Balmain MEN Spring 2014

So French. So very French is the Balmain Menswear Spring Collection for 2014. There's a touch of Chanel in some of the jackets and the quilted leathers. The blue and white stripes and the appliqués suggest a nautical influence. The collection pays tribute to renown French singer Serge Gainsbourg though I detect a hint of James Dean within some of the styling. Either way, still very French and très chic. VIEW Collection: 























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Got Chanel?

I stumbled across this gem of a photo while cleaning out my NYFW iPhone pics today. This faux fur wearing queen sashayed into Lincoln Center with this huge motherfuckin Chanel bag. She stopped and "checked her phone or texted" just long enough for everyone [like me] to take pictures. Well fabulous! The Chanel Hula Hoop Bag made it's debut during it's SS/13 runway show in Paris. Kyle Anderson, Marie Claire Accessories Director, stopped traffic and turned heads [like mine] sporting it in grand, edgy style at fashion week. The bitch werked it!  It really was something fabulous to see! I have to hand it to Kyle, I loved it!

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SAG Awards Best & Worst Dressed

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The

SAG Awards

, where the

Screen Actors Guild

recognize one another for excellence in film and tv or in other words, one very big and fancy popularity contest, came and went in LA yesterday. For many of us the action began on the red carpet. My favorite look was

January Jones

in a black and white, high-collared Prabal Gurung gown. Her punk mullet, reminiscent of Bowie's Ziggy Stardust, offered the perfect edgy hairstyle. January Jones took a risk and won! 

BEST

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The structured corset with the lacy dress was a chic combination for Kerry Washington. Her hair and styling was on the mark too.

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Serious fashion from funny girl Tina Fey. The dress fit beautifully and was accessorized perfectly with a crystal belt and old Hollywood glamour hair.

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Love this Dior dress. Marion Cotillard was so snobbishly  proud to be French , starring in a French film and wearing French couture on the red carpet. She looked c'est magnifique even if she wasn't feeling it. [She was under the weather.]

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Nicole Kidman is always a red carpet fav. Stunning in Westwood.

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Everything about Anne Hathaway is perfect. She knows how to dress, how to style and how to pose. She's on trend with the sheer and looks like a modern day Audrey Hepburn.

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As you know, Julianne Moore is one of my favorites! Though I liked her Tom Ford Emmy dress better, she still nailed it in Chanel Couture at the SAG Awards.

WORST

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Something is not right here. There is something off about Naya Rivera in this gown. Maybe its too much dress for her? Or maybe it's the color? The hairstyling is wrong, too flat and she needs make-up.

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Uh! This is so bad I didn't bother finding who was the designer of the dress. My guess, Lea Michele found it in the prom and bridesmaid section of a Goodwill store.

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Claire Danes in this beautiful Givenchy dress was similar to her acceptance speech, which was scattered, messy, unprepared and all over the place. She's got the height and beauty to pull off big time fashion but obviously has little interest in doing so.

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15 year old Ariel Winter must have been playing dress up in mer mother's closet when she found this dress. I guess she's to young to hire a stylist??

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Best & Worst Dressed Golden Globes 2013

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My best dressed ladies on the red carpet are those who know how to work a gown, how to style their hair, wear their make-up and accessorize with confidence. Of course, there's always room for improvement as you shall see... MY pick for best dressed  is 52 year old

Julianne Moore

. She embodies, fashion, style and sophistication. She was totally on trend with her black & white Tom Ford gown. Julianne knows how to wear a dress; the dress does not wear her. Younger starlets can learn a lot from watching Julianne Moore. Flawless. 

[caption id="attachment_18860" align="aligncenter" width="478" caption="Kate Hudson; Alexander McQueen"]

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[caption id="attachment_18861" align="aligncenter" width="478" caption="Jennifer Lopez; Zuhair Murad"]

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[caption id="attachment_18862" align="aligncenter" width="478" caption="Anne Hathaway; Chanel"]

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Just look at that pose... a true A list celebrity... I hope Anne keeps her hair short for a little while!

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Amy Adams looks beautiful and glamorous though the gown washes her out and I wish she had worn large earrings. It would have better balanced the silhouette.

[caption id="attachment_18864" align="aligncenter" width="478" caption="Naomi Watts; Zac Posen"]

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[caption id="attachment_18866" align="aligncenter" width="478" caption="Nicole Kidman; Alexander McQueen"]

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[caption id="attachment_18867" align="aligncenter" width="478" caption="Lucy Lui; Carolina Herrera"]

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Lucy Lui is so gorgeous in this Carolina Herrera gown. The dress is pristine while Lucy's hair not as perfect making the entire look fresh and modern.

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Adele; Burberry

I just adore Adele. Love her signing, love her speaking and love her style. The only suggestion I'll make is to consider a modern hairstyle.

Borderline Best/WORST

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[caption id="attachment_18875" align="aligncenter" width="478" caption="Eva Longoria; Emilio Pucci"]

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LOVE the dress but really Robert Verdi (Eva's stylist) did you make her stick the leg out like that? It ruined it for me... Did anyone notice her walking down the carpet? Eva looked like a baby ostrich. It was very distracting. Not crazy about the hairstyle either. Seems like I've seen it, a lot.

[caption id="attachment_18876" align="aligncenter" width="478" caption="Amanda Seyfried; Givenchy"]

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Beautiful chic Givenchy, wrong color on Amanda!

[caption id="attachment_18877" align="aligncenter" width="478" caption="Jessica Alba; Oscar de la Renta"]

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Jessica needs to lose the necklace and take notes from Julianna Moore on how to wear a gown... It's wearing her.

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Jennifer Lawrence does not deserve to wear this dress. She said to Ryan Seacrest, "I am wearing Dior Haute Couture. I don't know what "haute" means but I was supposed to say it." Clearly Jennifer is more of a jeans and t-shirt kind of gal. The Dior had fit issues as well making her side profile weird looking around the cup area.

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[caption id="attachment_18880" align="aligncenter" width="478" caption="Julianne Hough; Monique Lhuillier"]

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Julianne Hough wore her prom dress to the Golden Globes. How cute.

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I nearly died when I learned this was a Zac Posen. Only Lena could make such a sophisticated gown look like some horrible Sherry Hill pageant dress. Lena, also had difficulty walking. She obviously couldn't work her heels. As for her HBO show Girls... I love it. I love her too actually! But I doubt she make any "best dressed" lists anywhere anytime...

[caption id="attachment_18882" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Olivia Munn; Giorgio Armani"]

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The necklace is in violation of this look. Its all wrong. The bodice has no structure because of the oversized beading which did no favors to her figure. The hair didn't work. Again, you must always take everything into account. If you are dead set on wearing a particular dress, then the hair, shoes and jewelry MUST complement it.

[caption id="attachment_18883" align="aligncenter" width="478" caption="Jessica Chastain; Calvin Klein"]

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The combination of the ill-fitted, sagging dress and the boring as heck hairstyle is a big, sad fail for Jessica Chastain. The dress is too long, btw.

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It kills me to pronounce Halle Berry as MY worst dress pick, but she has gone rogue on good fashion! What is this?! Donatella Versace must have an expression of horror on her face, if she could move it. Was Halle coming from a movie set where she played a warrior princess?? And then, there's the awful leg trend that Angelina started. Halle Berry owes us big time at the next major awards show!!!

BTW, here is what the dress looked like on the Versace runway:

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GQ Magazine, Victoria's Secret & Rihanna

CBS aired the

Victoria's Secret

fashion show last night.

Rihanna

wore Chanel pearl sunglasses. She looked fabulous. Rihanna is also in the December issue of

GQ -

on the cover and featured in the magazine. She wore nothing. To read article and SEE the photos,

click here!

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Vogue's 10 Best Dressed ...

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Vogue.com's

weekly 10 best dressed list is out... Who wore what?? Placing in tenth, wearing a Rachel Zoe jumpsuit is actress January Jones. 

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What a surprise, she's wearing Marchesa. I wonder if Georgina Chapman ever wears anything but her own label?

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A lovely Katy Perry in a Wes Gordon dress.

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Hollywood glam in Prabal Gurung.

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Calvin Klein Collection... I'm not crazy about the fit. The jacket seems too loose, especially in the sleeve.

[caption id="attachment_17832" align="aligncenter" width="376" caption="5. Jessica Chastain"]

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Jason Wu on her back and Harry Winston on her wrist.

[caption id="attachment_17833" align="aligncenter" width="376" caption="4. Stella Tennant"]

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Wearing Versace in SoHo...

[caption id="attachment_17834" align="aligncenter" width="183" caption="3. Rachel Weisz"]

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This is my #1... So pretty and sophisticated in Chanel at the

Skyfall

premiere in London.

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Always classy. This time in Prabal Gurung.

[caption id="attachment_17836" align="aligncenter" width="315" caption="1. Kristen Stewart"]

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Love this. [and she's smiling!] in Louis Vuitton.

*photos: Getty, Wire Image, Mimi Crawford

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Victoria Beckham Covers Elle France November 2012

Spicing up the month of November for

Elle

France in a photo shoot by

Karl Lagerfeld

is

Victoria Beckham

. It's a good thing the article is in French so that we don't have to suffer through idiotic comments such as: 

"I like to look like a Parisian. I sometimes feel a little French,"

says the former Spice Girl. The photographs, on the other hand, are fabulous! Taken in

Coco Chanel's

iconic apartment, the only language the black and white images speak are chic, elegant and edgy.

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