Thursday, June 11, 2015

Zoe Saldana's Husband Takes Her Name, Doesn't Care What You Think

Zoe Saldana's Husband Takes Her Name, Doesn't Care What You Think: Zoe Saldana’s husband doesn’t “give a sheet” what people say about his decision to take the actress’ last name.



The “Guardians of The Galaxy” star sits beaming on the cover of the July issue of InStyle magazine, in which she reveals how Italian artist Marco Perego took her name after the two secretly married in the summer of 2013. Perego, it turns out, made the progressive decision in spite of his wife’s doubts.



“I tried to talk him out of it. I told him, ‘If you use my name, you’re going to be emasculated by your community of artists, by your Latin community of men, by the world'," the star told InStyle. “But Marco looks up at me and says [she puts on a cute Italian accent], ‘Ah, Zoe, I don’t give a sheet.’”



In the interview, which hits newsstands on June 15, the actress also talks about how motherhood has changed her marriage and her thoughts on what her post-pregnancy body should be like.



“I don’t want to get back to where I used to be,” Saldana told InStyle. “I want to feel healthy, and not just fit into the old jeans I used to wear. I’m a woman now. My body has changed forever. It’s softer... and stronger.”



Saldana and her husband welcomed their twin boys, Cy Ardio and Bowie Ezio, in November. Since then, the first-time mom has been vocal on social media about her struggles. Not only has she turned to Twitter for breastfeeding advice, but she also opened up on Facebook in April about the “dramatic changes” her body underwent, inside and out, after the birth of her sons.



As you all know, we welcomed twin boys last November. Yes, by far, the most amazing experience of my life, but also a very challenging experience when it pertains to my body. I'm sure moms across the world (and dads sometimes) can identify with what I'm about to say.



Your body changes dramatically, inside and out. You grow in places you never knew you could, and you are tired beyond belief. In some cases more than others, your body experiences a kind of trauma through childbirth that is difficult to explain unless you've had that experience. My case was like that, everything from my thyroid to my platelets crashed. Thank God, we are all doing great now, but my body was really bent out of shape after the boys were born. Bouncing back feels impossible, but I know it is important as a woman, and now a mommy, to not give up. I am determined to get my energy back and find balance for my body before these little guys start walking, and before I go back to work..... my clock is ticking!




The 36-year-old actress ended her long message to fans -- which you can read here in full -- by inviting other mothers to share their own struggles and support each other.



“I know many of you have gone through this or are going through it as we speak,” Saldana said in the Facebook post. “Let's do it together. Let's talk about it, hear each other out, and seek advice when we need it.”



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Carrie Underwood Is A Knockout At CMT Music Awards

Carrie Underwood Is A Knockout At CMT Music Awards: Whoa, mama! Carrie Underwood stepped out Wednesday evening at the CMT Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee, looking sizzling in a white mini dress.



Underwood, 32, and husband Mike Fisher welcomed son Isaiah Michael in late February. Fisher accompanied his lovely wife to the event.



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carrie underwood




Underwood, who performed Wednesday night after changing into a black, floor-length gown, netted the awards for Video of the Year, Female Video of the Year and Collaborative Video of the Year with Miranda Lambert.



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"Having a baby definitely changes your routine, and I have to work around his schedule," Underwood recently spoke with People magazine of her regimen after welcoming Isaiah Michael. "Whenever he goes to sleep, I do the things I need to do for myself and make workouts happen when they can."

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Freda Salvador Is Making Cool-Girl Shoes You Can Walk in

Freda Salvador Is Making Cool-Girl Shoes You Can Walk in:

Cristina Palomo-Nelson and Megan Papay of Freda Salvador. Photo: Freda Salvador
Cristina Palomo-Nelson and Megan Papay of Freda Salvador. Photo: Freda Salvador
If I said, "Rag & Bone," more likely than not, an image of Newbury ankle boots might pop into your mind. Same, maybe, with "Chloé" and those flat, studded Suzanna booties or "Isabel Marant" and — whether the designer likes it or not — wedge sneakers. So while you might not yet recognize the brand name Freda Salvador — a faux moniker concocted by co-founders Megan Papay and Cristina Palomo-Nelson — it, too, may soon be known for its distinctive-yet-classic footwear. (I've been obsessed with the Star Jodhpur ankle boot, essentially a flat Chelsea bootie with a removable ringlet of metal-tipped fringe, since last year.) In a competitive marketplace packed with derivative designs or worse, it's refreshing to come across an original footwear brand that focuses on cool-girl details and wearability.

Papay and Palomo-Nelson founded Freda Salvador in 2011 and interestingly decided to base the company not in fashion-saturated New York or the runner-up American style capital, Los Angeles — but rather in San Francisco, a place better known for tech startups and North Face. Previously, Papay sampled different parts of the fashion industry in New York: the celebrity services department at Calvin Klein, fashion and beauty public relations, and her own accessories line. Her husband's job brought her out to San Francisco and she joined the design team at a shoe company, Anyi Lu, and met her future business partner, whose family has been in the shoe business for more than 65 years. Shoemaking "was always in my blood," said Palomo-Nelson, who holds a masters in fine art from the Academy of Art in San Francisco, and who also trained at Italian shoe design school, Ars Sutoria (Sarah Flint's alma mater).

Papay and Palomo-Nelson, who are so in sync they tend to finish each others' sentences, decided to name their brand Freda Salvador to "resonate a lifestyle." The "Freda" comes from the duo's admiration of feminist artist Frida Kahlo. "We love her badass-ness," says Palomo-Nelson, whose family business is based in El Salvador — hence, "Salvador."

A model wearing the Fly Gladiator Sandal from the summer 2015 collection. Photo: Freda Salvador
A model wearing the Fly Gladiator Sandal from the summer 2015 collection. Photo: Freda Salvador
The two founded Freda Salvador with a common mission and aesthetic. "We wanted the shoes to speak for themselves and be beautiful and be incredibly designed and just interesting," Palomo-Nelson said. "And once you put them on, and were wearing them for a couple hours, you would have this fun element of surprise, 'Hey, my feet don’t hurt!'"

Freda Salvador does prove that style and comfort aren't mutually exclusive. Inspired details, like detachable fringe and multi-patterned straps, make them special. "The silhouette of the shoe has to be simple and classic and understandable," Papay says of their design process each season. "So if you start with something like a jodhpur boot that every girl knows and loves, but then you add a removable ankle bracelet with hardware, it’s all of a sudden super exciting." Everything is manufactured in Spain.

Stacked heel gladiator sandal with removable fringe from the spring 2015 collection. Photo: Freda Salvador
Stacked heel gladiator sandal with removable fringe from the spring 2015 collection. Photo: Freda Salvador
"I think at the end of the day we really push ourselves to make sure that everything that we’re offering isn’t out there already," Palomo-Nelson says. "And if it is, how can we add a twist to it so it is unique and different and has our point of view?" The first collection basically sold itself during Papay and Palomo-Nelson's first ever market trip to New York for the fall 2012 season. After meeting with a few showrooms, the two landed their first retailer: Saks Fifth Avenue. (Mic drop.)

"It was like literally one of those movie New York moments," recalled Papay. "Two girls fly to New York with two suitcases and crash this showroom and we’re like, 'Let us show you our shoes!" Once the showroom presented the initial collection to the buyers, the reaction was "incredible" — and the rest is history. Now, Shopbop, Forward by Elyse Walker and and Revolve Clothing, plus boutiques like Milk and American Rag in Los Angeles, carry the line. Ever ambitious, Papay and Palomo-Nelson are gunning to expand their international presence and break into that holy grail of retailers: Barneys, plus trend-making boutiques like Bird in Brooklyn. "We feel like that would be a really good fit for us," says Palomo-Nelson.

The two are also busy with the Freda Salvador flagship, which relocated from San Francisco's Union Street to the hipper Fillmore Street neighborhood, home to Rag & Bone and Steven Alan. Offering better foot traffic, the locale also serves as "a little test lab" to experiment with new products and categories with the "Freda girls." "We wanted to create a comfortable environment that embodies our shoes," says Palomo-Nelson. " It looks like a cool girl’s apartment."

While the two admit that having their home base in San Francisco can make networking with the fashion industry a little harder, they wouldn't trade their location and lifestyle for anything. "It's such a San Francisco brand," says Papay. "The need for our style of footwear is definitely here. We have such huge hills and steps and not much public transport, so we’re walking everywhere."

A style from the spring 2015 collection. Photo: Freda Salvador
A style from the spring 2015 collection. Photo: Freda Salvador
"The world’s eyes are on San Francisco right now," she adds. "There are so many interesting people here doing such interesting things, even outside of work, and the fashion lends itself to the lifestyle here. So maybe if someone is wearing a fleece, that’s fine, but their shoes are amazing and their denim’s great. It's laid back, but it’s cool."

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Marc Jacobs Made Mercer Street His Runway for Resort 2016

Marc Jacobs Made Mercer Street His Runway for Resort 2016:

Photo: Marc Jacobs Facebook
Photo: Marc Jacobs Facebook
Change has been in the air at Marc Jacobs for a few months now: The designer has joined the world of social media after years of resistance, he’s folded cult-favorite Marc by Marc Jacobs label into his main line (letting go of relatively new hire Luella Bartley in the process) and on Tuesday in New York, he showed a resort collection that was a beautiful continuation of his critically acclaimed, Diana Vreeland-inspired fall 2015 show.

With their hair tied in headscarves and drawn-on brows, models including Amber Valetta, Molly Bair, Natalie Westline and Hanne Gaby Odiele presented Jacobs's 35-piece resort collection to a small group of press and buyers at his Mercer Street store on Tuesday. Due to the small space, the makeshift runway extended out onto the pavement, much like the setup at the Gucci resort show last week. The looks were heavy on the adornment, with grommets, jewels, sequins, feathers or cut-outs embellishing nearly every garment. The shoes ranged from studded, pointy-toe flats to chunky, shiny red boots — both of which will likely please fans of Jacobs’s quirkier side.

The "resort" element came through in the sheer paneling that appeared on dresses (allowing models’ midriffs to peek through) as well as a two-piece nautical look involving high-waisted trousers and a striped crop top, full broderie anglaise skirts, and a wildflower motif that was printed and embroidered on airy, light fabric. While the drama that characterized the fall collection was still present, the easy-to-wear dresses, statement coats and bejeweled separates perfectly straddle the line between commercial and directional — and isn’t that what the resort season is really all about?

Click through to see the full collection.

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Sarah Jessica Parker Goes Full Carrie Bradshaw in Jordache Campaign

Sarah Jessica Parker Goes Full Carrie Bradshaw in Jordache Campaign:

Photo: Jordache
Photo: Jordache
Chances are you haven't thought of Jordache —  the American brand that hit peak popularity in the '70s and '80s — since the early days of "Sex and the City" (if not before than then). So, it seems fitting the brand called upon Carrie Bradshaw herself, actress Sarah Jessica Parker, to be the new face of the label.

Parker, who's currently busy working on her eponymous shoe line, stars in the just-released ad campaign for the Jordache Look collection, which reimagines iconic shapes from the brand's history for a modern audience — all available for purchase on the company's e-commerce site. Shot by Michael Thompson, 50-year-old Parker looks glamorous in that '90s bombshell kind of way, paying homage to the celebrity models who fronted the label before her (Elizabeth Hurley and Heidi Klum) as well as iconic denim campaigns of the past, like Brooke Shields for Calvin Klein.

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The Row's Resort Lookbook Is a Lesson in Chic Masculine Dressing

The Row's Resort Lookbook Is a Lesson in Chic Masculine Dressing:

A look from The Row's resort 2016 collection. Photo: Lachlan Bailey/The Row
A look from The Row's resort 2016 collection. Photo: Lachlan Bailey/The Row
CFDA Womenswear Designer of the Year winners Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have come out with yet another collection for The Row that fans of luxurious minimalism and a borrowed-from-the-boys look will fawn over. For resort 2015, menswear was a particularly strong influence — perhaps more so than usual — seen in nicely tailored suiting, loose pants and androgynous overcoats. Still, the designers incorporated a touch of femininity by wrapping coats and jackets with a tie at the waist.

Something new: The Olsens also continued that tying motif into neckwear with cool little ties attached at the collar that could be wrapped or hung loose. Another interesting detail was the use of different fabrics and textured on oversized pockets, helping to give the otherwise dark, monotone looks more dimension.

For those who may not be able to afford The Row's pricey wares, the lookbook offers some valuable inspiration on how to style your outerwear and suiting this winter. The main lesson seems to be: cover up. With nary a sliver of skin to be found, the photos remind me of this exchange between Lena Dunham and Leandra Medine about why fashion is, er, "so Hasidic right now."

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Naomie Harris Is Cool and Kooky in Peter Pilotto

Naomie Harris Is Cool and Kooky in Peter Pilotto:

Clearly the carpet's color was taken into consisderation. Photo: Anthony Harvey/Getty Images
Clearly the carpet's color was taken into consisderation. Photo: Anthony Harvey/Getty Images
When it comes to the red carpet, Naomie Harris tends to play it safe — soft and feminine or sleek and jewel-toned. But what better occasion than the London premiere of  "Entourage" to throw caution to the wind and make a statement? Talk about high risk, high reward. Harris manages to look regal in a color-blocked Peter Pilotto dress with an asymmetric, painterly hem. It's like a post-modern painting come alive — with a collarbone-skimming strap for modesty and a waist-defining band to flatter the figure.

With so much going on, she is smart to keep the accessories minimal yet geometric. The pumps are pointy, the clutch is an octagon and the earrings are silver wisps in the shape of half a heart.

Nevermind an entourage — this look needs an encore.

Behold my sternum, Adrian Grenier. Photo: Anthony Harvey/Getty Images
Behold my sternum, Adrian Grenier. Photo: Anthony Harvey/Getty Images
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Isa Arfen Presents First Resort Collection

Isa Arfen Presents First Resort Collection:

A look from Isa Arfen's resort 2016 collection. Photo: Isa Arfen
A look from Isa Arfen's resort 2016 collection. Photo: Isa Arfen
Serafina Sama, the founder of Isa Arfen, is one of the most exciting young designers working in London right now. An Italian who trained at Central Saint Martins and Chloé, she branched out on her own in 2011 with a small collection of cotton elastic-waist dresses that quickly caught on via word of mouth. In recent seasons, her clothes — colorful, voluminous, and typically devoid of pattern and embellishment — have been picked up by Opening Ceremony, Net-a-Porter and Avenue32, and will be carried by Nordstrom for the first time this fall.

The designer landed in New York on Tuesday to walk editors through her very first resort collection, which arrived by plane from London just the day before. Sama fully embraced the idea of resort, imagining clothes for glamorous, slightly eccentric Italian women on holiday in the Caribbean, who have taken their dressing inspiration from French magazines in the '70s and '80s and "gotten it just a bit wrong." Thus the presence of garishly colored dresses, tops and skirts with exaggerated peplums and even more exaggerated sleeves, color-blocked in festive shades of red, yellow, pink, green and black.

Those were shown alongside what are becoming the label's signatures: crisp culottes in silk faille, high-waisted trousers, relaxed trench coats in several of those aforementioned colors (namely bright red, hot pink and emerald green). New were the oversized jeweled buttons on white oxfords and a trench; the use of denim on a dress, jumpsuit and handful of separates; and a selection of mix-and-match monochrome pieces that combined black silk, textured gray wool and two sizes of black-and-white gingham. Because she focuses on separates, Sana says most of her customers tend to mix her pieces with those already in their wardrobes — including older Isa Arfen pieces. Sana says she's careful to make sure her new designs can be easily paired with those she's designed in the past.

With a design team of just four, Sana has her hands full, though she says she would one day like to explore bags and jewelry. Footwear, however, is not on the docket — Charlotte Olympia has designed the shoes for her last several collections and, Sana modestly asserted, those are better than anything she could do.

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J.Crew Hires Madewell's Designer as Its Own Women's Lead

J.Crew Hires Madewell's Designer as Its Own Women's Lead:

Models at J.Crew's spring presentation. Photo: Albert Urso/Getty Images
Models at J.Crew's spring presentation. Photo: Albert Urso/Getty Images
For the last few seasons, the story at J.Crew has been the same: While the flagship brand watches its sales slump, thanks in part to design and merchandising mistakes in its womenswear business, its little sister label Madewell is on fire. Last quarter alone, its sales shot up 33 percent.

Now, it seems, the company is sending a little bit of that pixie dust back to J.Crew. On Wednesday, the company announced that Madewell's head of design, Somsack Sikhounmuong, has been named the head of women's design at J.Crew, effective immediately. Joyce Lee, who has worked at Madewell for the last seven years, will be stepping into Sikhounmuong's role.

As the tagline for Madewell's fall 2015 presentation read: "Switch the context; change the story." And J.Crew could sure use a new story right now.

While the appointment is a pretty exciting moment for the company — the fact that Sikhounmuong worked at J.Crew from 2001 to 2012 notwithstanding — it comes with some not-so-great news. Tom Mora, who led women's at J.Crew since 2011, is leaving the company, and he's not the only one. In an effort to reduce overall expenses, J.Crew is eliminating 175 "open and filled" full-time positions, largely in its corporate headquarters. How many people will wind up losing their jobs isn't yet clear.

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Tuesday, June 09, 2015

CHLOE MADELEY in Bikini on the Beach in Dubai

CHLOE MADELEY in Bikini on the Beach in Dubai 06/02/2015:



CHLOE MADELEY in Bikini on the Beach in Dubai 06/02/2015


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Fashion WWE – Raw Digitals 2015

WWE – Raw Digitals 06/08/2015:



WWE - Raw Digitals 06/08/2015


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Zac Posen Ruled the Upgraded Tony Awards Red Carpet

Zac Posen Ruled the Upgraded Tony Awards Red Carpet:

Host Kristin Chenoweth arrives in Zac Posen at the Tony Awards. Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images
Host Kristin Chenoweth arrives in Zac Posen at the Tony Awards. Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images
Has the Tony Awards red carpet ever generated as much buzz as it did this year? Granted, the bar was set fairly low, but thanks to the commanding influence of KCD, Anna Wintour, Vogue, Teen Vogue and Vanity Fair, as well as an exceptionally photogenic guest list (read: models and movie stars) and a well-lit wall of shrubbery, the red carpet Sunday night certainly had an unmatched air of glamour and excitement.

All the nominees received professional styling advice — and it showed. Gone were the mermaid dresses of Wintour's nightmares. Instead, the predominant trend among the theater crowd was body-flattering dresses in rich jewel tones. No one went overboard with hair, makeup or accessories.  Of course, not everyone was a best dressed list shoe-in: For every nominee, there were 10 other obscure attendees that had been left to their own devices wearing a range of unremarkable black tie fare that might have not passed muster in Wintour's eyes.

But soon we would watch as the fashion crowd invaded the event, creating a sense of CFDA déjà vu when the Public School boys, with model Grace Mahary as their date, followed such Meta Gala-esque pairings as Francisco Costa and Kendall Jenner, Prabal Gurung and Bella Hadid, Joseph Altuzarra and Vanessa Axente, and Wes Gordon and Constance Jablonski.

Zac Posen at the Tony Awards with Bernadette Peters. Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images
Zac Posen at the Tony Awards with Bernadette Peters. Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images
But no other designer came close to as many credits as Zac Posen. He dressed seven women for the evening: host Kristin Chenoweth in two looks, as well as Judy Khun (nominee), Annaleigh Ashford (winner), Debra Messing (presenter), Jennifer Grey (presenter) and Laura Michelle Kelly (guest). Posen arrived with the legendary actress Bernadette Peters as his date, cementing his status as the designer of the evening.

Nominated "Fun Home" actress Emily Skeggs was one of the young actresses styled by Teen Vogue's Andrew Bevan. She wore a black, strapless Christian Siriano dress with a voluminous skirt, all covered in bright turquoise leaves, with earrings by Eva Fehren. “We were like kindred spirits, he's such an amazing goof,” Skeggs said of Bevan. “I had no expectations at all. I wanted to put something on and if I felt good in it, I felt good.”

Meanwhile, "Hand to God" nominee Sarah Stiles had received the Vogue treatment. "They pinned and tucked and it was amazing," said Stiles, who ended up in a magenta J.Mendel dress and green clutch. "I feel like a flower and this feels like a petal." Her silver strappy heels, hidden under the long fabric, were her own, however. The samples were too big for her size 5.5 feet so she "did a little emergency shoe shopping" at Topshop on Saturday.

Another presenter, James Monroe Iglehart, who plays the Genie in "Aladdin," also had a successful shopping trip of his own. He wore a silver Tallia Orange jacket from Rochester Big and Tall, featuring a pattern of small circles and squares, a red pocket square and diamond stud earrings.

"Other designers kind of feel like guys my size shouldn't look too great, and I feel like I should look dapper no matter how large I am," he said. "Those wonderful people at the Big and Tall shop make some amazing clothes, so I can look as spectacular as I do right now."

The evening certainly showed that the great effort taken to spruce up the annual event's red carpet paid off, but there is still work to be done.

Before the telecast began, with the audience already in their seats, American Theatre Wing chair and costume designer William Ivey Long addressed the crowd, thanking the red carpet partners and asking what everyone thought of the arrivals. Met with lukewarm applause, he responded, "Looks like we've got some work to do!"

See the best red carpet looks from the 2015 Tony Awards below.

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Here's How Much Christopher Bailey Made in His First Year as Burberry's CEO

Here's How Much Christopher Bailey Made in His First Year as Burberry's CEO:

Bailey takes a bow at Burberry's men's show in January. Photo: Ian Gavan/Getty Images
Bailey takes a bow at Burberry's men's show in January. Photo: Ian Gavan/Getty Images
No doubt about it, Christopher Bailey has a big job. After becoming creative director in 2004 and then chief creative officer in 2009, he took an even greater leap up the executive chain to become CEO in May 2014.

Shortly after his appointment, we wrote that the Bailey could make up to £10.3 million in his first year. It wasn't so much that his salary had gone up — it would actually be pretty close to what he was making as chief creative officer, a source familiar with the company's payment structure said at the time — but rather that he could make a lot more in bonuses.

According to Burberry's annual report, he wound up raking in £7.9 million for the year that ended on March 31. That's a combination of a £1 million salary, £424,000 in benefits and cash allowances, a £1.8 million bonus, a £4.4 million co-investment plan and £303,000 pension. About $12 million overall.

Burberry as a company, meanwhile, brought in £2.5 billion. Thematically, the past year was all about focusing on the brand's core products: trenches and scarves. While trenches got a "radical simplification of styles" — the thinking there that zeroing in on a very clear message would help customers grasp what the brand is about — offering up monogramming on scarves proved to be a selling point, too. Those, and Burberry's monogrammable ponchos, drove the accessories category forward.

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The Best Street Style from Governors Ball 2015

The Best Street Style from Governors Ball 2015:

The East Coast's answer to Coachella, the Governors Ball, took place over the weekend on New York's Randall's Island. Music lovers flocked to the uptown park in droves to take in sets by Drake, Florence and the Machine, Lana del Rey, St. Vincent and many more over three days. And despite the spotty weather conditions (there were mud pits aplenty thanks to sporadic rain showers), show goers still got decked out in their festival best for the occasion. While we're happy to report that flower crowns and headdresses were not among the top trends, standard concert staples like cut-off shorts, crop tops, airy white dresses and durable boots were not in short supply.

Click through the gallery to see the best street style we captured at the 2015 Governors Ball music festival.

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9 YouTube Tutorials to Help You Achieve a Flawless Korean Makeup Look

9 YouTube Tutorials to Help You Achieve a Flawless Korean Makeup Look:

The increasing popularity of Korean beauty here in the U.S. is undeniable, and by now many of us are familiar with the basic features of the trending Korean makeup look: luminously dewy skin, straight eyebrows, a soft eye, and lips that manage to be both vivid and natural, with the deep sheer tint you might get after eating a handful of juicy berries. It's the girl next door but turned up to 11, and it is gorgeous. We've seen tons of articles about skin care, but how does one go about getting that fresh, dreamy face?

To find out, I turned to the YouTube channels of two of South Korea's best-known makeup artists. Active since 1991, renowned makeup artist Jung Saem Mool takes a precise and methodical approach to beauty. Meanwhile, makeup artist and vlogger Pony has gained so much recognition for her own methodical videos that she now has her own makeup line in partnership with K-beauty retailer Memebox. There are few experts better qualified than Pony and Jung to demonstrate that distinctive K-beauty look.

Ask anyone who follows K-beauty what the most important feature in a Korean makeup look is, and they'll tell you, "Dewy skin." It has a youthful plumpness and an inner glow. It's moist but not oily (for the love of God, don't start slathering Vaseline on your cheeks for daytime). It begins with great skincare, but it's the makeup that really brings it out. Here, the best tutorials to take you step-by-step through the process. (Note: We tell you exactly where to start in each video to see the specific steps.)

Cleanse and Blot

(Start at 0:23)

Dewy skin starts with deeply hydrated skin, but as anyone with oily skin knows, if you want your makeup to stick around, you'll need a clean canvas. Jung Saem Mool's simple solution to excess sebum and too-rich moisturizers is a pre-makeup blotting session. Choose the largest blotting papers you can find so you don't use up an entire pack in a single week!

My favorite blotting papers are these jumbo-sized Japanese oil blotting papers, which come 200 to a pack and are made of thin, gentle natural hemp paper.

Luminize

(Start at 1:02)

To amp up the dewy glow, apply a luminizing makeup primer or liquid illuminator under your base makeup. A little will go a long way, and since you'll be blending your base makeup on top, Pony recommends that you don't worry too much about perfect blending.

For everyday, I love Too Cool for School's Dinoplatz Pearl Bay Invasion luminizer, which imparts a soft, multidimensional shimmer under (or over!) base makeup.

Cover 

(Start at 3:09)

Once your skin is prepped, primed, and luminized, it's time for a sheer, skin tone-evening layer of BB or CC cream or liquid foundation. Korean cushion makeup, which comes in a compact that holds an antibacterial applicator puff and a cushion soaked with thin liquid foundation, is perfect for achieving the dewy skin look. The foundation goes on perfectly sheer every time, and the applicator sponge makes building in extra coverage a snap. Just be sure you're applying it correctly. Don't swipe or wipe the sponge on your face. Use a delicate patting motion to dab the makeup on, like Pony in the video above. As a bonus, the patting is much gentler on your skin than endless rubbing and massaging!

I've been using my Hera UV Mist Cushion nonstop since the day I got it. No BB cream, CC cream, or foundation I've ever tried has come close to the flawless, dewy finish of this cushion. It looks exactly like skin, but moist and perfect.

Coverage, Amped

(Start at 0:42)

If you need more coverage than cushion makeup can provide, you can still make regular BB cream or liquid foundation work. What you'll need to avoid is the flat, cakey look that heavier-coverage base makeup can impart. Jung Saem Mool teaches a multi-zone approach to foundation. Apply it more thickly on the outer edges of your face, where the skin is naturally thicker, and thinner on the inner section of your face, where skin is naturally thinner, to mimic the dimensionality of natural skin.

Missha M Signature Real Complete BB Cream is a fantastic, buildable medium-coverage BB cream that moisturizes and protects skin with a combination of SPF and antioxidant-rich botanical ingredients.

Blush 

(Start at 2:33)

When you're going for a natural but vibrant K-beauty look, the way you apply your cheek color is critical. Powder blushes can be too chalky, cream blushes too thick. Pony has an interesting hack. She uses dabs of lip tint or lipstick instead of blush, applying and blending the tint before foundation to prevent it from being too bright.

The watery texture and intensely saturated color of Peripera Peri's Tint Water make them a fantastic choice for this cheek trick. They'll last all day without adding any extra weight—an added bonus in hot, humid summer weather.

Highlight

(Start at 8:37)

If you're used to Western-style highlighting and contouring, you'll find yourself having to relearn some basics to get the K-beauty look. Asian highlighting isn't about creating the angular, sculpted look that Western highlighting aims to create. Instead, Asian-style highlighting is all about adding subtle dimension and radiance to the face without losing any of its youthful softness. Apply your highlighter under your eyes and down the center of your face, and if you contour, contour the outside edges of your face to further bring the middle forward, as Pony demonstrates.

Etude House Secret Beam Highlighter offers the prismatic shimmer of Guerlain's Meteorites at a fraction of the price.

Subtle Eyes

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Smokey eyes and dramatic wings do have their place in K-beauty — they're all over the Kpop girl group videos, for example — but for everyday, you'll see paler hues and softer looks around the eye. Though, even barely-there nudes and sheer champagnes demand a bit of contour to make the eyes stand out. Using matte neutrals just a shade or so darker than your overall lid color, the way Jung Saem Mool does, will enhance eye shape without looking too done-up.

The Pony Shine Easy Glam Palette 1 provides a nice selection of options for easy daytime eye looks, with a couple of darker pans to transition into night.

Shimmer

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Of course, it wouldn't be a K-beauty look without some shimmer. You already know about inner corner highlights, but what about undereye highlights? Pony's looks show that a little judiciously placed shimmer under the eyes can create a dreamy, serene expression.

Try the neutral and not too scarily sparkly Clio Gelpresso Waterproof Pencil in Beige Shine.

Vibrant Lips

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Finally, when eyes are muted, lips can pop. My favorite K-beauty makeup looks pair that bare-looking skin and those minimal eyes with strong lip colors that let the natural texture of the lips come through. Lip tints, like the one Pony uses in the video above, achieve the look with little effort, and the best thing about them is that you can layer a lip balm right over them without smudging or removing the color. They're the best of both worlds: bright color and whatever moisture you need.

My go-to lip tint is Etude House Fresh Cherry Lip Tint, which provides a juicy jolt of color that never looks over the top.

If you're used to Western makeup styles, the soft and sweet K-beauty look may require an adjustment in your methods and your products. We think you'll find the results are well worth the effort.

K-beauty contributor Jude Chao blogs about beauty at Fifty Shades of Snail. She's gotten her four-year-old his own konjac sponge, and her other half is now an Innisfree kind of guy.

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Stella McCartney Brought Cuba to Nolita for her Resort Presentation

Stella McCartney Brought Cuba to Nolita for her Resort Presentation:

Stella McCartney at her resort 2016 presentation. Photo: BFA for Stella McCartney
Stella McCartney at her resort 2016 presentation. Photo: BFA for Stella McCartney
While many designers decided to transport editors and buyers to exotic locales for their resort shows this season — Dior to Cannes, Louis Vuitton to Palm Springs, Chanel to Korea and Gucci to New York (from Europe) — Stella McCartney, who shows her pre-collections in New York every year, managed to bring the feel and flavor of Cuba to Nolita for one night only. On Monday night, a garden on Elizabeth Street was transformed into a lively, Cuban-themed fiesta, complete with street performers on stilts, rum cocktails and cigars passed on trays, Che Guevara lookalikes playing dominos as models looked on, and a live band with salsa dancers on hand to set the groove.

Under trees lined with streamers, models twirled in colorful, voluminous gowns with ruffled hems — looks that were practically made for a Caribbean holiday. Elsewhere, spring-ready looks adorned with wildflowers, broderie anglais and a wild horse print were on display, ranging from airy, feminine dresses to more structured, menswear-inspired separates. The accessories for the season were as lively as the party itself, with shoes inspired by dancing slippers, jazzy jewelry with a musical note motif and plexiglass embellishments that made for a fun, pop-art effect.

McCartney's festive oasis was only a few short blocks from our office, but it felt like we were treated to a mini summer vacation, accompanied by models shimmying with maracas and guests like Alexa Chung, Cara Delevingne, Liv Tyler, Miranda Kerr all taking advantage of the tropical bar and snow cone stand. Click through the gallery below for scenes from the presentation.

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'Vogue' Hires a New Beauty Director

'Vogue' Hires a New Beauty Director:

Celia Ellenberg in 2014. Photo: Jennifer Graylock/Getty Images for Lancome
Celia Ellenberg in 2014. Photo: Jennifer Graylock/Getty Images for Lancome
Vogue has found a replacement for longtime beauty director, Sarah Brown, who announced in May that she was leaving after 15 years at the title. Freelance editor, consultant and writer Celia Ellenberg will take over the prestigious role in July, sources close to the magazine have confirmed to Fashionista. A rep for Vogue declined to comment on the appointment.

Ellenberg has 10 years of experience writing about beauty, most recently as a contributor for WSJ Magazine, Porter and Vogue.com. She has also written for Vogue, Nylon, New York Magazine, Elle, Elle.com and many more. According to Linkedin, she started her career at T Magazine and Jane before joining Style.com as senior beauty editor for five years until 2013.

Page Six originally reported the news.

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Lawsuit Claims Nasty Gal Fired 4 Employees for Getting Pregnant

Lawsuit Claims Nasty Gal Fired 4 Employees for Getting Pregnant:

Sophia Amoruso. Photo: John Sciulli/Getty Images
Sophia Amoruso. Photo: John Sciulli/Getty Images
A new lawsuit is threatening the accessibly feminist image on which Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso has essentially built her career.

Former Nasty Gal employee Aimee Concepcion has filed a suit against the company which alleges that she and three other female employees were illegally terminated after becoming pregnant.

According to the complaint, originally reported by Jezebel, Concepcion was recruited to head up Nasty Gal's new home goods category in late 2013. In April of 2014, she informed her supervisors she was pregnant. Shortly thereafter, despite consistently positive performance reviews, she was told that she would be terminated along with a number of other employees, including Etalia Gold, who was eight months pregnant; Anne Coelen, who was a few days from returning from maternity leave; and Gilberto Murillo, who was set to go on paternity leave.

Publicly, Nasty Gal categorized these terminations as a round of layoffs, of which there were three rounds last year, resulting in a loss of 10 percent of the company's workforce. However, Concepcion was told that she could keep working up until she gave birth, but could not come back afterward — a sign that the company still needed someone, just not a pregnant someone, to do the work, the complaint alleges. More recently, Nasty Gal also allegedly terminated another employee, Rosa Lieberberg, "mere weeks after she announced to her co-workers that she was pregnant."

The suit describes Nasty Gal as "a horrible place to work for professional women who become pregnant and where discrimination runs rampant." Conspecion is seeking unspecified damages for sex discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, wrongful termination and breach of contract, among other things.

A rep for Nasty Gal provided the following statement: "The accusations made in the lawsuits are false, defamatory and taken completely out of context. The layoffs in question were part of a larger restructuring of departments we completed over nine months ago. The lawsuits are frivolous and without merit."

The state of California has a number of protections in place for pregnant and disabled workers that can be difficult for any company to navigate, particularly one as (relatively) small and young as Nasty Gal. If the nine-year-old retailer has a legal department, it is probably not as robust and prepared to deal with such lawsuits as one that has been around for decades.

While the company has been accused numerous times of knocking off the work of fashion designers, its only public legal battles thus far were suits it filed against companies for using the word "nasty," including an e-commerce site called New Nasty and a man who registered the trademark "Mr. Nasty Time Entertainment."

It's hard to think of a clothing company that, to the public at least, seems as pro-women as Nasty Gal. Amoruso's book #Girlboss has practically become synonymous with women forging ahead and succeeding, particularly in the workplace. It's disheartening to hear that the company's internal practices may not reflect the feminist message the company and its founder (who recently stepped down as CEO) convey.

This article was updated to include a statement from Nasty Gal.

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How "Wall Scouting" Became a Thing in the Fashion World

How "Wall Scouting" Became a Thing in the Fashion World:

Ria Michelle in front of a Jen Stark mural. Photo: Shooter Shane
Ria Michelle in front of a Jen Stark mural. Photo: Shooter Shane
It's a running joke in the Fashionista office that "wall scouting" has become one of the biggest time sucks for fashion bloggers and editors who want that little something extra to make their Instagram posts stand out. While it's a no-brainer that a hand-painted mural that's dozens of feet tall is a more eye-catching backdrop than an apartment wall, we can't help but wonder what lengths folks will go to in order to get a shot. Does it warrant a trip to Art Basel or SXSW, where these social media-bait artworks are in large supply? Do they spend hours every weekend wandering their cities or scouring Instagram geotags to find the perfect backdrop for an outfit post?

It turns out that we weren't the only people with this trend on the brain: Over drinks in New Orleans last week, a social media-savvy friend of mine told me that her most-liked Instagram photo ever was taken at the Biscuit Paint Wall in Houston, a rainbow-hued mural with a hashtag prominently printed on the awning covering the building's door, prompting visitors to share photos of it on their networks. Ria Michelle, a Miami-based fashion blogger, echoed this sentiment over the phone last week, when she said that an image she posted in front of a Jen Stark mural near the Miami airport — one that she and her photographer came across totally by chance —has earned the highest engagement on her Instagram thus far.

Eva Chen, who recently started the Instagram @photogenicwalls, honed in on this phenomenon during her time at Lucky, when she and her team staged street style-inspired shoots for nearly every issue of the magazine. The account began as a personal catalog of locations that inspired her when she walked around New York every day. Since so many of her followers reached out to her asking where they should shoot or visit when they came to the city, she decided to open it to the public as a directory of sorts, with addresses of the walls in the captions. "I spend a lot of time walking around New York, and on every block you stumble across graffiti or metallic paint — they're gorgeous backdrops for shoots," Chen explained. "The street art helps to capture the spirit of the city and makes a photo so much richer as opposed to shooting in a studio."

Chen also agreed that her posts with artsy backgrounds earn much higher engagement, thanks to the texture they can add to a photo. "There’s a time and a place for these clean, pristine backgrounds, but when you’re running an Instagram account based in New York, you want to capture the flavor of the city," she said. In addition to eventually adding walls in other cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco to her roster (she came across one of her favorite murals thus far in Austin), she hopes that people will tag the account in their posts in order to help the digital wall art directory grow.

While Chen said she's never made a dedicated trip to shoot at a specific wall, other Instagram enthusiasts admit to making the occasional trek. Scott Lipps, the president of One Management and an avid photographer, said that he's made efforts in the past to shoot at spots that have resonated with him — whether he discovered them on or offline.

Lipps mentioned that murals by artist Bradley Theodore in New York, which feature fashion figures like Karl Lagerfeld, Anna Wintour, Terry Richardson and Anna Piaggi rendered as skeletons, are very popular among his followers, and as someone who runs a social media-driven modeling agency, he knows that grabbing his audience's attention with a single photo can take extra creative consideration — hence his willingness to "wall scout."  "It is a business at the end of the day. I'd be lying if I told you I didn't put time and effort into it," he explained. "I need to find the right locations that people will respond to — I don't spend hours, but when I'm walking around the city or traveling I'm always looking."

Instagram has proven to be one of bloggers' and influencers' biggest sources of income, and top-tier names can earn thousands of dollars for one sponsored post if their reach and engagement are high enough. So, if shooting a photo in front of a mural or an otherwise interesting wall can increase likes by the hundreds (or, in some cases, thousands), it's certainly worth the extra effort. Plus, the trend can benefit the artists featured as well, many of whom are Instagram-savvy and put their personal handles on the walls they paint, helping new fans to discover their work.

James Goldcrown, a former fashion photographer and artist whose "Love Wall" in New York is one of the most popular murals on Instagram, has seen a huge uptick in commissions (and in his social media following) since getting tagged in popular bloggers' posts. The first heart-filled wall he painted was on Kenmare Street, and he says he's tagged in around 100 Instagram posts of it per day — many by fashion bloggers — and has gained 4,000 followers since it went up in February. "I didn't really have a plan as to how I was going to expose it, but over the past few months I've really begun to understand the power of Instagram," he explained. "It's quite an honor to have it going viral."

Thanks to the social media exposure, he's approached by private clients, nightclubs and restaurants who want to work with him, and is now working on his third "Love Wall." While Goldcrown says this kind of art is now a much bigger "scene" in the city than it was a few years ago, it's only a positive thing for his industry. "Kind of like fashion, it's the way of artists having a voice," he said. "It's been amazing for us and has changed the perspective of what we do."

As Instagram's influence only grows in the fashion world, we anticipate the synergy between bloggers, influencers and artists to strengthen along with it. A new wave of marketing surrounding this Insta-bait also seems likely to emerge. In fact, Jen Stark (who Ria Michelle mentioned previously) painted a rainbow mural on the side of Montauk's popular Surf Lodge at the beginning of the season, which we're betting was a clever move to attract new visitors through social media this summer  — even if they just come for the photo op.

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Tavi Gevinson Proves that Petite Ladies Can Do Dramatic Silhouettes, Too

Tavi Gevinson Proves that Petite Ladies Can Do Dramatic Silhouettes, Too:

Photo: BFA
Photo: BFA
As someone who loves fashion and is only 5-foot-three, I find it disappointing that many of the silhouettes I see come down the runway each season most likely won't work for my body type. While I dream of wearing those crazy high-waisted Isabel Marant "mom" jeans or having a torso long (and lean) enough to pull off a crop top without cutting out carbs for the rest of my life, I sometimes start to think it's just a pipe dream. Then someone like Tavi Gevinson comes along to make me rethink my stance, and thanks to her look at Stella McCartney's resort presentation on Monday night, I'm reconsidering my own ability to wear a dramatic silhouette now and then.

The 19-year-old writer and actress chose a pair of high-waisted, cropped culottes for the designer's outdoor garden party, and despite her petite stature, she made the offbeat proportions work well. By baring a sliver of midriff and cinching just below the waist with a festive rope belt, the wide-legged bottoms don't overpower her — if anything, they add the illusion of height. While I'm not sure I'm quite ready to test out the culotte/crop top combo in one fell swoop, seeing how great (and comfortable) Tavi looked doing so has convinced me that I should at least give one of these statement-making silhouettes a shot this summer.

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