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Christmas Windows Paris- Printemps Loves Lanvin and Alber Elbaz for Holiday

Retail Remedy: Everybody loves Lanvin! Can Alber Elbaz do no wrong? Window shop these Paris holiday windows and see... Noel au Chateau where Mr & Mrs Lanvin once lived is the theme of this year's haute Paris Christmas windows... Printemps Paris The windows at Printemps are delightfully enchanting this year. Alber Elbaz, head designer for Lanvin, was chosen to create the windows this year. The theme is Noel au Chateau, and represents the famous Chateau Mr. & Mrs. Lanvin lived in. Marionettes styled after Mr. & Mrs. Lanvin dance their way through the various rooms of the chateau in each window with one of them being haunted by ghosts. >> LOOK at more beautiful store windows from Printemps Paris Actress

Sally Bass Wearable Art- Jewelry to Covet

The bolder the better to wear and admire I caught up with wearable art designer Sally Bass in Jackson Hole this summer and thought there is no time better for you to discover her amazing, unique one-of-a-kind jewelry than right now! Her bold and striking creations are perfect to gift yourself or to someone who has everything. Sally Bass Sally Bass jewelry is not for the fashionably shy. Many of the large-scale designs are so distinctive, or as she puts it --there are no ordinary production pieces here-- that you you may also want to keep the jewelry on permanent display as a work of art for your home when you are not wearing them. READ: More about Art The

How to Wear Animal Prints and Mixed Prints video fashion tips:.There's an art to mixing loud patterns & prints, here's how to master it... Sharon has her vintage leopard on-- yup, when vintage looks rights, it means it's a classic!Brad says that leopard is his signature pattern in decorating and has a leopard carpet in his his home as well. But how do you mix prints and pull off leopard or other bold animal prints without coming off like a crazy lady gone even madder? Our fashion and style experts, co-hosts Sharon Haver & Brad Boles tell you how in another hilarious and fact-filled episode of Impromptu madness. Watch How to Wear Animal Prints and Mixed Prints- Impromptu Madness with

Robert Verdi’s Hot Celebrity Holiday Gift Video

'Cause celebrities are naughty and nice... and they LOVE gifts! You know that around here at FocusOnStyle, Sharon has no patience for dry, route, and the same old style advice. Fashion should be fun and all fashion experts should certainly have a sense of humor... after all, who wants to be told to burn that sausage dress from someone as snappy as an undertaker? Sharon and Brad have been vlogging some hysterical tips about What to Wear to an Office Holiday Party, What To Wear & How to Plan a Holiday Party at Home, and What to Wear to A Holiday Party In The Country and the holidays are a time to share. So, here's a fun take on holiday

Lady Gaga Costumes for Monster Ball Tour by Giorgio Armani, a collaboration that’s out of this world

Giorgio Armani & Lady Gaga may be the oddest of fashion bedfellows, but what magic it is! They are at it again... Giorgio Armani sketch of a Lady Gaga costume of his design First there was the series of outfits that included the haute couture satellite dress-- one of our favorite Gaga costumes-- that Giorgio Armani designed for Lady Gaga for the 2010 Grammy Awards. And now, there's more in the insane pairing of over-the-top spectacular, yet still elegant collaboration, to come from the genius collaboration of Giorgio Armani and Lady Gaga that the designer calls a "stimulating and enjoyable challenge." We'll say as these costumes are a far cry from the tailored power suits designed for Naomi Watts in

Classic Chic Gifts- The 5 Best Style Essentials to Fashion Up Her Wardrobe

Confession: I'm not a crazy gift kind of girl. But WE all need some of these MUST-HAVE pieces in our wardrobe. Don't get me wrong, nothing beats the surprise of a gift. But what about all those weird things that some poor soul went out on a limb finding because "you would never get it yourself," like a ridiculous pair of fuchsia chacha slippers because they look so hot in the store! Listen up, you do not want to burden the recipient with ideas about how to get rid of your wacky gift when you can give something classic and chic that endures. No wardrobe cannot be without some solid, go-to items that live on longer than the season itself.

Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Designer Todd Thomas Talks About What’s Behind Those Sexy Costumes

In Their Words: Todd Thomas helps you get your sexy on! Every day is the real deal, not the dress rehearsal. Step it up. Full speed ahead. Gorgeous & sexy models. Skimpy costumes. Over-the top theatrics. More fun than a week in Las Vegas. Flirty & frothy glam fun. Did any one say, lingerie fashion show? Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it's that time of year again. Todd Thomas is the creative genius and head designer behind the larger-than-life lingerie inspired costumes at the 2010 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. I was able to have Todd answer a few questions about his inspiration behind those wildly sexy costumes and how YOU can bring some of that crazy glam sexiness into YOUR life.

Travel Underwear to Maybe Block Your Naughty Bits Along With That TSA Radiation

Wacky Invention of the Day: Keeping the junk in your trunk personal when you travel the friendlier than usual skies Women's Brief Blocker with Clasped Hands motif from rockyflatsgear.com Now that those pesky TSA full-body scanners are in place, one wouldn't necessarily want their privates on display and risk possible radiation damage when inhaling lousy airport air is bad enough. So, here comes Jeff Buske, a Colorado-based inventor behind Rocky Flats Gear who has come up with a line of underwear that, as its web site claims, "insures privacy of medical and body scanner images" and can be worn "every day to block natural and man-made radiation." According to a statement in the LA TImes, the TSA has said repeatedly

Sales Start NOW- Our Favorite Shopbop Discount Deal Codes

Shopbop Discount Code: Black Friday, Cyber Monday, who needs the craziness when the online deals are already here?! What do we want more than great clothes, no lines, and fantastic savings? Shopbop Biggest SALE Not much. Shopbop started there BIGGEST SALE EVER! In addition to 20% off hundreds of new items-- look at the Club Monaco for Shopbop line that we love-- Shopbop's spend-n-save event kicks off today! Spend $250 and get $50 off.Spend $500 and get $100 off. Spend $750 and get $150 off. Spend $1,000 and get $250 off. AND, spend $1,500+ and get a whopping $500 off! ALLYOU NEED TO DO IS TO ENTER THIS DISCOUNT DEAL CODE AT CHECKOUT: Enter BIGEVENT at checkout. SHOPBOP TERMS:Offer begins

Thanksgiving Survival Tips- Impromptu Madness with Sharon Haver and Brad Boles, Episode 15

How to Avoid Turkey Day Disasters! Entertaining tips to make the most of Thanksgiving, even if you are a vegetarian. Plus, what excuse do the The Real Housewives of New York City use to leave a party early???? Huh, huh, don't you wannna know? Co-hosts Sharon Haver & Brad Boles are getting loopy with Thanksgiving Survival Tips. In the last video, Brad brought up Sharon's least favorite, jewelry... basic pearls! Now, it's the smell of turkey cooking that makes her queasy! Maybe it's time to hit Brad's weak spots soon????? Thanksgiving Survival Tips and How to Avoid Turkey Day disasters: Watch more Impromptu Madness with Sharon & Brad Video topics include: Since Sharon was never able to stand the smell

How to Wear Pearls, Keeping It Young- Impromptu Madness with Sharon Haver and Brad Boles, Episode 14

Co-hosts Sharon Haver & Brad Boles are going at it point / counterpoint again, and this time it's about pearls! Brad loves them and Sharon says that the classic, single strand ones add 15 years to your look. If you're going to wear pearls, make it edgy and off-handed or you'll remind her of Grandma with the mink stole looking for her second husband in Miami! David Bromstad, Sharon Haver, Brad Boles at the GLAAD Auction. Photo thumb via: Patrick McMullan Company Fast forward to Miami of today and Brad is still going gaga about their meeting the charming and talented David Bromstad of HGTV's "Color Splash" at the GLAAD Auction in New York this weekend. It's one of Sharon's

Office Chic, is obviously the way to dress but what's chic to some may be cheap to others. Check out these fashion tips to bone up on your job interview style. Can't keep co-hosts Sharon Haver & Brad Boles down, in lucky episode 13 of their Impromptu Madness video series. They share tips to help you make the best first impression to snag that job. Afterall, it's "perilous times" as Brad says and Sharon wants you to be sure that you don't overly sex it up on a job interview. Rumor has it that they are pretty hysterical in their down-to-earth fashion tips, but you may crack up at some of their tips on white teeth... Shhhh, Sharon is all

Paris Chic Bicycles Are Rather Fun and Utalitarian

One reason why Parisians have such fab legs Somehow we would like to believe that the bikes in Paris are rather tzujed up glam affairs. But, no. More often than not, Parisians go for practicality rather than preciousness when it comes to getting around the city-- always with a dash of French chic style, of course! Richard Nahem, observes... I recently started taking photos of bicycles around the city. They have a certain charm which is hard to describe. From the slick racers that are used in the Tour De France, to the beat up but tough spray painted bicycles to the delivery ones with baskets to the gray, to the utilitarian Velib rentals, they are a vital form of

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