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November 12, 2010

History of Hermes Scarves

Along with the famous Birkin bag, the Hermes scarf has become one of the most recognized label’s creations. Each scarf is hand-printed and hand-stitched. Besides, it has a secret that you might not have known – scarves are made with a scent!

Originally made of silk Hermes scarf measures 90 cm × 90 cm and weighs 65 grams. To manufacture one piece 250 mulberry moth cocoons are necessary. When the fabric is ready it is hand-printed by Hermes professionals who have to apply up to forty three silk screens to achieve the effect. One screen is for one color of the scarf.

Motifs for scarves have ranged from the germane (such as the French Revolution or French Cuisine) to the unexpected (such as the flora and fauna of Texas). However, the most common prints for Hermes scarf are the equestrian and military motifs.


November 12, 2010

Emma Watson's Wardrobe Malfunction

On Thursday night in London, Emma Watson and her castmates stepped out to celebrate the world premiere of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”. And while Watson looked absolutely stunning in her vintage mini-dress, platform heels, and dangly drop earrings, she also found herself in a "sticky" situation when photographers caught wind of her wardrobe malfunction.

While everything in Watson’s ensemble looked hunky dory from the front, all bets were off when it came to the back. Take a look!


November 11, 2010

The New Muppet Movie Will Involve Lady Gaga

So this week, it got leaked in the press that several big namesare joining big-screen franchise The Muppets, and they include Jane Lynch, Jack Black, Donald Glover, and Danny Trejo, with Paul Rudd voicing the new, iPhone-owning Muppet named Walter. Most interesting of all is the claim that Eric Stonestreet, John Krasinski, and Ed Helms may appear in the film as members of Lady Gaga's entourage; does that mean we can expect a cameo from Gaga herself (already, it's been rumored that she might serve as an inspiration for Miss Piggy's diva theatrics)? Considering Gaga's love for wearing Muppets, Kermit should be very worried right now.


November 11, 2010

Milan Fashion Week: Spring/Summer 2011 Handbags

Dolce & Gabbana

Bottega Veneta

Emilio Pucci

Fendi

Georgio Armani

Jil Sander

Marni

Missoni

Prada

Roberto Cavalli

Versace

Versus


November 11, 2010

Kim K Sure Does Sell Magazines

Kim Kardashian’s botoxed cat-face is attempting to look so sad and depressed for the cover of People magazine. Because, apparently, being single past age 30 warrants a People cover. Don't even get me started. But then again, having enough of Kardashian’s botox wear off so she can pull a sad face warrants its own cover. In any case, People and Kardashian are reaching with the stupid tagline ‘Kim Kardashian at 30: I Thought I’d Be Married By Now’. What in the actual heck? Is that really their article? WOW, People. Wow.

Married to whom? I don’t know. But discussing how she’s the next Jennifer Aniston/ Cameron Diaz or whomever is apparently more important than the Demi Lovato cocaine allegations and the other inset stories. This isn’t the only cover Kardashian is on.. She gets her own OK! cover, because People and OK! love-tweet each other their stories in advance so they can match, with the title ‘Finding Love Again’. Kardashian also covers a magazine with her sisters, for a puff piece in Life&Style, ‘Sisters In Crisis: Kardashian Split’. With some recycled story about the other girls ganging up on Kim Kardashian; similar to what Kardashian denied in a blog entry back in August. This cover makes me want to throw up.


November 11, 2010

ANOTHER Duggar Baby On the Way

Ok, after seeing the commerical for the up-coming TLC special this Sunday, "Happy Birthday Grandduggar", I knew Anna Duggar was pregnant. You hear her stating she had wondeful news and then everyone looks shocked. Well today on the Today Show, Meredith Viera got the news: Come next summer, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar will double their number of grandchildren.

Josh Duggar, the eldest Duggar offspring in the reality-show family on TLC's 19 Kids and Counting, and his wife, Anna, 22, will welcome their second child in June 2011.

"It was awesome to get the news," says Josh, also 22. He and Anna already have a daughter, Mackynzie, who turned a year old on Oct. 8.

"I showed Josh the positive pregnancy test on Mackynzie's birthday," says Anna. "It was fun to announce it to everyone on that already happy day."

I had a feeling it was Anna who was pregnant, NOT Michelle. But....I had a sinking feeling that maybe the announcement would be that BOTH of them were pregnant (which would be kind of neat, but 20 kids?). I love this family, even if they are rabbit breeders.

 


November 11, 2010

Jessica Simpson Speaks Out On Nick Lachey's Engagement

"I couldn't be more happy for Nick. Our relationship was over a really long time ago so it would be nice if everybody could move on with us and just celebrate the love between him and Vanessa," Jess said on Ryan Seacrest's radio show on Thursday. "I wish them nothing but the best."

Fans of Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica will recall the couple's fairytale 2002 wedding and subsequent 2005 divorce. Even as Nick seduced Vanessa and Jessica dated famousmorons like John Mayer and Tony Romo, the tabloids persisted with reports that Jessica and Nick weren't over each other.

Jessica denied all that to Seacrest, saying: "I am extremely extremely happy for him."

"I don't know where all those rumors came from. My mom actually called me and told me that everybody was saying I was saddened," Jessica said. "I was just in complete shock."

Jessica is so over Nick, she's even spending the holidays with the new boyfriend Eric Johnson, telling Seacrest that Johnson's "family be with us on the float at the Macy's Day parade." Even brother-in-law Pete Wentz stated how happy his favorite in-law is and how love makes her smile.

Do you think Nick and Vanessa are right for each other?


November 11, 2010

Hermione Granger No More

miss granger, the lovely Emma Watson, does Marie Claire Justice in the December issue. Beautiful!


November 11, 2010

Givenchy Sues BCBG For Copying Their Bag Design

Givenchy filed a lawsuit against BCBG Max Azria, claiming that the BCBG Rembrandt handbag looks a little too much like Givenchy’s Nightingale purse to be a coincidence. Givenchy’s suit doesn’t claim that the Rembrandt violates the Nightingale’s patent or anything — instead, the French house’s gripe is that BCBG has copied the “decorative double stitched horizontal and vertical stripes on the exterior that visually separate the bag into four distinct quadrants.”

If that sounds like a silly thing to complain about, rest assured it’s not —a product’s appearance are protected under a legal idea called trade dress, which aims to ensure that consumers don’t buy one thing and think it’s actually something else.

Granted most people with enough money to spend $2,200 on a Nightingale would probably be able to tell the difference between Givenchy and BCBG, but all the same, they’re very similar bags. Givenchy has earned about $50 million dollars from sales of the Nightingales and that the public recognizes the stitching as a part of the Givenchy canon. Furthers sales of the Rembrandt, Givenchy says, would allow BCBG to profit from its distinctive design.

In addition to money damages, Givenchy seeks an injunction preventing further sales of the Rembrandt and other bags that feature the same kind of stitching. I'll keep watch for the results of the case, but in the meantime, what do you think? Does Givenchy have a case?


November 11, 2010

Daddy Gets A Blog Entry

Best. Dad. Ever. Love my boys!


November 10, 2010

Jon Favreau to Direct Disney's Magic Kingdom

Well now that most of the theme park attractions are having it's own movie, Disney has now set director Jon Favreau to make one big movie that makes use of everything Disneyland has to offer. The Iron Man helmer has come on board the studio's Magic Kingdom, a fantasy film that imagines what would happen if all the theme park's attractions secretly came to life. (Are they saying Donald Duck has been dead this whole time?) It's either Night at the Museum at Disneyland or The Avengers for silent, six-foot-tall animals who seek revenge on the bratty kids who've kicked them in the knees. Anyways, I'm so excited!!!!


November 10, 2010

Jason Wu Is Launching His First Bridal Collection

Jason Wu is doing a capsule collection of five bridal looks exclusively for net-a-porter.com, set to drop in January. This is a welcome but not hugely surprising direction for Wu, who often features bridal-inspired gowns in his ready-to-wear collections (most notably, Michelle Obama's inauguration dress), and recently designed his new sister-in-law's wedding dress as well as her bridesmaids' gowns for his brother's marriage in Taiwan a month ago. For now, the bridal collection is only a one-year deal with Net-a-Porter, and a spokeswoman for Wu said that he has no plans to do wholesale, full-scale bridalwear beyond that.


November 10, 2010

Jessica Biel Re-Stages Revlon Ad From 1952


November 10, 2010

Emma Watson's One Sleeve Red Carpet Look

Emma Watson gave her short haircut its first red-carpet run today at an event for Warner Brothers Leavesden Studios at Claridges in London. She wore a black one-sleeved cocktail dress from Vionnet's fall 2010 collection, which featured a velvet bodice and a sheer layered chiffon skirt that draped over her hip. She spiced up her black outfit with a pearl-encrusted necklace, dangly earrings, a navy cuff bracelet, and a red pin at the waist.

Do you like Emma's eclectic look, or do you think she over-accessorized?


November 10, 2010

Next Year’s Costume Institute Gala Opens the Met’s Sure-to-Be-Stunning Alexander McQueen Exhibit

Vogue's annual Costume Institute Gala is poised to be an even more fabulous, heart-stopping, and emotional affair next year than it has been in years. The ball on May 2 will kick off the the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Alexander McQueen exhibit, titled "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty." The showcase, which will be open to the public from May 4 through July 31, includes roughly 100 pieces and already sounds beyond incredible.

The museum gathered pieces from everywhere from the graduate collection McQueen showed at Central St. Martins to items from the designer's days at Givenchy, where he worked in the late nineties, to works from his personal collections, including things he made for the late Isabella Blow, whose entire wardrobe Daphne Guinness now owns. "His catwalk presentations were outstanding and straddle art and fashion," the Met's Costume Institute curator, Andrew Bolton, says. "We want to get across two elements — the spectacle of the runway presentations and the beauty of his craftsmanship." The exhibit will also include runway pieces McQueen made with milliner Philip Treacy, among other collaborators.

The exhibit is sponsored by Condé Nast, the PPR-owned Alexander McQueen label, and American Express. Gala chairs include PPR chief François-Henri Pinault and his wife Salma Hayek, along with Colin Firth, Stella McCartney, and Anna Wintour. If you thought past red carpets at the ball were spectacular, just imagine all the vintage McQueen gowns fashion people will rustle up for next year's affair. If you already have a tingly feeling, you're not alone.


November 10, 2010

Gold Dress The Perfect Pick For Pickler

Flashing her engagement bling, the country charmer channels another icon as she sparkles in a Marilyn Monroe-worthy, paillette-strewn Pamella Roland gown and blonde bouffant.


November 10, 2010

Gwyneth Paltrow Is Shining Bright At the CMA's

Before making her live country music singing debut, the Country Strong actress fits in just fine on the carpet, looking the part of a singing superstar in her one-shoulder ombré gown and ornate drop earrings.


November 10, 2010

Carrie Underwood Looking Stunning at the CMA's!

OMG. How beautiful is Carrie Underwood! The night's co-host brings big-city style to Nashville in a curve-hugging, strapless, gray tulle gown by Talbot Runhof, with a Swarovski clutch. Note to readers: look at that ring on her hand!


November 10, 2010

Uh, Oh!: American Airlines Lost Miranda Kerr’s Wedding Dress!!

American Airlines lost her luggage and now the poor thing has nothing to wear. Not only that, in her lost luggage was her wedding dress, and Ms. Kerr / Mrs. Bloom is not happy about it.

In a message posted to her Facebook page — on which she has over 368,000 fans — Kerr wrote:

Hi guys, I wanted to ask for your help… In July American Airlines lost my luggage and I have been trying to locate it ever since. Unfortunately the luggage had my wedding dress in it plus other things that I hold so dear. Has anyone else experienced losing luggage through American Airlines and if so did you ever locate it again? Any help would be greatly appreciated.Love Miranda xxx

Yikes. Kerr married actor Orlando Bloom in a secret ceremony back in July, which was followed by a honeymoon in the Caribbean. I can only assume that the luggage was lost upon Kerr’s return to the States. American Airlines, for their part, says Kerr is to blame for the hold up on her lost luggage. They released the following statement:

“Our customer relations department sent her a letter encouraging her to complete PPQ (questionnaire) so that we can search for her property, and we received no response at all.”

No offense to American Airlines, but they’re the ones that lost the luggage. Also, I know luggage is lost on a daily basis, but I can’t help but be suspicious of the fact that it was Miranda Kerr’s luggage that went missing. That’d be a tempting snatch for many an underpaid baggage handler, no?? And wasn't this the SAME airlines that "lost" some fashion designer's luggage too this year??


November 10, 2010

Marc Jacobs Dresses In Drag For Industrie

Everyone knows Marc Jacobs likes to rock manskirts and kilts on the regular, but it’s still a treat to see MJ done up in actual drag. For the latest issue of Industrie, Patrick Demarchelier shot Marc in thigh-high socks, animal print heels, a beautiful women’s winter coat and a huge hat. And while he donned a luscious lady wig, his facial hair remained intact.

This is not Marc’s first foray into drag, having been photographed in heels, tights and another fabulous jacket for Interview a couple of years ago. His Halloween costume this year also veered toward the feminine.

 


November 10, 2010

Miley Cyrus Launched Miley and Max Clothes Range

Miley Cyrus arrived in Derby to greet her British fans and launch the new Miley And Max clothes range for George at Asda. The star looked gorgeous in her black and white ensemble. She smiled to hundreds of teenagers and happily signed their DVDs with Hanna Montana series.

The collection includes 19 pieces and features tops, t-shirts, shirts and jeans. The designs are pretty simple that makes it easy to combine those with other clothing items.

You can shop for the latest Miley And Max Clothes Range at direct.asda.com.

 


November 10, 2010

Sneak Peek of Victoria Beckham's Handbag Collection

A lot has been written recently about Victoria Beckham’s debut bag collection for Spring/ Summer 2011. And now I have the first picture of those. The photo was tweeted by Grazia editor Jane Bruton.
There are only two bags on the photograph but the style is pretty clear –very classic, real luxury and extremely expensive. Can’t wait to see the rest!


November 09, 2010

Anne Hathaway Covers Elle UK December 2010 ...Looks Amazing!!!

Elle UK magazine is a better judge of the seasons than its US counterpart. Which is why we all get Anne Hathaway in a seasonally-appropriate gold dress on a black background for the Elle UK December 2010 cover. As opposed to Jessica Alba wearing a pink shirt and white short shorts on a flowery Spring/Summer-looking December Elle US cover. (see below) Seriously, what in the actual heck? There is a second cover below. One for which we don’t have to stare up Hathaway’s nostrils. We do see her looking oddly flat-chested, looking slightly stoned, very greasy-haired, and trying too hard to find her light.

November 09, 2010

Miley Cyrus at the MTV Euro Awards...

...all Im going to say is that she needs a bra. though that dress doesn't really allow her to wear one. miley was all the rage, side boob-tattoo & all...


November 09, 2010

Christian Louboutin Fall/Winter 2010 Shoes Ad Campaign

 


          

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