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James Ferreira unveiled a limited edition collection exclusively at the Cotton Collection flagship store in person along with Cotton Collection Managing Director Niloufer Anver-ally on May 10. The collection will be James’ exclusive retailer in Sri Lanka, catering to a growing clien-tele in Colombo who appreciates modern and chic clothing.

James Ferreira’s renowned design philosophy is instantaneously recog-nizable in his flowing garments;

from a weave to a drape, to a cut, and finally a silhouette, which remains nothing but one single piece of cloth. A master draper, James begins his design process by draping on a mannequin, until per-fection of form, flow and drape is achieved, from which the first sam-ples are born. His clothes sensually fit around the human body, epito-mizing simplicity, femininity, drape and beauty.

Ferreira showed his Spring Sum-

mer 2012 collection at HSBC Colom-bo Fashion Week 2012 at the Colom-bo Hilton. Captivating the local audi-ence with his modern line of clothing for men and women, James used a vibrant hue of colour in pure silks for a line of evening dresses for women and a line of colourfully dyed shirts for men. His collection was a simple and chic collection concentrating on drape and cut, embellished with long strands of beads.

Pictures by Sulochana Gamage

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nizable in his flowing garments; Ferreira showed his Spring Sum- Pictures by Sulochana Gamage

In celebration of Sri Lan-kan beauty and cultural values the grand finale of the Lux Wasanthaye Ruwaththiya beauty pag-eant was held at Hotel Blue Water in Wadduwa recently.

The final round saw 24 final contestants between the ages of 18 to 24 vying for the crown. The title was won by 20 year old Rashmi Prabha, an up-coming model from Homagama. She won gold jewellry and wedding saree sponsored by Saree Man-dir.

Malki Erandi from Colombo emerged the first

runner up while Lashoda Siriwardhane from Piliyan-dala secured the second runner up.

The first phase of the second round of the pag-eant was held on April 10 where 24 out of 50 partici-pants from various parts of the island, including Colombo, Nuwara Eliya, Kegalle, Kurunegala and Ampara took part in the event.

Chulakshi Ranatunga was adjudged Miss Person-ality while Charuni Jaya-kodi was adjudged Miss Beautiful Skin.

Miss Photogenic was also won by Rashmi Prab-ha. Nipuni Perera was adjudged Miss Talent.

The contestants were taken to an elderly home

without prior notice to select Miss Inner-Beauty which was won by Dilki Randeniya from Ampara.

Wasanthaye Ruweththi-ya, billed to be a beauty pageant with a difference, is the latest beauty proper-ty of Lux.

Wasanthaye Ruweth-thiya was judged by an eminent panel of judges consisting Jacqueline Fer-nandez, Sanath Jayasuri-ya, Ramani Fernando, Hemal Ranasinghe and Unilever Skin Care Mar-keting Manager Sharmila Bandara.

As the preferred brand of international beauty stars, Lux is closely associ-ated with a handpicked gal-axy of glamorous women of the silver screen.

Wasanthaye Ruweththiya crowned

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The winners

The judges

Design is a professional pathway that offers more choices than most conven-tional careers. As it becomes more and more important to the industri-al world, the design sector has expanded to include new creative careers.

Mario Sittampalam who graduated as a fash-ion designer from AOD, is a designer who trans-formed his life by leading the way in a new creative career. Combining the use of his formal fashion edu-cation at AOD with his natural skills in leadership Mario is currently the Manager Design & Devel-opment at MAS Active Nirmaana.

Mario believes in the power of design to trans-form industry by provid-ing more innovative and enriching solutions.

“Through our work we have the power to shape opinions, change percep-tions and change lives… The challenge for tomor-row’s designer is to stay ahead of the curve, fore-casting change.” he says.

Mario’s work environ-ment is a challenging one; leading the creative solu-tions for MAS active that caters for global brands like Nike requires him to

be at the top of his crea-tive wits.

“I lead a team of talent-ed creatives who set the bar for others to follow in our footsteps, to chisel our brand in the minds of people, to be known as the best,” Mario commends his work team for the suc-cess behind MAS Active.

He says that today there is a world of opportunities awaiting creative people. But to compete in the growing design industry you need not only a pas-sion for design, but also the right education.

“It’s my education that helped me to fully compre-hend the challenging and ever evolving world of design and fashion; to forecast, to discern, to know as trends evolve, and to stay ahead,” he said. AOD principal Karen MacLeod said that it is this industry-relevant design education that has helped the academy to produce leading Sri Lan-kan design professionals like Mario. “We’re proud to see our design alumni, helping to evolve our apparel industry in to a creative based fashion industry,” she said.

Mario makes waves in the designing scene

Mario Sittampalam

Activewear on SLDF cat-walk

International sportswear for leading brands

International sportswear for leading brands

The long held precon-ceived notion that most of us have about the cause of wrinkles is aging. But, aging is not the only reason for your skin to get wrin-kles.

Various other factors con-tribute to it. The way you have treated your skin so far, is the biggest factor. Certain uneven habits relat-ed to your skin care strate-gies can speed up aging.

These are some elemen-tal causes of wrinkles that you can easily avoid.

The motion of mas-sage: Most women think that slapping night cream on their faces will stop the wrinkles from appearing. It is not just the the cream but, also the way you apply it that counts. When you massage the cream or

lotion, your hands should always move upwards in an uplifting motion. If you pull your skin down, it get prone to wrinkles faster.

Sleeping on your side: Folding back into the foetal position is something that we all do. It is the most comfortable way to sleep.

But, it is uncomfortable for your skin to get rubbed against the pillows for hours. And addition in the number of years in your age to it; the skin damage is massive. You must always try sleeping on your back.

Rapid weight loss: We are all looking for a way

to lose weight fast. But when you go for quick weight loss, the fat under your skin gets depleted rap-idly. The skin has elasticity, but it does not give a chance to adapt soon enough to the dropping pounds. Try to lose weight in moderation to avoid pre-mature wrinkles. What is the hurry?

Too busy to sleep: Compromising on sleep will not help you look any better. Most of us don’t sleep enough on weekdays and try to make up on the weekends. This is the most serious cause of wrinkles. You need your beauty sleep daily, so do not cut out on it.

Rubbing your eyes: Not only is it bad for yours eyes, it also causes skin

damage around the eyes. So, stop rubbing your eyes with your fingers. If your eyes are irritated, splash water. That is the best way to avoid fine lines on the delicate skin around your eyes.

Frowning too much: Silly as it sounds, frowning constantly can form fine lines on your forehead. Similarly, pursing your lips too many times can cause premature wrinkles around your mouth area. Try to smile a little; it makes you look a lot better and keeps your skin wrinkle-free.

Neglecting sun shades: The sun is the big-gest culprit when it comes to skin damage. If you have a bad habit of not wearing sunglasses, you will end up with wrinkled eyes.

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Bad habits that cause wrinkles

One should never ignore the root causes of wrinkles