THE PERFECT GIFT FROM HIM TO HER

by: Frederick King Parker

The perfect gift from him to her

It's always a problem finding a really special gift for your girlfriend ,partner or wife. Although you know her know her pretty well, it still seems that finding that special present with that extra "wow!" factor is just as elusive as ever.

She loves scents and finds perfumes fascinating, but a trip to the department store for me was a terrifying thought. I've known about personal perfumes, it seems that all the celebrities have them these days, but the cost of the perfumer consultation and those daunting perfume counters just put me off. Trawling through the perfume sites and there are hundreds of them, there is one that allows you to design your own fragrance just by filling in my girl's personality and life style details. The site creates a fragrance easily and inexpensively and it's fun to do too. It is like so many things a computer program but it really is very easy to use and when you are done a description of the fragrance you have just designed is presented on the screen! There are plenty of sizes to choose from and the company will put her name on the bottle of her personal scent. Just as if that wasn't enough they have a special section on their website so that her fragrance comes with the bottle la!

belled not just with her name, but her photo too! You can use a photo from your cell phone, a digital camera or a web cam is fine too. All the instructions are on the website and perfume orders are despatched from the UK in two working days to be delivered in the USA in just a week. I haven't given it to her yet. I'm waiting for the right moment but I know she will be ecstatic with her present and I can't wait to be well rewarded! Oh yes the name of the site, sorry I can t remember just Google in create fragrance and I am sure it will be there. Last time I looked I do remember it was number one!

MEN'S FASHION TIPS: MATCHING MENS SHOES WITH SUITS OR PANTS

by: Leroy Fong

have received many queries by readers on how to match their shoes against their other mens clothing, like suit or pants. Actually it is not as difficult as they think it is since the choices of colors for men's shoes are quite limited. Unless you have a taste for extraordinary colors, otherwise there should not be much problem coordinating dress shoes.

Always remember that formality of dress shoes begins from the darkness of its color. For example, black is always the most formal color while light brown is the least formal. So you should match your shoes against your suits or pants based on the occasion. If you are attending a formal business dinner, then naturally black shoes are your ultimate choice rather than brown shoes.

Of late, there are more men wearing light brown or camel colored dress shoes against their dark colored suits or pants. These high contrast creates a very trendy style which I personally like. However, we should also note that this combination gives a more casual feel toward it.

What if the suit or pants are brown-based colors like olive or chocolate colors? Must we definitely wear it against brown shoes? Not necessarily, black shoes are just as fine. Of course, brown shoes would let the color flow very smoothly but black is still a color that can fit nicely. Remember that black is the color for formal.

Lace-up shoes are one step better than slip-ons for their formality. At the same time, lace-ups are split into Balmoral and Blucher types. Refer to Mens Dress Shoes Styles for their differences. The latter is always considered less formal because of its open throat design.

So remember that whether you want a formal or casual look would depend on your choice of two criteria: the dress shoe style and its color. My brother actually has a gray shoe that is blucher styled with pointed tip and polished patented leather. Due to these various combinations, his dress shoe actually looked almost formal against dark colored pants and yet with a tinge of stylishness.