The glitz and glamour of last night’s star-studded CFDA Awards didn’t get under way until the early evening, but the prep work at Alice Tully Hall was going strong all afternoon long. Champagne flutes were getting unpacked, the red carpet was being rolled out, and name cards were being filed in alphabetical order by an [...]

Red lips were all over the Fall catwalks in New York, making a slew of Valentine’s Day weekend appearances, followed by encores at Max Azria, Donna Karan, Reem Acra, and Nanette Lepore. Kate Bosworth took the popular hue from the runway to reality last night, sporting a gorgeous shade of glossy crimson to the Calvin [...]

“Film noir” joined “grunge” and “Kate Moss” as an emerging beauty trend when it inspired makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury at Donna Karan yesterday (and Lucia Pieroni at Vera Wang this morning). “It’s actually Snow White meets Greta Garbo,” Tilbury said of the porcelain skin, dark eye, and bright red lip she crafted using a number [...]

Backstage at Donna Karan and Anna Sui’s Spring shows, makeup artist and Cover Girl creative director Pat McGrath took us on a quick run through some of the bigger launches she’s got planned for the brand this year. Particularly noteworthy was the new Blast collection, featuring LashBlast Length Mascara, which is cleverly designed with product [...]

In addition to getting an opportunity to watch some of the best makeup artists in the world play with a selection of as-yet-unreleased cosmetics this week, we got word of a few new launches that we think you might find very interesting. MAC Cosmetics has big plans for black; it will release a still unnamed [...]

Hairstylists Orlando Pita and Eugene Souleiman were in something of a hairpin-off backstage yesterday as they competed to see who could put more accessories into models’ hair. “70 to 100,” was Pita’s guesstimation at Carolina Herrera, where he incorporated plain bobby pins and others with floral clusters that came directly from the embellishments on the [...]

If you’ve ever been curious as to which of Donna Karan’s perfumes reflects your individual personality, tonight is your chance to find out. Fragrance experts Catherine Barber and Annette Williams will be holding court at the Café at Bergdorf Goodman between 6 and 8 p.m. to give you a personalized fragrance reading using a series [...]