Alexa Does Marc, Two Ways
Alexa Chung is headed back to U.S. television next week with a new show, 24 Hour Catwalk. The jury is still out whether or not we’ll be tuning in, but we will 100 percent be charting Chung’s every fashion and beauty move as she hits the promotional circuit for the program. Her first stop came [...]
Marc Jacobs’ Daisy, The Commercial; Deborah Lippmann Belts Out The Holiday Cheer;And More…
Christmas has come early for our friends across the pond. Marc Jacobs has just released his first-ever fragrance commercial for his Daisy and Daisy Eau So Fresh eaux in the U.K., starring the scents’ muses, Sophie Srej, Frida Gustavsson, and Hannah Holman. As for the rest of us, we’ll be getting the TJ Wilcox and [...]
American Apparel Steps Into the Gloss; Britain’s ASA Says “Oh No” to Oh! Lola; and More…
Following its takeover of the crotchless-tights market, American Apparel is slowly amping up its beauty offerings, adding a lip gloss line to its nail lacquer collection. [WWD]
Marc Jacobs’ Dakota Fanning–fronted ad for his Oh! Lola fragrance has been banned by Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority for being “sexually provocative.” How Jacobs’ greased-down self-portrait for his men’s [...]
Backstage At Marc Jacobs, The Beat Goes On
Marc Jacobs is a man known for his statement-making abilities, and he sure made one before his show even commenced: no press allowed backstage. We were bummed not to be able to witness the beauty wizardry of François Nars and Guido Palau firsthand, but if a flurry of press (scratch that; more like a hailstorm) [...]
Dakota Goes Short (Kind Of), Snooki Goes Streaking, And More…
If you’re still marveling over those provocative Dakota Fanning-fronted ads for Marc Jacobs’ Oh, Lola!, get a load of this behind-the-scenes video from the shoot. [People]
Speaking of Fanning, the blond child star-turned-surprisingly well-adjusted adult star has been spotted sporting a pixie cut around the set of her new film, Now Is Good. But Fanning has [...]
Five Summer Slimming Tips From Dr. Lindsey Duncan, Nutritionist To The Stars
Dr. Lindsey Duncan is best known for turning Marc Jacobs circa 2000 into the Marc Jacobs of today—svelte, perma-tanned, health conscious skirt-wearer that he is. “When I first met him he wasn’t into anything except work and partying,” Duncan says of the old Jacobs, who had a bevy of health issues that included a severely [...]
Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is; Serge’s Scented Surge; And More…
As any beauty junkie is well aware, bold lips are back and still going strong—$92.1 million strong, to be exact. According to new market research, women’s love for lipstick can in fact be quantified—and it’s up 11 percent from last year’s numbers. [WWD]
In a sad bit of news, famed coiffeur Vidal Sassoon has gone public [...]
Marc Jacobs “Not Going To Do Anything” About Justin Bieber; Aronofsky’s Latest Vanity Project; And More…
For those of you who’ve noticed the striking resemblance between Justin Bieber’s new Someday fragrance bottle and Marc Jacobs’ Lola, you’re not alone. Jacobs himself is also well aware of the similarities. “We just had a conversation about it. Coty said, ‘Do we sue them?’ and I said, ‘You know what? Let everyone else say [...]
Pony Tales
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 [...]
Liner Notes For Fall
It all started at the Couture shows in January. Peter Philips scrawled a deliberately short, thick, almost awkward line across models’ top lash lines at Chanel to “take the makeup look away from retro,” and a new era of unexpected liner applications had officially begun. Since then, the concept has been all over the Fall [...]






