15 posts tagged "Vera Wang"
Reb’l Fleur Blooms; Vera Wang Is Lovestruck; And More…
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 forthcoming perfume is—drum roll please—Lovestruck. [Examiner]
After the tremendous success of its Evan Rachel Wood-fronted women’s flanker, Gucci will be rolling out a men’s version of Guilty this Spring. No word on whether it too will get the Frank Miller-directed cinemercial / MTV Music Awards premiere kind of treatment. [WWD]
The latest addition to Urban Outfitter’s ever-growing beauty arsenal? Clip-on bangs. Made from real human hair and amenable to trimming and heat styling, they’re the perfect accessory for the wannabe hipster on your holiday list. [Blackbook]
A Preview of Portman’s Dior Beauty Ads, Taylor Swift’s Fine Penmanship, And More…
It looks like Natalie Portman’s first gig as Dior’s new global beauty ambassador will be fronting ads for its fragrance, Miss Dior Cherie. A print campaign lensed by Tim Walker and a TV commercial directed by Sofia Coppola will both drop in March. [@womensweardaily]
Speaking of newly named celebrity spokeswomen, Taylor Swift has been assigned to CoverGirl’s new NatureLuxe line of foundation. But liquid eyeliner is the crossover sensation’s real makeup must-have. The pop star reveals that she’s gone as far as using a Sharpie on her lids to get that coveted sultry effect. How…innovative. [Daily Makeover]
Attention Kohl’s shoppers: Vera Wang’s Simply Vera Vera Wang line will be expanding into color cosmetics come 2012. Add that to her Leighton Meester-fronted fragrance due out next year and Wang is really covering all of her beauty bases. [WWD]
Bangs: We pegged them as one of the defining trends of the Aughts; now Entertainment Weekly is taking issue with fringe gone horribly wrong in movies and on TV. Offenders include Elisabeth Moss on Mad Men and The O.C.‘s Mischa Barton. [EW]
In better bangs news, Alexa Chung has cut her hair into a flipped-out bob, brow-grazing fringe still intact. [Elle U.K.]
Carey Mulligan joins Anne Hathaway in her anti-botox crusade. The 25-year-old was allegedly offered the wonder drug to tighten up some burgeoning crow’s feet but refused it. “So I can’t move my face? Isn’t that, well, the antithesis of what I’m trying to do as an actress?” Stay strong, CM! [Just Jared]
Leighton Looks The Part; How Adriana Got her Angel Wings Back; And More…
First came news of Leighton Meester’s new fragrance contract with Vera Wang; now come pictures from the campaign shoot. By the looks of it, “glamour puss” is being considered as a potential name for the perfume. [Just Jared]
James Franco is generating some early Oscar buzz for his portrayal of climber Aron Ralston in 127 Hours, but word on the street is that director Danny Boyle almost didn’t cast him because he thought Franco’s hair was too fluffy. Too fluffy? That mop top is a good 50 percent of the reason we’re buying tickets to that flick in the first place. [Music Rooms]
So how did Victoria’s Secret model Adriana Lima get her post-baby body back into runway-ready shape for the lingerie brand’s big show on Wednesday? Hard work. “I started with a liquid detox and then, after I did only protein,” she says of her nutritionist-prescribed regimen, which also includes an hour and a half of boxing and jumping rope every day. Lima does cheat with a little candy every now and again, though. “I need the energy!” she says. [Fit Sugar]
Leighton Meester Ups Her Beauty Profile; Naomi Campbell Does Not; And More…
Leighton Meester is gaining ground in the beauty spokesperson game. With an Herbal Essences contract already under her belt, the Gossip Girl star has just signed on as the face of Vera Wang’s forthcoming fragrance. Taylor Swift, watch out. [WWD]
Olay is also looking to woo the twentysomething set with a new round of TV ads to air during the CMAs next week, starring the company’s new face, Carrie Underwood. [WWD]
One celebrity who may not be getting a beauty deal anytime soon is Naomi Campbell. Her former agent is claiming that the supermodel lied under oath about backing out of a previous perfume deal before stiffing said agent on commissions. Three words: bad for business. [The Cut via NYP]
Lovers of fine fragrance, rejoice: Frédéric Malle has a new eau coming out next month that the famed perfumer himself has called his “best ever.” [T]
There’s another new beauty reality show in the works: Mistress Makeover doles out boob jobs and the like to the women implicated in B-list celebrities’ salacious affairs (yes, two of the show’s “stars” allegedly have ties to Tiger Woods). Gross. [BlackBook]
The BBC has been accused of ageism. Well, that’s what you get when you recommend that your TV presenters get Botox to stay one step ahead of HD cameras. [Daily Mail]
In The Mood For High Hair, Backstage At Vera Wang
We’ve seen our fair share of middle-parted down ‘dos this week, but the high-hair movement that dominated for Fall will still be in effect come Spring if Vera Wang has anything to say about it. Adding to the sixties theme that’s pervaded the New York shows, the designer asked Lucia Pieroni and hairstylist Jimmy Paul to channel the Wong Kar-wai-directed film In the Mood for Love, which was set in 1962 Hong Kong. This meant “slightly geisha/kabuki-looking” updos combined with the era’s huge, teased-out twists and tucks, according to Paul, who saturated strands with Bumble and Bumble Surf Spray to get a workable texture before rough-drying. Teasing the entire head, Paul created deep side parts and pulled hair back so it still slightly covered the ears before fashioning tiny French twists or faux bobs in the back. “It’s meant to look messy,” Paul said as he finished off his coifs with Bumble and Bumble’s Does It All Hairspray. Pieroni was also vibing on the sixties, but, she said, “without the eyeliner.” Instead, her goal was to create reflection. “It’s supposed to be about highlight and shine,” she continued as she applied pink, baby blue, and silver shimmer shadows along models’ lids and around the outer corner of their eyes using the colors in her new Ombré Couleur Quadric for Clé de Peau in #207, which will bow in March. It was clean, simple, sparkling, and gorgeous—words Wang’s bridal acolytes (Chelsea Clinton among them) are plenty familiar with.