Former teen prostitute shows lingerie collection at Paris couture week
July 8, 2012 by admin
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Just two years ago Zahia Dehar was a teenage prostitute embroiled in a scandal involving three French footballers who were alleged to have illegally paid the underage girl for sex. Fast forward to 2012, and Zahia has entirely transformed her fortunes. Trading on her notoriety as a sex symbol, Zahia Dehar reinvented herself as a lingerie designer and her status as a recognised figure in the fashion industry was cemented as the blonde former courtesan showcased her second collection of lingerie at Paris Couture Week.
Couture Barbie: Former courtesan Zahia Dehar presented her autumn/winter lingerie line during Paris couture week
Zahia, who modelled some of her designs herself at last night’s show, appeared as a stylised Barbie doll to open the event before a stream of models took to the runway wearing a succession of ever more risque lingerie.
Zahia, now 20, was just 16 when she met French footballer Franck Ribery, 28. She was 17 when his fellow footballing peers Karim Benzema, 23, and Sidney Govou, 31, were accused of paying the underage vice girl thousands of pounds for sex.
Prostitution is legal in France where the accused men lived, but women selling sexual services must be 18 years old or over.
But while the men were disgraced, Zahia capitalised on her notoriety, turning her life around entirely.
Soon after the allegations came to light, Zahia became a lingerie model, appearing on the cover of V magazine and in Vanity Fair Italy, among other publications before tunring her hand to couture lingerie.
Entranced by her beauty, and the romantic notion of the history of the French courtesan he said she represented, a charmed Karl Lagerfeld photographed her debut look book himself. With this ultimate seal of approval, the rest, as they say, is history. Zahia Dehar’s metamorphosis from courtesan to catwalk queen was complete.
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RADICI PARTECIPAZIONI S.P.A. : Eco-lingerie: a RadiciGroup and Ritex SpA … – 4
July 7, 2012 by admin
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07/06/2012 | 05:35am US/Eastern
PRESS RELEASE
Paris, 7 | 8 | 9 July 2012
For immediate release
Eco-lingerie: a RadiciGroup and Ritex SpA proposal for
sustainable intimatewear.
At Interfilière Paris (7-8-9 July 2012 – STAND
R26 – S27) RadiciGroup and its customer-partner Ritex SpA, a
European leader in corsetry and lingerie embroidery, are
introducing an innovative fabric manufactured using CornLeaf,
a RadiciGroup yarn produced from Ingeo™ polylactic acid (PLA)
biopolymer (a 100% natural
material made from renewable vegetable resources).
In Paris, at the summer Interfilière, the world’s leading
fabric trade fair for intimateware, beachwear and loungewear,
RadiciGroup and Ritex SpA are launching a product that is
both high-quality and eco-friendly: a lace fabric from Ritex
SpA – an Italian company and European leader
in lingerie embroidery, which has among its customers
prestigious names such as Parah, Chantelle and La Perla, just
to cite a few – manufactured using CornLeaf, a yarn made by
RadiciGroup from Ingeo™ polylactic acid (PLA) biopolymer, a
100% natural material made from renewable vegetable
resources. During the last few years, the fashion industry
has made progress in its commitment to developing
environmentally friendly products. There has been an
increase in the number of big fashion brands that have become
aware of not only the environmental impact of the fashion
business but also the importance to get final consumers
involved and increase their environmental awareness, so as to
steer the fashion business towards sustainability. The new
lace fabric manufactured with CornLeaf is an example of how
RadiciGroup and Ritex SpA, with the collaboration of yarn
twister Alcafil Srl, translate their commitment into concrete
action on the front of sustainable innovation. The new
product will allow the two Italian partners to meet the
growing market demand for low environmental impact fabrics
that do not compromise on high performance.
CornLeaf yarn properties …
CornLeaf is a bacteriostatic solution-dyed yarn made of
Ingeo™ polylactic acid (PLA) biopolymer, a 100% natural
material made from renewable vegetable resources. Because of
its properties and the production process used, CornLeaf
fully meets eco-sustainability standards, such as lower CO2
emissions and reduced water and energy consumption. Solution
dyeing during the spinning stage means that the CornLeaf
production process requires less water and energy compared to
traditional dyeing and finishing. The yarn is
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available in a wide range of lightfast, wash-resistant
colours. Antimicrobial functionality is achieved through the
use of HEIQ materials, by incorporating a special silver
micro-compound into the fibre. Furthermore, its effectiveness
has been certified according to ISO 20743:2007 standards. The
compound will not interfere with the compostability of the
yarn. In brief CornLeaf combines the advantages of natural
fibres with those of synthetics: light weight, tenacity,
comfort, UV resistance and safety.
Fabric properties …
Thanks to the use of CornLeaf yarn, the Ritex fabric ensures
the highest degree of sustainability together with excellent
performance: light weight, softness, durability, excellent
colourfastness and a bacteriostatic effect. Since the yarn is
derived from a natural raw material, the fabric is anallergic
and safe to the skin.
For further information
RADICIGROUP
Roberto Parenzan, RadiciGroup Polyester Area RD Manager
petyarn.fibres@radicigroup.com
RITEX SPA
Sales Department
Giulia Ghislini
gghislini@nuovaritex.it
- Phone +39 0331 709 721
Ramona Gianfrate
rgianfrate@nuovaritex.it
- Phone +39 0331 709 723
www.ritexspa.net
RadiciGroup for the intimatewear sector …
A leading European manufacturer of a vast range of yarn,
RadiciGroup offers the intimatewear sector:
Solution-dyed bacteriostatic yarn produced with Ingeo™
polylactic acid (PLA)
biopolymer.
Polyamide 6 and 66 continuous yarn available in raw-white and
solution-dyed versions. Production flexibility and know-how
make it possible for RadiciGroup to offer a wide range of
products that are ideal for a variety of processing
technologies.
(The polymer used to manufacture Radilon® yarns is produced
using renewable energy
– hydroelectric energy)
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RadiciGroup for sustainability
www.radicigroup.com
Using sustainability as a tool for business, innovation and
corporate culture. This is the challenge RadiciGroup is
tackling, well aware of the huge environmental, social and
economic impact of the activities of an industrial enterprise
during its entire life cycle and of the fact that a
sustainable approach to doing business can
make a real difference. RadiciGroup’s commitment to
sustainability calls for concrete actions
involving its entire production chain: from chemicals to
plastics and synthetic fibres.
What are
just a few examples of the Group’s commitment to sustainable
action? Making the transition to reporting corporate
responsibility according to Global Reporting
Initiative (GRI) guidelines. Establishing a
relationship of respect with its stakeholders involving
direct and
transparent dialogue. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by
20%. Reducing energy consumption by 20%. Increasing the use
of renewable source energy by 20%. Increasing the use of
materials from the recycling of both post-consumer waste and
its own production waste/rejects by 20%. In 2011 the share of
renewable source electric power used by RadiciGroup rose to
40%. In the same year, the share of recycled materials
originating from its own polyamide production chain was 15%.
RadiciGroup has developed products using renewable source
materials: Radilon® D PA610 engineering plastics and
CornLeaf, an Ingeo™ polylactic acid (PLA) biopolymer yarn.
Moreover, products made from post-consumer recycled
materials: r-Radyarn® and r-Starlight® yarns, obtained by
reprocessing post-consumer recycled PET bottles. And other
products helping to lower CO2 emissions: Radilon® engineering
plastics, which can be used as metal replacements in
automotive applications. RadiciGroup implements projects that
aim at safeguarding natural resources, such as water and air,
and uses methods, such as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), to
measure and quantify product performance in terms of
environmental impact. The Group is committed to publishing
Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for its products,
according to the specific requirements set forth in the
Product Category Rules (PCR). Also significant is the Group’s
active participation in sustainability issues as a member of
industry association s and organizations, such as
Federchimica, particularly its Responsible Care® programme,
Assofibre and Plastics Europe. In the communities where its
production sites are located, RadiciGroup supports projects
and events on environmental protection and sustainability
themes and strives to raise the environmental awareness of
its employees by promoting a culture of sustainability – all
the while, respectful of local communities, people and
cultures. What is sustainability to RadiciGroup? An important
challenge…
RADICIGROUP FIBRES_RadiciGroup is a
leading European manufacturer of a vast range of products -
from polyamide 6 and
66 yarn to polyester yarn, high-tenacity BCF, polyamide and
polyolefin yarn for artificial grass, and acrylic yarn,
staple fibre, tow and top. These products are used for
applications in the apparel (technicalwear, intimatewear,
sportswear), furnishings, consumer good s, automotive,
medical, industrial, nautical, sports and leisure sectors.
RadiciGroup fibres are part of our daily live s.
_
WWW.RADICIGROUP.COM/FIBRES
RADICIGROUP_3,500 employees.
Production and sales sites in Europe, North America, South
America and Asia. Diversified businesses focusing on
chemicals, plastics and synthetic fibres. Know-how.
Vertically integrated nylon production. Constant commitment
to guaranteeing its customers quality, sustainable innovation
and reliability. All this is RadiciGroup, a leader in nylon
chemicals. RadiciGroup products are used in applications such
as apparel, sports, furnishings, automotive,
electrical/electro nics, household appliances and consumer
goods._
WWW.RADICIGROUP.COM
RadiciGroup, with its Chemicals, Plastics and Synthetic Fibres
Business Areas controlled by parent company Radici
Partecipazioni SpA, is part of a larger industrial group that
also includes
textile machinery and energy businesses._
WWW.RADICI.COM
PRESS OFFICE
Cristina Bergamini – Corporate MarketingCommunication
E-mail: cristina.bergamini@radicigroup.com
Mobile: +39 347-8602397
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