Tag Archives: Fashion
By May | December 3, 2008
 When it comes to color, Pantone usually has the final say.
It appears the color of the year for 2009 is mimosa, as in not the alcoholic beverage preferred by ladies that brunch, but an orange-hued yellow bright enough to sear a cornea.
Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, says, “The colour yellow exemplifies the warmth and nurturing quality of the sun, properties we as humans are naturally drawn to for reassurance. Mimosa also speaks to enlightenment, as it is a hue that sparks imagination and innovation.”
Posted in Around The Water Cooler, Beauty Bits, Beauty Trends, Fashion, Industry Scoops Also tagged beauty, Beauty 101, Beauty Bits, beauty blog, beauty brands, beauty cosmetics, beauty news, best color, color hues, color of the year, color shades, cosmetic news, economic recession, economics, economy, economy recession, makeup announcements, makeup news, Pantone, Pantone Color Institute, recession, recession 2008, recessionista, recessionistas |
By May | November 25, 2008
 Your average male is oddly secretive when it comes to fashion and beauty.
Men go through great lengths to ensure you don’t find out they flip through your glossy magazines (likely reading up on those Cosmo tips!) and rifle through your beauty arsenal when you’re not around, but if they happen to be over and need some hair product, they’ll sheepishly ask. The best thing to do, in this case, is provide them with a wee arsenal of their own.
My recommendation is to go with Every Man Jack, an afforable, male-conscious range of products — for hair, body, skin and shave — made in the great NoCal city of San Francisco.
Posted in Bath and Body, Beauty 101, Brands, Industry Favorites, Men, New Product, Obsessions, Product Reviews Also tagged affordable men's product, beauty, beauty products, beauty products for him, best male grooming products, best male products, body, cedarwood, cosmetics, Cosmopolitan, Cosmopolitan magazine, every man for himself, Every Man Jack, Hair, holiday, Holidays, makeup, male beauty product, male facial products, male grooming products, male skin products, Men, men product, men's products, mint, personal beauty care, products and male, products for male, San Francisco, shave, shave kit, shaving cream, shaving kits, skin, skin care, stocking stuffers, Target |
By May | November 12, 2008
 Rachel Roy — the beautiful wife and baby mama of hip hop mogul Damon Dash — has consistently been making her mark in the industry after launching her namesake fashion line.
Everyone’s now scrambling to work with Mrs. Dash, including heavyweights in the beauty world, probably trying to score an insider’s discount to her to-die-for contrasting Sioux dress or Hana trench.
Posted in Around The Water Cooler, Beauty Bits, Brands, Celebrities, Collaborations, Industry Favorites, Industry Scoops, Limited Editions, Obsessions, Product Reviews Also tagged airport, airport security, beauty collaboration, clutch, collaboration, Damon Dash, dress, fashionistas, Fresh, frock, Gucci, Korres, Murad, Phyto, Rachel Roy, recession, recessionista, recessionistas, Red Carpet, Remede, travel case, trench, woven clutch |
By May | November 7, 2008
 He’s the man behind the brand with that iconic white Rhino, a New Jersey boy who went on to found one of the most successful hip hop-infused streetwear brand Ecko Clothing.
Marc Ecko turned his clothing brand not only into various sub-brands — like G-Unit, Avirex and his Cut & Sew collection — but into a full-on production company called Marc Ecko Entertainment, Complex Magazine, videogame products, art, philanthropy and now a fragrance line with Parlux, the company behind Paris Hilton, Andy Roddick and Jessica Simpson celebrity scents.
Posted in Around The Water Cooler, Celebrities, Collaborations, Fashion, Fragrance, Industry Scoops, Men, New Product Also tagged Andy Roddick, apparel, beauty fragrance, business collaborations, business news, clothing, cut & sew, designer fragrances, discount fragrance, Fragrance, fragrance com, fragrance gift set, fragrance notes, fragrance perfume, fragrant, hip hop, Jessica Simpson, Marc Ecko, mens fragrance, new fragrance, online fragrance, Paris Hilton, Parlux, perfume, philanthropy, scents, streetwear, white Rhino, womens fragrance |
 A few weeks ago, I posted that cosmetics company Uslu Airlines — founded by makeup artist Feride Uslu — was getting ready to collaborate with worldwide DJs (think Ed Banger and Rolleryboys) on a club-influenced range of nail polish.
Now comes word of Uslu Airlines’ second-round nail color collabo with German-born designer Bernard Willhelm, who is an industry favorite, having worked under iconic designers like Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood.
The Uslu Airlines x Bernard Willhelm line, based on common airport destinations and hues from Willhelm’s current collection, dropped at OAK in New York recently.
Posted in Beauty Bits, Beauty Trends, Brands, Celebrities, Collaborations, Fashion, Industry Favorites, Industry Scoops, Nails, New Product, Obsessions, Product Reviews, Retailers Also tagged airport, airports, Alexander McQueen, Bernard Willhelm, bottles, buy, buy it now, clothing, clubs, collaboration, collection, designer, DJ, DJs, Ed banger, famous DJs, Feride Uslu, German, hues, international airports, makeup, manicure, nail, nail polish, Nails, New York, NYC, Oak, pedicure, post, Rolleryboys, shades, Uslu Airlines, vivienne westwood |
By May | October 21, 2008
 Ji Baek — the pretty and, er, polished proprietress of uber-chic Rescue Beauty Lounge in New York — went from playing professional violin to managing a restaurant to owning one of the top nail salons known in the industry.
Her client base among the fashion set burgeoned after she opened her first salon in 1999, thanks to signature nail designs in covetable patterns like Burberry plaid. In 2003, Baek decided to leave her clients to their own nail devices when they couldn’t make it into the salon by launching her own polish line throughout North America.
Posted in Books, Brands, Nails, Spa Also tagged book, Burberry, Ji Baek, nail, nail care, nail tips, polish, Rescue Beauty Lounge, Rescue Your Nails, salon |
By May | October 16, 2008
 Esteban Cortezar is a busy, busy boy lately.
The prodigious designer was recently tapped to be creative director at Emanuel Ungaro, delivering two commendable collections for the Parisian couture fashion house thus far.
Posted in Brands, Collaborations, Fashion, Industry Scoops, Limited Editions Also tagged blush, cosmetics, dress, Emanuel Ungaro, Esteban Cortezar, eye shadow, Heatherette, limited-edition, Lipglass, lipstick, MAC, makeup, mascara |
 You have probably seen a lot of pink ribbons around since last Wednesday hit, and that’s because October is Breast Cancer Awareness (BCA) month.
Fashion brands and cosmetics companies rally annually to raise money and public profile of the disease, conceptualizing products or participating in collaborations wrapped in swaths of pink hues and then donating part or all proceeds to the research of breast cancer.
Posted in Brands, Charity, Collaborations, Limited Editions Also tagged Anastasia Beverly Hills, Aveda, Brands, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, companies, cosmetics, Emergen-C, ghd, October, Philip Kingsley, pink |
By May | September 29, 2008
 The Parisian cool go to one place for all their fashion, music, art and design needs: Colette.
Colette and Aeroports de Paris, who operate Charles de Gaulle Airport, have come up with a limited-edition travel beauty kit called “Kit de Beaute Colette pour Aeroports de Paris” that happily conforms to those pesky, annoying security requirements — I know a girl who had to forfeit her Smith’s Rosebud Salve because of them. Not good.
Posted in Brands, Collaborations, Fashion, Limited Editions, New Product, Obsessions Also tagged Aeroports de Paris, art, Charles de Gaulle, Colette, Comodynes, design, Japanese, kiehls, Korner, limited-edition, Lisa Hoffman, Mark's, music, Oscar Dehn, Paris, Parisian, pouch, Smiley, Smith's |
By May | September 12, 2008
 Viktor & Rolf, fashion’s avant-garde Dutch darlings, teamed up with Shu Uemura’s Tokyo Lash Bar 2008 for its “Couture Collection”, with the bespectacled designers coming up with three sets of luxurious falsies made for bold catwalk, drag and drama queens.
Posted in Brands, Fashion, Obsessions Also tagged avant-garde, catwalk, couture, DiorShow, gold, lash, mascara, rhombus, Shu Uemura, swirl, Tokyo, Viktor & Rolf, wing |
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