Manifesto is a new Yves Saint Laurent women’s fragrance, Stephan Bezy, the executive “suit” at L’Oréal watching over Yves Saint Laurent Beauté portfolio for the French conglomerate calls it “a declaration of contemporary femininity” Continue reading “A fragrance called Manifesto and a case of Equality” »
There’s something hiding behind the smile something more than meets the eye… Mia Wasikowska, her face free of makeup, is lounging about in the foyer of a French Hotel in Cannes. The 22-year-old wears a black-and-white swallow-print Miu Miu skirt and top, paired with a boxy Austrian-style red felt jacket that swamps her tiny frame. She has been in the midst of promotional duties for one of her latest cinematic effort: the character of Bertha in “Lawless,” based on the true story of three bootlegging brothers in Prohibition-era Virginia. The John Hillcoat-directed movie costars Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy and Jason Clarke as the Bondurant brothers, who punch, kick and stab their way to ruling the region’s moonshine trade. Continue reading “A Question of Chemistry: Mia Wasikowska” »
We all have that dream sooner or later to leave the nine to five behind just take along a few essentials and go travel the World like a gypsy, throw your cares to the wind, footloose and fancy free. Julia Chaplin has found the gypsy in her soul and the soul of a few of her mates. Continue reading “On the Gypsy Trail” »
Colin Heaney came to Byron Bay via Cali U.S.A. back in 1974, at a time when cows ruminated by the ocean shores, attracted by one of the best surf spots in the World he soon realized he had found his spiritual homestead. It was a time when Byron was known to a few surfers most of them Australian, and a few from the States and Europe. It was the idyllic hippie enclave, as much of a factor in the flower power and the surf for life movement as were places like Big Sur, Ibiza, and a handful of other spots around the globe. Continue reading “Byron Bay Chic” »
In my Mailbox, the digital one that is, one of the most interesting reads aside from Beautydelux of course is the articles I generally find in BoF daily Newsletter. For the ones that don’t know it stands for business of Fashion. This one particularly caught my eye for a couple of reasons. It was written by BoF founder Imran Amed and it showcased the city of the moment, once again…London, and how it has become a front runner in the World technology and fashion theater by merging or rather mashing- up the two fields of endeavor into one logical, revenue making powerhouse of an export. A jewel in the crown for Ol’ Britannia…. Continue reading “Imran Amed on the British Mash-up of Fashion and Technology” »
For three weeks every August, the population of Edinburgh doubles in size as millions flock to Scotland’s capital for the Edinburgh International Festival. Music, theater, opera, dance and art performances take over the region, naturally attracting a wide range of characters and looks, from the fashionably hip to the unapologetically freaky. Continue reading “Great Scots! It’s the Edinburgh Festival” »
I remember Helen Gurley Brown, as the talk show guest with the amusing quip and the lightly sardonic remark that would make veterans like Dick Cavett and Merv Griffin blush. The former editor in chief of Cosmopolitan and author of the bestseller “Sex and the Single Girl,” died this morning at the McKeen Pavilion at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia. She was 90 years old. Continue reading “Goodbye Cosmo Girl” »
Gina Brooke, is not nearly as recognizable or as famous as some of her clients. However, the strikingly beautiful make-up artist and She Uemura’s artistic director, shuttles around the world for photo shoots, preps her celebrity clients for the red carpet, and, of course, creates the most stunning lashes for the Japanese cosmetic company. Continue reading “Beauty artist Gina Brooke on Madonna and the power of Rouge” »
In what is one of the best things to come out of the London Olympics, Sudanese born Guor Marial is running in the marathon today for a country that is not at the Olympics and a family he has not seen for 20 years…Mariel is running as an independent free man with the World as his home and the Olympic banner as his flag. Continue reading “Running for the World” »
One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, Bob Dylan has had more lives than a cat of Egyptian extraction, on July 25, 1965, as he plugged in his 1964 Fender Stratocaster electric guitar at the Newport, Rhode Island Folk Festival, freewheeling’ Bob Dylan became Bob, the rock ‘n roll man. Continue reading “Bringing it all back to Dylan” »
I kinda of like Pink, I could not help but follow her career since at the very beginning of it as a start up rocker chick in the nineties she wore some of my clothes just like a few other rock chicks of that decade, Christina, Joan, Meredith…they all some how rallied around my funky creations as it almost became a way of projecting an image of up and coming stardom either that or they all shared the same stylist. Continue reading “Cover Girl Pink: Blow me” »
22-year-old New Zealander Kimbra Lee Johnson is fast becoming one of the most recognizable faces and voices in Music video history of the last 5 years thanks to her duet with Australian crooner Gotye on “Somebody That I Used to Know” Continue reading “Getting to know Kimbra.” »
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