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Some Random Updates... 2007-11-26 13:16:00 Victorya's winning designs for Sarah Jessica Parkers line Bitten, is now available at Steve & Barry's stores nation wide!StyleShake.com now ships to the US! Read more:Random
Louis Vuitton Sues Britney Spears (Kinda) And Wins 2007-11-26 12:54:00 A Paris civil court ordered Sony BMG and MTV Online to stop broadcasting or marketing the video for "Do Something" in any form and fined them 80,000 euros ($117,000) apiece, a spokeswoman for Paris-based Louis
Vuitton said Monday. The ruling was handed down last week.In the opening scenes of the video, Spears
appears in the driver's seat of a hot pink Hummer floating on make-believe clouds. One shot shows fingers drumming on a dashboard covered with what looks like Vuitton's "Cherry Blossoms" design: dark pink blossoms on a pale pink, weblike background, embossed with the "LV" logo.The court did not find Spears herself guilty but ruled that Sony BMG and MTV Online were guilty of violating counterfeiting laws. The ruling said the video constituted an "attack" on Louis Vuitton
's brands and its luxury image, the spokeswoman said.(source)You can still view the "Do Something" video on YouTube, which I have embedded here... I first notice the LV at about 42 secs in. I am really surprised Read more:Britney
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From Me To You: Fav's on Friday! 2007-11-24 00:49:00 Couture In The City reveals the secrets of a budget fashionista...Thread Trend drops knowledge on some super cool jewelry by Alyssa Dee Krauss...Chic Intuition gives us a sneak peak at Kate Moss's new stuff for Topshop...Star Style gives us the run down on tights... Read more:Friday
Put This On My Wishlist! 2007-12-06 02:30:00 I was browsing eLuxury the other night and came upon these AMAZING finds! Buy them (for me!)!!!!Roberto CavalliSkull Ring $275.00 Polished gold metal and multicolored enamelEngraved skull, snake, and flowersMoonstone gemstone at centerInset strass crystalsOpening measures 0.6"; height is 1.5"Made in ItalyTom FordSamantha Sunglasses $360.00 Oversized rounded plastic framesTinted lensesInset gold metal rim around lensesTom Ford logo etching on left framePlastic arms with polished gold metal inserts at templesTom Ford logo plate inlaid on both arm ends (front and back)100% UV protectionCase includedTemple length: 110 mmLens: height 53 mm; width 60 mmHinge to hinge: 130 mmMade in ItalyMarc by Marc JacobsRunway Lace-Up Ankle Boot $850.00 SALE PRICE: $509.00 Smooth grained leatherFine topstitchingContrast leather patches throughoutAged brass hardwareSquared toeLace placket with hexagonal grommetsLeather band over vamp with adjustable buckle closureSmooth grained leather lining and in Read more:Wishlist
Green Is The New Luxe 2007-12-06 00:41:00 "Customer demand is changing," said Sylvie Benard, the head of environment for the world's biggest luxury conglomerate LVMH. "Our customers today are as demanding about luxury as they are about respecting the environment."Check it out this awesome article here!A Los Angeles designer, featuring organics only!Check her out here!Organic clothing, not just for hippies: Mainstream retailers buying into eco-friendly fashion...Read this article here! Read more:Green
A Tip For Your Holiday Shopping! 2007-12-05 23:36:00 Shopping
search engines should be your best friend. Whatever it is you are looking for, you can easily find it online by doing just one search, and at a glance, compare prices without having to visit each individual page and hunt down your item. You can even get a star rating on the website offering the item up for sale, that is voted on by fellow users. Dont think these search engines are just for flat screen tv's and appliances. You can find pretty much anything. From True Religion jeans to Prada... it's worth at least a few clicks to check it out! Read more:Holiday
Better Late Than Never? 2007-12-05 23:09:00 Sorry for the lag in writing this week guys and dolls! With the holiday season going on things are profitably hectic at work, and by the time I hustle home through the INSANE traffic on the 101, I have just been TOO tired to keep up! I wont even tell you how long its been since I washed my car (probably because I cant even remember!). Since I was AWOL on Friday, I want to take a moment to fill you in on the best articles of the week by my FAVORITE fellow fashion bloggers!StarStyle wrote about the cutest reusable dry cleaning bags, with Sex and the City quotes embroidered on the outside!Thread Trend validates my urge to splurge on "expensive but worth it" designer duds on SALE!Couture In The City tips us off on where we can get our Featured Fashionista, Lindsay Lohan's hot hat! It's the exact same hat, and it's only $58.00!Chic Intuition gets the hook up on boots like Bilson (Rachel Bilson) for just $67! And they really ARE hot!** If you write a fashion or beauty related blog and are
The Buzz On Beehives: How To 2007-12-14 02:13:00 Thanks to Amy Winehouse, the beehive is back, and has been seen lately everywhere from the streets of London to the catwalks of Chanel. In the past, endless teasing and ratting of our hair would have been absolutely necessary to do a beehive. But things have changed. Check out this great video on how to do a polished and easy beehive on your own: without having to matte and tangle the hair we work so hard to keep healthy and from breaking!
Rapper Lil Kim To Do Her Own Line Of Fur Coats 2007-12-11 23:43:00 According to TMZ.com, Lil Kim (Kimberly Denise Jones) will be doing her own line of fur coats, called "Royalty". Who knows if thats a reference to the princess kind of royalty, or the record sales kind. Too bad the coats wont be as faux as... the rest of Lil Kim. She's wearing a $5000 coat from her upcoming line in the picture above, along with a $2600 Gucci bag, and vintage (2005) Gucci boots. I'll take the boots and the bag, please. Keep the coat. Read more:Rapper
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Borba Water Claims To Give You Healthy Skin... From Within 2007-12-11 21:47:00 I feel like this was inevitable in our gourmet water obsessed culture. Water infused with "Nutraceuticals and Cosmeceuticals " is supposed to nourish your skin from the inside out, making you look younger and more radiant. From their website:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________BORBA Nutraceuticals include Skin Balance Waters, Aqua-less Crystalline (the powdered versions of the waters), and Confections which provide skin nutrition and support for skin's inner needs. These products are unprecedented in their approach to skin care. Why? Rather than treating just the "symptoms" or "problems" that are seen on skin's surface--as with other traditional skincare programs, BORBA formulated convenient, mobile, and highly nutritional ingestibles to target the inner causes of skin's problems throughout the entire body, allowing skin to condition and improve itself from within. BORBA Cosmeceuticals are ne
Buy Your Sacrificial Animals Fashion Accessories 2007-12-11 21:33:00 Okay, this one's pretty random. This article comes from Pakistan... I'm somehow disturbed...LAHORE: Beaconhouse National University's Jewellery Design Department would display the work of seven students on Wednesday (today) on the campus. The students have designed fashion accessories for sacrificial animals. Calra Casteago, Portugal-based teacher, has been invited by the university to give lectures at the Design Department. She appreciated Pakistani jewellery and motifs. She said, "I love watching goats and other animals wearing jewellery" She said she was hoping that people would show up at the exhibition to buy their animals jewellery. Sophia Khan, a student, said the students had chosen various designs for their sacrificial animals. She said some of them had used the "truck art" on their animals. A student has designed shoes for her lamb. Another student has designed jewellery for her cow. Those who displayed their work are Anum khan, Faiqa Makhdoom, Madiha Hassan, Mah Read more:Animals
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From Me To You: Fav's on Friday! 2007-12-07 14:43:00 Couture In The City gives us the dish on the Royal Underground's Women's CollectionThreadTrend is way more prepared than we are for what to wear on New Years!Chic Intuition blasts Britney's wardrobe choices!I am loving this gift idea from StarStyle! Read more:Friday
Karl Lagerfeld In London, Reveals A Beautiful, Jeweled Chanel Maison d'Art Collection For Chanel 2007-12-07 00:21:00 "My mother always said it was a good thing that I went into fashion because it proved I didn't have any great expectations of myself, and she was right. I haven't made an empire with my name on it. I don't go around calling myself an artist," he told today's Times2. "If anything, I'm a whore. I go wherever they pay me".(source)The days when haute couture was shown to fabulously wealthy clients in an intimate salon are long gone. Today Hollywood starlets and the wives of multi-millionaires will first pick out their hand- beaded and embroidered frocks from a catwalk the size of a football pitch, as at yesterday's Chanel
show. Held in a purpose-built arena inside the cavernous Grand Palais next to the Seine, this was a spectacle that proved that while couture is a costly anomaly that few designers can afford, for a wealthy house such as Chanel it remains worthwhile not least as a marketing exercise.It is an opportunity for extravagance that Chanel knows how to maximise, from ever Read more:Lagerfeld
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Happy Holidays! 2007-12-21 14:13:00 Hi everyone!Sorry I havent been updating!Unfortunately I have been sooo sick with a flu, and so I've missed blogging and working and holiday shopping and EVERYTHING! :(Hopefully I will be better soon and back to normal with updating my blog! I hope everyone has a happy holiday!~Alana Joy Read more:Happy
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Project Runway: Christian Siriano Season 4 Winner! 2008-03-06 07:46:03 My favorite tidbits from his Bravo interview, after his win:Did you just know that Victoria Beckham would like your collection?In the back of my head, I’m not going lie, I was like, “Victoria’s the judge. This is me.” She’s who I design for! She’s English, she’s from Europe, she’s very very into high fashion, and some of her favorite designers are McQueen and Chanel and Lagerfeld, you know? I knew there was no way she was not going to like what I did. It was amazing because she’s someone I would actually want to try to dress. I actually think I said when we first started and Bravo asked us all who we’d want to dress, I’m pretty sure I said Victoria Beckham. Well, and I said Britney, but actually I said I wanted to save Britney! My new goal in life is to come up with m Read more:Project
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As Spring Approaches, Swimwear Shopping Begins 2008-03-04 17:51:29 Already? Yes. Already. March means SPRING is on its way, and at least here in Los Angeles, that means it's time to start the nightmare of shopping for a swimsuit! Ugh! This is where shopping online comes in handy! Order it, try it on at home, and just return it if it isn't right for you. Check this one out:This Sun-thru™ one piece is sexy and functional, and better yet, it wont leave you with tan lines! It wont leave you with empty pockets, either, at only $60!Find this style, and the best brands in swimwear HERE! Read more:Spring
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Image Conscious 2008-03-04 05:22:41 There is something so wonderfully vintage and girly about this picture. And I could do a spring collection based on these colors... I love it.(source) Read more:Image
Models Arent Beautiful Anymore: Too true! 2008-02-29 20:18:55 "If you look at the girls, they are not beautiful like models were 20 years ago. The girls are thin, they have strange faces. … At first, you look at them and you’re not sure if they’re beautiful or disgusting."~ Jimmy Pihet(Of the Federation Française de la Couture) Read more:Beautiful
Featured Fashionista: Rihanna 2008-02-29 19:32:24 Writing this is very unexpected, I have to admit. Rihanna
is only 20 years old, and it usually takes a celebrity a good amount of trial and error, and personal exploration and experimentation before they are able to really put together their own signature style. But Rihanna has been impressing me a lot lately.She's been making front row appearances at Chanel and Sonia Rykiel, to name a few, at Paris Fashion Week. And her outfits have been just perfect! Here she is at Sonia Rykiel. I love this look so much. The colors are beautiful, and perfect for the season. The bright blue of her coat, and the yellow of the bag really stands out. And the outfit underneath: to die for! The pants are cut so beautifully, and I love how its modern and simple but still interesting. I've also always been reall Read more:Featured
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Unique Shoe Designs By Briton Antonio Berardi And Viktor & Rolf 2008-02-29 02:11:02 Briton Antonio
Berardi designed these, well, interesting shoes. He said, "When you walk, it is almost on tiptoe. You look really dainty." Well apparently Gwyneth Paltrow, Uma Thurman and Victoria Beckham all agree. They all already have a pair!I like unique shoe designs, though functionality is hugely important. I mean, you WALK in shoes. I dont know about tip-toeing around all night long (thought I imagine it would do a lot to work those calf muscles!). Definitely wouldnt wear these for a night drinking and dancing. More like tip-toe from the car to a seat, and back.These, by Viktor
& Rolf are also unique, however much more wearable. From the Fall 2008 collection, these are so "Like A Virgin", and I simply LOVE them! Read more:Shoe
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Paris Hilton In 944 Magazine 2008-02-29 01:24:08 I have never been too taken with ParisHilton
. But I really love this photo-shoot of her for 944 Magazine
. So maybe its not her Im loving, maybe its just whoever styled the shoot. Either way, something is working... Check out the slideshow to see the images! Read more:Paris Hilton
Ashley & Mary-Kate Olsen Have "Influence", And Prove It With A New Book On Fashion 2008-02-28 15:33:53 Their official press release:Mary-Kate Olsen
and Ashley
Olsen — Business Women, Designers and Global Style Icons –to Pen a New Book, INFLUENCE, for Penguin Young Readers GroupMary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen will pen a new book, Influence (the working title) for Razorbill, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, it was announced today. Influence will be published Fall 2008.Influence introduces readers to respected artists, seasoned designers and others who have influenced Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen over the past decade. The book will feature influential figures including; Christian Louboutin, Lauren Hutton, Bob Colacello, Terry Richardson, Jack Pierson and Robert Lee Morris. A coffee table book, Influence includes exclusive photographs of Ashley and Mary-Kate from world renown Read more:Prove
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Red On The Red Carpet 2008-02-26 07:52:34 Anne Hathaway, Miley Cyrus, Helen Mirren, Katherine Heigl, and Heidi Klum all wore red to the Oscars, deciding to beat the red carpet at its own game. Heidi Klum's dress by Galliano is by far my favorite. She will be auctioning the dress off online at MyCokeRewards.com. Proceeds will help build awareness for women’s heart disease on behalf of the Red Dress Campaign for Heart Truth. Katherine Heigl was absolutely stunning, and I love the shoulder of this Escada dress. I have always been drawn to circles in design, and she looks surprisingly sophisticated. She is starting to remind me of a young Charlize Theron, and I'd love to see how she can pull off a more serious role on the big screen. Read more:Carpet
Spoiled Stripper Wins Oscar, But Not My Affections 2008-02-26 07:07:17 Juno was an awesome movie, and I am happy that Diablo Cody won her Oscar
. That being said, what's up with her being such an ingrate when it comes to the one of a kind million dollar shoes Stuart Weitzman was so generous as to make for her? And that HE claims she assisted him in designing? A stripper writes one script, and suddenly she has an Oscar and thinks: I wont WHORE OUT his MILLION DOLLAR SHOES?!?!?Hmm. B!+c#, please. I'm so sure.READ THE STORY HERE and HERE.Oh and here is a great example of what I like to call the "Hollywood Makeover". Diablo Cody, on the left, in her stripper days... and on the right, Oscar night. She's come a long way, baby.More Oscar opinions coming soon! Read more:Spoiled
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Project Runway: Season 4, Episode 11: "The Art of Fashion" 2008-02-18 17:09:03 My excitement for this season of ProjectRunway
began to wane somewhere around the episode where they made "couture" from Hershey's candy wrappers and such. It was just too blatant an advertising scheme for me to take seriously. However now that we are nearing the Bryant Park episode, I am starting to make sure I tune in. This weeks episode, Sweet P was (finally) sent home. Dont get me wrong, she makes some very wearable clothing, but she is NOT a couture designer, as her strange satin dress revealed, looking completely without concept on the runway amidst much more detailed, expert work by Jillian and Christian.It was hard to take Christian seriously, at first. His youth was obvious, his sense of humor blatant. And though that may be fun and attractive in ones personal life and friends, i Read more:Season
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For All You Pin-Up Girls! 2008-02-18 01:36:19 Little Lily Designs!Designer Eva, hand makes these adorable pin-up inspired bows that can be worn in your hair or even clipped onto your clothes! You can even share them with your daughter, the clips being the kind least likely to pull. Available in plain colored satin, or cute patterns like skulls, lipstick kisses, hearts, anchors... I absolutely LOVE these!Eva was kind enough to send me samples of her product, and I can attest to both their quality and functionality, and their fashionability and uniqueness. You can find her designs either HERE (her myspace page) or HERE (her website)!Something else thats amazing about Little Lily Designs, is her "Pin-up Angels" line of camo-patterned bows. At $8 a piece, all proceeds go towards care packages being sent to our troops overseas! How generou Read more:Girls
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