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 [...]

Blush always manages to rear its pretty pink head this time of year, making it a staple on the Spring runways in September. This season, it came in all different colors (hot pinks, antique roses, and apricots) and placements (centralized on the apples of the cheeks, set below them, and even brushed up around [...]

The name Dolce & Gabbana has long stood for a certain kind of femininity. Even when androgyny takes its periodic stronghold on the fashion industry, the Italian brand stays true to its roots, which celebrate curves, class, and good old-fashioned T&A, Sicilian style—an archetype that presumably has its origins in Monica Bellucci. The Italian [...]

Though it was mostly drawings on display last night at Courtney Love’s art exhibition And She’s Not Even Pretty, there was a certain John Galliano wedding dress (which never made it down the aisle) that had the likes of Julian Schnabel, Humberto Leon, and Eddie Borgo buzzing. While the words hand-scrawled on the white [...]

“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 [...]

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 [...]

While it pains us to admit this, we’ve never been to Bora Bora. Or the Maldives. Or the Greek isles. Or Saint-Tropez—all those lavish seaside destinations which every year seem to figure large on the inspiration boards of summer makeup collections (and the travel plans of the rich and famous). We do, however, daydream about [...]

Thanks to increasing buzz through social media outlets, beauty brands are starting to take consumer gripes about discontinued beauty products seriously. Companies like MAC, Bobbi Brown, and Pantene have all brought back old favorites for a limited time due to popular demand. Make a note of it—and “Like” your discontinued favorites on Facebook [...]

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 [...]

While Lucia Pieroni’s subtle, wine-stained mouths and glossy flushed cheek combo backstage at Giles Deacon’s Spring show was our hands-down favorite beauty look of the season, turning the color up a few notches can be that much more impactful. How best to accessorize one of Deacon’s black feather swan headdresses? With a striking, retina-burning red [...]