Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Lady Gaga's Beautiful Atelier Versace Gown
Lady Gaga's Wake" on VANITY FAIR - January 2012
The January issue of Vanity Fair is featuring Lady Gaga on the Cover in a red custom Atelier Versace look.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Movie Review of the Weekend
"Breaking Dawn,” which stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, (Edward and Bella)features a highly anticipated wedding and dramatic high-risk pregnancy...which brings an unforeseen and shocking development for Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner).
The storyline reached a new depth and is everything every fan will desire.
They have saved the best for last. This movie is totally romantic and its three leads are at their best. This will delight 'Twilight' fans and bring in new converts.
Info at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
Thrift Store Find of the Week
Always find a good piece of designer clothes at the thrift store. Marc by Marc Jacobs only $ 5.99
Friday, November 25, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
The Qoute of the Day
If you are really, truly friends you can eat off of each other's plates.
Oscar de la Rent
Oscar de la Rent
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Designer of The Month
Stella McCartney
She was born in Lambeth , London on 13 September 1971, the second child of former Beatle bassist Sir Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman.
Stella McCartney became interested in designing clothes at age thirteen, when she made her first jacket. Three years later, she interned for Christian Lacroix, working on his first fashion design collection, honing her skills working for Edward Sexton, her father's Savile Row tailor for a number of years.
She studied her foundation at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication fashion design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in the early 1990s. Her graduation collection in 1995 was modelled by friends and supermodels Naomi Campbell , Yasmin Le Bon and Kate Moss – for free – at the graduation runway show. The collection was shown to a song penned by her famous father, called "Stella May Day."The show made front-page news, and the entire collection was sold to Tokio, a London boutique.
In March 1997 McCartney was appointed Creative Director of Paris fashion house Chloé following in the footsteps of Karl Lagerfeld Lagerfeld was less than impressed with the house's choice, famously stating, "Chloé should have taken a big name. They did, but in music, not fashion. Let's hope she's as gifted as her father." Despite initial skepticism, McCartney's designs have enjoyed considerable commercial and critical success. She was accompanied to Chloé by her assistant and friend Phoebe Philo who later replaced her as design director.
In 2001, McCartney resigned from Chloé in order to enter into an eponymous joint venture with Gucci Stella McCartney now operates 16 freestanding stores in locations including Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, London’s Mayfair, LA’s West Hollywood, Las Vegas, Paris’ Palais Royal and Milan, and recently opened doors in Rome and Dallas. Her collections are now distributed in over 50 countries through 600 wholesale accounts including specialty shops and department stores.
In 2003, Stella McCartney launched her first perfume “Stella.”
In January 2007, McCartney launched a skincare line called CARE. The 100% organic line includes seven products, from a cleansing milk made with lemon balm and apricot to green tea and linden blossom floral water.
In 2008, a new lingerie line was launched.
In November 2010, the Stella McCartney Kids collection was launched - catering for newborns and children up to the age of 12.
This coming February, Stella McCartney will show a special collection as part of the fall 2012 show calendar in London. Details about the show are vague, but the "one-off" line is part of concerted promotional efforts by McCartney in the run up to the 2012 Olympics, for which she's the British team's creative director. Other events hyping her Olympics involvement include an exhibition called "World of Stella" going up in January at the department store Selfridges. McCartney will also start selling a new fragrance, and open a second London store.
She was born in Lambeth , London on 13 September 1971, the second child of former Beatle bassist Sir Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman.
Stella McCartney became interested in designing clothes at age thirteen, when she made her first jacket. Three years later, she interned for Christian Lacroix, working on his first fashion design collection, honing her skills working for Edward Sexton, her father's Savile Row tailor for a number of years.
She studied her foundation at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication fashion design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in the early 1990s. Her graduation collection in 1995 was modelled by friends and supermodels Naomi Campbell , Yasmin Le Bon and Kate Moss – for free – at the graduation runway show. The collection was shown to a song penned by her famous father, called "Stella May Day."The show made front-page news, and the entire collection was sold to Tokio, a London boutique.
In March 1997 McCartney was appointed Creative Director of Paris fashion house Chloé following in the footsteps of Karl Lagerfeld Lagerfeld was less than impressed with the house's choice, famously stating, "Chloé should have taken a big name. They did, but in music, not fashion. Let's hope she's as gifted as her father." Despite initial skepticism, McCartney's designs have enjoyed considerable commercial and critical success. She was accompanied to Chloé by her assistant and friend Phoebe Philo who later replaced her as design director.
In 2001, McCartney resigned from Chloé in order to enter into an eponymous joint venture with Gucci Stella McCartney now operates 16 freestanding stores in locations including Manhattan’s Meatpacking District, London’s Mayfair, LA’s West Hollywood, Las Vegas, Paris’ Palais Royal and Milan, and recently opened doors in Rome and Dallas. Her collections are now distributed in over 50 countries through 600 wholesale accounts including specialty shops and department stores.
In 2003, Stella McCartney launched her first perfume “Stella.”
In January 2007, McCartney launched a skincare line called CARE. The 100% organic line includes seven products, from a cleansing milk made with lemon balm and apricot to green tea and linden blossom floral water.
In 2008, a new lingerie line was launched.
In November 2010, the Stella McCartney Kids collection was launched - catering for newborns and children up to the age of 12.
This coming February, Stella McCartney will show a special collection as part of the fall 2012 show calendar in London. Details about the show are vague, but the "one-off" line is part of concerted promotional efforts by McCartney in the run up to the 2012 Olympics, for which she's the British team's creative director. Other events hyping her Olympics involvement include an exhibition called "World of Stella" going up in January at the department store Selfridges. McCartney will also start selling a new fragrance, and open a second London store.
Info at Wiki and vogue UK
Thrift Store Find Of The Week
Friday, November 18, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
The Quote of Today
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths .
Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Monday, November 14, 2011
Thrift Store Find of The Week
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
Tribute to model Loulou De La Falaise
Loulou de la Falaise, who created jewellery and hats for fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, died Saturday at the age of 63 was variously described as an ambassador, friend, confidante and “party pal” of the fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent; most often, however, she was branded his “muse”.
La Falaise moved to New York City in the late 1960s, where she briefly modeled before turning to designing printed fabrics for Halston. For a period she worked as a junior editor at the British society magazine Queen, during which time she met fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent. Eventually La Falaise moved to Paris, where she joined his haute-couture firm in 1972. Responding to a description of her as a Saint Laurent muse in 2010, La Falaise responded, “For me, a muse is someone who looks glamorous but is quite passive, whereas I was very hard-working. I worked from 9am to sometimes 9pm, or even 2am. I certainly wasn’t passive.”
"Her official task was to bring her eccentric style to accessories and jewellery, and she duly came up with often-chunky designs incorporating large colourful stones, enamel work or rock crystal".La Falaise also inspired Saint Laurent with her inventive wardrobe: "one week she was Desdemona in purple velvet flares and a crown of flowers, the next Marlene [Dietrich] with plucked crescent-shaped eyebrows". Cesare Cunaccia of Italian Vogue observed, "She was cool, ironic, fragile and strong, imaginatively décalé, balanced halfway between following the rules and ostentatious originality, sophisticated and négligé all at the same time, and she caused a profound cultural revolution in YSL, opening up a new aesthetic dimension. ... Her enthusiasm, her frivolity, her bold sense of colour – and even her relationships – became increasingly necessary to the couturier. Always positive, conciliatory and ready to laugh even in the most difficult moment, Loulou was to become the impetus for YSL to rethink and rediscover colour".
In 2002, when Yves Saint Laurent retired, La Falaise began producing her own clothing and jewelry designs. As reported in The New York Times by fashion writer Cathy Horyn, "The clothing line captured much of her rare taste—well-cut blazers in the best English tweeds, French sailor pants in linen, striped silk blouses with cheeky black lace edging, masculine walking coats with fur linings, and gorgeous knits in perfectly chosen colors".
info by http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ and wikipidia.org
La Falaise moved to New York City in the late 1960s, where she briefly modeled before turning to designing printed fabrics for Halston. For a period she worked as a junior editor at the British society magazine Queen, during which time she met fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent. Eventually La Falaise moved to Paris, where she joined his haute-couture firm in 1972. Responding to a description of her as a Saint Laurent muse in 2010, La Falaise responded, “For me, a muse is someone who looks glamorous but is quite passive, whereas I was very hard-working. I worked from 9am to sometimes 9pm, or even 2am. I certainly wasn’t passive.”
"Her official task was to bring her eccentric style to accessories and jewellery, and she duly came up with often-chunky designs incorporating large colourful stones, enamel work or rock crystal".La Falaise also inspired Saint Laurent with her inventive wardrobe: "one week she was Desdemona in purple velvet flares and a crown of flowers, the next Marlene [Dietrich] with plucked crescent-shaped eyebrows". Cesare Cunaccia of Italian Vogue observed, "She was cool, ironic, fragile and strong, imaginatively décalé, balanced halfway between following the rules and ostentatious originality, sophisticated and négligé all at the same time, and she caused a profound cultural revolution in YSL, opening up a new aesthetic dimension. ... Her enthusiasm, her frivolity, her bold sense of colour – and even her relationships – became increasingly necessary to the couturier. Always positive, conciliatory and ready to laugh even in the most difficult moment, Loulou was to become the impetus for YSL to rethink and rediscover colour".
In 2002, when Yves Saint Laurent retired, La Falaise began producing her own clothing and jewelry designs. As reported in The New York Times by fashion writer Cathy Horyn, "The clothing line captured much of her rare taste—well-cut blazers in the best English tweeds, French sailor pants in linen, striped silk blouses with cheeky black lace edging, masculine walking coats with fur linings, and gorgeous knits in perfectly chosen colors".
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