Haute couture week in Paris has come and gone in a flash; it doesn't take long to show just 20 main schedule collections. This is the first season without the beloved couturier Christian Lacroix, and while we knew it was coming after the Sheikh's massive licensing deal fell through in December -...
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The Screen Actors Guild Awards Red Carpet was phenomenal with stars in gorgeous gowns and drool-worthy dresses. Models & Moguls gives you the 411 on who rocked it and who didn't. Kate Hudson - She showed off her sexy bod in a white Pucci gown and accessorized with jewelry worth $1.7...
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This Tuesday in Paris, French fashion designer Eric Tibusch took the art of makeup to a new level during his haute couture presentation. Now, I may not be the sort of woman who hangs around at the country club in the latest haute couture (in part because I don't belong to a country club, but mostly ...
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In a time when Alexander Wang is perfecting the "model off-duty" look avec boyfriend jeans, oversize blazers, oversize shorts and oversize...everything, really, the fine line between grunge casual and grunge formal gets blurred beyond recognition. I have taken to buying Misbhv tees by the truckl...
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A few weeks ago, the New York Times ran a story on how retail giant H&M deals with unworn, unsold clothing that needs to go. Behind an H&M on 35th street in New York City were bags upon bags of unused clothing. On top of that, most of the garments had been slashed or cut-up, making them u...
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Think there’s no place for alternative fashion and modelling on the big stages of the fashion capital of Canada? The organizers of Toronto Alternative Arts & Fashion Week (or [FAT] in reverse anagram) want to prove you wrong. The annual event, which started in 2006, showcases the atypi...
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Makeup is one of the most simple and accessible ways to instantly change how we look and feel. However, keeping up with the innovations within the rapid-changing beauty industry requires the advice of a professional who can help us get the most out of the tidal wave of products that come our way...
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The Golden Globes - not as big as the Oscars, but big enough to make you a fashion outcast for the rest of your celebrity life if you walk the red carpet in anything less than fabulous. Here is a list of hits and misses at the Globes this year: Sandra Bullock - Everyone loves Sandra B...
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"I always reduce my job to one line: I just make stuff. Maybe that's demystifying the whole thing but that's what it comes down to". - Marc Jacobs It just goes to show. Passion for something enables you to overcome all plausible odds. That's how a 16 year old reclusive boy with an undying love fo...
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In a time when sexuality was highly lauded in fashion and style, three designers emerged that challenged the traditional notions of beauty set up in the Western hemisphere. Rei Kawakubo, Yohji Yamamoto and Issey Miyake- all hailing from Japan and debuting their collections in Paris in th...
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