The Celebrity Fragrance Wars

With celebrity fashion lines falling from boutiques like rain from a sky, the celebrity fragrance business has also seen a 20% decrease; which means competition has reached a new level and many celebrities are getting ready for this year’s fragrance wars.

Fragrance wars are like the blockbuster wars during opening nights for movies where stars release their fragrances and wait to see which one's consumers will dub their favorite. One famous war was between Usher and P Diddy, where they publically dueled it out to see whose fragrance would be the most popular.

Two latin celebrities, Christina Aguilera and Jennifer Lopez are launching new fragrances soon. Here's the inside stats:

Contender 1: By Night by Christina Aguilera

Experience: 2 Previous Fragrances

When: September

Where: Europe

Characteristics: Sexy Sophisticated

Base Notes: Vanilla, Pineapple, Moss and sandalwood

Commercial:

Contender 2: My Glow by Jennifer Lopez

Experience: Very Successful Glow Fragrance Line

When: October

Where: Global

Characteristics: Motherhood and love

Base Notes: Skin musk, milky sandalwood, precious woods and heliotrope

Commercial:

Let the games begin!

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The Lip Clutch by Lulu Guiness

Lulu Guinness fashion label celebrated 20 years, but the main attraction of the celebration had to the the facial accessories. We are talking eyes and lips paired with cocktail dresses to create a style you can't take your eyes off of:

Lulu's outfit was definitely riding the bar of fashionable and maybe a little too quirky. However, that lip clutch was amazing. check out the entire family accessorizing. Her daughters Tara and Madeline show us how the lip clutch can be used fashionably with the right touches:
Other accessories that caught our eye from the event? Jasmine Guinness crawfish clutch and leopard shoes... not as eye catching but quirky and fab:


Soruce: Mail Online

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The Fashion Farrah and Michael Left Behind

The news hit everywhere that Michael Jackson (heart attack) and Farrah Fawcett (cancer) passed away today. Fans around the world are in mourning, Facebook and Twitter is overloaded with information, and the world is left thinking about how two of the world's greatest icons passed away in the same day.

Both Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson had two things in common...a great impression on the fashion and beauty industry that is still relevant today.

The one thing Farrah Fawcett left behind was the full layered hair style that caused a frenzy across the world as women and girls adopted the look almost over night:

Celebrities like Whitney Port of The City and Paris Hilton still wear the style today:

Michael Jackson on the other hand brought pop style back to the masses in many ways. However, one look that seems to stick throughout the years was his military style:

Celebrities like Beyonce and Kanye West still wear the military style today; it can also be seen coming down major runways from New York to Paris:

Our prayers are with their families and we will never forget their impressions on fashion, fans, and world culture.

Source: Everywhere!

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Jennifer Lopez Kisses Sweetface Goodbye

Celebrity clothing lines come and go, and the new one to hit the dust is Jennifer Lopez's clothing line, Sweetface; not that that was a surprise.

Close your eyes and go back to New York Fashion Week in 2001... remember her line JLO that launched that had everyone buzzing for about 11 minutes and then nothing ever happened after that? After struggling for a few years JLO shut down in 2007.

Okay... now rewind from 2007 to 2003, Sweetface was launched as a urban spin off of JLO. Wait. We missed one, okay, go back to the end of 2007, she launches justsweet which also closed after a few seasons.


Confusing? Exactly, which is why it's no surprise that Sweetface is shutting down now. But let's do give Jennifer some credit. According to New York Fashion, she pulled $200 million in 2006; even if that was short lived.

Jennifer plans to relaunch the line in the near future. But don't feel too bad for her, the woman is a business mogul with over 38 franchise stores in 40 countries, restaurants, perfume, and movies.

She'll be just fine; and sometimes, even the best of us fail, it makes us stronger and life more interesting.

**We would give you the link to the Sweetface website, but obviously, with the buzz today, her server crashed. Sorry! Will update soon.**

Source: Everywhere!

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Daddy's Girls Take Macy's By Storm

Vanessa and Angela Simmons are releasing a new line called Pastry Capsule taking the girls from footwear to reality TV to fashion.

Vanessa and Angela recently put on a special runway show for Macy's to introduce the new looks, more will be seen on the new season of Daddy's Girls, which should be an interesting season...

The new season of Daddy's Girl will have a few twist including the fact that:

• Vanessa is seriously pursuing her acting career and is leaving Angela to work harder to establish the new line
• Angela trying to get out of her sisters shadow and take her fashion image to the next level
• Vanessa making Los Angeles her permanent home and securing a number of roles including Boogie Town

Looking forward to getting a closer look at the line! More pics below:

Source: Monsters and Critics

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Remember our last post... Harry Potter Star Turns Fashionista? Well, we obviously must have had some psychic abilities going on because Emma Watson has really taken her place in the world of celebrity fashion using two little marketing tactics... endorsements and a clothing line.

Everyone knows that when a celebrity wants to become a fashion icon or taken seriously when it comes to style, they want to be the face of a major brand and they want their own clothing line, well, Emma Watson has gotten both.

Not only will she be the new face of Burberry but she's launching her own clothing line and all the proceeds will be going to charity. Emma's new line will be for teenagers and proceeds will go to UNICEF. And additional buzz has the star taking advice from Karl Lagerfeld to make sure her line doesn't fall into the typical celebrity fashion line category.

Source: LimeLife
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Cross Promotions and SPFW Racism

Tonight on Bravo's Fashion Show, not only did Becki Newton make a surprise appearance, but we saw clothing inspired by fish and cross promotions? That's right cross promotions. Did Bravo think we didn't see how it conveniently zoomed in on the LG Lotus phone (remember when Christian Siriano integrated it into his Fall 2009 collection… fabulous). Okay…then the Tresemme hair spray that was zoomed in on when Haven was teasing her hair? Come on…Definitely cross promotions… at least it didn’t feel like a big commercial. Those marketers are definitely getting sneakier….



Gisele Bundchen and Jesus Lux opened Brazil's Sao Paulo Fashion Week... but unfortunately the fashion wasn't on everyone's mind... race was. This year, SPFW was forced to incorporate black or indigenous models, at least 10%, into their fashion show. Some people applauded and some... well, check out Global Fashionista for the full scoop.

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Celebrity Favorite, Jimmy Choo Joining H&M

This story has hit the fashion scene, the blogosphere, social media and just about every fashionistas ears this morning in a matter of minutes. The buzz has reached another level of word of mouth.... Jimmy Choo is partnering with H&M to develop a line of shoes and accessories for budget conscious fashionistas.

The brand that celebrities have been drooling over for years has joined forces with H&M and will offer an affordable line of accessories and shoes in 200 H&M stores across the world on November 14th. No doubt...they will probably sell out in a matter of hours, if not minutes.

So when did Jimmy Choo get it's mass appeal? Probably when it became a staple on the red carpet by A-list celebrities or when Carrie in Sex and the City became an avid fan. Either way, on November 14th a fashionistas dream will come in the form of affordable Jimmy Choos; and who could resist that?

Source: Mail Online

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This Week On The Red Carpet

Ashley Olsen knocks fashion out the park at the 2009 CFDA Fashion Awards. This year the awards took place at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center in New York on Monday. Her glamorous orange dress was stunning with a vintage feel. The girls turn 23 on Saturday.


Silver and bronze goddess Jennifer Aniston arrived at the Women in Film 2009 Crystal and Lucy Awards on Friday in a stunning strapless Prada mini and Azzedine Alaia heels as well as Fred Leighton diamond earrings and rings. She was awarded the evening’s top award. We love the metallic pairing with nude shoes... stunning.

Image Source: Just Jared
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Reese Witherspoon Celebrity Perfume

First let's talk about the pink Valentino Dress that Reese is wearing in all her new perfume ads. Absolutely stunning! The actress is partnering with Avon to launch her own perfume line called "In Bloom".

Reese really took a hands on approach with the perfume and it took over two years to make. According to Reese:

"It was a unique experience for me because I had no idea what goes into making perfumes."

“I thought you just pick a fragrance and it’s easy. But there were all these different levels of creating a scent that were new to me, but really fun and exciting.”

Avon is seeing gold right now; the perfume hits stores in November and is expected to retail for about $34 dollars and sell over $15 million dollars in the end.

Source: The Insider

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Courtney Love's New Fashion Line

Recently a new article was posted about the Worst Celebrity Fashion Designers over at film.com. Definitely a story worth reading... however, the article reminded us that Courtney Love's new Fashion Line should be coming out soon.

Everyone gets a chance, but from the recent Celebrity Fashion Lines, Courtney will have to really put out something great to prove herself. Courtney's line will include ""cotton ribbed body suits, cashmere harem pants and a ruby stitched into every outfit,” according to British magazine Grazia.

However, recent news says Courtney love is actually over her head in credit card debt (She was sued by American Express for $352,059.67). Is the line a desperate attempt to raise capital or is a true passion of Courtney's?

As usual, Courtney's people are denying the claim and saying that someone else took out the cards under Courtney's name and that Amex allowed it to happen.

Image and Source: New York Daily News
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Fergie Pucci Dress Creates a Buzz

The buzz around the blogosphere today is the outfit Fergie wore on the David Letterman show in New York City yesterday at the Sullivan Theatre.

The Black Eyed Peas singer arrived wearing this:


But the real shocker was her performance dress:

The dress was a Pucci cutaway dress that cutaway at the side and shoulder. Definitely a stunning ensemble that left little to the imagination! You can purchase a similar Emilio Pucci dress, The Short Dress, that's less revealing but still stunning:

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3 Hot Trends Stars Love

White Pants Suits



Malin Akerman, Rhianna and Rose McGowan are seen here in white pants suit reminiscent of the disco era. We love this look! Especially Rhianna's leopard accents and feminine touches.

The Maxi Dress with A Jean Jacket



Estelle, Nicole Richie and Jessica Simpson all sport the maxi dress, the dress that literally goes from chest to knee. Pairing bold prints with jean jackets give the stars a look that anyone can pull off. Oh, and we love Jessica's pink bag. You can find some stunning maxi dress from H&M and from Banana Republic.

Gold Sequin Pants or Leggings



Angie Harmon, Blake Lively and Eva Herigova all have something sparkly in common... sequined bottoms. The new style is stunning especially when paired with solid shirts just like Black Lively's white blouse.

Would you wear these looks? Head over to People Style Watch and vote today.

Image Source: People
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Cheryl Cole Leather Leggings

Cheryl Cole stepped out her hotel after the X Factor auditions wearing a tan and beige geometrical top, black leather leggings and some sexy stilleto pumps. The 25 year old singer has been in the news lately about her weight.

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ANTM Judge Gets Canned

Sad news for the entertainment industry and the economy. It looks as if America's Next Top Model judge Paulina Porizkova is fired! Although she claims it's because her "ego", the producer says it has to do with the economy. According the Usmagazine.com, the producer states:

"The current state of the economy has forced shows to make major budget cuts industry wide, and America’s Next Top Model is not immune to these financially challenging times."

and...


"We've had to make significant cuts in every area of the production and, unfortunately, Paulina was a casualty of these cuts."

According to sources Paulina was fired over the phone on her birthday. Tyra has always pursued Paulina to join the show and know, and now, after a small stint, she's fired.

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Michelle Obama Shopping at BonPoint

Michelle Obama took Malia and Sasha shopping at the Bonpoint boutique yesterday! Michelle was fashionable in silver summer flats, a colorful summer dress and a cute cardiagan.

Image from Just Jared.

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Kathy Perry's Sushi Ensemble

Talk about wacky! Kathy Perry mixed fashion and food together at the MTV Music Awards in Tokyo on June 2, 2009. Talk about loving Sushi! The dress was designed by Phillipe and David Blond. Sounds familiar? Well, she wore a fruit dress to the Grammys!

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Lindsay's Over The Knee Boots

Over at Fashionising.com we caught a peak Lindsey wearing the "2010 fashion trend" over-the-knee boots.



The look was pretty amazing and Lindsey pulled it off well. She paired a gray tank top, a gold purse and chain, skinny jeans in a grayish stone washed color, and white over the knee boots.

The boots gave an unexpected charm to the look and with the right accessories (like Lindsey's sunglasses, watch and bracelet), it was a stunning yet casual ensemble.

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Kate Winslet's Stunning Sheer Sleeves

Kate Winslet looked stunning on June 1st at the Away We Go screening at Landmark's Sunshine Cinema on June 1 in NYC. The dress was absolutely stunning (image from Just Jared).


We love the new trend of sheer sleeves with a solid colored dress. The lacy sheer sleeves give the dress a elegant yet edgy look and shows off her skin tone without being too revealing.

The Away We Go was directed by her husband Sam Mendes and is about a couple who is expecting their first child. The couple travel around the US in order to find the perfect place to start their family. Of course, during the way they have lots of misadventures.

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Eva, Eva, Eva... Don't Wear This Bikini Again

We really don't know what happened here? We personally don't like this look at all. Eva Longoria wore this on her yaht this week, relaxing in the sun and taking in some much need rest.

However, the Desperate Housewives star must not have though twice about her bathing suit. The tube top looks kind of like a piece of leftover fabric and the bikini both reminds us of a Pinata. We usually love the way Eva dresses, like the cute gold jumper she wore walking through the airport in Nice, France.


We all make fashion mistakes, hopefully she won't make that mistake again.

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Harry Potter Star Turns Fashionista

Emma Watson stunned the fashion world by wearing a stunning dress by Rodarte, a California label. The dress was revealing and really took Emma to another level when it comes to celebrity fashion.

The stunning dress was a black, blue and silver ensemble mixed with lace and much more in a patchwork of fabric draped creatively. Currently, Emma is filing the last Harry Potter movie, The Deathly Hallows, but there are some amazing things you probably didn't know about Emma!

Did you know that Emma Watson:

• Amassed a $10 million dollar fortune
• Is the highest paid actress in Hollywood under the age of 21
• Landed her first major role at 9

Pretty amazing? Plus she's starting school in September in America.

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Miley Cyrus Launching Her Own Clothing Line

Miley Cyrus is launching her own clothing and partnering with designer Max Azira. Like the Olsen Twins, Mily is looking to use her teen image to get major dollars focusing on fashion. Maz Azira is the creative master behind Herve Leger and BCBG and the new line will be sold in Wal-Mart stores across the nation. Here are some inside quotes behind the new line:

Miley:

• "I love creating looks that are all about personal expression and individuality."
• "Collaborating with Max Azria has been an amazing experience, and I'm really excited about launching this line with Walmart. There's even more to come!"

Max Azira:

• "Miley Cyrus is talented and approachable, so working with her sparked a line that is authentic and vibrant."

All the looks will be under 20 dollars and will feature the fashion style that made Mily famous including graphic tees, rock and roll tops and pants, and accessories.

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