How to Choose Necklace Lenght
2014 February 7. | Szerző: shannon
A necklace can elevate your look immensely or it can draw attention to areas that you don’t want highlighted. Whether you’re shopping for a necklace online or in stores, find out how to choose the necklace length that’s right for your body and style.
The first thing you need to do is measure the circumference of your neck. Use a soft measuring tape and make sure it’s a snug fit to determine your size. Once you’ve gotten that out of the way, you can start looking at the right length for you. Keep in mind that the clasp also adds lenght to the necklace. The standard lenght of the connector is three-fourths of an inch, but the clasps can sometimes be longer and they’re not included in the overall lenght.
Finding the Right Necklace Length
Based on the circumference of your neck, you should always add at least two inches when purchasing a necklace that wraps tight around the neck. If the size of your neck is bigger, adjust the following sized based on the fact that a standard chocker is 16 inches (for a 14 inch neck).
14-16 inches. The choker, also called a chain or strand is supposed to wrap loosely around the neck, never restricting your neck when you take deep breaths.
18 inches. Usually called princess necklaces, these pieces of jewelry are designed to sit on the collarbone.
20 inches. Siting just below the collarbone, a 20 inch necklace is called a matinée and is usually the standard length for adding lockets and pendants.
22 inches. Landing at the top of the bust, this also falls into the matinée category.
24 inches. A necklace this long should be at the center of the bust or just below it.
28-38 inches. Hanging below the bust, a necklace in this region is either an opera necklace (30 inches), or a lariat (36 inches). The term rope refers to lariats without a clasp.
40 inches or more. At this length, necklaces hang below the navel and are usually worn wrapped around the neck, either two or three times.
Now that you know how to choose necklace length based on the look you’re going for, you should also learn more about what types of necklaces work for you, based on height and body type.
How to Choose Necklace Length Based on Height
The length of your necklace has a flattering effect when it’s proportional to your body. That doesn’t mean that petite women can’t wear longer necklaces, but it’s always something to consider when you choose the right length for you.
If your height is below 5’4’’, don’t go longer than 20 inches. If you want to elongate your frame, stick to this size and wear it over a V-neck dress or top.
Women with a height between 5’4’’ and 5’7’’ can pull off any length of necklace, from chokers to lariats.
If you’re 5’7’’ or taller, try to avoid tight chokers. The most flattering look is usually a longer necklace.
How to Choose Necklace Length Based on Body Type
Since necklaces can accentuate your bust and even your whole frame, it’s important to keep a few rules in mind when you choose the right one for you.
If you’re a column or a banana body type and you want do draw attention to your bust line, go for a necklace that hits above the top of the bust and below the collarbone, usually 20-22 inches. For a more flat chest, choose a longer and thinner necklace.
For an apple or a pear body type with full figures, stick to necklaces that hit above the breast line. Go as high as 18 inches, but don’t go too far in the opposite direction, by choosing a voluminous choker.
How to Match a Necklace to Your Outfit
A deep V-neck isn’t always compatible with a long necklace. For formal attire you should stay on the collarbone or above. When you’re wearing jewelry over a top with a turtleneck, either dress or blouse, go for the longer variety of necklaces. Never wear chokers over a turtleneck, go for a brooch at the center.
For pearl necklaces, two looks are considered the best. If you’re looking for pearl for a formal outfit, stay above the collarbone. The long pearl strands, for a less formal occasion, are usually even longer than 48 inches, allowing you to wrap them around multiple times.
How to Choose Necklace Length for Girls
Children’s necklaces usually only come in two standard sizes, 14 and 16 inches. For younger children with thin necks, 14 is the right call, but for preteens, you’re better off measuring or going for 16 inches.
5 Reasons to Get Excited for NY Fashion Week Fall 2014
2014 February 5. | Szerző: shannon
The New York Fashion Week Fall 2014 or Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week takes place between February 6 and 13, but the Lincoln Center isn’t the only venue this year, as Fashion Week is expanding. Besides showcasing the upcoming trends, the fashion event also brings a slew of brand new rules and changes, most of them controversial.
Discover the most important reasons to get excited for NY Fashion Week Fall 2014 and get ready for the biggest names in the industry to showcase their fresh collections.
Fashion Week Fall 2014 Trends
As always, the industry event will present the newest trends, that are sure to make an impact this year and beyond. Fashion Week is the best guide to clothes, accessories, hair and makeup for the second half of 2014 and beyond.
There’s a growing concern that showing off clothes that only celebrities will get to wear for the next 6 months before they go on sale in an outdated model for the fashion industry. The biggest names in fashion don’t seem to be preoccupied with this and continue to promote their collections way ahead of the time they hit stores.
On the bright side, having a finger on the pulse of the Fall/Winter fashion allows fashionistas everywhere to raid their closets for pieces that are on trend before the new collections actually arrive. After many years in which the Lincoln Center was the home of the NY Fashion Week, this years designers are ready to take off and show their work all over the city. Over 60 runways shows will take place at the Lincoln Center, but a lot will be revealed elsewhere. Some of the most popular spaces for the Fashion Week Fall 2014 include new spaces in Brooklyn.
Spring Studios (50 Varick Street) is the new space where top designers like Michael Kors, Diane von Furstenberg and Calvin Klein will be showing off their new collections.
13-17 Laight Street – Zac Posen
Dia Center (535 West 22nd Street) – Vera Wang
Industria Superstudio (775 Washington Street) – Altuzzara
23 Wall Street – Donna Karan
Duggal Greenhouse (63 Ship Ways Avenue) – Alexander Wang
The downside for the press is that there will be a lot more running around the city to make all the must-see shows, but… there’s always an app for that.
A New App to Stay on Top of Everything
The Council of Fashion Designers has prepared a special app that will help Fashion Week Fall 2014 participants get around the city and miss as few shows as possible. The web-based NYFWList app is only available by request to the CFDA, but it’s the best source of information for fashion insiders who are trying to navigate the new schedule of Fashion Week.
Better Instagram Coverage than Ever
If you’re not going to make it to the NY Fashion Week Fall 2014, Instagram will be one of the best ways to stay on top of everything, both during the runway shows and backstage. Whether you decide to follow the official Instagram page of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week or check the pages of designers and editors, you won’t be missing out on the big reveals this year. Must-follow Instagram account include Nina Garcia , creative director of Marie Claire and Project Runway judge, and Laura Brown, executive editor of Harper’s Bazaar. Don’t forget about , the official photographers of the New York Fashion Week Fall 2014.
New Legislation for Underage Models
One of the more controversial changes at the NYFW 2014 has been the newly passed law that enforces new rules for models under the age of 18, similar to regulations for child performers. All underage models will need work permits and 15% of each fee will go into a trust fund they’ll be able to access when they turn 18. Their schedules will also be better regulated, allowing for longer breaks.
This might change the practice of many designers to pay their models “in trade”. It’s uncertain how paying models in clothes is compatible with the 15% rule, but all the changes make for a new and exciting New York Fashion Week Fall 2014.
Lauren Laverne on style: dressing like your hero
2014 February 4. | Szerző: shannon
Funny (not) old age, 30. In the run-up to it, I was assured by everyone that a time of personal crisis loomed. I would mourn my evaporating youth. Question who I was. Hurl baleful cries heavenward about the meaning of it all, my metabolism. “Saturn returns!” people would say ominously before going off to a party to do Miaow Miaow and listen to Kasabian (yes, reader, this was some half-decade ago).
In the event, I entered my 30s without noticing, probably because I had a very small baby and four jobs. I vaguely remember the unfamiliar sensation of looking at myself in a mirror on the day itself, before sneaking out for 1.5 hours for a celebratory lunch. This feels like it happened six months rather than five years ago. Everyone knows time speeds up in your 30s. The decade – adulthood itself – snuck up on me while I was distracted. I paddled frantically past the midpoint between birth and my bus pass too busy keeping my head above water to take in the view. Until now. Suddenly, somehow, my youngest child is three. I check the mirror again. I’m still in it, but different. I stare hard at my reflection. What on earth is that woman going to wear?
My best friend (six years older, immaculately dressed) came out the other end of this 30something seachange a while ago. I seek his advice, hoping it and my fashion smarts will get me through. “The first thing,” he says, “is to forget about fashion.” Oh. “I decided to start asking myself: ‘Would Steve McQueen wear this?’ If the answer’s no, I don’t buy it.” Perhaps a similar aesthetic touchstone could help buoy me up in the deep-end of grown-up dressing. I spend weeks mulling over Steve McQueen’s female equivalent (Jane Birkin? Kate Moss? Audrey Hepburn? Alexa Chung?)… I appraise the wardrobe of his leading ladies.Faye Dunaway never looked hotter than in The Thomas Crown Affair, but an all-white wardrobe accessorised with giant hats and beige nails? Hmm.
It turns out that the female equivalent of Steve McQueen is an imaginary Lady Steve McQueen. Lady Steve is more of a spirit guide than a literal template (for example she does dresses, but nothing too girly; prints, but only with purpose).
I remove the contents of my wardrobe and put back only what Lady Steve would wear. A harrowing 70% of it fails to pass muster (my pain is Oxfam’s gain). Quentin Crisp said: “Fashion is what you adopt when you don’t know who you are.” Shopping as Lady Steve saves time and money. I’m more selective, less emotional. I may really want those floral Jacquard shorts, but Lady Steve is of the same mind as Mr Crisp when it comes to high-fashion items. Her wish list is above. Perhaps a wardrobe hero could help you through a time of transition. I’d love to know if they have.
Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding shares her beauty and fashion tips
2014 January 25. | Szerző: shannon
Which beauty products do you swear by?
I am a beauty product junkie but very strict when it comes to my skin, so I use the FaceB4 cleanser and serum twice a day. If you have a clean base, products work better. I am a huge fan of anything by MAC, especially their foundations. I also love Moroccanoil for my hair.
If you were to live with just one product, whatwould it be?
Vaseline. I pop it on any dry skin and always coat my lashes with it before bed to strengthen them.
What’s your best tip?
Always cleanse your skin at night. So much bacterial build-up happens over the day so at night you really need to take your time and cleanse properly.
You’re launching a new campaign HealthB4Beauty – tell us about it…
FaceB4’s HealthB4Beauty campaign is encouraging people to get back to the basics of skincare. Removing the bad bacteria from your skin is the key to clear skin.
What’s your favourite perfume?
Jimmy Choo Eau de Parfum.
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Do you diet?
I am on a huge health kick at the moment and really into juicing. I make juices packed with kale, parsley, cucumber, courgettes and apples, plus spirulina and chlorella.
How often do you go to the gym?
I keep myself in shape with 40 minutes on my cross trainer every day. Doing that keeps me motivated and it isn’t too time-consuming.
How would you describe your style?
Simple but elegant.
Who are your favourite designers?
Alexander McQueen will always be top of my list and I am really into Gianmarco Lorenzi heels.
Which are your favourite clothes shops?
You can’t beat the UK high street. I love Topshop and Zara.
What’s been your worst fashion disaster?
I think it’s safe to say the early days of Girls Aloud hold a few shockers!
What’s the most you’ve spent on a dress?
Ooh, I couldn’t possibly answer that!
Cleo de Nile Monster High Makeup Tutorial
2014 January 23. | Szerző: shannon
Cleo de Nile is the freakishly fabulous mummy ghoul from Monster High.
Here’s how you can copy Cleo de Nile’s makeup look for a costume party or for Halloween!
What you’ll need:
– darker foundation and powder
– eyeshadow primer
– purple and red eyeshadows
– ivory eye pencil
– white cream eyeshadow (optional)
– black liquid liner
– false lashes
– black eye liner pencil
– white eyeshadow
– red lip pencil and lipstick
– bronzer
Cleo de Nile Makeup: Face
Use slightly darker foundation to mimic Cleo’s mocha skin tone. Blend well into the skin to create an even canvas and set it with powder.
Cleo de Nile Makeup: Eyes
Prep eyes with a primer on both upper and lower eyelids, then use a purple eyeshadow on the upper eyelid and blend the edges with a burgundy red color. Use a clean fluffy brush with a rounded tip to create a smokey eye effect.
Define the area under the eyebrows by tracing a line with an ivory pencil. Create the effect of big, doll-like eyes using the same pencil on the lower lash line. You can even go over with a white cream eyeshadow to open up eyes even more.
Draw an exaggerated cat eye with liquid eyeliner and square out the outer corner. Add burgundy eyeshadow under the lower liner using a small, stiff brush.
Apply two pairs of false lashes on both upper and lower lash lines. Draw on Cleo de Nile’s strong eyebrows with a black eyeliner pencil, then highlight the brow bone with white eyeshadow.
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Cleo de Nile Makeup: Lips
Line the lips with a red pencil and fill them in with a burgundy lip color. Create an ombre effect by applying black eyeshadow to the outer edges and blend with the burgundy color.
Cleo de Nile Makeup: Finishing Touches
Draw on Cleo de Nile’s blue beauty mark on the left cheek or use a stick-on rhinestone. Then add bronzer to the cheeks, temples and jawline to warm up the skin.
Complete your Cleo de Nile look with an Egyptian style wing with long dark hair and straight across bangs.
Keratin treatment for reducing frizz in your hair – does it work?
2014 January 21. | Szerző: shannon
Keratin hair treatment is commonplace these days in almost all salons – big or small. It not only promises to make your hair smooth, shiny and frizz-free, it also makes it straight but not in an unnatural-looking, poker-straight strands. It softens your curls and with the help of other chemicals, helps retain the look for a good few months. Here’s what happens in a keratin treatment.
What happens in a keratin treatment?
During the treatment, hair is shampooed and blow-dried, after which the solution is applied with a brush and combed through the hair, and allowed to absorb for about 20 minutes. Hair is then blow-dried once more and flat ironed and the oils of the treatment will set into the hair within a few hours – so static strands are normal at this time. Rod Anker, Creative Director of Monsoon Salon and Spa also advises that the hair must be kept straight for 72 hours, without using any accessories, as it may disturb the process.
Other benefits
Human hair is said to be as strong as the horn of a rhino, as both are made of the same protein, keratin. Keratin is now being used not just to straighten the hair, but also fortify them. Rod said that keratin does not make the hair straight, even though it may appear straight for some time but the objective of the treatment is to reduce frizz, curl and help the hair become more manageable. He added that it washes out after sometime, therefore 3-5 months is typically the length of the time that it lasts.
Who should opt for this treatment?
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People who blow-dry their hair too much or have curls they find unmanageable can opt for this treatment. Keratin will help keep the frizz away and reduce your usage of strengtheners.
But stay away during pregnancy or if your hair is too damaged and weak from excessive colouring.
Is it safe?
There has been a debate about the use of formaldehyde or formalin in this treatment which bonds with the hair strands and retains keratin’s effect on the hair. It can have adverse reactions and also might be carcinogenic.
According to FDA and OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), these products are safe to use unless the levels don’t exceed the set limits and they normally don’t.
You need to be aware that products used in keratin-based hair-straightening that may contain high levels of formaldehyde. It is of some concern because formaldehyde is a known carcinogen. It can also cause general sickness, runny nose, eye irritation, itching and headache. Go to a reputed salon and choose good brands. Make sure the salon stylists aren’t adding extra formaldehyde or formalin. There are formaldehyde-free products as well but it will contain a different chemical giving the same effect. If you have an allergic reaction after the procedure then do inform the salon about it and visit your doctor at the earliest.
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The Rules of Men’s Jewelry
2014 January 18. | Szerző: shannon
IT HAS BEEN said a man needs no more ornaments than a watch and wedding ring. Perhaps that’s because the idea of men wearing jewelry can evoke images of gold chains framed by a barely buttoned shirt. But there are many degrees of decoration between a strict limit of watch and wedding ring—with the occasional cuff links, of course—and the stuff of “Saturday Night Fever.”
A few old-school accent pieces have started to make their way back into the gentleman’s wardrobe—the signet ring, the tie clip and the lapel pin—thanks, in part, to the influence that the ’50s have been wielding on menswear runways.
But how to wear all this hardware? “There are a million ways to get it wrong and only a few to get it right,” said Tyler Thoreson, vice president of men’s editorial and creative at Gilt Groupe. “That’s part of the fun—it’s a little tricky, and more rewarding to pull off in a sophisticated way.”
As a general rule, it’s wise to err on the side of understatement. Employing a tie clip? Skip the lapel pin. Considering multiple rings? Leave that look to the likes of Johnny Depp.
With bracelets, too, less can be more. Let the Zoolanders flaunt coils of rope and leather that creep up their forearms. For laymen, one does the trick. Robert Bryan, author of the book “American Fashion Menswear,” is a proponent of the classic chain link ID bracelet. With men’s jewelry, generally, “silver is the safer choice,” said Mr. Bryan, who also advised caution when it comes to decorative stones. “They should be small and discreet, lest you be known as the Diamond Jim Brady of the office.”
It also helps to wear pieces that have a significance beyond sheer aesthetics—jewelry that has a history or was received as a gift. “I think for men, the key is that it have meaning,” said Lisa Salzer, who designs women’s jewelry for her own label, Lulu Frost, and recently spun off a men’s line called George Frost. Tom Kalenderian, executive vice president of menswear at Barneys New York, noted that bracelets are often bought as gifts since, unlike rings, they usually don’t need to be sized.
Casual wrist-wear—beads and bracelets made of worn leather and nautical-style rope, like those popularized by American brand Miansai—suggests a life of adventure, imagined or not. However, more sophisticated pieces can carry a compelling back story, too. Jewelry designer Monique Péan, who recently launched a men’s line, uses materials with notable past lives. Ms. Péan’s tie clip is made of 18-karat recycled white gold, and ivory from a wooly mammoth sourced from the Arctic Circle, as well as onyx. “Men gravitate toward fossils,” she noted.
Her distinctive clip brings a layer of intrigue to what can otherwise be a pragmatic accent. (The tie clip—also known as tie bar or tie clasp—does serve a function, unlike other pieces of jewelry: It keeps your tie straight, out of your face on a windy day and off of your plate.)
The clip should be narrower than the tie on which it’s worn, said Mr. Thoreson. The correct placement is between the third and fourth shirt buttons. It should also be perfectly horizontal, though Mr. Bryan suggested that daring men might try the downward-tilted “rakish angle” that flourished in the 1930s.
Hogan Gidley, a Republican consultant based in Columbia, S.C., and Washington, D.C., wears a sterling-silver tie clip from Tiffany’s that’s engraved with his initials. “I might be an outlier in the party for wearing a tie clip, but I have seen more Republican pundits on TV starting to dabble in [them],” he said.
Known in political circles for being a dapper dresser, Mr. Gidley also sports a signet ring; it’s engraved with a family crest that, he said, dates back hundreds of years. Signet rings are more prevalent in the South, he noted, and can also bear the crest or seal of the wearer’s alma mater.
The signet ring is an age-old emblem of aristocratic belonging, yet designer brands are reworking the look, if not also the underlying message, into fashion accessories. See: Eddie Borgo (inlaid rubber), Bottega Veneta (a crosshatch motif that mimics the brand’s signature woven leather) and Ms. Péan (fossilized walrus ivory). One savvy tactic is to wear the ring up against a wedding band, thereby confining digital decoration to a single finger.
Another badge that has become more of a style statement is the lapel pin. In the form of an American flag, it is de rigueur among politicians. But luxury labels have embraced pins as well. Several years ago, Italian brand Isaia created a mini-craze for the coral-shaped lapel pins that come with its jackets. And fashion houses that once tacked lapel pins onto suits as a bit of runway-only styling are now selling the accessories in stores. This spring, Louis Vuitton is offering pins shaped like pretzels and marijuana roach clips while Saint Laurent is selling one that looks like a surfer shooting the curl.
Lapel pins can add a hint of personality in more buttoned-up work environments. “A lot of guys in my line of work don’t want to draw attention to themselves. They’d rather just wear the uniform,” said Chris Schumacher, a 37-year-old Manhattan financier. He wasn’t speaking for himself—he’s partial to nautical rope bracelets, and wears an enamel fox-hunting pin on his overcoat. He added, “It’s nice to see people getting away from just the watch and ring.”
The Czech Fashion Model Karolina Kurkova Seems to Be Everywhere
2014 January 16. | Szerző: shannon
The crowd in Central Park had swelled to 60,000 as Karolina Kurkova, the Czech fashion model and former Victoria’s Secret Angel, waited backstage at the second Global Citizens Festival, a star-studded concert last September. Scheduled to go on after Alicia Keys and her performance of “Girl on Fire,” Ms. Kurkova sang along with gusto from the wings.
After the applause died down, she stepped out in front, statuesque in a white Proenza Schouler leather skirt and Manolo Blahnik stilettos. Her blond hair whipped as she leaned into the microphone and spoke with the brio of a cheerleader and the confidence of a politician.
“Hello global citizens, the world is on our shoulders,” she called out.
After introducing Janelle Monáe, she hit the V.I.P. tent with Archie Drury, her husband, and their 4-year-old son. She yelled hello to Russell Simmons and Amy Sacco, and hugged Gayle King. She goofed around with fans, stealing their caps and mugging for selfies with them. Then it was on to Ban Ki-moon, the secretary general of the United Nations, whose office had arranged a photo op. She greeted him like family.
“You’re so tall,” he said.
“And I’m not even wearing my heels,” she replied.
Perhaps not, but she is definitely flying high these days. Ms. Kurkova wants to be more than just another pretty face who has graced countless magazine covers. With a budding TV career and a regular presence on the charity circuit, her fame now extends beyond the runway, and she is poised, as Anna Wintour once said, to be the “next supermodel” and a bigger celebrity.
In an industry with looming expiration dates, Ms. Kurkova, who turns 30 in February, appears here to stay. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, has worked on sitcoms and reality shows, lunches with royals, walks runways and red carpets, and was on People magazine’s “Most Beautiful” list in 2004. Even those who don’t know the difference between Prada and Pucci may recognize her from NBC’s “Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” where she is a playful and regular guest. “Jay knows I’m fun,” she said. “I always want people to have a good time.”
Clearly word has gotten around. As Ms. Kurkova said, “I’m the girl who gets asked to do things.”
It has been some time since the supermodels ruled catwalks and popular imaginations, a time perhaps best personified in George Michael’s 1990 video for “Freedom ’90,” which featured Linda, Naomi, Christy and Cindy — no last names necessary, thank you. Since then, models seemed to have receded back into the fashion fishbowl, though there are notable exceptions. Milla Jovovich and Amber Valletta took to acting. Padma Lakshmi remade herself as the host of Bravo’s “Top Chef,” as have Heidi Klum with “Project Runway” and Tyra Banks on “America’s Next Top Model.” And if you marry Tom Brady, as Gisele Bündchen did, well, touchdown.
But few outside the fashion bubble have heard of today’s top models, which according to the industry website Models are led by Joan Smalls, Saskia de Brauw, Liu Wen, Karmen Pedaru and Cara Delevingne.
And while Ms. Kurkova doesn’t even crack the site’s list of top 50 models, she continues to be a presence in and beyond the field. Maybe that’s what happens when you beat out Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson on the E! network’s 2008 list of the world’s sexiest women.
“Everyone has a different idea of beautiful,” she said with a self-deprecating smirk.
Her road to semi-supermodeldom began in Decin, a small city in the Czech Republic, where her father was a basketball player and her mother was a bank administrator. She worked very hard at school, especially on her English, knowing it would help get her out of town. “I was a girl with big teeth, and the tallest in my class, who coped by being funny,” she said. “I mean I was always drawing attention but not always for the right reasons.”
That changed when she was discovered by a modeling scout in Prague after a friend submitted some pictures. From Prague, she quickly moved on to work in Milan, where Miuccia Prada gave Ms. Kurkova a contract with Miu Miu before she turned 16. To improve her career prospects, Ms. Kurkova moved to New York in 1999, and in 2001, she became the youngest model to appear on the cover of Vogue. It was the first of several covers.
“Distinctive” and “instantly recognizable” is how Ms. Wintour described her in a fashion documentary on A&E.
Ms. Kurkova’s career took off with appearances on runways and in advertising campaigns for Valentino, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Versace and Christian Dior. Mario Testino called her a model who could “fit into any moment.” Marc Jacobs noted her “angelic look with a dark side.” In the first few years of her professional modeling career, she ended up on 52 magazine covers and was named model of the year at the 2002 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards.
But there was something else that set her apart from other models. Beyond her towering physique, aquiline nose and perfect credentials, Ms. Kurkova also showed that she had charisma and a bubbly, witty and disarmingly gracious personality. She was game for anything.
Soon, she was getting speaking roles on NBC’s “Chuck” and “30 Rock,” and CBS’s “Person of Interest,” as well as the 2009 action film “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.” She also co-starred last year in “The Face,” Oxygen’s reality show about modeling, but left after one season. Insiders assume she couldn’t handle Naomi Campbell, the show’s star, who called her a “complete idiot” on the air. Ms. Kurkova doesn’t comment. But last year, Mr. Leno pushed her on the air about working with the notorious, phone-throwing supermodel.
“Being the mom of a 3-year-old prepared me for a lot of things, I guess,” she said with a sheepish grin.
“Meow,” Mr. Leno shot back.
In addition to TV, she now appears with socialite regularity on the charity circuit, not just as red-carpet eye candy, but as a presenter and member of various committee lists including the Novak Djokovic Foundation, New Yorkers for Children and the Semper Fi Fund.
Every move is considered and many meetings are taken in a crucial career moment that requires both pollinating and mining for gold.
“Models need to be more proactive these days,” said Scott Lipps, the founder of One Management, who handles her career. He noted that she had started to focus on her social media presence substantially, with nearly 168,000 Instagram followers, up from 15,000 a year ago. “Karolina is a real businesswoman who knows she has to tap into pop culture.”
Her husband, Mr. Drury, 42 and a former Marine, helps strategize. So does her publicity agency, Rogers and Cowan. “The important thing is to do everything to ensure your staying power,” said Rod Aissa, an Oxygen executive who is producing a second season of “The Face.” Terron Schaefer, a Saks Fifth Avenue executive who appears on NBC’s “Fashion Star,” agreed. “Karolina wants to do more, which is why she’s everywhere,” he said.
Everywhere is putting it mildly. Last winter, when Jay Z needed a co-host for his party after his Carnegie Hall benefit, he asked Ms. Kurkova. When someone was needed to sit next to Prince Harry at his polo charity event in Connecticut in May, she was there to kiss and chat. The next week, she was towering over actresses on the red carpets of Cannes as a “friend” of the Swiss watch company IWC Schaffhausen. In September, at the United States Open tennis tournament, she hit the Moët & Chandon V.I.P. suite before sitting with Kate Upton in the private box of Mr. Djokovic. Right after that, she was omnipresent during Fashion Week in New York, walking the runway for Michael Kors and posing with Jim Carrey at the Marchesa after-party, and then in Milan, where she could be spotted on runways and on guest lists of events like the amfAR benefit for AIDS research and a Condé Nast charity concert at La Scala.
Then, after presenting at the Global Citizens concert in Central Park, she and her family were off for meetings in China and an appearance at a Dubai Cares charity event sponsored by Italian Vogue.
She knows it’s necessary to keep the momentum going. “She’s not at the point where people on the street know who she is,” said Albert Watson, a cover photographer for Vogue and Rolling Stone. “But she’s a much better model than Kate Moss ever was. Sometimes notoriety is what you really need to become known.”
Scandal-free and without a diva’s disposition, Ms. Kurkova, who now lives in Miami, will have to rely instead on her charm and ability to accept as many invitations as possible. And even if the jet lag can be overwhelming, especially with a toddler in tow, she isn’t complaining.
“You have to keep showing up because just being in magazines isn’t enough,” she said.
On a sunny day last fall, she was walking along the West Side Highway in TriBeCa, where she keeps an apartment, chattering away and gesticulating wildly, as is her way. Although gorgeously dressed, taller and far blonder than anyone in sight, she was not drawing any stares or smiles. But as a sign of her relevance, two paparazzi aimed their long lenses at her from a distance. She didn’t seem to mind.
“They have to make a living,” Ms. Kurkova said.
She would know.
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Style-studded runways impress at Milan Men’s Fashion Week
2014 January 14. | Szerző: shannon
Once again, the first three days of ongoing Italian menswear celebration Milan Men’s Fashion Week did not fail to impress the audience with its style-studded runway shows and celebrity-filled venues.
Famed Italian luxury fashion house Dolce & Gabbana presented its interpretations of male winterwear for the next season. Drawing inspiration from their eternal muse, the post-Norman Conquest medieval courts of Sicily, the designer duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana created a line with thick warm woollen fabrics and yarns.
Based on a deep dark royal colour palette, the line featured robust tops with images of kings, slim-fitting trousers, heavy sheepskin coats, bejewelled gloves and embroidered knitted wool caps.
Rugged denim wearing cowboys were the theme behind Italian label Versace’s fall 2014 menswear collection, which showcased sharply-tailored tight-fit suits decorated with rhinestone-made horseshoes and cactus plants. The range also included red leather chaps stylishly teamed with jeans and bandanna-print innerwear.
Apparel brand Jil Sander, founded by the minimalist German fashion designer Heidemarie Jiline Jil Sander, stuck to its signature aesthetics, replete with skilled deftness and luxurious fabrics. The newly appointed design team of the label showcased a clean line with moody hues.
The collection offered bubble-textured thick overcoats and jackets, high-waist trousers and shimmering fluid metallic fabric made pants.
The Weimar period of historical 1919 to 1933 Germany as well as the early Eighties of Europe played inspiration behind Italian powerhouse Prada’s latest catwalk creations. Based on shades of powder blue, violet and cinnamon, the range showcased breezy shawl-collared lightweight topcoats, roomy trousers and silk scarves.
JCM London: the timeless collection
2014 February 10. | Szerző: shannon
JCM London, a place where ancient mythology is adorned over each beautiful piece of jewellery, brings you back to a moment that is far from the cheap-accessories culture of today. Their stunning, one-of-a-kind items don’t just resonate style, but exuberate mystical elegance with a subtle charm.
Having started the brand in 2009 as Jewel Ever, Cenk Esertepe rebranded as JCM London in 2013, still having kept the individual passion for the Byzantine and Ottoman empires which inspire each piece of jewellery. Each piece is designed to be worn every day, enhancing a woman’s own style, and aiding in expressing one’s own spirit.
Their separate collections are no exception to the charming nature of all of their jewellery, with each group of style starting from a different, but unmistakeably beautiful angle.
Coco collection
With prices starting from £80, it’s a small price to pay for the elegant beauty inspired by Coco Chanel herself, with her love of flora being showcased within the jewellery. These classy items would suit any fair lady.
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Tassels collection
Go back to Ottoman times in the 16th century and you’ll get an image of what these items will be like: pearls, peridot, emerald, amethyst and onyx, all stunning and strong materials for the bold woman inside every one of us. With long layers of vibrant gemstones hanging brightly from shining crowns and tulips, you can be the centre of antique attention.
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Sherazade collection
Wise, enchanting, mesmerising, Persian queen – sound like you? If so, travel back to the depth of Arabian nights and wear silver and gold that catches the light of the stars. With prices from £120, being a princess in a star-pricked desert has never been easier.
Light of Nature collection
Contrast, that is what this collection is all about; the difference between rough and smooth, and natural and polished is embraced within this collection, with each item being set in sterling silver and Swarovski crystals to match. Starting from £216, you can shine yourself interesting.
Legends of Time collection
Available as rings only, the inspiration has travelled through time from momentous historical periods, to create stunning pieces of jewellery that are made from rose quartz, moonstone, baroque pearls and coral, and are all structurally brilliant. Starting from £185, you can be the master of time.
Classic collection
If simplicity and elegance is your style then this collection will have you delicately covered. With refined pear-shaped earrings and pendants, accompanied by Swarovski crystals surrounding stones such as smokey quartz, mother of pearl, black and white labradorite and rose quartz, the drifting quality of this jewellery starting from £130 will make you float among the clouds.
Having travelled the world in search for the most stunning natural gemstones, and with experienced artisans working in Hatton Garden, London’s jewellery capital, it would be too hard to say no to, not only a trip back in time, but a trip back in time looking fabulous.
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