Category Archives: Industry Scoops
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.
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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.
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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.
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By May | November 6, 2008
Celebrity designers are a bit old hat these days, whether it be a celeb launching their own line (like Fetish by Eve) or a celeb teaming up with an already-established label (Rachel Bilson with DNKY).
A road a little less traveled is the celebrity makeup line — the only ones I can think of off the bat are Mary Kate and Ashley for Claire’s Accessories and Stuff by Hilary Duff for mass retailers (think Wal-Mart and JC Penney).
Leave it to model, supermom, television host, skivvies schiller and branding machine Heidi Klum to team up with long-time employer Victoria’s Secret for “The Heidi Klum Collection” for the brand’s Very Sexy Makeup line, the new collection which she debuted at the Grove in Los Angeles last week.
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By May | November 4, 2008
Magazines and runways used to be the number one way to spot fashion and beauty trends, but in this 2.0 digital and media age, things have shifted.
Blogs (The Sartorialist, Facehunter, Fashion Toast), video clips via web (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) and television shows (The O.C., Gossip Girl, 90210) are at the forefront of trendspotting, with bloggers and small screen stars getting to sport product, labels, color palettes and accessories firsthand before they hit the regular consuming masses.
Also posted in Around The Water Cooler, Beauty Bits, Beauty Trends, Celebrities, Limited Editions, Nails, New Product, Obsessions | Tagged Beverly Hills 90210, collection, color, lacquer, limited-edition, makeup, manicure, nail, nail polish, Nails, OPI, shades, Silver, small screen, television, television shows, trends, trendspotting
By May | October 24, 2008
Some of us are numerically gifted, some of us are creatively gifted.
If graphic design, fashion, beauty and Kate Moss are four of your favorite things, then I highly suggest taking a peek at YSL Beaute’s “Create Your Own YSL Rouge Volupte Masterpiece” campaign.
Also posted in Around The Water Cooler, Brands, Contests & Promotions | Tagged ad campaign, art, MoMA, New Museum, New York, Rouge Volupte, winner, YSL Beaute, YSL Beaute US
By May | October 21, 2008
The first time I laid eyes on Vincent Cassel was during a movie session with my little sister, who picked up the French film “Irreversible”, which he headlined with real-life wife Monica Bellucci.
Cassel is handsome — in an odd, uneven, Gallic way — and I figure it’s his piercing blue eyes that got him signed as YSL Beaute’s newest fragrance face.
By May | October 17, 2008
Lancome has a brand new man at the top: Aaron de Mey.
The New Zealand-born de May comes from a hefty celebrity (Pamela Anderson), magazine (Mario Sorrenti, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Patrick Demarchelier, Bruce Weber) and film (David Lynch, Sofia Coppola) background, an admirable portfolio to have before moving into his new Lancome Make-Up Artistic Director position at one of the world’s most established beauty brands.
Also posted in Brands, Celebrities, Limited Editions, Obsessions | Tagged Aaron de Mey, artistic director, beauty, celebrity, film, Lancome, limited-edition, lip duo, London, magazine, New Zealand, Piha Red, Selfridges
What do you get when you pair Matisse progeny with Hennessy progeny?
Fifty bottles hand painted by Sophie Matisse for Killan Hennessy perfumes, of course.
Killian Hennessy takes wafts of scent from his family’s famous cognac and mixes it with the wood barrel smell the liquor is stored in to create decadent fragrances for his olfactory line, By Killian.
Also posted in Brands, Collaborations, Fragrance, Limited Editions | Tagged bottles, By Killian, cognac, collection, Fragrance, Henri Matisse, Killian Hennessy, limited-edition, modern surrealist, Mondrian, paint, scent, smell, Sophie Matisse, Yves Saint Laurent
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.
Also posted in Brands, Collaborations, Fashion, Limited Editions | Tagged blush, cosmetics, dress, Emanuel Ungaro, Esteban Cortezar, eye shadow, Fashion, Heatherette, limited-edition, Lipglass, lipstick, MAC, makeup, mascara
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