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Club Monaco Launches at Shopbop Now

Here's a capsule collection that wins my approval! If you want effortless chic at an affordable price, you'll love this curated collaboration... In all honesty, the whole collaboration idea is getting over-saturated and over-rated. Who cares if a high-end handbag designer slaps their name on a plastique bag and sends it out to the masses? It's still an extension of a marketing scheme and something that you wouldn't/shouldn't be caught dead wearing with or without the "designer" name? But every so often there is a colloboration that makes style sense. Club Monaco at Shopbop is one. Club Monaco has been a fashion insider's not-so-secret spot for picking up fashionable pieces without an eyeball bursting price tag. Shopbop has some of

Head's up, it's Halloween costume inspiration time! Comic-Con afficionados takes their costumes VERY seriously. And they say there are some wacky get-ups during Fashion Week, both off and on the runway! Sweeties, you have not seen nuttin' yet until you pay a visit to New York Comic-Con & Anime Festival where Halloween is ringing in 3 weeks early and dressing up as your favorite comic icon is the name of the game. This beats the Halloween parade for decked-out fantasy wear. There are some rather extroidinary crafted costumes that are worthy of a double-take, a batch of fans who are more into the fantasy character than the reality of wearing something flattering, and the usual comic convention suspects of nerdy

Impromptu Madness with Sharon Haver and Brad Boles- Texting and Cell Phone Etiquette Episode 6

A little video chit chat with Sharon & Brad: Texting Tips & Cell Phone Etiquette Sharon and Brad talk housewife to housewife: Social Etiquette for being connected in public Has texting gone too far? Is it an out of control excuse for forgetting the art of conversation? Do you text while out on a date? Brad recalls some of Countess Luann deLesseps' date texting pet peeves. Do people share too many personal stories-- loudly-- on a cell phone in public? Iphone or Blackberry? Sharon's a Mac, Brad's a PC... what are you? Watch the Texting Tips & Cell Phone Etiquette video: Sharon Haver is the founder and editor in chief of FocusOnStyle.com. Brad Boles is the editor at large and

French Chic Beauty Goes Avant Garde for Paris Fashion Week

Runway Beauty Recap: Big beauty drama is big on the Parisian catwalk for Spring 2011 It's that time of the year again in Paris when fashion hits the runways and fashion is more in the forefront than usual. Runway beauty can be very different than woman on the street beauty, particularly during Paris Fashion Week - Spring 2011. However, in all of it attention-getting extremes, there are nuances for you think about for your own look. The boldest extreme brows >> MORE: Fashion Shows and Runway Reviews One very common look was the edgy blacked out dramatic brows. The bold brow was seen on the runway at the Ann Demeulemeester and Rick Owens show. Smokey eyes and rich red lips

Printemps Paris Store Windows Love New York, Mr. Brainwash Style

Retail Remedy: While we are obsessing about Paris Fashion Week, Primtemps is in LOVE with New York! The grass is always greener on the other side of a trans-Atlantic flight... Here I am living in Paris and fending off questions about the Paris Fashion Week and the Parisain department store Printemps loves New York, my former hometown. Go figure. While Paris is overflowing with some of the most styled out fashion peeps in the world and celebrating French Chic like nobody's business, Printemps is celebrating the Big Apple with these clever window displays. Michael Kors and Campbell's Soup Spray Paint Fifteen iconic New york designers including Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Diane Von Furstenberg, Alexander Wang, Ralph Lauren, Proenza Schueller and

New York, New York Spring 11 Fashion Week So Nice That We’ll Cover it Twice

Runway Review: Back to NYFW for a second look with spring hits from DKNY, Cynthia Steffe, Jeremy Scott, Cynthia Steffe, Lyn Devon at Olivier Thyskens at Theory Naveed Hussain is circling Fashion Week around the globe and takes a step back to reflect on more from New York, particularly with some of the hottest designers for all the pretty young things and those with fresh look.-- S.H. >> MORE: Fashion Shows and Runway Reviews Cynthia Steffe Cynthia Steffe spring / summer 2011 collection Cynthia Steffe spring / summer 2011 collection Cynthia Steffe spring / summer 2011 collection Cynthia Steffe, the younger girl's go-to budget friendly alternative, was on track for Spring 2011 with a collection that was chalk full of

Fashion Week Roundup- Best of Milan, Spring 2011

Runway Review: Milan goes for bold & bright statements with collections from Prada, Jil Sander, BottegaVeneta and Antonio Marras Naveed Hussain is taking Milan into consideration and here are some of his thoughts on the brightest and boldest in Italian fashion for spring 2011. --S.H. From Milan, don't expect studies on conservative minimalism, yet relish in the talent of some of the city's major talents & their bravado when it comes to going for the bold. >> MORE: Fashion Shows and Runway Reviews For Spring/Summer 2011, striking colorways & prints, intellectual takes on femininity and superior craftsmanship made for an alluring mix of modernity that played on mundane ideas of the past for statements that are achingly modern. Here's a

Impromptu Madness with Sharon Haver and Brad Boles- Episode 4, Elsa Klensch, Real Housewives, Restaurants and Dr. Ruth

A little video chit chat about Sharon & Brad and some insight on fashion journalism Sharon and Brad talk housewife to housewife: NYC Housewives, restaurants, Elsa Klensch and Dr. Ruth. Watch this episode of Impromptu Madness with Sharon & Brad: >> MORE Impromptu Madness Sharon Haver is the founder and editor in chief of FocusOnStyle.com. Brad Boles is the editor at large and also a reappearing cast member and Jill Zarin's gay husband on The Real Housewives of New York City. >> LISTEN to Sharon & Brad on blogtalkradio >> MORE FocusOnStyle videos on Youtube Sharon is wearing an Acne jacket, Barney's COOP T-shirt, and Nicole Farhi necklace, her own of course. .

Fashion Week Roundup- Best of London, Spring 2011

Runway Review: Reflections of eclectic London designers Erdem, Meadham Kirchoff, Charles Anastase, Peter Pilotto, Richard Nicoll Naveed Hussain takes us a view of Spring, 2011 quirkier and energetic London style hot off the catwalks. -- S.H. At the London shows you can always expect a generous helping of ingenuity & energy and many of our favorites did not disappoint for Spring 2011. They made a strong case on the need for new with collections that stand on their own while touching on the season's varied trends from Peter Pan collared school girl dressing to artfully ladylike to clean yet conceptual minimalism. London's promising young talents are growing up and their work is only getting more confident in realization. Here's a

David Elfin Spring 2011 Fashion Show, New York and Madrid is Crisp, Clean and Modern

Runway Review: The designer shows in 2 cities and sticks to HIS architectural design Davidelphin spring 2011- New York Davidelfin cuts a mean pattern... And sticks to his guns too! The Spanish designer who shows both at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York and then at Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week is true to his architectural and somewhat austere design aesthetic. Davidelfin's fine modern classic tailoring is best appreciated up close. Particularly in New York, where floaty fabrics and sandy colors reigned supreme, the Davidelfin spring collection was a jolt in the arm for the woman who just wanted to stick to her 90's minimalist guns or whatever you want to call someone who prefers her clothing lean, clean, and mean. >>

Marc Jacobs Spring 2011 Runway Review: Reflections of Marc Jacobs, Rodarte, Jason Wu, Donna Karan spring summer 2011 Naveed Hussain has been taking a breathe and pondering New York Fashion Week- not as piece by piece but by show, to see what stood out above the NYFW fray and complexities of the week. -- S.H. We've been doing a lot of whining at the pace and scale of fashion in this day and age of globalism and an unsteady economy. Fashion today has become a world-wide beast, it's everywhere, and isn't that a good thing? Shouldn't this mean we are all sitting at home with a closet full of the best we can buy? Okay well, that is possible, but

Wacky Fantasy Nail Art Has Its Own Olympics

Odd but True: Nailympics 2010, the global ‘Olympic Games of fake nails... in Britain, of course! Gotta love these talons... The British love bizarre contests but they've all scrathed the surface until this one that digs deep! I've seem some crazy, freaky long nails in my time, mostly on my old bank teller. Come to think of it, on many bank tellers. They're the kind of nails that curl to no end and create all sorts of strange hygienic visions that I'd rather skip. Nailympics 2010 at the Olympia Beauty Show in London However, every once in a while there are some ultra fantastc, super exotic works of nail art and now they have their own "Olympics" of sorts. The

How to Dress for Your Body Type, Maternity Style, Commuting Shoes, Big Girl Style and the crazed world of Brad Boles

Commuting shoes, bus lanes, legendary ladies, and the anything goes but you... UN Lane! The domino traffic effect... Forget New York City when the UN is in session like it was last week! That and the fact that we New Yorkers become subjected to traffic backup for miles in the kind of grid lock not even found on a Cartier bracelet. Think about my friend, the time-challenged Lauren Arpel. Crazy traffic makes Lauren dizzy, therefore she showed up in the WRONG Italian restaurant for a dinner I organized with my very own editor in chief Sharon Haver and the gorgeous Julie Anne Rhodes from The Roving Stove who was in from Los Angeles. Imagine the wrong Italian restuatant-- oh sure,

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