In our latest holiday gift guide round-up, we’re celebrating the London-rocker-meets-California-easy style of Katie White, the lead singer and guitarist of the pop/dance duo The Ting Tings.
This fall, Giorgio Armani was poised to regale ladies with a new aquatic fragrance billed as the female counterpart of the best-selling Acqua di Gio men’s scent introduced in 1996.
Almost three decades before Lady Gaga bewitched audiences with her outlandish costumes, New Wave/dance singer Grace Jones set the bar for lovable eccentricity, donning embellished face masks and sculptural, gravity-defying hats and headpieces; bucking traditional gender norms by rocking a masculine, cropped, flat top ‘do, along with blazers with squared shoulders; toying with dominatrix motifs through leather bustiers, fishnet tights, come-hitter platform heels, and figure-hugging leotards; wearing wire armor ensembles; and generally advancing the avant-garde agenda.
She may not be “rocking gold teeth and fangs” just yet, but there’s no denying Nicki Minaj is a monster — whether she’s Dutty Winin’ it, vowing revenge via her British Roman Zolanski alter ego, or keeping everything sparklier than a marquis with her Harajuku Barbie persona, the Trinidad-born rapper is vying to “remain where the top begins,” as she rhymed in her song “Fly.” Hate her or love her, she’s the most relevant, buzzy female MC in ages — which is why powerhouse brand MAC Cosmetics decided to tap Minaj to design her very own limited-edition lipstick.
For the third installment of this year’s gift guide, which is inspired by female music icons (as you know from last week’s ode to Pat Benatar and the previous tribute to Janelle Monae’s equestrian-meets-funk style), we’re focusing on British pop star Lily Allen.
The seeds of the Nigella Sativa (black cumin) plant, which is believed to have originated in the Middle East, have long been heralded for their medicinal, culinary, aromatic, and therapeutic benefit.
A smoky eye look doesn’t have to be limited to dusky grays, charcoal blacks, and silvery or gunmetal metallics.
Shopping should never be a drag, especially when you’re looking for holiday gifts that will bring a smile to a loved one’s face.
Song of the day: Madonna’s “Holiday.” You know how it goes: “If we took a holiday/Took some time to celebrate/Just one day out of life/It would be, it would be so nice.” Now, the holiday I’m going to reference, however, doesn’t involve a “we” — you can have this celebration all by yourself, no time off necessary, with just a bottle of the Votre Vu On Holiday Moisturizing Body Oil Spray.
In his classic poem “Ode to Autumn,” British romantic poet John Keats referred to fall as the “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,” which conspired with the sun to “fill all fruit with ripeness to the core.” Inspired by Keats’ notion of fruits at their ripest point, perfumer Christine Nagel envisioned a fragrance anchored by the pear’s juiciness.
