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November 20, 2008

Death of a Stylephile

This, dear readers, is the final Stylephile post for the foreseeable future.
Along with Wall Street, WaMu and the city of Detroit, this esteemed lifestyle blog has fallen victim to the bananas collapse of the American economy.
A few days ago, I was informed of my forthcoming execution.
And as I kneel, blindfolded, neck on recessionary chopping block, let me take these last few moments to flash back through history with you...
The Stylephile was envisioned by Variety Vice President of Sales (online) Dea Lawrence, who spoke with Tom Tapp (editor of VLife magazine) about her idea to create a style blog and newsletter. VLife writers Ginny Chien and Anna Lisa Raya developed the concept and on Oct 22, 2004, The Stylephile was born. Jean Paul Gaultier had just launched his men's makeup line, ShopBop.com had just entered cyberspace and the very awesome Alpha Male store in West Hollywood had just opened its doors. Happy days.
Here are some of the very first posts.
When VLife ended, Ginny stayed on as The Stylephile editor with Tasha Nita Adams as a contributor for the blog. Ginny suggested The Stylephile also appear in print to complement the print daily paper's Vpage section and it eventually did (after Ginny's departure) and was integrated into the Variety Weekend section under the editorial direction of Monica Corcoran with Laura Repstad as a contributor. When Variety Weekend ended, the Stylephile went back to being an online-only product under Mia McNiece. I took over in November 2007.
The very talented Tara Simm and Martha Hernandez designed the current look of The Stylephile Newsletter, which won a Gold Award in Newsletter Design Excellence for "Best Consumer Subscription Newsletter" in 2006 from www.Newsletterbiz.com. And The Stylephile was a finalist in the 2007 L.A. Press Club awards for best Weblog.
In just a few minutes, The Stylephile's life support will be set to minimum, and the site will peacefully enter a vegetative state.
Please don't cry. All of the posts of the last four years will remain online (should you ever wish to research what Hollywood was wearing in August 2005, for instance).
Please do continue to read all of Variety's excellent blogs, which you can find at www.variety.com. And should you have any questions, comments or requests, don't hesitate to contact me at caroline@carolineryder.com or visit me at www.carolineryder.com.
On behalf of everyone at Variety and the former editors of The Stylephile, I'd like to thank you all for coming on this most fashionable of rides. It's been a blast...

November 20, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

November 18, 2008

In Hollywood Domino, We're All Pawns

In Hollywood, we're all pawns—and that's seemingly the inspiration behind Hollywood Domino, the board game du jour of Tinsel Town.
Players in this new variation on the classic game choose a film genre, with pawns that represent different movies (Horror, Western, Action, Romance, Sports, etc.). The first to use up all of their dominos wins the bid for the "Oscar" Domino and completes their blockbuster movie.
Charlize Theron is the reigning Hollywood Domino champion, and she took on fellow celebrities in a two-city weekend tournament. 
In London on November 7, Sienna Miller, Tom Hollander, Olivier Martinez, Ridley Scott, and Giannina Facio presented a Hollywood Domino event in aid of Theron's Africa Outreach Project.
On November 9 the battle took flight to New York, the second round played at the Edison Ballroom by Salma Hayek, Ali Larter, Kim Raver, Lindsay Price, Jason Lewis, Matthew Rhys, Molly Sims and more.
Visit the website here. Buy Hollywood Domino here for around $40.

November 18, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

November 13, 2008

Tiki-tastic: Win dinner for two at Luau in Beverly Hills

Jewelry designer Loree Rodkin, a former interior designer who designed Rod Stewart’s house in the 1970’s, is returning to her décor roots, designing both the interiors and exteriors of new Beverly Hills tiki restaurant, Luau.
A revival of the original Luau restaurant, a 1950s Brat Pack hangout owned by Steve Crane (one of Lana Turners' husbands), the new Luau is located close to where its predecessor was located.
Rodkin's added her touch to each detail, selecting everything, from the pepper shakers, to the crushed bamboo walls and the laser-cut Murano glass tiles. Staying true to the original's South Pacific, she sourced a a striking Puffer Fish chandelier suspended from a bamboo raft, and decorated the space with imported black coral, and authentic Papua New Guinea masks. Rodkin’s vision was executed by Ben Bassham, a.k.a. 'Bamboo Ben'.
The original Luau was known for its top-secret cocktail recipes. All of the drink recipes were saved in code (splash of ‘A,’ splash of ‘B’, dash of #2) to protect the formula and bartenders went so far as to mix their drinks in the kitchem to prevent people from seeing the prep. Mixologist Jeff Berry spent more than a decade decoding the top-secret ingredients of Luau’s legendary drinks via countless interviews with original Luau bartenders, resulting in the today's Luau cocktail menu.
The restaurant is owned by Andrew Hewitt, co-owner of Los Angeles dining hot spot Il Sole.
Chef Makoto “Mako” Tanaka, a protégé of Wolfgang Puck's and former execuitive chef at Spago, devised the Pacific Rim-fusion menu, which features many contemporary takes on typical Polynesian dishes. (Think Wagyu meatballs, Fire Cracker Shrimp, and Short Rib Satay served with a trio of red, yellow and green curries.)
We're sure former customers like Frank Sinatra would have approved.
LUAU is offering a Stylephile reader dinner for two at the restaurant. To win, tell us about the best Tiki cocktail you ever had. Leave your answers as a comment and don't forget to include your email address.
LUAU 369 North Bedford Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Tel: 310-274-0900.

November 13, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Disaya's Zip Zip Bangle

Is it so wrong to desire Disaya's Zip Zip bangles, made from gold, rose gold and silver?

Disaya Prokobsantisukh is a Thai-born designer who earned her stripes at Central Saint Martins College of Fashion and Design in London, going on to train with none other than John Galliano.

In 2004 she launched a lingerie collection called Boudoir by Disaya, followed by her eponymous label, featuring a ready-to-wear and jewelry collection, both inspired "by the creative elements of London".

This bangle is $226 from new fashion e-tailer Forward, which promises a carefully-curated selection of fashion-forward clothes, shoes and accessories from some of fashion's hippest types (think Jeremy Scott, Alex & Chloe and Erin Fetherston).
Buy here.

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Sylvette Blaimont's Stackable Rings

Naomi Watts' family gifted her a set of Sylvette Blaimont's gold signature stacking rings at her recent 40th surprise party, letter-pressed with the following words : "Alexander / Sasha" (her son's name and nickname), followed by impish / faithful, wild / fragile, fascinating / unique, dreamy / graceful. All in French. Très chic!
We also hear that Demi Moore just received her signature rings too, custom-inscribed with the family's names (Ashton, Rumer, Tallulah, and Scout) and the word "love" on the last ring.
And there's nothing to stop you enjoying some of Blaimont's delicately crafted creations too.
Born in Paris, Blaimont worked in France’s fashion industry for several years, managing the first A.P.C store in Paris, then writing for “Frou-Frou” magazine. She moved to New York in 1998 where she styled magazine photo shoots, commercials and TV shows, before studying gold and silver design under a veteran goldsmith.
Even if they didn't happen to be an A-List jewelry favorite, Sylvette Blaimont's collection of engraved rings would make a special gift for any loved one.
The stacked rings are $1450 in gold and $750 in silver. www.sylvettenyc.com. Buy here.

November 13, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

November 8, 2008

Michelle's Winning Jewels

You might not have been paying much attention to Michelle Obama's ears as she amd her husband entered the annals of history last Tuesday night.

So let me tell you that those dazzling gems dangling from her lobes at the Election Victory rally in Chicago were Loree Rodkin's white gold and diamond triple dangles.

Worth $10,275, you can pick yourself up a pair by calling Ikram boutique in Chicago, Tel: 312-587-1000.

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November 4, 2008

XS Baggage for Glamorous Groceries

When actress-designer Hilary Shepard designed XS BAGGAGE, re-usable grocery bags made from excess fabric, it was only proper that her actressy friends should lend their support. Daryl Hannah, Rosanna Arquette, Donna Karan, Anna Farris, Heather Graham and Mariel Hemingway all carry their XS Baggage with pride.
The bags' biggest advantage, they say, is that the bags fold up and fit easily into your pocket or purse, so you don't even need to remember to bring them with you when you grocery shop.
Shepard used extra fabric from a one-of-a kind purse collection she was designing for Donna Karan’s Urban Zen line, made from re-purposed vintage materials.
XS BAGGAGE bags are $19.99, buy here. A portion of all sales goes to green charities. A special line of XS BAGGAGE for Dr Jeffery Sachs' Omnipeace charity can be found at Kitson stores.

November 4, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

SK-II's new serum

SK-II, makers of Cate Blanchett's favorite face potions, have a new elixir on the market—New Signs Wrinkle Serum, a light cream that claims to "stop wrinkles in their tracks".
I was first introduced to SK-II by a fabulous male friend of mine a few years ago. "It's the only sh*t that works," he declared, echoing the words of Ms. Blanchett, who says "SK-II isn't part of my skincare regime, it is my skincare regime."
Pitera, the magical ingredient in SK-II products, was discovered about thirty years ago, when a scientist noticed that the hands of workers at a Japanese saké brewery were unusually beautiful and young. Five years of research later, and Pitera was pin-pointed as being the cause.
I've been using their mainstay essence combined with the new Wrinkle Serum for the last month or so, and am glowing so much I should be pregnant. The vitamin-packed serum leaves your skin lightly tingling, and my fine lines are fully aware of who's the boss. I like to think of SK-II Signs as reins for my wrinkles.
Signs Wrinkle Serum is $200 at Saks Fifth Avenue and Bloomingdales.

November 4, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

007's latest Omega watch

Omega is unveiling its ultra-masculine new James Bond "Quantum of Solace" limited edition watch November 14, coinciding with the release of 007's latest adventure.
The black textured dial was inspired by the grip of Bond’s trademark Walther PPK, distinguishing the OMEGA Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m "Quantum of Solace" from every other James Bond limited edition watch. The blood red tip of the seconds hand rotates in contrast to the black dial, and a 007 logo is engraved on the buckle of the stainless steel bracelet.
Omega Watches.com, call 310 860 9990 for more information.

November 4, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Keep your 'I Voted' sticker!

Let's hope you voted—not least because Leona Edmiston, the Australian fashion designer who counts Drew Barrymore and Tyra Banks among her fans, is offering 50% off to every customer who comes in to her Sunset Plaza store with an 'I Voted' sticker.

Edmiston, who has 16 boutiques in London, L.A. and Australia, is known for her gorgeous flowing print dresses. No wonder they call her the First Lady of Frocks in Australia.

Leona Edmiston is located at 8591 Sunset Blvd. at Sunset Plaza. Los Angeles 90069. Tel: 310-855-9121 Leona Edmiston.com

November 4, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

November 3, 2008

Gift like a movie mogul with Jasper and James

In showbiz, execs don't have time to actually think about gifting—they simply require it to happen, and with finesse.
Which is where Jasper and James comes in. The company handles high-end gifting for many studios, TV and cable networks, including Paramount, Fox, Miramax, and Showtime. They buy directly from brands, many of them European (think Missoni Home products, Ackerman leather goods from Germany, Bill Amberg bags from London, Abahna bath products from England and more), and then they deliver the items to their clients, beautifully wrapped using heavy papers and double-faced satin ribbons (or recycled materials, if preferred). They'll even write a note on their clients' stationery, and deliver to the recipient. Job done!
And it doesn't stop there—Jasper and James can custom make leather and cashmere goods at trusted European workshops, and can hook up their clients with the latest Leica cameras (they are one of only two Leica dealers in L.A.) The new version of Leica's popular C-Lux model (pictured), for example, is expected to be a much-coveted gift this holiday season.
"Yes, but I'm a boom operator," you say. "What if I just want to find gifts for my friends and family, rather than the entire cast of 'Lost'?"
Jasper and James can help with that too.
They have a shopping newsletter with plenty of great gift ideas, and an e-commerce store, featuring a carefully-edited selection of about 20 different uncommon luxury gifts. Sign up for their Holiday Hot List, which highlights a new, hard-to-find gift each week through Christmas.
Visit their online shopping site here. Jasper and James also offers gifts by Nikon, iPod, Tumi, Kate Spade, Burberry, Baccarat, Versace, Dean & Deluca, Missoni, Breville, and more.

November 3, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Lauren Bush's schoolgirl fling

Looks like Lauren Bush is hopping aboard the schoolgirl trend—here she is at the the relaunch of Dylan's Candy Bar last week in New York City, wearing a candy-striped Cynthia Rowley jacket.

She almost pulls it off—but with her naturally head girl-y demeanor, this preppy jacket looks a little costumey. An edgier haircut would have offset the overwhelmingly collegiate feel of her ensemble.

Think you can do better?

The multi-colored jacket with white piping detail and side pockets is available for purchase at www.cynthiarowley.com

$330, buy here.

 

November 3, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

November 2, 2008

Paper magazine's "24 Hour Cultural Department Store"

As part of Paper's annual L.A. invasion, the magazine is opening a "24 Hour Department Store" on Sunset Strip, featuring 24 performances by artists including The Lady Tigra, The Chapin Sisters and Entrance.
As well as great music, expect an "extreme shopping experience", with items by Opening Ceremony, Supreme, Jeremy Scott, Mr. Cartoon, Rodarte and more, available at the pop-up.
The store will be one of the only ways the public can jump aboard the Paper train—most other events (including an exclusive dinner hosted by Danny "Ubiquitous" Masterson and Bijou Phillips, and an awards ceremony celebrating Paper mag's favorite reality TV stars) will be invite only.
Paper magazine's "24 Hour Department Store" opens for business Friday November 7 at 6 p.m.until 6 p.m. on Saturday, November 8. 8873 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90046.
 

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October 30, 2008

The "Juno" cheeseburger phone

Even the sulkiest, most precocious teenager will flip out over this cheeseburger phone, as used by Ellen Page in "Juno".
Priced at $26, it's available at Fred Flare, possibly the best website for teen gifts in the world.
There's no guarantee that this phone will prevent unwanted teen pregnancy—but it will make you look like the coolest parent/aunt/grandma ever.
Buy here.

October 30, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

The Director Wears Prada

How does a filmmaker visually portray a citrus scent on the big screen? Specifically, Prada’s new men's fragrance Infusion D’Homme? 
Last week at the Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Theater, Prada unveiled its “Short Movie Project for Infusion D’Homme,” a collection of experimental shorts the fashion house commissioned from nine global filmmakers, each given the mandate to produce their cinematic interpretation of the fresh cologne.
For some of the auteurs, the smell of Infusion brought to mind such trippy images as cavemen skulking behind a man in a lobby (“Evolution” from Brazilian director Guga), two lovers playing ping-pong amidst rose petals (“Ping Pong, Paul & Mary” from Korean director Hyuk-Jae Kwon) or a scientific montage of the cosmos’ connection to the brain (“Work in Progress” from Argentina’s Juan Ignazio Aluz).
To top off the screening, Oscar-winning editor Pietra Scalia (“Black Hawk Down,” “JFK”, seen here at the event with "Boys Don't Cry" director Kimberly Peirce) was on hand to present his own short, “Alchemy,” a synthesis of the nine works.
“If you could distill the theme of a film in one single image, what would it be?” asked Scalia whose natural editing instinct was to find a common thread throughout the shorts, “most of the emotional connections were about memory and youth.”
Beng, the director of the Spanish short “Spring Rain” about two lovers’ awakening broke his vision down, “There were four different scents in the perfume and I tried to represent that through four emotions.”
None of the films will be shown in their respective countries as part of a marketing campaign; rather the entire project was part of Prada’s m.o. to be creative without a commercial confine.  Even though Prada financed each short, the filmmakers own their shorts out right.
Both Infusion D’Homme and its female counterpart Infusion D’Iris are available at Nordstrom 1.7 oz ($54), 3.4 oz ($74), 6.7 oz ($100). Buy here. You can watch the nine short films along with Scalia’s synthesis “Alchemy” here.

October 30, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden will turn on Beverly Hills holiday lights

Oh how quickly they grow up—Nicole Richie, a Hollywood hellraiser not so long ago, is now a demure lady-who-lunches, a model mom who has been invited by the city of Beverly Hills to switch on their Holiday Lights.
Richie and her beau Joel Madden will pull the lever on November 22,  illuminating a giant UNICEF crystal snowflake and 20 one-of-a-kind Baccarat chandeliers along Rodeo Drive. 
All are welcome to attend the festivities, which are scheduled to start at 3:00 pm, with Santa and Mrs. Claus making an appearance at 5:00 pm, and musical entertainment from 6 p.m.
Richie and Madden will flip the switch shortly thereafter, and the evening will end with a fireworks finale atop the Beverly Wilshire hotel.
Don't forget to swing by the afterparty at Two Rodeo.
For more information, visit www.lovebeverlyhills.org or call 310 248 1015.

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October 27, 2008

Celebrity Halloween Costume Ideas

Want to stand out from the sea of faux Sarah Palins set to invade parties this Halloween weekend? Why not try these alternatives...

Be reviled—go as a Wall Street Trader, and don't forget the noose around your neck. Or maybe pick up an Ben Bernanke or Henry Paulson limited edition horned mask, here.

See double—Going to a party with your significant other? Madonna & A-Rod, Lindsay Lohan & Samantha Ronson or Wall*E & Eve would be our picks.

Pass away—Heath Ledger, Yves Saint Laurent, or Isaac Hayes would make stylishly macabre looks.

Be snow-capped—emulate the eccentric style of octogenarian model Iris Apfel. Or play Karl Lagerfeld with a white wig, dark glasses, fingerless gloves, and permatan.

Be fecund: Angelina and her belly at the "Kung Fu Panda" premiere in Cannes provided the most memorable pregnant look of the year. Find a pea-green strapless prom dress at your local Goodwill, strap a giant pillow to your belly, and smile benignly.

October 27, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Glitter your pumpkins

This Halloween, stylish pumpkins are wearing more glitter than Mariah Carey's cleavage—just ask Sarah Jessica Parker, who purchased a number of spangly squashes from Ovando, an NYC-based floral design company.
"They’re a great quick way to add some last minute Halloween décor to your home," said a rep from Ovando, and we couldn't agree more.
If you can't afford to buy Ovando's jazzed up Jack-O'-Lanterns, Martha Stewart can show you how to make them at home here. She's also suggesting you drill dozens of holes into your pumpkin, resulting in a celestial Swiss Cheese effect. How fun!
Visit Ovando's website here, or call them 212 924 7848.

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October 23, 2008

Variety's auction for St Jude hospital

Yesterday I received a sad email from a member of the Variety team—our online auction fundraiser for St Jude Children's Research Hospital is doing well, but not as well as had been hoped. "I don't know if it's the current economic climate," she wondered, asking if maybe the readers of The Stylephile would be able to help, before the auction closes today (at around 4 p.m.).
I checked out the items being auctioned and they are not to be sniffed at—a two night stay at the new London  Hotel in West Hollywood (pictured), "High School Musical" memorabilia signed by Corbin Bleu (great holiday gift for your tween), the opportunity to be a guest at a scoring session with composer George S. Clinton, the original "Criminal Minds" script autographed by the entire cast, a "Righteous Kill" movie poster signed by Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, and a "Reno 911" costume signed by the entire cast (what a great Halloween outfit that would be!).
All proceeds will help St. Jude Children's Research Hospital find cures for children with catastrophic illnesses through research and treatment. St. Jude covers all costs not covered by insurance for medical treatment, and families without insurance do not pay. St. Jude freely shares its research findings with doctors and scientists around the world.
The auction closes TODAY between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. You can view the entire list of items being auctioned here.

October 23, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Stella McCartney and Ed Ruscha talk shop on TV

Got no plans tonight? Then you might as well watch Stella McCartney and Ed Ruscha muse upon their own fabulousness on the Sundance Channel tonight, at 10PM EST.
Sundance's Iconoclast series follows the fashion designer and the artist around New York, capturing their conversations on things like organic fashion and what it means to be an artist these days..
"It's selling and selling and selling," says McCartney, when they discuss the art business in the back of a cab.
"Isn't the fashion world full of people who have killer instinct?" ponders a nonplussed Ruscha. They both seem a little stoned, which should make for amusing viewing.
Go here find out more about the Sundance Channel's Iconoclasts series.

October 23, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Teenage riot: Taryn Manning's Born Uniqorn sale

Your teenage neice/daughter/neighborhood Lolita will think you're the coolest aunt/parent/Humbert Humbert on the planet if you take her to the Born Uniqorn sale in Hollywood next week.
Launched in 2005 by actress Taryn Manning and her friend Tara Jane, Born Uniqorn features cute 'n flirty basics that exude youthful joie de vivre. While the line is geared toward 13 to 18 year olds, there's nothing stopping young-at-heart girls of all ages working these looks.
The one-day sale, which will also feature discounted pieces by concept jeweler Han Cholo, takes place Tuesday, October 28, from 7:30pm – 11pm at NATIVE Boutique, 5915 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles, 90028. Complimentary EFFEN Vodka cocktails will be served, and the designers will be in the house.

October 23, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOPy banana pancakes

Gwyneth Paltrow's new GOOP lifestyle newsletter gives mortals a taste of the actress's world—this week, she's all about wheat-free, vegan pancakes.
Paltrow came up with the recipe for her buckwheat and banana pancakes when making breakfast for a friend who "doesn’t eat eggs or dairy and doesn’t love wheat" (I'm guessing Madonna). "I like the challenge of making super healthy food that doesn’t taste like it belongs in California in the 1970s," adds Paltrow. "If my son likes them, then anyone will like them!"
Also included in Paltrow's email blast are her recipes for Asian Tuna Sandwiches ("the soy-mayo spread really makes it sing", she says) and her twist on San Francisco's Slanted Door restaurant's recipe for Caramelized Black Pepper Chicken ("so easy it’s ridiculous").
Each week, GOOP subscribers can expect Paltrow's Martha Stewart-esque missives, broken down in to broad themes: "Make", "Go", "Get" and "Do".
Next week—Paltrow talks to three doctors about general health and detoxing.
Sign up for GOOP here.

October 23, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

October 21, 2008

Grande dame Rosamond Bernier opens up her vintage couture closet

A connoisseur of the finest of arts and highest of cultures, New York socialite Rosamond Bernier has a wardrobe that befits her status as an international grande dame. For the first time ever, she will be opening up that legendary wardrobe for a sale on Yoox.com, the highlight of which is Bernier’s haute couture water-print taffeta ball gown designed in 1959 by Yves Saint Laurent for Christian Dior, with its matching evening bag—a rare example from Saint Laurent’s brief reign at Dior, which gave him his entrée into the realm of Parisian high fashion.
Bernier has given more than 200 lectures at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and many of her talks were about artists whom she counted among her friends: Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger, Joan Miró, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti.
Rather than wearing a little black dress for the lectures, she liked to go all out with her high fashion ensembles. “I thought of it as a performance," explains Bernier. Many of those couture dresses remained ‘sleeping beauties‘in her closet until Federico Marchetti of online retailer Yoox.com came along and convinced her to put them up for auction.
Yoox will create a dedicated area featuring excerpts from her lectures, photographs from her personal collection, and a video interview, to establish the biographical context for the selection of vintage pieces available for sale.  
Bernier worked for Paris Vogue after World War II before co-founding L’Oeil,  a prestigious art magazine of the era. She has lived in New York for nearly 40 years now with her husband John Russell, a former New York Times art critic. She has been decorated for her contributions to culture, awarded the Legion of Honor and the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres in France, and the Cross of the Order of Isabel la Catolica, bestowed by King Juan Carlos of Spain.
On Yoox.com Rosamond Bernier will comment on each featured item from her wardrobe, sharing her recollections of how and when she acquired it and the noteworthy occasions on which she wore it.   
The sale is geared toward serious private collectors and museums. It will also feature a Zandra Rhodes dress from the early 1970’s, a Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel red wool bouclé suit from the early 1980’s and a Kenneth Jay Lane leaf necklace, circa 1970.
The sale starts this Thursday October 23 at around 9 a.m., EST at Yoox.com.

October 21, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

October 20, 2008

Au revoir, Mr. Blackwell

Mr. Blackwell, the cantankerous fashion critic known for his biting "Worst Dressed" lists, has exited the runway. A former fashion designer who dressed Nancy Reagan and Jayne Mansfield, Blackwell died Sunday from an intestinal infection aged 86. He had been in very poor health since August.
A pioneer in the art of bitchy fashion criticism, Blackwell started his annual "Ten Worst Dressed Women" list in 1960, way before terms like "Fashion Police" or "VPL" had even entered the lexicon.
"If a woman who wears a shoe two sizes too small is apt to suffer from bunions, I wonder what is the fate of one with a 39-inch bust who wears a size 16 dress?," he pondered of Anita Ekberg in his first Worst Dressed list. The list would later be syndicated to countless magazines and news networks around the world.
Martha Stewart "dresses like the centerfold for Farmer’s Almanac" he griped one year. The Dixie Chicks "look like a trio of truck stop fashion tragedies trapped in a typhoon", he wailed in another. And Bjork, he sighed, "dances in the dark...and dresses there, too."
Members of the British Royal Family, Meryl Streep, Paula Abdul and Paris Hilton were regulars on the List which, like an eccentric old aunt or the dodo, will be most appreciated now that it is gone.

October 20, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

October 15, 2008

Hurley tees and corsets for breast cancer

Clothes made to raise money for charity may make you feel good, but let's face it—they don't always make you look especially good. Not so with Hurley's 2nd Annual Art Chest—last night, Hurley unveiled a series of celebrity-customized corsets and tees worthy of even the hippest of wardrobes.
The garments are being auctioned off to raise money for breast cancer awareness in an online auction that launched today (Wednesday October 15) and closes October 30—which means you have plenty of time to place your bid.
Here are three from the collection, customized by model (and Leo DiCaprio squeeze) Bar Refaeli, actress Denise Richards, and actress Constance Zimmer respectively. And be sure to check out the celeb-adorned tees, many of which feature lace details and whimsical trims, not to mention the distinctive, girl-powerish Art Chest corset logo.
100% of profits from the auction will go to Boarding for Breast Cancer (www.b4bc.org), a non-profit, youth-focused education, awareness, and fundraising foundation.
Click here to participate in the auction. www.hurley.com

October 15, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Lindsay Lohan's 6126 Leggings

Named for the birth date of her idol Marilyn Monroe (born 6/1/1926), Lindsay Lohan's leggings line 1626 just debuted at Henri Bendel in New York.
The public first got wind of Lohan's Marilyn fascination after she donned a slightly ratty peroxide wig for her revealing shoot for New York magazine. In it, she posed as the ill-fated screen idol, who was also rumored to be bisexual (I once heard something about Marilyn, Brigitte Bardot and a bathroom).
We're sure Marilyn herself would have loved these leggings; the Dom Basic ($128) is a plain back design with gold calf zipper, while the jungle-print Gable Basic ($80) features the ultimate anti-fashion statement—stirrups. Both looks are available for pre-order at Lisa Kline. Order here.
(More looks, including her Mr President leggings and leopard print ankle socks, will be available online at Intuition.com)

October 15, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Dallas Austin offers sneak-peak of his Rowdy Collection

Grammy Award winning producer/songwriter Dallas Austin, a hit-maker for the likes of TLC, Boyz II Men, Gwen Stefani, and Madonna, offered a sneak preview of his new clothing line, The Rowdy Collection, at Ivan Kane’s Café Was in L.A. this week.
Bobby Brown and Eddie Murphy danced the night away with the beautiful actress Naja Hill at the party, hosted by People’s Revolution. Bartenders wore Rowdy tees and served Ciroc Vodka to revelers. At around 11:15 p.m. eighty plus guests watched as Dallas Austin and a crew of male models emerged from a red velvet curtain wearing Rowdy's "punk meets preppy" looks, as conceived by Austin and his design consultant Gregory "Greg Mike" Mensching.
After posing for pics, Austin, who sported a Mohawk, disappeared out to the patio leaving the models to play. The ensembles bore the signature “R” with angel wings on each side and topped with a Kings crown.  The looks were all heavy leather, with colorful racer jackets and hats in a palette of basic black and white. Some of the ensembles were accessorized with colorful bandannas and sneakers, giving off a young, urban vibe. Rather than strutting down a catwalk, these models mingled with the guests. Some of them performed card tricks on top of the piano, while others were overheard talking about their love for the line.
Items from The Rowdy Collection will retail from $90 to $300 at Lisa Kline Mens.

October 15, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

October 14, 2008

Meet Boo Boo Stewart at grand opening of Kitson Kids On The Plaza

Expect massive sugar highs and shrill tantrums at the grand opening of 4000 sq. ft. tween fashion emporium  Kitson Kids On The Plaza this weekend. Organizers promise a rocking pre-pubescent party at the store on Robertson Blvd. in West Hollywood, a bigger, better incarnation of the original Kitson Kids boutique. On the racks will be kids' denim by Seven for All Mankind, jumpsuits by Little Marc Jacobs (pictured, $92) and dresses by C & C California.
Disney T-Squad star, actor/martial artist Boo Boo Stewart, is hosting the event and will perform for the diminutive crowd. (Boo Boo, 14, is the son of Nils Allen Stewart, who has built a successful career playing thugs, doormen and beefy mercenaries in films like "Chupacabra Terror" and "The Scorpion King".)
Also expected to attend are Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Jeannette McCurdy and the cast of "I Carly"—names that mean nothing to me, because I'm not nine.
Kidswear brand Graffeeti will launch its "Anthem" line of write-on sneakers and backpacks at the event. Proceeds from sales will be donated to the Summer Stars Camp for the Performing Arts, a program for lower income youth started by Britney Spears.
Kitson Kids on The Plaza's grand opening party takes place Saturday, October 18, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. 116 N. Robertson Blvd. (Just south of Beverly and across the courtyard from the Newsroom Cafe). Shop the store online here.

October 14, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Win dinner at Shin in Hollywood

21st century Brat Packers DJ Steve Aoki, Gerard Butler ("Rocknrolla"), The Strokes' Julian Casablancas, Chris Masterson ("Malcolm in the Middle"), Danny Masterson ("That 70s Show"), Laura Prepon ("That 70s Show") and music producer Mark Ronson have formed a gastronomic dream-team of sorts, teaming up to open Shin, a glitzy Korean BBQ in Hollywood. (The brains behind their celebrity brawn is the well-connected chef/restaurateur Simon Shin.)
Last night's launch party went on until the wee hours, with Butler (who stars in Guy Ritchie's latest effort, "Rocknrolla") jumping over the bar to mix Belvedere cocktails while Mark Ronson, Danny Masterson and Steve Aoki took turns DJing. (Aoki's no stranger to the restaurant biz—his late father, the mercurial Rocky Aoki, founded the Benihana restaurant chain.)
Although we can't promise Butler will be behind the bar or Aoki behind the decks every night, we can offer one Stylephile reader a dinner for two at the new venue. (We hear the short rib casserole is especially melt-in-the-mouth.)
To win, tell us about the most exotic dining experience you've ever had. Post your answers as a comment, and include your email address. Deadline is Monday October 20 at 5 p.m.
Shin is at 1600 N. Wilcox Ave., Hollywood. Open 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. Tuesdays through Sundays. Meat, $15-$35; soups, $12-$25; rice, noodles, $15. Full bar. (323) 464-4100, www.shinbbq.com.

October 14, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Heidi Klum in-person makeovers next week

"Project Runway's" Heidi Klum hasn't let the Bravo/Lifetime debacle get her down—right now, she's all about her new chocolate flavored lipgloss.
“This creamy gloss is infused with chocolate flavor, my personal touch,”says Klum of the product, part of her Victoria's Secret Very Sexy Makeup collection. Klum will be demonstrating new fall colors and giving out personalized makeovers at the VS store at The Grove in Los Angeles next week, showing Plain Janes like ourselves how to achieve her camera-ready face.
If you can't make it, the new colors will be available to purchase next week. As well as the Lip Gloss in Cupcake ($14), the new collection features a green and gold Glitter Eye Liner in Licorice ($10) and a nude lip color, Perfect Lipstick in Malibu ($14). “I balance a dark eye with neutral lips, like this warm nude," says Klum. "I love the creamy feel.”
If you can make it, I suggest you book an appointment today to receive your makeover along with your purchase of the new collection.
Thursday, October 23rd from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Call 323 634 9177 to book your makeover appointment. 
Victoria’s Secret Store at The Grove at Farmers Market, 6301 West 3rd Street, Los Angeles (cross street Fairfax Avenue). www.victoriassecret.com

October 14, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

October 9, 2008

Poetic genius: Tord Boontje

With his "The Little Wild Garden of Love", "Fig Leaf Wardrobe", "Witches' Kitchen", and "Rain Collection", Dutch design star Tord Boontje creates divinely decorative accents for home and garden that sound like they could be poems.
The designer himself is making a very special U.S. appearance this Friday October 10 at lifestyle store Artecnica's new L.A. showroom from 6-9 p.m.
Former WWD West Coast bureau chief Rose Apodaca alerted me to this event, noting in her email blast that Boontje "is widely hailed as returning a decorative, even maximalist aesthetic to modernism, with his whimsical range of lighting, tableware, home accessories and small furnishings."
A 6 p.m., Tord and Artecnica co-founder Enrico Bressan will share their methodology and manufacturing processes with an intimate look at their many best-selling collaborations  and many never-seen prototypes. And at 7 p.m., the party begins. Besides an auction featuring products made under Artecnica's guidance by the kids from the L.A.'s Best After School Program, Apodaca's A+R design store will have a pop-up in Bressan's studio.
The night is free, rsvp at events@artecnicainc.com
www.tordboontje.com

October 9, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

October 7, 2008

Mandy Moore hosting Gen Art in L.A...tickets available

Mandy Moore will launch Los Angeles Fashion Week when she hosts Gen Art's 11th Annual "Fresh Faces in Fashion" show, featuring twelve of the city's most promising designers.
I'm a fan of hipster Wayne Joffe's Wayne Hadley line, a irreverently forward, tailored men's collection featuring double-breasted outerwear and tux jackets that debuted at LA store Scout (Joffe is pictured below with his pal Lindsay Lohan). I'm also addicted to Michelle Nguyen Williams' French beatnik-inspired  Quail line (I wore nothing but her cute collared racerback jersey dresses this summer). And keep an eye out for Posso's presentation—they make the sexiest spats (pictured) you'll ever see—and Jerome C. Rousseau's collection (he's one of the very few young shoe designers based in L.A.)
Gen Art always presents a delicious clusterf*ck of new design, and while the scene can get a little crowded at times, I urge those Angelenos with an interest in emerging fashion to purchase tickets for the event. You can bet your bottom dollar that the designers you'll see there will go on to big things (remember a little guy called Zac Posen? He's a Gen Art alum. As were Rodarte's Mulleavy sisters and Phillip Lim.)
Other designers showing include: Joel K (KZO), Maxine Dillon, Sandra Sandor (Nanushka), Meredith Fisher (Wayf), Maira Caren (Peonie), Mallyce Miller (LAEKEN), Azature, Laura Kranitz, and Vanessa Giovacchini and Marylouise Pels (Posso)


The show takes place this Friday, October 10, at the Peterson Automotive Museum, 6060 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA. Buy tickets here.

October 7, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Actress launches ONE OCTOBER purse line

Actress Roxana Zal, who became the youngest person to win a Primetime Emmy after her performance in 1984's "Something About Amelia", has launched ONE OCTOBER, a fashion-forward new handbag and accessories collection that features salmon skin as well as regular patent leather.
ONE OCTOBER, which Zal launched with her good friend Naomi Stokeld, is geared toward the environmentally-conscious consumer. "Salmon skin is only an industrial residue from the farmed salmon industry but it is considered "exotic" leather," they say. "By using salmon leather, we aim to deliver high fashion and quality, in an environmentally-sustainable way."
It was while living in Chile that Stokeld, a corporate lawyer, discovered the myriad possibilities of salmon leather. Upon moving back to Los Angeles, she met Roxana and the two decided to combine their talents to create ONE OCTOBER.
Don't like fish? Not all of the bags are made with salmon skin—their "Joanna" bag is made from patent leather with a salmon skin edge. The bags retail for around $400.
Buy here, or here.

October 7, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Option this: the real JT Leroy

The guy underneath literary hoaxer JT Leroy's preposterous wig and glasses turned out to be a girl—fashion designer Savannah Knoop—and she's reading from her mind-bending autobiography "Girl Boy Girl" tonight at Book Soup, at 7:00 p.m..
If you can't make it to the reading, you can purchase the book online here, and learn how Savannah, a soft-spoken twenty-something artist from San Francisco, found herself hob-nobbing (and occasionally sleeping with) Hollywood's friendly gullibles (Winona Ryder, Carrie Fisher and Asia Argento were all intrigued with JT for a time), all while pretending to be a male former truckstop prostitute named JT Leroy who had penned two best-selling novels ("Sarah", "The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things").
Knoop's wide-eyed "did I really just do that?" take lends a poetic, fairy tale spin to the story, as she leads the reader through various landmark JT moments, most of which that trembled on the edge of farce (a surreal dinner date with Gus Van Sant) and fantasy (making love to Asia Argento). She poetically demonstrates how the fantasy of JT became so much a part of the Savannah reality, it became impossible to distinguish the two.
After New York magazine unveiled the hoax, the woman who actually wrote the books, Laura Albert (the ex of Savannah's half-brother), was sued by the film company that had bought the rights to "Sarah". (Albert has written for the show "Deadwood".)
Savannah, whose avant garde clothing line Tinc reflects her continuing fascination with gender boundaries, will be putting on a fashion show at the Linc gallery in San Francisco October 25, where she will showcase a padded underwear collection called Tranc.
Savannah Knoop reads from her book "Girl Boy Girl" at Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood CA 90069, tonight (Tuesday October 7) at 7:00 p.m.

October 7, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

October 2, 2008

Belusso: Swimwear worth buying a yacht for

Club 55 in Saint Tropez is the "spiritual home" of Belusso, the glamorous swimwear collection founded by former fashion industry lawyer Kirsten Ehrig-Sarkisian. Adorned with 14 carat gold details and semi-precious gems, the silk bikinis and one-pieces are perfect for any St Bart's getaways you might have lined up...
Ehrig-Sarkisian, who is married to William Morris agent Keith Sarkisian, came up with the name of her line during a private tour of Steve McQueen's automobile collection, when she fell in love with the actor's vintage Lusso Berlinetta Ferrari. "Lusso" is the Italian word for "luxury", so she added the letters "bel" from the word "belezza"- Italian for beauty—and a resort line was born. 
Marilyn Heston, the fashion PR whiz (and offspring of the late Charlton Heston) is spreading the Belusso gospel around town. She swears the bikinis are flattering, even though they may look skimpy. "They hold everything up," she assured me. Eva Longoria, Mariah Carey, Audrina Partridge, Elizabeth Banks, Ali Larter, Brooke Burke, and Jade Jagger are among the jet-setty beach bums who agree.
Www.belusso.com, click here for a list of online stockists.

October 2, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Clothes for a cause: Fashion Targets Breast Cancer

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so pay a visit to Net-A-Porter.com's dedicated Fashion Targets Breast Cancer page, where you'll find exclusive fundraising looks by Ralph Lauren, Diane von Furstenberg, and Marchesa, among others.
Ralph Lauren founded Fashion Targets Breast Cancer in 1994 in response to a plea from the late Washington Post fashion critic Nina Hyde, who was fighting the disease at the time. All proceeds from this limited edition Ralph Lauren/Fashion Targets Breast Cancer fitted polo shirt ($75), found exclusively on Net-A-Porter, will benefit FTBC charities globally. The shirts, which come in red, yellow, green, blue and white, are priced at $75 each. 
Creative director David Lipman and photographer Patrick Demarchelier developed the ad campaign, which features top models Daria Werbowy, Lily Donaldson, Lily Cole, Du Juan and Sasha Pivovarova wearing the shirts.
Hollywood has been enthusiastic in its support of the cause—Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie, Brooke Shields, Cameron Diaz, Charlize Theron, Sienna Miller, and Penelope Cruz have their own FTBC polos.
Buy here.

 

October 2, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

September 30, 2008

Girls dress up for their gay boyfriends at the Outfest Legacy Awards

The well-dressed hags almost outshone their gay boyfriends at Outfest's glittering Legacy Awards fundraiser last week, with Marisa Tomei (left) and Kristen Bell (center) looking sassy chic as they toasted the crème de la crème of gay Hollywood. Not to forget the night's host Bruce Vilanch, whose "Big Boned" t-shirt said it all.
Bruce Cohen (pictured, with Marisa Tomei) producer of the upcoming Gus Van Sant/Harvey Milk biopic "Milk", as well as "American Beauty" and TV's "Pushing Daisies", was thrilled to receive the night's top honor, handed to him by actor Ewan McGregor. "I kissed Ewan McGregor on the lips!" he gushed.
NBC co-chair Ben Silverman accepted an award on behalf of NBC-Universal, whose subsidiaries created LGBT landmarks "Will & Grace", "Brokeback Mountain," and "Far from Heaven". Silverman said he wished his mom, who is gay, could have been been at the awards with him.

September 30, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Obama knee socks for presidential cheerleaders

Director Spike Lee scooped up armfuls of Obama knee socks at the Democratic National Convention, adding the finishing touches to his presidential cheerleading outfit.
Only 1,200 pairs of Obama knee socks have been made, and they're only available at Shopflick.com, a shopping site that  uses web videos to sell its wares.  The socks are navy with bold red lettering spelling "Obama" down each calf, and they are made of a cotton-poly-spandex blend that ensures a snug fit on a variety of leg shapes. They fit women's shoe sizes 5 1/2 through 11, although many guys have been buying them too. "I am a big wearer of knee socks—that's the only inspiration here," said the sock's designer Erica Easley, head buyer the Red Light Clothing Exchange in Portland. "I am not a political junkie. I just like cute clothes."
The socks are $15, buy here.

September 30, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

September 24, 2008

Top Chefs go toque to toque

Reality chefs C.J. Jacobsen and Antonia Lofaso (pictured) from Bravo's "Top Chef" will go toque to toque once again, in a cook-off at The Grove in Los Angeles, Thursday September 25.
Organized by The Sherry Council of America, the event is billed as a "tasteful evening of friendly competition" between the two reality stars, from Top Chef seasons 3 and 4 respectively—and let's not forget the free samplings of Sherry wines, and gourmet bites from The Grove’s restaurants that will be on offer on the sidelines. We're talking tasty bites Hans Goppler from The Farm of Beverly Hills, Olivier Bouillot from Morels French Steakhouse & Bistro, Paul Sidoti from Maggiano’s Little Italy, and Anthony Jacquet from The Whisper Lounge. And plenty of Sherry, which can only come from Jerez, Spain’s oldest wine-making region,
Eat Drink and be Sherry takes place in the Park beside the fountain at The Grove, 189 The Grove Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90036, on Thursday September 25, 7:00-9:00 pm. 7:00 pm: check-in and sampling of Sherry and gourmet bites, 7:30: Mini cooking demonstrations begin by chefs from The Grove’s restaurants, 8:00 pm: Top Chef competition. The event is free but RSVPs are required to (323) 769-6392 or lamagevents@yahoo.com.

September 24, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Solutions for the broken hearted

Alexis Smart, the flower remedy practitioner who counts Robert Plant, Crispin Glover, and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" director/producer Robert B. Weide among her devotees, has come up with a new blend—one specifically designed to mend a broken heart.
Smart's "Wholehearted"™ remedy is based on Dr. Bach Flower Remedies and was formulated to help the heartbroken get through those dark hours (or days, or weeks) following a break up or loss of someone close. The remedy, she says, "neutralizes shock and anguish, getting you off the emotional roller coaster and into a state of calm. It comforts feelings of abandonment, quiets obsessive thoughts and helps you to let go of the past and stop thinking about what could have been. If there is anger, resentment or jealousy, this formula can bring the relief of forgiveness."
Smart, who also counts "Grey's Anatomy" producer Kip Koenig and singers Victoria Williams and Becky Stark among her client base, decided to create the "Wholehearted" blend about six months ago, following what she describes as "an epidemic of dumpings" in L.A. "It was mainly women going through these break ups," she says, "and I realized a formula like this was really badly needed. You know how crazy you feel when you're brokenhearted, especially if you've been rejected? Sometimes it feels like there's no relief. This remedy helped cool them down immediately."
Smart, a former commercial actress who shot campaigns for Pepsi, IBM and Doritos with director Joe Pytka, has been working with Dr Bach Flower Remedies for five years. She's also studying homeopathy. "I'm a born skeptic," says Smart. "Then I started taking the remedies myself, and my life became split in to 'before Dr. Bach' and 'after Dr. Bach'. I couldn't believe how effective they were for me."
Alexis Smart's Wholehearted blend is $25.00 + $2.50 shipping. www.alexissmart.com

September 24, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

September 23, 2008

Dita Von Teese launches new Wonderbra collection

Pin-up lovely Dita Von Teese channeled 1940s glamour for her capsule lingerie collection with Wonderbra in the U.K., which launched yesterday.
The collection features three different ranges—Multi-Teese, Spot-Teese and Satin-Teese—and is designed for every day wear. Von Teese, who has said she is considering a move to Paris because "there are certain places where men always appreciate their glamour girls", insists that women should wear lingerie for themselves, not for their lovers. "It's not about seducing men, it's about embracing womanhood," she says.
Von Teese, who is Marilyn Manson's ex-wife, also has her own line of nylon stockings and lingerie, available through her website.
The Wonderbra collection is available in the U.K. from Littlewoods (no international shipping available) here. More online stockists are expected to carry the line in coming months.

September 23, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Not the Emmys: Taylor Momsen at the Met Opera opening night

The New York Times was especially irritable in its coverage of the Emmys (and that's saying something, considering the near universal panning Sunday's Emmycast has received in the media). So, for those jaded Gothamites who simply won't suffer another word about Los Angeles and its Emmy Awards—here's Gossip Girl's Taylor Momsen looking very elegant for her years in crimson Marchesa at the Met Opera Gala in New York last night.
Yet to turn 16, Momsen (who plays Jenny Humphrey on the show) makes a chic statement in this pleated organza gown with crimson suede bodice. Aside from the red lipstick, which is a little OTT with her platinum hair and garnet dress, she looks divine. Compare and contrast with Phoebe Price, who attempted the Lady in Red look with disastrous results on the Emmy carpet. (Whoops—did I say Emmy again? Fiddlesticks!)
The Marchesa collection, designed by Georgina Chapman, is available at Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom and specialty stores nationwide.

September 23, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

September 22, 2008

Sophia Loren drag queen fooled Emmy party-goers

A drag queen who was the spitting image of Italian screen legend Sophia Loren fooled many guests at the Entertainment Tonight Emmy party with her convincing cleavage-and-glasses ensemble. The impersonator, who was accompanied by a less convincing Dolly Parton lookalike, was spotted wandering around Walt Disney Concert Hall where the post-Emmy bash was held. There were murmurs and double-takes among the crowd as she stood chit-chatting with "Dolly", watching Billy Idol perform.
Many were taken in by Loren's doppelganger, including one TV presenter who introduced herself to the drag queen as a huge fan. The fake Loren merely nodded and carried on walking.
A phone call to the PR firm that handled the party confirmed the truth: alas, the Sophia Loren we saw was not the real thing.
"We first saw her walking around First Street and Grand," said the publicist, who said she was concerned to see the septuagenarian icon hitting the pavement in downtown L.A. "Then we realized it wasn't her."
Other party-goers included the very real Brooke Shields, Amy Poehler, Kristin Chenoweth and the cast of "Mad Men", Larry Birkhead, Carrie Underwood and the whole "Entertainment Tonight" and "Insider" teams. The Stylephile chatted with "Desperate Housewives" costume designer Cate Adair, who had designed the one-of-a-kind $500,000 diamond and platinum clutch carried by Lara Spencer. We also said hello to L.A. fashion designer Kevan Hall, who had dressed Vanessa Williams that night, and Paula Abdul who was her usual agreeable self.
The Spanish tapas-style nibbles were by Joaquim Splichal's Patina Catering (major thumbs up to the paella and truffle butter mash). The 25lb gift bag, which contained vouchers for a weekend at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, a month's membership at The Sports Club/LA and a Flip mini camcorder as well as countless other trinkets and fancies, was worth more over $1,000. "We're not getting taxed on this, are we?" asked one Endeavor agent. Let's hope not.

September 22, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Emmys 2008: Red Rug Redux

Wall Street collapse, a security alert, and possibly the lowest ratings in Emmy history—such things were of minor import on the Nokia Theatre's red carpet Sunday, where the sartorial mood was decidedly bright and cheery.
That's not to say that there weren't any depressing hues at the 60th Annual Primetime Emmys—there were plenty (Glenn Close, Debra Messing, Nicolette Sheridan, Hayden Panettiere, America Ferrera and Kate Walsh all opted for drab-fab noir)—but the Black Widows lost out to the Ladies in Red, Emerald, Amethyst, Marigold and Plum, whose Technicolor gowns dazzled and shimmered in the afternoon sun.
(Click here and here to see Variety's photo coverage of the Emmys.)

The Stylephile's Emmy 2008 Style Awards:

Best Green Goddess: Christina Hendricks

"Mad Men's" Joan Holloway, aka 30-year-old actress Christina Hendricks, looked like the Wizard of Oz's concubine queen in this emerald Tadashi Shoji goddess gown, which the designer had created in green, just for her. "It's my perfect dream dress," gushed Hendricks, whose Rubenesque figure and heaving porcelain bosom pick up exactly where Ava Gardners' left off.






Best Princess Bride: Olivia Wilde

"House" star Olivia Wilde, 24, looks like a fairy tale princess bride in her pearly Reem Acra satin and chiffon cap-sleeve gown and Jimmy Choo heels—although she's more alterna than her sparkly red carpet attire would suggest. Wilde is married to boho L.A. filmmaker Tao Ruspoli, who is a member of LAFCO, a film and art collective that travels the country in a converted school bus. On the red carpet, Wilde was more interested in talking about her admiration for Hugh Laurie than her hubby's beatnik lifestyle. Working with Laurie "is a dream come true," she said. Winning the coveted Stylephile Princess Bride Award, Wilde beat off stiff competition from fellow fairy princesses Sandra Oh (named "most improved" by carpet commentator Lisa Rinna, thanks to her ruffled Oscar de la Renta gown), and Marcia Cross  (in nude Elie Saab Haute Couture gown, Rene Caovilla heels and Hearts on Fire diamonds).

Best Red Carpet Clash: Brooke Shields

Brooke Shields' fuchsia organza dress by Badgley Mischka was a showstopper when she was on stage presenting, but the dress' impact was muted on the carpet, where the red competed with Shields' pink. Shields, 43, who stars in "Lipstick Jungle" with Mary Tyler Moore playing her mom, said it was the first time she had been to the Emmys.







Best Yellow Fever: Teri Hatcher

Teri Hatcher, 43, and Mariska Hargitay, 44, both went for in-yer-face marigold yellow, a shade which is bound to catch the eye of the paparazzi, but is too loud to be truly stylish. Hatcher's dress was by Monique Lhullier, whom the actress described as "the nicest person, so sweet."








Best in Black: Kate Walsh

"Private Practice" actress Kate Walsh, 40, was East Coast sassy in black Zuhair Murad. "Dont mess with the Zuhair," deadpanned Walsh, who was bedecked with Neil Lane diamond-and platinum jewelry worth $1million. "Private Practice" premieres October 1.









Best Flowerchild-Meets-Xena-in-a-Texan-Whorehouse: Phoebe Price

Professional nobody Phoebe Price, age unclear, understands the value of worst-dressed lists—they're better than no list at all. With that in mind, Price went totally bananas in a lacy red see-through gown (designer unknown—and it's probably better that way), red floral headband and red panties, creating a look better suited to the AVN Porn Awards than the Emmys rug. With this colossal mistake of an ensemble, Pee-Pee—described as a "trainwreck-famewhore" by TMZ—is headed straight for the 2008 Fug pile.

September 22, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

September 18, 2008

"Beverly Hills 90210" inspires Henry Holland's new 501s

British designer Henry Holland (pictured) brought new meaning to the phrase  "fashionable circles", turning Levis' iconic 501s into Swiss cheese by means of laser-cut polka dots. Mirroring his circle-obsessed Spring '09 runway presentation at London Fashion Week, the holey jeans were launched today on Selfridges "Superbrands" floor, and become available to the public as of tomorrow.
The collection features six different styles in a light blue denim. Three styles are printed and three are laser-cut. Apparently, both this collection and his runway show were inspired by the original "Beverly Hills 90210" series. Whether the CW's new "90210" spin-off also goes on to inspire London creatives remains to be seen.
www.selfridges.com

September 18, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Eva Mendes' sexy Secret Obsession

Call me filthy-minded, but doesn't Eva Mendes' bottle of Secret Obsession by Calvin Klein look like a giant sex toy? Or a garlic bulb, depending on the light. Either way, she certainly looks like she's getting ready to have a good time with it...

This image is from the print campaign—the television ad, which shows a fleetingly delicious glimpse of Mendes' left nipple, was banned so as to protect impressionable children from suffering premature sexual awakening.

We say it's not Mendes' nipple parents should be worrying about, it's her bottle—with Secret Obsession, the possibilities truly are endless.

Treat yourself to a bottle here. Click here to read a thorough review of the fragrance itself, written by someone who has smelled it.

September 18, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Anya Sarre's Emmy beauty: What all starlets should know

Red carpet stylist and "Entertainment Tonight" fashionista Anya Sarre has been dressing and beautifying stars for the Emmys for six years. "During the Emmys I'd estimate there are around 20 crises per day," says Sarre, explaining how red carpet styling, despite the common perception that it's a lesser art than costume design or magazine fashion styling, is an intricate and demanding science unto itself. In fact to her, and to the stars that hire her, red carpet beauty is an issue of serious gravity, one that can make and break careers in a town where image=everything.
Sarre, who is styling Mary Hart, Pat O'Brien and many others for Sunday's Emmys, knows all the tricks, from strategic spray tanning (to create the illusion of sculpted muscles), to portable teeth whitening pens (which brighten smiles after a glass of post-Emmy Pinot).
Are you taking notes, starlets?

Suddenly Slimmer Body Wraps
Talk about instant gratification—you'll lose anything from 6 to 12 inches per hour-long session, as the all-natural mineral wraps draw toxins from your body
Colonics at the Beverly Hills Wellness Center
The secret to glowing skin.
Water Pills
Water pills are diuretics that will eliminate bloating, fast. You can get them through a friendly doctor. Or you can try over the counter brands like Aqua Ban.
Shape Wear by Dr Rey, aka Dr 90210.
Bye bye bulges. "It's like armor," says Sarre.
Portofino Spray Tanning at your home
"For $300, they will come to you house and spray you there," says Sarre. And they even know how to draw in definition, giving the illusion of toned muscles. And they'll customize the color so you won't ever look Valentino orange.
Endermologie anti-cellulite massage
"They literally massage the fat out," says Sarre. "It's amazing."
Glycolic peels
Ask your favorite facialist for one, ahead of time of course. Raw red skin is never a good look on the red carpet.
RevitaLash conditioning eyelash treatment
Created by a doctor whose wife lost her hair following chemotherapy, this product "literally makes your eyelashes grow," says Sarre, fluttering her own, insanely long, natural eyelashes at me. She has her clients start using it a month before they step foot on the red carpet.
Botox
Go figure.
BriteSmile To Go
These handy teeth-whitening pens have a time-release formula that helps keep starlets' smile pearly, even after gallons of red wine. 
Sassynips by Sassybax 
These gel nipple covers ensure your boobies will remain PG even if your dress demands no bra.
Scott Barnes' Platinum Body bling
Shimmering body lotion.

And let's not forget:

Shoes
"Never wear a closed toe on the red carpet," says Sarre. "Ankle straps are a no too, as they will make your legs look stubby." She recommends a nude peep-toe.
Faux diamonds
"Why not. I love 'em."
Nails
For red carpet, they should be neutral: light pink or buff. "Otherwise viewers' eyes will go straight to the nails."
Fragrance
Sarre advises her stars to keep a fragrance in their purse for those chance red carpet encounters with George Clooney. "I always have 'Child by Ron Robinson'," says Sarre.

The 60th Primetime Emmys take place this Sunday.

September 18, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

September 16, 2008

Robert Verdi: Born for TV

Larger than life, scathingly honest and balder than a baby's behind, TV fashionista and lifestyle expert Robert Verdi is what's known in the business as "a trip".
I met Verdi (who regularly styles Eva Longoria and J-Lo) during New York Fashion Week at his showroom the Luxe Laboratory, where he was hosting an intimate cocktail party for "Portfolio" magazine's European fashion editor Dana Thomas (stayed tuned for my story about Thomas and her groundbreaking book "Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster").
Wearing a jewel-encrusted t-shirt beneath a tailored suit jacket,  Verdi had filled the "must be seen to be believed" apartment with designer armchairs, enormous contemporary chandeliers and a giant flat screen TV that functioned as a virtual aquarium. In the bathroom, slick-haired French financiers murmured between themselves next to a ginormous jacuzzi tub, flanked by bottles and bottles of expensive hair product.
"Do you think anyone would notice if I moved in?" I asked one of Robert's assistants. "Maybe not," he said, "but there's no bedroom." I assured him that one of the many over-stuffed couches would suffice.
Verdi and his dog Lucinda whirred about the party on invisible roller skates, braking for brief, breathless conversation before whizzing on to the next guest. "He's a total psychopath, hate him!" Verdi cheerfully yelled, overhearing me mention the name of a leading New York fashion designer. "What the hell is she wearing—she looks like a little boy!" Verdi screamed in horror, pointing at one of his guests, who happened to be standing not three feet away. His frankness was entertaining, and not dumb. Not once did the performance feel contrived—one gets the impression that Verdi was just born like this...born for TV, that is.
I finally pinned him down to talk about his varied broadcast projects. He is about to start taping the second season of his mature models show "She's Got The Look" for TV Land, and is in talks with QVC to launch a jewelry line. He's also host of Surprise By Design on the Discovery Home Channel, and the Style Network's Fashion Police. And then there's a reality show in the pipeline. The working title is the rather genius: "Me, Me, Me.". 
"So Robert," I asked, "what's the show about?"
www.robertverdi.com

September 16, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

20% off online shopping at Owl's Lab

Owl's Lab, the Washington Square, NYC boutique formerly known as Addict, has solid celebrity credentials, naturally—what high-end boutique these days doesn't? What's really exciting is that its online store is offering 20% off to those in the know.
But back to those celebrities (this is Variety after all):
Blake Lively was photographed on the set of "Gossip Girl" with this Bryna Nicole 'Loyola' satchel in violet, available at Owl's Lab for $595.
The store's publicists also inform us that Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jessica Alba are fans of the store. Alba has been spotted with the Rebecca Minkoff 'Nikki' bag and J Brand Maternity jeans gifted to her by the store. Maria Carey's stylist also shopped with them (yes, she pays someone to make her look like that), and the singer ended up wearing her Citizens of Humanity jean shorts from Owl's when she pitched a ball at a game in Japan.
The store carries the following designers and many more:  7 for all Mankind, Botkier, Jill Stuart, Rag & Bone, Sonia Rykiel, Tibi and Vera Wang Lavender Label.
Enjoy 20% off online orders by typing in the code " happy20" at checkout. Offer good till September 20th.
Owl's Lab is located at 20 E. 12th St., (212) 633-2672. Shop online here.

September 16, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

September 9, 2008

Sarah Palin: You've been framed

Forget policy--it's moose pie, short skirts and Kawasaki 740 glasses frames that doth a political icon make.
Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's glasses, made by award-winning industrial designer Kazuo Kawasaki, have sparked a buying craze among women desperate for that "corporate madonna/whore" look. Made from titanium beta, former TV sportscaster Palin wears these prescription glasses in gray, lens shape SP-51.
Buy them here, if you must. To see some of Kawasaki's designs at the MoMA, click here.

September 9, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Titipon Chitsantisook: When designers look like their dresses...

Promising young Thai designer Titipon Chitsantisook won the grand prize at Tokyo's Onward New Designer Fashion Grand Prix with a collection of dresses that seemed to strangely resemble the designer himself.
Look at this swirling inky black sequined cocktail dress from the winning collection—it seems to curve and flow like the tentacles of a giant deep sea squid...much like Chitsantisook's blurry, mysterious self-portrait. Uncanny.
Born in Thailand, and now based in Paris, Chitsantisook says his work is based upon his observation that "the manner in which we dress no longer necessarily reflects our belonging to a social rank, an ethnic group, a profession or sexual identity. This state of ‘liberating confusion’ is an important source of inspiration."
Chitsantisook had already shown the collection (named after one of our favorite kids' films, "Neverending Story") at the prestigious Hyères festival in April.
The collection will be shown again in Belgium on October 23rd. Visit his blog here.

September 9, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Diane von Furstenberg Spring/Summer '09: Absolutely nothing new

Floral print maxi dresses. Flowery head dresses. Mismatched flower print chiffon. What is this, the Topanga Canyon Whole Foods granola aisle?
I'm all for Laurel Canyon hippie style in general, but Diane von Furstenberg's SS '09 collection, boringly named "Rock Goddess", was disappointingly unoriginal in its celebration of all things Joni Mitchell. Where was the war cry, the passion, the sensuality and the decadence? These clichéd yet strangely tame interpretations seem lifted direct from a Woodstock-era Sear's catalog, with no modern value added. And those costumey faux flower head dresses and denim flares—why not just have them wearing giant peace signs and smoking reefer on the ruway and be done with it?
This collection, which we're sure was beautifully stitched and is prohibitively expensive, is primed for massive Forever 21 rip-off  status, thanks to the nasty prints and shapeless silhouettes.
Flower children, run for the hills!

September 9, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

MTV VMAs: The awards cermony that style forgot

The MTV VMAs descended deep in to Machiavellian farce with Britney sweeping the boards as part of a clearly manufactured "come-back"...and don't even get me started on the hair.
While last year's VMAs saw Britney ridiculed for her lackluster performance and poor parenting skills, this year, the VMA Gods decided it was time for the underdog to win. Pfff.
"If there was a female Christ, it's Britney," prattled Russell Brand, the British comedian host. Um, no.
Spears, a 16 times VMA nominee before winning three awards Sunday night, predictably thanked "God, first and foremost, for just blessing me like this". We think she should thank her agent and the puppet masters at MTV.
Most of the artists who were lauded at last night's VMA specialize in terrible M.O.R. pop music, but still--the whole tasteless affair could have been rescued from the depths of pointlessness had there at least been some good style in the house.
Denied!
While there were some decent looking gowns on the red carpet, the majority were teamed with embarrassingly bad "Extreme Mermaid" hair dos.
Britney herself, wearing Versace, looked like a mentally-deficient Rapunzel. Christina Aguilera aged herself 20 years with harsh peroxide bangs. Lindsay Lohan pulled off a convincing Carmen Electra impression, with long Playboy Mansion honey blond extensions (her House of Holland dress was passable). And what was up with Ashley Tisdale's "Knott's Landing" soccer mom 'do? Way too much volume at the crown, girl!
What's most troubling is that these images are beamed to impressionable young teenagers around the world. Hollywood, is this really the best you can do?

September 9, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

September 4, 2008

Omigod: it's Shannen Doherty, cool again

Like, omigod--Shannen Doherty, star of the new "90210", is hosting tonights Gen Art Fresh Faces in Fashion show in New York, suggesting that Doherty's legacy of hideous 90s mommy jeans may finally be behind her.

This is a come-back 15 years in the making, dating back to when Doherty departed the original Beverly Hills 90210 cast amid accusations of belligerence, drug use and general bad style.

Now older, wiser and styled by "Friends" costume designer Debra McGuire for the CW's new "90210", Doherty is ready to take on hosting duties for the fashion show that launched the career of Zac Posen.

Brenda, it seems, is finally back.

Tickets for tonights event are sold out. Look for coverage on The Stylephile.

September 4, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Vivienne Westwood's first album

Vivienne Westwood, how come it took you so long to put out your own album? Maybe you were too busy dressing the Sex Pistols in the eighties. Maybe you got distracted, putting supermodels in impossibly high heels in the 90s. We're just happy that now, at age 67, you're finally bringing us Catwalk Breakdown.

Sadly, the album doesn't feature any original music by Westwood, and is instead a demented mish-mash of orchestral classics and noisy oddities. In keeping with the designer's eclectic tastes, songs range from Billy Fury to Tchaikovsky. Here's the track listing:

Permafrost, Magazine
Concierto De Aranjuez: 1. Allegro Con Spirito, Alexandre Lagoya
Barock, Luca Mainardi
Cave Girl, Dirty Stop Outs
L'ecole Des Aegypans (From Cydalise Et Le Chevre-Pied), Orchestre National Opera De Paris
La Lecon De Flute De Pan (From Cydalise Et Le Chevre-Pied), Orchestre National Opera De Paris
Dance Of The Nights, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Last Night Was Made For Love, Billy Fury
Valse Lente, Paul Strauss
Pas de deux: Variation 2 (Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy), Kirov Orchestra
Pas De Deux: Coda, Kirov Orchestra
Georgia Pines, Link Wray
Waltz Of The Flowers, Kirov Orchestra
Personality Crisis, The New York Dolls
Great Balls Of Fire, Mae West
Slow Down, Larry Williams

Her ex, Malcolm McClaren (is he still fixated on eight-bit music?) should watch his back.

Catwalk Breakdown is released September 15, you can pre-order it for $49.95 here.

September 4, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Red Carpet: Bowled over by Rinko Kikuchi

We're still loving Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi's striking bowl haircut, as seen yesterday at the 65th Venice Film Festival.

Here she is at a photo call for the movie Sky Crawlers, an animated adventure featuring Kikuchi as the lead character's voice.

Kikuchi's chic mod bowl cut, said to have been inspired by Yves Saint Laurent's Fall 2008 fashion show, is a refreshing departure from the sea of long wavy tresses usually seen on the red carpet. She teamed the look with a gray strapless mini dress, YSL shoes and a Chanel clutch.

Kikuchi was nominated for an Oscar for her performance as a deaf-mute in "Babel".

September 4, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Diane Pernet's Fashion Film festival

Launching September 26 in Paris, Diane Pernet's inaugural A Shaded View on Fashion Film Festival is poised to become the Sundance of the emerging 'fashion film' artform.

Diane Pernet, a former fashion designer, is known for her distinctive look (a giant beehive, mantilla veil, cat eye sunglasses and crimson lips). She also has one of the most influential blogs in fashion, A Shaded View on Fashion, in which she reports from the outer extremes of the cutting edge, giving face time to events, designers and nations that are often overlooked by the mainstream fashion media.

A Shaded View on Fashion Film Festival, or ASVOFF, launches at the Jeu de Paume contemporary art musuem and features entries by Colombian director Jessica Mitrani (her film is about one Mary Jane shoe), Italian director Francesco Carrozzini, and British director Malcolm Pate, among others.

ASVOFF will debut at the Jeu de Paume museum in Paris on 26 September. Click here for more information, or to submit for ASVOFF 2009.

September 4, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

September 1, 2008

Grey Goose taps Rachel Roy for spokesmodel dresses

Vodka company Grey Goose has become the first spirits company to commission an exclusive designer dress for its spokesmodels.
The company has commissioned fashion designer Rachel Roy, wife of hip hop business man Damon Dash (Roc-A-Fella Records, Rocawear Clothing), to create these sleek cocktail numbers, which will be unveiled at Rachel Roy’s presentation during New York Fashion Week this month. 
The dresses are elegant, yet simple, with blue silk flourish at the back. Let's hope Rachel's side project helps pay off some of the family debt—earlier this month it was reported that two Manhattan homes owned by Roy and Dash had gone into foreclosure, with the couple owing $7.3 million on the properties. Ouch.
Help a girl out, and shop Rachel Roy here.

September 1, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

August 29, 2008

Project Runway's Nina Garcia launches new book

Following up to her "Little Black Book of Style", "Project Runway" judge/Marie Claire fashion director Nina Garcia bring us "The One Hundred: A Guide to the Pieces Every Stylish Woman Must Own".
The style minimalists among you may wonder if 100 must-haves is a little excessive.
Personally, I can list my style essentials on one hand. Black silk A-line dress, wide leather belt, silk scarf, fitted cropped leather jacket, lace up wedge heels. Accessorize to fit mood and season, "accidentally" forget to wear bra for added kapow factor, and spritz neck with Narciso Rodriguez "For Her". That's it. Whether you're homeless or drunk or yachting, these five basics can be adapted and accessorized so you always look good, and yet different, every single day.
My approach also makes for a very short book. 
Garcia, on the other hand, fills 304 pages with handy tips and illustrations (provided by the venerable Ruben Toledo), listing the essentials you should consider for your style armory. Things like a cocktail ring, and some chic luggage, for example. Follow Garcia's advice, and notice how the phrase "I'm having a style crisis!" slowly melts from your vocabulary. $15, buy it here.

August 29, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

August 27, 2008

World's fiercest costume designer: Eric Daman

"Gossip Girl's" Eric Daman could well be the fiercest costume designer in the world right now, as demonstrated by the legions of fans who lined up to catch a glimpse of him and his girls at Henri Bendel in New York last weekend.

Here he is, naked beneath his tight waistcoat, strutting the red carpet and soaking up the love.

The party, thrown by Henri Bendel (Daman recently dressed the windows) and YSL Beauté, celebrates the "Gossip Girl's" second season, which launches on the CW, September 1. The show is known as much for its influence over fashion as for its storylines.

A reporter for Paper magazine wrote how one determined fan breached the velvet rope, determined to get a photo of her heros. When challenged by a photographer, the fan countered "Just cause you got a big camera, bitch, you ain't all that. Why, I should come over there and slap you down!"
Which is also fierce...Scary fierce.

August 27, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Obama's Daytime army

So this is how soap stars do politics—by stripping down to their Obama brand underwear.
Pictured left to right are Ashley Jones ("The Bold and the Beautiful"), Kristen Renton ("Days of Our Lives"), Andrew Christian (Obama ’08 Briefs designer), Christel Khalil ("The Young & the Restless"), Blake Berris ("Days of Our Lives") and Lesli Kay ("The Bold and the Beautiful").
They're showing Barack Obama the depth of their support by posing in these apparently best-selling “Obama ’08 Briefs” ($29 each), designed by underwear guru Andrew Christian.
Christian, whose undies are sold at Kitson Men (Los Angeles), Fred Segal (Los Angeles), and Patricia Field (New York), created something called "Flashback Butt Lifting Technology", which, he says, allows the wearer to "create the illusion of having that much sought after “bubble butt” without having to waste hours in the gym. The construction of the underwear automatically lifts the buttocks making them look more firm and round."
Obama, who probably doesn't have much gym time these days, will no doubt want to know more.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Andrew Christian's Obama briefs will be contributed to the Obama campaign. Buy here.

August 27, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Albert Hammond Jr., your friendly tailor

Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. is launching a line of tailored men's suits set to drop at Confederacy, the soon-to-be-opened Hollywood Blvd. boutique of his friend, celebrity stylist and art brat Ilaria Urbinati.

Hammond, who recently became engaged to British model Agyness Deyn, says he's targeting guys who'd rather get something tailored than "go to Men’s Wearhouse, pay the same amount, and look like an out-of-date parent.”
Urbinati, who has styled the cast of The L Word (see her work here) and who co-launched L.A. fashion hubs Milk and Satine, co-designed the line with Hammond.

Confederacy, which Urbinati is opening with actor Danny Masterson (Masterson will curate a gallery space within the store), opens its doors in mid September and will carry high fashion/hipster threads from Azzedine Alaïa, Band of Outsiders and many more.

Confederacy will be at 4661 Hollywood Boulevard., Los Angeles, CA 90027.

August 27, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Ah, to be a 20-year-old blogger in Paris...

So coquettish, so gamine, so very French is 20-year-old art history student/blogger Louise Ebel, that fashion editors around the world are wondering "how do you say 'It Girl' in French?"

Hailed "It Girl of Tomorrow" by Refinery29, and named "our favorite girl crush" by Teen Vogue, Ebel, who studies at the Sorbonne, is the poster child for Parisian street fashion, 2008.

Often bespectacled, always impeccable, Ebel is like a slightly more put together, slightly less drunk Cory Kennedy, her American "Internet It Girl" predecessor.
In true Gen Y style, Ebel's blog revolves entirely around herself and how fab she is, and she especially loves to post photos of herself next to great works of art by fin de siecle Parisian artists like Toulouse-Lautrec.

Being French, cute and 20, she gets away with it, of course. Say "bonjour" to her here.

August 27, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

August 24, 2008

Now boarding...world's first in-flight TV premiere

The first-ever in-flight premiere of a cable or broadcast program takes place next week, when Virgin Chairman Sir Richard Branson and members of the cast of "Entourage" will unveil “Entourage Air”, a custom-wrapped Airbus A320 aboard which Episode One of "Entourage's" fifth season will be publicly screened for the first time.
Sir Richard and the "Entourage" cast will christen the aircraft (the newest in the Virgin America fleet) during the send-off party at JFK airport in New York, complete with Dom Perignon champagne bar. (Guests have been warned that while the dress code is casual, they should "think Vince, not Turtle".)
Then the plane will take off, marking the launch of Virgin America’s new non-stop flight route from JFK to Las Vegas.
On board, passengers will watch the first episode of "Entourage" Season Five, while being supplied with “Entourage Class” amenities—noise canceling headphones, Godiva truffles, Kiehl’s products, Altoids, and catered full course meals from New York chef Keith Dilauro. When passengers arrive in Vegas, they'll party down at the Palms casino at the world’s only Playboy Club. They'll be flown back to New York the next day.
No word on whether high class call girls are included aboard Entourage Air—but here's hoping.
www.VirginAmerica.com

August 24, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Madonna does gangsta pimp, Givenchy-style

Madonna chose Givenchy Haute Couture by Riccardo Tisci for her 2008 "Sticky and Sweet" world tour, which kicked off tonight in Cardiff, Wales.
Two outfits were created for her by Givenchy, including this one, said to blend Art Deco and 'Gangster Pimp' influences.
"I feel incredibly fortunate to have been given the opportunity to offer the world of Givenchy Haute Couture to Madonna the Icon, the Artist, the Woman," gushed Tisci.
We think she looks rather fetching in this black stretch satin frock coat, which reminds me of both Wednesday Addams and "Last of the Mohicans", thanks to that tassled warrior breechcloth. Surely she's the sexiest gangster pimp Wales has ever seen.

August 24, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

August 23, 2008

Noel Ashman's Plumm job

The worlds of music, fashion and celebrity collide at The Plumm, co-owned by "Sex and The City" actor Chris Noth, Samantha Ronson and Joey McIntyre. The Plumm is where Tommy Hilfiger and Axl Rose had their infamous bust-up, and where model Agyness Deyn and Albert Hammond Jr. of The Strokes got kissy-kissy shortly before announcing their engagement.
But it's the man behind The Plumm—Noel Ashman—who is the more interesting story.
In the 1990s, when most of his peers were still playing My Little Pony, Ashman was already a precocious club-hopper, smooth-talking his way into Manhattan's most glamorous nightspots. Ashman's parents, worried about their son's hyperactive social life, told him he was going to boarding school. So he left home, aged 13.
At the time, he was a part-time gopher for a real estate company, working for a man who owned "half the Upper Westside."
"I asked my boss if I could move in to one of his vacant apartments, and I paid him cash," recalls Ashman. "Then I called school and said 'I'm not coming in today'."
Ashman (who did go back to school and got his college degree) began renting lofts and throwing weekend parties for his pubescent friends, many of them the sons and daughters of Manhattan's rich and famous.
"I did parties at the Tunnel during the Club Kid days," says Ashman, recalling working with the infamous Michael Alig, who was played by Macaulay Culkin in "Party Monster". "The Club Kids loved us 15 year olds. We would mix my kind of uptown crowd with their very trendy crowd."
Ashman's youthful inner circle matured into known actors, models and socialites, and club owners who had once greeted Ashman with raised eyebrows started begging him to throw parties at their venues.
When his assistant Randall Emmett moved to Hollywood to become a producer ("Day of the Dead", "The Wicker Man") he called Ashman and suggested he try his hand at producing too. "He was the one who got me to produce my first film, 'Speedway Junky'," says Ashman. "He told me that producing required the exact same skills that I used to run my clubs. They are very similar, which is why I've enjoyed it."
Ashman produced a handful of movies, and is currently in talks to make a film loosely based on his life. "It's about a kid who grows up in a very affluent family in New York and has to survive in the heart of the nightclub business," says Ashman.
And then there's The Plumm, beloved by everyone from Scarlett Johansson to Josh Hartnett to Lenny Kravitz to Adriana Lima. Ashman books all the performers and deejays, who have included Samantha Ronson, actress Asia Argento and David Bryan from Bon Jovi.
One of the biggest problems with today's New York nightlife scene, he says, is the bottle service craze—a phenomenon he admits partial responsibility for. "The New York club scene used to be about creative people," says Ashman. "Even if you had no money, if you looked good and dressed creatively, you'd get in. Now, because of bottle service, anyone can buy their way into a club, even if they're not attractive or creative."
Including The Plumm? "No...the Plumm's unique," he says.

August 23, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

August 21, 2008

John McCain's style sells him short

Not since President McKinley was elected in 1897 has there been a President in The White House who has stood under 5’8”. McCain, at a munchkin-like 5’7”,  has the odds stacked against him, especially when compared to Obama's statuesque 6’3”.
Short men’s designer Jimmy Au, who has created the short collections for Calvin Klein, DKNY, Ralph Lauren, Sean John and Michael Kors and who has dressed little guys like Danny DeVito, Mel Brooks and Variety's very own Peter Bart, runs America’s only short men’s designer store, "Jimmy Au’s for Men 5’8” and Under" in Beverly Hills. Here he provides McCain with some much-needed style pointers, via his spokesman Alan Au. (Pictured is a Jimmy Au charcoal suit)

What is McCain doing wrong?

 McCain's stylist is using the incorrect but commonly used adage that bigger shoulders make you look bigger. That may be true for a skinny tall guy, but for shorter men that rule doesn't apply nor does it make sense. Bigger shoulders (over emphasizing the horizontal) will make a shorter man look stocky and shorter. A trimmer, softer shoulder design would be more better for him. Not to mention a trimmer sleeve.

Shoulder pads - yay or nay?

Depends. Shoulder pads serve a functional purpose in the fit. If your shoulders are in the "normal" range, there is no need, in fact it may make it look awkward like you were shrugging your shoulders. If you have muscular or square shoulders, there is also no need. However, if you have sloping shoulders, shoulder pads can help you fill in the shoulder back into the "normal" range of which the coat should be designed. Shoulder pads for the purpose of exaggerating of accentuating the shoulders will only make a shorter man look shorter or smaller because of the disproportion it causes. Think linebacker pads.

How can shorter men elongate their silhouettes?

Wear a suit instead of a sportcoat and dress pants. Wear the trimmest fit within your comfort zone. Be sure your coat is just long enough to cover the bottom of your seat. Wear pants in a short or low rise for a longer leg line. Wear pinstripes to create a longer visual line. Be sure the stripes are not to wide or narrow for your frame. Choose a slimmer tie with a simple pattern. Lastly, and most importantly, have a good tailor adjust your sleeves and hem to the appropriate lengths, and check the width of the jacket and pant legs and adjust for fullness.

 What are the biggest mistakes short men make when they are dressing?

 Biggest mistake #1 is not having a tailor do the needed alterations to a coat like adjusting the sleeves and waist; on the pants, adjusting the seat and thighs for fullness. Biggest mistake #2 is letting your ego get in the way of buying the right size. Don't buy the number, buy the fit. If you are not a 38 regular, don't buy it. Especially if you don't plan to avoid biggest mistake #1. Altering a 38 regular to make it look like a 38 short will never look as good as a 38 short to begin with. It'll be altered to the point it's not proportional anymore, defeating the purpose of trying to look taller. The best fit and proportional design will always make one look taller. Biggest mistake #3 is choosing a pattern that is too big, too wide, or too loud. Any combination of the three will draw attention to your clothes, not you. While people may see you from a social distance, from afar all they will see is your clothes.

 What about hats?

I think hats can be a great thing. It shows another level of personal style. Choosing a flattering, subdued style would be best if it goes with your personality. Anything too proportionately larger, although appropriate or fashionable may be misread as over compensating for something, including your height. True Texans may have an excuse.

Would you encourage McCain to wear platforms, a la "Saturday Night Fever" or The Bee Gees?

Absolutely not, unless it was out of jest or to get the media to talk about him more. It says insecurity. What's he going to do? Break out a 70s leisure suit? Go clubbing? If he wanted some extra height, a dress boot would be more appropriate. It's less conspicuous than a western boot and can be suit appropriate. It would give him anywhere from 1" to 1 1/2" without being very noticeable. It's plain leather uppers can be very chic. I would then put him in a properly fitted navy or charcoal 2 button single breasted pinstripe suit with trimmer sleeves and shoulders. Put on a dominant but slender necktie with a white shirt, and I'd say he'd have a winning combination. He's not using his age or his wife's beauty to his advantage. He needs to dress like an experienced leader, not a grandfather. He can be both, but he's got to dress like the first. If he makes it to the White House, he can grandpa it all he wants.

Jimmy Au has supplied wardrobe for hit shows like "House", "Heroes", "The Office", and movies such as "Oceans 13" and "Rush Hour 3". His celebrity clients include Mark Wahlberg, Chris Rock, Rex Lee, James Kyson Lee, Oscar Nunez, Jason Alexander, Al Pacino, Ed Asner, Danny DeVito, Eddie Izzard, Mel Brooks, Nathan Lane, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox and more.

August 21, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Hollywood's "barely there" make-up master Paul Starr found dead

Make-up artist Paul Starr, who was found dead at his L.A. home yesterday, had created some of our favorite "barely there" editorial looks, amping up Hollywood's glamour with measured, masterful brush strokes.
Take a look at this magazine spread of a "Girl Interrupted"-era Angelina Jolie, in which the au naturel makeup enhances Jolie's natural beauty, while allowing it to speak for itself.
Inspired by the faces of silent movie era actresses, Starr claimed to be able to entirely resculpt a woman's face, just with foundation. Even the biggest divas of all, Boy George and Marilyn Manson, trusted him to do their makeup.
His book, "Paul Starr on Beauty", featured 30 interviews with some of Starr's biggest clients, including Iman, Diane Lane, and Michelle Pfeiffer. (The book is temporaraily out of stock on Amazon, but can be ordered here here.)
Click here to see Starr's breathtaking work in Madonna's "Bedtime Stories" music video (and marvel at just how much Madonna borrows from Bjork's sound and aesthetic).

August 21, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

August 19, 2008

"Righteous Kill" promo campaign's Skid Row headquarters

An edgy fashion space in L.A.'s Skid Row was transformed into a gangsta's paradise, plastered in images of Al Pacino and Robert de Niro, as part of the promo campaign for their upcoming cop thriller “Righteous Kill”.

Wannabe wise guys lined up around the block to check out the space, which belongs to legendary grafitti artist Mister Cartoon, his right hand man, photographer Estevan Oriol, and streetwear brand Upper Playground.
Mister Cartoon and Oriol created the poster artwork for the movie. No sign of De Niro or Pacino themselves...

The space, which was named exclusive promotional headquarters for “Righteous Kill”, features a poster wall of all of De Niro and Pacino’s films, and plasma screens throughout the room showcasing Oriol and Cartoon’s favorite scenes from Pacino and De Niro’s film repertoire. Danny Trejo, Clifton Collins Jr., Jacob Vargas, DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill, Rohan Marley, and Latin hip-hop artist Malverde were at the opening late last week.

Upper Playground has created limited edition “Righteous Kill” apparel that will be distributed to "key influencers", (marketing speak for hip hop/street art hipsters with tats).

The Righteous Kill Space is open to the public until September 15, 2008, Tuesday–Saturday from Noon–8 p.m. 131 East 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014. The film will be released in theaters on September 12, 2008. View the film trailer here.

August 19, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

August 13, 2008

Sam Ronson at Whiskey Blue

Samantha Ronson, one half of the most high-profile gay couple since Ellen and Portia, will be spinning vinyl next Thursday August 21 at the W hotel in Westwood, Los Angeles. The night, called Vinyl Vixens, takes place at the hotel's Whiskey Blue bar.

Complimentary LUCID Absinthe Cocktails will be served from 9pm–10pm, ensuring a high probability of drunken bi-curious BFF make-outs on the dance floor.

We're almost certain DJ Ronson won't be playing Katy Perry's barf-inducing number 1 hit, "I Kissed A Girl".

The event is open to the public, RSVP to ghwang@thinkpublicrelations.com.

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MODEL.LIVE: Vogue TV's new online documentary series

Next week, Vogue.tv launches a new 14-part online series documenting the lives of three fresh-faced models trying to thrive—and survive—in New York.
MODEL.LIVE follows three models Cate Van Ee (the Natalia Vodianova one, top, left), Austria Alcantara (the Chanel Iman one, top, right) and Madeline Kragh (the Agyness Deyn one, bottom) as they prepare to walk the runway in New York, London, Paris and Milan for the first time.
I already have a little crush on Madeline, a wandering boho type from Arizona who left home at 15 and traveled the world before being discovered by an IMG scout. All the girls are signed with IMG Models.
The show premieres Tuesday, August 19 on Vogue.TV, and each weekly episode will be approximately eight minutes long. MODEL.LIVE will air every Friday following the August 19 premiere.
If all this sounds exciting to you, you should join the MODEL.LIVE social network immediately at www.bebo.com/modellive. The models will update their profiles daily with video diaries, text messages, photos, blogs, schedules and more. You can sign up for daily alerts, comment on each model's progress or post messages of support and advice like "don't barf more than three times a day" and "you won't get addicted if you smoke it".
View the trailer here.

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August 12, 2008

Our favorite Isaac Hayes looks

Fans of early 1970's pimp style lost its most flamboyant icon on Sunday, with the possibly treadmill-related passing of Isaac Hayes.
Hayes, a father of 12 (!), was found collapsed near a treadmill at his home in Memphis, and was pronounced dead an hour later. The cause of death was not known. He was 65.
With a wardrobe comprising gold chain vests worn over a bare chest, tight spandex pants and his gleaming shades, Hayes was one of the most glamorous of the Stax male artists, a style pioneer in a class all his own. Eschewing the classic Blaxploitation afro in favor of a smooth bald pate, Hayes foreshadowed the bling era, accessorizing his looks with some of the biggest gold chains ever seen. His style would later influence artists from Snoop Dogg to Biggie Smalls.
As well as writing the Academy Award-winning “Shaft” theme, and numbers like “Soul Man” and Hold On, I’m Comin’, Hayes voiced the libidinous Chef character on “South Park” until he got fed up of all the Scientology jokes (Hayes was a fully paid up member of the Church).
Hayes stars in the upcoming "Soul Men" alongside Bernie Mac (who died just hours before he did) and Samuel L. Jackson, who we hope is taking his vitamins and staying well away from treadmills.

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August 11, 2008

Shopping portal brings Robertson Blvd. to your fingertips

Here's one way to avoid the throngs of tourists and chihuahua-toting celebutantes on L.A.'s Robertson Blvd.—visit ShopRobertson.com.

Founded by a former staffer from Robertson Blvd's Madison boutique, the website offers pieces by many of the designers you'll find on the famed shopping street. Think Milla Jovovich's Gold Hawk, shoes by Dolce Vita and dresses by Kate and Kass.

Currently, the site's biggest seller is this simple tube dress by Nui ($265) as seen on Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Richie and Salma Hayek.

Buy here.

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The new Lara Croft

A 23-year-old gymnast from Croydon, a suburb on the outskirts of London, England, is taking over from Angelina Jolie as the next face of Lara Croft.
Alison Carroll will star in TV commercials and travel the word promoting the new "Tomb Raider" video game, "Underworld", which is released in November.
To prepare for the role, Carroll has undergone intensive survival training, studied archeology and taken a weapons training course in eastern Europe.
It marks a change of pace for Carroll, currently an office receptionist. But will she be able to fill Jolie's sweaty, blood encrusted jungle boots?
Um, no.

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August 7, 2008

Matthew McConaughey's lady launches MUXO, boho-chic handbag line

Brazilian model Camilla Alves (Matthew McConaughey's main squeeze) and her mother are launching their new luxury handbag collection MUXO this week. The boho-chic line is described as "elegance meets tribal exotic", and  features leather travel bags, handbags and clutches with one-of-a-kind leather finishes. Each and every bag in the collection has been handcrafted by Alves and her mom.
The designs were influenced by the two places Alves spends most of her time in: Brazil and New York. "They are as ready for the beach as they are 5th Avenue," she says. "Because I travel a lot, I found that there weren’t any handbags available that were strong and sexy enough at the same time, and if they were, everybody else had one just like it," explains Alves. "Everything was either too small—really cute but impractical—or too big—way too practical but not fashionable."
Charlize Theron, Lance Armstrong, Penelope Cruz, Guy Oseary, Drew Barrymore, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, and pretty much everyone else in Hollywood are expected to attend the line's launch party tonight.
We're just amazed she's managing all this barely a month after giving birth to her and McConaughey's son. Bravo!

Buy MUXO bags online at mymuxo.com or at Kitson in Los Angeles.

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July 29, 2008

Reese takes cover with Sama Eyewear

Reese Witherspoon likes to disguise herself as an undercover cop when she's jogging the mean streets of Brentwood, Los Angeles, hiding behind a swat team black cap and her favorite pair of Sama Eyewear "Oly" aviator shades in gold, part of the Sama Eyewear Spring/Summer 2008 Collection.
Sama Eyewear was founded in 1998 by designer Sheila Vance, who has created mini eyewear collections for Loree Rodkin and Badgley Mischka. A portion of all Sama profits goes to The Sam Vance Foundation, a non-profit working with teen drug addicts that Vance founded after losing her only son to heroin. 
Visit www.samaeyewear.net, or call 323 654 6093 to buy.

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July 28, 2008

Ports 1961 to dress NBC's Olympic reporters

The 2008 Olympics kick off on August 8, and as well as rippling thigh muscles and supernatural biceps, you can expect a dose of high fashion thanks to Ports 61, the New York label that is dressing select NBC female commentators throughout the games.
The announcement was made today by David Neal, Executive Producer of NBC Sports and Tia Cibani, Creative Director of Ports 1961.
NBC Late Night Show host and Olympic Correspondent Mary Carillo, MSNBC Coverage Host Melissa Stark, USA Network and CNBC Coverage Host Alex Flanagan and Oxygen Coverage Host and Sports Desk Reporter Lindsay Czarniak will all be outfitted in Ports 1961.
Tia Cibani of Ports 1961 said she was "honored" to have the opportunity, and feels she can relate to the reporters' hectic work schedule and their need for "easy, modern, and accessible clothing that travels well". 
NBC owns the exclusive U.S. media rights to the Olympic Games through 2012--meaning Beijing in 2008, Vancouver in 2010 and London in 2012.
Visit NBCOlympics.com and ports1961.com.

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July 24, 2008

As seen on: "Gossip Girl"

Here's a secret from the "Gossip Girl" set: they can't get enough of this rose gold pendant by Garland Collection.
Gossip Girl Blair Waldorf, as played by Leighton Meester, regularly wears one on the show, engraved with the word “Waldorf”. Priced at $1,200, it's available at www.Roseark.com or through www.garlandcollection.com.
She also wears a rose gold Garland Collection ID bracelet, engraved with “Blair”.
Meester wore the necklace regularly last season and has already been seen wearing it while shooting upcoming episodes for the new season.
Behind the scenes, the show’s stylist, Eric Daman, wears a large rose gold Garland Collection ID bracelet engraved "Eric".
Both items are available at Roseark in West Hollywood, on roseark.com, or through www.garlandcollection.com.

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July 21, 2008

Vivienne Westwood at Berlin Fashion Week

Vivienne Westwood's Anglomania show closed out Berlin Fashion Week in a streetwear-inspired spectacle that somehow managed to blend 80s-era Harlem with ancient Greece. View photos from the show
Westwood’s buddy Kim Cattrall looked on from front row as models sporting heavy gold chains and headbands bounced down the runway, looking like they might have hung out with Westwood’s ex Malcolm McClaren in the 80s, when he was stalking hip hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa in Harlem.
Bold prints, primary colors and Dionysian grape patterns injected Jeremy Scott-esque humor in to the irreverent parade, in which models traded their traditional poker faces for wide, camera-ready smirks.
Westwood continues to show her more affordably-priced Anglomania line in Berlin, demonstrating a long-running affection for the city where she taught fashion for twelve years (at the Berlin Academy of Arts). Berlin's growing reputation as a center of style was further cemented when Mr. Karl "leather trousers" Lagerfeld himself, in town to accept an Elle Fashion Star Award, hinted he might show in Berlin in 2009.
Und das is gut, ja?

July 21, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

July 15, 2008

Brangie sees double

It's not every day that a lady drops a set of twins, you know. Well, it is actually—but not a set of twins like Brad and Angie's of course! Knox Leon (named for Brad's grandpa and Angelina's great-great grandpa) and Vivienne Marcheline (Marcheline is the name of Jolie's late mother) entered the world Sunday, with fully-fledged celebrity careers already in place. For what it's worth, the wee little humans share their birthday with Julius Caesar...and Italian DJ Benny Benassi. At 5.02lbs, Vivienne was slightly heavier than Knox (better keep an eye on that). 
Jolie gave birth at the exclusive Lenval Hospital in Nice, France, which has posted ecstatic news releases about Madame Angelina and her babies on its website. Click here if you too would like to give birth at Lenval.
Sadly, I was unable to find contact details for her OB/GY, Dr. Michael Sussman who is, we hope, taking an extended vacation after being hounded by baby-hungry media for the past few months.

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WireImage has a Polaroid moment

Last week, Wireimage covered an event that was so cool, it could only be shot using Polaroids.
Polaroid cameras make anyone—even posturing rich kids with Ray Ban fixations and "Less Than Zero" personalities—look like the most compelling people in the world, as evidenced by these fetching shots  from the Hugo Boss party at the Kingswood East Hampton Estate.
The photographer, listed as J. Kost, ventured wildly beyond  WireImage convention, shooting candid images of hipster feet, hipster backs, and hipsters in the shadows. Go here to see for yourself.
Anyone familiar with WireImage—the leading provider of entertainment images to the media—understands how revolutionary this is. WireImage photos are almost always borderless, brainless, and handily-sized for tabloid use.
Could Polaroid paparazzi be the future? Did Mark the Cobrasnake have it right all along?
Pictured: Paul Sevigny (in silly yellow glasses), George Garrow and guest (in silly fedoras), and Johnny Cragg and Christian Langdon (silly). Photos by WireImage.

July 15, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

July 10, 2008

In defense of Us Magazine

You subscribe to The Economist. You've read (and understood) James Joyce's "Ulysses". You're fluent in Chaucerian Englishe. And you love Us Magazine.
It's OK—stop feeling so damn guilty about it. Of the 12 million people who read the trash rag, we suspect more than a few are well-schooled, sane-minded professionals just like you. They furtively get their tabloid fix at checkout lines, in dentist wait rooms or on secluded beaches, privately reveling in the drama of Madonna and A-Rod, or snickering at Mariah Carey's inability to know how many bathrooms she has.
Vanity Fair, the New Yorker and "The Cremaster Cycle" may have pride of place on the coffee table—but it's Us Magazine that travels with us, our secret mistress.
I recently talked to a former tabloid magazine writer (she couldn't take it for more than a few months) who is an exceptionally smart and cultured woman. She reasoned that our unhealthy obsession with "Us" stems from lack of self-esteem, and depression that our lives aren't like Brad and Angelina's. "Hollywood stars seem so perfect, so beautiful, so wealthy—we need to hear about their drama and their ugliness in order to feel better about our own lives."
It's a spectator psychology that dates back to the era of Greek tragedies, Roman gladiators and Shakespeare's groundlings: in the end, seems like humans are genetically programmed to wallow in the misfortune of others. Schadenfreude is our therapy.
So instead of feeling ashamed of your Us Magazine habit, accept it. You're only human.

July 10, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Get preggers, go Pally

Growing bellies love the soft, curve-kissing styles of Rachel Pally's jersey-knit Long Full Skirt, which has been adopted as de rigeur day wear by expectant moms from Ashlee Simpson to Angelina Jolie.
Simpson has been photographed in the skirt several times since announcing she is with child, and has reportedly ordered it in many different colors so she can wear it every day.
The Long Full Skirt retails for $190 and is available at Shopbop.com

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Jason Biggs and Jenny Mollen-Biggs' golf gatherings

"American Pie" actor Jason Biggs and his wife, actress and artist Jenny Mollen-Biggs are hosting Hollywood's least Hollywoodish gatherings each Wednesday night. Held at a mini-golf course in the hills above L.A., the parties celebrate the culture of all things golf-related, with golf attire encouraged and outdoor screenings of "Caddyshack" promised each and every week.
Organized with local art gallery ghettogloss, the soirees started two weeks ago and look set continue through the summer. "So far we have gotten a really unique crowd," said Mollen-Biggs speaking on the phone from Whole Foods, where she and Jason were shopping for bacon-flavored chocolate ahead of their wedding ceremony in Napa this weekend. "We get super artsy types, and actor-types, and Asian golfers and zookeepers. Seriously—we've taken over."
Twilight at the Club takes place each Wednesday from 7pm to 11pm. You must arrive no later than 10pm. Bring your clubs. Here for details.

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Giveaway: Eva Longoria's "single" dress

Married she may be, but Eva Longoria remains single in spirit in this beautiful silk maxi-dress by L.A.-based label single.
The line is the brainchild of very-not-single husband and wife team Galina and Michael Sobolev, Russian ex-pats whose tale of creative and romantic partnership is the stuff that births love sonnets.
In her native Russia, Galina learned to make clothes from her grandmother, a well respected dressmaker who had her own atelier in a glitzy neighborhood in Odessa. There, just steps away from the Opera House, learned to sew and crochet and assisted her grandmother in making clothes for the stylish wives of diplomats and government officials. In 1977 her family moved to New York where she enrolled at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and became a model, walking the New York runways alongside Pat Cleveland and Iman for Michael Vollbracht and Michael Kors. Galina moved to Los Angeles in 1987 where she met her future husband Michael Sobolev, an entrepreneur and MBA, on Christmas Eve, 1992.  They started the line single together, using one-of-a-kind prints based on original artwork from art studios in Italy and France.
single is available at select stores of Saks Fifth Avenue, Macy's, Barneys New York, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Fred Segal, Planet Blue Harvey Nichols and many other exclusive boutiques worldwide.
Single is gifting one Stylephile reader a maxi dress (retail value $348) as worn by Eva Longoria. To win, leave a comment telling us the best thing about being single, and leave your email address. Deadline is Wednesday July 16 at 5PM.

July 10, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

July 7, 2008

Your Netflix queue: the window to your soul

Forget the eyes...it's a person's Netflix queue that is truly the window to their soul.
My Netflix queue, for instance, currently harbors Disney's "Alice in Wonderland", "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and "The Panic in Needle Park".
Verdict: This queue belongs to an infantile escapist fascinated with life's seedy underbelly.
Like rings around an ancient oak, the Netflix Queue documents your cultural growth patterns, providing evidence of your secret obsessions (nothing but Nietzsche documentaries and "The Anarchist's Cookbook" for a month, eh?), your ambitions (25 films on how to break in to film), and the pinings of your inner child ("The Black Cauldron").
Unlike TiVo, which feeds only your most immediate, day-to-day entertainment preferences, Netflix allows you to curate in the long term, and stock your right brain's pantry with fruit picked from deep within the vaults of film history.
Naturally, all theories deserve testing—so I called 'round a few Hollywood folks to find out what's coming up, or has recently come up, in their red letter day.
"Netflix..the red envelopes, right?", said film director Larry Clark (pictured), shortly before checking to see what his latest delivery was: "La Vie En Rose."
Verdict: Time-strapped romantic who is too much of a workaholic to actually get to a movie theatre—but who heard that Marion Cotillard is a babe.
Power publicist Kelly Cutrone has "National Velvet" ("to watch with my daughter Ava"), "The Idol Maker" and "Best in Show".
Verdict: Super high-achiever with a bitchin' sense of humor, who may position her daughter to become a champion show jumper. Or a rock star.
Producer Brian Grazer (pictured), according to Michael Rosenberg (president of Imagine Entertainment), does not have a Netflix account because "he likes to go to see movies in movie theatres, with people, and popcorn."
Verdict: No Netflix, no soul.
Writer/director Sacha Gervasi, ("The Terminal", "Anvil! The Story of Anvil") has ordered "La Balance" (a 1982 French thriller directed by Bob Swaim), "Betty Blue: The Director's Cut" and "Riff Raff" by Ken Loach. With a Netflix queue like this, you don't need tea leaves or palmistry to know what's on Gervasi's mind.
Verdict: Likes French babes, would like to direct French babes.
Actress Daniela Sea of "The L Word" (pictured) said that while she doesn't have Netflix ("I move around too much"), she does regularly rent movies from the local video store, the most recent being the 1962 film adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night", and "Morvern Callar", about a girl who wakes up to find her writer boyfriend with his throat cut beneath the Christmas Tree.
Verdict: Introspective, individual, a seeker of meaning with a dark side. Especially morbid around the holidays.
Music photographer Piper Ferguson is has Netflix'd "Tempest", "Wanderlust" and "The Chocolate War" (Verdict: Pop culture junkie and total escapist with teenage rebellion bubbling in her veins), and Laura Whitcombe of the fashion line Label recently ordered Lars Von Triers' "Europa Europa" (Verdict: A lady of impeccable taste).

What's on your list?

July 7, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Mr Big becomes Mr Buzz

We hear that Chris "Mr Big" Noth has sheared the locks from his head, possibly to help him keep cool (it aint easy being hot shit, ya know?), or possibly for a new role, now that he's quit "Law & Order: Criminal Intent".
We were unable to find actual photos of Noth and his fresh new military-style crew cut, so instead The Stylephile offers you this realistic sans cheveaux rendering of Mr Big, as created by our highly able art department.
Noth looks pretty good, we think. Not too much like a rapist, and quite a bit like Bill Paxton's Chet character in "Weird Science".
Noth has just wrapped shooting the comedy "My One and Only" with Renee Zellweger.

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Agyness and Albert, sitting in a Plumm tree, K.I.S.S.I.N.G.

The Strokes' Albert Hammond Jr. played DJ groupie to his new ladyfriend, supermodel Agyness Deyn when she spun at New York nightspot The Plumm last Thursday. The party was in honor of Plumm owner Noel Ashman's birthday (pictured, with the couple) and Hammond was all over Agyness "like flies on shit," according to a source. Noel Ashman was overheard asking the couple whether they were officially dating, upon which Agyness turned to Albert and asked "are we dating?". Hammond replied "Dunno." What a rock star! The couple then locked lips and "groped each other playfully", putting to rest any doubt as to their dating/non-dating status.
Deyn spun vintage glam by David Bowie and Eighties pop by Cyndi Lauper and Michael Jackson, and hung out at the club for over an hour before heading off to the Hamptons.
No doubt Hammond Jr., who's new solo album "Como Te Llama" comes out today, will have plenty of advice for his babe's musical project—a band called Gene Jacket she started with Danny Mastersons's sister, Alanna.
Deyn was, until recently, dating a member of U.K. band The Paddingtons.

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July 6, 2008

Have your own reality show for $2500

What's more obnoxious than an SLR-brandishing, cargo-pant-wearing tourist family in Beverly Hills? An SLR-brandishing, cargo-pant-wearing tourist family in Beverly Hills with its own camera crew.
Guests at the Peninsula Hotel can grab their 15 minutes of fame for a mere $2,500, which will buy them and their tribe a full day with an Emmy-nominated producer (times must be hard) and his crew. The team will follow guests around as they sightsee, shop, relax by the pool, and generally behave like the stars of their own reality show. The footage will then be edited in to a professional-quality DVD that can then be taken home to torture future generations with.
It's all part of the hotel's "Academy" program, which aims to give Peninsula guests a flavor of the true Beverly Hills lifestyle. I noticed there were no "Be Mean To Your Spanish-Speaking Nanny", "Botch Your Botox", or "Join AA" options, which would have added fuller authenticity to the program. Although you can book a session with Hollywood voice coach Bob Corff, who taught Jake Gyllenhaal (pictured) to sound like a cowboy in “Brokeback Mountain”.
"Enis you son of a whoresunbitch! I wish I knew how to quit you!"
Cool!
Peninsula Academy reservations are subject to availability and advanced booking is recommended.
Contact the Peninsula Beverly Hills Hotel Concierge for details. 310-551-2888 or
pbh@peninsula.com

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July 3, 2008

Meet the meathead: "The Doorman"

Doormen—like abused pitbulls and parking inspectors, they wield a level of power that is, all too often, entirely unrelated to their level of intelligence.
You can squeeze inside the tiny mind of the door 'tard in "The Doorman", a new Gigantic Pictures mockumentary based on the life and times of fictional doorman Trevor W., the most powerful clipboard holder and biggest ego in New York.
Until he loses his job, that is.
The movie stars the Borat-like Lucas Akoskin, with cameos by Peter Bogdanovitch, nightlife entrepreneur Amy Sacco and "Queer Eye" interior designer Thom Filicia, who sagely reminds the brashly-attired Trevor that "straight guys don't wear turquoise."
The Doorman premieres in New York City on July 18. Here for details.

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Kate Moss's hairy moment

Clip-on hair is for Kardashians and Hiltons, right? People who love teeny dogs, cosmetic surgery and stripping in Vegas. Oh, and people like Kate Moss.
As you may have already heard, Kate lost her head—or part of it—while leaving the Berlin launch party for her new fragrance, Velvet Hour. A track of blond hair extensions tumbled from Kate's tousled bed-head and plopped on to the red carpet, shortly before being scooped up by an intrepid papparazzo. He then sold the  locks on eBay, with proceeds benefiting a drug awareness foundation in Germany. Go figure.
To avoid such embarrassment in the future, we'd urge Moss to go the whole hog and get some proper celebutard tresses: from Hollywood extensions guru Sheila Stotts, of course. She charges ladies like LC, Paris and Courtney Love anything from $1500 to $16,000 for a 'strand-by-strand', where half-inch pieces of are glued or bonded into place.
Or Kate could go right to the source, and clip in one of Jessica Simpson's HairDos (created with Ken Paves), or a headband fall from Paris Hilton's new Dreamcatchers brand of  hair extensions which promise that "Finally, you can have the exact same hair as Paris Hilton."
Yikes.

July 3, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

July 1, 2008

The spritely styles of Pixie Geldof

Pixie Geldof, the 17-year-old daughter of British musician/saint Sir Bob Geldof, managed to pull off a series of striking costume changes amid the mud and chaos of this year's Glastonbury music festival in the U.K.
While most of her contemporaries were doing practical things—like wearing element-friendly House of Holland logo tees and water-proof trash bags—Pixie regaled us with dramatic wigs, boho turbans, fedora hats and knee socks pulled up over Wellington boots.
Has England just gotten itself an Olsen twin?

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Michael Jackson's clothing line--will it be Bad?

How badass would it be if Michael Jackson's hotly-anticipated clothing line turned out to be an entirely literal homage to the King of Pop's 35 year career?
Meaning: cod pieces, white Bedazzled gloves (worn one at a time), shoulder-padded leather jackets, and Moonwalk-friendly jazz shoes. Oh and let's not forget the accessories: oxygen masks, red lipstick, home skin-bleaching kits, Jheri Curl and, of course, a range of blankets.
No word on whether he'll be producing a children's line.
The collection, being produced in collabration with Ed Hardy and Christian Audigier, will be available exclusively at Kitson this Fall.
PS: Did you know there are people whose sole purpose in life is to track all known appearances of MJ's white glove? It's scary.

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June 23, 2008

Angelina gets her tats out

Angelina maxes out on body art in her summer flick "Wanted", giving her most famous tats an airing ("Quod Me Nutrit, Me Destruit" never fails to remind me of the dangers of pizza), as well as throwing in a few temporary extras for good measure.
In addition to Jolie's existing Cambodian prayer, tiger and tribal tattoos, her character Fox sports two massive  "Toil" and "Tears" tattoos on the undersides of her arms, and various words on her forearms—all of which make for one sexy assassin/UN Goodwill Ambassador.
P.S. After you see this film, do resist the urge to visit your nearest ink shop and get a copy-cat job. Angelina can pull off ginormous "toil" and "tears" gang tats on her spindly limbs—you can't.
"Wanted" is in theatres June 27th.

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June 18, 2008

The Great Los Angeles Brainwash

There was a rumor going around the Mr Brainwash private preview in Hollywood last night that the whole thing was, in fact, a hoax.
"Someone told me this is all a big joke," said my informant in hushed tones. "We're all being filmed, and then in a week they'll reveal that Mr Brainwash isn't who he says he is, and everyone will know just how stupid L.A. is for falling for it."
This was whispered to me as I hovered around a graffiti'd urinal, à la Duchamp, just one of many jarringly literal interpretations on display in the former CBS studio on Sunset Blvd.
Whatever the truth, Mr Brainwash is definitely real, at least: he's Thierry Guetta, a French filmmaker who became so obsessed with the street artists he was filming, he decided to become one himself, wheat-pasting stretches of L.A.'s La Brea corridor with black and white Banksy-style stencils.
And if Guetta is indeed out to insult test L.A.'s intelligence, then he's doing an audacious job of it—in this super-sized solo show, his first ever, Mr Brainwash manages to rip off pretty much every important artist of the last 500 years. The DuChamp urinal, the Van Gogh self portrait and a whole series of Warhol Marilyns, all tweaked, ad-busted and given the Brainwash treatment. (The only thing he hasn't re-worked, as far as I could tell, was the Mona Lisa.)
But that's not to say there weren't any original ideas inside this cavern of re-purposed greatness.
His larger installations were, for example, very striking--former editing bays filled with books and taped off, graffiti'd with the words "not finish"; a dog sculpture made from old telephones; a 15 feet high take-out bag, complete with receipt taped to the side; and a 30 foot high robot built entirely from (working) vintage TVs. "Look, that's totally L.A.," said a friend, pointing to a cage filled with film reels and car tires. She was right.
I asked Roger Gastman, publisher of street art magazine "Swindle", whether he thought the Mr Brainwash thing was an elaborate J.T. Leroy-esque hoax. "Um, no, I don't think so," he shrugged. "I mean, he exists. He's outside right now, riding a tricycle with a cast on his leg."
The next morning I asked Shepard Fairey, arguably the best-known graffiti artist in America, his thoughts on the conspiracy theory. "He's not a hoaxer," said Fairey. "He is, however, crazy."
Go see for yourselves.
Mr Brainwash, "Life Is Beautiful" continues through Sunday, June 22. At 6121 W Sunset Blvd @ El Centro, Hollywood, CA, 90028. Click here for opening hours.

June 18, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Eurotrash invades L.A.

Growing up in London, I learned all my values from a TV show called Eurotrash.
Hosted by Jean Paul Gaultier and the deadpan Antoine de Caunes, it dragged its viewers through the silliest, most bizarro European subcultures imagineable—against a high fashion backdrop, bien sur.
The first season, which aired in 1993, featured appearances by fashion industry icons Ellen Von Unwerth, Helena Christensen, Pierre et Gilles, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Giorgio Armani, punctuated by segments about pubic hairdressing, Alpine Hells Angels, S&M restaurants and nude golf.
I ran into Eurotrash's host, Antoine de Caunes (pictured), last week at a party at the Houdini Mansion in L.A., where around 200 guests were celebrating the birthday of flame-haired L.A. scenester and professional fag hag Lenora Claire. (pictured)
De Caunes was being followed around by a production crew from French network Canal Plus, which is filming a five-part series about American contemporary culture, scheduled to air around election time. The bodacious Lenora Claire and her friends were deemed just the right kind of sexy for the French, and she was selected to be L.A.'s representative for the night. The suited De Caunes was completely re-styled for the camera by Lenora's friend, fashionista and writer Clint Catalyst, so he could fit in with the exotic birds around him. De Caunes ended up looking like a cross between Boy George and a Thomspon Twin, with an assymetrical curly wig, airbrushed makeup and embroidered Jared Gold suit jacket.
"I miss Lolo," lamented de Caunes, when I ran in to him in the bathroom, getting his lipgloss touched up. He was referring to the late French porn star Lolo Ferrari, who had the largest breasts in the world (71 inches), and was a Eurotrash regular. "She was very, very sweet."
Also hanging around were James St. James (former Michael "Party Monster" Alig co-hort), Heatherette designer Richie Rich and impresario Kim Fowley (pictured, in yellow, who formed The Runaways with Joan Jett and Sandy West). Fowley, who looked like a cross between John Waters and Frankenstein's monster, wasted no time in getting to know me—upon being introduced to me, his first question was "tell me about the inside of your c**t. Do you f*** girls or boys? Are you a top or a bottom?" Goodness!
I told him all he neded to know, naturally...

June 18, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Obama prefers Hope

Fairey put 700 posters in to production, 350 of which would go on the street, bearing the words "Progress" or "Hope". When they sold out he made 10,000 more, and shortly before beginning his second production run, he heard word from Obama's people again—they loved 'Hope', and felt that was the best message for Fairey to pursue.
Fairey's next batch of posters was all ‘Hope’ and the rest, as  they say, is history.
The Obama campaign posters are sold out, to purchase other Shepard Fairey prints visit the Obey Giant store here.

June 18, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

June 17, 2008

Patagonia designs eco wet suit with The Malloy Bros

Dan Malloy, one of surfing's legendary Malloy Brothers, told me about the revolutionary eco-friendly wet-suits that he and his siblings have helped develop with outerwear brand Patagonia. The brothers have been working with Patagonia, whose founders are part of the same Ventura, CA, surfer scene they grew up in, for the last three years, helping the company test and develop the suits. They have been designed using the same principles used to create insulated ski outerwear, resulting in a warmer, more environmentally-friendly sea-skin.
They're made from high-quality Japanese neoprene rubber and lined with chlorine-free merino wool and recycled polyester. Wear one, and you'll still feel warm even in 55 degree water. Brrrr.
The suits can be purchased from Patagonia stores. Click here for more information.

June 17, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

Couch surfer

You know there's more to surf films than Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and Point Break's Johnny Utah, right?
Take a bite out of the contemporary surf film movement and lose yourself in the dreamy, romantic seascapes of surf filmmaker Thomas Campbell. A member of the Moonshine Conspiracy, a surf-artist crew that counts Jack Johnson and The Malloy Brothers among its members, Campbell's documentaries "Sprout" and "The Seedling" (shot on 16mm film) capture the laid-back, graceful vibe of the surfing subculture, with a nod to the old-school 70s California vibe. "Sprout" (2004) changed the way people looked at surfing, and features some of the sport's greatest, like Rob Machado, Belinda Baggs, Joel Tudor, Dan Malloy, Tom “Weggy” Wegener, and C.J. Nelson. "The Seedling" focuses on a small band of California logriders.
To see a trailer for Campbell's latest film "The Present" (out this Fall), click here.
For something to make you smile, click here.
Thomas Campbell’s work was featured in the Beautiful Losers exhibition, curated by Aaron Rose and Christian Strike. Buy his movies here.

June 17, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

June 10, 2008

Uberstars at the Warhol Museum

Online is where stars are born these days, as evidenced at the "Uberstars" exhibit at the Andy Warhol Museum.
The show, put togther by blog overlord Glenn Kaino (founder of artsy social networking site Uber.com) aligns present-day cyber stars with Andy Warhol's original Superstars.
Like the Superstars (and New York's Club Kids), the Uberstars came seemingly from out of nowhere, some building enormous followings not necessarily by "doing", but just by "being".
In the exhibit, a Polaroid of nightcrawler and scruffball model Cory Kennedy (pictured, left) sits next to Warhol's photo of Brigid Berlin (!). Author, blog queen and fashion commentator Clint Catalyst (pictured, right) finds his likeness neighboring Mick Jagger's, as shot by Warhol. (No-one was deemed worthy of Edie, yet.)
All the Uberstar Polaroid shots were taken by Kaino with his Big Shot Polaroid camera (designed for portrait use only, these were originally released in 1971 and produced until 1973). Other Uberstars include artist Aaron Sandnes, pink-haired model Audrey Kitching, journalist and former Women's Wear Daily West Coast Editor Rose Apodaca, and "Project Runway" alum Rami Kashou.
“It’s remarkable to see the many close parallels between Warhol’s Superstars of the 1960s and 1970s and these glam-fab ‘kids’ of today,” says Thomas Sokolowski, director of The Andy Warhol Museum. (Although we imagine there's slightly less drug use among the Uberstars.)
The show is part of the "Transformer: The Work of Glenn Kaino" exhibit, which features a number of Kaino's enormous, futuristic sculptures (pictured: "A Plank For Every Pirate", 16'x16'x14', wood, paint, plexiglas). A catalog with the same title as the exhibition will be published by German art publishing house Hatje Cantz later this year, featuring essays by David Levi Strauss, Larry List, Lauri Firstenberg, and Thomas Sokolowski.
The exhibit continues through the end of August at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburg. Visit www.warhol.org for more information.

June 10, 2008 in FAME | Permalink | Comments (0)

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