How to Spot a Fake Air Jordan

Posted by on August 5th, 2009

The increasing amount of counterfeit goods that circulate today can range from fake Rolex watches to fake designer clothing. These illegal items cost consumers a massive amount of money, and government consumer sites such as StopFakes estimate that it is costing around $2 billion every year to catch and prosecute the perpetrators.

The desire to make money always overrides the risk as far as counterfeiting operations are concerned, and the range of goods they provide are becoming more complex and difficult to identify as fakes as the demand famous brands increases.

Thankfully, it is usually possible to identify fake products as they often lack a specialist logo, stitching pattern or overall quality and this applies to the much-admired range of Nike Air Jordan sneakers.

Like most companies, Nike include certain logos or characteristics on all of their products and have gone to great lengths to market an easily identifiable design. Consumers should be aware of these characteristics and look for them before buying Nike footwear either in the stores or online.

As an example, the recent Jordan Air 23 model has undergone a series of changes to guarantee authenticity. There are specific details that have undergone small alterations such as name placement, manufacturing detail and the location of the Air Jordan thumbprint. All of these small details are specific to Jordan Air 23 design Read the rest of this entry »

Nail art

Posted by on July 8th, 2009

Gone are the days of just painting nails with polish and the trend now is to portray nails as pieces of art. Nail art is designing and painting the nails in beautiful designs of art.  This is quite a rage now and the most preferred way for women to present their beautiful painted nails. A wide variety of designs and arts have come in to existence to make the nails look glamorous right from painting them in two colours to decking them in precious stones . It is creating those sumptuous designs to make the nails look glamorous.

The basic form in nail art is painting your nails in double colours one on the body and other on the growing nail enamel. Other techniques of nail art are using the ceramic nail art canes or using the readily available stamps to make an impression on your nails or the water marbling form of art.  There are a variety of designs in which you can deck your nails depending on the occasion, like painting them in the colours of the   dress with stones glued on   or making imprints of small flowers or putting impressions of nail paint with a tooth pick or opting for the affective Japanese designs. The japans form of nail art is most famous as it involves painting your nails in minute designs like flowers, boats and decorating them with jewels. Read the rest of this entry »

Polo Shirts

Posted by on July 8th, 2009

Polo shirts which have originally been connected with sports, such as Polo   and tennis have a long way to be an important accessory of fashion in every one’s wardrobe.  These are best preferred for their comfort of being done in flexible qualitative cotton. Polo shirts have always been the chosen ones over the normal t-shirts when compared to the gorgeousness these emit. These generally come out in all sensuous colours for all ages and have the tag “polo” embroidered on them.

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Off late we also get, fashion embroidered polo shirts with unique logos and designs embroidered in different colours with fancy collars and wood tone buttons. These are obtainable in embroidered logos in different colours and are a rage with many. The best part is these are best for both the genders and often offer a huge variety for people to choose something which is close to their personality. The ones with embroidery are a hit with corporate employees as these can be can be customised to suit the requirements of a company.

These have been the ideal pick for athletes from long and are still ruling the rust. Companies have come out with branded shirts modified as per fashion and zippers in place Read the rest of this entry »


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