Move Over Avatars -- Tween Designers are Creating Their Own Outfits Online

Daniel Island, SC (PRWEB) September 23, 2008

Design-Girls.com is a brand new website which allows girls to design, personalize, and purchase their own outfits (sizes 6-14). Through a step by step process, users choose a style (tops, bottoms or accessories), color and trim. The trim includes everything from faux gems, ribbons and sequins to pom-pom fringe. Before purchasing the outfit, customers get to see it online and have the option to email their creation to friends and family or add items to a wish list.

Design-Girls.com became a reality after the founder, Tanya Murphy of Daniel Island, SC, watched her six year old daughter dressing virtual Barbies and avatars online. Murphy already knew her daughter's passion for fashion and real life dress up, and wondered how she could take this world of online fashion play a step further and create a more real-life experience for young girls. "I know how much pride my daughter takes in anything she creates, and I wanted her to be able to channel that creative energy. Now she and others can easily design an outfit that is unique and personal," Murphy said.

Girls ages 8 to 12 who make up the core target audience, collectively have a purchasing power estimated at $ 20 billion annually. This is a highly tech savvy generation of girls and it shows. According to an August 2008 report by the online audience research company, Nielsen Online, 14.8 million girls are online an average of twelve times per month. Sites like Stardoll, Girlsense, and Gaia Online are gaining millions of unique visitors per month. So too, are giants like Disney, Mattel and MGA Entertainment who are vying for their attention online with sites like Disney.go.com, Everythinggirl.com (Barbie, Polly Pocket) and Bratz.com.

Design-Girls.com was founded in 2008 by mother of three, and former Fast Company Magazine sales executive, Tanya Murphy. The site offers self-designed clothing and accessories for girls in sizes 6 -14.

If you'd like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with Tanya Murphy, please contact her at 877-395-2050 or by email at Tanya @ Design-Girls.com

CONTACT:

Tanya Murphy

877-395-2050 (office)

248-330-0848 (cell)

Tanya @ Design-Girls.com

http://www.Design-Girls.com

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YogaSoul Center Offers a Free Week of Classes to New Pilates Students - Creating the Gift of Fitness and Community During the Holiday Season

Eagan, Minnesota (PRWEB) December 15, 2011

Release holiday stress and create whole-body fitness with Pilates classes at YogaSoul Center in Eagan. All new students receive 1 week of unlimited classes!

The full-scale studio offers a full range of Pilates classes that strengthen without adding bulk, increase flexibility, develop core strength, improve posture, increase energy, as well as promote weight loss. Pilates can also create a long, lean appearance.

Pilates creates body awareness that can change the daily lives of people of all ages, ranging from the average person to athletes, as well as those with physical injuries and in need of rehabilitation.

YogaSoul Pilates instructor Shannon McGarrigle can attest to Pilates? power.

?I have gained abdominal control and strength, and have defined arms and legs that are stronger than the ones I had during high school when I was in tennis, track, and cross country skiing,? said McGarrigle, who has been teaching at YogaSoul since spring of 2009. ?Pilates is a way to invest in your body. The concentration and focus used leads to increasing your own knowledge of your posture, as well as your learned bad habits. The Pilates method creates a stronger center to rely on, and teaches you how to be more effective in your movements, whether it be running on a treadmill, skiing or even carrying groceries.?

She said Pilates at YogaSoul is special because it creates a community environment where people can practice without a sense of ego or competition.

Mat classes, equipment and private sessions are available. Mat classes give an overall body workout and teach the fundamental floor exercises and principals of breathing, concentration and coordination. Reformer, Chair and Cadillac Pilates equipment were invented by Joseph Pilates to bring the mat principals to a whole new level. With the equipment, resistance is built into the exercises and utilizes hundreds of exercise variations. It can also be modified to suit the needs of any fitness level, as well as people rehabilitating from injury.

YogaSoul Center?s mission is to help clients win the battle against stress. It has an extensive class offering in several styles of yoga, including Kundalini, Hatha, Yin, and Vinyasa. It boasts a fully equipped Pilates studio and offers many kinds of classes, including Zumba, Tai Chi and belly dancing. Its full roster of teachers and healers provide clients with a variety of healing services, including intuitive readings, Reiki, Thai yoga bodywork, Ayurveda, energy work and several others. YogaSoul also hosts special workshops and Kundalini yoga teacher trainings.

To see a full schedule, make an appointment with a healer or sign up for a class, visit YogaSoul?s website, http://yogasoul-center.com/. New students get their first week of classes free.

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