H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB: H&M To Dress Madonna's Team on Confessions World Tour.STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Upcoming Advertising Campaign With Madonna and Dancers to Follow In a dream marriage of music and fashion, Madonna, has joined up with fashion giant H&M (STO STO Store (calculator function) STO Société de Transport de l'Outaouais (French) STO Strategic Technology Office (DARPA) STO Security Through Obscurity STO Service to Others :HMB HMB, n.pr See hydroxymethyl buty-rate. ) to supply a complete off stage wardrobe for her entire touring troupe including her band, dancers, crew members and the Material girl herself, it was announced today by H&M. With a shared philosophy of diversity and fashion freedom, "Team Madonna" participants will be free to choose clothing from H&M's extensive 2006 collection. Madonna, whose Confessions Confessions Rousseau (1712–1778) reveals details of an erratic and rebellious life. [Fr.Lit.: Benét, 218] See : Biography and Autobiography Tour opened on May 21st, will be dressed by famed designer Jean-Paul Gaultier Jean-Paul Gaultier (born April 24 1952, in Arcueil, Val-de-Marne) is a French fashion designer and past television presenter. Biography Gaultier never received formal training as a designer. Instead, he started sending sketches to famous couture stylists at an early age. while on-stage looks forward to being equally fashionable when she steps off the stage in H&M. "Partnering up with H&M feels like a perfect fit. We'll all get to express ourselves in our own individual ways. The dancers and I are excited to go shopping together," stated Madonna. Other aspects of the collaboration between H&M and the artist will include a specially designed Madonna track suit which will be available in H&M stores in mid August as well as an advertising campaign featuring Madonna and her legendary dancers. "This is a thrill for H&M. Aside from being great fans of Madonna's music and fashion sense, we admire her ability to always be ahead of the trends in everything she does. We look forward to seeing how her touring family translates H&M's seasonal trends to their own personal looks," says H&M's head of design Margareta van den Bosch. Founded in Sweden in 1947, H&M, which has over 1,200 stores in 22 countries, is synonymous around the world with affordable, up to date and high quality fashion. The company's collections are created by their own designers. The spring/summer 2006 seasonal trends are romanticism romanticism, term loosely applied to literary and artistic movements of the late 18th and 19th cent. Characteristics of Romanticism Resulting in part from the libertarian and egalitarian ideals of the French Revolution, the romantic movements had inspired by the early 1900's - clean cut tailoring in light neutrals and Riviera style preppy prep·py or prep·pie n. pl. prep·pies Informal 1. A student or former student of a preparatory school. 2. A person whose manner and dress are deemed typical of traditional preparatory schools. glamour. In addition, there is a wide range of updated classics including knitwear knit·wear n. Knitted garments. knitwear Noun knitted clothes, such as sweaters Noun 1. , denim, t-shirts and mix and match sweatshirts and accessories to complete any individual look. Madonna, a multi-Grammy Award winning artist, children's author and visionary is a cultural innovator of astonishing a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. diversity and enduring appeal. Her current CD Confessions On A Dance Floor debuted at No.1 in 29 countries. The Confessions Tour is scheduled to travel the world through the end of September. For more information about Madonna and The Confessions Tour: www.madonna.com For more information about H&M and press pictures for editorial use: www.hm.com This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net |
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