While I’ll “ooh” and “aah” at the sight of a gorgeous coral reef, I tend to believe the color of these formations is best left for marine expeditions.
Ever tried a product and wondered how on Earth no one came up with this before?
In a sea of conformity and bottom line-driven designs, you can always count on Alexandre Herchcovitch to restore a sense of adventurousness and unbridled creativity to the runway.
Going into the backstage area for the Tracy Reese Fall 2010 show, which was held on Monday, February 15th at New York City’s Bryant Park, I knew to expect ultra feminine makeup and hair looks — but, since that’s quite a broad spectrum, I was curious to see exactly how that girlish charm would be manifested.
Dark eyes and nude lips have been ruling the runway for Fall 2010, though there have been various iterations of this combination.
It’s the theatricality of fashion shows, the performance art element woven into each presentation, that always lures me in, enticing me to look closer — it’s what makes my eyes twinkle with excitement, and what stamps a show into my memory bank (or, in the case, of those more lackluster shows, allows them to ebb away into oblivion hours after the finale walk).
My absolute favorite makeup and hair look thus far were conceived for the Vena Cava Fall/Winter 2010 show held yesterday afternoon at Milk Studios in New York City.
Tinted moisturizers don’t tend to be my cup of tea.
This year was a trying one — a crippled economy, a seemingly never-ending war, unruly weather and dismal stories about global warming, increased joblessness, the loss of celebrity icons like Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett (not to mention promising young stars like DJ AM and Brittany Murphy), and on and on.
Inspired by a single strand of pearls with subtle gold, silvery gray, metallic pink, and shimmering white tones, Givenchy’s Holiday 2009 collection exudes a tender romanticism.
