Star Wars actor Hayden Christensen was spotted walking side by side with his girlfriend down the street one fair sunny day. Trying to savor a taste of a normal life, yet to no avail a paparazzo came down taking this photo with Hayden wearing some odd , what is that? a vest or harness? Everything suppose to be quite normal, except for one thing - Hayden's fashion statement that day. Too bad!
Oh, Hayden! Are you on your way to jump out of a plane? What about that scoop neck tee. On the other hand, Rachel Bilson looks pretty cute. Isn't it unfair for her? Well, does fashion still matter to couples enchanted by the magic of love?
if you were to ask, would you care to walk with your boyfriend wearing such clothes?
Fashionistas take note, there's a hot new shopping site online - Scarlett Lounge! Bringing together all the hottest deals, Scarlett Lounge sets the mandate that women should always get the most for their money!
Grammy's star Amy Winehouse is planning to launch a range of beauty and fashion products inspired by her own distinctive look.
A friend of Amy’s told the London Sun paper: "There could be hairspray, head scarves, liquid eyeliner, perfume. All the things that are distinctive of her look."
Is this the return of heroin chic? If so, I hope we don't buy into it!
Aside from Tilda Swinton's sheeting, the gowns worn to the 2008 Oscar signaled a return to glamor and classic tailoring. Interesting how few presenters were wearing any noticeable jewelery - Nicole Kidman's mammoth necklace being the exception.
Fashion Designer Kimberly Larc Gives HILARY Magazine Tips on the top Trends for the 2008 Season
As we are in the holiday season, fashion trendsetters are frantically trying to find the perfect outfit for the Christmas and New Year’s bashes. This hectic process could easily be eliminated if we all had our own personal stylists. To help ease this situation, up and coming designer, Kimberly Larc (who debuted her Renee Larc for Milan 08 collection at NYC’s Fashion Week) offers tips on dresses, eyewear, shoes, handbags, accessories on what’s “fashion forward” this season.
“When looking for the right outfit to wear to the holiday parties, you don’t want to wear things that over power your inner self. You want to be able to feel comfortable and confident with your outfit,” says Kimberly Larc.
Shoes:
Just because the temperature has dropped a few degrees, it doesn’t mean you have to hide your toes. Peep toe heels are still a great option for those that want to show a little sex appeal during the colder months. Women also should consider wearing heels that have a little more of a platform heel. This is a great “safety net” in that you are able to still be comfortable and wear a higher heel that doesn’t make the balls of your feet burn.
Eyewear:
For those who wear glasses like I do, frames are a complementary piece to accessorize any outfit. This season, “cat eye” frames will be a popular hit along with frames that have decorative detailing. What’s more, they also protect the delicate skin around the eyes from sun damage, which can cause premature wrinkling.
Dresses:
Fitted dresses are the way to end the year and bring in a new. Fitted dresses in a stretch satin material and knee length are great for women that have the “hour glass” figure. Any style from strapless to sweetheart really accentuates women curves.
Coats:
Even though it is wintertime there is no need to hide your gorgeous gown or dress behind a bulky Coat. Designer Renee Larc for Milan says women should opt for a caplet or a nice belted waist trench coat. The caplet is perfect if you want a sleek sexy look and the belted trench coat gives the fit & flare look.
Accessories:
Embellishing an outfit with lots of accessories is the perfect trick on how to make an outfit “pop.” Layering bangles in all shapes and sizes and all different designs on one wrist is a great way to be differentiating. Another option for differentiating an outfit is to wear over size rings in exotic colors. Just like diamonds are becoming popular in different colors it also fashion forward in other aspects of jewelry as well.
Handbags:
Handbags that are big and bold are hot trends for the season. Long clutches make a statement for any occasion.
Move over Carrie Bradshaw, one of Manolo Blahnik's biggest admirers turns out to be Queen Elizabeth II. In the name of Her Royal Majesty, British Culture Secretary James Purnell, bestowed the title of Commander of the British Empire on the man who continues to keep the shoe fetish alive.
"Manolo Blahnik is one of only a handful of designers whose name is synonymous with their product," Purnell said of the 65-year-old footwear king.
I can't imagine the Queen in stilettos but then again maybe style has no age.
OK! Magazine was the first to announce the latest celebrity baby-bumb news, is Posh having her fourth child?
The magazine claims that Posh, a.k.a Victoria Beckham, was spotted buying girl stuff at a store (didn't Mel B have a little girl not long ago?) and also quotes an unnamed (which tends to mean non-existent) source that claims she's been secretly meeting with interior designers to create a new nursery.
To be honest this news caught my attention because I really wanted to see pictures of the bone-thin celeb looking more normal, which usually sparks baby gossip in Hollywood. Nothing yet...
Just when we thought fashion was for the super-young twiggy-likes, Karl Lagerfeld proves us half wrong with his decision to use 37 year-old Claudia Schiffer once again. The supermodel spent 5 years as the face of the famous fashion house 20 years ago.
Schiffer originally left because the Uber-Designer began to find her too wholesome as his tastes turned to heroin chic. If only she had gained 80 pounds, now that would be something...
Southwest Airlines, once known for under-dressing its flight attendants, is being sued for booting an 'under-dressed' passenger. The passenger, Kyla Ebbert was asked to leave by a flight attendant. She refused.
Kyla was just an innocent Hooters waitress trying to get from San Diego to Tuscon who was dressed in (as shown in the video) a tight white shirt and short denim skirt.
ABC says, "Kyla Ebbert, a blond, shapely 23-year-old San Diego coed who also works shifts at a Hooters restaurant, boarded the flight to Tucson, Ariz., on a one-day round-trip visit to an Arizona doctor's appointment. She had settled into her seat when a flight attendant confronted her about what was later described by the airline as 'revealing attire.'"
Maybe they were really just trying to protect her from the airplane seat germs...
Venice Film Festival winner Jia Zhang-Ke is back with a a documentary on China's burgeoning fashion industry, documenting everything from the destitute sweatshop factories to the glamorous runways in Paris. The film, "Useless", documents the effect that the fashion industry has left on China, such as small-time tailors having to close shop to earn wages by working in the mines because clothing factories have put them out of business. Informative, and about the fashion industry? My only complaint is that I don't live in one of the 10 Chinese cities it is being shown in.
CBS is bringing sexy back, as the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show will be back on prime time. Though Gisele Bündchen will be gone, the show will definitely bring the heat back into television.
It will show December 4th at 10pm, hopefully late enough for the little kids to go to bed.
You Don't Need to Sing to Look Like an American Idol
"American Idol", the hit singing reality show, will be producing a line of clothing directed at girls and tweens. The design of the denim-focused brand will be 'rock n roll", and will be marketed towards all of those prepubescent girls who stand outside in the pouring rain, holding up fan signs for their favorite 'Idol'.
It's a smart move on the company's part, taking advantage of commercial trends. On the other hand, since when did "American Idol" lyrics branded on a pant leg become "rock n roll"?
While on a tour of Peru this Friday, Cameron Diaz, star of "Shrek" has accidentally offended the locals who had experienced decades of abuse and violence from Maoist guerilla insurgents.
Diaz carried a messenger bag with the slogan, "Serve the People" printed in Chinese on the flap, which was a popular political slogan of the Communist Leader Mao. While in some countries these bags are regarded as stylish and harmless, Peruvians were highly offended by her choice of accessories.
In addition to being offensive (though we know she didn't mean it), why carry an olive green messenger bag in the first place?
Victoria Beckham, former Spice Girl and a celebrity so well-known that even my high school chemistry professor despises her, debuted her designer denim line in New York.
The label, dVb, sells for around $250 a pair, and obviously caters to only those who can afford Beckham's expensive taste. The jeans have a large star stitched on the back, and she was well-received by her fans and the media.
One 18 year old fan says, "During Middle School I became the ugly duckling and I didn't have many friends and then I started following Victoria and her fashion tips and people starting telling me I was beautiful. I have her to thank for that."
Okay, so maybe Beckham won't be the next Vera Wang, but with Spice Girls fans like this, sales might do fine!
In an age where the Olsen twins are fashion designers, Forever 21 creates knock-offs of European designers, and Target sells designs from the top fashion designers, fashion has become more of a business than it ever has been.
However, designers aren't too concerned about the mass production of fashion and the deterioration of the designer label. For celebrities clients, having an expensive one-of-a-kind dress is still the ideal. For the rest of us however, the Target collections are much more affordable.
Open up the latest editions of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, or Glamour, and amidst the clothing spreads and flashy advertisements from cosmetic companies, you might just find a colorful cigarette advertisement. While in the United States, cigarette advertising is banned from television, radio, and billboards, they're still allowed to be in print.
Recently, over 8000 readers protested against the cigarette ads in Vogue magazine, for issues such as influencing teenage girls to smoke. After all, what is a better proponent for smoking other than the top fashion magazine in the country?
The new media frenzy of YouTube and other online video sites has allowed the fashion industry to tap into the resource of free advertising. Not only does this help wtih budget cuts but also serves the purpose of reaching the younger masses.
"Brands ranging from Gap to Victoria's Secret, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Nike and Adidas are increasingly finding a home on YouTube, MySpace and similar sites, where their videos, commercials, behind-the-scenes footage and fashion shows are posted for free. These sites have the potential to transform the way fashion brands reach their current and future customers since hundreds of thousands of people can view a single spot — with humorous ones scoring the most hits.
TV, magazines, radio dominate the existing advertising world, but online advertisements on sites like YouTube are the way of the future. Source: [Link]
As Dior cruises the seas, Chanel is strutting it in the skies. "Two Challenger 601 jets pulled up to Hangar 8 at Santa Monica Airport on Friday night, the doors popped open, and the models stepped out in a tour de force show that only Chanel could have pulled off."
The stage was like an arrival lounge, with an arrival monitor announcing Karl Lagerfield's landing in Los Angeles. The designs were based on a 'private travel theme' which according to Lagerfield should be divine.
Demi Moore, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Claudia Schiffer, Victoria Beckham, Jessica Alba and Lindsay Lohan were some of the 500 guests at the air-travel inspired show. Source: [Link]
The show began to the sounds of Crosby, Stills and Nash's Marrakesh Express, continued with flowing pink champagne and even had a couple of models trip due to the 'towering steel toothpicks'. But this latest collection for the Parisian fashion house is a testament to the history and visual culture of John Galliano.
Like last year, the occassion was staged in New York with a sunset backdrop of the Twin Towers site and the pink glow of New Jersey. Galliano acclaimed for his 10 years at the luxury fashion house celebrates this collection with a 60s theme full of rosettes, pouted lips, jeweled ankle strap stilettos.
"A lime green satin trapeze coat embroidered with paisley paired with matching Capri pants, over sized shocking pink sunbonnet and jeweled pearl choker and jeweled sandals set the tone for a collection that consisted of sumptuous fabrics in acid trip colors, gauzy dashiki-like gowns, animal prints, maxi coats, '50s and '60s-inspired plastic sunglasses and ostrich plumes. Swinging circle skirts, from mid-calf to mini added an Elizabeth Taylor element to the offerings."
Few of the celebrities that graced the momentous event were spokeswoman for Dior Perfume Charlize Theron along with Penelope Cruz, Dita Von Teese, Kylie Minogue and Anna Wintour who all offered praise and admiration for the collection.
Dior has forever been a leader in fashion and symbol of luxury ever since 1947, so it is no surprise that Galliano continues the tradition 60 years later!
Twenty8twelve is the newest celebrity clothing line from the two famous Brit Miller Sisters. Sienna Miller, who has long been known for setting the trends with her bohemian inspired chic looks, when paired with sister Savannah, who is a trained graduate of Central Saint Martins, seem to make the ideal pair for a brand new fashion line.
The collection is set to debut in August and "includes pieces such as sharply tailored wool jackets and trousers, Empire line silk smock dresses, skinny jeans and silk and jersey tops. It will retail from about $75 for a silk jersey tank to $650 for a leather jacket."
Beyonce Knowles has been chosen to be the new face for Giorgio Armani's new perfume 'Emporio Armani Diamonds'. The new fragrance is due to release this fall and besides being part of the print and television advertisements, Knowles will lend her voice to the perfume's marketing scheme.
Knowles and Armani have long been acquainted, "in addition to having attended his fashion shows and wearing his gowns on a multitude of red carpets, the multitalented personality lent her support to the Emporio Armani RED launch initiative to fight the global AIDS epidemic". Source:[Link]
For more on Isabella Blow, read the entire article at The New York Times.
Isabella Blow, a British fashion editor, aristocrat and aesthete whose gift for identifying and promoting new talent was occasionally overshadowed by her own Surrealist plumage, died yesterday in Gloucestershire, England. She was 48.
Her death, at a hospital, was reported by Geordie Greig, the editor in chief of Tatler, the British magazine where Ms. Blow was fashion director. No cause was given.
Among Ms. Blow’s many discoveries were the designers Alexander McQueen (she purchased his entire first collection), the Dior designer John Galliano and Jun Takahashi, the eccentric creator behind the label Undercover.
She was credited with discovering the models Stella Tennant and Sophie Dahl, whom she once characterized as a “blowup doll with brains.” And though “muse” may be a hackneyed term, it well served Ms. Blow’s lifelong relationship to the global guild of hatters, whom she challenged constantly to design something too mad for her to wear.
Both the couture milliners Stephen Jones and Philip Treacy, a baker’s son whose fashion confections are favored by the British royals, were also Ms. Blow’s finds.
“Isabella was this amazing bright light in a world of increasingly corporate culture,” said Anna Wintour, the Vogue editor, who hired Ms. Blow in the early 1980s to work as her assistant at British Vogue.
Ms. Blow became renowned for her sartorial daring. On a given day at the office, Ms. Wintour said, Ms. Blow might turn up dressed as a Greek goddess, Joan of Arc or an Indian maharani. During the ready-to-wear shows in New York, Milan and Paris, she might change clothes as often as seven times a day. She delighted in flouting convention and personal comfort, appearing in one-legged trouser suits, outfits of chain mail or a Japanese designer’s version of a burqa.
“She was aristocratic, in the old bohemian sense of anything is possible, yet she could talk about fashion with complete rigor in terms of silhouette, shape and historical context,” said Mr. Greig, the editor of Tatler. “She was an academic with a punk rocker’s anarchic sense.”
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York was where all the celebrities were Monday night. This year was a tribute to Paul Poiret and his designs as the "King of Fashion. While Lindsay Lohan rocked her black revealing dress, which left little to the imagination, other celebrities like Kristen Dunst and Naomi Campbell werent looking so hot. The gala is one of the most glamorous events that has celebs dressing to compete.
From vivid pinks, cobalt blues and deep purples to virginal whites the event was an array of colors in honour of Poiret. Jessica Simpson, John Mayer, Christina Ricci, Mischa Barton, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Lui, Jennifer Garner were some of the many stars that made the event a success. But this is just the beginning of this summer's red carpet events, so stay tuned for the hits and misses to come!
The first thing I think about when I pass by the Escada store in my area is reading through a Spanish catalog and having my mid-aged Spanish teacher remark, "Oh, is that an Escada catalog? I love Escada!"
Thus, I began to identify the brand with the refined and older group of women. Yet, the newly revamped Beverley Hills store opened with plenty of Hollywood's young starlets attending. With Sophia Bush and Gabrielle Union selecting dresses in this brightly colored store, Escada is no longer holding onto tradition.
As if up-and-coming Hollywood starlets aren't taking over everything already.
Forget about those aviator sunglasses...the newest trend is glasses! At first I thought all the models were losing their eyesight but there's something really sexy about being smart, isn't there?
Lacoste and Tommy Hilfiger have already picked up on this trend, and must I say...I almost want to pick up a classic novel and read it, as long as I have my glasses on.
Guilty about buying that seventh Gucci purse when you already have six sitting in your closet? Well, now you can buy environmentally-friendly designer clothes and stay stylish!
Designers such as Stella McCartney, Diesel, and Versace are using fabrics created from sustainable materials such as bamboo and corn. These textiles have the strength of traditional materials, but are much more versatile.
Forget about those hemp necklaces and organic sweatpants... you don't need to sacrifice high fashion!
Supermodel and style icon Kate Moss has released a collection of her own for the British chain store, Topshop. Now, stylish fans can wear styles inspired by Moss's own vintage and eclectic pieces.
For us North Americans though... we can only dream.
Gisele Bundchen, 26, has left Victoria's Secret. As one of Victoria's Secret's most famous supermodels to grace the angel wings, it will be extremely devastating to both men and women across the globe.
Her long legs and amazing abs are a legend among the Victoria's Secret Angels; who can measure up?
During the 1970s, the German Red Army considered kidnapping the fashion designer, Karl Lagerfeld. Lagerfeld, who came from a wealthy family and was also a formidable figure in the fashion world, would have been a great candidate for ransom (don't get ideas there!).
Thankfully they didn't, for who knows what the fashion world would be like now without Karl Lagerfeld?
After seasons of modesty and long Edwardian-style flowing dresses, showing off your gams is back in style!
Great for some of you lucky femme fatales with gorgeous legs, but not so great for those of us who'd rather cover in up in layers of tulle and pretend we've got great thighs and calves underneath.
After all, I'm just too modest to show off my great legs in these short shorts and miniskirts. Of course, that's why.
Jewelry house Mikimoto has teamed up with fashion designer Yojhi Yamamoto to design a 20-piece collection based around Mikimoto's well known specialty, the pearl.
This is the first time that Mikimoto has collaborated with another fashion designer, but many other designers such as Vera Wang have already worked with Mikimoto to design their own pearl jewelry.
Nowadays, working together seems to be the norm. With designers working with mass retailers such as Target and Nine West to create clothing that are accessible to the public, it only seems logical that the same designers are creating their own jewelry too.
As a complete Disney Princess fanatic and romantic, I am completely obsessed with Disney's new couture line of wedding gowns, based off of each of the Disney Princesses.
Now along with Mickey Mouse as my best man and a pumpkin carriage to take me to the castle, my childhood (and current...) fantasy will be complete.
Few men seem to be fantasying about having sex with Kate Moss. For the first time in a decade Moss will not make the FHM annual list of the top 100 sexiest women in the world. Last year she managed to rank only 87th. FHM spokesman Dan Cooper was quoted as saying: "She hasn't looked great as of late .... I think the average guy on the street prefers someone that's a little more womanly." Although the final vote has not been tallied glamour model Keeley Hazell is expected to top the list - and yet somehow I can't see her becoming a Karl Lagerfeld favorite as his "curvy" alternative.
Unlike Brazil or Italy, France will not ban too skinny models from the catwalk. Instead, a voluntary charter will be introduced to raise awareness of the health risks of being too thin. France claims that its restrictions are tough enough, and will not introduce new measures.
However, there are still concerns left in the Paris fashion industry. For example, many Parisian fashion designers prefer their models to be as skinny as possible, and thus these girls are forced to maintain the lowest weight that they can.
'Can' and 'should' are two very different things. While these models can maintain an emaciated figure...should they for the sake of their health?
Star Wars actor Hayden Christensen was spotted walking side by side with his girlfriend down the street one fair sunny day. Trying to savor a taste of a normal life, yet to no avail a paparazzo came down taking this photo with Hayden wearing some odd , what is that? a vest or harness? Everything suppose to be quite normal, except for one thing - Hayden's fashion statement that day. Too bad!
