Shopping extravaganza “Fashion’s Night Out” is being spearheaded by Vogue globally, which it is labeling as “biggest fashion party in history” and “Global Celebration of Fashion” and will be held in September this year.

Indian Vogue editor Priya Tanna reportedly told WWD: “Fashion’s Night Out last year was the first luxury shopping festival to take place in India. It followed three consecutive days of rain and took place during an inauspicious time on the Hindu calendar for buying expensive items. But neither the rains nor the Hindu gods could stop the shoppers from coming.”

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Hindu deities were meant to be worshipped in temples and home shrines and not to be trivialized in the fashion world. Vogue should not unnecessarily drag Hindu deities in promoting its fashion extravaganzas.

Rajan Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, further said that trivialization of deities hurt the feelings of devotees and Vogue should not take it lightly.

Meanwhile Bhavna Shinde of Forum for Hindu Awakening has asked Vogue and its India editor Priya Tanna to immediately tender a formal apology on this issue and refrain from insulting Hindu gods in the future. Vogue and its editors should be focusing more on fashion-celebrities-beauty-trends-shopping and not challenging the powers of Hindu gods, Shinde added.

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Italy by tanino liberatore. ‘The raw passion and intensity of the italian nation is captured in liberatore’s powerful representation of player as gladiator. Each game is a battle; each pitch a monumental arena. The four stars of success encircle a lust for victory that characterises italy’s approach to football.’ (Umbro)

‘ The beauty of drawing is that people don’t need any translation to understand it. I’m ‘contaminated’ by my political and cultural background and I think it’s positive. We cannot forget the moral value of our historical past that is never out-of-date. In my crest, I‘ve tried to condense all the symbols that italy still has especially (I hope) in the sport, strong-mindedness, obstinacy and stoicism… I’ve tried to diffuse sport’s
positive message.’ (Tanino Liberatore)

Some of liberatore’s development drawings for the italy crest.

Brazil by fernando chamarelli. ‘In the middle of the crest there is a player, like he was dancing, light, ready to kick the ball on the volley, this represents that the ability of players is the strongest characteristic of the brazilian team.

I put the player in conjunction with other elements of brazilian culture as the berimbau, the carnival masks, the monument of cristo redentor, and the waves – because football is also part of our culture. all brazilian boys dream of becoming a professional player. We love football.’ (Fernando Chamarelli)

Some of Chamarelli’s sketches. the outline of the crest forms a ‘canarinho’ — ‘little canary’, which is the nickname of the brazilian team.

Germany by Marok. ‘I like the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. sports is the best metaphor to avoid war. The crest is a delicate part of the uniform, and the uniform enhances team spirit.

I was looking for something that could reflect my country in a positive way. The dredger is a symbol for the imminent will to construct and destruct. the stars refer to the german world cup triumphs, and the sausage needs no further explanation!’ (Marok)

Argentina by ZZK records / freshcore. ‘The design represents passion, love, craziness (the words that feature in the surrounding wreath) emotion, the argentinian street scene, the two world cups argentina have won.

Daily life, social life, sports, passion, love, spirit, energy. the message is ‘GOAL!’ grant of ZZK records.

Uruguay by Martin Albornoz. The crest is based in the most important achievement of uruguayan football, the final of 1950 world cup final, in rio de janeiro, against brasil. it is an unforgettable memory in uruguay history. The main element is the typography, hand made, authentic, a mix of shapes and sizes, with imperfections. that’s the way uruguay is, and its people. and that’s how I represent with the stroke. it’s a personal interpretation of our idiosyncrasy.

Tthat match in 1950 is known as ‘el maracanazo’. A ‘before and after’ in uruguayan and brasilian football. it was the last match that brasilian team played with white t shirt, they had all the celebrations prepared, it was a unique moment in which a complete stadium remained in silence, it was an opportunity where uruguay showed to the world that a small country can beat a bigger one.’ (Martin Albornoz)

Some of the alternative proposals for the uruaguay crest by Albornoz.

England by Ben Eine. ‘Embracing the tradition of english regal crests, the lions and ramparts tell a story of strength, courage, and pride. the insignia on the the shield references english alternative and creative culture, making eine’s crest an irreverent celebration of england: steeped in heritage but never staid.’ (Umbro)

‘Football crests are the logo, the brand, the identity, the thing that never changes. The kit gets redesigned every few years, and player’s names come and go, but the crest never changes. They mark a time in history when the club started out. I’m not a massive football fan. I don’t have a team that I follow, but like most of my friends, we all become armchair fanatics every four years. I wanted to do something very traditional, something regal from the days of shining knights and tudor roses. I wanted to show england as a strong, solid and brave team’. (Ben Eine)

France by Andre. ‘Andre’s playful approach to the crest combines bright, vivacious colour with a key icon of french identity. nothing is static; everything is alive and active as the ball of the sport and the star of victory bounce within the lines.’ (Umbro)

‘Umbro represents a classic brand, and I always like to design crests and logos. What do I like about football? I like the round ball. French symbols and the colours of the flag inspired my design, and sometimes I’m inspired by football’s culture and aesthetic. A shirt without a crest is like a woman with no…’ (Andre)

Advertising Campaign. the wives and girlfriends of seven international football stars have been shot by photographer rankin for the global advertising campaign to promote umbro’s new world champions collection. The image rankin produced is based on an campaign run by umbro in 1967, which featured girls wearing football shirts as dresses. for 2010, the campaign has been brought up to date.

Italy: Alice Bregoli, Brazil : Susana Werner, Germany: Julia Godicke. (left to right). You can see videos from the campaign photo shoot here.

Argentina: Luli Fernandez, Uruguay: Zaira Nara, England: Abbey Clancy, France: Charlene Suric. (left to right)

The 1967 Umbro ad which inspired the world champions collection campaign.

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The Finale of Miss Argentina Universe 2010 will be held Saturday, June 5 in the stunning Teatro Auditorium in the seaside resort of Mar del Plata. 22 beauties will be vying for the crown.

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Diana Irina Boanca of Romania crowned Miss Bikini International 2010

Miss Romania edged out 63 rivals to be crowned the 35th Miss Bikini International Saturday.

The pageant wrapped up Saturday night in the Crown of Beauty Center in Sanya, a coastal resort of South China’s Hainan Province.

And, Diana Irina Boanca, Miss Romania, was shocked to be named the winner!

Miss Bikini International is judged on her smile, figure and intelligence.

Diana Irina Boanca is the winner of the 35th Miss Bikini International World Final. She is 22 year old and currently a senior college student in Romania.

“I am so excited that I do not know what to say. All the contestants are very strong and I must say I am so lucky to win,” Boanca said after being crowned.

The four runners-up who are equal in rank are Australia (First Spring Lady), Venezuela (First Summer Lady), China (First Autumn Lady), and Latvia (First Winter Lady).

The annual competition has been held since 1972.

Overall winner – Romania (Diana Irina Boanca)

1st Spring lady – Australia 1st Summer Lady – Venezuela 1st Autumn Lady – China 1st Winter Lady – Latvia
2nd Spring Lady – Greece 2nd Summer lady – Kenya 2nd Autumn Lady – Bulgaria 2nd Winter lady – Russia
3rd Spring Lady – Thailand 3rd Summer Lady – Malaysia 3rd Autumn Lady – Spain 3rd Winter lady – Kazakhstan
below are the remain in top 26 :-
Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Canada, England, Ethiopia, Moldova, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Uruguay
The Subtitles are :-
Miss Charity – China
Miss Health – Netherlands, 1st runner – Japan, 2nd runner – Latvia
Miss Talent – India, 1st runner – Czech rep, 2nd runner – Turkmenistan
Best Figure – Thailand, 1st runner – Kenya, 2nd runner – Tartarstan
Miss Charm – Philippines, 1st runner – Ukraine, 2nd runner – Malaysia
Miss Photogenic – Bosnia, 1st runner – Albania, 2nd runner – France
Miss Disco – Bulgaria, 1st runner – Belarus, 2nd runner – Estonia
Best National Costume – Ecuador, 1st runner – Brazil, 2nd runner – Ethiopia
Miss friendship – Spain
Miss Internet Popularity – Venezuela
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For some reason, having an unremovable image of a two-headed dragon eating its own face sprawled across their chest until their dying breath is an idea that appeals to a lot of people. National Geographic News reported in April 2000 that fifteen per cent of Americans were tattooed. That’s around forty million people.

Now, surely a Hare Krsna devotee would be the last person you’d expect to see among those forty million, right?

Wrong. The fact is that many devotees sport tattoos, and their number is increasing. Is this a purely whimsical fad, or do our ancient traditions and scriptures hold any foundations for devotional tattooing?

Take a magnifying glass to Indian tribal traditions, and you uncover the first clues. For instance, certain tribes believe that Lord Rama’s greatest devotee, Hanuman, can be tattooed on a recurring dislocating shoulder to relieve the pain. The women of the nomadic Ribari tribe of Kutch in northwest India, one of the places the Pandavas visited during their exile, have many extremely elaborate tattoos. And the Ramnami community, scattered across the Indian states of Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, began a painful custom in the nineteenth century: they had the name of Rama in Sanskrit tattooed on practically every inch of skin, even on their tongues and inside their lips. This practice was meant to protect them from bigoted caste-conscious brahmanas they had angered by adopting brahminical customs, and is still carried on today.

So far, so tribal. But serious Vaisnava practitioners will need more tangible scriptural endorsement before they start injecting ink into their skin.

A Burning Impression

Caturatma Dasa knows where to find this endorsement. A pujari at ISKCON’s Radha-Shyamasundara temple in Alachua, Florida, he doesn’t have tattoos on every inch of his skin. But he does have a healthy collection.

“I have three Sanskrit mantras, two on one arm and one on the other,” he tells me with his trademark enthusiasm. “Two are in praise of Govardhana, my worshipable deity. The other one, for my protection, is Nrsimha [Krsna's half-man half-lion incarnation]. Then on each arm I also have Sri Kumbha, the sacred pots used in fire sacrifices.”

He has to pause for breath.

“On my back, I’ve got two of the greatest warriors in Vedic history–Arjuna on one side and Parasurama on the other. They’re complemented by a fire sacrifice pit in between them, and they protect my back from any misfortune. Next, on my chest are two aspects of Krsna’s beauty–Lord Krsna Himself and His dwarf incarnation, Vamana.”

As if this wasn’t enough, his arms are also graced with tattoos of the four sacred symbols of Visnu: club, disc, lotus, and conchshell.

“Not one of them was done on a whim. I spent four or five years charting them all out and doing careful research.”

He grins.

“I’m a pujari and often walk around with my tattoos on full display. I’d better be able to explain them!”

Of course, Caturatma concedes, the modern incarnation of tattooing wasn’t around during or before the birth of Gaudiya Vaisnavism, but there are close parallels. In the Prameya Ratnavali, the eighteenth-century Vaisnava commentator Baladeva Vidyabhusana cites five purificatory processes (panca-samskara) that, along with spiritual initiation, bring one direct perception of Lord Krsna: austerity, wearing tilaka, performing sacrifices, accepting a new name at initiation, and chanting mantras glorifying the Lord.

Baladeva’s elaboration is surprising: “In this verse, the word austerity means to accept the branded marks of Lord Visnu: the disc, lotus, conch, and mace”–the very images Caturatma has tattooed on his arms.

Like tattooing, branding is permanent, and yes, very painful.

A tradition that goes back to at least A.D. 1017, it’s still practiced today by followers of both Madhvacarya and Ramanujacarya, mainly in the South Indian states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Andhra Pradesh. What’s more, for Sri Vaisnavas, Ramanuja’s followers, it’s an essential part of the initiation process.

Picture this:

It’s morning, and the air is cool. As the sun rises behind you and the birds start to twitter, your heart beats fast but you sit quietly, staring at the blazing sacrificial pit in front of you. A married priest performs the fire ceremony. Offering oblations, he invokes the ayudha-devatas, personified forms of Lord Visnu’s sacred weapons.

Metal stamps in the traditional shape of each weapon are then attached to metal poles and held within the dancing flames. After some time, your guru takes them and taps them on a plate. You watch, knowing that this is to make sure no loose pieces of hot charcoal come off on your skin. Finally, he begins to chant the mantra for Sudarsana, Lord Visnu’s discus. It’s time. You tense. You feel the red hot brand press against your right shoulder, burning, stinging. Then the Pancajanya mantra is chanted, and the symbol of Visnu’s conchshell is branded on your left shoulder. You sigh. It’s over.

You are now ready for the rest of your initiation ceremony.

Fortunately for us, Caitanya Mahaprabhu and the acaryas in His line have recommended that one use tilaka clay instead of branding to draw Visnu’s symbols on the body. So if you’re on the list for spiritual initiation, no need to scream and run–no Gaudiya Vaisnava guru will try to press a red-hot iron pole against your arm during the ceremony.

The Sacred Clay Connection

Branding gets its fair amount of exposure in our traditions and scriptures. But it’s tilaka–Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s recommended alternative–that presents our closest parallel to tattooing.

Every Gaudiya Vaisnava is aware of the virtues of wearing tilaka, or sacred clay. The u-shaped mark and oval worn on the forehead is one of our most instantly recognizable symbols.

But what you may be surprised to learn is that Vaisnava scriptures also contain instructions to write the holy names with tilaka–and even to draw pictures on the body with it. In Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, which contains the complete science of bhakti-yoga, Rupa Gosvami tells us, “In marking such tilaka, sometimes one may write Hare Krsna on the body.” And elsewhere in the same book, he quotes the Skanda Purana on a benefit of wearing tilaka:

“Persons whose bodies are marked with tilaka, symbolizing the conchshell, wheel, club, and lotus… even seen once, can help the seer be relieved from all sinful activities.”

In Hari-bhakti-vilasa, compiled by Rupa’s brother Sanatana, Lord Visnu states: “I enter within the hearts of those devotees who, in the age of Kali, decorate their bodies with drawings of My incarnations, such as Matsya and Kurma… Those who wear the drawings of My incarnations on their bodies are not ordinary human beings–they exist on the same platform as My incarnations.”

Discussing the subject in great detail, Hari-bhakti-vilasa continues to enforce its point for over fifty verses, even going so far as to suggest, “If a fallen brahmana does not decorate his body with tilaka, as well as drawings of a conch shell and disc, then the king should put him on the back of a donkey and drive him out of his kingdom.”

Fair enough. But as you’re spurring your donkey on into the sunset, you may want to ask, “Is all this really that important?”

Internal Matters

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura certainly had an opinion.

In his 1885 essay Pancha Samskara: The Process of Initiation, he discusses the five purificatory processes from Prameya Ratnavali mentioned earlier in this article, two of which are tapa (defined by Baladeva Vidyabhusana as branding) and wearing tilaka markings.

Yes, he acknowledges them as prescribed ways to sanctify oneself so that one’s true spiritual nature can develop. But far more forcefully, he condemns being concerned only with the external: “Tapa applies not only to the body, but also to the mind and the soul. If it is only physical, in the form of branding or stamping, then tapa has not actually taken place and religious practice becomes hypocritical.”

He continues emphasizing the hollowness of such an approach: “Externally the student looks good, but internally there is nothing. The symbols of divine conch, disc, and the name of Hari [Krsna] mark the body. The tongue utters the name of Hari, and worship of salagrama-sila or the deity with mantra is performed, but the student is addicted to endless sinful practices.”

Real devotion in the heart overrides just looking like a devotee and apparently acting like one. Wear tilaka just for show and it’ll do little for your progress in Krsna consciousness. The same goes for devotional tattoos. They can become an obsession, a dangerous distraction. Wear them, however, with the right mood, meditation, and intentions, and they become powerful tools in Krsna’s service.

Laksmimani Dasi, recently retired headmistress of the Vaisnava Academy for Girls in Alachua, agrees.

“We’re supposed to do everything to remind us of Krsna. So if we’re getting a tattoo for another reason, then we have to examine our motives.”

Her single tattoo, the words Sri Sri Radha-Krsna in Sanskrit Devanagari script beneath a lotus flower, reflects her “less is more” outlook.

“Samosas are delicious, but if you eat four hundred of them, you get sick. So if something material like a tattoo helps you to remember Krishna, it can be used in Krishna’s service, but if it’s used in excess, then it becomes an end in itself.”

Laksmimani says her tattoo, a birthday present from her daughter, does its job.

“I wanted something that had Krsna on it so that I would never be able to forget Him, so that He’d be with me all the time. And that’s what happened. I guess it’s just part of me now.”

What’s more, her tattoo doesn’t benefit her alone.

“People approach me constantly to ask me what it is and what it says, because it’s in Sanskrit. It’s a great excuse to tell them about Krsna.”

Caturatma Dasa has had the same experience.

“Once I was doing some yardwork at a devotee friend’s house. Since it was a hot summer’s day, I wasn’t wearing a shirt, and all my tattoos were on full display. Suddenly, a delivery van pulled up, and as it came closer, I saw the wording on its side: ‘Bill’s Home Delivery Shrimp and Fresh-Cut Meats. Wholesale to your door.’

” ‘Oh, oh,’ I thought, ‘He doesn’t realize where he’s just pulled into.’ So I walked over to the car, and the passenger window came down. It was an old black guy who had obviously lived in the area for years. ‘How you doin’ there, sir,’ he says. ‘I’m just going around door to door selling these shr–”

Caturatma freezes dramatically.

“Suddenly the guy stops in mid-sentence. ‘Oh,’ he says, ‘I can see by your tattoos you’re not gonna be interested in what I’m selling. I might as well just take my truck on down the road to the next house. You’re one of those Hare Krsna people, and I know you guys are vegetarian and don’t eat meat.’”

As Caitanya Mahaprabhu once said, “A Vaisnava is he who, when seen, reminds one of Krsna.”

So. Let’s say you’ve thought about it. Let’s say you’ve decided that getting a Krsna conscious tattoo is a bona fide way to express your devotion, to remind yourself and others of Krsna.

What next?

Come into my Tattoo Parlour

Kalpavrksa Dasa works at Ron’s Tattoos in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He got his first tattoo at fifteen, inspired by the Cro Mags, a Hare Krsna straightedge band and tattoo aficionados. A professional tattoo artist for over fifteen years, he’s tattooed close to one hundred devotees.

His first piece of advice is to-the-point straight talk.

“Whatever tattoo you’re getting, just make sure it’s something you’ll be happy living with. Because it’s gonna stay with your body longer than you will.”

When it comes to artwork, he is partial to that of Gujarati artist B.G. Sharma.

“His style practically already looks like tattoos. Everything has an outline, and his shading is similar to the way I’d shade or color a tattoo. It’s really easy to replicate.”
Besides Sharma’s devotional depictions of Krsna, Kalpavrksa has tattooed devotees with a variety of images, the most popular being the maha-mantra and Lord Nrsimhadeva. Then there are the more unusual ones, of course.

“One sannyasi, Bhakti Visrambha Madhava Maharaja, got tattoos of all thirteen tilaka marks, including one on the back of his head, along with the corresponding mantras in Sanskrit. And I can’t forget my friend Jack, who’s been a devotee for a few years now. He has a huge Garuda covering his entire back, from his waist up to his neck.”

But like Laksmimani, Kalpavrksa thinks that the best kind of tattoo a devotee can get is one with a built-in conversation starter.

“I have the maha-mantra tattooed in Bengali all over both of my arms, which is unique and completely unfamiliar to the average person. When people see it, they never fail to ask what it is.”

This happens so often that Kalpa keeps a stack of Srila Prabhupada’s small books handy at all times.

“I’ll tell clients what my tattoo is and what it means. Then if they seem interested, I’ll explain the maha-mantra and a little about Krsna consciousness. And eventually, if their interest deepens, I’ll hand them a book. I try to build a rapport with people. You can’t just hit them with everything all at once.”

Recent times, however, have brought on a new experience: Sometimes Kalpavrksa finds himself asking people about their Vedic tattoos.

“Modern Western tattooing has always had a heavy Asian influence, mainly from the two-hundred-year-old Japanese tradition. But in the past ten to twelve years, there’s been a huge rush of interest in Indian imagery. Yoga is really big these days, and students are often influenced to get tattoos of mantras and various symbols like the om sign. One girl walked into my tattoo shop sporting tattoos of different yogic asanas.”

There are more signs of this Vedic tattoo invasion everywhere. Pick up any modern tattoo magazine released within the past five to ten years, and you’ll find either an image directly related to Krsna, or something from the Vedic paradigm. The goddesses Kali, Durga, and Laksmi flood tattoo parlours, as does Lord Siva. Lord Nrsimhadeva rears His fearsome head from the pages of tattoo magazines, and the friendly, easily identifiable face of Lord Jagannatha becomes more and more popular. Tattoo stores across the United States keep their own copy of the Krsna Art book. Krsna, in the form of art, is gradually infiltrating the tattoo-wearing public.

But for now, He still remains most popular with those who hold Him deep within their hearts.

By Madhava Smullen

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