LES menswear designer, Robert James recently opened a pop-up shop of his By Robert James label in John Allan’s in NYC. Have you ever been to John Allan’s? It’s a total club house, complete with billiards, cafe, gallery space and more notably a hair and nail salon complete with shoe shine services.
Prior the the announcement of the two combining forces, I had never even heard of John Allan’s. Possibly because it’s tucked away on a quiet street in TriBeCa and ever since
I love Pat Benatar. I have so many memories of her music growing up. She was on Oprah today talking about the challenges of being a female musician in an age of a male dominated rockers. And it’s pretty incredible what she accomplished and how much she helped pave the way for women today. I mean come on, she was the first solo female rocker to appear on MTV! That’s epic!
Anyways, I haven’t read her recent memoir, but by virtue of the genius of the name of it, I decided to post about it. Ready for it? (incase you missed it in the title of my post or the fact that it’s been out for months and by now this is old news), “Between A Heart and A Rock Place“. If I can judge this book by it’s cover, I’d say it’s very clever!
“I’m so excited to be working with ghd, especially using their tools on my California Dreams Tour to get me stage ready. ghd products have a reputation of being the best products in the biz, and I like being associated with that. I’m very excited to reveal the styles I did with legendary David LaChapelle,” says Katy Perry, the new face of the professional hair styling brand, ghd.
The global campaign was shot by world renouned photographer David La Chapelle and styled by Perry’s stylist Johnny Wujek –I’m loving this boho image, that necklace is gorg!! And I like
Help provide relief efforts to the children of Japan…attend Eat, Pray, Heal Japan: A Night To Benefit The Children Of Japan on Thursday, April 14th at Bowery Hotel from 7:00pm – 10:00pm.
*** Proceeds will go to U.S. Fund for UNICEF. ***
To purchase tickets and/or to donate visit: http://eatprayhealjapan.eventbrite.com/
This morning I was on a segment for the Today Show (I was literally asked to do it last night), that circled around the challenges of working for women vs. men and my choice to get out of a full-time role and become a consultant (and start prettyconnected.com). The segment was derived from a recent study that women are not nurturing towards other women in the workforce and “men exceeded women in receiving job-related support from female supervisors”. Also that more than twice as many people would rather work for a man over a women.
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Fostering a career in the beauty/fashion industry has made me no stranger to female bosses. And it is disappointing to see segments of this nature and hear stories of nightmare women bosses and toxic working environments; what’s worse is the reality of the situation. Early in my career,
In their 6th year of honoring women dedicated to volunteering and community service, L’Oreal Paris is opening the nominations for the 2011 Women of Worth Award. The Women of Worth program is searching for inspiring women, selfless givers and outstanding achievers to be recognized for their hard work and dedication to charitable programs and volunteerism in their communities.
Sound like someone you know? Nominate them! From today, (April 11th) through June 30th you can enter yourself of someone you know who’s making a difference by volunteering at womenofworth.com.
Ten incredible honorees will be chosen for their significant contributions and receive $10,000 for her charitable cause. One National Honoree will be chosen
Back in February, Lucky Magazine hosted their inaugural Fashion and Beauty Blog (FABB) Conference, powered by Revlon. Over the course of the day Revlon filmed a segment asking each of us two makeup questions: “What is your power color?” and “What is your power makeup pick?”
There were 150 bloggers in attendance at FABB and only a handful were featured. I am so honored to have made the cut–much less be be highlighted for both questions!
The video can also be viewed on Revlon’s Facebook page and new YouTube channel and Lucky Magazine’s Facebook page, so check them out and be sure to let them know what your power color is.
Speaking of video segments…I’m excited to announce that I’ll be collaborating with The Look on The Pulse Network. More details to come (and of course I’ll post it once I’m done with the shoot).
Mex and the City is a very cool cultural website and blog created to promote the free thinking, enterprising, and artistic efforts of young creatives in New York City. Created by Marina Garcia-Vasquez, Iris Avelar, Ruby Vizcarra and Erika Mercado, it is a blog that speaks about the increasing Mexican culture in the New York landscape in a fun and personal tone.
Basically they are the authorities on all things Mex in this city and throw incredibly fun events. Last night we celebrated their one year anniversary at the Hous Projects, a very cool space decorated in their blog posts! So creative… It was a hip crowd, toasting with delicious margaritas by Milagro tequila, bonding over photo booth
Growing up, Louis Boston was everything that exemplified high-end fashion. Great clothes, quality products and an iconic location residing in a historic building on Boston’s Newbury Street. The interior was beyond classy, and they even had a restaurant called Boston Public. Despite barely being able to afford anything in it, it was really a very special store; one I’d marvel at similarly to a museum with an exceptional fashion exhibit–all year round. This past trip to Boston I made it a point to stop by and low and behold it’s completely abandoned *heart break*.
After some further investigation it would appear Louis is not lost, just moved. But still, I would like to take a moment and reflect on the store that once was.
While I do consider myself a New Yorker (we’re going on our 10th anniversary in September!), truth be told I’m originally from Boston. Well technically Belmont, a little suburban town all of 15minutes outside of Boston. I don’t really have a lot of Boston pride, except for when it comes to Red Sox-Yankee games, otherwise the only thing I think Boston has on us is cell phone service on the train. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great place to visit, I just wouldn’t want to live there again.
Although after a decade of trips home, only in the past month have I ever stayed at hotels (which is so unnecessary, especially since I think my dad’s new house could qualify as a hotel). Although by doing so it’s been a completely different experience. Last month I was at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge (for a wedding), and this past week at The Colonnade in Boston. This past trip has somewhat changed my stance that I maybe I could live in Massachusetts again if The Colonnade was my permanent
