Archive for August 2011

Beauty

Cool Brit Nail Polish Brand Nails Inc. Is Now Available Stateside

Are you an Anglophilic nail polish lover? If so, this is going to be a really good week for you. Nails Inc., the nail polish brand known for its trendy colors and fun crystallized caps, is finally launching full-on here in the US. In the past, small special edition sets and collections were available at Henri Bendel, but that’s about it.

Thea Green, the founder of Nails Inc., is a former fashion editor at Tatler and started a nail salon chain after being inspired by the concept of the quickie manicure on her frequent trips to the US. At the time, manicures were a luxury item in her country, and UK salons didn’t offer quick versions. Her concept took off, with women flocking in for 15-minute manis. The nail polish line soon followed, then came the English designers looking for bespoke colors for their catwalks. Instant caché.

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Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Linda Evangelista’s Child Support Demands, Chloe Moretz As a ’50s Gang Leader and Happy 30th Anniversary MTV!

Watch: Chloe Moretz Stars In A Stylish Music Video, Directed By Drew Barrymore: This star-studded video for Best Coast’s “Our Deal” channels West Side Story and the cult documentary Style Wars and is absolutely the coolest with teddy boy-inspired fashion, forbidden love and break dancing fight scenes. There’s even an accompanying behind-the-scenes video with the stylist Alicia Lombardini. {MTV Style}

Karlie Kloss and Joe Jonas are NOT Dating: Kloss told Life & Style the two are not an item but that “we’re really great friends, and I do love him as a person.” Dash all our hopes, why don’t you. {Vogue UK}

Linda Evangelista Wants $46,000 a Month in Child Support From François Pinault: In one of the biggest support demands ever to hit family court, Evangelista is asking PPR head Pinault, who was only recently revealed as her baby daddy, for 46K in child support for their 4-year-old son. {NY Post}

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Retail

Confirmed: Zara E-commerce Will Launch Stateside September 7

Last year, when Zara launched e-commerce for the first time, we were pretty disappointed upon realizing that only European customers were getting in on it. While Zara did say they would launch online shopping for the U.S. at some point, we didn’t have much to go on–until now! And we only have about a month to wait. A rep for Zara has confirmed to us that U.S. e-commerce is set to launch Wednesday, September 7 of this year–just in time for fall shopping.

It’s about time. Even though we sometimes give Zara a hard time for being very literally influenced by designers, we still shop there. Their clothes are affordable, on-trend and look expensive. And it will be nice to be able to shop online since their busy Manhattan stores can be a lot to handle. Plus, Kate Middleton’s love for the affordable retailer will have only increased demand exponentially.

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Entertainment

Poll: Helen Mirren Beats Out Jennifer Lopez and Pippa Middleton for ‘Body of the Year’

66-year-old Helen Mirren is already an Oscar winner and a Dame, but she has just earned herself another coveted title: Best Body of the Year.

The LA Fitness health club chain polled over 2,000 people and Mirren beat out such svelte starlets and models as Jennifer Lopez, Elle ‘The Body’ Macpherson, Kelly Brook and Pippa Middleton for the title, the Daily News is reporting. (Don’t worry Pippa got the consolation title “Rear of the Year.”)

When Mirren was snapped in a bikini three years ago, jaws dropped around the world (if you search Helen Mirren in Google, bikini pops up first next to her name–it’s oustered Caligula). That photo undoubtedly has a lot to do with Mirren’s win. She earned 17.7% of the votes while MacPherson came in second with 10.6% percent of votes.

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Beauty

Are We All Going to be a Bunch of Pippa Middleton Clones? New Reports Say Women Want her Tan, Her Bum, and her Facial Features

Pippa Middleton is still inspiring legions of women in the UK and abroad, and recently just won a very prestigious honor. Her skin tone, dubbed the “Royal Mocha,” has been voted the most desirable shade by British women looking to fake bake, the Daily Mail is reporting.

The study, commissioned by a new UK TV station, included a poll of 2,000 women who were presented with a color chart of various tan Brit celebs. The station also paraded tan models in bikinis and high heels all over London, to act as representatives of each celeb, which I’m sure cheered up a lot of people on the street. Pippa’s glow won with over 60% of the votes. The majority of the women surveyed said they feel better about themselves and sexier when they have a tan.

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Fashion Careers

The Aisle New York is looking for Interns!

The Aisle New York is looking for talented, resourceful and dynamic interns to work with our small, highly professional founding team. We are a new start-up bridal/wedding ecommerce company that launched Jan. 3, 2011. Fantastic opportunity to participate in all aspects of the business and to be delegated significant responsibility.

Duties include on set fashion assisting for our bridal fashion shoots, prepping and packing garments, answering phones and providing customer service support to shopping customers, general office management, brainstorming creative concepts and marketing initiatives, assisting in PR/Press initiatives, supporting founders/management in all functions, and uploading photos and text to website.

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Fashion Careers

APM Model Agency Needs Interns in NYC!

APM model management agency in New York City’s Garment District need interns ASAP.

- They are looking for enthusiastic, fashion minded interns who are interested in design and that are willing to work five days a week for at least 3 months.

- Interns who would like to work on fashion shows and/or help in the office.
- The internship is not paid.
- If you have worked at a fashion agency, or fashion related business, that is a definite plus.
- Please be Microsoft Word and Excel proficient, computer literate and have a can-do attitude.

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Magazines

This Really Happened: Terry Richardson Photographed Liza Minnelli for LOVE and She Looks Awesome

By Leah Chernikoff Tuesday, Aug 2, 2011 / 9:40 AM

Photo: Terry Richardson for LOVE magazine

Another day, another bit of news from LOVE issue six. Hey, we’re not complaining. Today brings perhaps our favorite tidbit so far: that Terry Richardson shot Liza with a Z for the high fashion book.

The 65-year-old legend (hello she’s an EGOT-er) looks pretty freaking amazing here, all Sally Bowles-ed Fosse-d out in black leather and more black eyeliner. Vogue UK reports that the rest of the Richardson-lensed editorial features Minnelli dressed as the statue of liberty. (Can we get on that? The Fashion Spot I’m looking at you.) In the accompanying story, Minnelli discusses her famous friendships with Michael Jackson and Lady Gaga and her career.

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Accessories

Watch: A Rare Peek Inside Vogue‘s Glorious Shoe Closet

By Dhani Mau Tuesday, Aug 2, 2011 / 8:32 AM

God Save My Shoes is the long-awaited documentary about the relationship between women and their shoes. If that sounds a bit cheesy, well, it might be, but upon seeing some of the footage from the film, we realized they got some really good stuff. There are interviews with Christian Louboutin, Manolo Blahnik, Walter Steiger, Pierre Hardy, Bruno Frisoni, and Robert Clergerie, as well as shoe-obsessed celebs like Fergie and Dita Von Teese (Coco must not have been available). The film is set to premiere in Paris during fashion week, but for now, check out this production diary which takes you inside the infamous Vogue shoe closet. Read more »

Fashion Is Fun

Fashion and Sharks, Not Mutually Exclusive: Happy Shark Week!

By Mickie Meinhardt Monday, Aug 1, 2011 / 8:00 PM

Welcome to Shark Week! Next to Fashion Week, this is my favorite stretch of the year. What could be better than a slew of programming dedicated to Australian men jumping in the water to swim with deadly predators? Or watching a massive Great White flip out of the air? This week I shall become a hermit, glued to my couch while Googling Kate Bosworth in Blue Crush and pretending I could be an oceanographer if I really wanted to. If you’re as Discovery Channel-obsessed as I am, here are some shark-themed pieces to get you in the spirit this week. Enjoy!
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Entertainment

Confirmed: Vera Wang Will Design Kim Kardashian’s Wedding Dress

In not at all shocking news, Kim K has revealed on her blog that Vera Wang will design her wedding dress.

“I am so excited to reveal that Vera Wang is my wedding dress designer,” Kim wrote. “Vera has been a close family friend for a long time and we had talked about this moment for years, so when it came to picking my wedding dress designer she was the first person I thought of. No one designs gowns the way she does!”

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People & Parties

Lauren Conrad’s Paper Crown Line Has Officially Launched: A Look Back at the Top 10 Trends Set by LC

Lauren Conrad’s role in fashion has gone from the Cali girl everyone wanted to dress like to a budding designer with some actual talent–her latest line, Paper Crown, hit stores Saturday.

While on The Hills, millions of viewers watched Lauren Conrad cry over boyfriends and fight with Speidi. But what we were all really paying attention to–subconsciously or not–was the Laguna Beach native’s easy to emulate style.

Even with her reality days behind her, Conrad continues to inspire and fuel beauty and fashion trends. We’ve rounded up ten of LC’s signiture looks–from the ever popular side braid to her new tie-dyed ombre tresses (and matching nails).

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