Oscar Gowns and Gaffes
Feb28

Oscar Gowns and Gaffes

When it comes to the Academy Awards, the ultra white-hot impact red carpet photographs have a shelf life of years, if not decades. One false fashion move can follow you forever, and we’re afraid Melissa Leo made it. The best supporting actress winner has actually come up in our estimation for breaking the mold during the highly political awards season campaigning. Let’s not forget no one had really heard of her until a few years ago...

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Halle in a See-Through Red Dress! Demi in a Messy, Waist-Length Braid! Boardwalk Triumphs Again, in a Big Night at the CDG Awards
Feb23

Halle in a See-Through Red Dress! Demi in a Messy, Waist-Length Braid! Boardwalk Triumphs Again, in a Big Night at the CDG Awards

If there was ever a place where you’re going to be judged on what you’re wearing, it’s at the Costume Designers Guild Awards. At the star-studded 13th annual ceremonies at the Beverly Hilton, some of the ensembles literally took your breath away. Talk about a stunner, she’s baaaaaaaaaaaaack. Halle Berry had been (a little bit) under the radar, since the Golden Globes at least, in a messy custody battle with her former flame Gabriel...

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Comfy New Fashion Trend: Pajama Jeans
Feb02

Comfy New Fashion Trend: Pajama Jeans

Especially in the chilly mornings of winter, have you ever wished you could just roll out of bed, put on a warm coat and go on a coffee or errand run without really getting dressed? Oh, and not look like you just rolled out of bed?  Well, now you can wear your pajamas out the door without emulating that Michael Jackson going to the courthouse in his PJs look. We wouldn’t really recommend this for the office, but we are talking about...

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All That Glitters
Jan18

All That Glitters

One of the rites of awards season is celebrity stylist Michael O’Connor hitting town from New York, setting up shop at a swank Beverly Hills hotel, and recommending his precious picks to grace the ears, necks, arms, fingers and lapels of nominees and presenters. With a security guard watching over the treasure trove of more than 150 pieces of fine jewelry in his suite, O’Connor, in partnership with StyleLab, helped guests including...

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A New Retail Concept

Located away from the main retail district of Beverly Hills, and just adjacent to the Thompson Hotel awaits a new retail experience, almost the antithesis of Saks, Neiman and Barneys.  It’s the just-opened flagship store Devon, the brainchild of creative director Scott Devon. The 6,000 square-foot emporium– once the site of a Chevron station–is filled with premium denim, leather, fine jewelry, timepieces, home...

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