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Archive for February, 2009
February 28, 2009 · Filed under Jewelry
Supermodel Bridget Hall has signed up to be the new face of jewelry for Italian brand Marco Bicego.
Hall, 31, is seen wearing from the brand’s “Jaipur” collection, which includes designs crafted in 18-karat yellow gold with colored gemstones such as amethyst, peridot, blue topaz, and rose and green tourmaline.
By the age of 18, she was listed in Forbes as one of the “best ten” moneymaking supermodels along with Cindy Crawford and Christy Turlington. She was a regular in the the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues from 2002 to 2005.
Marco Bicego, the young and charismatic Italian entrepreneur, who kicked off his own brand name jewelry way back in 2000, is said to have created the new collection with his art director Terri Pecora.
The ads, shot by Kenneth Willardt in New York, are set to appear in the March issues of W, C, Elle and Harper’s Bazaar.
More photos of the campaign here:
February 22, 2009 · Filed under Apparel
Chicago rapper Kid Sister gets creative and street-smart modeling Married To The MOB’s spring 2009 collection.
The 28-year-old stylish rapper looks really hip in some of latest designs to come from NYC-based Married to the MOB. The whole idea behind the collection is said to be providing women with some great looking street-wear outfit.
Kid Sister (real name Melisa Young) is probably best known for her single “Pronails”, featuring Kanye West. Her ethnic background includes African American, Native American, and Irish, according to Wikipedia.
More pictures of Kid Sister:
February 21, 2009 · Filed under Accessories, Apparel, Charity, Fashion Line
Fashion designer-author-model-NBA wife Jackie Christie is set to launch her new clothing line ‘Colored Girl’ on May 9.
The ’semi-fashion’ line is said to introduce eco-friendly organic 100 per cent organic cotton T-shirts and accessories initially, but will be followed up with a ‘cool’ denim collection.
“I design with my heart and emotions, whatever I am feeling. I start there and I move with the vibe, not against it,” said Christie. So there ought to be some motivation to be doing that? I’ll not be surprised if it’s coming from her dedicated husband NBA superstar Doug Christie and their infinite love foundation.
Incidentally, the proceeds from her clothing line as well as her new book (Proud to Be a Colored Girl) will go to support single mothers and impoverished families worldwide.
“There are so many causes I’m involved with my true mission in life is to lend support to the underprivileged, and suffering. To try to bring about positive change in not just the world, but also the environment. To be honest it is very difficult to narrow it down to just one cause,” explained Jackie Christie.
Colored Girl line-up is said to be available initially online (jackiechristie.com) and in Seattle, LA and Atlanta stores, but it will be a limited edition. Why so?
Jackie says this has been done deliberately to ensure that women will come together more to get her pieces if her designs are not widely available at first.
Something like the demand-supply game, I’d guess.
February 14, 2009 · Filed under Eyewear
As you can see, this blog is all about “the art and the business of looking, dressing and smelling like a celebrity.” In the course of blogging, I’ve discovered that while most of us look up to celebrities for inspiration of one kind or the other, what probably draws some instantly is their eyes — their shape, depth and color.
According to a top plastic surgeon, when it comes to eyes, most women would want to have the eyes of Beyonce and Penelope Cruz and acquire their liquid pools of brown. Today, this — or any other color or shade — can be achieved rather effortlessly, thanks to the range of hues and colors available in contact lenses. If Britney Spears can change her peepers from brown to blue in a jiffy, so can you!
To some, the very word ‘contacts’ conjures up images of corrective lenses. Relax, you can still wear color contact lens and almost any prescription can be fitted with contacts and change your eye color to almost any shade of blue, green, brown, shades of black and even pink. And more than fashion, sometimes it’s just a matter of the confidence level you feel when you’re particular how your eyes look in any given situation — business or leisure.
When it comes to choosing contacts, of course it’s not just the color that you must take into consideration — you also need to weigh in the types, styles and the brand. For instance, Acuvue contact lenses, from Johnson & Johnson, offers contact lenses in plain, opaques, disposables, bifocals as well as their line of Acuvue 2 color enhancers and special contact lenses for astigmatism. What’s your choice going to be?
Disposables are ideal when you decide to change the color of your lenses on fly depending on the situation or want to surprise someone with that celebrity look! They also carry the lowest risk of infection, and ideal for traveling. Bifocals, as the name suggests, can be seen (pardon the pun!) as a solution when you have trouble reading at arm’s length, but can see distant objects clearly. The Acuvue Bifocal features five invisible generation concentric zones, which automatically adjust your sight to varying distances.
Then of course you have the color enhancers. Let’s say you have hazel eyes, but they’re not really as deep or big as those of Jennifer Garner’s. So what do you? You just go in for a color enhancer, which enriches the natural hue of your eyes without changing the color. And you have color tints. Freshlook colored contacts offer several lenses that create some terrific color tints, making your eyes not just brighter and more intense, but also keep them looking natural.
The fact that there are no fewer than 75 million contact lens wearers in the world today tells me that contacts are here to stay and increase in popularity with the improvement of technology and safety, as well as the development of new types of lenses that you can keep in your eyes for up to 30 days. And with each day, the line between the glamorous and the not-so-glamorous keeps getting thinner.
February 13, 2009 · Filed under Skin 'n' Nails
Appears almost as if Neutrogena was waiting for ‘Hotel for Dogs’ star Emma Roberts to turn ‘legal’ before signing her up as their new spokesperson.
“Emma Roberts embodies the youthful spirit and confidence that have always been part of the Neutrogena brand and we are proud to have her as our newest brand ambassador,” said Neutrogena president Jim Colleran.
“To be a part of a brand that I have always loved and believed in is a once in a lifetime opportunity,” said Roberts. “It’s important to me to be associated with Neutrogena because they instill confidence and beauty in young women.”
Roberts, who turned 18 yesterday, joins a list of actresses including Diane Lane and Jennifer Garner as Neutrogena brand ambassadors. Roberts, is perhaps best known for her role in the 2005 Nickelodeon series Unfabulous.
The singer-actress is the daughter of actor Eric Roberts and the niece of Hollywood legend Julia Roberts.
More pictures of Emma Roberts (click to open in new Window):
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