Last week, we kicked off our A to Z Holiday Gift Guide coverage by taking a Sesame Street-worthy approach to the task, tackling items corresponding to the first three letters of the alphabet, with A standing for Art Deco, B for Blossoms, and C for Color Blocking.
You’re probably getting ready to rock around the Christmas tree which, of course, means finding just the right gifts to place underneath those fragrant branches.
It’s been a year since we caught up with Queens-bred jewelry designer Seville Michelle Anastos, who first amassed a loyal customer base within the hip-hop community thanks to her leather-wrapped bamboo earrings and doorknockers, which offered sophisticated urbanites a more mature take on the gold-filled styles they favored during their teens and tweens.
Whether you’re turning your home into a haunted space like Modern Family’s Claire and Phil Dunphy; impersonating Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, or Snooki with your costume choice; creating an Elvira-worthy hairdo and a theatrical, hedonistic eye makeup look before hitting the club scene; or just dressing in your everyday clothes but infusing a hint of spooky fun via playfully eerie accessories, these spooktacular Halloween buys that will scare you straight!
Vintage elements ranging from crystal brooches to antique beads abound in jewelry designer Lisa Salzer’s the mastermind behind Lulu Frost pieces — and yet there’s an aesthetic balance struck via the mélange of motifs from different eras, cultures, and geographical locations.
Never one for the drab or dreary, designer Mara Hoffman treated fashion insiders to a performance by a Mariachi band as they circled their way around The Box at Lincoln Center on Friday, September 9th, ogling at the Mexican-inspired designs comprising her exuberant, free-spirited, and deliciously sexy Spring 2012 collection.
Sheer caftans with plunging necklines and kaleidoscopic prints with flashes of coral worthy of an Albuquerque sunset.
When the sun’s rays feel positively oppressive, the temperature is higher than an industrial-sized oven in an El Azizia kitchen, and your skin develops a bronzed sheen, it’s officially time to drape yourself in white blouses, slacks, shorts, and dresses, adding a laid-back feel to your ensemble and keeping you cool via a color that reflects light, rather than absorbing it, hence providing some relief from the summer scorch.
It took us a while to put this bad boy together, but we hope you’ll agree that it was worth the wait!
To paraphrase Katy Parry, make like a firework and let your colors burst this Fourth of July weekend with festive apparel, footwear, jewelry, home accents and entertaining details that show more patriotic pride than Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the USA album cover.
