Say hello to the Heidi Klum you can take home to meet the family, the Heidi Klum Barbie. She may not be 5?9 like the Victoria’s Secret Angel, but this like the model and Project Runway host, this Barbie had her outfit custom made – by Robert Best, former Project Runway 4 contestant and long time fashion designer for Mattel nonetheless.
The Los Angeles–based William Rast brand is celebrating its European expansion with parties in Paris, London and Berlin. The brainchild of musician Justin Timberlake and business partner Trace Ayala, William Rast has partnered with key retailers to showcase its garments and is hosting runway shows and parties that capture the brand’s “New America” theme.
MAC Nail Trend F/W 09 by Jin Soon Choi for M.A.C
* U.S. Launch Date: August 27th, 2009
* International Launch Date: September 2009
* Cool Reserve Mid-tone grey lavender
* For Fun Rich purple
* Dance All Night Brick red
* Rich Dark Delicious Rich blackened brown
* Dry Martini Khaki olive green
* Beyond Jealous Blackened blue green
Beauty has-beens are back—at least at Marc Jacobs’ fall 2009 show. “The hair and makeup is quite out there,” admits Guido, Redken’s creative consultant, mane master for the production. “Too much gel, too much spray, too much teasing—it begs the question of what is good taste?” So why recreate the overstyled dos of the ’80s? “Marc was fed up with the ponytail and the knot, and he just wanted to do something crazy,” says Guido.
To mimic the structured nature of Jacobs’ collection, Guido “formed shapes out of the hair by scrunching it just right.”
After the Indian-inspired collections 2008 brought us i.e. Lancôme Maharani Jewels and Manish Arora for M.A.C Cosmetics, Givenchy is gearing up to launch its spring summer 2009 collection in July, drawing exotic influences from the Bollywood genre. Inspired by Indian beauty, make-up artist Nicolas Degennes created an extravagantly colourful range of key products in pinks, oranges, golds and silvers.
