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80’s Avant Garde Style Icons and Their Influence On Fashion Today

Gossip, dish, and inside style tips from back in the day to its influence now...On this week's Focus on Style- Talk, hosting duo Sharon Haver & Brad Boles talk about the style icons of the 80's Leigh Bowery, Klaus Nomi, Boy George, Annie Lenox, Grace Jones, Club Kids, and their influence over the late great designer Alexander McQueen and fashion as a wholeThese provocative visual images were born out of the underground and performance art movements between London, New York and Berlin club scenes. Music and MTV changed an entire generation and how they saw style.Listen to this episode with Sharon & Brad, LIVE, uncensored and off the cuff!Young designers, Lady Gaga and TV shows like Project Runway contestants pull

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Target Lights Up New York and Affordable Fashion in Spectacular Show

Target's Kaleidoscopic Fashion Spectacular at the Standard Hotel She's baaaack! yes, Alix Kivlin is back from her year long trip around the world and in full fashion gear... we'll get her to share her global tales one hemisphere at a time later, but for now, she's in a New York state of mind. -S.H. The fashion scene put a lit-up, psychedelic twist on the fashion show concept with Target's Kaleidoscopic Fashion Spectacular at the Standard Hotel. The ordinarily modern and sleek Standard Hotel turned into an LED disco ball with one entire side of the building being used as a light show flashing and flickering along to music pumping into the night. Models on stage Not only were the lights

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Agyness Deyn Works East Village Punk Mash-Up Style

Sneak Peak: The September "New York" issue of V Magazine features the supermodel looking very downtown I'm a downtown girl through and through... Self-expression rather than cloned perfection is more my thing. That's what I love most about living in New York's East Village. The neighborhood maintains its sense of edgy self-made style and uniqueness. Sure, punk stores on Saint Mark's Place have been replaced by yogurt shops and dissident rockers gave way to hip Japanese and NYU students, but there's no doubt that there will be something interesting, insane, or inspiring once you set foot onto the street. There remains a certain grit and vibe left over from the neighborhood's hardcore rock days of yore. The super-cool John Varvatos

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Crystal Head Vodka, THE Gift for The Hostess With The Mostess

Levitation Optional: Impossibly cool vodka created by Dan Aykroyd, with a collectible skull bottle designed by artist John Alexander The gift for someone who has everything, including a helluva lot of style... perhaps, that could even be you? Honey, you want cool? We've got you cool? Do you want a conversation piece? It's that too. Looks great. Tastes amazing. And you know they don't already have it. Brad and I were talking about some off-beat hostess gifts... something unusual without breaking the bank. And, then, just like magic a little pr whisked into my inbox with the perfect solution. Crystal Head Vodka Inspired by his interest in the supernatural, comedic genius, actor, musician, ufologist (that's the scientific study of UFO's)

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Happy Trails, The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum Collection is up for auction at Christies

Giddy up to iconic western style like no other or be inspired for your own Home on the Range Here's a little tidbit that most of you don't know, I may be a native NYC girl with a post-modern loft that has minimalist sculptural designs but when it was time to redecorate our vacation place in Wyoming, my design motivation was a homage to iconic western legends, Dale Evans and Roy Rogers! >>RELATED: Get your giddyup on with more Cowboy style posts! When it comes to design, of any kind, you need some inspiration as a launch point- whether it is your wardrobe or your home. Most old school western style is very tan and bland for me and the more

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Real Housewives of New Jersey and New York Gossip and Some Ramona Singer Jewelry To Pretty It Up From Brad Boles

Trash and cash to 'Money Can't Buy You Class' and fab fake jewels are all in the life of the Real Housewives Brad is breathless with more gossip and gorgeousness to share. Does he ever take a breather? No, it's not in his genes, but who is in everyone else's jeans? ŚS.H. Summer is officially here and all the Housewives have checked into their Hamptons hideaways. I have two thoughtful words to pass on-- designated driver. The East End of Long Island is truly the land of the very, very privileged but there are police lurking behind every landscaped privet. Bottoms up and safety first! You know that I love to gossip about those Housewives, so let's get some dish

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Patti Smith’s Downtown Vibe Is the Inspiration for Ports 1961 Pre-Spring 2011 Collection That Rocks

“New York is the thing that formed me; New York is the thing that deformed me...” Patti Smith Runway Review: Rock icon Patti Smith was the style inspiration for the knockout Ports 1961 Pre-Spring 2011 collection by Tia Cibani. For anyone who has not had the amazing experience of seeing Smith perform live, particularly in a small venue, you are truly missing out on a brilliant force of music, poetry, and performance. From the days of being called the "Godmother of Punk, " to her riveting early album covers photographed by Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith does it on her terms. Just Kids by Patti Smith Ports 1961 / Resort 2011 Ports 1961 Pre-Spring 2011 that references Smith's iconic presence is

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Katy Perry Smurfette Blue Hair Wig Is California Gurls Cool on the Red Carpet and we found the matching baby wig

I heard a little rumor over the make-up counter this weekend while I was shopping for a new lipstick. It seems that Katy Perry will be unveiling some rather fantastical and wild wigs in her new video... we'll see if those coiffed confectionery creations come to be. In the mean time, I'm totally in love with her electric blue, Bettie Paige-esque, glam girl hair that she sported at the MTV Music Awards this weekend. It is full-on wacky color, but the super coiffed style brings it up a notch to be super chic-- hey, that's Katy Perry's style in a nutshell! The blue hair is really not out of the blue for Katy, she also sports blue hair on the

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John Varvatos -Menswear

JOHN VARVATOS Fashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Spring / Summer 2011 Milan Fashion Week - Menswear "My brand is celebrating its tenth year this season. The signature handwriting was developed early on – a mix of rock sensibility and old-school savoire faire with an emphasis on exclusive fabric and leathers in unexpected finishes and those all-important little details – and it's remained consistent as we kept evolving through the years," John Varvatos >> SHOP John Varvatos at Bloomingdales and johnvarvatos.com   >> More on John Varvatos Click on each picture for an enlarged view. In their words: "My brand is celebrating its tenth year this season. The signature handwriting was developed early on – a mix of rock sensibility

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RuPaul is America’s Sweetest Drag Queen and Still Prettier Than You

"Workin' It! RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style," honey, SHE has got it going on! Read it, turn to the left Read it, now turn to the right Read it, sashay shante I have one thing to say... you better read it, bitch! RuPaul is on my mind quite a bit. Not because of his television show, “RuPaul's Drag Race, “ or because I seem to always have the ending lyrics to Supermodel (You Better Work) stuck in my head every time deadlines get heavy. RuPaul is on my mind for another reason—it's because I cannot believe how many female reality TV stars look like a family of drag queens! It's impossible to count how many

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Light-Up Jimmy Choo Zap Sandals brighten your nights

They will see you coming & going in these too fabulous sandals that light up with every step! It's funny but I was secretly thrilled when my then kindergarten age son didn't have an ongoing yen for those light-up sneakers. I understood the practicality of a child wearing shoes with flashing lights at night, but the novelty of all that blinking drove me nuts. I have a similar love / hate with what is proving to be one of the most talked about shoes for Spring, the Jimmy Choo Zap Light-Up Platform Sandals. Jimmy Choo Light Up Platform Sandals Think of it as Studio 54 at your feet. Instead of dancing under the infamous neon moon and spoon, the Jimmy

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Lady Gaga undone was Stefani Germanotta and very brunette

Lady Gaga's real name was Stefani Germanotta & here she performs at the Bitter End in NYC We all thought that the entire world has seen these early Lady Gaga videos, but are constantly amazed to discover that so many have not. Before there were the outrageous couture costumes, the high budget "Telephone" video, and a whole lot of thought to personal branding, Lady Gaga was Stefani Germanotta. She was a very talented singer and pianist with not a very terribly distinctive look other than looking like any girl, every girl, anywhere. But boy, could she sing. The question is would she have made her enormous impact in the music world as a stringy haired brunette with no discernible fashion

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