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25 Days of Gift Guides: For the Beauty Maven

Amanda Gabriele — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:00:53 +0000

We all have a friend like her - hair done, nails done, everything did. She looks fabulous all the time and always knows which products work wonders. So what do you buy for a grooming expert like her? We have your back in our 25 days of gift guides. Today, gift guide for the beauty maven.

BROADCAST: How To Style the Season’s Hottest Hair with Windle and Moodie

Jessica Lapidos — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:26:22 +0000

The top runway hair trends of Fall 2011 were wielded by the hair stylist superstars of Windle and Moodie. This London based salon by Paul Windle and Neil Moodie is truly run by masters. Paul Windle was the principal of the Vidal Sassoon schools back in the 80s, and left in ’88 to open his own Salon. His prominence grew in the 90s in editorial and on the runway, styling a good number of Vogue covers. He’s also the reason his swear-by products Bumble and Bumble got so popular in the UK. If you’re in Londontown, you may even snag a coveted appointment for a haircut by Windle himself. Neil Moodie took a moment to shows us how to get the season’s coolest hair. From the tough ponied tomboy girlfriend to the teased, hurried and extreme hair of the Fall ’11 runways, Moodie takes you step by step here.

Tomboy Girlfriend

Neil Moodie engineered the “tough pony” for the BCBG Max Azria show here in NY, but it was also seen at Rochas and Calvin Klein. This self-wrapped pony is easy to do yourself.

Chic Coiffure: 4 Fab Hairstyles from Paris Fashion Week

Amanda Gabriele — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:00:56 +0000

We have entered into day 5 of Paris Fashion Week, and it’s not difficult to see why it’s the best of the four. Looking at the beauty trends during this halfway point, we’ve noticed an interesting balance of bold and minimalistic. Big, complex hairstyles took the stage just as often as the sleek and token, sending a message about the collections themselves. Were designers looking to create beauty trends alongside their lines, or did they want beauty to take a backseat and let fashion take the stage? These four hairstyles straight from the Paris runways are divided in aesthetic – which do you prefer?

Carine Roitfeld’s Barneys Lookbook For Less

Jessica Lapidos — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:46:27 +0000

While she is no longer the editrice of Vogue Paris, Carine Roitfeld is still turning it out, now on her own terms. In her latest project, she styled the Barneys lookbook, gathering a collection of werqing women that move her, and dressed them in that way that made French Vogue so epic. Here, we’ve taken five of our favorite looks and (though we’d love to go to Barneys for them, a. these pieces are not available online, and b. pshh we wish) found their essences for less.

Izabel Goulart, a Brazilian model whom Carine discovered at the Victoria’s Secret fashion show, turns it in a Mugler top.

For a cut-out zig, zag into this ribboned and mesh-topped tunic from Topshop for $66.

For the zag on a long sleeve shirt, check out what Karl Lagerfeld did for Macy’s for $99. Pair it with Tom Ford sunglasses for a killer downtown look.

Bookclubbin’: The Other Side of the Picture by Olivier Theyskens

Lester Brathwaite — Mon, 02 May 2011 20:27:27 +0000

Olivier Theyskens is one of the most singular designers in fashion today. His clothes are brooding, dramatic, poetic and above all beautiful, much like the designer himself. Shortly after dropping out of Belgium’s La Cambre Art Academy, one of his gowns ended up on Madonna‘s mannish back at the 1998 Oscars, thus propelling him to stardom. Documenting Theyskens road from precocious art star to his four seasons at Rochas and finally his brilliant but short-lived tenure at Nina Ricci was photographer Julien Claessens, whose haunting photos add another dimension to Theyskens sartorial creations and form the backbone for The Other Side of the Picture (Assouline, 2010).

In the book’s introduction, Sally Singer, editor of T Magazine, is quick to point out that this is not your typical behind the curtains tome. That’s owed primarily to the fact that Julien Claessens is not a fashion photographer. In fact he admits that he doesn’t really understand fashion, but he understands his friend Olivier’s work.

So it’s no surprise that his photos aren’t perfectly-posed, editorial-ready snapshots, but abstract portraits that offer a glimpse into a world of extremes: extreme beauty, extreme bodies and an almost otherworldly charm. The star of these portraits, however, are still Theyskens minutely-crafted work.

Like malleable sculptures, Theyskens clothes wrap and drape themselves over the skeletal frames of Lily Donaldson, Hilary Rhoda, Gemma Ward, Olga Sherer, Lara Stone, Tanya Dziahileva, Catherine McNeil and Sasha Pivovarova, lending a strength, elegance and sophistication otherwise at odds with their prepubescent fragility.

The Other Side of the Picture chronicles Theyskens career chronologically, ending before he began his newest phase at Theory, but Nina Ricci’s Fall/Winter ’09 collection is a fitting denouement, both for the book and for Theyskens time at the brand. That particular collection is the peak of Theyskens craft and a comforting reminder that talent like his shall and will not be wasted. Also, I’m still not over these tranny heels:

Julien Claessens, without understanding fashion, is able to completely grasp the work of Olivier Theyskens. As Claessens says about his friend’s work, “There’s something here that is part of my universe.” His clothes speak, live and breathe through Claessens’ photos because Theyskens intended them to speak, live and breathe on the women he dresses. Claessens and Theyskens simply speak the same language.

What owning this book says about you: You’re a serious-minded fashionista who admires Olivier’s dark aesthetic and/or his dark hotness.

What your dinner guests will say upon seeing this book on your coffee table: “Oh, wow, someone’s pretentious. And fabulous.”

How this book will make your fashion brain grow: Though you’re not likely to gain much in the way of knowledge from The Other Side of the Picture, you’re heart will swell at its beauty.

If you like this, you’ll love: Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty. The book to the Met exhibit is on sale — having had a quick look at it this morning we can definitely say it is worth the 30 bucks (plus free shipping, y’all!)

Style Icon to the Max

The Fashion Web — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:50:14 +0000

Anna Dello Russo – style icon to the extreme. No one else on Planet Earth can pull off a Rochas jumpsuit and Valentino shoes. Photo courtesy of Garance Dore.

LINK:http://drinkinganddreaming.blogspot.com/2010/10/style-icon-to-max.html

More Nonsense From Paris

The Fashion Web — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:39:52 +0000

The fashion industry is like network television. You can keep changing the channels, only to find utter nonsense filling the airwaves. In that same vain, you can go from fashion show to fashion show only to find utter nonsense filling the runways. The job of an editor these days, besides…

LINK:http://imeanwhat.com/youcallthisfashion/more-nonsense-from-paris

FIRST LOOK: Rochas Mules for Fall 2010

Rebecca Alexander — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:43:05 +0000

I can’t make up my mind about these Rochas shoes, something about them is quite interesting but they are borderline ugly. There are a few other versions (after the jump), and I think I really like the leopard print ones. What do you guys think?

Ugly or not?

Olivier Theyskens Models for Paris, La Magazine

Rebecca Alexander — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:49:34 +0000

Olivier Theyskens, former designer of Nina Ricci and Rochas, accepted an invitation to pose for a fashion spread in the latest issue of Paris, LA magazine. Keep reading on WWD

Runway: Kate Lanphear’s Favs from Paris

Randi Danielle — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:58:21 +0000

Dress and headdressing by Gareth Pugh on Karlie Kloss

Multi-Chain Necklace by Gareth Pugh

Wifebeater and mens undies look by Rochas

LINK LOVE

QUICK LINKS VIA NY MAG

Rebecca Alexander — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:23:31 +0000

Paris Fashion Week starts today! Today’s highlights include Gareth Pugh (above) and Rochas. [Moment/NYT]

Rodarte‘s work will be on display at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York this January when the temporary exhibit “Quicktake: Rodarte” goes on display. [WWD]

Model Anja Rubik will be featured in the new yoga game for Nintendo Wii. [Modelinia]

Victoria’s Secret’s model of the moment is Jessica Hart, who is “all over” the latest catalogue. The Post thinks this is because fellow VS models Heidi Klum, Karolina Kurkova, and Adriana Lima are all pregnant. [Page Six/NYP]

Ex-Vogue intern and hockey player Sean Avery and Hilary Rhoda are reportedly an item. The model was previously linked to New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez. [Page Six/NYP]

Is Nina Ricci Letting Olivier Theyskens Go?

Saynt — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:27:22 +0000

The word on the street is that Olivier Theyskens is on his way out of Nina Ricci. Apparently, his Spring 2009 failed to impress buyers.

So sad considering that Anna Wintour herself gave Theysken’s her personal vote of confidence by giving the designer a CFDA award back in 2002 when he was heading design at Rochas at the tender age of 25.

Honestly though, isn’t it about time this designer got his own line?

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