Reem Acra Pre-Fall: American Glamour

New York – The theme of Reem Acra's Pre-Fall 2011 collection, shown in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 15, was "American Glamour," but the Lebanese-born designer incorporated many exotic influences in this collection of sparkly eveningwear, with looks that would be at home in a Bollywood musical or an exclusive penthouse in Dubai. They're dresses that most certainly could rock the red carpet this award's season.

And in fact, Halle Berry already donned a short gold sequined cocktail number from this collection in Los Angeles last week at Spike TV's Scream Awards for a swinging look that could have secured her another role as a Bond Girl if she'd wanted it.

From short to long, hand-beaded dresses in intricate, difficult to produce geometric patterns formed the basis of Reem Acra's collection, per her usual couture-level finishing. There were Art Deco-esque stunners in black with contrasting gold sequins, a long and lean flapper dress in emerald green with an ethereal handkerchief hem, Grecian goddess gowns with clever draping across the front for a flattering effect, shimmery in-house dyed metallic lace on luxuriously draped strapless gowns and richly dyed caftans in colors exclusive to the collection with regal gold trimmed collars.

Though there were only a few separates, these were as luxurious and evening-ready as the gowns, with wide legged pants made from fluid, thick crepe and capelets in the delicately dyed lace.

Without a doubt, Halle Berry won't be the last time we see Reem Acra designs appear on the red carpet in the coming weeks.

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After Beckham, Nadal to model Armani undies

LONDON (Reuters Life!) – Tennis world number one Rafael Nadal is following in the footsteps of soccer players David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo to model men's underwear for Italian designer Giorgio Armani.

The fashion house announced on Friday that the 24 year-old will be the global testimonial for Emporio Armani Underwear and Armani Jeans for the spring/summer 2011 collections.

The first campaign featuring Nadal will launch in February.

Both Ronaldo and Beckham have previously stripped down to their underwear for Emporio Armani, with Beckham even posing for billboards with his wife Victoria, of Spice Girls fame.

Nadal won this year's French, Wimbledon and U.S. Open titles to knock Roger Federer off the top of the rankings. (Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Steve Addison)

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