Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed got married over the weekend. And the minute we saw those wedding pictures, we were all saying one thing – we need to know more about that dress!
Turns out, the Twilight beauty's mermaid-style lace wedding gown that we were all drooling over came courtesy of Claire Pettibone's shop in LA, where Nikki first discovered her Ecru beaded 'Elizabeth' frock.
I take a certain amount of pride in my own personal style. It has evolved over nearly 32 years of life, and has been influenced by so many factors, including my cultural background, the music I listen to, the places I’ve lived in and traveled to, and the amount of money available to spend on shopping.
I come from a pretty conservative Latin American family, and I’m an only child. My family has pretty traditional values and customs, which, thanks to my rather alternative tastes, makes me a complete black sheep. I listen to metal and post-punk, my closet is made up ofmostly black clothes, and my hair hasn’t been one solid color in 15 years. I live in Brooklyn with two cats and my heavily tattooed boyfriend who plays in metal bands. I have a good, solid college education, and I have worked in media and web production over the years, while dreaming of the day I can finally write my novel. I’m kind of a walking contradiction, but all of these things make up who I am, and I’m happy for it.
With two teenaged daughters, I have seen how hard it is for girls today to find modest clothing. My daughters and I have spent countless hours searching for modest attire in a world where everything is strapless, see-through, and ultra short. Someone who understands this struggle is Bekah Pence, a Mormon returned missionary who was crowned Ms. Virginia on April 12, 2015.
Last fall, 29-year-old Bekah, returned from 18 months of missionary service in the Nevada Las Vegas Mission. Just before she left on that mission, she received a blessing from a Church leader telling her she had a great work to do after her mission.
Fresh off a runway show held last weekend at the popular-yet-brutally hot Coachella music festival in California, designer Nanette Lepore definitely has warmer weather on the brain.
Lepore brings that summer vibe to Raleigh this weekend for a personal appearance at Saks Fifth Avenue on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Lepore will meet with fans, offer styling advice and unveil new pieces for spring and summer during a trunk show and fashion show, which takes place at 1 p.m.
It's been less than a week since Team Midas got our second successive reality TV champion,(Stevie McCrorie) and we are ready to go again...the elusive hat-trick is on.
The show that has broken records around the world is back, and with it let's welcome back Simon, Alesha, David and Amanda. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to series nine of Britain's Got Talent.
We’re constantly updating our “Last Night’s Look” gallery with all the best red-carpet moments (gorgeous dresses! dazzling accessories! sky-high heels!). Now, let’s talk beauty. Each Friday we’ll be highlighting one of the week’s most gorgeous makeup and/or hair moments, along with details on how to recreate the look — straight from the makeup artist or hair stylist — in our feature, Look of the Week.
Because we can’t stop talking about Kate Bosworth‘s gorgeous Dior Haute Couture moment from the Mid-Winter Gala in San Francisco earlier this week, we just had to get the exclusive scoop on how the 32-year-old’s makeup artist Andre Sarmiento (who’s been working with the star for about four years now) perfected the actress’s season-appropriate coral lip, flushed rosy cheeks and lengthy lashes for the star-studded night.
The iHeartRadio Music Awards should be called the iHeartTaylorSwift Awards.
The pop singer cleaned house at the show Sunday, winning artist of the year and song of the year for “Shake It Off,” and even assisted Madonna by strumming her guitar onstage while the pop icon sang a new song.
Emma Stone always makes interesting style and beauty choices for the red carpet, and Emma Stone’s entire look at the 2015 Oscars was no exception. She stood out from the sea of neutral gowns in a vivid chartreuse dress, and her striking red hair was set off perfectly by her coral lipstick. It was that lipstick that really caught my attention, especially after Stone said it was from Revlon.
Two things to keep in mind: I love Emma Stone. And I love a good budget-friendly lipstick. Almost my entire lipstick collection is from the drugstore and a good portion of them are Revlon solely because, as the face of Revlon, Emma Stone is so good at selling their lipsticks. The girl knows how to wear a bold lip and I love her for it (and my wallet doesn’t mind either because it’s totally affordable).
A Twitter mention from pop star Katy Perry – check. Another mention from well-known fashion designer Jeremy Scott – check. Support from other celebrities from all over the country – check.
Yet what Morgan Ball’s family is most happy about in the week or so since he was summoned to an office at Lee’s Summit North High School and asked to remove the feminine clothing that he wore is the willingness of school administration to sit with the family and press forward the issue of gender equality.
Shannon Heacock recalls the day last year when she and Jessica Thomerson came up with the idea to give free prom dresses to girls in Glasgow and surrounding counties.
“Jessica and I grew up with poor families. None of us have kids of prom age yet,” she said. “We said, ‘We need to do something about prom.’ Within an hour, we had the (Facebook) page rolling and people liking the page.”
The Duchess of Cambridge, née Kate Middleton, is nearing the end of her official engagements before the birth of her second child. Which means, unfortunately for her legion of fashion fans, the end of Kate's maternity outfits.
Travelling to Hampshire on Tuesday with her husband Prince William to pay a visit to the Mons Barraks for the annual St Patrick's Day parade, Kate, who is eight months pregnant, shunned the tradition of wearing green, instead sporting a brown Catherine Walker coat.
Online shopping is easily one of my favorite little luxuries. I define “little luxury” as anything that combines shopping with staying on the couch and not deflecting the chipper, “Can I help you find something’s,” from well-meaning store associates. No fitting rooms, no lines, no problems. For a shopaholic, online shopping is practically nirvana. As convenient and therapeutic as it is to purchase a new eyeshadow palette or a pair of pumps that you’ve been eyeing with just a few clicks and the entering of your credit card number, online shopping can be tricky.
There are a lot of variables with online shopping — which is a polite way of saying that a lot of things can go wrong. The maroon dress that was the perfect color online might actually be fire engine red in person. The size M jacket that the seemingly-trustworthy size chart assured you would fit looks like it was made for your Pomeranian. And the potential financial considerations of online shopping are important, too. In my experience, when you’re not careful with your online shopping habits, you end up with a lot of purchases that you regret and a major dent in your bank account that feels a lot more real when you’re living on Captain Crunch until your next payday. To shop smart and successfully online, these are a few things every gal should do:
Jess Impiazzi had no problem celebrating her birthday walking around London’s West End in a super cheap dress that hardly covered her body. Saturday night, Jess was photographed arriving, attending, and leaving the Café de Paris wearing a skin-tight, black dress she bought at ASOS.
Her figure hugging dress had a very low neckline showing off her ample chest. (Photo courtesy of Rowen Lawrence/FameFlynet)
Last June, Natalie Samuel went through with the "big chop."
The 33-year-old Columbia resident cut off all of her chemically straightened hair in an attempt to return her mane to its tightly curled, natural state.
Robert and Pearl Williams were hitched at 12 noon on the dot on February 18, 1950, and the couple returned to the village’s historic St Mary’s Church to mark their anniversary on Wednesday last week.
The sun shone as Robert and Pearl, who was clutching a red and white bouquet, walked arm-in-arm retracing the steps they first took as a married couple all those years ago...
As we're too impatient to wait six months to see what we'll be wearing next, we turn to the pre-fall collections to point us in the right style direction. These future splurge purchases await you …
Plaids Please
A few years ago, I tried the style blogging thing. It was hardly an attempt because the total number of outfits I posted was zero, due to how ridiculous I felt pretending every time a stranger passed by that I, clearly not a model, was modelling for something and not just taking photos of myself -- because that would just be weird and kind of narcissistic, right? But I couldn't ignore that there was an opportunity there, and the world was responding quite positively to other people doing this: they were getting deals with brands, designing fashion collections, and even fronting mainstream magazine covers. Turns out, people loved looking at good style.
Bill Cunningham's portraiture in the 1970s was the very first iteration of the modern street style phenomenon. Surely style existed before then -- but it's like the well-known analogy of "If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it still make a sound?" Well, yes. The same goes with style: before the explosion of street style in the 2000s, great style was something most people only associated with their grandmothers, Audrey Hepburn or a fictional character.
Vintage style granny chic fashion like thick-rimmed glasses, floral tea dresses, frumpy cardigans and kitten heels have featured heavily on the catwalks for many seasons. Taking a cue from this popular sartorial style, we now have celebrities who have extended this trend to beauty as well.
Popstars Rihanna and Lady Gaga, singer Kelly Osbourne, reality TV star Kylie Jenner are among the many young women, who have been spotted with grey hair. And we're not talking about a few odd pesky strands; they're going the whole hog and dyeing their hair in this stale shade of silver! Closer home, designer Nandita Mahtani has been known to proudly sport grey streaks. Why is this dull hue becoming such a rage amongst young women?
A photo of rock n' roll star and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl wearing a Casa Nueva T-shirt during the band's late frontman Kurt Cobain's 1992 wedding to Courtney Love in Hawaii has been making the rounds on Athens residents' Facebook pages recently.
A photo of former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic performing while wearing what appears to be the same T-shirt has sat on Casa Nueva Restaurant and Cantina's walls for years, though that photo is now located in the restaurant's main office.
According to Egyptian news site Ahram Online, an unmarried Hamdi was “tired of being put in a pigeonhole by her family.” She was reportedly inspired by family squabbles over the fact that she is "late" for marriage.
"I just want to appear in the way my family and mother, a microcosm of society, have always pushed to see me in," Hamdi, an interior designer who is pursuing a Master's degree in performance arts, was quoted as saying by the site.
