Treat your hair to Kerastase

photo credit: Kerastase

If you live or are planning to travel to the west coast take time out to enjoy a complimentary treatment and blow-dry service from Kerastase when you donate ($10 minimum) to Locks of Love on June 23rd.

Now is the time to get your hair in shape for the summer. Each treatment is tailored to your hair type. The result, revitalized hair with great style. Visit Kerastase-usa.com for a list of parcipating salons.

Michael Kors Honored by Cancer Research Institute

Michael Kors and Joan Allen. Photo credit: Manuel Rodriguez

Last night, June 16, 2010, the Cancer Research Institute honored top American fashion designer Michael Kors with the Oliver R. Grace Award for Distinguished Service in Advancing Cancer Research. Three-time Academy Award nominee Joan Allen presented the Grace Award to Mr. Kors at a black-tie dinner held at The Mandarin Oriental in New York City. The award honored Mr. Kors' committment to raising awareness and funds for cancer research causes. Other honorees included GlaxoSmithKline chief executive officer Andrew Witty, and tumor immunologists Haruo Ohtani, Wolf Hervé Fridman, and Jérôme Galon. The dinner raised $721,000 for the Cancer Research Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing immune system based treatments for cancer.

Honorees & Presenters (front, L to R) Donald J. Gogel, Jill O’Donnell-Tormey, Michael Kors, Joan Allen, Alex Witt; (back, L to R) Haruo Ohtani, Moncef Slaoui, Wolf Hervé Fridman, Robert D. Schreiber, Jérôme Galon. Photo credit: Manuel Rodriguez

Jill O’Donnell-Tormey, Nina Garcia, Michael Kors, Joan Allen. Photo credit: Manuel Rodriguez.

Tim Baxter and Shaira Reyes. Photo credit: Manuel Rodriguez

5 Party Getaway Pieces For Weekend Trip

The last thing you want to worry about on a weekend getaway is what to wear when you’re getting ready. You ARE there to relax, right? The trick is to pack strategically. Pack light and build a color story. By packing items that complement each other in color and style, last minute mix and matching is a synch if the weather does an unexpected switch or you’re simply feeling indecisive. Of course where you're going for the weekend makes a huge difference - mountain climbing calls for a different wardrobe then a girls trip to South Beach.

So, for party girls like me (check out  http://www.ampartygirl.com/), I went on the hunt for looks on the streets and boutiques of NYC with my buddy and fellow blogger JamieJolie (LINK TO JAMIE'S BLOG). I spotted some inspiration pieces at Yamak, a very cute boutique down on Christopher St where I hunt for cute dresses and accessories, and some gals (who were coincedently on a weekend getaway to NY) who graciously let us photograph their looks. Thanks Ladies!

Here's a list of 5 Party Getaway Pieces you shouldn’t leave without.

One-Piece Outfits always do the trick - like this season’s floral/ patterned short rompers. They're great for heading to the beach, sightseeing, or even heading to a bar - as long as you accessorize it right. Long pants rompers are also a good move for chilly days/nights, and look great with heels or flats.

Dresses are a no brainer. What I'm absolutely loving now is multi-way dresses - like the ones at American Apparel - that can double as a skirt. When packing up your dresses don't be afraid to pair them with a jacket of another pattern - as long as the patterns don't compete for attention.

Always bring a jacket - its essential. This season I'm loving anorak’s. The can be dressed up or down and will take you into Fall. The jacket pictured is from Top Shop and is water proof.

Pretty Sandals - Pretty flat sandals dress up simple looks but are still comfy enough to walk around in. I love jeweled ones and of course metallics (I'm a metallic fanatic!). Pretty sandals are like jewelry for your feet and so sexy. I'm over gladiator flats though. You might still wear a pair from last year - but don't bother investing in a new pair - there's just too many other options to chose from ( like the cute gold studded ones worn by the Street Chic lady in the black and white). And for petite women especially, gladiators can cut your leg in a way that makes you seem shorter. No bueno.

Gold Accessories are my FAV for trips. They glam up everything and look phenomenal with a tan.

Happy Travels!

-Adi Ross
Adi is a freelance fashion and lifestyle writer in the NYC area. Send Adi an email

 

All photos by Jamie at http://www.joliejamie.blogspot.com/

The Carrie Diaries

 

 The Carrie Diaries is the coming-of-age story of one of the most iconic characters of our generation.




Before Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw was a small-town girl who knew she wanted more. She's ready for real life to start, but first she must navigate her senior year of high school. Up until now, Carrie and her friends have been inseparable. Then Sebastian Kydd comes into the picture, and a friend's betrayal makes her question everything.



With an unforgettable cast of characters, The Carrie Diaries is the story of how a regular girl learns to think for herself and evolves into a sharp, insightful writer. Readers will learn about her family background, how she found her writing voice, and the indelible impression her early friendships and relationships left on her. Through adventures both audacious and poignant, we'll see what brings Carrie to her beloved New York City, where her new life begins.

Burberry Beauty launching this summer

Burberry a label known for luxury fashion will introduce Burberry Beauty this summer. The collection will be a full range of cosmetics,  a 96-unit makeup line, which draws inspiration from the brand’s iconic trenchcoat
including blush, pressed powder, powder foundation, liquid foundation, eye shadow, eyeliner, lipgloss, lipstick and mascara.

Photo and story credit WWD

Burberry's Christopher Bailey told WWD: "It started because I felt that, at shows and the shoots, the whole attitude is epitomized through the shoes, the bags, the clothes, the accessories, but then the face was the one thing I really struggled with. When we were doing makeup, I felt like we weren't able to get the right attitude. It was either caked-on makeup or then just the wrong colors, the wrong tones, the wrong spirit for makeup. I wanted it to be this kind of effortless elegance. Like the trenchcoat, it can be worn anywhere and at any time."


The trench theme is recurring throughout the collection, down to the details. Its beige outer cartons are reminiscent of the coat's fabric, while the packaging itself is etched with the brand's signature check plaid. The trench swayed the designer's choice of makeup shades, too. "I liked the idea of taking the trenchcoat and the weather as the two things that influence and define the colors," said Bailey. "You've got the naturals from the trenchcoats and from the weather you've got these beautiful stormy grays and stormy blues. Then, when the sun comes out, you've got this glow and you've got lighter tones, as well. "




The coordinating campaign, shot by famed photographer Mario Testino, features models Lily Donaldson, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Nina Porter sporting Burberry trenchcoats. Multiple versions of the ad were shot, with each image incorporating a different makeup focus.



The collection will retail between $24 (lipliner) to $59 (foundation) at U.S. Nordstrom locations beginning in July.

via WWD

Sex and The City 2 Inspired Makeup -Carrie Bradshaw Eyes

Take a look at this video created by MUD in LA with instructor Pamela Hackman

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Fashion In Film

In the past ten years we have seen films be based off of Fashion and the Fashion Industry even on TV you can see shows such as "Project Runway" "Launch My Line" "America's Next Top Model" & "Ugly Betty" just to name a few.

Fashion made its first splash in Hollywood back in the late 1920's with the MGM Costume Designer Gilbert Adrian, or more commonly known as Adrian.  From 1928 - 1941 Adrian designed all costumes for MGM's leading lady's of film such as Greta Garbo, Norma Sheerer, & Joan Crawford.  A perfect example of his genius with design is in the 1939 classic "The Women" staring  Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, & Norma Sheerer.  This all women cast shows how he could identify with each women's character and who they were and in so doing he created some of the most timeless and classic pieces to date. 

Here is one design of Adrian's as worn by Joan Crawford

1932 MGM publicity still for "Grand Hotel"

Any movie from the dates of 1928 - 1941 will have wonderful designs in clothing that you can see where our fashions now have stemmed from.

One of my favorite movies is the first real movie about a girl and her love of everything shiny and fashionable, yes my friends I am speaking of the 1961 classic "Breakfast At Tiffany's" Staring the amazing Audry Hepburn.
The film showed how a modern woman in 1961 lived her single life in NYC and all the amenity's that came with it! 

Costume Designer: Edith Head

Publicity still from Paramount Pictures 1961

"How To Marry A Millionaire" staring Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, & Lauren Bacall was a 1953 classic film wherein three women living in NYC band together to find men who suited there needs (Millionaire's)
Costume Designer: Edith Head
  


"My Fair Lady" Staring Audry Hepburn 1964
This is THE movie that got me into the fashion industry for the dress Hepburn wore in the horse racing scene.
The movie follows the story of a simple flower girl in Edwardian London during the early 1900's who is "spotted" by a professor and his cohort who take this simple flower girl with ill speech and make her a respectable lady.

Costume Designer: Cecil Beaton


Many Movies were made since and fashion has become more of a center for TV and Major Motion Pictures.

However these movies listed here will show you how we have gotten to where we are today and may give us some insight as to where we may be going.