Ok, so every once in a while, I have a frustrating time at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, and that’s what happened at Rebecca Minkoff Spring 2013 Collection. A long-time fan of the collection, I’m thrilled that I got an invitation, but I received a standing ticket, which means that not only could I not see the [ Read More ]
Backstage at Rebecca Minkoff Spring 2013 Collection was really a bit hectic, but the look was really gorgeous and oh-so-pretty. Here’s a breakdown of the gorgeous looks spied backstage before the models went out onto the runway: Makeup: Created by celebrity makeup artist and Lead Artist for Stila Cosmetics, Sarah Lucero, the look was created in [ Read More ]
Backstage at alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet Spring 2013 Collection, Stila Cosmetics’ Sarah Lucero (Lead Artist for the brand and celebrity makeup artist extraordinaire) crafted a look to go with the gorgeous 50′s-inspired clothes from the collection. Here’s a breakdown of the products that were used to achieve the look: Complexion: Stila Stay All Day [ Read More ]
Like I said, earlier: I was so in love with the alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet Spring 2013 Collection’s accessories that I had to give them their own gallery. Check out these lovely, ladylike and gorgeous bags, shoes and sunnies. Personally, I LOVE them, particularly the lemon yellow snakeskin satchel, the cerulean blue tote, [ Read More ]
New York Fashion Week can be a bit of a crazy mess, particularly when you have to race across town from one location to another to get to a presentation. Of the day of the alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet Spring 2013 Collection presentation, this was actually my 8th event of the day. But [ Read More ]
Before I made it to front of house, I hobbed on my “strained” ankle backstage to Clover Canyon to check out the magic with Kevyn Aucoin Beauty. Lead makeup artist Deanna Melluso says the makeup look was crafted to match the Johnny Cash-meets-desert-inspired collection, which means dusty cool. She prepped the skin using Kevyn Aucoin [ Read More ]
It was back to the tents for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week for the evening that the Clover Canyon Spring 2013 Collection was shown. Quickly icing and nursing a strained ankle and leg (evidently, that’s the correct term – I “strained” it, not “sprained”, which in any case hurt like Hell) and I raced (hobbled, rather) to [ Read More ]
I always look forward to Libertine each season to see what fun, quirky items I might want to nab from creators Johnson Hartig and Cindy Greene. Crafted for a particular rock-and-roll-loving culture (at least in my head), the show is always a party and the collection always has something I desire. This season looked like [ Read More ]
Backstage at Ruffian, we learned that the makeup would be inspired by a mixture of the paintings of Baroque painter Bouche and the eclectic street style of Williamsburg, Brooklyn’s hipster culture. Lead M·A·C Cosmetics makeup artist James Kaliardos (who is one of my favorites, a genius, that one) explains how to get the look. “It’s a [ Read More ]
One of the fun things about attending the presentations of designers like Ruffian is that you’re never quite sure what you’re going to get, but you’re sure it will be pretty impressive. Having run into designers Brian Wolk and Claude Morais backstage, I knew that the inspiration was Baroque mixed with the designers’ love of [ Read More ]
