Category: Beauty

Anne Hathaway as Selena Kyle Styled By Designer Thierry Mugler

Recently I wrote a rather scathing piece on Hathaway/Catwoman and the Dark Knights choices for her horrible jumpsuit.

There may be a lighter side to the costuming in the Dark Knight.

I STILL have no love for Hathaway as Catwoman, or her costume with the mini ears. I loathe her lack of sex appeal and appreciate he was doing her best. I did however read an interview with the costume designer.

Turns out when lovely Anne was working the crazy as Selena Kyle her wardrobe was, thankfully, styled by a fashion mogul and mastermind. Thierry Mugler.

In case you are unfamiliar with Mugler, he ruled couture in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. He did all the costuming for George Michael’s ‘Too Funky’ video, has worked with the top supermodels in the world, was in the movie Pret-A-Porter and made pieces of costuming/fashion like this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And then he stopped making fashion.

Now his Jewelry and Perfume collection are the only things to be found. However every once in a while a semi-retired genius will come out of his shell to create. ‘Dark Knight’ snagged Mugler who styled Anne as Selena Kyle’s outfits. HIS style came out looking like this;

I am pleased to see that Thierry has not lost his touch in creating magnificence.  Sexy, scintillating, cat-like and very not Anne Hathaway this is magnificent. I only hope someone see’s this and sticks it in a high fashion magazine (Vogue Italia I’m talking to you).

Bravo! Ce Magnifique Monsieur Mugler. You just saved my opinion of the Dark Knight and Anne Hathaway as a model.

How Prada Makes Me Want Things, Campaign Video #Fashion

I recently stumbled across a few campaign videos for fashion companies. I love the vivid new market of video that draws you in and makes you a fashion addict.

Odd models playing chess in Prada while looking sexy in full winter jackets (how do they do that?!) seems boring when saying it. But, no! Fast moving images, stoic supermodels, fierce makeup, perfume, jewelry, sharp imagery, art form. YES!

I’m sold…Video by mad GENIUS Steven Meisel of course


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Vogue Russia Needs a New Photoshop Artist

Oh Vogue Russia, I understand we are imperfect people living in an imperfect world. Often we have bad days, or even botched photo spreads, but this….well there are no words.

Devastating model, gorgeous dress, sexy pose, blingy jewelry….and a disembodied hand.

NYET! Say it isn’t so. I can see how one might pose oddly and crop out and over extended arm but this is inexcusable. Where the heck is her freeking arm? Did it take a sick day? Is it on another page? Is she missing and arm and has a very unique and pretty manicured hand growing out of her head? No.

Vogue Russia just killed there August 2012 issue. As the number one producer of hot runway girls this is unacceptable. I hope they fire who ever did this. Vogue Russia, get it together. You are too good for this.

Even your pretty letters won’t fool us this time. Bring back the arm! Vogue standards demand it.

 

Shopping in the Hampton’s with Adolfo Sanchez Design & Idra Alta Moda, July 20-21st!

Everyone one know ‘The Hampton’s’ are THE premiere spot for vacationing and being fabulous on the East Coast during summer. It’s a must have on your list of places to stay.

Don’t have a house there, get a time share. Don’t have a time share? Go for a day trip and act like you do. Can’t act that bourgeois, run for your life. A very well dressed lynch mob is coming for you with pitchforks by Eddie Bauer.

Besides elegant dinner parties, walks on the beach and enjoying a relaxing spot what else is there to do. Well, hunny when the rich get bored, they go shopping.

Luckily we are bringing you a little International talent in the design department with Adolfo Sanchez Designs;

 

AND Idra Alta Moda (one of NY’s top furriers);

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They are being presented by a great cause, The Risa Pulver Project.

 

I ADORE ethical shopping. It always feel’s better knowing I am supporting a good cause. Also featured are vendors Glen Arthur and Love and Luck Jewelry.

From Pret-A-Porter to cute and kitsch, there will be something for everyone. Grab your nearest and dearest Diva and go down and experience the beauty first hand.

What you are going to miss this? No problem. Check out more Adolfo Sanchez Designs here;

Their Facebook business page

https://www.facebook.com/AdolfoSanchezFashion

or the main website for shopping (thank god for mail order)

http://shop.adolfosanchezdesigns.com/

Interested in looking fashion forward for Fall? Find Idra Alta Moda and their 2012 collection HERE;

http://www.IdraAltaModa.com

or their Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/idraalta.moda

Happy Shopping!

Marc Jacobs and His New Love “Dot”

Don’t worry it’s not what you think. Or perhaps it’s exactly what you think if you are in the know. Marc Jacobs released his new signature fragrance to the public, “Dot”.

I love Daisy. It’s light, youthful, flowery with a hint of girly. What is so different about ‘Dot’? How will this fragrance captivate and enthrall Marc’s audience?

Below Marc Jacobs talks ‘Dot’ and what it is as well as the creation process.


Fascinating and interesting as always we approve and can’t wait to give a try Marc. After all anyone who can pull off a dress like he did is well worth supporting.

Get Yo Ass to Ulta West Hollywood/Update

Sorry I have been a non-blogger kittens. I hate missing out on the good stuff and I promise to update over the next day or so.

In order to make up for my blogging lack there of, I am bringing you good news from the land of West Hollywood or the evil known as, ‘The West Hollywood Gateway’.

Today as I flew around town doing a million errands I landed in ‘Ulta’, West Hollywood.

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I can give you a million excuses. I’m a terrible beauty product slut and of course the #1 reason….I’m a girl.

Thankfully for once I come with great news that won’t break your bank account. At this moment this particular Ulta is undergoing a refurb in the middle of the store. Since it makes shopping there ‘inconvenient’ they have marked a ton of stuff down and are using this as a reason to have major ‘clearance sale’.

Oh hallelujah, and praise the Gods of Ulta. Although the discount is trickily stuck in the cheaper aisles to the far left, it’s there if you are willing to look.

I even scored a cheap indulgence for even cheaper than normal.

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– Normally around $5-10, Right now it’s priced at $2.50

This bath/shower gel is nice, light and leaves you smelling great. It’s even ok for sensitive skin and doesn’t upset people with perfume allergies.

Get your bootie out the door kittens. Ulta West Hollywood is usually open until 9pm, 7 days a week.

Looks like this will last just long enough, you can get your make up and body freak on for cheap. Now that’s something everyone can love.

Yes They’re Real and They’re Fabulous. Luscious Lash Review and How To.

Every time I see a mascara commercial on TV I can’t help mumbling under my breath. I believe it’s something along,” Grumble, so fake, as if.”

Having first hand knowledge of lash extensions and fake eyelashes really seals the deal and get’s me cursing. How the hell do they expect me to believe my lashes will look like this;

and that it will leave me feeling like this?

When all it does is clump, run, make a mess and make me look like a racoon.

Let’s face it. Unless you wear falsies (eyelashes not the other kind), or get the professional eyelash extensions everything falls flat. Not to mention always turns into a clumpy mess despite their promises not to.

Never fear! I have found the answer. And it will be good, for everyone.

It’s called, very appropriately, “They’re Real!”

Besides Benefit Cosmetics amazing ad for this it actually works. This mascara has a great brush that has NEVER clumped on me.

I am used to trying everything and anything. As both a wearer of false lashes and extensions I was surprised. I am so used to getting a nasty, gooky, stuck together brush halfway through my mascara this was refreshing.

The other thing that got me? The blurb on their webpage is true! *GASP*

they’re real! mascara~What else you need to know:

94% saw dramatic length & volume*
90% saw base-to-tip curl*
94% saw visible lift*
100% saw long-wearing results*

After using the mini one I got as a bonus at Sephora (check the bottom of the page for links), it did ACTUALLY make my lashes longer. No I am not being PAID for this.  This is all me sharing something too fabulous. (If anyone at Benefit should see this, you should send me a case, I love this stuff)

I have been using this for about 3-6 months now and the volume and length of my lashes is now over a quarter-inch and I no longer wear false lashes unless I am shooting or hitting the red carpet.

It is fiercely waterproof so invest in make up remover wipes or it won’t come off. After a shower I look like Tammi Faye Baker or a Kardashian post fake cry, if I don’t clean it off.

WEAR TO FIND IT:

Sephora!!

They have a small mini for $10 to try,

http://www.sephora.com/product/productDetail.jsp?skuId=1395482&productId=P306403&keyword=BENEFIT%20COSMETICS%20They%27re%20Real%21%20Mascara%20Mini%20-%20P306403&_requestid=97494

and it’s $22 for regular size

http://www.sephora.com/product/productDetail.jsp?skuId=1343938&productId=P289307&keyword=BENEFIT%20COSMETICS%20They%27re%20Real%21%20Mascara%20-%20P289307&_requestid=97385

And of course there is the illustrious ‘Benefit Cosmetics’. You can find ‘They’re Real’ HERE:

http://www.benefitcosmetics.com/product/view/theyre-real?ext_id=psad_Ggl_US&siteID=qBNKlhsBsB4-eKQ8bc5D5OpPR4HjAhfxNQ

Go get your eyelash freak on ladies. The ultimate mascara is here and yes, it’s real.

Let Clint Catalyst Fill Your Brain. SF/ Bay Area MUST SEE.

If I weren’t a literary dork with a penchant for oddities in human form I would be reporting on something incredibly boring now. Like Kim Kardashian (why won’t she go away?!). Instead I am here to prod and poke you in to seeing the good stuff.

Especially in San Francisco. Growing up for 18 years in SF/Bay Area has given me a classic love hate syndrome with the city.

I’m here to talk about the love. It opened my mind to amazing artists such as Poppy Z. Brite, Gloria Steinem and our dearest, lovely, noir chic, artist freak, writing genius, Clint Catalyst.

Author of ‘Cottonmouth Kisses’, ‘Thrills, Pills and Chills and Heartache; Adventures in the First Person’, and 5 other books and novels he is NOT to be missed.

Clint will be performing in San Francisco this week. Here s how to see this magnificent maestro.

On June 18th;

Monday, June 18  2012
Porch Light Storytelling Series

I Do: The Wedding Show

Featuring – writer/stylist Clint Catalyst

Verdi Club
2424 Mariposa St., San Francisco CA
Show at 8:00pm/doors at 7:00pm
$15 general
$7.50 Friends of Library members

And a whole bunch of other amazing people as well. They can be looked up below

http://www.facebook.com/porchlightsf

http://www.facebook.com/events/414839951890151

Then on

Wednesday, June 20  2012

The world will open up and let art be art again at this incredibly event uniquely named;

Faggot Dinosaur Anthology Reading/Release Party

Alley Cat Books
3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA
7 p.m.
$5

http://www.facebook.com/events/181551501972861/

Brown Paper Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/246336

I know not everyone wants to see intelligent artists speak/read/perform their work. This saddens me. However, if you enjoy expanding your mind, go. Run to it and enjoy.

Curious about Clint? Who isn’t?

To learn more about this multi-talented author, artist, actor, stylist and model go here:

http://www.clintcatalyst.com

For more info on his shows and who the other players/writers are, read his blog here:

http://www.clintcatalyst.com/blog/clint-catalyst-san-francisco-performances-june-2012

‘Girl Model’ a Powerful Documentary, Must See!

Normally I like to keep things light and fluffy. Often fun on here.

Being focused on the fashion industry I do like to share real finds as well. I ran across this on my live streaming channel and had to share.

 

It is powerful, moving and amazing to watch the transition as girls from Siberia are recruited to work in Japan. It is intense, sobering and fascinating to see the modeling industry through a 13-year-old, foreign teenagers eye’s and the narrator, and an ex-model, now scout.

Here is the trailer.


It struck a deep note with me and I believe it is something everyone should watch at least once. Ignorance is not bliss and this movie/documentary proves that.

Since it is limited in where it is being shown across the country, click this link and stream it.

http://www.1channel.ch/watch-2733182-Girl-Model

Leave feedback and comments kittens. It’s the least you can do for a well made documentary like this.

 

Karl Lagerfeld Has a Wax Face, Literally

My obsession with Karl Lagerfelds world is out of control. Thankfully, I am not the only one who thinks this way.

In Karl Lagerfelds old hometown of Hamburg, Germany, he now resides in one of Germany’s oldest wax museum’s in his sexy little finger-less gloves and fab black suit.

Fakin’ Karl

Karl is not only immortalized, loved and amazingly creative but he know’s the fashion market as well. Originally he had a classic German last name of ‘Lagefeldt’, but dropped the T to seem more commercial.

Despite his name change his is still honored in Hamburg’s 125 year old wax museum. His pretty little face took a year to make!! I guess they are big on detail

I love this man. He is by far the classiest bitch in the fashion industry with a super powered brain under that white ponytail. At 78 he still manages to conquer and expand the house of ‘Chanel’.

Even better, his next collaboration will be with….drum roll please…

Shu Uemura!!

No stranger to cosmetics, Monsieur Lagerfeld will be creating a special make up collection for the holidays called ‘Karl Lagerfeld for Shu Uemura’.

Simple enough.

Keep your eye’s open for it. No doubt it will be limited edition/super exclusive. Just like my dear Unkle Karl.

Bizzy B of Hollywood, How Sexy Can You Get?

If you have never been to Bizzy B of Hollywood I am letting you in on an adult secret. It is clean, well-lit, has a chandelier on the ceiling and is the most comfortable dancewear/adult oriented store I have ever shopped in.

Her prices are competitive and Beatrice, the owner has worked with celebrities galore! Check out the walls when you come in.

There is an amazing array of lingerie and dancewear for the discriminating girlfriend, hardcore bitch, stripper, gogo dancer, drag queen and just good old fashion girly girls.

Al lot of the clothing you see above is all designed and made by Beatrice herself. She has made custom outfits for a ton of celebs and can fi any figure, shape or size. Just ask. It’s worth every penny.

Bizzy B also carries masks, costuming, a HUGE line of fishnets and hose, pasties and tons of Jewelry.

Oh, you are hardcore, goth, fetishista and or into the BDSM scene? There is a whole store to fit your needs. Just in time for Bondage Ball.

For the Girls
-And Boys Town

What are you waiting for? A public invite. Get your cute ass down to Bizzy B, catch yourself a porn star, do some legit lingerie/dancewear shopping and then sneak into the fetish side and get your dirty on.

You don’t need to be brave, just smart.

Electric Blue Nail French Fab, With a Little Help From Orly

I have recently gone from Sephora freak to Ulta convert. Partially because you don’t have an overly done make up queen asking you if you need help every five seconds.  I appreciate Sephora, and it is my first love, but I recently saw Ulta toting my new summer nail crush.

Orly French FX Kit

 

Every girl knows getting a french Mani is best done by the awesome Korean ladies down the street. Without them most of us girls would be wandering the streets and clubs picking bad nail polish off and flicking the chips in our drinks and at strangers. It’s ugly, but true.

Now they have everything packaged and ready to go for ladies who want it all and don’t want blah nude nails. In electric silver and blue. Boring nails be damned I am straight up going out and buying this. All the little overdone girls from WeHo will quiver at the mightiness of my French mani. And it will be blue…er, and silver!

What’s inside?

 Each kit includes two nail lacquers, plus Top 2 Bottom Basecoat & Topcoat All In One and complete manicure instructions.

I’m a girl about town and a mover and shaker so I will try anything once. Plus it’s for the good of women kind. At $15 the price is right.

And if it even comes out looking like this…

I’ve conquered normality and brought a little extra freaky into the Fashion scene. Off to Ulta to give my new obsession a try!

Happy shopping my blue babies.

Ulta.com link below!

http://www.ulta.com/ulta/browse/productDetail.jsp?skuId=2245331&productId=xlsImpprod4410217&navAction=push&navCount=1#sku2245332