Edited by Amanda Gabriele
Welcome to the newest Saturday FashionIndie feature 5 Steps to a Style Icon. Each week, we will take a picture of a classic starlet and tell you how to get the look in five steps. This week, you’ll see how easy it is to master the effortless glamor of silver screen actress and muse of Hubert de Givenchy, Audrey Hepburn.
Edited by Amanda Gabriele
Bridget Bardot. Marilyn Monroe. Sophia Loren. These are the glamorous women we turn to when we want to turn. Minus the occasional, copious amounts of plastic surgery in their later years, these are the gals we look at for bodacious beauty rituals and tastefully seductive fashion sense. As the elegance of Hollywood quickly fades, we tend to forget what a true glamour queen actually looks like. Not ones to be absentminded about the belles of yore, here’s FashionIndie’s guide on how to be a bombshell.
Edited by Jessica Lapidos
Those who now attend the gothic church on the corner of 6th Avenue and 20th Street probably pray to the gods of fashion. For the past year it has been the home of The Limelight Marketplace, a maze of over 60 local shops selling everything from artisan crafted jewelry to artisan craft cheese. And jeans, flip flops and fast trends as well. And art. And haircuts. And various tchotchkes. Perhaps they were praying for something a little less scatterbrained. To that end, Limelight owner Jack Manashe has terminated most of his selling tenants as he redefines the place as a department store.
Edited by Lester Brathwaite
TCM, Turning Classic Movies, brings to light classic movies with a flair for fashion. This week Myrna Loy stars as film’s most glamorous gal Friday, Nora Charles, in the first of The Thin Man (1934) series.
Edited by Amanda Gabriele
Oscar co-host Anne Hathaway looked stunning in every single look Rachel Zoe put her in last night. The only dress I did not like was the Valentino Fall 2002 Couture dress she wore on the red carpet, but we’ll just pretend it didn’t happen. Check out Anne’s top three Oscar looks in the Red Carpet Report Card.
Edited by Amanda Gabriele
By guest contributor Heather Epstein
Hollywood glam meets New York City party girl glam is one way to describe Jenny Packham’s Fall 2011 collection. This line is filled with chiffon silk dresses bedazzled in beautiful black, gold and silver sequins. Her amazing bead work was on full display with lots of small details, like the floral sequin designs, that can be found on each piece. She played with the idea of building sequin over sequin, but kept the fabric from being weighed down to keep it moving with the body. Her staple silk gowns in champagne and blush tones also made a guest appearance. Floor length dresses with thigh-high slits were reminiscent of old Hollywood glam. This line doesn’t have your typical staple pieces but has nothing but head-turning garments.
