Part of being a beauty junkie is resisting the urge to become a hoarder, a battle I started losing back in 2001, when I earned my first grown-up check and started capriciously making some hefty purchases on perhaps not the most grown-up things (many items that, to this day, I insist are vital).
If you have naturally curly or wavy hair and you like to straighten your mane, you know first-hand about the shortcomings of many a flat iron.
For Fall 2011, hair is going straight and sleek.
The theatrical, origami-esque, paper headpieces worn by models in the Jen Kao Spring 2012 show encapsulated the independent spirit of the collection, a parade of separates and dresses in desert-like shades (ranging from sunset orange to safari green, ochre, tan, coral, beige); watercolored textiles in blue, pink, and yellow hues; dip-dyed fabrics that captured the transition between day and night; asymmetrical hemlines; slashes, tear-outs, and strappy details; geometric prints and checkerboard patterns; and spiderweb-like cut-out effects.
For his Spring 2012 collection, fashion designer Bibhu Mohapatra derived inspiration from the erotically-charged, kinky but artistic, black-and-white work of Helmut Newton, who remains one of the most influential fashion photographers in history (just look at this photo of Linda Evangelista and bask in the glory of his genial mind).
Brazilian designer Alexandre Herchcovitch steered away from his oft experimental, avant-garde aesthetic for Spring 2012, instead masterminding a collection rife with prim and ladylike silhouettes in muted pink and beige tones, with many of the retro-tinged frocks constructed using shimmering satin fabrics.
Nobody does outlandish and fun quite like Betsey Johnson, who chose a “T & A” theme for her Spring 2012 show, held on Monday, September 12th.
The Jenny Packham Spring 2012 collection, showcased on Monday, September 12th, honed in on a St.
The world-traveling, multi-cultural cowgirl motif that inspired the Thakoon Spring 2012 collection necessitated adventurous, thrill-seeking makeup and hair looks — after all, no horse-riding, cattle-wrangling gal would want her beauty looks to be roped in!
In the 1992 film The Lover, set in Indochina in the late 1920s, a French teenager falls in love with a native wealthy man over 15 years her senior, setting the stage for a forbidden affair that, ultimately, proves hugely detrimental to them both.
