Splendicity’s Canada’s Walk of Fame red carpet coverage continues with the Men of the Red Carpet.  Yes, men can be fashionable too, and all red-blooded women out there can appreciate a man in a great suit.
We had a chance to catch up with some of Hollywood’s most fashionable men, including Dean and Dan Caten of DSquared.  Clad in their own designs, this world leading designing duo is responsible for making some of Hollywood’s most glamorous women look fabulous.  And they don’t look too bad themselves, either.
They dished to us about what it’s like to work with Britney Spears and artists …read more

I love this doubled-up top from Missphit! It’s a tunic-length top that combined a tank style bodice with a ruffled “skirt effect” down below. . . simple dressing at its finest. If I were to get this (debating!), I would wear it with a pair of black skinny jeans and super high heels from Kim Kardashian’s Shoe Dazzle line.
Even though I’m usually not a fan of the “twofer” designs, I think that Missphit did a great job with this piece. I didn’t think I’d say this, but I think I might pick it up and try it out for myself. …read more

Betsey Johnson is one of my favorite designers these days (not that it’s a big surprise!) so I have to admit to feeling a pang when she announced that she’s considering retirement. Luckily, the brand will continue, with Eric Satori as the possible successor.  He has previously designed for Azzedine Alaïa, Vera Wang and Herve Leger.
As long as he can continue to design whimsical, stylish clothes and accessories – I’m excited to see what he can bring to the table! After all, he’s got some pretty cool shoes to fill…
“Patent Petals” frame purse, made from embossed black patent leather, with …read more

Even if you didn’t run with the mean girls in high school, it’s about time you learned how to create tousled, sexy waves without a lot of effort. This week, Merlin’s model looked gorgeous and confident wearing his sleek pink outfit for the final challenge on The Fashion Show, but there is something to be said for how her wild hair, created by celeb stylist Jeanie Syfu, really completes the whole effect.

You can recreate the look with a few simple steps from TREsemme.
A Few Tips…

This style works with a variety of hair lengths and types, but super fine/straight hair might …read more

In this week’s episode of The Fashion Show, Merlin surprised everyone by whipping out a chic design that made up for some of the disasters he’s been sending down the runway in recent weeks. The challenge was to design an outfit for a 20 something girl based on her high school clique. Merlin got the Mean Girl – a pretty easy one if you ask me, but he of course still complained about it (well, mostly about the movie “Mean Girls”).
It’s very cute, though I don’t think the little bit of bare midriff is really necessary..other than that, I agree …read more

Episode 6 of The Fashion Show took the designers back to high school. Those annoying cliques and lunch table territories? Yeah…being sixteen and annoyed with life is all coming back to you, isn’t it.
The Harper’s Bazaar Mini Challenge is about designing t-shirts for student body presidential candidate, Julianna inspired by one of the following high school cliques.

Drama Club (Reco)
Skater (Haven)
Jocks (Johnny)
Tree-Hugger (Daniella)
Mean Girls (Merlin)
Preppy Crew (James-Paul)
Goths (Anna)
Nerds (Lidia)
B-Girls (Angel)

Complicated? Well, they are t-shirts – so it shouldn’t be that hard to do…but then again, they only had an hour to do it and the final designs weren’t all that spectacular. …read more

As I mentioned yesterday, The Fashion Show is going back to high school this week, which challenges that will further test their ability to make beautiful – but totally wearable – clothes. From the look of things, the designers don’t seem to be thriving in this week’s challenge any more than they did last week where they were pouting about designing for curves.
Student Body President

High School Again

Backstage Mayhem

The Fashion Show airs at 10pm ET/PT on Bravo and don’t forget – after each episode, check out Tresemme’s Style Seeker for hair style tips and don’t forget that the winning design is …read more

This week on The Fashion Show, the designers are heading back to school for both the Harper’s Bazaar mini challenge and elimination challenge. Their designs must be inspired by those awkward teenage years where different high school cliques are well defined by what people wear. Their work will be graded on wearability – a big focus for The Fashion Show – as well as general aesthetic appeal.

Do you remember high school? Where some folks (erm, not me) appeared to be cool without even trying, while the rest of us struggled to keep up with changing trends and new styles…on an …read more

This week, Jeanie Syfu created a sleek and sophisticated “power” look to go with Daniella’s chic dress and jacket combo look on The Fashion Show. Sometimes it can be challenging to find a way to work with short hair and give it that extra “oomph” it needs to be a step up from normal daytime hair. With just a few quick steps, you can easily turn your short hairstyle into a sexy, almost androgynous style that is a little bit unexpected and out of the ordinary.

You can recreate the winning look by following a few simple steps from TRESemme.
A Few Tips…

This could …read more

This week on The Fashion Show Daniella won with a stylish black coat and dress duo just begging for some chic accessories. While this wasn’t my top choice, it is a beautiful garment…my bias probably stems from Daniella being one of the biggest whiners I’ve ever seen!

I didn’t have a clear favorite this week, but I did enjoy Reco’s smart looking red and grey outfit – the tailoring was sexy but not trashy (we’ll get to an example of that later…) and the model just looked so happy wearing it.

I also thought Lydia’s dress was quite pretty – the neckline …read more