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Bollywood Babes: Henna Makes a Comeback
TREND: Henna body art
WHO’S WEARING IT: Keep reading to find out!
HOW TO WEAR IT: Remember in the late ’90s when Madonna made henna trendy after dancing with painted…
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Product Review: Fruits & Passion Quenching Body Butter
In our weekly Test Drive features, staffers weigh in on products so you don’t have to waste your money at the beauty counter. Well, now we’re conducting style test drive-bys on the…
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Will You Wear Spring’s Bodysuits?
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Making His Mark
When the going gets tough, the tough launch iPhone applications and sneaker collaborations. That, at least, is the approach creative director Frida Giannini is taking at Gucci. Last week, the Italian company took over New York to unveil both a new app and a shoe designed with input from Mark Ronson, the music producer and all-around trendsetter. Ronson’s limited-edition creation—a tricolor Top-Sider/high-top hybrid—received the MVP treatment Friday night at the brand’s new Soho pop-up shop, a minimalist space devoted to some of the fanciest athletic footwear you’ll never see on ESPN. The company will unveil more Ronson designs at temporary sneaker stores in Miami, London, and Tokyo in months to come.
Despite appearances, Ronson insisted that he didn’t necessarily have preppy or patriotic associations in mind. “I think red, white, and blue always works—classic vintage, like Vuarnet, and things like that,” he explained. “After wearing boots for the past few years and just killing my feet, it feels really nice to wear these. They feel good. They feel expensive.” Giannini, for her part, said she prefers to wear sneakers on the sly. “On the weekend, yes. And only when there are no journalists or photographers around.” In other words, absolutely not on a night like this.
Ronson’s kicks were hardly the only options on display in the store. A pair of gold women’s running shoes sparked Evan Rachel Wood‘s imagination. “If you ran really fast, it’d probably look like a giant gold sparkly circle,” she mused. It’s a notion that ought to appeal to a few of the event’s attendees. Before the crowd moved on to the after-party at the Bowery Hotel—where Ronson performed with his pop-up band, Chauffeur—Mischa Barton, Mary J. Blige, and Claire Danes had all come by the Crosby Street boutique to size up the footwear.
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Vision of Love
The people of Rio de Janeiro welcomed the cast of Fashion Rocks with open arms—and in the case of Mariah Carey, cheers and tears. During Mimi’s weekend stay, a constant crowd was camped outside the Copacabana Palace, praying for a glimpse of the pop queen. Not that Mario Testino was letting her have all the glory. The photographer, who celebrated the launch of his book MaRIO DE JANEIRO Testino at a VIP dinner hosted by Donatella Versace and Brazilian Vogue on Friday night, joked to friends: “I keep going out there and telling them to chant for Mar-io, not Mar-iah!”
The following evening, Oi Fashion Rocks was completely sold out, an impressive feat given that tickets to the music-meets-fashion concert and charity initiative went from $650 to $20,000 for a box. The show opened with Sean “P. Diddy” Combs singing some of his greatest hits, including a rendition of “I’ll Be Missing You” that he dedicated to the late Gianni Versace. A slew of local Brazilian dancers were up next, then came Ciara in Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci and Grace Jones in Marc Jacobs. The latter bared her 61-year-old buttocks and jiggled them, to the delight of the crowd.
Carey was the grand finale, and in true diva form, her performance didn’t go off without incident. Scheduled to wear Calvin Klein Collection, she went instead with a corset number from another fashion house. “When you have a five-octave range, you can do whatever you want,” Ciara reasoned. Besides, Francisco Costa’s duds got plenty of exposure in the form of a model parade that took place during the concert. Backstage after the show, Carey had fun with her entourage: “Why are they so obsessed with me?” she asked before breaking into an a cappella version of her hit with more or less those exact lyrics.
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