Gucci is having a garden party. In March, the brand will launch the Flora Garden, an extension of its hit Flora scent that includes a collection of five fragrances, each of which embodies a blossom depicted on an iconic Gucci scarf designed by Vittorio Accornero for Princess Grace in the Sixties. Abbey Lee Kershaw [...]

When the flashbulbs started to pop at Cipriani Wall Street last night, the Hollywood awards season officially got under way. The Oscars might be three months in the future, but the euphoria Calvin Klein sponsored IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards can often be an indicator of what’s to come on much bigger stages. The evening’s [...]

Beholding the backstage scene at Gucci was something of a serious flashback—and we’re not just talking about the overt references to Surrealist artist Man Ray and Blondie front woman Debbie Harry. There was Pat McGrath, brow bleach in hand, calling to mind her blocked-out arches phase circa Fall 2009, when an all-forehead, all-the-time mandate swept [...]

Brow-bleaching may have (finally) fallen out of favor on the runways, but Florence Welch holds a candle for pale fire. “I tried it last year and loved it,” the Florence + the Machine front woman says of her statement-making blocked-out arches. “My friend who dyes my hair—Zina at Myla and Davis Salon in South London—did [...]

Carol’s Daughter is going “polyethnic” with a new multiracial ad campaign starring Solange Knowles, Selita Ebanks, and Cassie—all of whom embody different types of mixed-race beauty. The brand is trying to position itself as the go-to destination for all skin types and colors. [WWD]
Katy Perry’s Purr, Gucci’s Guilty, and Chanel’s Bleu de Chanel all won [...]

The fact that ponytails have transcended their former station as the preferred hairstyle of “girl-next-door” types and female basketball players alone is not news; the easy updo has, for the past few seasons, gotten plenty of action off the court and on the runway and red carpet (Hailee Steinfeld’s well-played pony and white Prabal gown [...]

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, as the old saying goes. That seemed to be the underlying philosophy at Frida Giannini’s Gucci presentation this morning. The clothes harked back to the flashy, Seventies vibe that was such a hit for Spring. And so too went the hair and makeup, both of which bore resemblances [...]

There is but one acronym to describe the news that a Gucci color cosmetics collection has been confirmed: O.M.G. [WWD]
Forget her Hollywood-royalty pedigree. Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed in the latest GOOP newsletter that some of her favorite beauty products are in fact from pharmacies—French ones (we didn’t really peg her for a Duane Reade regular). [...]

At long last, breaking news about Rihanna’s forthcoming fragrance due out this Spring: images of the packaging for Reb’l Fleur, as the tuberose, violet, hibiscus, and coconut water eau is called, have hit the blogosphere! And they are…slightly underwhelming. [Just Jared]
Speaking of long-awaited fragrance news, Leighton Meester has revealed that the name of Vera Wang’s [...]

Full disclosure: All the seventies/Studio 54 references for Spring have become a bit repetitive for us of late. But when that era-specific beauty is re-created with the kind of precision that we saw backstage at Gucci yesterday, it becomes new and exciting again; Jerry Hall and her cohorts could not ask for a more beautiful [...]