Music Bachelor

I was on AOL Music and they had one of those things up where you choose the single guy's next girlfriend. Of course Justin Timberlake was the #1 music bachelor, but I didn't like the ladies they chose for him, except for Ciara. I don't know if she and JT would really hit it off, but I chose her anyway. Of course I didn't get my way. Jessica Alba fans did. Isn't she still dating Cash Warren? I'm pretty sure I saw them at a Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer premiere a few weeks ago. Or is her name there because it's just a last name away from Jessica Biel and AOL doesn't want to get sued for putting Biel's name down. Hmm, now there's some food for thought.

My December, or Kelly's, Whatever

Kelly Clarkson's latest album dropped on Tuesday. It's called My December. Go get it. Tell the cashier I sent you.


You can also check Kelly out in the latest issue of Elle magazine!!


Get this album now!!!!!!!!!!

Return of the Review

This is a fashion blog so I better start writing something So So Stylistic.

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The NYC premiere for Bruce Willis' latest flick, Live Free or Die Hard (whose title reminds me of 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin'), took place at Radio City Music Hall this week. While I was watching the entertainment shows Access Hollywood and Extra, I couldn't help but take note of Tallulah's dress. It was a royal blue one shoulder chiffon number. It was so pretty and her hair (a wispy ponytail swept to one side) complimented the outfit perfectly. Tallulah topped off the outfit with strappy silver sandals. Older sister Rumer and mom Demi Moore, also looked great in basic black that was anything but.




This family's got style! What do you think??

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This is the hottest bling I've seen in a while. It's a turntable ring from Jacob and Co. It's so different and hot! Loves it!



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And now for a taste of randomness ...


Seen here in a past issue of Details, it seems that Kevin Federline has not signed his divorce papers as yet. "Why?" you ask. Well here's what I think: Britney's off her rocker, Kevin sees Britney's off her rocker, and he wants full custody of the kids. Go Kevin! Go Kevin! Go Kevin! Go Kevin!


I don't know where I found this, but I like it. Isn't it lovely!!


The official start of summer is June 21. Since it's now June 29, we're already a week into the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love. If you don't know what that is, hit up Google now. All I really know is that San Francisco + Summer 1967 + Drugs + Music + Bohemians + Flowers = The Summer of Love

Suri's So Cute!!

p.s. I didn't do the pink writing. That's from some other blogger. I just like the photos.

Tokyo Drift

The other day I was watching Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and this stuck out to me:

No past and no future.
No problems.
Just the moment.

I had to put this on my favorite screen shots.







You have to see this movie if you haven't done so already!!!

Spice Girls to Reunite!!

The Spice Girls will be kicking off their reunion tour this December. Check 'em out!!

Fun Looks

Luella


Michael Kors


Chanel


Michael Kors


Calvin Klein


Balenciaga


Chanel


Y-3


Alberta Ferretti


Calvin Klein


3.1 Phillip Lim


Calvin Klein

Cipes!!

I ♥ Cipes from the band Cipes and the People.

Here are some recent photos I found of him.

Love Stoned

Go Green

Hey Kids,

So I've pretty much deserted my blog this month, but I will make it up to you with more posts soon. Anyway here's what I've started to notice in the past few weeks. Everybody's talking about going eco-friendly. Even yours truly has gone green (kind of). My mom and I bought some energy saving GE lightbulbs the other day that are supposed to last for five years. We haven't put them in yet as we are waiting for the other light bulbs to give out first, but I'll check back with you in 2012. :-D

Anyway here's a bulletin one of the most zen people I know (or know from MySpace anyway) posted --> Cipes from the short-lived MTV show Twentyfourseven and the lead singer of the band Cipes and the People

great things Family,

Wanted to send a big prayer bomb to you.

Got so much love for u.

Everything is possible in this life.

lets save and protect our rights and Mother earth. She is all we got.

i am u. you r me. We r it.

Unite in the Light


CIPES

DREAM AWAKE

THE CONSCIOUS REVOLUTION has BEGUN

check out his band's profile here: Cipes and the People

--> Go Green

Joss Stone Shows Independence With CD

NEW YORK - When Joss Stone hit the stage at a concert hall recently, it was clear long before she opened her mouth that something had changed.

Gone were the long gypsy skirts and T-shirts she favored only a couple of years ago. Gone even was the English-born singer's trademark long, wavy blonde hair and bare feet.

Instead, Stone wore eye glitter, a white miniskirt, thigh-high boots and a shimmering, clingy tank top. Her hair was dark with pink streaks and it was big - kinked out to an inch of her life.

"I need a little lovin' at least two times a day," she purred, kicking off "Tell Me 'Bout It," the first single from her new album. "So when I call you, boy, you better run here right away."

Pardon?

The vampy outfit, the too-much-information lyrics, even naked photos for the CD - all triggered a question: What happened to our lovable, soul singing hippie chick?

"People grow. It's OK to grow," she says later in an interview in a Times Square hotel. "Some people find that difficult to grasp. It's like, 'You're not allowed to change. That's not fair. We like you like this.' But I don't. So let me expand and express myself."

"I can be whatever," she adds. "I can wear shoes or don't wear shoes. I can tie my hair up or wear it down. It doesn't matter. That's all a visual anyway."

That new visual coincides with the release of the just-turned 20-year-old's third CD, a declaration of independence underlined by its title "Introducing Joss Stone."

"It is me introducing myself as a singer, songwriter, producer - as a full artist, not just a singer anymore," she says. "Musically, it's more me."

That means a dose of sex, '70s-style R&B and infectious beats - all guided by veteran producer Raphael Saadiq. It's the album she says she always wanted to make but didn't have the power.

"I spoke to my dad the other day and he said, 'Joss, I'm just listening to your album and it's funny because the first two were like glass-of-wine-at-night kind of albums. This one, I get up in the morning and I put it on and I wake up to this. It's fresher,'" she says. "I'm like 'Yeah dad, that's because the first two were made by 70-year-olds and this one's made by a 19-year-old.'"

So far, Americans seem like the new stuff. "Introducing Joss Stone" debuted at No. 2 with sales of 118,000, the highest-charting new entry ever by a British female artist in the Nielsen SoundScan era.

"She single-handedly wrote and co-arranged every song on this album," says Chris Anokute, senior director of A&R Capitol Music Group, which owns her label, Virgin. "She is the executive producer on the record. At 19 years old to executive produce a record? That's rare."

In her homeland, though, Stone is getting nothing but grief. Newspapers there have been unrelenting about her nervous appearance at the recent Brit Awards, her weird hair, her odd-sounding accent and her alleged relationships with male collaborators.

"When they see that you're kind of getting somewhere, they say, 'Oh, hell no. We have control over you,'" says Stone of the once-fawning press that helped make her into a star.

Blessed with the voice of Aretha Franklin marinated in Johnny Walker, Stone grew up in southern England and wanted her debut CD to sound a little like "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill."

Her label, however, had other plans. Over the then-teen's objections, it first released 2003's "The Soul Sessions" - a 10 song collection of mostly little-known R&B songs from the '60s and '70s.

Her second offering, 2005's platinum-selling "Mind, Body & Soul," which she had started writing when she was just 14, turned out a little too pop for her taste - again despite her protests.

"I was saying all these things, I wanted it to be like this, I wanted it to be like that, but they didn't listen. And that's OK. I didn't mind. I was learning," she says.

"I was watching and listening really, really carefully because I knew that one day I'd be able to do it: 'One day I'm going to be able to make this exactly how I want to. The musicians one day are going to listen to me.'"

Soon, it was her turn. For her third album, Stone went to Barbados and, in isolation, wrote more than 60 songs. She also picked her producer for the first time.

Stone recruited Common for the second single, "Tell Me What We Gonna Do" and managed to persuade Lauryn Hill to contribute to another song after ceaselessly bugging the reclusive singer's mom.

"There were no limits on this one. Musically, nobody was allowed in the studio. I've never done that before. I've never said, 'You keep the record company and my parents out,'" she says.

Some of the reviews have mocked her re-coming out party and predicted that her drastic makeover may alienate older fans. Though the CD is being sold at Starbucks, the artwork features one photo of her straddling Saadiq, both naked and slathered in body paint (however, she insists they are not a couple and says the shot was artistic).

"I don't necessarily think it's going to alienate the old consumers," says Anokute. "She's loyal to her old fans, she wants to maintain her old fans. But like any artist, you want to grow and you want to attract more people."

Meeting Stone is like meeting a precocious teen - part giggly girl and part media-savvy starlet. There's an element of hippie earnestness, yet she also employs about 25 people, renegotiates record deals and keeps a punishing touring schedule. The split personality is something she acknowledges.

"It's like I'm two different people. There's this little girl that is like, 'Don't you want to go to sleep?' or 'Let me just call my mum' or 'Let me go smoke a cigarette behind a bike shed - let me just go do something normal.' And then there's this other girl that's like, 'Actually, you can't do that - you've got to work today.'"

Look no further than the top of her head for an example of that tension. Stone's unnaturally dyed hair was a decision she made after being told to keep her hair blonde for the new CD.

"I don't really like to be controlled," she says sweetly.

Maria Style

I was just watching Access Hollywood and I saw Medium star Maria Lark. She is hillarious and she'd choose Orlando Bloom over George Clooney any day. Access Hollywood selected her to work the red carpet for the Nickelodean Kids' Choice Awards, hosted by my love, Justin Timberlake. Watch her choose her red carpet look here: Maria's Style She's too cute!!

--> kid's got style (and she hates poofy, itchy dresses like yours truly -- why do parents force their daughters to wear those anyway??)

Style Originals

Yesterday I was reading the January '07 issue of Vogue (the one with Angelina Jolie on the cover in that stunning rasberry Bill Blass jersey dress) and I found a feature about the top ten self-styled women in America. Called The Originals: best-dressed 2006, this list featured actress Camilla Belle, interior designer Alexia Kondylis, Ivanka Trump, Russian model Natalia Vodianova, designer Rachel Roy, CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award winner and designer Doo-Ri Chung, MisShapes deejay Leigh Lezark, tennis star Maria Sharapova, art gallerist Amalia Dayan, and art maven Barbara Wilhelm. While this list may seem like a dream to some, I have no idea who some of these people are. Then again I haven't been an avid Vogue reader for long. (Teen Vogue maybe, but not Vogue.) Plus Vogue is targeted towards a more older, "cultured" audience than its younger sister.

If I was to make a list of the best self-dressed women for my generation, I don't know if I could make it to ten, seeing as most starlets nowadays have a stylist. But let's see how far I get with this little endeavor.

(1) I decided to keep Camilla Belle on my list. She does have a great sense of style after all. And she wore my favorite dress at the Heart Truth Red Dress Show during Fall '07 Fashion Week last month.

(2) I'll keep Ivanka Trump on the list as well. She's got such poise and elegance, but not in a stuck up way. She wore this dark blue velvet Dolce and Gabbana dress that everyone's been wearing this season and totally made it her own. She paired it with gold sequinned ballet flats, which I hadn't seen done with the dress before. Very chic, very chic.

(3) Instead of designer Rachel Roy, I'm putting designer Kimora Lee Simmons on my list. I love how she always tries to be glamorous and fabulous when putting herself together. For her, everything looks better when it sparkles. She's now doing a fashion line called KLS (Kimora Lee Simmons). It's the big sister line to her popular Baby Phat line, not to mention it's a bit more pricey. But if I had the money I would definitely buy the long black sequined gown she showed to Access Hollywood's Maria Menounos in a recent sit-down. My favorite part of the mini fashion show was when she showed an outfit from the Baby Phat line -- pedal pushers and a cute top. Maria said she'd wear that in an airport (before she admitted to wearing the "grossest" sweats she can find on a plane, which Kimora considers a BIG No-No!). Maria asked if she could wear the outfit with flats. Kimora's response, "Yes. But they MUST be embellished!" Now that's the fabulous Kimora we know and love.

(4) I'm leaving Doo-Ri Chung on my list because she's worked so hard on her line and winning the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award is a great honor. Past winners have included the boys of Trovata and the duo of Proenza Schouler.

(5) I've got to keep MisShape deejay Leigh Lazark on my list as well because I wasn't expecting to see her in Vogue; Teen Vogue yes, but not Vogue. (That's Awesome! Kudos to the editor!) I first heard about MisShapes from an article in Nylon magazine. Since then I've seen them everywhere. From Nylon to Teen Vogue to the Cobrasnake to Vogue, the MisShapes have been getting a lot of press coverage and are a very busy trio. Hopefully it won't become overly mainstream, because you know when things go mainstream they become lackluster. I don't think that would happen though with Leigh and the boys calling the shots.

(6) I've decided to replace Maria Sharapova with style making tennis star Serena Williams. Serena was making waves with her trendsetting tennis outfits way before Maria won her first Grand Slam title. Remember Serena's black tennis boots with the denim mini? Now try to remember something that Maria's worn that was odd, yet stylish. Can't do it, can you? Exactly my point. Let's not forget the ones who came before us.

(7) Now let's turn to a star from my favorite, now defunct show, The OC, which made me the more cultured girl I am today by exposing me to great music from bands like Rooney, Death Cab for Cutie, Jem (not a band, mind you), and singers of that infectious theme song California, Phantom Planet. Rachel Bilson first started on The OC as Summer Roberts, sidekick to Mischa Barton's Marissa Cooper. As the first season went on, Summer became one of the lead characters with a larger storyline due in part to the Summer-Seth-Anna love triangle (and Rachel's great acting skills as well; she really made Summer believeable -- no one can ever say "Eww" like her). Rachel has been making strides since the very beginning with her original style. By mixing new pieces with vintage, she makes her style her own and is never overly trendy (a BIG NO-NO if you ask me). She hits the hammer on the nail both on and off the red carpet, and shows that old can be new again when creating your own unique look.

(8) Since we are talking about The OC, I must mention the former leading lady who took the classic damsel in distress to a whole new level and kept Ben McKenzie's Ryan Atwood busy for the first three seasons until she was tragically killed in a car chase by a crazy ex-boyfriend the night of her graduation (Class of '06!) :-( *tears* . You know who I'm talking about. Mischa Barton has been a style icon, notice I said "style" not "fashion" (I'll get to that in a later post), since her debut as the troubled girl next door. Mischa has always made it known that she doesn't have a stylist because she knows what she likes to wear. That's what I like to hear! From her quirky bow shorts to anything by Chanel, this style star proves that you don't need a stylist to look good. Although I feel bad when the paparazzi follow her around, I have to see what she's wearing.

(9) Mary-Kate Olsen, the younger, shorter, and more bohemian of the Olsen twins, makes my list with her ever changing style (and hair color). Sometimes she makes you wonder what exactly she's wearing, but then a year later you realize that she was ahead of the trends with her grunge inspired looks. For the past few years I've learnt that Mary-Kate seems to predict the new trends. Since I don't like being trendy, I myself like to see what's coming next, and decide what to add to my wardrobe before everyone else catches on (then you can claim that everyone stole your style! ;-) *wink, wink*). Just look at what Mary-Kate's wearing and she'll lead you in the right direction for the upcoming seasons.

(10) Oh what the hell. Let's throw the older, taller by one inch, and more uptown Olsen into the mix. What can I say, Michelle Tanner's my idol. Ashley Olsen, like her sister, is ahead of the trends as well. It may be because they design clothes for the younger set and are currently working on their line with Barneys. Or it could be that they don't want to look like those other young starlets prancing around Hollywood (who, by the way, are all starting to look alike to me with their skinny jeans and Christian Louboutin peep toes!). Ashley, as I said before, is more uptown girl than her downtown twin. She reminds me of a modern day Audrey Hepburn at times. I would love to raid her closet (you know, if I was like 7 inches shorter and a size zero).

Wow! I did it! I made it all the way to 10. Awesome. I guess it was possible for me to come up with a list of 10 self-styled originals for my generation after all. Didn't realize I could. I thought I would have to stop after 7. The funny thing is now that I'm done, I want to add to the list.

My numer one add would have to be Brit beauty Sienna Miller. (How could I forget her?! I know.) She's got a great wardrobe and an eclectic one at that. You never see her in overly trendy things, and like the Olsens she usually wears things that become trendy a couple months later. Anyone recall that gold sequinned mini that she wore with black tights and platforms to the chichi annual Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum? Way to predict the trends Ms. Miller. A few months later, minidresses paired with tights and sky-high heels were popping up on many a young starlet.

Another honorable mention goes to one of my favorite models, Gemma Ward. This dollfaced Aussie always wears things that she looks good in. She wears her clothes; her clothes don't wear her. A very important thing when you're a model because people get used to taking note of the dress instead of the girl inside of them. Gemma's never just another girl in a dress. Speaking of dresses, my favorite one which she wore recently (don't you just love my segue), was a Calvin Klein LBD with zippers on the sleeves, along with really great strappy sandals. This was the best LBD I've seen in a long time.

Before I add another star to this list, I'm going to stop while I'm ahead. I think I'll do a Style Star list from now on when I spot someone in something I like. It won't just include celebrities either. Pictures of people with great personal style are always on websites like Elle, LastNightsParty, and Cobrasnake so I'll be sure to post 'em when I see 'em. If you have a pic you'd like me to post, let me know.

Until next time ...

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Finally Found My Love

I love love love DJ Xtreme's mashups, especially when they feature Justin Timberlake. Here is his latest creation Finally Found My Love: a mashup between Justin's My Love and 90s dance classic Finally by CeCe Peniston. I am loving this track. You know I'm all about the 90s dance music and the Justin. Here's the vid; I love how Xtreme spliced it.



I've been watching this on a loop all night so ya know it's gotta be good.

--> Now that Class!c W!th A Tw!st (I'm reclaiming my catch phrase.)

Fashion Week a Litte Street

Sartorialist from Vogue

http://www.style.com/fashionshows/blogs/sartorialist

Random Thoughts

**Quote of the Day**

"I'm a recovering alcoholic. I've been sober for 5 hours." - Don Cheadle as shock jock Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene in his new movie Talk to Me

**THIS JUST IN**

Next up for Salma Hayek - a marriage and a baby carriage. It seems that the Ugly Betty producer is engaged to businessman Francois-Henri Pinault and is pregnant with their first child. From what I've seen online, Pinault is chairman and chief executive officer of the luxury goods company PPR SA, owner of labels like Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga and Stella McCartney (nice!!). Congrats to them.

**New Celebrity Couple**

It seems that Victoria Secret model Selita Ebanks and multi-talented entertainer Nick Cannon are an item. According to people.com Cannon claims that Ebanks has "changed [him]" and he's "a player no more". Best wishes for them.

Recycling Isn't Just For Paper Anymore

I saw this article in the NY Times and thought it expressed things I was thinking of. Read on.

Red Carpet Recycling: Who Said Knockoff?
By ERIC WILSON

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 25 — Watching the designer Randolph Duke as a commentator for ABC describing what a wonderful impact dressing an Oscar-nominated actress for the red carpet has on a designer’s career, it was hard not to wonder how the man ended up so far on the wrong side of the velvet rope, speaking from a perch so distant it had to be called the Fashion Skyway. You could imagine Sally Kirkland running him over in the skyway’s H.O.V. lane with her loopy butterfly getup — she called it “a rabbi and a reverend” — that she claimed was made by her cabala teacher.

If this is what designers have to look forward to, it may be the year to re-evaluate whether their rumored deals to dress actresses are really worth all that money — what with Giorgio Armani, who put on an extravagant fashion show in Beverly Hills the night before, among the celebrities making the rounds on the red carpet this year. Like a good number of the Oscars that were considered locked up weeks before the event, the generally frumpy, overly beaded fashion picks offered such a diminishing return of suspense or variety that the event could have been mistaken for a repeat.

Penélope Cruz made her entrance in a pale pink bustier gown by Versace with a full skirt of tiered ruffles dragging behind her that was almost a duplicate of the pale blue Dior dress Charlize Theron wore two years ago. Then Nicole Kidman turned up in a red halter dress tied up with a gift-wrapping bow at the neck so enormous that one could not help but think of Ms. Theron’s big-bow Dior dress from last year. Ms. Theron, annually drubbed by the fashion police, should be entitled to some retroactive style points for instigating a theme of holiday dressing.

And the knockoff artists will be thrilled, as Mr. Duke pointed out. There was also a clear trend of gaudy jewelry built into the dresses, beginning with Jennifer Lopez, caged in five chains of metallic rhinestones on top of her ruched empire-waist Marchesa gown and followed by Rachel Weisz in a gold Vera Wang dress. As if the crystal bow at its bodice and the crystal tiers sewn into the hem of its train were not sparkling enough, Ms. Weisz added what looked like a Christmas ornament from Cartier around her neck. “I don’t know where to look,” Mr. Duke cried.

Cate Blanchett, duly ornamented, was among the nominees who attended Mr. Armani’s fashion show on Saturday, when she indicated she would wear a dress by him to the awards, as she did. She wore a silver one-shoulder mesh gown, overlaid with a veil of flowers made of jet black paillettes; her hair up, she was basically the picture of prepackaged elegance, though she said she is not an actress who concerns herself with the opinions of fashion critics.

“I think the fashion has probably gotten a lot safer,” Ms. Blanchett said. “But if you are dressing to impress other people, then I think you’re going to get in trouble.”

What else could explain the endless chain of strapless dresses this awards season in Hollywood that have made actresses, once they are all seated, look practically naked? I would concede that Jada Pinkett Smith in a gold Carolina Herrera strapless dress looked sublime, and Reese Witherspoon’s layered black dress by Olivier Theyskens of Nina Ricci should sufficiently broadcast his name to the far reaches of the planet before he has even had his first fashion show for this French house. (Until last season Mr. Theyskens was the designer of Rochas.)

The Oscars offered some respite to the strapless trend, though, in a few shapes that were interesting without being potentially offensive to mainstream tastes. Gwyneth Paltrow, for example, wore a pink Zac Posen dress with articulated seams that stretched across her torso like a spider web, and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s black and blue Proenza Schouler gown, tipped in hundreds of black feathers at the hem, was held up by a strap that slashed provocatively across her shoulder. You could imagine any of these designers having a bright future in television.

But it seems that no matter how many stylists and designers become involved in the process, something goes haywire. Perhaps the biggest surprise leading up to the awards was the attention lavished on the supporting actress nominee Jennifer Hudson, who proudly wears a size 12, by a roster of international designers who do not usually offer such sizes in their stores. Ms. Hudson, taken under the wing of André Leon Talley, the editor at large of Vogue, had her choice of dresses and selected a brown ruched one by Oscar de la Renta. The dress cleverly had hidden pockets, so Ms. Hudson, who was visibly nervous, could hide her hands when she was talking on television and, most thankfully, spare the audience another remark from a celebrity about wearing a dress so that people couldn’t see her knees shake. Seriously, do Celine Dion and Jessica Biel share a publicist?

It was a shame, then, that Ms. Hudson topped the look with a metallic python bolero jacket that seemed designed to protect her from the prying ears of invading space aliens.

Meryl Streep too was already taking heat last night for the papery black silk radzimire coat she covered with a hodgepodge of dancing coral and turquoise jewelry, but the broadcasters neglected to mention that Ms. Streep, one of the few actresses who refuses to hire a stylist, was in on the joke. Nominated for her role as the icy fashion editor in “The Devil Wears Prada,” Ms. Streep did, indeed, wear Prada.

The OC Ends

So it's all over. No more Newport -- no more awesome quotes and catchy theme song -- no more sexy Ryan Atwood saving the day or jogging on the beach :-( . Now what am I going to do with my Thursday nights?! There's always Grey's Anatomy and McDreamy, but I don't really want to watch it. I could always watch Supernatural on the CW network, but I don't really want to watch that either. Hopefully the good people at FOX decide to show all the old OC Season 4 episodes. That would be nice.

The OC Season 4lives on on MySpace. Check it out here: myspace.com/theoc

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