Tyra to the Bank with a Book

Share..American supermodel Tyra Banks who is never far from the spotlight with her ubiquitous television appearances were her commercial breakthrough. The talented Banks is the creator and host of the UPN/The CW reality television show America’s Next Top Model, co-creator of True Beauty, and she is the host of her own talk show, The Tyra [...]

Bettencourt in Court

Share.. Liliane Bettencourt the 89-year-old L’Oreal heiress who mismanaged her family’s money lost control of her fortune recently and was placed under a civil guardianship. The erstwhile wealthiest woman in France is apparently ill with dementia and was placed under the guardianship of her 25-year-old grandson, Jean-Victor Meyers. The money was placed under the watch [...]

Europe Fashion War

Share..There is a fashion conflict now brewing between the four cities about the scheduling of next fall’s Fashion Weeks. The Guardian reports that Italy’s Camera Nazionale della Moda announced dates for Milan’s Spring/Summer 2013 Fashion Week which is in direct conflict with London’s dates. The shift is due to New York pushing its Fashion Week [...]

Brazil Women!

Share.. Brazilian women, no matter what the supermodel heroes tell them, should not be so lax about using their lovely charm. A decidedly suggestive series of commercials specially designed for the new Hope underwear line cut by one Gisele Bündchen have left women in the Brazilian government not too pleased at all. The big objection? [...]

Da Vinci is that you?

Share..Back in 1998, a vellum-sheet portrait sold at Christie’s for some £11,400 at Christie’s. But today the bidder who bought at £11,399 is ballistic. The painting, once thought to be nothing more than a 19th-century pastiche by an unknown German painter is now being accredited to one Leonardo Da Vinci. The Guardian guesstimates this bloody [...]

Gift Ideas for the Jewish High Holy Days

Share..Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah together are commonly known among English speaking Jewish communities as the High Holy Days. While, these Holidays symbolize remembrance, judgment and repentance. These are the foremost days on the Jewish calendar. While Jewish holidays usually mark a historic event or a seasonal change, the High Holidays focus on humanity; people [...]

Luciens Last Stand

Share.. Lucien Freud‘s final work by will be shown for the first time as part of an exhibition in London showcasing the late realist painter’s portraits. Mr. Freud was working on the piece, “Portrait of the Hound 2011“, right before he croaked on July 20 at the ripe ago of 88. London’s National Portrait Gallery [...]

RIP Borders

Share..Last weekend the last of the remaining Borders bookstores finally shut its doors. A midst jazz and grandiose red-and-yellow signs announcing the “Final Days” of the Borders store in Queens in New York City, customers snatched up deals on coffee machines and used chairs. At a Borders store in Cincinnati, Ohio, readers were zealous to [...]

Byrnes Latest Trick

Share.. Former singer from the Talking Heads and creator of the hipster bike rack, David Byrne is bringing his latest artwork to the High Line tomorrow: “Tight Spot“, will go up on 25th Street. New York Magazine describes the installation as a “48-by-20-foot inflatable globe, pumped up against the High Line’

Holiday Shopping in September?

Share..It does not seem to matter anymore that September is even closer to Christmas in July than Christmas in December or that back-to-school shopping is not even over yet, or that Halloween and Thanksgiving shopping haven’t begun yet. With retailers always looking to expand the winter holiday shopping season, you are definitely going to see [...]

Introducing: Rookie

Share.. Rookie is the name of the new site by Tavi Gevinson, the world famous 15-year-old fashion blogger. “After sitting front row at shows, collaborating with Rodarte, writing for Harper’s Bazaar and receiving the highest of praise from Lady Gaga, Tavi Gevinson has finally graduated from blog-dom” writes the Huffington Post. According to Women’s Wear [...]

German 9/11 Art

Share..Blake Gopnik has the scoop. One German painter focusing on 9/11 art. He writes: “Making art about 9/11 is the ultimate challenge for any artist. How do you take such an utterly iconic image and push it beyond cliché? How do you say anything at all about the attack without veering into either bellowing banality [...]

Victoria Beckham Caught Shopping

Share.. Apparently, British superstar Victoria Beckham is passing on her love of shopping to her newborn child named Harper. Beckham was seen recently visiting an upscale children’s boutique in Los Angeles with her eight-week-old daughter, husband David, the soccer champion, and their three sons Brooklyn, 12, Romeo, nine, and Cruz, six. Despite back problems Victoria [...]