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Mac announce their autumn/winter collaboration with designer Manish Arora
This autumn bold and bright colour is a big beauty trend, and to really drive this point home Mac and fashion designer Manish Arora have created a super bright, Indian inspired, limited edition collection, which launches in October.
Mac have always created the ostentatious make-up looks for the Manish catwalk (the designer now shows on the Paris fashion week schedule), so it made sense for the two to collaborate. The Mac team wanted to work with Manish as he is always ‘pushing the boundaries when it comes to colour, he is exceptionally different and always stands out’ said Jennifer Balbier, Senior Vice President of Product Development at Mac. Indeed Manish’s signature style has always been a maximalistic fusion of cultures which results in a heady explosion of texture and colour on his catwalks, and this new collaboration, from product to packaging, certainly taps into that vibe.
The eye palette, £30, is a rainbow of bold shades that are just perfect for flaunting this season’s geometric, bright eyes, while the bold orange and pink lipsticks, £11, will add snap to your whole winter wardrobe. Blushers, £10.50, are much softer as eyes and lips are the focus for the range, our favourite is Pink Swoon and we’re counting down the days until the collection hits counters - winter’s looking bright after all.
By Amy Lawrenson
Posted: 23 July 2008
YSL (and the A-list) prove the crop is here to stay...
Short, cropped hair is here to stay. But instead of the asymmetric (typically 60s) ‘pob’ made famous by Posh last year, the new bob hair style is more fashion forward thanks to YSL who has made the glossy, pudding bowl cut the look of next season.
The celebs have certainly taken notice - Reese Witherspoon flaunted a newly bobbed hair style last month, Eva Longoria stepped out with her locks cropped last week and now Hayden Pannetiere has followed suit with a neat blonde crop. They all know the bob is the perfect, now style to add a chic and modern edge to floral prints and summer dresses. For autumn lets hope they ramp it up and make a bolder statement YSL style - to turn heads this season, the perfect collar length, pudding bowl crop is essential.
By Amy Lawrenson
Posted: 23 July 2008
Who's wearing what this week...
The weather forecast predicts temperatures are set to sore this afternoon with the sunny weather lasting for the rest of the week! Which means you can finally get in to the stride of summer dressing - unless, like us you just don't know where to start because you've had your waterproofs on for so long now.
Luckily the A-list are providing a master class in how to get dressed for summer this week. From Rachel Bilson and Nicky Hilton who have their effortlessly cool L.A. look nailed, to Diane Kruger spotted in Paris yesterday soaking up the European sun in the season's ubiquitous gladiator flats and a simple t-shirt dress.
Click now to see who's wearing what this week and get more summer style inspiration from the stars.
By Laurelle Gilbert
Posted: 23 July 2008
Diesel boss buys Viktor & Rolf
Renzo Rosso, the Italian businessman behind denim brand Diesel has bought a majority share in Dutch fashion label Viktor & Rolf.
The duo (pictured) told Womens Wear Daily they had been looking to 'team up with a strong partner to realise their dreams [for their label].' In Renzo they have certainly found that.
The millionaire said yesterday that he intends to turn Viktor & Rolf in to a 'top reference fashion house of the future' and plans to expand the company with licensing deals that will include eye wear and jewellery as well as opening several more Viktor & Rolf stores across the globe.
"It's a new chapter to start building on the brand and to focus on creativity," said one half of the duo Rolf Snoeren, and he added that knowing Renzo also owns the label, Maison Martin Margiela had helped the pair make their decision that he would be the right man to take their label forward.
Click now to watch ELLE's exclusive night out with Viktor & Rolf.
By Laurelle Gilbert
Posted: 22 July 2008
Maggie Gyllenhaal wows in Stella McCartney for Batman premiere
Maggie Gyllenhaal may be playing Bruce Wayne's love interest in the new Batman film, but last night she was channelling one of Batman's enemies - Catwoman - in a show stopping backless jumpsuit by Stella McCartney. (Click here now to see it full length)
The star chose the all-in-one from Stella's upcoming spring/summer 2009 collection to tread the red carpet for the film's London premiere. It's a piece that won't even head down the catwalk in Paris until October. So is this a heads up that the jumpsuit is here to stay? A key piece for this season, it looks like, if Stella and her band of A-list fans have anything to do with it - that the all-in-one could be sticking around for next summer too.
And we think now is the perfect time to invest in the trend - either with a bargain from the summer sales or one of the new all in one's hitting stores now.
Click now to see our pick of this summer's best jumpsuits.
By Laurelle Gilbert
Posted: 22nd July 2008
