.lg.ca/chocolate to check out previous LG events and click on the image on your right for a taste of what is to come on May 16th.

For more information about Muzik, please visit http://www.muzikclubs.com

UofT Bookstore is looking for models

2007-05-05T20:53:00.000-04:00

UofT Bookstore is looking for models for their upcoming four seasons clothing photo shoot and they turned to UT's Fashion Group (that's us!) to find them their models.

All models must supply a full body and head shot. Photo are due May 15th and the photo shoot will be within approx. 6 weeks from then. They are looking for at least two females and one male at the bare minimum.

Participants of UT's Top Model are especially welcome to apply.

email: ufashion@utoronto.ca

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by ufashion
blog: ufashion.blogspot.com
web: ufashion.sa.utoronto.ca

Tag Team Tuesday at the Drake Hotel

2007-03-23T15:56:00.001-04:00

Tuesdays at the Drake Hotel - 1150 Queen St W:

"This March, Tag Team Tuesday presents a hot duo of Toronto's fashion elite DJing every week in the lounge in celebration of L'Oreal Fashion Week! DJs from Preloved, Common Cloth, Flare Magazine, Fashion File and more tba."

Apparently this is going to be a continuing event. List current events for up to date details.

Lucian Matis special runway event

2007-03-23T14:20:00.001-04:00

Lucian Matis special runway event

The Dominion Club
at
1 King West
corner of king and yonge
wednesday, 28th of march 2007

doors open 7:45pm

National Design Contest

2007-03-23T14:04:00.001-04:00

National Design Contest

CALLING ALL FASHION DESIGN STUDENTS!

Rethink Breast Cancer wants to see your interpretation of the target tee!

Enter the national design contest to win a $2,000 bursary and have your design showcased at the official Fashion Targets Breast Cancer launch party!

The challenge: Design a unique ‘target’ inspired t-shirt

Submission deadline: April 10, 2007

*Submissions will be judged by well-known fashion/media personalities*

For more details visit www.rethinkbreastcancer.com/design_contest

Denise Dias

Campaigns Manager

Rethink Breast Cancer

296 Richmond St. West, Suite 301

Toronto, Ontario M5V 1X2

t. 416.920.0980 x.225 f. 416.920.5798

www.rethinkbreastcancer.com

***Please note my telephone number has changed to (416) 920-0980 ext. 225

2007-03-17T14:03:00.000-04:00

A better site might be Ink or even the liberty group's after party listing.

For anyone who has the time, there is going to be a closing party this saturday at the club This Is London -- guestlist can be found at the first link above.

Toronto Fashion Week

2007-03-10T11:29:00.000-05:00

The Fall 07 collection is from March 12-17. Tickets can be brought from the website, and we will not be selling them on campus this semester because of timing.

The Blogs will also be sparse because of the up coming tests and exams. Good luck!

Thank You for UofT's Top Model

2007-02-01T00:25:00.000-05:00

Hi Inja & Jason and wonderful volunteers,

I want to thank you all for making this event happen. It all started with the vision we had during one of our first meetings at Starbucks as we exchanged cell phone numbers around the table. We all worked very hard to make this event happen, and I'm so glad it's finally happening. Although I won't be there to see it because I am going to be at business leadership conference in Atlanta on Friday, I know it will be a big success.

This is our first major event and I'm very proud of all we've done. I remember how hard we worked trying to get sponsorships. Kelvin and I walking into almost every store at Eaton Centre and then calling up the contacts we got. I met with Randi who helped me make the perfect sponsorship proposals for several companies. Inja dared to take up the responsibility of this huge event and then worked so hard to pull it off despite her laptop problems and the fact our site was down for 3-4 weeks. All those meetings we had almost every week were organized by her. Everything we're doing was coordinated by her. Jason's enthusiasm for this club is boundless and it was clear he should be the one to help Inja out when things grew too overwhelming. I was touched by Sham's dedication when he drove all the way from Scarborough one day so he, Inja, and I could meet a promoter at Joe's one Friday night. Where we waited like hours for the guy to show up. And I didn't even get to use my free drink vouchers. Glenn's commitment to fashion and this club is scary. He's always there to help out when we need a hand and can organize socials like an event planner. Lisa's awesome shark like brain ( Vfashion. haha.) and wonderfully positive and inspired mentality is much appreciated by us all. We always called you dependable behind your back. Trying to get us Bader Theatre was not a easy task, but you really came through with organizing the dancers. Thank you Clara, Stephanie, Ki(You are the best driver), G, Jenelle (for the wicked promo), Phil and Lydia (you guys came out of no where to pull us through), and Stan my good friend who is always here to support me and my club. Thank you.

Now we have 2 important guests coming on Friday. One is the marketing director, Michael Emery, from UT Bookstore, and the other is Simon Leung, a sponsorship coordinator for Roger's Wireless. Let's impress the sweat out of them and see how far we can take it next year! By the way, elections for President positions are coming up in March and all of you are in wonderful positions to run because of the dedication you've shown. (Executive and VP positions are not available because presidents pick their own officers.)

Have fun and enjoy!!

--
Taige Zhang
President of ufashion
http://ufashion.sa.utoronto.ca

UofT's Next Top Model Walkoff

2007-01-19T21:13:00.000-05:00

Come to ufashion's hot fashion event where aspiring models and fashion minded individuals will participate in UofT's Next Top Model Walkoff.

Models will prove their fashion sense under various scenarios. On the fun and exciting night, three finalists will be chosen based on style, creativity, and poise. The audience will decide who is UofT’s Next. Top. Model.

Tickets for $5 on sale at SS through January 22-31 at 11-2 PM. Tickets not Available at the door.

All members are guest listed and do not need tickets. Snacks and door prizes provided.

Event Date: February 2, 2007. 6PM at Music Room in Hart House (7 Hart House Circle).

Tonight Friday January 19th at Revival,

2007-01-19T18:34:00.000-05:00

Tonight Friday January 19th at Revival, there will be a fashion show at 10pm showcasing the work of South African designer; Olga, and her beautiful "Decadent Designs" line of clothing. Inspired by the gothic sub culture and influenced by the romantic fashions of the past, these one-of-a-kind garments include Victorian inspired eveningwear, Gothic Lolita outfits and edgy club wear. Beautiful models of every color and race will grace the runway for this exciting showcase. Visit Decadent Designs online at:
www.decadentdesigns.ca

iPod Phone

2006-12-11T01:10:00.000-05:00

The Four Seasons Fashion Show tomorrow Sunday December 10

2006-12-09T16:54:00.000-05:00

The Four Seasons Showcase Fashion Show
New designers will showcase their new collections on December the 10th at the Four Seasons Showcase 2006, taking place in Toronto.
Everyone is invited to the show, there will be a number of Toronto designers presenting their work at this event.
Where: Revival Bar
783 College Street West (at Shaw)
Time: December 10, Doors open at 7.30 p.m., show starts at 8.30.
Tickets: $30 at the door
Hope to see you all there!

free ringtones

2006-12-09T01:14:00.000-05:00

http://phonezoo.com

Free ringtones and make your own? Yeah it's leading edge, and undoubtedly will take off.

Fashion Show

2006-12-07T19:09:00.000-05:00

There's a big fashion show on this Friday night December 8th. This event will take place at Courthouse Chamber Lounge at 57 Adelaide Street East. Be dazzled by the award winning Canadian designers as they showcase there fall winter 2006 / and spring summer 2007 collections.

Schedule:

Friday December 8, 2006
5:30pm to 7:00 pm cocktail reception
Time Designer
5:30 Cocktail reception
7:00pm Bustle Clothing
8:00pm Katya Revenko
9:00pm Andy the Anh
10:00pm Juma Fashions
11:30pm KOI Swimwear
12:00 - 2:00am Festive party

Go if you have that much free time. Visit the site for more info.

Don't be late for your exam

2006-12-07T18:48:00.000-05:00

As exams approach, it is important to look at the clock to see what time it is which allows you to be on time for your exams.

This is a cool site that tells you the time, with pictures. You visit Time's other coolest sites of the year here.

http://www.humanclock.com/

Good luck on your exams.

Ralph Lauren's Strategy

2006-11-29T22:09:00.000-05:00

Because I own stocks in Ralph Lauren, I subscribe to RL alerts. Today, I found a post made by Suzanne, a partner at Venture Law Associates LLP. She wondered:

If a business outsources its core functions, is it still a business? This is what I pondered after spending time today on Ralph Lauren's site. You can now either buy clothes that Ralph actually designed or click through to "Create your Own Gift Collection", where you can design your own versions. Simply: (a) select the clothing item (shirt! tie! hoodie!), (b) choose your colours (Chatham Blue! Vermont Brown! Newport Navy!), (c) choose your pony or monogram, and (d) "make it your own"(add a vintage year!) Why pay a premium for the design vision of Ralph Lauren when you can pay the same premium for the design vision of, well, you?

Outsourcing design seems like an odd choice for a designer to make. I can't get my husband to select socks that match his suits; why on earth would I let him choose what horse galloped across his pectoral muscles? And why is displaying the year on a piece of clothing significant for men's fashion? Do we have to cellar some shirts for a few years before wearing them? Will they be collected like baseball cards at some point? I'm very confused....

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My understanding is that Ralph Lauren has not outsourced its core competencies at all. It is not letting computer nerds in India or laborers in China design its clothes. Or even consumers for that matter. This is not outsourcing at all.

It is called "branding" and brand participation. It's allowing customers to associate with and interact with the brand, which leads to brand identity and to loyal customers. By letting consumers interact with the brand on such deep level such as customization, RL forms relationship with the customer. By letting consumers choose, you're giving them almost exactly what they want, something good companies do. There is a great book I read on marketing a brand. Customers that feel they have a hand in creation create the best word of mouth and will advocate the brand.

In addition, RL has realized that its consumers are individuals and we live in a individualist, customizable society in which Converse allows you to build your Chucks, Google lets you customize your own start page, Toyota lets you "build" your own car, and iPod allows you to engrave your iPod. It's all about giving consumers what they want and letting them be individuals. Next to sending tailors to people's home to make them perfectly coats tailored to body and taste, this is the way to give people that individual attention that is so valued. Fashion lives because nobody wants to wear what everyone else wears. It would be wrong if a highly esteemed firm like Ralph Lauren which is on top of the latest trends to miss this wave. In fact, RL has always been good at embracing change. See: Interactive window, Ralph TV.

There is almost no danger of hurting the brand equity because consumers are limited in what they can customize. All the selections have been designed by the in house designers. It's not as if consumers can make a polo from scratch. This is no different than having a huge selection and letting customers choose the perfect one. The problem is if your husband has no fashion sense, the shirt he picks will still be ugly.

RL's core functions are designing clothes, managing, and marketing the brand. It has not abandoned design. It's still there. They've only extended the design part of some products by embracing our open source culture.

Furthermore, anything consumers do on their site can be used as cheap and effective market research. What do consumers want? RL gets that information faster than the feedback it gets from retailers and assessing what designs are successful. What colors are people choosing? What are the trends? Whatever it is, consumers are telling RL directly and almost instantaneously. This rapid and transparent information also leads to reduced costs because they can better adjust production.

Finally, it increases the market because it is able to offer a wider selection. How many times have you wanted something in red but they only had it in black and grey?

My last observation is "design" in this case is possibly nothing more than just a highly efficient way of letting consumers browse through a huge variety of clothes online.

Congratulations Andrew!

2006-11-29T21:28:00.000-05:00

Andrew Majtenyi, one of my favorite Toronto's fashion designers has won the 2006 Globe and Mail Design Exchange Gold Award for Fashion Design.

Congratulations Andrew!

The party will take place at:
Habitat Lounge
735 Queen Street West (west of Bathurst at Tecumseth)
www.habitatlounge.com
Tel: 416-860-1551

When: Tuesday December 5th
Time: Doors open 6:00pm featuring special cash menu by reservation (optional)
Party: 7:30pm to 1:00am featuring cash bar and fabulous hor d'eurves.

ufashion members RSVP through ufashion at utoronto.ca

ufashion video

2006-11-28T16:37:00.000-05:00

ufashion t-shirt design

2006-11-27T00:42:00.000-05:00

ufashion is currently accepting t-shirt designs. The deadline is Dec. 8th 2007 at 5PM. Those interested in receiving the ufashion logo font to work with send a request to ufashion@utoronto.ca.

This shirt will be the first official ufashion t shirt and given to all members as of Dec. 1st 2007.

ufashion dinner

2006-11-26T23:41:00.000-05:00

Cafe Diplomatico 594 College (W of Bathurst) at 7 pm on Friday December 1st. If you don't know where that is and you want to walk there in a group, meet at the east study area in Sid Smith at 6:15.

Send an e-mail to Glenn at glenn.davis@utoronto.ca if you're interested (don't just show up because I need to make a reservation).

ufashion site updated!!

2006-11-24T00:30:00.000-05:00

Great news. The ufashion website has been overhauled and now has multiple photo albums including the new and exciting Toronto Fashion Week spring 2007 collection.
http://ufashion.sa.utoronto.ca/photos.html

It also has the current ufashion officers and their contact.
http://ufashion.sa.utoronto.ca/contact.html

It includes page updates on events, projects, forum, and more.

Thank you Taige!

Fashion shows tonight Thursday November 23

2006-11-23T10:38:00.000-05:00

ufashion
Swarovski Crystal Wish Tree Unveiling will take place tonight at 6:00pm, at Level 2 at theEaton Centre. In this event, there will be a fashion show showcased by Canada's NextTop Model Finalists.

Also, there is a fashion show at Maro Lounge on 135 Liberty Street at 11:30pm

Lastly, A Playboy Magazine Lingerie Edition Launch Party will be at the Ultra Supper Club at 10:00pm.

All these events are free for all.

UFX launch

2006-11-21T00:32:00.000-05:00

Today is the Launch of uFashion Clothing Exchange (UFX)

Sick of your same old clothes? Always want to wear your friend's jacket? Want a change? Don't want to keep buying new clothes and giving your old ones to your friend?

UFX is a place where you can upload pictures of your clothes and browse through pictures of other people's clothes and request to borrow them.

Process:
1. upload pictures of your clothes
2. find clothes you'd like to try out
3. message the person and reach an agreement. The exchange can be mutual or one way, two way, or permanent. Most agreements include a cleaning clause.
4. meet and exchange

Important: All members of UFX must be a member of uFashion or must pay a $50 security deposit to uFashion in order to protect you and members of the exchange program from getting jacked. Good members will receive their money back at the end of the term* and bad members will be reported to UofT and be blacklisted from the exchange.

If already ufashion Member simply search for UFX in facebook or click here.

*term is exactly 1 school year.

Fashion show on Wednesday November 29

2006-11-20T17:54:00.000-05:00

From the runways of L'Oreal Fashion Week comes an exclusive event at one of Toronto's hippest new venues...

Chino, 1378 Queen Street West
Wednesday, November 29th from 7PM to 9PM

Fashion show from Sodaliscious Clothing Spring / Summer 2007
Collection Creme De La Creme... it is sinfully delicieux!

Sample Hors D'Oeuvres from the delightful Chino Menu...
TAB Engergy Drink Sampling throughout the night
DJ Alexie spins tunes and adds flavour
Other surprises and giveaways

Free for uFashion members. We'll see you there. Call 6478860760 at venue.

general meeting

2006-11-16T02:17:00.000-05:00

Make comments on when you would like us to have the meeting next week.

a) [Tuesday 4PM] b) [Thursday 6PM] c) [Friday 430 PM]

Launch party and fashion show on Thursday November 16

2006-11-06T20:23:00.000-05:00

ufashion Just let you know that there's a live body painting presentation and Kavi Kavi fashion show (http://www.kavikavi.com ) at 7 pm on Thursday November 16 at Club V at 88 Yorkville Avenue. Come enjoy a live music performance by Matisse, and a night of live art showcasing the work of artists reprented by Chozen Stylizticz. Kavi Kavi, a rising star in the International fashion scene and one of favourites at the most recent L'oreal Fashion Week, will have a special showing of their collection. It will be a night of art and culture while enjoying an H'or D'eourves reception sponsored by Catering By Designs.

Greenbelt

2006-10-23T21:34:00.000-04:00

My name is Robert Rames and I work for CHUM Television. We are currently working on a project for the Greenbelt Foundation and are looking for entrants for a "Greenbelt" theme contest. Basically, we want to see how a wide range of talented people express themselves on camera (in 3 minutes or less) about Ontario's Greenbelt.

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Robert Rames

Production Manager

CHUM Television

416-388-8675

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THE GREEN BELT PRIZE

$10,000

______________________________________________________________________________________

WHAT IS THE GREENBELT?

Ontario’s Greenbelt is our living countryside.

The Greenbelt surrounds the province's Golden Horseshoe, the most populated area of Canada. At 1.8 million acres it is larger than Prince Edward Island.

The Greenbelt preserves some of the best agricultural land in Canada, which in turn provides fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy, beef, pork and poultry products and grapes for prize-winning wines.

The Greenbelt ensures that everyone has access to parks, hiking trails, rivers, lakes, places for cycling, bird watching, horseback riding, weekend getaways and a myriad of other outdoor activities.

WHO CAN ENTER?

Actors, Animators, Cartoonists, Chefs, Choreographers, Comedians, Dancers, Fashion Designers, Graphic Designers, Journalists, Painters, Rappers, Sculptors, Singers, Writers…

And anybody who has anything to say about: ONTARIO’S GREENBELT

WHAT IS THE GREEN BELT PRIZE?

A competition looking for:

the funniest…
or the most compelling
or the most de ive
or the most entertaining…

Skit…
or cartoon
or dance
or comedy routine
or clothes design or graphic design
or article or photograph…
or painting or sculpture
or poem or short story…
or song or food dish or…

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Email us at greenbeltprize@chumtv.com to receive an entry form.
Return the completed entry form.
Semi-finalists will audition at CHUM Television in Toronto in November.
Viewers will vote on the 10 finalists to determine the winner.

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ufashion Meeting

2006-10-22T23:06:00.000-04:00

The meeting will take place Wednesday Oct. 25th at 5:30-7:30. It will just be an update of the progress we're making. Volunteer opportunities to help out with our activities. Chance to become a member. Then we'll go socialize by shopping as a group at Eaton Centre, followed by dinner.

Time: Wednesday Oct. 25th at 5:30-7:30
Place: Starbucks at College and St. George

site up

2006-10-22T19:45:00.000-04:00

ufashion site is back up

Diesel Heaven

2006-10-22T14:26:00.000-04:00

Diesel has come out with a cool new site. I don't see the point but it's interactive and very creative.

http://www.diesel.com/campaigns/aw06/

site down

2006-10-21T02:21:00.000-04:00

ufashion site is down because UT is upgrading its servers. booooh.

In the meantime, Enjoy my fashion week pictures.

ufashion site down

2006-10-20T15:37:00.000-04:00

the ufashion site is down for some reason. it seems all the site from sa.utoronto.ca are down.

UoT's Next Top Model info jist:

The competition will involve creating outfits to suit different scenarios.

Send us your bio, resume, pictures, and info about your program, year, and fashion aspirations.

To ufashion@utoronto.ca

Amazing Night

2006-10-16T23:49:00.000-04:00

The opening night of Toronto Fashion Week was amazing, and leaves one wanting more. After a tease from over 25 designers' lastest works, audiences witnessed Marie Sainte Pierre's Spring 2007 Collection.

It was quite an experience talking my way into the show without a pass, and then borrowing 2 industry passes to get 2 ufashion people in because Education Passes don't work for invite only events and opening night. I met a couple of interesting people, but no designers since today was only a teaser with only one actual show.

No need to explain the collection when I have crisp pictures to tell the story.

BTW join this group: http://utoronto.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2201679399

Toronto Alternative Fashion Week

2006-10-16T17:02:00.000-04:00

ufashion
Toronto Alternative Fashion Week Starts tomorrow from Tuesday October 17 to Thursday October 19 featuring 42 young, innovative designers. Fashion shows start from 8pm to 1am every night. Click on the link below for more info:
http://www.getfat.ca

Fashion Show Outing

2006-10-16T09:13:00.000-04:00

Tonight is Toronto Fashion Week's Opening night.

8:00 pm - Fragmented Time L'Oreal Spring Beauty Trends 2007
...featuring more than 25 designers from across Canada including Andy The-Anh, Aqua Lara, Arthur, Arthur Mendonca, Body Bag, De Majuscule, Eliane, Envers, Iris, Izzy Camilleri, Justina McCaffrey, Mac & Jac, Marie Saint Pierre, Musi Fur, Nadya Toto, Northbound Leather, Nuts, Pat McDonagh, Perplex & Lola, Ray W, Report Collection, Shan, Simon Chang, Thien Le, Waxman Accessories Provided by Christopher Kon, Colette Harmon, John Fluevog, Lydia Lukidis, Mondor, and Shona Rae
9:30 pm - Marie Saint Pierre
10:00-4:00 am - L'Oreal Fashion Week Opening Night Party - Honoring our Modeling Agencies, "Special Presentation" by Boutique Le Trou

Those Attending should contact Taige at to meet up with fellow ufashion members.

And for those members attending Tuesday's fashion show AND Juma's free show (by invite):

4:00 pm - Arthur Mendonca
5:00 pm - Dean Horn
5:30 pm - Katya Revenko
6:00 pm - Juma
7:00 pm - David Dixon Cocktail
8:00 pm - David Dixon
9:00 pm - French Connection (UK)
10:00 pm - Arthur Mendonca After Party (Offsite) CLounge

Contact Lisa at to meet up with fellow ufashion members.

UofT's Next Top Model Walkoff

2006-10-15T12:17:00.000-04:00

uFashion is looking for aspiring models and fashion minded individuals to participate in UofT's Next Top Model Walkoff on Dec. 1.

You will be given three scenarios (eg. a night in Paris, ball room party, space, etc.) to prepare for to suit each scenario from your home wardrobe before hand. On the fun and exciting night, three finalists will be chosen out of ten models based on style, creativity, and poise. Finalists will create and present two outfits from one lucky local designer's collection on the spot and walk. The audience will decide who is UofT’s Next. Top. Model.

Beside the glory, the winners can choose from a wide array of prizes including a professional photo shoot, a meeting with a modeling agent, full salon treatment, and clothing store gift cards.

To participate: e-mail us at ufashion@utoronto.ca with your name, resume/bio, photo, and tell us why you are interested. You don’t need experience in modeling! But you do have to be a fun-loving female with something to prove.

Deadline: October 24th, 2006.

Purse Addiction

2006-10-11T00:00:00.000-04:00

This reminds me of some girls and Jason Song. It's a humorous listen. Check it out.

A new addiction is afflicting millions of American men and women, ruining credit and destroying marriages. Humorist Brian Unger discusses the untold misery of the need to collect expensive handbags.

By Brian Unger

Scientists Analyze Fashion

2006-10-10T23:29:00.000-04:00

Some research has shed light on when people tend to dress more fashionably, at least for women. Scientists from UCLA conducted research on young college women who were photographed in their most and least fertile period, and then had a panel of men assess those photographs with the face blacked out. Turns out they're flashy when they're most fertile.

Fertile women dress to impress?
Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:21 AM ET

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women dress to impress when they are at their most fertile, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday in a study they say shows that signs of human ovulation may not be as mysterious as some scientists believe.
A study of young college women showed they frequently wore more fashionable or flashier clothing and jewelry when they were ovulating, as assessed by a panel of men and women looking at their photographs.
"They tend to put on skirts instead of pants, show more skin and generally dress more fashionably," said Martie Haselton, a communication studies and psychology expert at the University of California Los Angeles who led the study.
Writing in the journal Hormones and Behavior, Haselton and colleagues said their findings disproved the conventional wisdom that women are unique among animals in concealing, even from themselves, when they are most fertile.
Some animals release powerful scents when ready to mate, while others display skin color changes, but human ovulation is notoriously difficult to detect. This is attested to by the frequency of unintended pregnancy, as well as test kits marketed to women wishing to become pregnant but unaware of the likeliest time to conceive.
Haselton's team said their study showed the cues are there, even if men and women are not consciously aware of them.
Women usually ovulate on the 15th day of their menstrual cycles, and this day is when they are the most fertile. Ovulation is easily detected using urine tests, and Haselton's team used such a test to check fertility in their study.
They asked 30 university students to come to their lab for a test, without letting them know the nature of the experiment. "We asked them some things about food, for example," Haselton said in a telephone interview.
The women came back several times over the course of a month and were photographed twice -- once in their fertile phase and another time in their least-fertile phase. The faces in the photographs were blacked out.
WHO LOOKS HOT?
The researchers asked 42 men and women, some older than the volunteers, to assess these photographs by asking, "In what photo is the person trying to look more attractive?"
The judges chose the photograph taken during the women's fertile phases 60 percent of the time, Haselton said. "This is well beyond chance. They were pretty consistent," she said.
"One of the things we found pretty interesting is that people sort of have their personal style, almost like their uniform," she added. "The women would show up to the lab wearing something pretty close to what they wore before, but embellished."
For example, one woman wore loose knit leggings and a tank top in both photos. "In her high fertility photograph, she would be wearing a very pretty tank top and she was wearing more jewelry. The difference was quite subtle," Haselton said.
The fertile women did not necessarily dress more provocatively, Haselton noted. "We did see a little bit more skin. It was my impression that the women were just dressing a little bit more fashionably but not sexier."
Haselton also was interested to note what did not happen.
"There's a popular notion that when women approach menstrual onset, they get out their bloated clothes and they pull out their sweats," she said. "But we didn't find that to be the case."
Haselton's team had earlier reported that women were more likely to flirt and look at attractive men when ovulating.

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ufashion backgrounds

2006-10-09T02:38:00.000-04:00

ufashion has released several desktop backgrounds for members and interested parties to enjoy.

They can be found here: http://ufashion.sa.utoronto.ca/backgrounds.html

RL TV

2006-10-08T22:12:00.000-04:00

Ralph Lauren has his own TV channel online. I checked it out and decided it was pretty neat. There's celebrity interviews, fashion shows, model tv, style, etc.

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ufashion Thank You

2006-10-07T00:34:00.000-04:00

Remember on the website it said "[officers] will be tactfully rewarded" and you puzzled about it?

I'm here to unveil the ufashion reward system. At the end of the year, we will make a profit. A percentage of this profit will be put into the returned earnings which means they will be re-invested into ufashion. Another percent will be spent on rewards for the work you dedicated officers put in. Maybe 25%. The rewards will be based on merit.

So just know if you are dedicated, you will receive a little thank you.

For example this is what my book would look like if we ended the year now:

Taige: XXX(for website--hot dang it was hard), X(for clubs day member recruitment + officer recruitment),
Lisa: .75X(for fashion week tix)
Clara: .25X(for fashion week tix)
Jason: .5X(for threads tix sales)
Shams: .25X(for clubs day member recruitment)
Kelvin: .1X(for clubs day), .5(group shopping)
Inja: .5(group shopping)
Glenn: .000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001X(for NYC trip project)

Don't worry about subjectivity. Just be happy that you'll get a thank you gift. Don't worry if you don't have any stars now, just work harder, and be more involved.

PS. UT's Next Top Model Walkoff will involve about 15 stars to distribute if it is a big success.

Urban Exotic Review

2006-10-05T20:58:00.000-04:00

Four designers - Melanie McNeill, Nyree Vogan, Philip Sparks, Katya Revenko
and Jason Myers - took the audience by storm with their polished creations
at the Argonaut Rowing Club's gorgeous Henley Room with views overlooking
Lake Ontario.

Many agreed that these talents are the ones to watch; especially if you are
looking to revitalize your fall wardrobe. Their designs spanned the whole
spectrum from trendy elegance to sheer classic couture.

Already known as the prime spot for new modeling talent, the show also gave
new models a chance to work the runway in a professional and beautiful
environment.

Take it easy Movie Friday

2006-10-04T23:07:00.000-04:00

If you want to take it easy this Friday, join ufashion in watching The Devil Wears Prada.

It's this Friday 730PM at WO ( 321 Bloor Street West) . (we don't know the precise room yet.)

If lost when there, call Activity leader: Taige 6478860760 when you get there.

Fashion Week Tixs

2006-10-04T18:27:00.000-04:00

We have 30 tickets as of now. We'll pick them up on Oct.10th, after Thanksgiving.

They will be distributed that week. A reservation does NOT mean you will get a ticket. If you only reserved, make sure you come on time when we distributed it so you can pay or those tickets will be gone.

Please be patient. A email will be sent with details on the ticket distrubtion time&place.

A few pics from Threads2006

2006-10-02T01:11:00.000-04:00

yeah. it was fun. other people have other pics. that's all i got.

Fashion Internship Opportunity!

2006-09-29T14:07:00.000-04:00

Love fashion?
Interested in the industry?
Think it might lead to a wicked career oneday?
Here's your chance to get your foot in the door of one of the fastest paced, most dynamic industries around!

The Chase Group inc. is an Apparel distribution & marketing agency operating out of Toronto Ontario Canada. Since 1994, the Chase Group has been an integral part of the Canadian urban apparel market, specializing in urban branded apparel.
RIGHT NOW The Chase Group is looking for a creative, independent, motivated student to fill an internship position!

This is your chance!

This fashion internship is an enriching opportunity to get exposed to the various aspects of the fashion/design/sales industry and see first hand what goes into producing, designing, marketing, selling, and building a fashion brand.

Tasks include, but are not limited to:

database entry
daily communication/liaising with customers/clients/retail stores
order entry and production tracking
event planning and execution
public relations
showroom upkeep
construction & production of garment
fittings of garment
graphic designing
other assigned projects

The candidate best suited for this position will be:
. independent
. flexible
. resourceful
. assertive/ takes initiative
. detail oriented
AND have a high level of creativity with an entrepreneurial spirit.

If you are interested and wish to participate in this internship opportunity, please e-mail your resume to info@thechasegroup.ca

Urban Exotic Fashion Show

2006-09-29T06:50:00.000-04:00

Urban Exotic Fashion Show will take place on next Tuesday October 3, 2006 at 7 p.m. & 9 p.m.
Headlining Designer - Jason Meyers
Accompanied by designers:Melanie McNeill, Philip Sparks, Nyree "Nyz Designs and
"Katya Revenko - Desperately Different - www.desperatelydifferent.com
Dance performances by ALI Entertainment and Claudia the belly dancer!
Comic relief by comedians David Meherje, Quinn Martin, Troy Dixon and Dred Lee.
The Argonaut Rowing Club - 1225 Lakeshore Blvd. West
$20 at the door and $15 in advance
e-mail tickets@urbanexotic.ca
For more info please visit www.urbanexotic.ca

Fantasy Fashion Show #9

2006-09-29T06:41:00.000-04:00

ufashion
Fantasy Fashion Show #9 will take place on next Monday October 2, 2006 at 8 p.m.
This annual fundraiser for Gallery 1313 showcases a variety of performance art, and fashion.
Location: Gallery 1313 at 1313 Queen St. W., Toronto
$13 advance, $15 at the door.
Call Phil Anderson at 416-536-6778 for more info.

L'Oréal Fashion Week

2006-09-28T16:44:00.000-04:00

As you all know, the L'Oréal Fashion Week (sponsored by the Fashion
Design Council of Canada) is coming in the week of October 16-21,
2006. This is one of the most significant Fashion events of the year;
you won't want to miss out.

***we have very limited number of tickets, so it's first come first serve***

The tickets will go on sale this week:

Date: Tursday & Friday (Sept. 28-29th, 2006)
Time: 11am - 3pm
Location: Sidney Smith Hall Lobby (SS)
Price: $10 (members only), $20 (non-members)

See you all there.

Lisa Meng
VP Events
ufashion@utoronto.ca,
lisameng6@utoronto.ca

Threads 2006 Info

2006-09-24T10:35:00.000-04:00

This is a message from jasongg regarding Threads 2006.

Thanks to all those who replied in interest to Threads 2006 Fashion Show. If you have not replied to the offer and are still interested in joining us for this annual event, you can still contant me on my email (de_la_trend@hotmail.com) or hit me up on my cell 416-889-6346.

Here is the general break down of the event that you might need to attend on a timely manner.

Website: http://www.plan-e.ca/threads2006/
Date: Thursday, September 28th, 2006
Ticket Price: $15 (we got a $5 d/c from the event - thank you Taiger - from the original $20) - this is only applicable if you reply to the offer in advance (contact me)
Location: Revival Bar (College and Shaw), 783 College St. West @ Shaw. Refer to the map below.
Duration: 8pm-2am
7:00 - 8:00pm - Reception (VIP guests + media only)
8:00pm - Doors will open for General Admission ticket holders
9:00 - 11:00pm - Threads Fashion Show
11:00pm - 2:00am - After-Party (FREE Admission)
*** Please note that admittance will be restricted for the duration of the show. Be sure to be there before 9:00pm ***

Regarding the pick-up and payment for the tickets. We are scheduled to purchase the tickets this coming Monday, and I will be distributing them throughout the week until the date of the event. Please contact me (by either cell or email) to schedule a pick-up.

Like always, hit me up if you have any questions about anything, and I'll get back to you ASAP

Hope to see you all soon :D

HOTS

2006-09-21T23:04:00.000-04:00

ufashion site has been updated with info about HOTS.

hairstyle of the semester (HOTS)

We thrive on change and creativity. One of the best ways to do that is to get a hair cut. Radically change your hairstyle. Change the way people see you and judge you. Disturb their notion of who you are. Change how you see yourself.

One of our activities in ufashion involves letting other members decide your next hair style for one semester. It doesn't matter. In fashion or out. Black or green. It doesn't matter. Just Δ it.

Starting September 23.

ufashion ringtone

2006-09-20T23:39:00.000-04:00

Got it as fanmail.

download

group shopping

2006-09-20T21:09:00.000-04:00

We're going group shopping!

Objective: To get to know each other, talk about fashion and trends,
get your fall wardrobe ready, and have fun.
Time: Sept. 22 (Friday) from 3:30-5:30
Where to meet: Meet at Bata Shoe Museum at 3:30
What to bring: friends, money, credit card

Schedule: We will start at Club Monaco. 5:30 Dinner (optional). We
should be done no later than 6:30.

Oh! Everyone who has signed up for ufashion can pay your fees there.

e-mail back if you're coming.

Threads 2006 Fashion Show on Thursday September 28

2006-09-16T20:06:00.000-04:00

ufashion

Join chart-topping R&B singer Nicole Holness and popular personalities, Jomo from FLOW 93.5 and Global TV's Entertainment Tonight journalist, Kim D'Eon, on Thursday, September 28, 2006 to raise money for local charity, Dress Your Best (DYB).With sizzling designs on the catwalk, door prizes and the crooning voice of Montréal jazz vocalist, Amanda Mabro, Threads 2006 promises to be a sold-out event.Organizers weaved a stellar line-up of designers, which includes Greenbaum Clothing Co., House of Spy, Zoran Dobric, Dagg & Stacey, Kari Lynn Bianchi, Valerie Dumaine, Preloved, Chulo Pony, Narcissist Design Co., JUMA and Rosa Costanzo. Music by Layers Entertainment will heat up the dance floor, and a special appearance by PunkMagic Productions will dazzle the crowd.Threads 2006 is an annual fashion show organized by a consortium of Toronto professionals from designers, event planners, graphic designers, to photographers and other who pool their resources together to host the event. To reflect its common goals, the collective also uses Threads as its operating name.Each year, a different non-profit organization is chosen to benefit from 100% of all proceeds generated by the show. Our 2006 charity is Dress Your Best, a local non-profit organization that contributes to the relief of poverty by assisting low-income men and women gain employment with appropriate business attire.

Date: Thursday, September 28, 2006
Location: Revival Bar (College & Shaw)Time: 8pm-2am
website: www.plan-e.ca/threads2006
Tickets: General Admission ($20 early bird - $25 at the door)VIP - $50 (please inquire for more details)

Threads 2006 will be hosted by Kim D'eon from Entertainment Tonight Canada and Jomo from Flow 93.5.

The Clothing Show

2006-09-13T10:36:00.000-04:00

ufashion

http://www.theclothingshow.com
Saturday September 16 and Sunday September 17
$8 Admission
Location: Automotive Buiiding, Exhibition Place
Call 416-516-9859 for more info.

cool people use it

2006-09-13T00:57:00.000-04:00

http://www.netvibes.com/

Netvibes, one of the sites I picked for B2.0's Web 2.0 Around the World map, just got additional funding of $15 million from Index Ventures (which backed Skype), and others. The Paris-based site boasts more than five million users.

Netvibes is one of the best mashup sites out there. It lets you create your own customized homepage, pulling in e-mail from Google or Yahoo, blog posts and news feeds from all over the Web, Flickr photo feeds, and del.icio.us links. Basically anything with with an RSS feed can be pulled into Netvibes, allowing you to centralize the Web in one place. It is built on Ajax software (which lets you drag and drop all the little modules around on your Web browser). Check it out.

A site about fashion with a 30 day shelf life.

2006-09-12T16:14:00.000-04:00

Taryn Manning: "I have this great hat I bought in Japan that keeps me up at night. I wake up wanting to know where it is."

This is month-long fête bringing you 30 days of stylish events, 30 days of fashion blogs, 30 days of daily giveaways, and 30 days of exuberance that will have New York buzzing, we identified people of style who, through their personal statement and strong sense of self, best embody the spirit of our publications.

http://www.30daysoffashion.com/

ufashion

2006-09-12T16:00:00.000-04:00

ufashion
Beauty Salon opening reception at Gladstone Hotel. Click on the link below for more info:
http://www.401richmond.net/gladstone/event-show.cfm?id=1975

1st general meeting

2006-09-11T20:35:00.000-04:00

Time: Thursday 14th @ 630PM
Place: Starbucks at St. George and College.

Bring money and friends.

Party: new magazine launch!

2006-09-11T15:29:00.000-04:00

ufashion members are invited to a party. We're attending the birth of BOBBi Magazine, Canada's newest magazine for girls.

Date: this Thursday September 14th @10PM
Meeting Place: This is London
Address: 364 Richmond West Street

Activity leader: Call Kelvin Li when you get there!
Cellphone #: (647) 686-5805

NYC Christmas Shopping Trip

2006-09-10T18:24:00.000-04:00

Suggest the date for this event.

fashionweek ads

2006-09-10T18:12:00.000-04:00

it's in October

internship ops

2006-09-10T17:57:00.000-04:00

INTERNSHIP

An exciting internship opportunity has recently become available at The Fashion Design Council of Canada.

Details

Interested applicants should forward their resumé with cover letter to:

Carolyn Quinn
Fashion Design Council of Canada
Address: 15 Saskatchewan Road, Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON M6K 3C3
Fax: 416.922.4292
Email: carolyn@fdcc.ca

Monday ufashion wannabe officers meeting.

2006-09-09T14:47:00.000-04:00

Noon @ Bloor and St. George in L'expresso. Make a comment if you’re coming or when would be a better time for you on Monday.

ufashion is a student group that has aspirations to be one of the elite UT clubs that is affluent and self sustaining. As there were less than 15 active members last year, positions will be assigned by current UFAT members. Don’t be daunted by the role of your desire position because you will have the support of other executives. However, make certain you meet the qualifications.

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Open UFAT Positions

Ministry of Activities

President—oversee, initiate, plan, and lead events
e.g. create and direct ufashion activities, put on walk off, put on fashion show
Qualifications: experience in putting on events, stress tolerant, party goer, disciplined and can get things done, passionate and self motivated, friends with Events VP and Activities VP.

Events VP—coordinate and lead events
e.g. take care of members during fashion shows trips, coordinating parties, working to put on ufashion events such as walk off
Qualifications: possesses organization skills, hardworking, dependable, and passionate.

Activities VP—coordinate and lead activities
e.g. taking member on group shopping trips, running HOTS (Hairstyle of the semester), working to put on ufashion events such as walk off
Qualifications: possesses organization skills, creative, hardworking, dependable, passionate.

Ministry of Members
President—oversee member happiness, contribute to events
e.g. keeping members happy, obtaining member opinions, recruit new members, help with events
Qualifications: leadership, customer service, and people skills. Dependable and strongly believes in ufashion.

Ministry of Communications
President—act as secretary for ufashion, director of club image, communicate to members and externally, acquire sponsorship and donations.
e.g. responding to emails, networking with important contacts, crafting ufashion’s image, help with recruiting members
Qualifications: has experience and education in marketing, brand management skills, strongly identify with ufashion, creative, dependable.

VP of ufashion online—manage and update ufashion sites.
Qualification: design oriented and aesthetic, tech skills

Ministry of Products
President—position opens in May.
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All presidents and VPs should be willing to work by his or herself and in groups during and outside of meetings. They should be in constant contact with one another, and are expected work closely with one another. Positions are one year terms.

Reminders

2006-09-09T14:44:00.000-04:00

Remember membership fee until September 23 is only $20 when you join with a friend. That’s 10 pounds, and you can’t buy anything with 10 pounds in London.

If you signed up but didn’t receive an email, it means your handwriting couldn’t be heuristically discerned. There are 39 of you. To get on the mailing list, send a email to us.

Other roles include

2006-09-09T13:24:00.000-04:00

Other roles include

Model

Designer

Chorographer

Photographer

Writer/blogger

Technician

Introduction

2006-09-09T12:49:00.000-04:00

Hi and welcome to ufashion's blog. This will be used as a way for members to be kept up to date and interact with each other over the internet. (anyone can make comments).

This is the first year we're recruiting members and there are many positions open. We expect this to be great year. We are seeking a diverse group of people from various programs, but united under fashion.

Please go to our official website for our group details:

http://ufashion.sa.utoronto.ca/welcome.html

on another note. ufashion is on facebook. so is the fictitious ugo.

volunteer

2006-09-05T20:34:00.000-04:00

Volunteer models needed for Toronto Alternative Fashion Week flash fashion shows that will take place around Toronto (Oct. 17-19, 2006)

Make-up, hair, clothes will be provided.

Contact Phil at azmatic19@hotmail.com

Threads 2006 is an annual charitable fashion show being held on September 28th, 2006 from 8 p.m.- 2 a.m. We are currently looking for dressers, greeters, stage hands and an assistant choreographer. If interested, they can email me at elina@plan-e.ca. The deadline to apply is September 10th.

For more information about the show, please visit our website at www.plan-e.ca/threads2006.

our ad campaign

2006-09-05T13:48:00.000-04:00

Calendar of events

2006-09-05T13:26:00.000-04:00

Calendar of Events 2006-2007

September 2006

UFAT activities: fundraising, member recruitment, calendar production

Member events: group shopping trip, style of the semester

October

UFAT activities: calendar marketing, ufashion walk off, fundraising

Member events: fashion show attendance,

November

UFAT activities: ufashion postcard contest

Member events: fashion show attendance, ufashion walk off

December

UFAT activities: ufashion postcard contest

Member events: fashion show attendance, group shopping trip,

January 2007

UFAT activities: ufashion postcard contest

Member events: ufashion postcard contest, style of the semester

February

UFAT activities: ufashion postcard contest and production

Member events: ufashion postcard contest

March

UFAT activities: postcard marketing, create fashion show with CASS

Member events: fashion show attendance,

April

UFAT activities: launch ufashion line,

Member events: closing party, fashion show with CASS

May

UFAT activities: ufashion product line

Member events: NA

June

UFAT activities: ufashion line

Member events: NA

*note: UFAT stands for ufashion activities team which inlcudes officers and active members

Nokia's L'Amour Collection

2006-09-04T20:50:00.000-04:00

For some, everything is a potential fashion statement, even a cell phone.

The chic new additions to Nokia's L'Amour Collection are speaking to these people in particular. The phones, which will begin shipping in the fall, should allow consumers just enough time to coordinate them with their winter wardrobes.

link

CLUBS Day

2006-08-30T15:42:00.000-04:00

New College Club's day is Tuesday, September 5, 2006 from 8:30 - 11:30.

SAC Clubs day is Fri. Sept 8. 8: 10-2:30

We'll be meeting on Sept 4th to create our first clubs day presentations ever! If you want to help us recruit new members and get to know the other members, come!

Sept 4th 6:36PM at my place 222 Beverley St (College&St. George intersection)

It'd be good if some of you could bring food or snacks cuz I know I'll be running out of pizza pops. And also stuff to create posters with. And laptops to design flyers with. We'll go to print on flyers Tuesday.

Come.

Calling

2006-08-17T19:29:00.000-04:00

Hi uf members,

It's great school is starting again. And summer's not even over. We invite all interested students and members to come to our first meeting for the year where we will decide on many of the activites and events for the year.

It's on Aug. 31. The location is TBA.

we're is out of school

2006-06-05T14:00:00.000-04:00

ufashion will be back in mid August.

It's on! Let's encourage fashion at UofT.

2006-04-29T02:24:00.000-04:00

It's on! Let's encourage fashion at UofT.

Topic/title: Seminar with Canadian Designers on Current Fashion in Canada
Speakers: Jamil Juma (Juma:http://www.juma.ca/), and Sunny Fong (Vawk: http://www.vawkline.com/)
Place: Bahen Centre at 40 st.george st, BA1200
Time: Apirl 7th, Friday @ 6:30-9PM.
Price: 3 dollars [free for members

2006-04-02T00:37:00.000-05:00

I got word of this happpening at UT and looks interesting.

"ELEMENTAL"
The Vic Environmental Day Fashion Show
Are you worried about the environment and wanna do something to help?
Do you like fashion shows, showcasing a WIDE variety of professional and student designs?

Come to ELEMENTAL, this Tuesday, April 4th in the Cat's Eye. The show
starts at 8:30!!
http://utern.sa.utoronto.ca

Hairstyle of the Semester only free and yearly

2006-03-29T20:58:00.000-05:00

You guys know about hairstyle of the seminar program we got? We'll this semester it's free cuz... as luck goes Michael O'Rourke and his team will be in Toronto presenting the last trends to industry professionals.

You'll basically get a hair makeover, gift bag, and get to present it to some people. Sign up Wednes. 29th 1:30 - 5:30 PM at WO, or Thursday 30th 4-7PM 2510 Yonge Str. Suite 325.

for more go to www.sexyhair.com
416-929-6897

2006-03-26T14:50:00.000-05:00

Andrew Majtenji Fall/Winter 2006 Collection

2006-03-24T10:42:00.000-05:00

Andrew Majtenji Fall/Winter 2006 Collection Featuring Collaborative works by filmmaker Elvis Padvorac, Bags By Guy Latullipe and Jewelry By Rita Tessolin.
Runway show will be taken place on Friday March 24, 2005. Doors open at 6pm and the show will start at 8:15pm. Location is at Design Exchange at 234 Bay Street between King Street West and Wellington Street West.

ugo!

2006-03-24T00:52:00.000-05:00

Hey ufers,

Add ugo as your friend so you can browse the pictures from fashion shows we attended!

http://utoronto.facebook.com/photos.php?id=28115938

Meeting

2006-03-22T21:08:00.000-05:00

Hi. Our next meeting will be from 3-5PM Tuesday 28th in Pratt Library's study room. Please comment if you are coming or want to meet another time.

The issues are Awareness and UFET.

ufashion

2006-03-19T22:40:00.000-05:00

ufashion
Ryerson University's fashion show Mass Exodus 2006 will take place on Wednesday April 5th and Thursday April 6th. Click on the link below to view more info:
http://www.ryerson.ca/fashion/massexodus/index.html

ufashion

2006-03-17T14:32:00.000-05:00

ufashion
There is a big fashion show put together by Fashion Incubator on next Wednesday night March 22. Click on the link below for more info:
http://www.fashionincubator.com/happenings/calendar/who-will-win-tfi-new-labe-3.shtml

videos

2006-03-16T21:52:00.000-05:00

Video sharing has become more popular than hot dogs these days. And I'm very excited to see it sort itself out:

March 13, 2006
Online Auteurs Hardly Need to Be Famous

By RICHARD SIKLOS

Corrections Appended
On his computer screen, Jake R. Sanowski scrutinizes a short video of a baby eating its first pickle. Next is a skit of a woman getting drunker over the course of a meal at which, it turns out, her dining companion is a dog. That is followed by a clip of a band playing a song, but the lighting is so dim that the screen is nearly black. "I feel really bad for it," Mr. Sanowski said.

Mr. Sanowski, 24, who recently moved to Los Angeles from Minnesota, is an editor at iFilm, a company that displays short-form videos, movie trailers and music videos on its Web site (www.iFilm.com) He wades through many of the nearly 500 video submissions that the site receives each day from average Joes and Janes seeking fame — and now cash and prizes — via the Internet.

Many of the contributors are happy just to have their clips posted on the site for all to see. But the number of postings has jumped in the last few weeks since the company introduced a contest with the cable channel VH1 called "Show Us Your Junk" that will feature the best submissions on the television program "WebJunk20" and reward winners with digital gadgetry and flat-screen TV's.

Increasingly, the new, new thing in media is getting paid for the homemade. Reflecting the surge in the popularity of user-created material, both online and traditional media companies are opening their wallets to make sure that the best of it finds its way onto their television shows and Web sites.

Even Yahoo, the nation's most-visited Web site, has signaled a change in its strategy by moving away from creating its own professional content in favor of user-generated material — and it appears willing to pay for anything its users deem worthy.

All this is part of a trend seeking to turn conventional media business models on their heads in the digital age. Typically, media content was either paid for by consumers in the form of subscription fees or by marketers through advertising. In offering to pay users for creating content, companies like Yahoo are not looking to turn every amateur into a professional so much as acknowledging the growing appeal of homemade material to audiences and hence its value to media businesses.

"At some point in the next six to nine months, this will become competitive," said Michael Hirschorn, executive vice president for original programming at VH1, which, like iFilm, is owned by Viacom.

Already the money is starting to flow, mostly in the form of contests. YouTube.com, another Web site for sharing clips, is soliciting people to create a music video for a band from Seattle called Pretty Girls Make Graves. Aspiring auteurs can download the band's song "Nocturnal House," create a video and submit it; the winner gets $1,000 and a trip to New York to hang out with the band.

A similar Web site, Metacafe, is offering $2,000 for the best short video shot at Mardi Gras, as determined from the feedback of people coming to the site to watch them.

On Current, a cable television channel spearheaded by former Vice President Al Gore that began operating in August, short videos are selected for broadcast by the votes of an Internet audience; successful entrants are paid $250 to $1,000 apiece.

Several networks have shows in the works featuring both found and original online material, including pilots from Bravo and NBC, the latter's starring the television host Carson Daly.

The USA Network, which is also part of NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric, is developing a pilot for a user-generated show based on another popular site, eBaum's World. In October, the Web site, named after its founder, Eric Bauman, began offering monthly prizes up to $1,000 for the best submissions, which can be jokes, audio files, flash animation or homemade video games as well as clips.

There is no scarcity of material as high-speed connections grow, cellphone cameras proliferate and more people become adept at editing video and creating flash animation. But user-generated content is much more. Think of it as anything not professionally conceived: it could be blogs or short videos, a salsa recipe on a bulletin board, a Web page created for a school class, a book review on Amazon.com or a withering comment posted on a magazine's Web site. According to a study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project released in January, half of all teenagers in the United States have created material for the Web.

Of course, much of what finds its way onto Web sites is not ready for prime time or can seem like "America's Funniest Home Videos" with cybergloss. Mr. Sanowski and his colleagues at iFilm, for instance, marvel at the number of recent video creations that consist of young men dancing and lip-syncing music.

Still, user-created material increasingly competes for the audiences of traditional media companies and holds some appealing qualities as a business model. For one thing, it is cheap. And it taps into the social aspect of interactive media that has fueled the advance of the Internet.

It also represents an attempt to improve the quality of material online as people's desire to not only surf the Internet but also contribute to it rises at a breakneck pace. For example, the research firm Technorati estimates that in January there were 27 million blogs, and that number is doubling every 5.5 months, with 75,000 blogs created daily.

The notion of money flowing to people who generate the best material has been gathering steam. Google, the Web search leader, and Yahoo already run services that automatically place advertisements on other Web sites — allowing people who create their own Web pages and blogs to share in the growth of online advertising revenue without ever making a sales call.

Now Yahoo plans to begin offering cash prizes to people who generate the highest-rated responses to other people's questions on a Web service it introduced in December, Yahoo Answers. "Get rewarded for your best answers with cash," Yahoo Answers promised in a notice on the site that the company took down last week after three months because it had not decided just how the payments would work or when they would begin.

The head of Yahoo's programming operations said early this month that company was retreating from a strategy of creating original content for its sites in favor of attracting and highlighting the best user-generated content.

Jerry Yang, a Yahoo co-founder, said in an interview recently: "I think ultimately we're trying to field a community where people feel comfortable and productive, and that with every investment on Yahoo, they're getting more back. How we reward, and how we implement that, I think, is still very early."

Although it is a relatively new phenomenon, the spread of financial incentives should not come as a shock in an industry whose biggest players have been given valuations in the many billions of dollars by Wall Street. Microsoft, for instance, is offering cash and prizes in a contest intended to get people to use its MSN search service over those of Google and Yahoo.

One question is whether the use of financial incentives will put a damper on the spirit of unfettered self-expression and generosity that has infused much of the growth of user-created material. "Right now, people are doing all sorts of things on the Internet for the good of the community — it's like volunteering," said Dan Ariely, a professor at the M.I.T. Media Lab. "The question is, In what ways will it change the willingness of people to help? In this way I actually worry."

On the Web site eBaum's World, the winner of the latest $1,000 prize is a faux trailer for the 1995 horror movie "Seven," starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. With the addition of schmaltzy music and a voice-over narrator, the movie is re-edited to look like a buddy movie turned love story between the two actors.

"I'm positively absolutely amazed at some of the things that people will do for $1,000," said Neil Bauman, who is chief financial officer for the Web site that his son Eric, now 25, founded as a junior in high school.

In its infancy, at least, it seems that financial gain is likely to be seen as a bonus, but not the main reason for creating content. For example, Anirudh Koul, 20, a computer science student at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is among the highest-rated participants in Yahoo Answers. The Web site is a competitor to sites like Google Answers and About.com (owned by The New York Times Company), where people can access information from experts in specific fields, rather than just cull the most relevant results from a broad search.

The best answers are given rating points by people who visit the Web site, and it is here that Mr. Koul has answered more than 1,100 questions since the site began operating in December, including "Who did invent the Internet?" and "Can I download episodes of 'Kitchen Confidential?' " For now, Mr. Koul says, he enjoys interacting with others from his dormitory room and being recognized as the smartest guy in a digital room. "The only incentive one gets is the satisfaction in sharing some useful knowledge," he said in an e-mail message.

But since Yahoo makes money either by directly putting ads on its sites or indirectly by keeping Web surfers in its network, it is willing to share the spoils with people like Mr. Koul, just as it might pay an entertainment company for access to its content.

The idea of pay for content has been around in a small way for years in publishing; for instance, those who take part in surveys for the Zagat restaurant review books receive a free book. Robert J. Markey, a consultant specializing in consumer loyalty at Bain & Company, said that companies like Yahoo must be careful not to let financial incentives become the only reason for people to contribute material.

"If it's just about some ancillary reward," he said, "you're introducing an externality that degrades the value of the community itself. It undermines that whole model."

But while user-generated content can attract lots of attention, so far it has not been regarded as a winning format for major advertisers. A prominent example of this is the Web site Myspace.com, which was purchased by the News Corporation last year. While MySpace is adding as many as a million registered users each week who create or peruse Web pages of other members, sharing photos, blogs and such, it has so far attracted little advertising revenue relative to its audience size.

Viacom's chief executive, Tom Freston, while promising to expand its ventures in such social networking, said recently, "It's like inserting the advertising into a conversation between two people, and there are still a lot of questions about advertisers supporting user-created content."

Chris Charron, an analyst at Forrester Research, said people should not be left with the impression that they can make small fortunes sitting in their underwear at home surfing the Web.

"Many users who hope to make a lot of money creating content will probably be disappointed," Mr. Charron said. "All content is not created equally."
Correction: March 15, 2006 An article in Business Day on Monday about media companies that pay to use videos and other material created by their audiences misstated the amount paid for each piece of work by the cable channel Current TV. Since January, the amount has ranged from $500 to $1,000, not $250 to $1,000. Correction: March 17, 2006 An article in Business Day on Monday about media companies that pay to use videos and other material created by their customers misspelled the surname of an editor for the Web site iFilm, which accepts submissions. He is Jake R. Sarnowski, not Sanowski.

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ufashion

2006-03-14T00:11:00.000-05:00

ufashion
Toronto Fashion Week Starts this week. This year, this event is open to the public for the first time. In other words, anyone can attend. Click on the link below to view all fashion show schedule: http://www.lorealfashionweek.ca/lfw/lfw_schedule.html

ufashion

2006-03-09T15:12:00.000-05:00

ufashion
If you want to attend Andrew Majtenyi's fashion show on Friday MArch 24, 2006, please send an email to Andrew at andrew@andrewmajtenyi.com

ufashion

2006-03-09T15:02:00.000-05:00

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Andrew Majtenji Fall/Winter 2006 Collection Featuring Collaborative works by filmmaker Elvis Padvorac, Bags By Guy Latullipe and Jewelry By Rita Tessolin.
Runway show will be taken place on Friday March 24, 2005. Doors open at 6pm and the show will start at 8:15pm. Location is at Design Exchange at 234 Bay Street between King Street West and Wellington Street West.

meeting

2006-03-09T14:33:00.000-05:00

Friday 4:10-5PM. Pratt 2nd floor group study room.-- by ufashion blog: ufashion.blogspot.comweb: ufashion.sa.utoronto.ca

cool fun test

2006-03-08T23:01:00.000-05:00

well. that's my results
http://personaldna.com/report.php?k=TyhjbBjGtQLBVRc-HO-AADAC-0e47

UofT Bookstore and ufashion Student Designed Products (UFSD) Outline

2006-03-04T19:28:00.000-05:00

UofT Bookstore and ufashion Student Designed Products Outline

UofT Bookstore Student Design Products

--drafted by Taige, Flore, Siobhan

Purpose: To involve students in creating and producing UofT merchandise sold at the bookstore.

Student Designed Department (Premise1): Create a special section in the bookstore dedicated to student designed work. A division of ufashion (UFSD) will manage this section. Initially, we will create a campaign to inform students about this opportunity to affect the Bookstore for the better. We will work with students on their submissions to develop and produce merchandise for the special section in the bookstore. We would like the bookstore to help chose submissions and give guidance during the process. A percent the profit made from the student designed products will be given to support, sustain, and grow ufashion and our mission to let students to work with Bookstore.

A Voice (Premise2): UFSD will work with UofT Bookstore to decide what new products will be sold at the bookstore. UFSD will be the voice of students by running focus groups for new products, screening UofT Bookstore's catalog of potential products on campus to test each item's appeal, and surveying students for their general attitudes while considering their comments and suggestions for a better bookstore. In addition, UFSD will be able propose product ideas in UofT Bookstore's catalog of potential products, and on behalf of students factor in on the operations of the Bookstore.

Details: Students may vote on products. U of T bookstore can show students the products they are looking at, and have students vote or even take a poll of what students like/would buy. This will work to both the students and Bookstore's favor.

Fashion a Team (Premise3): UFSD will fashion a team of dedicated students with a strong interest in fashion. The "Fashion A-Team" (F-AT) will go from market research to production with the continuous feedback from the bookstore. The final presentation to the bookstore and students may be a simple meeting or a flashy fashion show. F-AT will take up such activities holding focus groups to discover what students want, use reference groups to in what is in, and transform them into goods to be sold at the U of T Bookstore. A percentage of profit from sales of those items should be directed to the UFSD program and the creators of the products.

Details: Different students from different majors and backgrounds comprise the team each year to provide variety and learning experience to different students. As a effective and committed team hand selected and overseen by UFSD, these students go all the way from planning to selling/promotion. Pitching session and meetings between the and bookstore will be held throughout the year to ensure a cooperative and mentoring environment. For example, these meeting may be used to present ideas and designs for products that FA-T believe will be profitable to the bookstore and satisfaction to students, and budgeting to ensure that the designs are financially and economically viable.
F-AT Time line:

Start recruiting in September for team members. Team should include about 15-20 people, including all financial, design and marketing positions.
Market research by team members (
Design (October)
Pitching to Bookstore (Nov)
Production (Dec)
Marketing (Jan)
Release (Feb)

Notes:

Setting up the meeting

Funding for program

UT bookstore

% of UF funds

Special

Fashion portfolio:

-Products:

Spring/Summer:

-T-shirts

-U of T sweat shorts

-Stylish mini-gym bags

Looking back

2006-03-04T12:02:00.000-05:00

Looking back
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"Sin City" Project (Frame #7: Hartigan's Revenge)

2006-03-04T11:48:00.000-05:00

"Sin City" Project (Frame #7: Hartigan's Revenge)
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Go get em

2006-03-01T11:23:00.000-05:00

Hey ufers. Since midterms are over and a week of fashion lies ahead, why not sign up for it. You do have to pay to get a pass (student), but you have to pay for tutition too.

https://www.fdcc.ca/htm/register.php

fashion show pics!

2006-02-28T22:43:00.000-05:00

fashion show pics! Hi there's a new guy in town and his name is ugo fashion (Mr F). And he is on facebook. So UF members be sure to check out his pictures as they are from the fashion shows we have announced or reccomended. And they will be continuously accumlated as we go to more shows!

http://utoronto.facebook.com/profile.php?id=28115938

2006-02-28T20:47:00.000-05:00

Hello all,
As some of you who have been attending meetings may know, I am currently working on a project entitled UFET - uFashion Expert Talk project, which basically consists of a seminar which will feature a small number of industry specialists ready to discuss a pre-determined topic. This time around, speakers will be providing students with an analysis of the state of fashion in Toronto as per Toronto Fashion Week Fall/Winter '06...I am currently looking for someone who might be interested in handling the advertising/promo/PR portion of the project, which basically includes but is not limited to (I am giving the person full autonomy as to what they do, so long as word of the seminar gets out there) creating awareness around campus for the event, and ensuring that turnout for this event is as large as possible; if you are looking to break into a marketing/public relations career, this is your chance to gain some valuable experience...So if you are interested, please feel free to contact me at Mlle.Flore@gmail.com, and I will gladly provide you with more information. Thanks!

ufashion

2006-02-24T15:30:00.000-05:00

ufashionAs Toronto is preparing for Toronto Fashion Week , there's a runway show tonight at Earl Haig Secondary School 's (100 Princess, 416-395-3210) annual student fashion awards show, Friday (February 24). Grade 12 students Steven Smith and Aerin Fogel have gathered together a troop of A-list local fashion folk to crown a winning designer out of a group of 12 teen couturiers. The models begin strutting at 8 pm and tickets are $12, with proceeds donated to the Aids Committee of Toronto .

pic from london

2006-02-17T23:00:00.000-05:00

wickedest way to work on a group paper

2006-02-13T09:50:00.000-05:00

All students should find this helpful. It's a free web word processor which lets you share and collaborate your work online.

www.writely.com

fashion in a podcast

2006-02-12T22:51:00.000-05:00

I thought this segment about fashion was neat. You can listen to it online.

Fashion Shows Deconstructed

by Susan Stamberg

Susan Stamberg, NPR

High fashion sweeps across the runway at a Paris fashion show in 2005.

Morning Edition, February 7, 2006 · While it may still be winter in most neighborhoods, clothing for spring and summer has already started arriving at the stores. The ideas for some of these clothes were first seen last fall -- at the ready-to-wear fashion shows.

Susan Stamberg attended two Paris runway shows with historian Joan DeJean and essayist David Sedaris.

Valentino's spring-summer ready-to-wear collection was familiar to DeJean, due not to the clothes, but to the promotional style. Showing clothes to buyers and fashion writers is an idea that goes back to Versailles and the court of Louis XIV.

It almosts makes you think twice. Like when uf member Brian (in the club) asked me how much his shirt cost I thought it was like $20. Then he got all mad and started pointed to the Diesel logo and how the zippered pocket wasn't fake. $100 bucks after Fifty percent off? Ain't chicken that dumb.