As the debate over the success or abominable failure of the Lindsay Lohan/Estrella Archs debut for Emanuel Ungaro rages on—click here to add to the discourse—the backstage beauty scene was significantly less controversial, as it neatly summed up two of Spring’s key trends: the continued dominance of the statement lip and sleek hair. This meant [...]

Since co-creating the pink ribbon in 1992 as a symbol of breast health, Evelyn Lauder has been on a mission to help bring an end to breast cancer. Aside from championing the Global Landmarks Illumination Initiative, which we’ve already discussed in this blog, Lauder used her position as senior vice president of the Estée Lauder [...]

“It’s a very ethnic collection,” makeup artist Tom Pecheux said about Catherine Malandrino’s Spring presentation yesterday, and he wasn’t kidding. As our fashion reporters noted, Malandrino chose four distinct regions from which to draw inspiration, and corresponding beauty schemes were designed for each. Pecheux had it easy, though. He was charged with one globe-spanning look, [...]

To properly correspond with the Super 8 film that was projected behind her collection for RVCA on Friday night, Erin Wasson ordered up a gritty-pretty backstage beauty look: “girls who have been out in the desert, have gotten all dusty, and have had too much sun,” explained makeup artist Charlotte Willer, who was charged with [...]

The clock is winding down to the official start of the Fashion’s Night Out festivities, so we thought we’d give you a few more reasons to go out and get gorgeous tomorrow night. Below, find our updated list of steals, deals, and general good times to be had all over the city. For the record, [...]

The CFDA flashbulbs, tented red carpet, and accompanying street blockades outside Alice Tully Hall on 65th Street last night were enough to intrigue even the least fashion-minded passerby. But the grandstand erected around the corner on Broadway showcasing 60 models, 20 girls each in the Fall collections of the Womenswear Designer of the Year nominees, [...]

In order to get the pulled back, “fairy-tale vibe—but not a Disney
fairy tale,” for the hair he created at Jason Wu, hairstylist and RSession Tools co-founder Kevin Ryan dipped into his newly designed “Pin Up Girl” kit, which was proudly on display backstage. Coming in blond, black, and brunette varieties, each set includes a selection [...]

In one of the more visually appealing (and functional) collaborations that we’ve seen in a while, Bumble and Bumble has partnered with artist Piet Houtenbos (who also happens to be the son of hair hero Christiaan of the same last name) to create a series of limited-edition hair accessories that have been packaged with gift [...]

As if you needed another reason to love Jourdan Dunn, take a gander at her “undone,” natural, frizzy curls courtesy of hairstylist Paul Hanlon. The spread comes from i-D magazine’s appropriately themed “God’s Gift” issue, in which Dunn wears all Alaïa, all the time. (A divine Christmas has indeed come early.) While complete mimicry is [...]

She was really all the inspiration Bumble and Bumble hairstylist Laurent Philippon needed to conceive the punk mohawk- by-way-of-fifties-pompadour-twist he fashioned for the Moschino
runway presentation yesterday. “The sides were up like a structured fifties updo, which lent a sharpness to the silhouette of the face, while the top emulated a rock ‘n’ roll coif—lots of [...]