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Reese Witherspoon had a lot of "fun" making 'This Means War'. The 35-year-old actress admits starring in an action film was a new experience for her but she enjoyed all the physical scenes she and co-stars Tom Hardy and Chris Pine had to undertake.
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Zach Braff got his pilot's license because he is a nervous flier. The former 'Scrubs' actor took flying lessons because he was scared of air travel and wanted to know exactly how it worked but revealed he is now hooked on aviation.
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Liv Tyler learns about love and life "every day". The 34-year-old actress - who divorced ex-husband Royston Langton, the father of her seven-year-old son Milo, in 2008 -has spent her "whole life" trying to understand matters of the heart and thinks she has experienced a lot.
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Remember we talked about Chanel trying to reach out for a younger audience through their Boy Chanel handbag line? Its definitely not a side effect of Alice Dellal advertising for the collection, as the campaign per se hasnt been released yet, however, Boy Chanel handbags seem to make an impression on the young Hollywood wave. Ashley Greene was seen out and about wearing a classic ensemble: red sweater and dark gray skinny jeans worn with towering high heeled platform shoes aaaand a black leather chained Boy Chanel Chanel shoulder bag! Clearly more discrete and less common than the usual Chanel quilted handbag, the Boy Chanel is an interesting alternative bag. Do you think it will replace the classic 2.55? Ashley Greene’s Chanel Boy Chanel Chained Black Bag
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showed up at a restaurant just the other night. While we were used to seeing Rihannas beautiful natural hair for few months already, it would appear that now she opted for a radically different hair: blond and straight with dark roots. I admit seeing her (wearing her self designed Armani washed jeans jumpsuit) makes me want to try that same relaxed chic look isnt she lovely? Rihanna’s New Blond Hair And Armani Jeans Jumpsuit
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Recently, the lovely Melissa Matos from Sproos sent me a couple of hair accessories to try and review for The Fashionable Housewife readers. Her shop offers unique hair accessories that are high quality without the high price – plus, her products are just so darn cute! She sent me the Cheetah’s Roar Bow Clip, ($13) [...]
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Not that I had any complains about that Helena Christensen looks amazing and I always had a weak spot for Reebok (and all black sneakers). However, looking at a 43 year old model (I imagine, with some photoshop smoothing here and there) and understanding that ageing isnt so bad after all, is positive way beyond a regular sneakers advertising. (which sneakers, I admit, look pretty fancy from where I stand). I have yet to believe that all that gorgeous body is all due to wearing Reebok sneakers, but hey, Helena could sell me just about anything, so Im guessing Reeboks marketing department figured out that much! Helena Christensen Advertises For Reebok. Again
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And another proof that growing old equals growing beautiful! It took me a while to understand Victoria Beckham and fully digest her appeal. However, Im sold now! As is half the fashion world who, if its not already convinced that Victoria Beckham is here to stay, theyre in for a tough reality facing! Victoria Beckham as photographed by Josh Olins on the cover of i D magazine Whatever the weather issue no 317, Pre Spring 2012 is a refreshingly fashionable yet effortlessly catchy sight (this issue counts nine covers in total, see after the jump). The inside pictorial seems to follow that same idea as I could see from the i D preview. While Victoria herself shares some thoughts about her fashion line and, biensur, her adorable baby Harper! Am I going mainstream since Im developing this Beckham liking (and more)? i – D Victoria Beckham This Spring 2012!
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So we were all expecting this commercial signed by Sofia Coppola for H & M Marni collection, hoping (although somehow already knowing) that it wont disappoint. And judging by the end result which just surfaced, it has every sign of Sofia Coppolas lovely cinematography, a heavy European charm, bonus the H & M affordable advantage. I may not be a supporter of the mixing prints fashion, but I sure liked this ad. Is it March yet? Sofia Coppola Marni H&M Collection Ad Campaign Video
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It has been a while since Eva Mendes graced the cover of a fashion magazine! That doesnt seem to have slowed her in any way! Notoriously dating Ryan Gosling (and globally envied for that alone), Eva Mendes goes to Marie Claire March 2012 with a story about the secrets of her gorgeousness. And how she landed Ryan. Biensur. Because we all know, theres a secret recipe for dating this or that man. And for having this or that skin, this or that body. If I had to write that article, Id say that Eva Mendes supreme secret to all of the above (and more) is fun! She seems to be such a fun girl! And fun girls always look at the bright side! Whod want a gloomy lady, even with a perfect body & face? Eva Mendes Covers Marie Claire US March 2012
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Hugh Hefner's son finds it "weird" that his father has girlfriends younger than he is. The 84-year-old Playboy founder frequently dates much younger women and though 20-year-old Cooper Hefner insists he has always been comfortable with his dad's unusual lifestyle, he isn't always happy about his dates.
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Valentine’s Day. A time when every woman is curling her hair and primping for that special man. But if you are dealing with curls then you probably know that with curls comes frizz right Thankfully UNITE is here to save the day! Whether youre looking to play up your natural waves or perfect your corkscrew [...]
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This might sound a little strange, but when I go hiking I like to carry with me a shopping tote. I just hate backpacks. So when we went on vacation last summer, I took a big floppy shopping tote with me for the mountain trails instead of a backpack. It was actually quite comfortable, but [...]
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Mrs Havisham Photographer: Jessie Lily Adams Stylist: Linda Marina Portman Source: Odalisque Magazine All bridal dresses from Beyond Retro. Malaya Jewelry headpieces. Mawi necklace in image 4. Capezio ballerinas. Team: Photographer: Jessie Lily Adams Stylist: Linda Marina Portman Hair: Noriko Takayama Make up: Sung Hee Model: Timea at Storm Photographers assistant: Emma Turpin Stylist Assistants: Mafalda Silva and Vikky Ivie
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Just about every week I bring you another fabulous design by Rebecca Minkoff and this week is no different. Mrs. Minkoff has released another handbag that is making me drool and it’s the “Love Spell“. What a great name for a bag! It definitely put me in a love spell when I saw it and [...]
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If you’ve been to New York City lately, you may well have seen these billboards telling us all that if we drink large sodas, we will get diabetes and have to have our legs amputated. It shows a headless fat man with crutches and his right leg amputated below the knee behind a row of growing soda cups, and informs us that eating less is the way to avoid developing diabetes. Never mind that (a) no direct causal link between drinking soda and developing diabetes has ever been proven, (b) no direct causal link has ever been proven between eating anything in any amount and developing diabetes, (c) no mention is made of the fact that the bar has been lowered for diagnosing diabetes (much like several other ‘fat peoples’ diseases’ such as hypertension) in the past few years, or (d) the vast majority of people with diabetes will never face amputation of anything at all, there’s another aspect that’s even more shameful about this ad: the man in it has all his limbs. You see, several years ago, California actor Cleo Barry agreed to sit for a professional photographer for $500.00. As part of the contract, Barry signed a release form that allowed the photographer to distribute or sell the images as he saw fit. The photographer sold this image (sans crutches, Photoshop amputation, or scare tactic message) to Image Source, a stock photo company. Fast forward, and the New York City Department of Health chose Barry’s photo to buy for their diabetes awareness campaign. After all, what could be more likely to hammer the message home than a picture of a fat, young, black man… once they did a bit of digital surgery? And young does enter into the equation. The vast majority of amputations among diabetes patients? Happen to people who have been living with diabetes for literally decades. They aren’t performed on people in their twenties, like Barry, but people in their sixties and upwards, who have had poorly controlled blood sugar for twenty, thirty, forty years. Even then, the rate is very small compared to people living with diabetes. You know, people like Mr. Twistie who was diagnosed nineteen years ago and yet still has all his limbs and his eyesight. When Barry became aware of the ad, he was horrified. In fact, he stared at his computer screen and cried. He feared what this ad would do to his acting career. But he has decided to fight back, folks. In a move to both bring attention to how exploitive this ad campaign is and bolster his career at the same time, Barry has made the following offer: he will lower his usual pay rate to any soda company willing to use his unaltered image in their ad campaign. He even says he’ll sing and dance ‘without charging an arm and a leg.’ In other news about fighting back, you may have heard about the Billboard Project. If you haven’t heard the news, Ragen Chastain at Dances with Fat (and if you aren’t reading her blog, I absolutely encourage you to do so last week!) has started a campaign to raise funds for an alternate billboard to put up in Georgia to rebut those appalling billboards telling fat children they are sick and bullied, but they bring it on themselves by being fat. On thursday, the Go Fund Me pageopened for business. Ragen and those working with her on the fund were hoping to raise $10,000.00. That goal has been kicked to the curb, folks! It was beaten inside of twenty four hours. The new goal is $15,000.00 to fund not only the original billboard, but a host of other ways of getting out the body love message. There’s just over a thousand dollars left to go to meet the new goal. But wait! There’s more! And it isn’t an incredible Ginsu steak knife. More of Me to Love has offered $5,000.00 in matching funds… but there’s a catch. While the monetary goal was reached quite a while back, they stipulated that there must be a minimum of one thousand unique donors to unlock those funds. This is an incredible offer, and I love the fact that the agreement includes building a truly grassroots movement that includes a lot of people, rather than a few donations from people with a lot to spare. But as of Ragen’s last update, the project still needs nearly three hundred donors to unlock the More of Me to Love funds. So please, if you have anything to spare, go to the Go Fund Me page and make a donation. Anything from five dollars up is accepted at Go Fund Me. If you cannot spare that much, or would rather use PayPal, you can go here to donate Solidarity Dollars, starting at quite literally one dollar donations. Remember, every dollar is another blow against body shame and publicly funded bullying. And every dollar, every refusal to buckle under, every act of individual body love is another chip in the wall of hate and prejudice. Let’s take that wall down!
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From Jason Wu For Target Launches Today! via Beauty and Fashion Tech Are you ready for Jason Wu For Target? It hits the stores today! It might be crazy! var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { var script = document.createElement('script'); ref = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write(''); script.type = 'text/javascript'; script.src = 'http://widget.crowdignite.com/widgets/2809?_ci_wid=_CI_widget_'+_CI.counter; script.async = true; ref.parentNode.insertBefore(script, ref); })(); Powered by Crowd Ignite Disclosures: Beauty and Fashion Tech at times reviews products provided by a representative of the company. When we do so, we specifically state so. We also use affiliate links. For more, please see the disclosure page About the Author: Carleen Pruess Coulter Copyright Beauty and Fashion Tech
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Just curious what my favorite fashionistas are wearing for the Super Bowl?  Do you remember last year when A Few Goody Gumdrops introduced Alexander Wang's Brady Football Clutch? Wish we had it for today! You can guess being from Boston what colors everyone in my house will be wearing! We are expecting a victory with a Football shaped cake to match the Brady Clutch. We're off and running. Happy Super Bowl!
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Left to Right: I- Blouse, $35; Pleated Skirt, $30; Bag, $40; II- Pleated Dress, $40; Tote, $50; III-Top, $27; Skirt, $30; Lace Clutch, $30Sunday February 5th will be a big day for football and fashion fans alike. On this day, not only will Anna Wintour appear on CBS' 60 Minutes, but Jason Wu's 53-piece capsule collection becomes available at most Target Stores and on Target.com. Look for pleated skirts, Peter Pan collars, nautical dresses, printed scarves and handbags with each item priced below $60.Jason Wu For Target Navy Poplin Dress, $39.99, available at Target on February 5According to Mr. Wu, this collection was inspired by "French New Wave films, actresses like Jean Seberg and Anna Karina . . . that nonchalant chic, that effortless style, mixed with American sportswear."Shop the collection here and click here to see the entire line.Satisfy your Passion for Fashion!
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Though it would appear that this is not something new for Jennifer, as she advertised for Shiseido in the 80s, I cant wait to see the visuals for this one! Jennifer Connelly is one of my favorite actresses and I always loved Shiseidos model choices! (even Angelina Jolie used to advertise for the Japanese high end cosmetics brand) With a little luck, they wont be as misleading as those LOreal (or Rimmel) ads Did you actually buy a certain cosmetic product because of who was advertising for it? Jennifer Connelly Representing For Shiseido
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Its not a joke! Remember how Stuart Weitzman makes these really expensive sandals which are heavy on diamonds and all kinds of precious metals? One of those, which were named Million Dollar Shoe, also worn by Laura Harring on the 2002 Oscars Red Carpet even made it on a Postal Stamp (a Spanish postal stamp issued in 2009 to mark the 50th anniversary of shoes factories from Elda, Spain, where Stuart Weitzman shoes are produced). And now, the Million Dollar Shoes will make it to the mainstream! Swarovski Crystals will take the diamonds place and the price tag will sensibly downgrade to a three figures sum. The name becomes Millionairess and will be available for $595. Heres Natalia Vodianova as photographed by Mario Testino to represent for the Millionairess Swarovski shoes. With shoes like that, who needs clothes, huh? Affordable Stuart Weitzman Million Dollar Sandals
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Designer Planet What a beautiful women’s wardrobe what Silvian Heach we propose for the next Spring-Summer 2012. Like many other fashion brands, in fact, the well-known brand fashion Italian has designed a whole series of cult looks that are part of the first shots of the interesting advertising campaign that will be warm for the season: clothing and accessories which, combined together, form of trendy outfits, very elegant, chic and feminine, that you can see in our gallery. The recent fashion show for spring-summer of 2012 Silvian Heach it had as its protagonist a beautiful and famous Italian showgirl. On the catwalk, to represent the Italian fashion brand, in fact, had been called Elisabetta Canalis, Fresh from her breakup with the handsome George Clooney, Hollywood actor with whom he lived a love story of some year or so … After admiring the Silvian Heach dresses worn by Elizabeth Canalis, Here we look at the cult leaders who are the subjects of advertising campaign spring-summer 2012 the famous fashion brand. It is decidedly retro style of the shots, which take us back in the seventies with luxury details and strictly pastel colors. The protagonist of this campaign, on air since January 2012, is the beautiful top model Heather Marks who plays a modern Faye Dunaway. Shots very elegant, sensual, which transmit all the strength and character of this splendid collection of fashion, which is made up of accessories that are sure to become a cult! Fashion Silvian Heach spring-summer 2012, pictures of the campaign
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Hugh Dancy admits it was a "professional challenge" to stimulate bringing a woman to orgasm on film. The actor plays the role of a Victorian medic who helps cure psychologically troubled women in 'Hysteria' - which also stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and Felicity Jones - and he found it hard to be in the bizarre situation of shooting the intimate scenes.
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