November 17th, 2008 at 10:12pm
Market meltdowns, markdown money, magazines folding, holiday parties on hold. How about a weekend getaway to the good old days, courtesy of the Fontainebleau Hotel and Victoria’s Secret? Two days of luxe resort life and lavish lingerie sure sounded good to the 3,500-plus who showed up for the hotel’s grand re-opening and the bra-and-panty giant’s annual fashion show Friday and Saturday in Miami Beach.
Anyone who
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November 17th, 2008 at 10:11pm
BEIJING — Art and fashion fused in dramatic style in the Chinese capital on Saturday with the opening of Christian Dior + Chinese Artists – an exhibition of China’s contemporary artists commissioned to create Dior-inspired work.
In a gala exhibition opening and dinner at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, fashion luminaries and executives mingled with Chinese celebrities and stars of the art world. The exhibit, featuring
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November 17th, 2008 at 12:14pm
At the Biotique store in Delhi’s crowded Khan Market, marketing executive Neera Sodhi sniffs at jars of lotion with names like Saffron Youth Dew and Red Sandalwood Cream. “I prefer to wear natural products on my skin,” she says. “Most people here do.”
That preference means natural products are big business in India; many leading brands label skin care “herbal” or “ayurvedic.” Ayurveda,
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November 17th, 2008 at 12:12pm
Model and actress Carol Alt is taking the raw food diet that she swears by and applying it to her daily beauty regimen with a four-item skin care line called Raw Essentials, which will be carried exclusively on HSN starting next month.
Alt discovered what she considers “life-changing benefits” of eating raw foods after fighting illness and fatigue while battling uterine cancer more than a decade ago, she said. From her raw food
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November 15th, 2008 at 2:13am
The affable Christian Courtin-Clarins, who helped take his family-founded Groupe Clarins private in July, is steering the company onto a more focused course, aimed at building core brands and gaining market share in the U.S. and Japan.
In addition, the company, which acquired 800 million euros, or $998.5 million at current exchange, in financing to delist the company from the Paris Bourse, has begun belt-tightening by reducing executive
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November 15th, 2008 at 2:12am
There’s a new dame in MAC Cosmetics’ arsenal: the irrepressible Dame Edna Everage, who has created an eponymous limited edition color collection for the company.
“I’m doing this out of love — I’m a giver,” said Dame Edna, the lavender-haired alter ego of Australian comedian Barry Humphries. “The audience’s applause was a little louder when I was wearing MAC on stage, so I was a convert.
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November 14th, 2008 at 10:14pm
The dermatologist is back at work at Clinique.
The 40-year-old brand is continuing its quest to return to its dermatological roots with its latest offering, Redness Solutions Instant Relief Mineral Powder, due out in late January — and a new merchandising unit, rolling out now, designed to showcase existing products addressing four common skin care conditions.
“This brand was started with a philosophy of addressing
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November 14th, 2008 at 10:13pm
The celebrity fragrance craze took a menacing turn Tuesday night.
During the American Society of Perfumers’ Perfumers Choice Awards, Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri, or Tony Sirico, as he is known outside of “The Sopranos,” unveiled a fragrance he developed, dubbed Paolo per Uomo: Inspired by Tony Sirico.
While distribution plans for the scent, $64 for 3.4 oz., have not been finalized, nor a launch date
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November 14th, 2008 at 12:16pm
Simon Doonan and Jonathan Adler, Helen and Tim Schifter, Waris Ahluwalia and Chiara Clemente were taking whiffs of more than just the French cuisine at Manhattan’s La Grenouille on Wednesday night.
That’s because the dinner, which was hosted by Princess Alexandra of Greece and Vogue’s Hamish Bowles, was held in honor of perfumer Frdric Malle and his new fragrance, Dans Tes Bras, French for “in your arms.” The
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November 14th, 2008 at 12:14pm
Carol’s Daughter is building its fragrance portfolio with the launch of its first fine fragrance this month called Pearls. Even though Pearls will be new ground for Carol’s Daughter, it will be setting the stage for the company’s first celebrity fragrance, My Life by Mary J Blige, who has been one of the brand’s celebrity ambassadors.
Lisa Price, founder of Carol’s Daughter, said that she wanted to go beyond
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