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May 3, 2012 2:59 pm
Scarlett Johansson has made old Hollywood glamour her calling card. The petite actress with the hourglass frame is often spotted in wiggle dresses, peplums, classic coifs, and red lips, all of which—in addition to a pretty impressive on-screen résumé—have earned her a place in Tinseltown’s pantheon of greats. This position was secured yesterday when ScarJo received her very own star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, followed by an appearance on Jay Leno, where she talked about her latest project, The Avengers. True to form, Johansson broke out two elegant updos and two different red lips for the events—a sheer, muted crimson for day, and a bold glossy cerise for night. To which we say, well played. Which look do you prefer?
tags: Hair, Makeup, Scarlett Johansson
A Headband Affair To Remember
April 27, 2012 11:59 am
While we’ll admit to some trash talking on celebrities’ headband abuse earlier this year when awards season was in full swing (Charlize Theron, Michelle Williams—you know who you are), we’ve officially come around thanks to one increasingly well-styled up-and-comer: Chloë Moretz. The Kick Ass star—who will forever be known around these parts for her epic 30 Rock cameo—turned up to the CinemaCon awards ceremony last night in Las Vegas clad not only in a covetable Kenzo dress but with an adorable flat, black bow in her blonde locks, which was worn behind her ears and well past her hairline. The combination was age-appropriate for the 15-year-old, yet still managed to upstage many of the more established A-listers in the crowd. High marks for Moretz, as per usual. Thoughts on Hollywood’s latest hairband moment?
Update: Who makes Chloë’s headband? Jennifer Behr, of course.
tags: Chloe Moretz, CinemaCon 2012, Hair
Making The Braid
April 25, 2012 1:39 pm
The Tribeca Film Festival has been under way for a good week now, but the event reached its style peak last night at the seventh annual Chanel artists dinner. Catwalkers like Lily Donaldson, Karlie Kloss, and Arizona Muse hit the red carpet alongside actresses like Naomi Watts and Leelee Sobieski. Even Kanye West made a cameo with are-they-or-aren’t-they girlfriend Kim Kardashian on his arm. Nearly everyone was wearing designs by Karl Lagerfeld, including the house’s brand ambassadors Alexa Chung and Poppy Delevingne—the latter of whom brought out her beauty A game for the occasion. Delevingne—whose sister Cara made the runway rounds at the Fall shows—turned up downtown sporting a gorgeous, wraparound French braid courtesy of hairstylist Conrad Dornan, which started in two sections along her hairline and joined together in a low halo at the nape of her neck. Chanel’s Rouge Allure Velvet in La Fascinate (our own go-to red bullet) provided the look’s final touch—and happened to pick up the wall of freshly cut, tri-colored roses in the background quite nicely. Make that her beauty A+ game. Thoughts on the hair and makeup combo?
tags: 1976 Hair Care, Chanel, Hair, Poppy Delevigne
Not With A Bang, But A Wisper
April 23, 2012 11:23 am
Fifteen years after the Spice Girls shot to fame as the U.K.’s all-girl answer to the rise of the boy band, Victoria Beckham barely resembles her Posh Spice alter ego. As one of fashion’s most successful celebrity designers, the mother of four swore off her fake tan long ago in an effort to get back to a more natural look. But certain habits die hard. It appears as though Beckham can’t quite kick her wisp addiction; those sharp, face-framing layers have been hanging out of her updos since she was belting out “Wannabe” on stage in 1998—and they made a repeat appearance this weekend as she hosted the launch of the Range Rover Evoque special edition in Beijing. Some things change, some stay the same. Thoughts on Posh’s signature, singular strand?
tags: Hair, Range Rover, Victoria Beckham
Scarlett Wins the Crown
April 20, 2012 11:55 am
“It’s nice, isn’t it?” Guido Palau said backstage at Valentino last month when we brought up Hollywood’s overwhelming response to the braid coronet he whipped up there for Spring. “It’s wearable hair,” he surmised of the easy style that struck again at last night’s Avengers premiere in London. The latest A-lister to fall victim to its charm? Scarlett Johansson, who paired her woven crown with an embroidered, peplum Prada dress and a bright red lip. Thoughts on the style’s latest red-carpet coup?
tags: Hair, Scarlett Johansson, The Avengers
Emily Blunt Mouths Off
April 19, 2012 12:15 pm
Since becoming the latest face of Yves Saint Laurent Opium last fall, Emily Blunt has been steadily building up her beauty résumé. Facing a wealth of red-carpet cameos of late for two new flicks, Salmon Fishing in Yemen and The Five-Year Engagement, the British actress has taken the opportunity to explore the wonderful world of statement lips. Last week she was spotted with a deep crimson mouth, and just last night, she transitioned into a bright fuchsia, which she paired with an emerald and black Jason Wu gown for the latter movie’s Tribeca Film Festival premiere. Thoughts on Blunt’s makeup moves?
Leelee’s Jil Sander Spring Fling
April 18, 2012 3:56 pm
Leelee Sobieski has emerged as something of a style star since she started stepping out in increasingly forward-thinking fashion—and beauty—looks with her husband, designer Adam Kimmel. “I like to experiment when I dress up,” the blond- bobbed actress told us last summer—a preference that still appears to hold true. At last night’s Vanity Fair kickoff party for the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival, the star of Robert De Niro’s new cop drama, NYC 22, plucked a look off the Jil Sander Spring runway and brought Guido Palau’s “midcentury modern, sculptured, helmet-like” hair from the show along for the ride. As frequent readers of this blog are well aware, there’s nothing we like more than when celebrities borrow full looks from the catwalk—hair and makeup included. So we’re obviously smitten with Sobieski. You too?
tags: Hair, Jil Sander, Lee Lee Sobieski, Tribeca Film Festival 2012
Giovanna Gets a Gold Star
April 17, 2012 3:06 pm
When I first eyed the gold star hair clips Laura and Kate Mulleavy designed for their Australian Outback, dust storm-inspired Fall Rodarte show, I believe my exact words were, “Need. Want.” (A message that was delivered via Instagram, of course). While I later learned that the barrettes would not make it onto retail counters, Giovanna Battaglia managed to get her hands on one for last night’s Marc Jacobs-sponsored Art Production Fund Urban Hoedown. Three months on and I’m still thinking the same thing: Need. Want. Thoughts on the clip’s first off-the-runway cameo?
Update: Due to overwhelming response, the clips will be produced—and will be available this summer at www.paire.us.
tags: Art Production Fund's Urban Hoedown, Giovanna Bataglia, Hair, Marc Jacobs, Rodarte
Models Who Love Music
April 16, 2012 11:14 am
As the dust settles over the first weekend of Coachella, it appears as if 2012 will go down as the most model-friendly year in the annual event’s history. Spotted: Karlie Kloss, Chanel Iman, Raquel Zimmermann, and Ruby Aldridge taking in the vocal stylings of the Black Keys, Radiohead, and a little Dr. Dre for good measure. Also there: Kasia Struss, Hanne Gaby Odile, and Jacquelyn Jablonski, all of whom who partook in the nouveau-hippie extravaganza’s two Fs: fringe and face paint. The three girls seemed to have dipped their manicured fingertips into the same pot of fluorescent yellow pigment, swiping thumbprints of the neon color across their cheekbones. What would Pat McGrath say?! Thoughts on the off-duty catwalkers’ music festival moment?
tags: Chanel Iman, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2012, Hanne Gaby Odile, Jacquelyn Jablonski, Karlie Kloss, Kasia Struss, Makeup, Raquel Zimmermann, Ruby Aldridge
Pony Tales
April 13, 2012 11:01 am
After the overwhelming success of last year’s Midnight in Paris, it appears as though Woody Allen is mining Europe’s greatest cities for inspiration. His next stop? Italy, where he has assembled a ragtag crew—including Alec Baldwin, Jesse Eisenberg, and Penélope Cruz—to shoot his latest flick, To Rome With Love. At a photo call for the film’s premiere this afternoon, Cruz wore an off-the-shoulder black dress and worked a ponytail better than we’ve ever seen one worked before. With every turn of the head, Cruz’ updo swung to and fro; each gesture, each laugh made it bounce this way or that as though it were a glossy accomplice to every dedicated movement. For those of you that are still not sold on the pony’s suitability with formalwear, we suggest you reconsider your position. Thoughts on the casual style’s big day out?
tags: Hair, Pen�lope Cruz, To Rome With Love
