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Georgia May Jagger for Rimmel London

Finally we’re happy to show off the latest ads from Rimmel London featuring the alluring young daughter of Jerry Hall and Mick Jagger. Blessed with her father’s signature lips, Georgia May Jagger pouts her way through Rimmel London’sNew Colour Show Off Lipstick ads. Of course they’ve put her luscious lips to good use but the pictures are a little too toothy for our liking. Perhaps its because she is just 17-years-old and you can’t sex up a young girl too much.

Personally we prefer Coco Rocha’s ads over Georgia’s.

Once you’ve had enough, check out the television commercial . it’s pretty much the same pouting, but somehow it makes us want to buy the lipstick more than the print ads.

New Chanel Scent: Chance Eau Tendre

Chanel Chance Eau Tendre (lit. Luck Tender Water) is the newest addition to the Chance fragrance franchise which was inaugurated in 2002. The house is presenting it as a fruity-floral twist on Chance Eau de Parfum (there is also an eau de toilette and an extrait.) It is signed by in-house head perfumer Jacques Polge. When the progenitor Chance launched it was said that the scent was made to feel deliberately young. In 2007 Chance became fresher with Eau Fraîche. In 2010, the name Eau Tendre and the pink-colored jus suggest further interest in appealing to still younger women. Smelling side by side Chance EDP and Chance Eau Tendre, I have to admit that the most recent iteration of Chance does make Chance EDP smell older even mustier (it’s a chypre.) It is as if brands – not just Chanel (cf. Miss Dior Eau Fraîche) are now looking for the fountain of youth in fragrance formulation to appeal to the Millenial Generation.

Chance Eau Tendre opens on a very green, very radiant tart and sweet plummy quince with undertones of pencil shavings (cedar wood). The fruity and woodsy notes soon become much more present and pungent with traces of cumin while the white, transparent and salty musks amplify. The fruits in the composition by now have become more stewed-like in quality (cf. J’Adore by Dior). In the midst of the transparent and crisp grassy scent there is an aura of darkness that hangs about like the sheer-veil-like presence of a dark fruity chypre of yore (cf. Femme de Rochas.)…

It seems to me that the fragrance then showcases a perfectly controlled and consensual-smelling rose-jasmine floral core blended with smooth white vanilla (gardenia too?) and cedar wood, all meant to feel just so. It feels like it is following in the footsteps of woodsy emancipation for women, after it’s become more widely accepted. The aim here is clearly to feel familiar and comforting. It brings to mind the vision of a group of fresh-faced fifteen year old girls or so shopping for perfume together at that age when peer mentality is at its apogee and you tend to band together. They look lovely, bashful and might wonder what the others think about the perfume they are testing. It’s the whole point of this group outing, isn’t it? Well, this is the kind of vanillic rose that will probably please the gentle and pretty girls in that charming group and make them smile. Chance Eau Tendre is less femme than the chypré Chance Eau de Parfum, adopting more of the creamy-crisp green and vanillic facet of Daisy by Marc Jacobs but also replaying the green transparency of Chance Eau Fraîche thanks to an aquatic bamboo-shoot tonality. A green-blue accord is also perceptible with the hyacinth and iris.

Chance Eau Tendre is a musky floral – a casual genre of feminine fragrance. It is not as tender as its name might suggest thanks to the relatively assertive woods, the dark sensual fruits and the musky pungency, but it is at the core a virginal, innocent perfume pretending to be a bit naughty. It is a downy floral musk fragrance made for peachy girls whose cheeks are still lined with baby down. Daisy by Marc Jacobs by comparison is much more of a closet-vixen with its sexy creamy sandalwood drydown which appears demure at first then reveals a much more sensual personality. It is like the difference between someone who will be carded and busted and someone who could still be carded yet handed a bottle of white wine over the counter in the end.

Notes: grapefruit, hyacinth, jasmine absolute, iris absolute, white musk, amber, cedar wood.

Celebrity Hair Colorist Marie Robinson Opens New York City Salon

Marie Robinson, formerly of Sally Hershberger Salon, colorist to Uma Thurman, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and more, has branched out on her own.

Robinson opened her own salon (with business partner and stylist Abell Oujaddou) in New York City’s Flatiron neighborhood this week. She had been with Hershberger’s salon for six and a half years and her departure was
unexpected.

Robinson has been widely known for her seamless sun-kissed highlights for years, as well as her understated demeanor in what can be a catty workplace. Without solicitation, seven of Hershberger’s staff followed Robinson to the new salon. When WWD asked Robinson to explain, she speculated that “due to Hershberger’s busy schedule, [Robinson] ultimately ‘became a liaison between the employees and Sally. I think we became a very tight family [because of her absence].'” Hershberger’s absence can be traced to three eponymous salons, and the launch of two successful product lines — a
mass haircare line in 2008 and her recent HSN line launch, Salon.

The new salon, designed by James Huniford, boasts 26 chairs, huge windows and both
Shu Uemura and Davines hair care lines. Makeup artist and brow guru Landy Dean will take up residence, and global stylist Danilo will occasionally work from the salon.

As WWD reports, many stylists eventually leave the nest and strike out on their own. Robinson and Hershberger have know each other for 11 years; they met while working at the John Frieda salon, where Robinson ultimately became Hershberger’s personal colorist and remained so until this upheaval.

Robinson’s final words:

“It wasn’t personal,” Robinson said of her decision to leave. “It was business. [Hershberger’s] incredible. If I hadn’t started my own salon, she would have been my only boss,” Robinson said.

We’ll take highlights from Marie Robinson
anywhere we can get them. She’s that good.

The Marie Robinson Salon is located in New York City.

Madonna teams with daughter Lola on fashion line

When Madonna needed inspiration for her latest fashion collection, she didn’t have to look far. The pop icon teamed up with her 13-year-old daughter Lourdes to create Material Girl, an affordablejuniors’ clothing line that debuts at Macy’s this fall.

This is not Madonna’s first foray into designing. In 2007, she worked with H&M to create a limited edition collection, M by Madonna. This time around, her venture into fashion will be long-lasting: She has launched a new company called MG ICON which, in addition to producing the juniors’ line, will also put out other collections including eyewear.

The Material Girl collection includes jeans, shoes, fingerless gloves, necklaces and other accessories. Many of the pieces are inspired by Madonna and her daughter’s dance roots.

Madonna recently spoke about Material Girl, her relationship with Lourdes (nicknamed Lola) and her fashion risks and regrets.

Yohji Yamamoto plans flagship store in China

Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto plans to open a flagship store in China in coming years as his brand, despitefiling for bankruptcy last year, eyes Asia’s growing class of luxury shoppers.

The iconic designer, famous for his black minimalist creations, said after a Tokyo show Thursday night that he plans to open new shops for his eponymous label in China, although he did not set a specific date.

The fashion house, founded in the 1970s, is undergoing restructuring with help from investment fund Integral Corporation after crumbling under a mountain of debt worth 67 million dollars amid the global economic crisis.

“I am receiving ample funds to pursue my operations. The bankruptcy filing has in no way hampered my creativity,” the 66-year-old told reporters.

The avant-garde designer made his homecoming on Thursday, holding a men’s show in Japan for the first time in nearly two decades, which attracted a crowd of 3,000 spectators and celebrities.

The fashion house already has several stores of its Y’s brand in China as well as its Y-3 sportswear line co-branded and distributed by Adidas.

Yamamoto electrified the fashion world in the 1980s with austere white and black designs that contrasted with the decade’s extravagance and colourful exuberance.

With luxury sales slumping in traditional markets in Japan, the United States and Europe, fashion houses are shifting their focus to emerging economies such as China, India, Brazil and Russia.

Although Japan has long been a big market for luxury brands, China has become the Asian hotspot for establishing their regional flagship stores.

Louis Vuitton opened its Asian flagship store in Shenzhen last year, and Italy’s Bottega Veneta opened its own two weeks ago in Taiwan. Salvatore Ferragamo is to open its largest Asian store in Shanghai this month.

Nolé received his Blackout Award

In March 2010, Nolé Marin receives the Vanguard Awards of Excellence for fashion styling.

Runway Magazine is proud to have Nolé on our team.

May many more awards find their way into his living room.

Oxford Fashion Week

“…Oxford still remains the most beautiful thing in England, and nowhere else are life and art so exquisitely blended, so perfectly made one.”
– Oscar Wilde

Oxford is a city enriched not only by its remarkable history and its aesthetic beauty, but by its synthesis of ‘life’ and ‘art’. Oxford has forever lured creative spirits and intellectual beings – individuals in pursuit of profound experiences, seeking to engage intensely in all and everything, those who collectively, characterize this unique location.

Fashion is a synthesis of ‘life’ and ‘art’. It is cultural, ideological, and personal expression. Oxford is a finely crafted centerpiece for a week which celebrates this synthesis of ‘life’ and ‘art’.

Oxford Fashion Week is a week-long celebration of fashion, not as an industry, but as this form of expression and each one of the week’s events embodies this understanding of fashion. OFW is not conceived of as a competitor to the fashion weeks set in intensely controlled urbanized locations, such as London, New York, or Paris but rather as a new, varied series of refined events which offer their attendees an experience entirely incomparable to any other.

Though each of the week’s events has its own defining features and celebrates a unique element or feature of fashion, the events are unified in this regard. Thus, they are prestigious in their own right; the events that constitute OFW only feature the finest, appeal to the finest, celebrate the finest – as it may be distinctively defined for each event.

OFW functions as a platform upon which innovative designs from around the world may be presented and explored, ideas may be exchanged, personal connections may be forged; simply, a platform upon which this artistic form of expression may be honored, celebrated, and advanced.

OFW offers sponsors, partners, designers, industry professionals, and all attendees a series of unique experiences, each designed to explore a particular element of fashion, to investigate the nature of this synthesis of ‘life’ and ‘art’ and celebrate its finest creations.

ttp://oxfordfashionweek.org/

Fashion Rio Spring/Summer

For a city where ladies and gents are clad in teeny bikinis and swim trunks most of the time, the designers behind Rio’s Fall/Winter 2010 Fashion Week kept the rest of us in mind. The barely-there swimsuits last (Spring/Summer) season are swapped with darker hues, a bit more fabric, and some great sources of inspiration. Check out a highlight of the best looks from Rio Fashion Fall/Winter 2010 below, filled with contrasting textures, cool color palettes (blues, greys, greens), and butt-grazing hemlines (it is Brazil after all)!

http://ffw.com.br/

Milano Moda Pre Collezioni Spring

Vista la crescente rilevanza delle pre-collezioni, che costituiscono almeno due terzi del fatturato globale, Camera Nazionale della Moda si è attivata con un’iniziativa ad hoc: la promozione ed il coordinamento di un calendario di presentazione delle pre-collezioni donna che conta, non solo su un’impostazione strettamente business to business, ma anche su sfilate tecniche e presentazioni.

Il progetto milanese ha lo scopo di andare incontro alle esigenze degli operatori, tenendo conto dell’evoluzione dei mercati. Tale evento rafforza la leadership italiana, facendo diventare Milano la capitale del sistema moda internazionale, l’imprescindibile riferimento mondiale del settore e la dimostrazione che la Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana è in grado di cogliere le evoluzioni dei mercati.

http://www.cameramoda.it/intro.php

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Mexico Autumn/Winter

It starts off as being a “Fashion Week” with the name “Dias de Moda” by 2003 it’s a renewed and consolidated as a world leader in Fashion in Mexico by the name of Fashion Week Mexico. This event that focuses its catwalks to Mexico’s most recognized designers. Being ideal for the designers that participate in the global industry of fashion. Fashion Week Mexico has become a prestige event, which has more than 10,000 people show up every season, with the top buyers worlwide, celebrities, designers, and press. Autumn-Winter is presented in April and Spring-Summer in October

http://www.mercedes-benzfashion.com/

THE MAN BEHIND THE MUSIC: GEORGE HODOS TALKS FASHION

Meet, Russian singing sensation George Hodos, who has made his mark on the music industry in a short period of time. From his fashion sense to his amazing singing talents, George is one artist you need to watch in 2010.

George found success with his debut album, which was aptly titled “The Voice.” George’s single, “Where Do I Go” helped him skyrocket to the top of the Russian charts making him a household name in his native country. Now George has aimed his sites on the United States with the release of his new album “George Hodos- Just A Man.” George’s first single off his album, “Just A Man” featuring Snoop Dogg which will be released May 4th, has already topped radio charts appearing on Billboard’s Mike Bordes Sprint Radio Alltel Playlist, Nextmusic Charts, and is currently #32 on Billboards Promo-only Chart.

We got to chat with this music genius to discuss his personal style, favorite designers, and how his music and style go hand in hand.

What would you say is your personal fashion style?
It’s elegant but simple! My style consists of mostly soft colors such as black, beiges, and blues. I like high quality fabric and generally not with too much detail, so to say. I never want my clothes to cover my personality, I want my clothes help express my personality.

How does your music influence your fashion style?
They complement one another. If you ask me to describe my music, I would use almost the same words as I use to describe my style: simple and elegant with a soft colors, very high quality production and a lot of expression.

Who are your favorite designers and why?
Armani. He has great style and perfect taste. His collections never scream, but instead they tell a story. I also love the Russian designer, Sergey Soroka. He used to be my personal stylist for many years. His style is close to Armani but a little less conservative when it comes to the clothes he wants me to wear on stage. Sergey really knows how to work with colors and always knows which colors complement each person. Clothes are a special language for me. Clothes help us to connect with the world and create a beauty every day.