Care for some Caviar?

By: Y-Yen (Bambi) Nguyen

Twitter: @bambi_nguyen

Photo courtesy of: http://www.michellephan.com

I first heard about Caviar Manicures through makeup guru Michelle Phan when she had instagrammed a photo of her wearing it on her nails. This look first came when models in Cushie et Och’s Fall 2011 fashion show were seen sporting this look on their nails. Caviar Manicure’s is an Avant-garde look that adds a 3-D affect to your nails. Ciate a UK nail polish brand just created a kit that has been released online and in Sephora stores in 3 different bead colors; rainbow, mother of pearl, and black pearls. However with this upcoming trend the downfall is that the kit costs $25 and only stays on your nails for 48 hours. The question is will this nail trend last as long as the caviar on your nails or will people look past the down fall and caviar their nails.

Rainbow

Mother of Pearl

Black Pearl

Photos courtesy of: http://www.sephora.com 

Ciate Website

http://www.ciate.co.uk/caviar-manicure.html

To Purchase Online at Sephora

http://www.sephora.com/ciate-caviar-manicure-tm-P311207

This Fall Show Some SKIN!

By: Jayne Peres

Iconic Canadian leather retail fashion giant DANIER and design duo, Stephen Wong and Kirk Pickersgill of Greta Constantine announced their collaboration set to hit stores this Fall 2011.

The partnership will unveil a capsule collection called Greta Constantine SKIN, under the DANIER name. The collection will consist of bold fashion basic's and staple items that will be available at a select few of the DANIER locations.

The collection will comprise of six different looks. SKIN will take a combination of both types of customer's in a bolder direction aimed to inspire their everyday dressing. SKIN will see the elegant Greta Constantine women re-imagined for the broader demographics of the DANIER brand.

There's No Stopping Her...Rachel Zoe Reveals New Fashion Line

On days when I am feeling overwhelmed with my hectic and somewhat crazy schedule, I think to myself "WWZD?" In other words, What Would Zoe Do?

As one of the most famous American celebrity stylists, star of the reality show The Rachel Zoe Project, author of Style: A to Zoe, and so much more, Rachel Zoe is one busy woman. Even at 7 months pregnant, Zoe manages to put most of us to shame with her heavy workload. To add insult to injury, she looks fabulous while doing it.

Not one to be slowed down by pregnancy, the superstar stylist has been busy working on her first line, The Rachel Zoe Collection. According to WWD, the collection is "pure Zoe-tailored: dramatic with a 70s flare." However Zoe says "I'd imagine everybody is expecting something from me that's kind of a 70s, uberboho-glam kind of thing and very accessorized. And it's not." So what can we expect then?

The collection reportedly includes a lot of suiting, a le smoking-esque tuxedo jumpsuit, capes for outerwear, and four inch high stilettos with massive platforms. Unlike her affordable collection for QVC, prices for The Rachel Zoe Collection will range from $250 for a day dress to $700 for a full tuxedo look.

The collection will hit stores in the fall, although no retailers have been secured as of yet. What can we expect in the meantime from this busy mother-to-be? Plenty it seems, despite being told to slow down by doctors. Her Bravo series will capture the development of the collection from start to finish and she will be seen by Anne Hathaway's side at the Oscars to help with outfit changes, eight months pregnant and in four inch heels undoubtedly.

Talk about an inspiration to get moving...or a way to make me feel bad about my apparent laziness! Check out her upcoming collection below

Orange Ya Glad!?

by Derek Dotto

Finally! Menswear designers are learning to say "no!" to black and grey, and pick up a new colour palette, emphasis on colour.

While achromatic looks still ruled the runways in Paris and Milan, the collections were uncharacteristically bright this season. The stand out for Fall 2011: Orange! From tangerine to burnt sunrise, designers experimented with shades and hues more typically seen during the warmer months.

Almost 20 collections featured pieces in orange. For some it was an accent only seen on one or two garments, like at Burberry and Georgio Armani. Others used the warm hue to carry the collection. At Jil Sander, it looked as though someone spilled a bag of Doritos all over the runway. Creative director Raf Simons incorporated orange into more than half a dozen looks in the form of knit tops, as well as a blazer and trousers.

My pick for the best handling of this often-tricky colour would be at Mugler. For his debut collection with the legendary fashion house, Lady Gaga’s stylist, Nicola Formichetti, countered intense, black, sharp-shouldered, latex-laden looks with an equally intense shade that can be most closely compared to that of a traffic cone. Applied to a slim suit (left), cropped jacket, and baggy, pleated trousers, this colour provided a much-needed lightness to the show.

Alas, you won’t see me wearing any of this anytime soon. No it’s not just the price tag on these labels that scares me off. As a self-confessed semi-ginger, orange just isn’t my colour.

Burberry Fall 2011

Georgio Armani Fall 2011

Jil Sander Fall 2011

Mugler Fall 2011

(All photos courtesy of Style.com)