Pat McGrath

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We know the holidays aren’t about the getting or the spending, but if there was ever a time to wish for that bespoke Tom Ford, this is it.

From the windows at Saks and Barneys to the Christmas displays in Opening Ceremony, stores are transformed into wonderlands where even the most Scrooge-hearted of shoppers can’t help wistfully picking up that CĂ©line tote.

In honor of Christmas fantasies, we’ve picked out the gifts we dream of receiving one day. Let’s hope Santa Karl is in a giving mood this year.

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LeSportSac confirmed that Anna Wintour recently gifted her Vogue staff the brand’s totes in platinum ($98) and patent leather ($88).

So it’s no ten grand plus an iPad (Hi Oprah! We love you too! Winkface), but it’s something.

Why LeSportSac?

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Pat McGrath is one of the most influential and skilled makeup artists in the industry. From the runways of Prada and Dior to legendary Vogue editorials, Pat has created (and shared with us) some of the most beautiful and unique looks you’ve ever seen. We’re not sure where she finds the time, but she’s also the Global Creative Design Director for Cover Girl, which is what brought her, and us, to the LeSportsac flagship last night to celebrate the launch of their limited edition collaboration.

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Steven Meisel shot Freja, Lara, Amber, Abbey Lee and a few more girls for his Vogue Italia Shrink to Fit editorial. They’re all wearing what look like little boy’s Gap, but it’s actually a combination of Marc, Louis Vuitton, Alex Wang, DSquared and more.

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If someone who knows very little about beauty (like me) wants to know everything about beauty, there’s only one person to ask. So yesterday, we had lunch with Pat McGrath, the legendary makeup artist and Cover Girl’s Creative Director. She walked a small group of editors through this spring’s trends, and while we did know [...]

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“And ultimately I enjoy it because I’ve worked in Pizza Hut, in a shoe store, on hotel reception, so I know how much fun my job is. I’m putting on someone’s mascara and eating from a fabulous buffet. I love it!” -Pat McGrath in LOVE Issue #3

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In the midst of Fashion Month, a vacation, a birthday and what’s starting to feel like a blog explosion, I ran out of time to finish posting the series of Life With’s I worked on in LA this summer. Next up is Molly Stern. I’m tempted to call Molly “make-up artist to the stars,” but [...]

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The bleaching of models’ brows was all the rage for S/S 2010 (and actually was fairly popular the season before at Prada, Balenciaga, and Miu Miu). We’ve been fascinated as to how all the girls’ eyebrows didn’t fall out by the end of Paris Fashion Week. Today, we went to a Cover Girl lunch with [...]

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Over the course of my career I’ve become rather adept at writing about how to put on makeup or do your hair. But what I’m not amazingly talented at is doing it myself. And really the best way to learn is to watch someone else do it. The good folks over at Stila have realized [...]

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At least in the US, that is. Procter & Gamble is going to stop selling the brand domestically, though it will continue to globally. We haven’t paid much attention to the brand over the past few years, and apparently, we are not alone. It seemed a bit schizophrenic lately, signing Carmen Electra to a contract [...]

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Model Genius: Coco Rocha learns how to do her own hair & make-up. No longer needs Pat & Guido. {OhSoCoco} Muji My Way: Muji’s finally available on-line. It’s come so far since I lived in London and had to explain its awesomeness to stateside friends. {Racked} Go Arlenis: Arlenis Sosa rocks the cover of Vogue [...]

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