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At the beginning of Fashion Week, I pondered the eternal question of how many times you can wear a dress you love before it becomes problematic. At the end of Fashion Week, my thoughts turn to one of modern life's great paradoxes: how, in our hyper-connected lives, do we disconnect from our devices and reconnect with ourselves? READ MORE
Balloon Boy Politics: The Media's Embrace of Birth Contracalypse 2012: The new supposed "culture war" may have captured the fevered imagination of the press corps, but not the electorate -- 71 percent of which still says the economy is the most important problem facing America. READ MORE
Watch: Arianna, Lawrence O'Donnell Discuss The GOP's Self-Destructive Contraception Campaign (VIDEO)
While the rest of the modeling world has increasingly celebrated body types that look like a 16-year-old girl's head placed on top of a 13-year-old boy's body, Sports Illustrated has continuously celebrated healthy female bodies.
For her fall 2012 collection, designer Doo-Ri Chung reminded us of two things: the importance of powerfully sleek dressing and why she is the master of draping.
After actress Octavia Spencer's SAG and Golden Globe award winning Tadashi Shoji dresses, many were looking forward to what the designer would show for Fall.
If you lined up the work of Tracy Reese, Stephen Burrows, and Sammy B., would there be a common thread that could be traced back to their race? The common thread in each of their collections would be a reflection of American fashion. Black Fashion is American Fashion.
The surge has roots in last season's awe-inspiring 'Arise Africa Fashion Collective' which showed at Avery Fisher Hall to over 1,000 celebs, editors, bloggers and buyers. The watershed moment exposed NYFW to a whole population of African designers who are primed and prepared for the West.
Every New Year, most of us think conceptually about "bringing in the new and getting rid of the old," but when it comes to items that we use everyday, we often forget. Here are five often overlooked, common household items and when to throw them away, clean or replace them.
As Fashion week begins in New York, I have been contemplating on how independent fashion designers make it in this city and the industry. Does the fashion industry in New York have any way to assist emerging designers and where can they go to seek help?
A common theme binds Fashion Week parties: celebrating a successful end. But the soiree held by W Hotels last week celebrated the opposite: a successful beginning.
But I love these shorts! I've worked hard to stay in shape and maintain the stamina it takes to do four hours on my feet in 5-inch heels. If I do say so myself, my high mileage legs literally and figuratively kick ass.
Every woman has that one feature they're not crazy about, but I was taught at a young age that what makes you different makes you beautiful. As a celebrity makeup artist, I have worked on some of the biggest names in entertainment and fashion, and I have to tell you that even celebs have days where they're not feeling their best.
Year after year, the Red Dress show has been one of the most popular attractions of New York Fashion Week with its celebrity filled lineup, dressed by the industries most talented designers.
While Black female creative professionals try to gain footing in the wake of such staggering facts, it is no wonder then that the rise of the Black girl crush has emerged. In fact, it has crested in my own life, as I have been working freelance since May 2011.
After working on the likes of Beyonce, Fracessca has quite the portfolio under her brush belt. Her spectacular changes of bright eye liner and sculpted, shimmery diva looks -- I wanted them all. From her LA home, Francesca shed some light on how to achieve Beyonce's looks.
If Minaj wants to achieve real staying power, she needs to slow down to M.I.A.'s pace. Every year or so, the London-born singer does something that's provocative enough to gain exposure but not obnoxious enough to alienate her fans.
The legend goes when Klaus Obermeyer immigrated to Colorado from Germany in 1947, his mother insisted he pack a comforter. In this case, Mom's advice wasn't only right, it made Obermeyer a mogul.
