If you feel like you’ve seen the super-sleek, side-parted hair that graced the runway at Narciso Rodriguez’ Spring show before, it’s because you have. “He’s referencing himself this season, and in a way, I’m referencing myself for him,” hairstylist Eugene Souleiman told us backstage. Souleiman has his fair share of reference points to cull from, [...]

Despite last season’s brow heroics, in which blocked-out arches and fuller-framed styles made repeat catwalk appearances on both sides of the Atlantic, we haven’t seen much of either look in New York this week. Until yesterday, that is, when both Narciso Rodriguez and The Row’s Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen decided to put the focus back [...]

While actually slipping into one of Elie Saab’s couture dresses might be the subject of your wildest financial fantasies (we dream in tulle flowers and ostrich feather appliqués, too), getting a piece of his Maison will soon be a bit easier. Saab has signed a ten-year licensing agreement with Beauté Prestige International (BPI) that will [...]

Backstage at Narciso Rodriguez this week, makeup artist Dick Page chose to go without mascara. When a stunned journalist asked him why—”everyone needs mascara!” she exclaimed—Page disagreed. “I don’t really get it,” he said. “I think blusher is way more important. If you’re at death’s door, a little bit will get you through the [...]

The CFDA flashbulbs, tented red carpet, and accompanying street blockades outside Alice Tully Hall on 65th Street last night were enough to intrigue even the least fashion-minded passerby. But the grandstand erected around the corner on Broadway showcasing 60 models, 20 girls each in the Fall collections of the Womenswear Designer of the Year nominees, [...]

At last night’s SAG Awards, Kate Winslet came out victorious yet again for her role in The Reader, taking home the Best Supporting Actress statuette. She was a winner in another category as well, managing to garner the coveted Beauty Counter Seal of Approval for a flawless display of hair and makeup. This time around, [...]

For fans of Narciso Rodriguez’ 2004 spicy amber-musk original fragrance, there’s something to look forward to this Spring. The designer, known for his ability to bottle the same contemporary feminine aesthetic with which he creates his clothes, will release Essence, a floral oriental, in March. Still committed to teasing apart all of musk’s complexities, Rodriguez [...]

Master perfumer Francis Kurkdjian has had a hand in pretty much every fragrance success story in the last 15 years. The go-to nose for the houses of Dior, Gaultier, Versace, and Saint Laurent—not to mention the mastermind behind Narciso Rodriguez’s eponymous best-sellers and Acqua di Parma’s classic Iris Nobile—he’s something of an industry giant, the [...]