Catwalk Cat Fight Fashion News, Gossip & Rants

When you look at fashion trends and the trend setters you have to consider all aspects of personality enhancing fashions. As far as hair is concerned, a little bird tells us that Nancy O’Dell, the Access Hollywood correspondent has become the new spokesperson for BaByliss and also Rusk products in the hairstyling space. But that does bring up the question that when Nancy is paid to have great hair and is a hairstyling spokesperson, why is it that her looks definitely quite frazzled and not at all complimentary?

Similarly, the latest fashion trends in the makeup space involves Ulta which has released a new campaign with the model not wearing any makeup at all. But the catch is that Ulta gives product suggestions as well as tutorials to educate customers on how to use and wear makeup properly.

Next we come to fragrance, where Donna Karan has said it wants to launch PureDKNY. The vanilla came in all the way from Uganda and Angela Lindvall would star in the campaign for the fragrance. Stella McCartney is also scheduled to launch a limited edition fragrance necklace that has a special silver locket. The locket will have peony, rose and amber scent inside it.

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There is a new trend in fashion magazines sales where the sales of such magazines at the newsstand seem to be falling. This is a trend across the board with almost all fashion magazines reporting lower and slower off-take at regular newsstands. For instance, Vogue has seen a 15.1% drop in sales of single copies of the popular fashion magazine with fall in sales of Allure have been 17.2%, Marie Claire at 14.6% and Lucky with 11.7% decline. While this is true of the newsstand sales, the impact on overall magazines subscriptions was not clear.

The trend in falling newsstand sales can be attributed to the weakness in the economy which has impacted the fashion magazine industry too. However, a lot of fashion publishers have been comforting themselves with the thought that their magazines are thriving well in the online versions. There is a widespread belief that as far as media trends go, print belongs to the past, with slick online versions leading the charge in these times.

There have been some magazines that have bucked the trend with Harper’s Bazaar adding 0.3% in newsstand sales and Vanity Fair reporting a massive 5% increase. But the greatest increase has been in health oriented magazines with Health reporting a huge 11.1% hike in newsstand sales. Figures on Magazines subscriptions in totality, were not available for comparison.

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Zac Posen has emerged over the years as someone who has become a darling of the red-carpet brigade. This fast rise seems to have affected his ego and this is something he admits himself. While this may not always be ideal there could be some amazing things that this forces him to do sometimes. This was when he was at the 100th anniversary of Cartier and at a dinner when he chanced to meet up with Glenda Bailey from Harper’s Bazaar. There were quite a few more editors from various fashion magazines but what was surprising is that Zac sat down next to Glenda and even asked here as to why her magazine seemed to be ignoring and demeaning his work. The real cause was that he was irked that while the magazine did not feature his work, they wanted him to pose in a picture with some fashion designers with characters from Sesame Street, which he felt was quite below his dignity. This, from someone whose business is in ‘survival mode’.

Yes, it is true that Zac Posen has himself admitted that his business has gone into survival mode. What survival mode means is that it is barely able to keep the wolves away from the door and shutting down, where two of his top employees abandoned ship and the media also had a gala time reporting it.

surprising given that so many folks have an opinion on and want to be involved in fashion around the globe. Take for instance Becca Shumin who is the daughter of one of the candidates vying for governor position in Vermont. Becca it seems, along with her close friend and aspiring fashion designer Remy Renzullo hacked into the Fashion Week database of PR Company BPCM. This only goes to prove that planning high profile fashion shows is not without risks. Good grief! It seems as if even the chic and charming world of fashion has not been spared by hackers.

The event came to light when it was obvious that the two girls Becca and Remy seemed to figure on each fashion show list. No one knew how they had managed to get there. Later when Remy was quizzed about this, he did aver that he along with Becca had indeed been responsible for this breach. Though it was not possible for the two to have got into the shows really it just shows their grit and determination to get into the world of fashion by hook or by crook. It seems high schoolers have arrived in the world of fashion!

With the web and priority shipping, you’re never too late on finding a great fashion deal. Ok, maybe it’s a little late for Christmas, but with New Years Eve on the way, you better make sure you have your best gown ready! So grab a cappucino, find some great coupon codes, and let the discount shopping begin.

1. Elle.com Assistant’s Gift Guide

Check out 8 Christmas gift ideas that are both inspired and fun and yet won’t make you spend more than $20. Nice items include 3D drawing pad, a set of Philosophy “Twas the Night Before” shampoo, shower gel and bubble bath in Cookies & Milk, Too Faced Glamour to Go III palette and more.

2. Garment4Less

Find good deals on designer clothing lines including Abercrombie, Ed Hardy, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Marc Jacobs and more. Currently offering 3$ off on $300, 7% off on $600, and 10% on $1000 items.

3. Amazon’s Top Holiday Deals on Clothing and Fasion Accessories

Don’t underestimate Amazon’s catalog of clothing and other fashion accessories. You can find some good brands including Chadwicks, Apple Bottoms, Rocawear and more. And since you’re getting them from Amazon, you’ll certainly get great deals, following Amazon’s tradition of great Holiday deals.

4. BlueFly

The site has a comprehensive catalog of designer brands from women’s clothing, shoes, apparels, denims, all kinds of handbags and other fashion accessories. They even have some collection for men. For the shop’s Holiday deals, pay only $2 for expedited shipping for items worth more than $100.

5. Overstock.com

Overstock offers a great collection of clothing and shoes catalog offer great brands including Vera Wang dresses, perfect heels you can wear for the Holidays, stylish Winter Men’s Coat by Kenneth Cole, Press bags, Charles David shoes and more. Overstock.com ships to major cities in the world. If you’re in the U.S. and you need to do a last minute shopping, order your items now to get it by Friday.

Have you ever thought about taking personalized number plates and turning them into fashion? Apparently, number plates are  being made into very unique looking purses. Unlike the toilet jewelry we wrote about in a previous post, these purses may be different but they are actually quite fashion worthy.

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Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. (Oscar Wilde)

That would be funny if it weren’t true… in some cases. And today’s fashion phenomenon is the best one to prove that: toilet jewelry!

Looking at these items we are left with only one single hope: that this jewelry is NOT the proof of yet another fashion quote: “We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” ( Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

Toilet Ring

Here is a whole set of thematic bathroom jewelry. The toilet ring is the one furthest to the right:

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Toilet Earrings

Actually, these could look cute except for the fact that it’s toilet paper. And, what’s more, these earrings look like they take considerable time and effort to create:

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It’s actually weird when someone asks you to make a list of video games targeted at girls, as girls these days play all the video games & download games anyway. But girls do have their favorites among the games available in the market and given a choice, these games would definitely be in their games shopping list for this Christmas. We’ve made a list of 7 games that we think will hold more interest for the fairer sex than the rest, and if you’re planning to buy a video game for your girl child, make sure you try out these ones first.

1. The Legend of Zelda (Twilight Princess)

This classic game, which has transformed many times over the years, is still a favorite choice with many pre-teens, teens, and grown-up women, even though it comes with a teen rating. The storyline is the main sell point of this game with a beautiful princess named Zelda as one of the important protagonists going through a fantasy laden voyage of adventure. The absence of head banging violence found in boys-specific games makes this game very appealing to girls.

2. Dance Dance Revolution (Supernova)

Pre-teen girls and kids aged 10 and below will find this classic arcade style dance game a lot of fun. There’s not a single girl in this world that does not like dancing behind closed doors to their favorite music. DDR has got fantastic interactive features that will surely make the girls go gaga while playing the game. The perfect game for a slumber party to play, dance and have a pillow fight in the end. Read the rest of this entry →

Where can fashion not go? Fashion can go anywhere. Fashion can be in your clothes, the accessories you wear, the car you drive, and even in the way, you talk and walk. But, have you ever heard of fashionable cigarettes? Yep—that’s right! We have fashionable cigarettes, now. Not the stinky, dangerous and environmentally polluting paper rolled cigarettes with plenty of tar, carbon-monoxide and carcinogens apart from nicotine, but a lot safer and stylish looking
E-cigarettes. If you think, “What can be stylish and fashionable about cigarettes?”, then, you have to check out some of the amazingly super cool looking E-cigarettes that are on sale, nowadays.

These E-cigs are the Rolls-Royces of the smoking world. Smooth, sleek and drop dead gorgeous looking, these electronic smokes are not only a healthier way to smoke, but they are right up there if you want to come across as someone who is stylishly conscious of other people’s health and comfort. Just look at the range of fashionable, designer E-cigarettes available from different colors to different prints of your choice. The full white and the brown and white combos are things of the past.

Now, with E-cigarettes, you have a choice of a lot of colors, flowers, stripes, designs and everything that you want. The E-cigs come in well designed, classy cigarette cases, which by themselves are style statements. Just carry the designer cases with you and flaunt them around even when you don’t smoke. This is enough for you to become the subject matter of discussion in any party or among your friends.

If you’re not happy with the color or print available on the website of the E-cig makers, then you can customize your E-cig exactly the way you want it. Just send them the design you want on your E-cig skin and these guys will roll out your E-cigs just the way you want them to be. Take them along wherever you go. Party, football match or a conference—pull one out from your stylish designer E-cig case, place it on your lips and smoke in style. With fashionable E-cigarettes, you won’t be a social nuisance anymore; rather, you’d be one hell of a stylish smoker with a sense of social concern. Check out cigarti.com for the best designs on cigarettes skins and designer cases and also for the best quality E-cigarettes.

T-shirts have become a new outlet for communicating and making bold statements. If anybody is going to make a drastic statement on their clothing, it is going to be a celebrity. Celebrities have forever been taking drastic forms of action like Tom Cruise and the couch incident (who can forget that) or Britney deciding to go bald. When celebs do something CRAZY it is simply accepted. Sometimes these things are just publicity stunts but either way, people love to gossip about the newest things famous people are doing especially when it concerns what they are wearing.

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel looked cute in their casual T’s not to long ago. We won’t be seeing them hand in hand anymore since Justin broke up with Jessica over the phone only a couple of weeks ago.

Maybe Paris Hilton will snatch Justin up and take him off the market. Her newest T-shirt spotting makes it clear she is on the prowl.  Isn’t she always though? The shirt read “Boyfriend Season is here.”

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