During the Spring show season, designers often pass down a “warm” mandate to the makeup artist in charge backstage. This is why, aside from a few rogue dissenters, you frequently see a bevy of rosy cheeks walking down the runway come September. Spring 2009 was no exception to this general rule, although in a particularly [...]

Compared to the star-studded front row at Zac Posen’s show last week, the scene backstage was almost civilized. That is, except for the typical chaos you get from countless film crews, editors, hair and makeup teams, half-clothed models and the awkwardly placed, albeit familiar hangers-on holding it down by the catering. Without the celebrity madness, [...]

Jodie Patterson and Kiara Ellozy couldn’t have wished for a better location for their new beauty destination, Georgia. Located on East Houston just across the street from Whole Foods, their soon-to-be-neighbor is a Keith McNally project. Patterson Becker, a Zac Posen alum, and Ellozy, who comes from the world of finance, are sisters-in-law who share [...]