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How I remember Whitney Houston

As we learned of Whitney Houston’s passing last weekend we like many of you out there felt an overwhelming shock and genuine sympathy for the fallen star for her voice was like no other. And although we got to see her through her turbulent years and were faced with an explicit reminder of the devastation drugs can take on one’s life, we will miss her

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Take the Catwalk Home- What you can expect in Home Trends next fall

Use fashion show inspiration to style your home! 

New York Fashion Week just ended but don’t be surprised if what you saw on the Fall 2012 / Winter 2013 fashion runways ends up as inspiration in your home style.

READ: Color Chic, How To Add Color To Your Home

Or consider looking at the future fashion trends to think about how YOU can get the look in your home right

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Style advice to wear white jeans (in any size) inspired by Emanuelle Alt- beauty tips too!

We can’t quite get white jeans out of our minds since watching Emanuelle Alt, the editor of VOGUE  Paris jump around and do the best karaoke cover of WHAM’s Wake Me Up Before You Go Go in a promo video for the magazine earlier this week.  We’ve coveted Alt’s rocker-esque update of French chic since day one and,  in this video, what shows the most is her

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Celebrity Watch- Style inspiration from Thandie Newton on how to make a one-shouldered dress look modern and sleek

I’ll Have What She’s Having: Clean, timeless figure-flattering lines

One-shoulder dresses are not so easy to wear and after having a huge fashion “moment” a few seasons back, can look dated if not styled correctly. But when worn, right, a one-shoulder dress is a total WOW.

Thandie Newton made a chic red carpet statement in an elegant, minimal one-shouldered column dress from Osman that made for

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Celebrity Watch- Rooney Mara Shows You How To Pull Off Sculptural White

While Cate Blanchett made a stunning recent appearance in the black version of the sculptural white Givenchy dress Rooney Mara wore last week in Tokyo for the premiere of The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo, Mara made a case for alternative red carpet dressing in winter white and looked all the more memorable for it.

Consider white as a fresh alternative to party dressing and

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Here’s How Michelle Obama Makes Pastels Look Chic

I’ll Have What She’s Having : Sophisticated & pretty pastel shades oozing with daytime elegance.

Pastels can be tricky to pull off if  you want to look more refined rather than youthful. Even with the best intentions, a grown-up woman can instantly look like a cast off from the sherbet scooper.

Last week First Lady Michelle Obama made a case for daytime elegance in an easy

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Gratuitous Afternoon Eye Candy- Madonna’s Super Bowl Gladiator Studs in Calvin Klein Skivvies

I see Paris.

I see France.

I see Madonna’s Gladiator’s underpants.

And they’re Calvins!

We cannot lie. There is no point to this post.

Well, other than a completely gratuitous & exclusive look into Madonna’s Super Bowl Half Time dressing room and her hunky gladiators.

MORE: Madonna’s Half Time in Givenchy & performance video 

Madonna herself sent these behind the scene dressing room images of her dancers including Adrien, Brahim,

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It’s not Uncle Bif’s shoe anymore. Top-Siders are chic and Milly for Sperry Top-Sider leads the pack

Move over prepsters, wannabe blue bloods, and the yachting set! Sperry Top-Siders are having a F-A-S-H-I-O-N moment.

The Milly for Sperry Top-Sider footwear collab launches today and Milly Creative Director, Michelle Smith introduces 13 styles that include ones with her signature prints and fantastic sense of color.  We’re particularly mad for the idea of a signature Top-Sider upper styled atop espadrille platform heels. Very cute indeed.

MORE: Shoe

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Make a Stylish Move in Color- Kirsten Dunst Did, Here’s how you can too…

I’ll Have What She’s Having: A burst of stylish color in my wardrobe because THIS yellow is far from mellow!

Last week actress Kirsten Dunst worked one of the season’s most vibrant trends while donning head-to-toe monochromatic color in Stella McCartney separates and looked all the more put together for it.

While making her stand out from the crowd in a dinner ready suit, Dunst’s outfit

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