Remember Gwyneth Paltrow in her slinky gold lame' Calvin Klein gown at the Oscars last year?
Her limbs were caramel and shiny, and with her golden hair, every inch of her glowed like she'd been kissed by a honey-coated sun. But the reality is -- she was pale as London and New York winter before she got treated by St. Tropez to some of their amazing self-tanning products. She was wise enough to know that a gold sparkling dress demands bronzed, shiny skin for full effect.
Apparently, there’s no such thing as too much Marilyn Monroe. My Week with Marilyn star Michelle Williams is up for a Oscar on Sunday at the Academy Awards for her portrayal of the sex symbol. Cosmetics giant MAC just launched a limited edition collection of Marilyn Monroe makeup.
Glee star Jane Lynch, host of last night's Costume Designer Guild Awards at the Beverly Hilton, knows firsthand the importance of good costumes from working with the show’s designer Lou Eyrich.
12:29 PM PST 2/22/2012 by Merle Ginsberg & Gary Baum
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While plenty of pundits and insiders are running around town saying the Oscar race is a done deal, the fact is, no one really knows what's going to happen on Sunday night when it comes to Best Picture, Best Actor or Actress, Best Director, et cetera. There are season-long track records, of course, but there are also big upset possibilities. The Help is still hoping to pull a big upset over The Artist Sunday night, and anything's possible.
Period films Jane Eyre and Anonymous, each Oscar-nominated this year in the best costume design category, made audiences gasp at the restrictive relics -- bustles, skirt cages, lace-up whale bone corsets -- once worn by women to achieve the desired silhouette of their time.
Cut to 2012, and not much has changed. Indeed, every Hollywood stylist will tell you that illusory, shape-making undergarments are still alive and kicking under every deceptively sleek Oscar gown.
The CW has clicked its high heels and ordered a 19th edition of reality competition series America's Next Top Model.
With the Tyra Banks-hosted series set to premiere its 18th edition next week, the network has given an early pickup to the series in order to get a leg up on casting its next cycle, which is expected to begin soon.
Set to return next fall, the 19th cycle will be a college edition, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Blonde bombshell moment: MAC Cosmetic has unveiled plans for a special makeup collection inspired by Marilyn Monroe’s glamorous beauty. The limited-edition line (in partnership with Authentic Brands Group) includes nearly 30 products -- eye shadow, lipstick (think retro red and hot pink), nail lacquer and eyeliner -- and will arrive in stores in October.
As LA girds itself for the Oscars and the breakneck flurry of pre-Oscar festivities, New York (not to be outshone!) just completed its own version of star-studded spectacles, celebratory dinners and non-stop parties until dawn, on par with the numbing pace of Oscar week: Fashion Week! Warning though …Fashion Week is not for the faint of heart, prone-to-fatigue or weak-livered!
The indomitable DameMaggie Smith -- known in all the right circles as Downton Abbey's Right Honourable Violet Crawley, Countess of Grantham -- has worn some pretty spectacular early 19th century finery in the show's first two seasons.
Supermodels and lingerie collections seem to go hand-in-hand. Supermodel Elle MacPherson was the first to think of it when she started her Elle MacPherson Intimates line in 1990.
The Duchess of Cambridge finally let the name of her and Prince William's new puppy slip out. It's Lupo, which isItalian for wolf.
Kate Middleton told the Royal Cocker Spaniel puppy's name to students at Rose Hill Primary School in Oxford. She was visiting the school this week to promote The Art Room, a charity that encourages confidence in disadvantaged children.
Remember the year that runways were all about Mad Men? Early sixties shirtwaists with big colorful prints - exactly what Peggy Olsen would have been wearing at the time. Michael Kors and Carolina Herrera went crazy for the sixties ensembles on the AMC show and transferred them to the catwalk, turning the clock forward on retro looks, proving everything old is new again - especially when it's on a hit tv show with good visuals by a costume designer like Janey Bryant.
It was definitely Downton Abbey's upstairs crowd that turned up at the Mulberry Fall 2012 Fashion show in London this weekend. The acclaimed PBS series' stars Laura Carmichael (Lady Edith Crawley)and Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary Crawley) sat in the front row with Oscar-nominated My Week with Marilyn star Michelle Williams, who was wearinganavy blazer and studded pumps from the Mulberry Spring/Summer collection.
There are plenty of Oscar beauty suites coming at the end of the week that will provide hair styling, color, mani's and pedi's to nominees, presenters and even Oscar party goers. But La Mer -- the Estee Lauder brand known for its extremely high end skin creams and treatments -- decided to do something a little different this Oscars. They kicked off an Oscar beauty set of suites at the Mr. C Hotel in Beverly Hills starting this past weekend, with a different kind of client in mind.
Sources tell THR that the actor is planning to attend the Academy Awards on Feb. 26 as his raunchy character in the upcoming Paramount movie, prompting concerns.
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British fashion house Mulberry premiered a bag named after Del Rey and hosted a private dinner attended by the singer, Williams and Elizabeth Olsen among others.
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