Thank you fashion gods...

October 20, 2009Candy WashingtonComment

Jean Paul Gaultier to Do Target Collection!

Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2010.Photo: Getty Images

The rumors were true! Jean Paul Gaultier is doing a Target collection. It will hit more than 250 Target stores across the country and Target.com on March 7, and be available through April 11. Gaultier is the third established designer to do a collection for the mass retailer (after Alexander McQueen and Anna Sui) under the Designer Collaboration series. Target makes the designers in this series choose a muse for their collections. McQueen chose Leila Moss, Sui chose the girls of Gossip Girl, and guess what Gaultier chose?

Jean Paul Gaultier for Target pays tribute to the American woman, celebrating the forces of style both past and present in American pop culture, the retailer said.

So we all know who that really means: Madonna, whom Gaultier has dressed onstage for ages. We're hoping for pointy-bra tops, leotards, overalls, mesh crop tops, corsets — all the things chicks secretly want but can't in good conscious pay more than Target prices for.

Jean Paul Gaultier Set for Target Collaboration [WWD]

By: Amy Odell

What's the good word?

October 20, 2009Candy WashingtonComment

Where'd They Get That?

October 20, 2009Candy Washington1 Comment

One of my fellow tFSers showed me their divine blog... I definitely recommend checking it out! Essentially you see where your fav celeb gets their designer and not-so-designer duds...

http://wheredtheygetthat.blogspot.com/

Celebs include:

Ready, set... ideeli!!

October 16, 2009Candy Washington1 Comment

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Rose McGowan, Megan Fox, Mad Men suits: Chic Report

October 16, 2009Candy WashingtonComment

Dress You Up In My Love

October 15, 2009Candy WashingtonComment

Loving these dresses!! Could definitely rock these with leggings, scarves, cardigans, and tall boots for the perfact fall look...

Check Urban Outfitters for sizes, colors and prices.

Weekend Guide for NYC: From Daily Candy

October 15, 2009Candy Washington1 Comment

What to Do This Weekend

It’s worth every penny.

DIG DEEP
Archetype Closet Clean Out
What: Fremont, Digby & Iona, Quail, Eskell, April77, Lewis, and more for cheap.
Why: A little something new for your job interview.
When: Fri., 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat., noon-5 p.m.
Where: 676 Broadway, b/t Bond & Great Jones Sts., 2nd flr. Cash only.

Prada and Miu Miu Sample Sale
What: RTW, handbags, shoes, and wallets way below store prices.
Why: Off the rack and off the hook.
When: Thru Oct. 23. Sat. & Sun., 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Where: 609 W. 51st St., b/t Eleventh & Twelfth Aves. Credit cards only.

DRINK UP
Bar Pleiades Opens
What: As part of a $60 million overhaul of an Upper East Side hotel (that had its heyday in the ’70s), Daniel Boulud was entrusted with creating a chic French space for sips and snacks.
Why: Black-lacquered design inspired by a Chanel compact, deco bar cart, and a ’70s poem called “Central Park, 1974.”
When: Opens Thurs. for cocktails.
Where: The Surrey, 20 E. 76th St., b/t Madison & Fifth Aves. (212-772-2600 ext. 144).

EAT OUT
Bill’s Bar & Burger
What: Tiny new corner spot for patties and dogs opens tomorrow.
Why: Holy cow! Hold the Roquefort; hold the chutney. This is a classic, simple burger at its sublime best.
When: Sun.-Wed., noon-11 p.m.; Thurs., noon-midnight; Fri. & Sat., noon-4 a.m.
Where: 22 Ninth Ave., at 13th St. (212-414-3003).

RUB DOWN
Chill the !@$% Out Weekend
What: The Fierce Club yoga studio offers massages on the cheap. Fifty minutes of bliss for $25.
Why: Thirty slots for the taking.
When: Sat. & Sun. First booked, first served.
Where: 269 Elizabeth St., b/t Houston & Prince Sts. Make an appointment at 212-334-6900.

DROP IN
Harlem Pop: the Parlor Session
What: Society HAE (Harriet’s Alter Ego) hosts a one-day art, music, and local fashion installation in a restored historic brownstone.
Why: It’s the neighborly thing to do.
When: Sat., 2-7 p.m.
Where: Indigo Arms Guest House, 181 Lenox Ave., at 119th St., 2nd flr. R.S.V.P. to going.com/harlempop.

Women in Hollywood

October 15, 2009Candy WashingtonComment

From Elle's November issue... I just got mine in the mail and I can't wait to read it from cover-to-cover with a blueberry muffin, mocha-mint latte, curled up on big comfy couch at Starbucks listening to Interpol, Radiohead, Bloc Party, Kate Nash, the Kings, and the like...

Yay women.

ZOE SALDANA

On being known as a beautiful Hollywood actress: “I’m sorry, but it’s sexy to know that guys find you attractive. It’s empowering.”

RENEE ZELLWEGER

On actresses from earlier eras that have influenced her: “For Leatherheads, I was thinking of Katharine Hepburn, the way she leaned forward with her shoulders back, speaking in her lower register the whole time. I like her confidence, her intelligence, her sense of entitlement. When I was making Chicago, I couldn’t stop watching the Marilyn [Monroe] videos. Not so much because of the sex kitten thing; it was more her vulnerability. That was a huge part of the Roxie character. But it’s not about emulating; it’s about a feeling.”

On whether a successful movie career requires sacrificing your personal life:“A friend of mine couldn’t decide between moving to New York or staying in L.A., and another friend said, “Do Everything!” I thought, That’s it, do everything.”

JULIANNE MOORE

On types of characters she is drawn to: “I think my connection to acting has been through reading. I’m interested in scripts. People ask me, “What role are you dying to play?” It’s really, What story do I want to be in?”

EMILY BLUNT

On adjusting to Hollywood life since moving from the UK: “I feel the fear of the business creep under my skin in L.A. in a way that it doesn’t in England. It’s funny – I feel like beauty is in the eye of the beholder, unless you’re in Hollywood! It’s shameful how you have to look a certain way. Women are simply not allowed to grow old gracefully. That’s why I love playing character parts, because I’m not pigeonholed into trying to remain young forever to play the ingénue or romantic lead.”

KATIE HOLMES

On family life: “In my own life, my whole world really revolves around family. I do what I need to do, but it’s like, ‘How is everybody else doing?’ And it’s wonderful for me as an actress to put some of that into a character.”

On life as a working mom on the Broadway set of All My Sons: “Suri would sit in my lap in the makeup chair. She’d hand the wig lady the bobby pins.“

On fashion: “I love Alaïa, for sure. Stella McCartney. I like Ralph Lauren because I feel like it’s very American, and I’m pretty all-American, from Ohio. Isabel Marant and a new designer, Sari Gueron.

On the genre of film she loves most: “It can be any genre. I even like vampire movies – they just have to be well done. I want to believe in the characters. The minute it starts to feel not real, I’m not interested.”