What's the easiest - and least expensive way - to personalize your look? Painted Fingernails! Nail polish continues to be just as important an accessory as the right shoe or bag, present on almost every single runway. The direction: moody, minimal-chic shades of mushroom, slate gray, and even blue.
-Vogue Beauty Guide
I always enjoy seeing one of our pieces make it to the big screen. Production designers definitely seem to share some go-to items with our line, but this is the firs time that our Lucca Chairs were ever featured - and at the scene of the crime nonetheless! Here's a campaign shoot featuring Kyra Sedgwick and Lucca Chair for The Closer.
Thanks to CocoCozy for her kind mention today of including our Gatsby Dining Table on her top list of favorite dining tables. If you haven't had a chance to check out her fabulous Blog, it's a nice resource for home decor and solutions!
From posh to punky, the updo is Fall's new ponytail. But don't worry if yours has come loose (or if you're on day two), the point of these updos and the thing that makes them so refreshingly modern (and actually feasible): They aren't uptight.
Giambattista Valli, Paris
Prada, Milan
Chanel, Paris
Vera Wang, New York
Christian Dior, Paris
Rochas, Paris
I'm looking forward to Conan's return to television on TBS this November. As you may or may not know, my husband Steven was a regular on the former Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien - the initial news in January of NBC's decision took us all by surprise. Conan and his entire staff were nothing less than amazingly gracious to our family every time Steven was on, and I'm thrilled that they all found a new home at TBS.
Here's a clip of Steven putting Conan through stunt training - it was the last stunt segment (and most nerve wracking for me) they did with the NBC show.
More Conan/Steven stunt footage on Steven’s site
The now-controversial commercial features model, Ashley Grahm of Ford Models.
ABC and the clothing company Lane Bryant are locked in a war of words after the retailer accused the network of refusing to run ads for a new line of lingerie because it focused on full-figured women.
For almost a century, Lane Bryant has been selling clothes to full-figured women. So when the company came out with a new line of lingerie, the company decided to sex up their ad. Apparently it was a little too sexy for a couple of networks. The ads have not aired. Lane Bryant claims that's because of a bias against full-figured women.
A woman in the ad is curvy, graceful and showing off her assets.
"I think it's tasteful, it's elegant. I mean, I've seen much worse," said Kari Nevil of Burbank.
"We knew the ads were sexy, but they are not salacious," said a Lane Bryant spokesperson in a blog. "Our new commercials represent the sensuality of the curvy woman who has more to show the world than the typical waif-like lingerie model."
The last comment was directed toward Victoria's Secret, whose ads Lane Bryant says frequently air during primetime on ABC and Fox.
"It's definitely a double standard," said Ciara Jandreau, Burbank. "I think that if they get on the Victoria's Secret models for rolling around half-naked, they should definitely let anyone confident enough to do it. I think they should just let them."
The networks are firing back. Fox said the network is planning to air the ad, just with some minor edits, something they do with other commercials. ABC officials flat out deny the claim.
"Their statements are not true. The ad was accepted. Lane Bryant was treated absolutely no differently than any advertiser for the same product. We were willing to accommodate them, but they chose to seek publicity instead," ABC said in a statement.
And publicity it is getting, from New York Post calling it "boob-tube bigotry" to the buzz on the street.
"I saw it and I was just like, 'Oh wow, now I want to buy one,'" said North Hollywood resident Myra Venegas.
After all of this controversy, Fox said it will now air the ad next week without edits. The ad was originally supposed to air this week on ABC during "Dancing With the Stars," but now it's still unclear when the network will be airing that commercial.
By Subha Ravindhran
(Copyright ©2010 KABC-TV/DT)
GRACE KELLY, STYLE ICON: The epitome of understated chic, Grace Kelly was famed for her fashion sense. Now her stunning wardrobe has been brought back to life at London's Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
With 40 of her iconic dresses on display and cabinets of shoes, bags, sunglasses and jewelry, the exhibit opened to rave reviews this weekend in the capital.
Paying tribute to her life as an Oscar-winning actress, highlights include the grey and pink silk chiffon dress embroidered with roses, which she wore in the famous dancing scene with Frank Sinatra in High Society (MGM later gave the dress to her and she wore it several times to various events) as well as outfits from the many Hitchcock films she starred in.
When Kelly left Hollywood behind to marry Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956, she stepped up the fashion stakes, wearing haute couture by Chanel and Christian Dior but the Philadelphia-born fashionista never got complacent and according to the exhibition's curator, treated all of her clothes like "old friends", preserving them in dust bags and often wearing the same outfit more than once.
"She's one of the few people who deserves this title of style icon. It's very hard to find anyone else today who can be remembered in the same way 50 years from now," curator, Jenny Lister told AFP adding: "She liked beautiful fabrics, she always accessorized it very carefully with plain white gloves and jewelry."
And wasn't just her style that she left in her legacy. Two years after her marriage, Princess Grace became president of the Monaco Red Cross, using her many celebrity connections to organize fundraising events for the charity. In her first year as a princess, she started an annual Christmas party for the children of Monaco and in 1963 she became the founding president of AMADE, a nonprofit charity helping children in need around the world.
Looks like she wasn't called Grace for nothing.
By Monique Jessen for tonic.com
Erwin Blumenfeld Portrait of Grace Kelly New York 1955 © The Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld 2009
Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra In 'High Society' 1956 Eric Carpenter/MGM (Kobal Collection)
Grace Kelly with her Oscar ® award, 30 March 1955 © Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Prince Rainier and Princess Grace after the civil marriage ceremony, 18 April, 1956 © Rex Features
Grace Kelly Photograph by Bud Fraker
Grace Kelly in a dress designed by Edith Head
Grace Kelly in a dress designed by Edith Head
Portrait of Princess Grace on her tenth wedding anniversary 1966 © Howell Conant/Bob Adelman books
Princess Grace at the Princely Palace About 1960 © Howell Conant/Bob Adelman books
Family portrait 1973 © Rex Features
The exhibition, "Grace Kelly: Style Icon" is showing at Victoria and Albert Museum in London through September 26.
Tiffani-Amber Thiessen working mom jeans and suspenders for Saved by the Bell.
Let’s face it we’ve all fallen victim to some God awful trend du jour at some point in our lives. I am not going to lie, I’ve had a few fashions DON’TS of my own over the years - a few that are even too embarrassing to even mention. Now don't get me wrong, I'm certainly not against trends. A few trendy pieces in your wardrobe here and there can be fun, playful and work beautifully when done properly.
That being said, I also feel that it is crucial to consider whether or not a trend actually works for your body shape before embracing it fully. The biggest mistake I see women making is trying to dress like someone they are not. In other words, you can't fit a square peg in a round hole (you can try, but the corners will inevitably stick out).
I’ll use myself as an example. My body type is a triangle (see the attached image to find out yours) and I am a shorty. You will never see me without my high heels. Taking this into consideration, I can’t exactly dress as if I were a 6ft supermodel without who weighs 110 lbs (a rectangle). Triangles have to be conscious about wearing things that cinch our waists, show off our curves...but don’t necessarily cling to them in all the wrong places. Long baggy dresses are not our friends. But a slightly above the knee, A-Line dress with a V neck works brilliantly for us because it elongates our bodies, hugs in all the right places and is forgiving in others.
Just the same way that I take into account the architecture of a home before decorating it, I would consider the architecture of a body before dressing it. Here's a useful guide below from Instyle to give you a better sense of what your body architecture is.
Read entire Instyle Article Here for tips on figuring out what your shape is and how to dress it in the most flattering way.
Thanks to Erika Heet for writing such a kind article on us in 1stdibs. If you're not familiar with 1stdibs it's an amazing resource (marketplace really) for antique, mid-century modern furniture, estate jewelry, vintage watches, haute couture and vintage luxury. They also feature weekly articles on all things that are style and design.
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If you live in Los Angeles then you most likely watch or have seen GOOD DAY LA (LA's #1 morning news show) with Steve Edwards, Jillian Barberie, and Dorothy Lucy. Suzanne Marques is one of my besties and reporters on the show. Here's a recent segment she did with my husband Steven where she literally rolls with the punches...
