Sounders fall 1-0 on Panama PK

Sounders FC's road to group stage of the CONCACAF Champions League just got tougher.

San Francisco FC forward Roberto Brown scored on a 28th-minute penalty kick and the Panamanian club held on for a 1-0 win Tuesday against Seattle in the first leg of a preliminary-round matchup at Estadio Rommel Fernandez.

The second game of the home-and-home, aggregate-goals series kicks off at 7 p.m. on Aug. 3 at Seattle's CenturyLink Field.

Coming on the heels of a 7-0 loss last week in a friendly to Manchester United, Tuesday's defeat snapped the Sounders' 11-game unbeaten streak in all competitions.

Seattle had a couple dangerous chances to tie the game late — and also earn a crucial away goal — but midfielder Pat Noonan's header in the 84th minute hit the post and midfielder Alvaro Fernandez couldn't control the rebound. Then, in stoppage time, forward Mike Fucito couldn't direct a pair of chances on goal, including an open-net look while on his backside.

In the frantic final minutes, Sounders FC goalkeeper Kasey Keller made a couple key saves to limit his team's deficit entering next week's match.

Nicknamed "The Monks," San Francisco FC took the lead when Seattle defender Jeff Parke lost his footing in the penalty box and accidentally hit the ball with his hand, resulting in a penalty kick.

Brown, a 34-year-old veteran, calmly converted the chance for his fifth career CCL goal.

Seattle had a handful of scoring opportunities in a slow-paced first half, as well, but midfielder Osvaldo Alonso missed high with a sixth-minute shot. Forward Fredy Montero, who celebrated his 24th birthday Tuesday, and midfielder Lamar Neagle also misfired on headers.

Designers go toe-to-toe over red soled high heels

Lawyers for Paris-based designer Christian Louboutin have asked a judge to issue a preliminary injunction barring Yves Saint Laurent from producing high heeled shoes with red soles.

Louboutin, whose pumps have graced many fabulous and famous feet, sued fashion rival Yves Saint Laurent in April in Manhattan federal court over what he claims is his signature use of lacquered red on shoe soles.

In the first hearing in the case, Louboutin lawyer Harley Lewin on Friday brandished a shoe with a precipitously steep heel as he spoke to U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero.

"The bright red lacquered outsole of Christian Louboutin is one of the true sparkling moments of at least 2000 to 2011," Lewin told the judge.

"This is a genuine Louboutin, your honor, with its sparkling red sole."

Louboutin in the lawsuit argued that Yves Saint Laurent's use of red soles would confuse consumers and harm the Louboutin brand.

Yves Saint Laurent's lawyer, David Bernstein, told the judge that red soles were used by his company for decades, caused no harm to Louboutin and, while not brand defining, were essential as a design element.

"We have been using relatively similar shades of red for years," Bernstein said. "The preliminary injunction should be denied."

Judge Marrero, at times amused at the dozens of shoes lawyers from both sides lugged into the courtroom, did not immediately rule on the injunction.

Since shortly after Louboutin founded his first boutique in 1991 in Paris, the original lawsuit said, all his shoes have had red-lacquered soles. They can fetch more than $1,000 a pair.

Premiere anything but 'Stupid'

Figures Warners fig ures "Crazy, Stupid, Love" will make money because at Tuesday's premiere its outdoor tent was air-conditioned and "Crazy, Stupid, Love" was embroidered on its red carpet.

Stars Steve Carell brought his wife; Julianne Moore brought her son; Emma Stone brought her family; Ryan Gosling brought his mom; Marisa Tomei brought her agent.

Amid twinky reporters and p.r. types, wardrobe was tight-tight short-short low-low. Shoes were spangled beaded rhinestoned, open-toed, open-backed, open-sided. Carell's wife, Nancy, in mid-high-heel simple black patent pumps, matching black patent clutch, earrings and bracelet, perfect black and gray polka-dot sheath, was the best-dressed. We then spied Warners' exec Sue Pearl. In Dolce & Gabbana's identical black, gray polka dots, décolleté, back zipper dress. Carell earns big, but who knew Warners paid so well.

Steve, blotting forehead perspiration: "My wife's always gorgeous and elegant. Even home in sweatpants. And being it's her birthday I just bought her a gift. A camera." Camera? What happened to diamonds or, if he's chintzy, rubies? "It's what she wanted." A camera?! Lucky she didn't want a box set of his TV reruns. "I haven't kept any of those series segments. I could never watch one repeat of any of them." Said Nancy: "Steve, you're too hard on yourself." Speaking of hard on oneself, we turned around to face Sue Pearl in that same damn dress.

Julianne Moore in knockout floaty black Stella McCartney -- "It's borrowed, and who knows if I can keep it, but the gorgeous Balenciaga shoes are mine" -- introduced "Cal Freundlich, my son. He's 13. A musician." Tall, slim, light-haired, in white leggings, he said: "I play piano, drums and write music." He also help with the dishes? "Yes." Said his mom: "He helps with everything. He's loving and good, the most you can hope for in a normal teenager."

A world war fussed around newest stunner Emma Stone. Photographers, security, execs, handbag carriers. She's sweet, friendly, easy. In killer lights, not a hair, mark, zit on that face. Tom Ford's form-fitting black lace lined in thin illusion silk seemed nude from the outside. A back slit almost hit her bikini. Said Emma: "I'm really roped into this. I ate lunch, but I can hardly breathe in it. And I can't walk on these heels." Sky-high, thinner than a surgical cut they were.

"I can barely stand on them. Everything's happened to me so fast suddenly. It's thrilling and my parents, excited for me, share it. My whole family's here from Long Island, and my mom came in from Delaware."

Ryan Gosling. "In this film I play a Bugs Bunny/Donald Duck type knucklehead. I never get those handsome good-looking roles." Recalling "Lars and the Real Girl" where he romanced a doll, he grinned. "Maybe when I'm 80 I'll play a decent romantic character. Anyhow, we're from Canada, and my mom came here tonight." Nifty in a blue checked suit with tapered pants, he said: "Gucci. Made specially for me. My name's on the lining." He clawed the inside pocket to show me. His mama would be proud.

CREATIVE Coalition's Robin Bronk planning a Million Artists March on the Lincoln Memorial. Meanwhile, her "Art & Soul Brigade" hit the White House. What that exactly means, who knows. Omar Epps remembered NYC's own "Fame" school days with pal Marlon Wayans. At 9 Minnie Driver sang on TV to save her school from a highway set to demolish and run through it.

Patricia Arquette credited teachers for the acting spark. Tim Daly says the West Wing should stop relegating arts to "dessert" status and make it a school's main course. No athlete, Rachael Leigh Cook called herself an "arthlete" growing up. How all that's Art & Soul, like I say -- I don't know.

I only know if they're into scholastics they should get Jenna Elfman,who talked so much that elementary school teachers taped her mouth shut with electrical tape. And Richard Branson dropped out at 16. Also Beck never attended after ninth grade. Says Queen Latifah: "High school voted me most popular, most comical and best dancer. And it was only because I'm me."

SO, dinner with Joan Rivers. Just we two. The button of my black silk Armani pants was loose. Since an overblouse hid the fastening, I secured the waist with a diaper pin. For fun, since we were at high-class Le Cirque, I showed it to her. Joan laughed, then lifted up her Valentino jacket. Underneath, closing her own black silk pants -- a diaper pin.

So go out have a "Dier"

Recently, the fashion has been around the keywords "nostalgia" word, with the art of fashion design, as designers like to return to the most primitive to find inspiration, wide-brimmed hats, platform shoes, wide leg pants, etc., are in the last century, 70 years in fashion circles found in the shadow. Prada platform shoes this season's most overhangs, from color to texture, from the upper to the shoe, whether lace or buckle shoes Asakuchi Oxford shoes, soles, without exception, the following color stripes add a layer of foam heavy-bottomed, hot orange, bright green of turquoise, bright royal blue uniforms ... ... Impact of high-purity Chromic challenge the eye. Powerful sense of color stripes in the foam between the soles and uppers have all kinds of linen material woven around the transition from the side, this design platform shoes seem to not take the whole body, but that is Miuccia Prada season. " hot Baroque, "a powerful interpretation of the bizarre but eye-catching, out of touch but the conflict.

Platform shoes in the spring and summer of 2011 is definitely a very simple choice. Platform shoes gives a high degree of stability, but also elegant with bell-bottoms and long skirt, feminine. Lavin, D & G, Marc Jacobs, Prada, Rick Owens, Derek Lam, and Chanel introduced Chanel are social occasions in this season's platform shoes wild.

It fashion

Looking back at the history of fashion, is not difficult to discover that all phases in the history of platform shoes have a different form of expression. Platform shoes back in the fifteenth century would have swept the East and West, in China Qing Dynasty palace, platform shoes are a status symbol aristocratic courtiers; in Europe, the platform shoes were originally used as a quarantine services for the aristocratic ladies, And then, gradually became a popular platform shoes thing was designed to more and more beautiful. Because of its superior relationship, Venetian Italy at it as more a status symbol.

1920s: platform shoes disappeared 200 years later in the resurrection. Improved regeneration of platform shoes, the structure becomes more reasonable. Women's platform shoes are the most welcome is a combination of heel and platform shoes high heels soles classic style. When women dress have newer and more open attitude, and ethics are a little loose, designers try to "naked" with sandals and platform shoes, high-heeled sandals as elegant dinner. Some well-known masters such as footwear Salvatore Ferragamo, Andre Perugia and David Evins have created a large number of unique design of platform shoes, the design for future generations to develop the vast world.

30 to 40 years of the 20th century: With the success of open-toed platform shoes, gel heel also became popular. During the fashion magazine has been cast aside this new shoes that revealed with the lack of training in public open-toed, of course, the face of women's desire for the liberation of desire, this statement will soon be untenable.

1950s: platform shoes the most important period in the history of the early platform shoes for shoe-making technology and materials of the limit, resulting in funnel-shaped heel only, that is with the Department since the soles began to narrow, in the end and then the Ministry of expanded. Although the heel can later develop into straight lines of the United States is still lacking. Until the 1950s, the reform of the platform shoes of nail technology, designers can design appears this love-hate tapered heel, Ms.. When Marilyn Monroe put on by the Salvatore Ferragamo designed for metal thin with platform shoes to make her fame, no wonder she said: "I do not know who first invented the high-heeled, but all women should be grateful to him. platform shoes to give my career a great help. "

In the 1970s, platform shoes throughout the years become almost a sign of this. At that time both men and women, civilians, or the stars, work or entertainment, all of them always wearing platform shoes. Biba boutique in London within a few months the record sold 75,000 pairs of platform shoes when they imagine the popular level. In design, the 1970 is the most abundant imagination of a time period, many lovely elements of design are used as platform shoes, such as flowers, ice cream, rainbow, stars, moon and so eleven became a hero, muffin shoes at the height of two inches high to be considered standard.

Crimes against Fashion

The super brand, and creator of some of the most enviable shoes and bags in the World, Jimmy Choo has had its London store robbed, following similar robberies at D&G and Anya Hindmarch.

The four robbers rocked up to Bond Street on two motorbikes, a bit like Maxwell Caufield in Grease 2, smashed the glass frontage, and took around £40,000 worth of bags before careening off, swag flapping in the wind.

A Met spokesperson said:

    "The suspects headed off down New Bond Street and reports suggest they were later spotted in the vicinity of Portland Place and Park Crescent."

Did you see anything as odd as a group of four people, on two motorbikes, clutching hundreds of fancy bags? If you have, or if you're offered an authentic Jimmy Choo in a backstreet pub, on a Saturday night when you're looking for the time of your life, contact Crimestoppers. Or, alternatively, just drop one-woman crime-busting machine Kelly Osbourne a line.

BoF Exclusive Dolce & Gabbana Talk Digital

The Business of Fashion is pleased to share the first ever in-depth video interview with Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, discussing the digital strategies that in 5 short years have transformed D&G from a “closed” brand to an “open” brand, where digital is now intertwined into the DNA, providing realtime, behind-the-scenes access via three separate Twitter accounts, a Facebook fan page with more than 3 million fans, a slew of digital content initiatives including Swide.com, and a new online store for the Dolce & Gabbana mainline that launches today.

Speaking exclusively to BoF founder Imran Amed at an interview recorded in June at London’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel, monsieurs Dolce and Gabbana speak candidly, not only about the way they use digital technology in their business, but also how it has impacted their own lives, and how this has changed the way they work with each other, and with their teams.

While other brands may get more kudos for their digital tactics, Dolce & Gabbana are careful to point out that they were the first luxury fashion brand to have a mobile website (2004), the first to livestream a fashion show (2005), and the first to live stream a fashion show on an iPhone (2009). In a savvy PR move, D&G put bloggers in their front row in September 2009, mixing in Bryanboy and Tommy Ton with Anna Wintour and Suzy Menkes, creating an image that will no doubt stand as visual marker of a watershed season in fashion history.

At the core of this digital innovation is a culture that fosters risk-taking, something that has always been a part of D&G, right back to the time when the business was set up as an entrepreneurial venture in Milan just over 25 years ago. “We are never satisfied,” explained Stefano Gabbana, “maybe this is the trick of always moving forward.”

For his part, Domenico Dolce said that risk-taking is also enabled by the fact that D&G is a private company, which can make decisions as it pleases. “If we have an idea, we use it…we decide what [we] want, when [we] want, in which way we want” to do things, he said.

“It’s a new language,” continued Mr. Dolce, likening it to a time in the late 1970′s when the first generation of Italian mega fashion brands of today, such as Armani and Versace, were just emerging.  “I think today is a very special moment in the fashion business.”

Learn how to copy the look of Virginie

Any idea to play the simple yet sophisticated outfits, worn long ago in Paris, during a parade Louis Vuitton, By French became known to the general public thanks to the film The Beach, Directed by Danny Boyle (2000), starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

In place of the coat chosen by Virginie: try a dinner jacket, black silk, for example, Balmain. Another possibility: the pattern in wool with leather bands, Elizabeth Franks.

Below: for example, the white dress and black two-piece effect, Max & Co.. Alternatively: the top in cream silk, of Ermanno ScervinoPlus pencil skirt, black wool, with micro-gap, Moschino. Variation to consider is the long skirt, also in wool, by Paul Smith.

Accessories that complete the look: a pair of sunglasses, aviator type, tinted lenses, in the case of Ray-Ban or dark, as in the model proposed by D & G. Neck: the giant sculpture necklace effect, high-impact, Bottega Veneta.

At the foot, open toe shoes similar to the worn Ledoyen: the decolletes, satin, of Giuseppe Zanotti Design. With thin heels and double plateau: the interpretation dizzying, sapphire-blue silk, Diego Dolcini.

Bag ideal: a chain bag in black leather, matelasse, for example, ChanelOr the soft clutch, a textured leather, with buckle black & gold jewelry, Louis Vuitton.

The Saturdays star Mollie King: David Gandy fixed my broken heart

The singer vowed to stay single after splitting from ex-lover Andy Brown earlier this year – but fell head over high heels for D&G model Gandy, 31.

'We went out for dinner but kept it low-key. I actually wanted to be single for a while, having just come out of a two-year relationship and being heartbroken,' the 24-year-old told Company magazine.

She also said she wanted to get her bandmates' opinions. 'I wanted them to meet him as David my boyfriend before they checked him out on the internet.

'When I first met him, I had no idea who he was, which is probably a good thing otherwise I'd have got all starstruck!' she said.

But being in a 'celebrity couple' is taking a bit of getting used to, she added.

'It is weird dating in the public eye, especially when it's so new,' she said.

'I don't want to have to constantly wear make-up or for him to have to worry about looking after me around hordes of photographers.'