For her Spring 2014 collection, New Hampshire-born designer Tess Giberson played upon the idea of a fashion remix, fusing together an amalgam of different aesthetics — from preppy to grungy, glam, minimalist, sporty, and edgy — in order to create something that defied categorization.
When most fashion lovers think of BCBGMAXAZRIA, the house that Max and Lubov Azria have built, they envision the power woman: clad in lots of leather and oozing rock ‘n’ roll confidence, her garments themselves a testament to the designers’ body conscious construction.
Forget nails encrusted with crystals, coated in icy glitter or boasting intricate color-blocked and half-moon motifs.
Ahhh, New York Fashion Week: the 7-day period when everyone even peripherally linked to the fashion industry shares the same playground.
The moment I saw the new Maybelline New York Color Show Vintage Leather collection at Target, I wanted every single shade; after all, I grew up listening to (and yes, idolizing) Joan Jett, Pat Benatar, Chrissie Hynde, and Shirley Manson — all hard-edged girls who wore leather and rocked out as hard as their male counterparts when on stage.
Close your eyes and picture a pair of tweezers.
As a naturally curly-haired gal, I’ve always been on the prowl for haircare and hair styling products that would help moisturize my often dry mane, help me tame frizz, add natural-looking hold and definition to my sometimes unruly curls, revitalize limp strands, and basically resuscitate my curls, restoring them to their ounce coil-like springiness.
Save for some folks with legitimate forms of albinism, I may just be the palest Puerto Rican girl ever — and I get teased rather relentlessly for it (during a recent visit to PR, my father actually compared my skin tone to the color of a white styrofoam cooler).
Forget Rice-a-Roni — the real San Francisco treat is being served courtesy of Converse and footwear retailer ShoeBiz. The two companies joined forces to create the Chuck Taylor All Star San Francisco Moments Collection, a three-style collection of high-top canvas sneakers, each illustrating a key period or defining instance in the city’s history.
You know that cooling sensation you feel as you slather on an aloe-based formula on sunburnt skin?
