GET THE LOOK – NAILS: The three colors used at the Benz show are all part of the Lancôme Fall ‘09 color collection so stay tuned for those!
FALL 2009 FASHION WEEK - Backstage Beauty at Chris Benz
THE SCOOP: Daniel Martin, lead makeup artist for the Benz show, was unbelievably calm, cool and collected amid the backstage antics. As for the inspiration for the makeup, "she's an uptown girl, circa early 80's, gone downtown for a night out at the clubs." The eyes were the focus-Martin used a midnight blue-black shadow flecked with sparkle over the whole lid and underneath the eye, followed by a black gloss on top, rubbed in with his fingers, making it appear a bit "slept in." There were multiple coats of mascara, "the clumpier the better," said Martin. And the skin was matte and the lips were given a coat of nude lipstick (yes, another nude lip!). John Rudant gave the girls faux bobs, continuing the morning after theme with curls pinned and tucked under, looking a little mussed. He coined the 'do "deconstructed." As for the nails, Deborah Lippmann's team painted three different shades of polish (royal blue, muted gold, and bright red) on girls, depending on their outfit. GET THE LOOK - MAKEUP: This dark and stormy eye can be achieved with a new Lancôme cream eye shadow in indigo that won't launch until Fall '09, followed by Sensational Effects Eye Shadow Smooth Hold in The New Black, and Color Fever Gloss in Piha Black. Get the nude lip with L'Absolu Rouge in Rich Cashmere.
GET THE LOOK – HAIR: Rudant used Redken Fabricate 03 Heat Active Texturizer on damp hair before blowdrying, then Hot Sets 22 Thermal Setting Mist before he curled the girls’ hair and pinned it up and under.
SHOW: CHRIS BENZ
MAKEUP: DANIEL MARTIN FOR LANCÔME
HAIR: JOHN RUDANT FOR REDKEN
NAILS: DEBORAH LIPPMANN FOR LANCÔME
BEAUTY SNAPSHOT: Disco nap diva
Everything is Bigger in Texas - Even Men's Clothing Budgets |
Do you ever wonder where to find the best dressed men in the country? If you go by budget, the answer is Austin, Texas, which has the highest average household expenditure on men's clothing. Seriously! According to Women's Wear Daily, as reported in New York Magazine, the average dude in Austin spends $1,788 a year on his duds. And sadly, we usually do mean duds. No one is lining up to hold a fashion show in Texas, no offense, y'all. Our surprise abated a bit when we remembered that cost doesn't equal quality, or style (well, most of the time it doesn't), and cowboy hats are wicked expensive. Plus, those cowboys are probably paying full price for their gear, straight off the rack. Whereas the well-dressed gentlemen in New York? Those guys are duking it out over a pile of 50%-off cashmere scarves at Barney's, and then celebrating with $17 appletinis. Different cities, different budget allocations. Now it all makes sense! |
Evian Haute Courture by Jean Paul Gaultier |
This month, during FW '09 New York Fashion Week, Bergdorf Goodman will host a public unveiling of the Evian® Haute Couture "Bubble" Bottle by Jean Paul Gaultier. Five bottles, fabricated by the House of Baccarat, will tour different parts of the world, for display during February, then return to Paris for auction in March. Proceeds benefit the RAMSAR Convention. The second annual offering of this Haute edition, again has an affordable cousin, the Pret-A-Porte bottle, available in cases of 12 for only $118. And the Evian Store is stocked with both Christian Lacroix's bottle for 2008 and Gaultier's 2009 design. After BG, the NY tour hits Soho Grand Hotel, Buddha Bar and Bagatelle Restaurant, check Evian.com for dates. And make sure to peep Cathy Horyn's review and matching slideshow of Jean Paul Gaultier couture collection for Fall '09. |
Groups, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights organization, derided the practice.
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The background check form stated: “Please list any and all current personal or business websites, web pages or memberships on any Internet-based chat rooms, social clubs or forums, to include, but not limited to: Facebook, Google, Yahoo, YouTube.com, MySpace, etc.”
The city stopped the practice as of midday Friday, until it “conducts a more comprehensive evaluation of the practice,” the release said.
City Manager Chris Kukulski noted to KBZK TV that information wasn’t sought until “you were conditionally offered the job.” The passwords already received will remain the city’s confidential property, the CBS affiliate reported.
The extent of our request for a candidate’s password, user name, or other internet information appears to have exceeded that which is acceptable to our community. We appreciate the concern many citizens have expressed regarding this practice and apologize for the negative impact this issue is having on the City of Bozeman.
According to a press release (PDF) issued Friday:
“I think it’s indefensibly invasive and likely illegal as a violation of the First Amendment rights of job applicants,” EFF attorney Kevin Bankston told CNET News earlier this week. “Essentially, they’re conditioning your application for employment on your waiving your First Amendment rights…and risking the security of your information by requiring you to share your password with them…Where does it stop? How about a photocopy of your diary?”
Bozeman to job seekers: We won't seek passwords
The city of Bozeman, Mont., has rescinded its long-standing policy that job applicants provide user names and passwords to social-networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.
Bozeman, which is about 100 miles north of Yellowstone National Park, found itself in the international spotlight this week when the local media reported that the city government’s background check included evaluating job candidates’ suitability based on their social-networking site postings. The city had been doing so for a few years.
Peterborough’s Smith, 19, who won GB’s first Olympic gymnastics medal since 1908, produced an almost flawless display to earn a top score of 15.925.
Corby’s Daniel Keatings won gold on the parallel bars with a score of 14.925.
New British senior champion Kristian Thomas, from Wolverhampton, won the high bar with 14.850 at Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham.
The floor and vault gold medals were both won by Bury’s Theo Seager, who was runner-up to Thomas in the overall standings on Saturday.
Daniel Purvis, 17, demonstrated the young gymnastics talent coming through in Britain when he picked up the gold medal on the rings.
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