Elsa Schiaparelli will share the spotlight with Miuccia Prada at this year’s Met Costume Institute exhibit, which opens this Thursday, and now comes word that the design legend’s brand will reportedly be resurrected as early as this fall—with a focus on beauty! Diego Della Valle, the chief executive of Tod’s, bought the rights to the [...]

“We will be ambassadors for the message of healthy body image.” No, this isn’t a new beauty company campaign slogan; it’s part of a six-point pact made between the editors of all 19 international issues of Vogue to stop knowingly shooting underage, unhealthy-looking models. [NYT]
The Kim Kardashian hype machine is running on overdrive today as [...]

The “to wear or not to wear” antiperspirant debate has come under increasing scrutiny over the past few years as the active green beauty movement has revealed the presence of trace amounts of aluminum in most commonly used formulas of the sweat inhibitor. Deodorants, which promise to fight odor and typically lack a lot [...]

Alexandra Balahoutis’ Abbot Kinney Boulevard Strange Invisible Perfumes lab and store has become something of a shrine to old-fashioned perfumery since it first opened its doors in Venice, California over ten years ago. Rejecting the commonly held beauty biz mantra of mass production and cost-cutting over small batches and quality ingredients, each of her creations [...]

When OpenSky launched last year, its mission statement was simple: provide a new kind of online shopping experience that is curated by consumers and based around the weekly-updated picks of experts in the arenas of food, style, healthy living, kids, and home. So, rather then spend hours clicking through the Web pages of Williams-Sonoma [...]

As per a recent round of paparazzi shots of Beyoncé frolicking at the beach, it’s more than evident that People’s most beautiful woman in the world has her pre-baby body back. So, how’d she do it? “I lost most of my weight from breast-feeding…[but] I counted calories. I worked out maybe three to four times [...]

The 2012 FIFI Award nominees have been announced, and while Justin Bieber has already nabbed the Fragrance Celebrity of the Year statuette and Gabrielle Coco Chanel will be added to the Fragrance Foundation’s Hall of Fame, flacons like Beyoncé’s Pulse, Prada’s Candy, Parfums Givenchy’s Dahlia Noir, and Heidi Klum’s Shine will battle it out when [...]

Last spring, Serge Lutens ventured into semi-uncharted territory. The creative director of makeup turned producer of rich, opulent fragrances released L’Eau—a fresh, concentrated eau de cologne that he branded as “the anti-perfume.” Something of a palate cleanser, the sage, mint, magnolia, and white musk elixir was deliberately missing the heady resins that have become [...]

More news on Rochas’ forthcoming fragrance developments. The Olivia Palermo-fronted perfume called Les Cascades de Rochas, is inspired by “a Parisian fountain in the summer,” is skewed toward a younger demographic, and launches in Europe in July. [WWD]
Alicia Silverstone is dedicated to promoting a green lifestyle—and green beauty, as the case may be. [...]

We have globalization to thank for introducing us to many of Brazil’s fantastic exports. The açai berry, “cheeky”-cut briefs, and some of the fashion world’s most beloved catwalkers all hail from the South American paradise, and this week, yet another one of the country’s homegrown heroes is making its debut stateside. Introducing Phebo, [...]