Rihanna’s Fenty X Puma New York Fashion Week (NYFW) show brings risk-taking to the runway. The collection is perfect for great spring summer adventures.
Fenty x Puma NYFW Spring Summer 2018
The stage covered in gorgeous pink sand and motocross riders flipping over the sand. The show continues with a runway of fashion for various high adventure sports. The collection includes:
Swimwear perfect for poolside, cruise, or the beach
Motocross
Scuba diving
Biker shorts
Surfing
Workout clothing
Street gear
Athletic wear
Track pants
The shoes and accessories take activewear to a new level. They is a selection of workout, heels, and her chunky boots. Rihanna is the only woman recipient of Footwear News’. She brings the fanny pack trend to the collection. We saw this trend with Marc Jacobs collection and Noon by Noor. Rihanna earlier in the week was wearing a Guess fanny pack.
Rihanna not only presented the best runway at NYFW, she released her Fenty Beauty sold at Sephora during fashion week. This brand is the makeup for the runway. Tavao Palomin at Makeup By Tavao discusses Rihanna’s compact highlighter Ginger Binge/ Moscow Mule created to give you the look she wore to the Met Gala recently.
Rihanna Met Gala
The collection and makeup are the talks of beauty and fashion. Rihanna’s collection brings fashion to high-risk sports and activewear with high-end fashion, style, and flair.
Amber Nash joins us on the red carpet at the Emmy® Creative Arts Awards. Her character is Pam Poovey on FX Networks’ Archer. This show allows her to be apart of a smart dirty show.
Nash’s background is comedy, theatre, film, and voiceover. Improv is an important part of her acting world. She continues as time permits to give at Dad’s Garage in Atlantic City. She loves being able to read the audience and respond to the actors on the stage. Moving to a studio setting where she is alone was a change.
Nash said, “it has taken me some time to adjust to the setting after being in the theatre. I am now able to accurately predict how my co-actors will sound and act in each script. My improv training really helped with the adjustment.”
She discusses how much fun and lucky she is to play Pam. Her character is able to say some of the most, “dirty, terrible, horrible things. The writers create such smart content. I love how smart it is. I have to look up references with every script. I am able to learn about the world.”
The fans love Pam and Nash loves her fans. She discussed how important each one is to the show. She said, “some fans even have Pam tattoos.”
She looked fabulous in Adrianna Papell gown, a designer we both enjoy because of her feminine touch and attention to the woman form.
Archer took home 1 Emmy at The Creative Arts for Outstanding Animated Program.
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The 89th Oscars® will be one that is in the memories of many for years to come. The glamour of The Academy Awards did not disappoint from the luncheon, Oscars’ Week, red carpet, and Oscar® night.
Preparing for an evening at the Oscars® and the many after parties is a process. This begins months in advance with stylist preparing the look for their clients. They look through the fashion and designers assisting with a perfect look.
Julissa Bermudez Oscars Red Carpet Styling
Ivanna Fontana, celebrity stylist, “impeccable sense of style allows her to create a stronger brand identity for her clients by transforming their personal image.” Fontana says for your spring styling, “add deconstructed shirt-wear to your wardrobe. Fuschia pink is definitely the trend this season.” She found it an honor to style the beautiful Julissa Bermudez, American television personality, actress, dancer, model, and singer, for the glamorous evening.
Bermudez wore Nicole Bakti fall winter 2016 collection style “Nikole Bakti“. The gown is a soft pink a feel of romance with a mermaid cut, this is a perfect gown for Bermudez. This was a sexy feminine look. The gown has a peek-a-boo shoulder with added flair. The earrings and rings adding sex appeal to the styling are Michael Kors. The jewels continue with the romance and glamour perfect for the Oscars® red carpet, ceremony, and after parties. She is impeccable and beautiful for the evening.
Viola Davis, Oscar winner for Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, at the Oscars® states, “the art of acting best, The stories of the people who dreamed big and never saw those dreams to fruition. People who fell in love and lost.” We watch the beauty of art, fashion, and talent on this night. The night starts with the red carpet where film, fashion, and friends meet.
The red carpet is a place to celebrate, greet old friends and make a few new friends. The beauty on the red carpet is not just from the fashion, but hard work and dedication of many.
Alicia Vikander arrives on the red carpet of The 89th Oscars®
Voted Best Dressed on the Oscars® Red Carpet by our followers Alicia Vikander. She is wearing Louis Vuitton gown, Divas Dream diamonds by Bulgari, and Louis Vuitton PVC sandals. The minimal makeup and a relaxed bun complete the look.
Honee Persona presents fall winter 2017 fashion collection at Style Fashion Week Los Angeles. This collection is about identity. We get to choose who we are on the inside at any moment and create our fashion on that choice.
The collection looks at the layers of being comfortable in the skin we are in. “Since the beginning of time, we have made choices. Fashion is also a choice,” states Persona. She is a graduate of the Art Institute of California. This collection is Asian fusion with Kabuki styling. She created rope hair extensions weaved in the hair. This collection awarded best in hair and makeup at New York Fashion Week.
Honee Hair Styling FW17
Persona brings an industrial design background to her runway collection. She incorporates this in her fashion. The material used for this collection are unconventional. She uses plastic chiffon. The material made from recycled plastic and turned into chiffon. She combines this with metals. The two unconventional materials create sculptures in the collection.
The collection is about identity and how deeply we express ourselves. The layers we choose to wear describes who we are at the moment. The menswear is a take on a super hero, inside is outside. The menswear is masculine and strong. We have to ask ourselves how do we express ourselves in the skin we are in.
Taylor Swift released a single titled Look What You Made Me Do shortly after removing all images and posts from social media. The video premiered on Good Morning America and seen at the Video Music Awards (VMAs). This styling is a throwback of the fashion and styling Swift has graced at many red carpets, music videos, and award shows.
Taylor Swift’s Fashion
Taylor Swift Styling
She wears a J. Mendel dress (Out of the Woods video),Balmain red cutout dress (2009 VMAs), Oscar de la Renta baby pink gown (2014 Met Gala red carpet), KaufmanFranco one-shoulder gown (worn during her acceptance speech at VMAs), and the Ballet West swan ballerina costume (Shake It Off Video). There are many new pieces included in the video including a dominatrix style jumpsuit with Fendi thigh-high boots. Her hair and makeup changed throughout the video fitting different moments in her past performances and an evolution of a new Swift.
Taylor Swift “Look What You Made Me Do” Video
Taylor Swift “Look What You Made Me Do” Video
Taylor Swift’s Styling
Her styling includes a vast jewelry with each outfit change. The jewels include:
The changes in styling in the video are many and come with deep meaning. Please leave your thoughts in the comment section about your interpretation of the video.
Malan Breton, a fashion designer, brings a story in three chapters for fall-winter 2017. The chapters create a story that flows from New York Fashion Week, to London Fashion Week, and concludes in Los Angeles at Style Fashion Week. The collection brings a complete story from the chapters: Everywhere at the End of Time (New York), Living in the Moment in Fear (London), and Seven Deadly Sins (Los Angels).
The New York chapter is Everywhere at the End of Time. This chaptertakes us to the current times in the world now and brings about empowerment. Empowering women and those beingpoorly treated. The entire show from the dancers, to the opening model, Nykhor Paul bring the story to life.
The runway included celebrities models: Kiera Chaplin (Charlie Chaplin’s granddaughter), Frankie Grande, Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin, Dylan Grieco, Mason Grammer, and Janine Tugonon. Each is a part is the weaving of the story about acceptance and hope.
Malan Breton London Fashion Week
London’s show at Freemasons Hall continues the collections’ story. This chapter is living in the current time of fear and darkness. Taking the color away from you. The loss of color a strong presence on the runway. The opening fabric for this chapter looks like a second skin. The music for the runway is Sleepwalk by Santo & Johnny.
Malan Breton Style Fashion Week FW17 LA
Los Angeles story chapter, the Seven Deadly Sins. This runway brings the story back to hope, light, and empowerment with the use of color. The Phoenix in the triplet chapter story.
The collections’ stories inspiration is the 1930s, the loss of hope and death. The stories draw from Charlie Chaplin‘s 1930 films including City Lights and Modern Times. The collections present the story with perfection in fabrics, treatments, performances, and colors.
Malan Breton Style Fashion Week FW17 LA
The fabrics are Asian inspired. The fabrics are organzas, silk Charmeuse, and recycled piettes. The piettes created from recycled aluminum cans. Breton uses a company in Twain that cuts, colors, and treats the metal.
Breton says, “I do my best to protect the environment when creating my designs.” This metallic dress moments and texture are extraordinary. Breton states, “the dress movement comes from the way I weighted and draped the dress. I am so grateful it turned out so well.”
Malan Breton Style Fashion Week FW17 LA
The color in this chapter is green (earth and rebirth), gold (prosperity and richness), and deep blue (continuous flow of life). The floral prints brings beauty and a new beginning to the final chapter of the story.
Malan Breton Style Fashion Week FW17 LA
Breton’s chapters stay true to his aesthetics elegance. The men’s silhouettes are very on point. This collection Breton styled and designed himself. His stylist for several seasons, Montgomery Frazier The Image Guru, said, “we do not put anyone in anything that is ill-fitting. If it is ill-fitted they do not wear it. The textures and fabrics fit Breton’s catch line ‘wherever you go shine.’ The fabrics are rich, opulent, exquisite tailoring, and he is about fashion. Being here with Breton is so glamorous at Style Fashion Week with the beautiful outdoor setting and jazz music.”
Breton develops his menswear after his own experience. He states, “when I was a ballet dancer in London and on Broadway every time I lifted my arm up when wearing a suit I would lose part of my sleeve. I knew I had to figure out how to cut a suit so I do not lose part of my sleeve. I trained at Turnbull And Asser, the suit makers for the Prince of Wales. He says, “I incorporate the English traditions in my designs. I learned there with my development for the men’s suits.”
The fashion show stayed true to the designers’ aesthetic while completing the story started in New York. The beauty, tailoring, and signature detailing tell the story of hope, equality, and empowerment. Concluding with the image of renewing and shining wherever you are.
Kether Donohue joins us on the red carpet at the Emmys® Creative Arts Awards. She comes with a strong background in television, theater, and film. She is an actress, producer, director, and writer. Her performance in Grease Live as Jan provides comic relief.
Donohue embraced her career from an early age growing up in New York. She attended a performing arts high school and graduated from Fordham University with a concentration in film. This training prepared her for each role she has undertaken.
Taking on the iconic role Jan in Grease Live took some time to create the character into a new modern role while capturing Jan’s essence. Donohue states, “The directors provided an atmosphere for me to explore, make mistakes, and hone in on the character for this production.” This allows for Jan to come to life for a new generation.
Her career has spanned decades. She has worked with theater allowing for her to interact with the audience and crew during a performance. She moved on to voice-over work. This took some time to get used to being alone in a room during a performance. Each role has provided insight to her next performance.
Her beauty in a Vivienne Westwood corset cocktail dress and Prada shoes grace the runway, but her intellect and passion to each role she embraces were clearly demonstrated. She is in You’re the Worst on FX Networks.
Grease Live awarded 5 Emmys® for Outstanding Lighting Design Lighting Direction For A Variety Special, Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, video control for a limited series, movie, or special, Outstanding Special Class Program, Outstanding Directing A Variety Special, and Outstanding Production Design For A Variety Nonfiction Event Or Award Special.
Kathryn Burns Emmy’s Creative Arts 2016 Red Carpet
Kathryn Burns (Kat) joins us on the red carpet at the Emmys® Creative Arts Awards. She danced her way to an Emmys® for Outstanding Choreography in MyCrazy Ex-Girlfriend. She is the first choreographer nominated working with a scripted series.
Joining her for the evening was her gorgeous mother and father. It is an exciting evening and red carpet for the family. Her family plays a large role in her dance career. She began dancing from her older sister’s influence.
Burns dance training includes tap, ballet, contemporary, but her passion is hip-hop. After college, she moved to Hollywood. She was her dream was a backup dancer but released she was too tall and white.
Kathryn turned her attention to comedy. This was not as successful as she envisioned. This left her feeling a little in between dance and comedy. One day someone asked her about dancing when she was doing comedy. She said, “I am a trained dancer.” This question changed her world.
This opens doors to use her comedic training and dance to choreographing for the scripted comedy. She continues to work at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, presenting live comedy. Improv, sketch, and stand-up. She has enjoyed being here for over 10 years.
The challenges with choreography with a written script are working with people who may not have formal training, working within the set, characters, script, and camera angles, while meeting comedic timing. Kathryn said, “It is such an honor and humbling experience being recognized by my peers in dance.”
Crazy Ex-Girlfriendawarded one Emmys® Creative Arts for Outstanding Choreography 2016.
Fernando Alberto, a fashion designer, presents Under A Black Moon handcrafted print designs. Alberto’s fall-winter 2017 collection’s runway is at Art Hearts Fashion Week at Beverly Hilton.
Fernando Alberto Art Hearts Fashion Week FW17 Photo Credit Raymond L. Forchion Jr.
Alberto states, “I don’t have an inspiration. I see something I like and go from there.” This collection develops from photographs of dead trees. He creates the fabric print from this photograph.
This takes us on a journey through the woods with fabrics that are modern, reflective, and full of movement. This collection creates light in something so dark. He steps from his normal romantic collection. Fabrics include vegan leather was buttery. The polygon uni fabric felt like silk. Practicality in design is important to the consumer. He creates his own patterns, cut the fabric, and takes ownership of each piece created.
Fernando Alberto Art Hearts Fashion Week FW17 Photo Credit Raymond L. Forchion Jr.
Alberto carries on the family tradition of elegant fashion. The understanding and appreciation of design bring sophistication glamor to women. His talent is well recognized by the fashion industry as the fashion house to watch and celebrities. His designs worn by Joy Huerta at the Grammys, Ajiona Alexus at the MTV Awards, Mariah Carey, Lauren Hill, Ashanti, and Mya.
Joy Huerta Red Carpet Wearing Fernando Alberto Photo Credit Raymond L. Forchion Jr. and D’Orazio & Associates
Alberto talent is the art of creating women wear that is elegant, filled with motion, and the strong sense of a woman’s form. This fall-winter collection connects luxurious fabrics and textures creating beautiful art while taking a journey Under A Dark Moon.
Beauty direction by April Love Pro Makeup Academy.
