Thursday, July 31, 2008

Always Perfect...

carla Bruni graces the cover of September’s Vanity Fair.  Inside the issue Lagerfeld, who often used Bruni as a model, raves:  “She’s imaginative, clever, educated. She knows how to behave.  She speaks many languages. It must be an embarrassment for the wives of other heads of state to see this beautiful creature who can wear anything and speak like that.”…“She was full of life and wit. She was beyond polite … So many, like Linda and Christy, had periods of being moody and difficult. She was always perfect.”

Another Madonna Book...

Guy Oseary, madonna's longtime manager is also coming out with a book (for your coffee table)
of her 2006 world tour.
This one has her blessing, she helped pick the pics and  provided the quotes.
Out in october and priced at at reasonable 40 bucks.

Art on the Internet...

Photo by: Guy Aroch 2006
As creative director of an advertising agency in Austria, Andrea Preiss worked with many photographers whose work she coveted, but the images remained elusive — until 
technology intervened. Sometimes she would drop a not-so-subtle hint,
 as she did at Arthur Elgort’s studio when she saw a photo she liked, and said, “
That’s nice, I’d love to have it.” There were instances when a photographer would give her a gift. Other times, Preiss would try to track down images
 by calling photographers’ agents and galleries. 
 “It’s not very simple to buy these things when you travel and work a lot,” she said.
 “The kind of things I want to collect do not really exist in galleries. 
[The photographers] may have had an exhibition and maybe have only one or two images left.” Preiss thought there had to be a better way. An e-commerce site based in Vienna, photographerslimitededitions.com, is her solution. 
The site features the works of top lensmen such as Elgort, Guy Aroch, Marc Baptiste, 
Rankin, Bruno Bisang, Roxanne Lowit, Nigel Parry, Howard Schatz, Ben Watts, Timothy White and Christian Witkin. There are no more than 25 prints of each image. Prices range from 1,000 euro, or $1,530, to 8,000 euro, or $12,240, 
based on the current exchange rate. 
Elgort, whose work has been published in Vogue, Visionaire and Vanity Fair,
 contributed the photo, “Lauren Hutton for Ultima Revlon” (silver gelatine print, 1975),
 which shows the model wearing a white fur coat and sitting on a park bench as Elgort, seated on the next bench, trains his lens on her. 
 “Fashion photography is getting more recognized as an art,” said Preiss, who has photos by David LaChapelle and Helmut Newton in her personal collection. 
Read complete article @ WWD (or just click the title)

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

VIRGIN GALACTIC

commercial space tourism is right around the corner now that Sir Richard Branson has unveiled his Virgin Galactic White Knight 2 Spaceship.  The spacecraft will seat 6 passengers & 2 pilots & tickets will go for $2,00,000 for the 2 and 1/2 hour flight.  Start saving now!

It's about itme...

Tomorrow officials from Beverly Hills, Malibu, West Hollywood & others are meeting to discuss how to control the paparazzi.  Los Angeles Councilman Dennis Zine said “this is a response to their lack of responsible behavior”.  For those of us who live in Hollywood & New York & other major cities this cannot come quick enough. 
 My friend thought she was about to be carjacked when she got wedged between several cars recently.  They jumped out & left their cars running at a stoplight to run after Britney Spears.  Enough is enough.  If any of us had to deal with these guys on a regular basis we would freak!  It’s not like they lay back & just “do their jobs” as many of them say...they run up on you & shove cameras literally inches from your face.  
Let’s hope some common ground can be found.

Style rookie...

this link showed up today in an email from trendsetter......we couldn’t resist when we read about tavi, a 12 year old fashionista.   we love her!  she is to be featured in piece from the New York Times Style Magazine next month....check out her site. 

Let's go Riding...

FRYE Bonnie Tall Riding boot.
$358.00 @UrbanOutfitters
Great Fall boot.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Bryant park in September...

How will I fit it all in?
and how does Anna?

What the winners up to...

Project Runways season 4 winner
Christian Siriano's
Collection is selling on Bluefly.com
and also...
http://www.myspace.com/christiansiriano

The ugly side of Beauty...

 A former L'Oreal executive has accused the company of using ingredients in markets where they are banned and of selling products that contain unlawfully high levels of preservatives.
read the complete story here...
www.cosmeticsdesign.com/news/ng.asp?id=86573

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Tim Gunn turns 55!

MARIMEKKO FOR AVON

These are to die for!  Avon has  collaborated with textile giant
 Marikmekko on four new palettes.
 At $10 for the face palette & $8 for the eye shadow palette 
we are searching for our Avon representative right now!

Monday, July 28, 2008

Move over Google...

Now there is CUIL
"The World's biggest search engine."

The Internet has grown exponentially in the last fifteen years but search engines have not kept up—until now. Cuil searches more pages on the Web than anyone else—three times as many as Google and ten times as many as Microsoft.

Rather than rely on superficial popularity metrics, Cuil searches for and ranks pages based on their content and relevance. When we find a page with your keywords, we stay on that page and analyze the rest of its content, its concepts, their inter-relationships and the page’s coherency.

Then we offer you helpful choices and suggestions until you find the page you want and that you know is out there. We believe that analyzing the Web rather than our users is a more useful approach, so we don’t collect data about you and your habits, lest we are tempted to peek. With Cuil, your search history is always private.

Cuil is an old Irish word for knowledge. For knowledge, ask Cuil.

www.cuil.com

Chanel in the park...

It was announced that Central Park in New York will be the only American venue for Mobile Art, the traveling Chanel art exhibition housed in architect Zaha Hadid’s design.  Chanel commissioned the space to show works by 15 different arts.  Each was asked to create a work inspired in part by the classic quilted Chanel handbag.  

Saturday, July 26, 2008

TOMS shoes...

TOMS Shoes are partnering with Whole Foods Markets to sell an exclusive, eco-friendly vegan collection. As many of you may know,  Blake Mycoskie, TOMS founder, donates a pair of shoes to children in need for every pair sold.  They currently sends shoes to Argentina, South Africa & Ethiopia & are planning to start donations in the United States as well.

Jennifer Connelly + Revlon

Jennifer will be brand spokeswomen along side Halle Berry, 
Jessica Alba, Beau Garret and Elle Macpherson.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Project Runway episode 2

after watching the "GREEN" PR we had to find out more about Natalie's line 
of vegan shoes.  And here they are. 
 www.tecasan.com
This site also offers shoes designed by Gaetano Perrone, designed for Alexander McQueen.
Fay Baldock who designed for Dries Van Noten,
 7 designers total!
And last but not least, they are having a sale!

Cavalli + Dubai = I LOVE THE NIGHLIFE

The Roberto Cavalli new luxury nightclub will
open in november. 

Shu Uemura...

Shu Uemura Depsea Water Facial Mist
Deepsea water Facial Mist.
 A little piece of heaven with
every spray.
It comes in 8 different Fragrances.
lavender, mint, bergamot are our 
favorites at the moment.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Almost 20 years later...

SHOOT in 1989
Peter Lindbergh's inconic cover for British Vogue.
And the Ladies still look amazing.

Tori Amos + comic books

Who knew?
Comic Book Tattoo Tales 
Inspired by the song of Tori Amos.
by PIA GUERRA, JOHN REPPION, LEAH MOORE, DAVID MACK, MIKE DRINGENBERG, COLLEEN DORAN, 
JONATHAN HICKMAN, JAMES OWEN, ERIC CANETE, TED McKEEVER, JOCK, ANTONY JOHNSTON, DAME DARCY and over 70 more!
edited by RANTZ A. HOSELEY cover JASON "STUNTKID" LEVESQUE
On sale July 23rd

Monday, July 21, 2008

Diesel Acquires Viktor & Rolf?

Automne-Hiver 2008/09
Wish they would have used this word...
Renzo Rosso (The Italian behind Diesel), has acquired a majority stake in the Dutch Design firm.  He is ready to "make major investments to bolster the ready-to-wear business, add licensed products such as eyewear and jewelry, plus open freestanding stores in high visibility locations" 
Which to us means coming to a westfield mall near you.

Colette Paris...Wish I was here

Oh Kate...

Kate Moss who said she loves the life in the fast lane & has no intention of slowing down is saving up for a private jet so she can travel around the world to launch her latest collection for Topshop. 

Lash Stash

Love this idea from Sephora.
Best-selling mascara sampler kit.
For under $30.00
www.sephora.com

MAKEUP?

Yes this is what you think it is...sticker eyeshadow, 
proof that some ideas are better in your head.  
Not sure when anyone would be rockin this look expect halloween.
So I ask, please don't try this at home.

VERUSCHKA

Veruschka as wood.
Vogue 1968 phot0: Franco Rubartelli
With David Hemmings in Blow Up 1966
Model Veruschka is the subject of a limited edition, cloth bound monograph illuminating her career. As a child, her father was a key member of the German Resistance in East Prussia & was executed for taking part in the attempted assassination of Adolph Hitler.  Her & her family then spent the remainder of the war in concentration camps.
At 20 she entered the world of modeling.  But it was brief appearance in the 1966 film Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni which began with the words "Here I am" that brought her recognition.
That same year she began doing her now infamous nude shoots wearing only body paint & camouflaging herself into different environments.  She worked with everyone from Salvador Dali to Peter Beard, Richard Avedon and has 11 Vogue covers under her belt!

Saturday, July 19, 2008

ZARA...

Is having a sale.
Amazing pants for $19.99 also
Great jackets, shoes and tops.
Go see.   

Project Runway episode 1

Daniel
Leanne
Wesley
So after the first episode I Like these 3 designers.
Don't want to join a poll or bet who's going to win, just want to enjoy the season.
But if I was asked these are my picks so far.
what about you?
Check out projectrunway.com
for designer profiles, blogs, and also you can bid on the runway designs!
 

Poor Rich People

We enjoyed this post by our friend "hollywood Hills Life"
www.hollywoodhillslife.blogspot.com

MYSPACE MODELS

C'N'C costume National designer Ennio Capasa has turned to myspace for his fall/winter 2008 campaign.  A casting call was put put on his myspace page & 12 people from diverse backgrounds were personally selected by him.  The campaign was shot by Stefani Ruiz & will launch in september.

Sephora & Make Up For Ever

These 2 teamed up for the first ever Lash Pimpin' contest earlier this year.  The winner, makeup artist Oxana Sandoval " wanted to create a wonderland, a fantasy world".  She used colored feathers and rhinestones for a gorgeous work of art.

KAPSULE

Karl Lagerfeld will launch a fragrance trio kapsule in october.  The individual fragrances can be mixed & matched & are unisex!  The 3 are "light" with notes of bitter orange, jasmine, nutmeg, clove & musk.  "floriental" with ivy leaf, violet & black tea leaf.  "woody" is cedar, moss & plum, notes karl.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Not sure where I'm going in these...

I just hope there isn't too much walking.