Fashion

Take Runway to Reality: Opposites Attract at Chanel

And don’t they always when it comes to finding the fine balance for making up our faces? A strong eye requires a light lip, and vice versa, unless you want to look like an eighties-era streetwalker or a little girl who got lost in her mommy’s vanity. While the extreme raccoon eyes at the recent [...]

Top 5 Runway-to-Reality Wrongs of 2011: Don’t Take It to the Streets

When it comes to beauty, we look to the runway for inspiration. Even if we can’t afford the lust-worthy accessories and covetable couture sent marching down the runway, we can at least appropriate the beauty looks to our own routines, right? Well, sometimes! While loads of looks (a scarlet lip and naked eye, the dewy, [...]

OnGossamer Lingerie: Naughty and Nice

Since styles have literally taken a plunge, our undies need to follow suit. I have amassed many deep-V tops and dresses this season, but I haven’t been able to wear them with any of my bras. They just hang in my closet because I hate going braless – I’m so not that seventies-generation free spirit! [...]

Backstage Beauty at Derek Lam: Orlando Pita and T3

We were invited to go backstage at Derek Lam last week and of course jumped at the chance to see the action behind the scenes. The show was off tents (many of the shows we attended were away from Bryant Park which made it very difficult for us to stick to our schedule; uptown, downtown, [...]

Runway Beauty straight from Fashion Week!!

  My favorite beauty look from fashion week was no contest, Carolina Herrera. I adore everything about this look, and believe me, this is a look I will be emulating. While the smokey eye is perfection paired with nude lips and minimal blush, (it really makes those eyes pop) you may be asking “whats so [...]

Miss Sixty Makeup

Relaxed innocent beauty was the order of the week in NY. The Miss Sixty show (lead make up artist Gucci Westman from M.A.C.) was heavily 70′s inspired (although the VW vans on stage was more 60′s to me) and the eye make up was all about big, bright and sexy. The shadow was slightly smoky [...]

Hollywood Fashion Tape

I was in a wedding this weekend. I was one of 9 bridesmaids. Do you guys know how hard it is to find a dress that looks good on nine girls of different shapes and sizes? And once you’ve found that dress, do you know how hard it is to find a good tailor? I [...]

Feather is the New Beauty

Alexander McQueen showed a stellar collection for Spring 2008 which even the feathers on models’ faces didn’t detract from. The collection was an homage to his mentor, Isabella Blow, who discovered him and always wore his clothes and Phlip Treacy hats. I was mesmerized by the delicate chiffon dresses and strong suits, all with amazing [...]

My Vivre Wish List

So my birthday was back in August and Christmas is still two months away, but that doesn’t mean I can’t start planning gifts now! Check out what I crave from Vivre, the fabulous web boutique that delivers luxury goods to your home so you can stay in bed, eat bons bons and sip champagne while [...]

Best Eyes from Spring 2008 Runways

I don’t know if it’s because her eyes are so hauntingly beautiful or because Gucci Westman is just damn talented but Jessica Stam looked amazing at Peter Som’s show last month, I seriously could not stop staring at her! Gucci Westman said she went for a Kate Moss-esque undone morning after make up with lots [...]