Sunday, August 31, 2008

Cheap + makeup = Target

We blogged about this months ago and it's finally available online.

Cheap + makeup = target

IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE!
(Priced a bit high for target)

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Golden Girl...

British artist Marc Quinn has created  a 2.8 million dollar ,110 pound solid gold statue of Ms. Moss that will unveiled at the British Museum in october.

lights, camera, makeup...

The new Casio EXILIM ZOOM EX-Z300 and EX-Z250 will come with a makeup function.
 
The function recognizes faces in a scene to optimize focus and exposure. It makes the skin look smoother in the picture and softens shadows on the face cast by sunlight with the use of an image processing technology. Users can shoot pictures while checking the effect of the function on the LCD screen. The EX-Z300 is equipped with a button dedicated to this function.

The makeup function makes blotches and dullness less obtrusive by lightening the skin color of faces in the image. In addition, the function "makes the skin tone look softer and smoother, while covering annoying little wrinkles," Casio said. With this function, "the skin looks clearer, younger and more natural in the pictures," according to the company. The intensity of the image processing can be selected from 12 levels.

techon.com

YSL totes...

If you happen to be in New York, London, Milan, Tokyo or Hong Kong on september 6 make sure to stop by the Yves Saint Laurent store for a catalogue tucked inside a limited edition cotton tote designed by Stefano Pilati.

Iphone...

style.com is launching a new iPhone application that will let users access videos & photos from the collections shown at new york fashion week..... instant gratification!

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Toms shoes...

TOMS Shoes has a really big product launch today and I wanted to tell you all about it! The TOMS Wrap Boot was inspired by the beauty and tradition of Argentine polo and the elegant, brightly colored leg wraps of its champion horses. As I'm sure you know, TOMS has special ties to the culture of Argentina- a country that has been the Polo World Champion since 1949. To better tell the story of the inspiration for this new product, Blake Mycoskie (Chief Shoe Giver) wrote a short story and produced a 12-minute film: No Polo Widow.  Log on today to buy the Wrap Boot for yourself, buy it for a girlfriend, or buy it just so we can give a pair of shoes to a child in need! The boot is available on www.TOMSShoes.com right now!

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

This little piggy...

Is gonna cost you. 
$625.00?  
And if the pig isn't your style J Leiber has other animals for you to choose from.
and if you get it, please explain it to us...

Rachel Zoes Fall shoe picks...

Rachel Zoe and Marc Jacobs

New makeup Favorites

Guerlain has 2 of my new favs...
the Liquid eyeliner is fantastic. 
perfect for ladies who shy away from liquid,
because the brush makes the application effortless. 
is abit pricy at $57 but the spray is user friendly
and the color is perfect.
I picked both of these up at sephora!

Brad Pitt and Family...

Actor, activist, architect, and now photographer...
Brad photographed Angelina & their kids at Chateau Miraval in France last week for the
 cover of the November W.
Can't wait to see...

Monday, August 25, 2008

Save the date...

Resurrection: Avant-Garde Fashion

On october 30 in South Kensington Christies will auction off some of the most amazing clothing from the 60’s through the 90’s.  The auction will showcase designers & pieces that were innovative & avant garde including pierre cardin, paco rabanne, andre courreges, rudi gerneich, ossie clark, vivienne westwood, norma kamali, azzedine alaia, gianni versace & issey miyake.  the collection is over 250 pieces of apparel, accessories & jewelery.   

Come on VOGUE...

August 08
Sept 08
Give us some covers to believe in.
Not sure who to blame for these disappointing displays for fashion, makeup and hair but someone needs to take a meeting with our friends at British Vogue!
They always get it right!

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Nail bling...

For the women who has everything...
this pinkie nail ring at Bijules NYC

Thursday, August 21, 2008

French Vogue...

Shot by inez & vinoodh matadin
styled by emmanuelle alt

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

kate moss + topshop

new collection coming in Sept

how do you say...

A funny "How to guide" for all our favorites.

Paul Starr RIP...

Found in his LA home today,
Paul was only 48.  
He was amazing talent and an inspiration.

Brad pitt + Kiehls

 one hundred percent of the net profits from sales of Kiehl’s Aloe Vera Biodegradable Liquid Body Cleanser, due out in October, will benefit JPF Eco Systems, benefit JPF Eco Systems, a charitable foundation created by Kiehl’s and Pitt to support global environmental initiatives that “minimize impact on the environment through thoughtful design.” The 6.8-oz. cleanser, a permanent addition to the Kiehl’s lineup, will retail for $16.50 a bottle and is expected to raise at least $1 million for the charity. The cleanser will be sold in Kiehl’s full global distribution — about 500 doors, including Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom in the U.S. — as well as on Kiehl’s Web site.

Rock and Republic...

Makeup.  Available in september.  

MS. Hollywood...

Gone Baby Gone...

Jane Mayle is quitting the business.  The holiday/resort collection will be her last 
& her Elizabeth Street shop will close in February.  
She told WWD “The customer gets tired before the collections even hit stores. 
That mystery & remoteness & insouciance have 
disappeared from fashion in order to accelerate the product.
 I feel I have just become another cog in that machinery.

Monday, August 18, 2008

The animal within...

wranglers has unleashed the animal within....ryan mcginley’s campaign for wrangler is themed “we are animals” & features writhing couples & what seems to be murdered corpses....it’s super sexy & should lead to a bigger name for the photographer.  the campaign is currently running in france.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Sonya Dakar Arrested...

"TMZ reports,   she was arrested after allegedly assaulting and trying to bite an inspector who was checking out her cosmetology license."  the inspector performed a citizens arrest Beverly Hill police arrested her on battery charges and she was released on $20,000 bail."
And we are not surprised.  We have heard story after story about the aggressive, pushy and sometimes even scary sales tactics  Ms. Dakar uses on clients so assault was just the next step.
This is the perfect example of hollywood going to your head!  Being good at what you do is one thing, thinking you are above the rest will get you arrested!

Freemans x's 2...

Freeman's Sporting club has opened a second location in new york at 
5 Horatio Street and west fourth.
Services as F.S.C. barber include 
shave and a hair cut ($25-70) and they stock great mens
grooming products. 

Friday, August 15, 2008

true love...

http://bagcraze.blogspot.com/

Fall out of the GAP...

According to The Telegraph, Gap has let go of their entire European design team.   Started a few years ago to tap into more fashion forward trends (the Pierre Hardy shoes originated from their office) the entire team is being let go now that Patrick Robinson is on board in New York.  

ICE.ICE.LAGER

the september issue of harper’s bazaars features the fantasies of top designers....armani played fred astaire, alber elbaz would like to be a hollywood producer with james bond flair, cavalli was rhett but the best is karl lagerfeld as a rapper dressed in phat farm & rockin’ untied shoelaces.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Comme des Garcons for H&M

September’s W will preview the Comme des Garcons for H&M and we can’t wait!!  The line is “mostly black and with Japanese tomboy airs, the H&M collection includes a range of tailored jackets, many deconstructed, along with cropped pants, baggy shorts & a variety of skirts in stretch wool.  On the perkier side are polkadot knits in jersey or merino wool, colorful shirts – some with dots
 – and a “showpiece” coat-dress decorated here & there with dense Victorian ruffles.” 
Included from the collection will be a unisex perfume with notes of cedar & patchouli but surprise, no kids stuff!  
That would be something to see!

Juergen Teller

Juergen Teller shot a 50 page spread of Mariccarla Boscono for French men’s magazine Paradis for their Summer 2008 issue. 
 “It’s an absurdly indulgent erotic journey which was shot over three days in Rome last month” reveals publisher/art director Thom Lenthal 
“In the end it’s quite beautiful, romantic, & sometimes shocking. 

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

mapplethrope

Self portrait, 1975
Patti Smith
If you are going to be in new york check out the robert mapplethorpe/polaroids exhibition at the whitney museum of american art.  the show traces mapplethorpe’s use of instant photography from 1970 to 1975.  included are self-portraits, figure studies, still lifes, & portraits of lovers &friends, mannever exhibited before.  on view through september 14, 2008.

So long, Farewell...

Jovovich Hawk designers Milla Jovovich & Camen Hawk are closing their 5 year old clothing company. 

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

If madonna calls...

The big 50, Saturday!
like our friend JK/RC 

Oh what a night...

They really know how to party at the Celebrity Scientology Center!
It stared with the 5 hour rehearsal of  "rolling on the river" which I'm sure was choreographed by the talented John Travlota, to the big night where streets were blocked and protesters welcomed.
But then the shit hit the fan...a sewage break. Closing down shops and restaurants across the street.  I always knew they were full of SHI...
Sidenote, the protesters, they call themselves  "anonymous" are a group of ex-scientologist who shared some revealing stories of what happens when you leave the church.  Lets just say they don't like it...

Alittle Nipple...

never hurt anyone.  
Smoking hot commercials featuring eva mendes for calvin klein’s secret obsession perfume have been banned in the u.s.   
creative director, Fabien Baron, responding by saying “you must be kidding me. this country really needs a new president-this
country is so messed up. it’s such a joke & it’s quite upsetting, frankly, how hypocritical this country has become. it’s ok for
children to see people killed by guns? spreading a little love right now would be a good idea.”.  we say amen brother.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Freewind...

 We love this smart idea for cooling off, or not.
 Samsung Art and Design Institute (South Korea)
Designed by: Eunhak Lee (South Korea), Hyunjin Yoon (South Korea)
Cause she's always cold and he's always hot.

TYRA gonna be mad...

"Americas Next Top DragQueen"
who needs Trya,
And in other Trya news...
She "works it"
on the cover of sept Bazaar
 

Interview Mag...

I mean the girl is everwhere, and we couldn't be happier!
Lets go get us a copy!

comcast + dailycandy = 125 million

built in 2000 as a "go to guide" for women, dailycandy has 2.5 million subscribers.
(I personally get 2-3 emails a day from these folks.)
Comcast has no comment on the dollar amount but the WSJ is reporting 125 MILL!
MAZALTOFF!