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Anina Launches in Nokia Phones Ovi Store

It is a glorious day today, sun is shining and I'm on the front page of the Nokia Ovi store! Get up and get your phones out and support me with some comments and ranking for my Backstage Fashion Model Application. Download it and follow along with me on my next adventures! I'm off to China for a job on Saturday so stay tuned to your mobiles for some backstage action. No idea what will happen--off the plane and into action! Hopefully there will be wifi along the way in Narita Airport and Detroit (doubtful) but all my roomates and friends are waiting for me on the other end (you should see my luggage coming back from the states with tons of healthfood products to stave off the smog).

Entering an app in the Ovi store is no small feat--I have to say it's the least friendly of the 3 platforms out there. I am very grateful to my friends Robin and Flash at mippin, without whom I would never have gotten approved (so many settings in that store! To be expected since there are so many devices in so many countries). I'm very excited to see what this will do for me in terms of visibility, I"m not sure how many downloads I will get from the guys and I'm not sure how many women there are in Ovi.

Features I really like about the Ovi Store: Website online is excellent, clear and clean. The ability to send sms to your friends to download the application sure beats all the other platforms. The mobile site is also in classic excellence for mobile devices. Very clear, very good search and very easy to navigate to.

When searching for keywords in the Ovi Store for "Fashion" rendered Marie Claire and Shoewawa, "Lifestyle" was nothing, "Style" nothing, "Clothing" nothing, and "Hot" rendered New Magazine and Vringo.

 

   

However, when I return in my phone to the Ovi homepage after downloading my application, I see "SEX" written everywhere which was quite shocking and offensive as a woman:

Although it is on the front page of the mobile site, the sex is not on the website front page. I went back and forth for half an hour after downloading my application, and this was indeed the front page served up to me. I feel like Nokia are thinking I'm a horny guy and if I download the Anina Backstage Fashion application, the server automatically thinks I"m interested in other HOT SEXY SENSUAL items to download into my phone. Why did the system not serve me up some fashion mobile applications? Some female games? Some love? Some dating? Some fashion news?

These keywords did not render any results either, yet I know that there are a lot of muslim and christian applications out there for the Koran and Bible. Perhaps Match.com should consider putting an application in the Ovi store, as there seems to be (from the front page) a lot of erotic content in the store or some very lonely guys. Funny, I wonder what apple would consider with SEXY SENSUAL wallpapers?

It still seems like there is a lot of content opportunities for "Women" out there in the Nokia Sphere...lets hope that some good girls find my app and enjoy to download it!

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think about this! I'm looking forward to hear from you!

Lu 12.28 - 360Fashion China 1 Year Anniversary - Fashion Show

Model Experiments

it's common knowledge that many models go on to become photographers, makeup artists, videographers, and stylists--the whole gammut of the fashion business. today on our free time we played around with our digital tools: kimberley was the model, anina on the video, and sly on the photos. check out our wok on the 360fashion page in facebook and let me know what you think.

Le Divan Fashion Brand Beijing China

Le Divan means the psycologist's couch but it's not just that, it's a new fashion brand launched in Beijing, China founded by Aurelien Lecour and Toni Saint Hua.

"Everybody needs every now and then, to take a trip in the depth of it’s own mind. Taking a look at unsolved issues, cleaning up the mess, finding inspiration in one’s own experience, and finding one’s right place and relation with oneself, and the world. In short, having a face to face and cards on the table conversation with oneself. It is an essential process, but it is not a natural, or an easy one. It can be done through many ways. A series of visit to the divan of a psychologist is one of them. [Read More]"

Tony Saint Hua "Born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1972, Tony Saint Hua was the latest addition to his Chinese-Japanese-Vietnamese family. They moved to Victoria, Australia when he was 17 years old, however he made his own way to Melbourne, where he graduated from an accounting course at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)...However in 2001, almost on an impulse, he created his first street wear label: ToeKneeCo. After developing and refining his work he produced his first catwalk show. Exhausted, Hua decided to take a break from his work and journey across Australia to seek inspiration from his adopted home. This adventure concluded in Sydney, where newly energised, he was determined to follow his obsession for creation. "

Aurelien Lecour met Tony Saint Hua in 2007. "In terms of creativity their collaboration was extremely productive and their experiences complementary. The idea of creating a fashion house between the two quickly emerged. A few months after this meeting, Aurélien resigned from his job and dedicate himself completely to their shared venture Le Divan."

Check out their blog and video coverage by www.360fashion.tv from the UNIFORM X PUNK event this past Thursday at Punk Club.

360Fashion Facebook Group

hi all, please join the 360Fashion Group on facebook and check out our videos and special contents!

360Fashion Model Tips Episode 1 with Kimberley and Anina.net

Follow Kimberley and Anina.net in Beijing, China as they lead you on a hidden shopping trip to find the perfect casting dress. In Episode 1 they find the hidden market but get a little side tracked by some hot shoes...

Check out the Full Episode on 360Fashion:

http://www.360fashion.net/tv/2009/03/09/model-tips-episode-1-kimberley-anina.php

Iris Brosch Performance

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Backstage Makeup Iris Brosch Live Exhibition

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Sephora Venites Shopping: Market Chic

Sephora is in Brazil now, Sao Paolo for the fashion week. She steps out of the backstage catwalk scene to show us a little of her beautiful city and the hot market place to shop.

Say What You Need To Say

All the day we are talking in the car about how some people dont like to fight or discuss or even talk about problems (but they all talk behind people's back or to their best friends). I'm not like that, and sometimes it costs me the things I love the most because...it seems I'm difficult. But today we watched a great movie and at the end there was this excellent song that I think is so wonderful. Everyone though agreed in the end of the discussion...it's better to say the things and to discuss than to stay silent and dont talk about it.