Nicki Minaj and Ricky Martin will replace Gaga and Cyndi Lauper as the new faces of MAC’s Viva Glam Lipstick.
Past spokespeople include:
Dita Von Teese & Eve:
RuPaul and K.D. Lang:
Elton John, Shirley Manson:
Mary J. Blige and Minaj hater Lil’ Kim:
David LaChapelle will shoot the famously edgy campaign.
Do you think Minaj is Viva Glam worthy?
Hard living and Racy Headlines? I’ll remember Ms. Winehouse for her one-of-a-kind sense of style. Throwback sailor tattoos and ballet slippers. A hardnosed librarian’s beehive from the 60s teased to preposterous proportions. Multi-colored bra straps proudly peeking though wispy shirts. Amy’s style was a breath of fresh air when she made her worldwide debut with her sophomore album, and it’s what I’ll remember her for today.
In the next few days, I’ll be mining media archives to present an Amy Winehouse Look Book to remind us of her pretty/tough style. Stay Tuned.
With 90 and above degree weather in 40 states this past week, we girls of summer know that heavy, full-faced makeup will, in a matter of minutes, melt. right. off. So while the glossy fashion magazines gear us up for the rich hues of fall, I’m still stuck on my minimal, but beachy summer look, shown here. Here’s how to get the look:
First, I swear by exfoliating with Dr. Dennis Gross’s Alpha Beta Daily Face Peel. It brightens and perfectly primes my face for moisturizer.
Next I spritz any zits with Eminence Organics Stone Crop Hydrating Mist. (It’s laced with salicylic acid, which helps heal blemishes.) Finally, I throw on some moisturizer and let it seep in while I reach for a few key makeup products:
Fresh, Brightened, Glowing, Bronzed, Done!
Designer-turned-artist Helmut Lang is sending a final kiss-off to the fashion world by shredding the last 6,000 dresses in his personal inventory. While this sounds totally sacrilege to us, all is not lost: the artist will use the fabrics–along with fur, feathers, leather and more materials collected during his 25-year tenure as a designer–to make stalactite-influenced** ground-to-ceiling sculptures for a new gallery exhibition in East Hampton NY. The show, called “Make it Hard,” will run at The Fireplace Project from July 22 to August 8; it’s aimed to serve as his final sayonara to fashion and hello, again to art.
**stalactites are the drippy-looking columns that hang from the ceilings of limestone caves. They look like this:
(source: WWD)
Two of my favorite things Chanel’s beauty line directed by Peter Philips meets ROBOTS (another longtime obsession). In short I heart this video and me thinks you will too! Enjoy!!
For the girls who hung on every word of the September Issue (2009), who couldn’t get enough of Isaac Mizrahi’s Issac-isms in Unzipped (1995) and for model Sara Ziff’s Picture Me (2009) offered a much-welcomed peep into the big baller but less-than-kind world of modeling, comes God Save My Shoes, a soon-to-be released documentary about that game-changing wardrobe staple that girls will do just about anything for.
As I wrote in Fashion 101, shoes forever hold a special place in girls’ hearts. The average American owns 30 pair. When SATC fashion icon Carrie Bradshaw was mugged, the assailant demanded not only her handbag and jewelry, but her strappy sandals to boot.
The obsession traces back to the mid 16th century, when Henry II’s wife, Catherine de’ Medici, discovered high heels (traditionally only worn by men). She loved how the new shoes made her look taller, thinner, more fabulous. Ever since, women have found that heels give an instant posture makeover. Our chests stand taller, our legs appear longer and our butts get a nice little lift–pretty rockin’ results for just a simple change in footwear.
Of course, God Save My Shoes documentarian Julie Benasra features footage from modern day royalty (celebs, of course) on why shoes make them feel so fab. Look for cameos by Fergie, Kelly Roland, Dita Von Teese and more. The film is scheduled to be released later this year.
IIFA 2011 performer (photo source: style.com)
In my latest book, The Look Book: 50 Iconic Beauties and How To Achieve Their Signature Styles, I dedicate a spread to Bjork and face ornamentation. The practice has been a tradition in India for centuries, of course, and at this week’s International Indian Film Awards (IIFA), performers were adorned with elaborate face decorations, courtesy of MAC Cosmetics makeup artists.
The IIFA is Bollywood’s version of the Oscars. Except–this is so cool–the Indian Oscars are open to the public. Of course, tickets sell out in a matter of minutes, but still–how cool is it that anyone can attend? Whereas the American Oscars are all about the fashion (and to some extent, the awards, I guess), the IIFA features actors performing singing and dancing numbers on stage as part of the show.
And that’s where the MAC makeup artists were able to showcase their elaborate bejeweled designs–on the singer and dancers’ faces.
Style.com features a great Q&A with the makeup artists who made the looks. Check it out here. And check The Look Book for the history of face ornamentation, the style-setting Bjork (who helped usher the look in for modern-day girls) and step-by-step instructions on how to get the look for yourself.
Word on the street from Paramount is that the Hot Hot Hoti-ness that is Mark Wahlberg will team up with dreamy Biebs in a film that will feature the boys playing street basketball. Um…sa-woon! The script is being written by Ian Edelman, who created the HBO series How to Make it in America.
The last streetball flick to make it big was the 1992 Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson vehicle, White Men Can’t Jump. Being that the Biebs counts streetball as one of his favorite pastimes, moviegoers will no doubt freak to see his skills on the big screen. But no matter how good his A game, it’ll be the inevitable shirtless scenes (what? it’s totally part of the sport!) that will send Beliebers in a frenzy. Just don’t hold your breath for its release–according to IMDB, it’s not scheduled to hit theaters until 2013.
I’m so stoked on the wallpaper I just ordered for my new office. Ima use it to cover the massive inspiration/reminder/cute boys board I’ve got above my desk.
Cute, right? It’s called Crowns & Coronets and it’s made by Graham & Brown. I Just had to share.
So we’ve all heard tons about Tracy Morgan’s homophobic rant in Nashville June 3 where he talked about stabbing people and other beyond-lame stuff that I don’t even want to reprint here. Yuck. Good thing our girl Tina Fey spoke up on the issue. Her statement included this perspective-setting gem:
I hope for his sake that Tracy’s apology will be accepted as sincere by his gay and lesbian coworkers at “30 Rock,” without whom Tracy would not have lines to say, clothes to wear, sets to stand on, scene partners to act with, or a printed-out paycheck from accounting to put in his pocket.
That’s RIGHT, Tina Fey! Were so glad she spoke out and did so so fittingly.
