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Te Cesan Shuts Its Doors - Natalie Portman Distraught

Filed under: Celebrities with Style

The Demise of Te Cesan

    Natalie Portman: "Wow, I'm like, sad."

    Natalie Portman expressed sadness that Te Casan, home of her vegan shoe line, has shuttered their shop. It's another sign of the tough times that so many retailers, and designers, are facing in the constricting economic climate.

    She's not the only celebrity designer who might have to set up a table at the local farmer's market. Victoria Beckham's line has seen many troubled days, and Heidi Montag, that useless reality show blond (no, not Lauren Conrad, the other one who's still a woof-woof even after her well-documented plastic surgeries) had her line Heidiwood, discontinued. Even celebrity designer royalty like Sarah Jessica Parker is feeling the "bite" with her line, Bitten, looking for a new home now that Steve & Barry's has filed for bankruptcy.

    What do other celebrities think when their fellow designers run into money trouble? In the gallery, some celebrity designer reactions to Te Casan's demise.

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    Sarah Jessica Parker: "Join the club!"

    Bitten, SJP's affordable styles were distributed exclusively through Steve & Barry's, who recently announced they were closing their stores. Parker vowed to find a new home for the line.

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    Jennifer Lopez: "Ha! I told you to use fur."

    Lopez has come under fire (from those nutty PETA folk) for her use of fur and leather. But the Sweetface line continues to thrive, and no sign of her empire slowing down.

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    Lindsay Lohan: "Why are you talking to me? Leggings are totally different!"

    Despite predictions that her over the top leggings built in knee pads anyone? -- Lindsay's 6126 line, inspired by Marilyn Monroe who never wore leggings, (Lindsay: We don't know that!) has been a raging success.

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    Chloe Sevigny: "Bwhahahahahahahaha!"

    Quirky and eccentric are probably the two words most used to describe the daring Chloe Sevigny. Whether it's "simulating" oral sex on screen, or wearing more than one strong plaid at a time, Chloe is anything but shy.

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    Victoria Beckham: "It's just her, right? No one else? Not yet, anyway?"

    Victoria's live DvB has seen it's share of ups and downs. Amid rumors of deep discounts and discontinuations, Mrs. Beckham keeps muddling through. Cripes, it's not like she needs the money.

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    Lauren Conrad: "I wish you would stop calling me Heidi."

    Conrad's line of blah dresses at ridiculous prices somehow continues to survive. But we suspect that the onslaught of copies by Forever 21 and H&M will eventually erode away what little profit the Lauren Conrad Collection ever made.

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    Sienna Miller: "What does vegan mean? Is that like lesbian?"

    Twenty8twelve, the line by Sienna and her sister, continues to be available, but the buzz has died down considerably in the past few months perhaps because of Sienna's constant "Homewrecker" headlines. Or maybe because skulls are so, like, five years ago.

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    Kimora Lee Simmons: "GIRL! GET OVER HERE! I'LL HELP YOU!"

    The Baby Phat designer has more than proven she knows what her audience wants, and she knows how to give it to them. Smart partnerships, like with Hello Kitty, should further secure the future of her company. As long as she doesn't go spending it all on hair product and belts.

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    Heidi Montag: "Do I look pretty from this angle? Well how about this one? Wait, maybe this one!"

    For some inexplicable reason, this creature will not go away. Her fashion line, Heidiwood, (eyeroll) was discontinued because the parent company was going in a "different direction." Presumably that direction was somewhere like, east tasteful, west wearable or north not-so-slutty. Can someone tell her to go home now?

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Ho'roscope for the Week of December 1, 2008

Filed under: Celebrities with Style

The stars rule the stars. So what's in store for your favorite celeb? Find out in our regular feature, Ho'roscope. The glamor, the sex, the money troubles can all be understood through the astrological powers that really run Hollywood.







This week: attacked by wild dogs, lies and bull-hooey detectors, and ill considered sartorial choices. What's your ho'roscope?

Angelina Jolie honors Clint Eastwood at the Hollywood Film Festival Awards Gala

Filed under: Events: On the Scene

Michael Buckner is a fashion and celebrity photographer who travels around the world taking pictures on the red carpet. He gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the hottest entertainment industry events.



The classic Beverly Hilton Hotel was converted into a gala honoring today's brightest actors and cherishing a few living legends.

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Beauty editor's tip: Emmy eyes

Filed under: Beauty Tips


(Hayden Panetierre at the 2008 Emmy Awards)

As a professional beauty junkie (and former Beauty Editor at Marie Claire and Harper's Bazaar), I've tried every product to come down the pike in the last decade. So I've discovered what works:

Here's a trick to applying eyeliner that lasts. The secret: layering your products. Once you do it a few times it takes two minutes flat.

1. Apply liquid eyeliner, like Dior Style Liner across the tops of lashlines. Don't worry if the line isn't perfect; it doesn't matter. Your goal is to create a dark line, not a precise one.

2. Apply a kohl pencil liner OVER the line, and on lower lashline. The key is to use the right product. The best, most pigmented and easily smudgable is Tarte Eyeliner.

3. With a small, fluffy makeup brush, dust a sheer light brown, gray, silver, or gold shadow (offers great options) over the top line, smudging and blending as you go. Use this color to "shape" the intensity of the color as you move up toward the crease. Keep blending until your eyes pop to your satisfaction. Extra Credit: Dampen the brush before applying the shadow; it sets the color even further.

4. Finish with mascara. Curl lashes.

I want that! Natalie Portman in Miu Miu

Filed under: Get the Look

We. Are. Dying. Natalie Portman's sweetness shined in this puff sleeved Miu Miu dress. But it's not even the totally 80's sleeves that get us. It's the dress paired with unexpected yet simple accessories like a purple sash belt, shiny kitten heels and a black ruffled clutch.

And from one curly haired chick to another (who is totally sick of straightening daily by the way), we are really liking that your rocking your curl. Just bring the curl back baby. Bring it back.

• Miu Miu dress, Net a Porter, $1080











Tip of the day: Rodarte is the 'next big thing.'

Filed under: Style Tip of the Day


If you aren't familiar with sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy, you should be. The pair are the brains behind Rodarte, the ingenious clothing line that we're completely smitten for.

Though their last few seasons have been smash hits, nothing they've done to date has come close to their Fall 2008 collection. The sisters took their line in a completely new direction that everyone in fashion buzzing about "the next big thing" and "here to stay."

So if you want to look cool for fall...

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Project Runway: The Brown family loses

Filed under: Style in the News, Daily Obsession


Guess what reality show surpassed all expectations with their second episode last night? Project Runway! After the premiere episode that practically put everyone to sleep, the producers of the show came back swinging last night (complete with Natalie Portman!).

This week, the roles were reversed and the designers had to take orders from their models. And the models, well, they were sent out to go pick out eco-friendly fabrics that would be made into cocktail dresses for this green challenge. As you can imagine, madness ensued at the fabric store and back at Parson's when the designer's nearly fainted at the sight of some of the god awful stuff (throw-up brown silk) the models brought back.

In the gallery, check out the ups, downs, good, bad, and ugly of last night's episode and find out where Weslley, our Marc Jacobs boy wonder, is now in the competition.

Natalie Portman to appear on Project Runway tonight!

Filed under: Runway Trends, Style in the News, Celebrities with Style


We think everyone can unanimously agree that last week's premiere episode of the fifth season of Project Runway was a tad bit on the boring side. We're not sure if it was because of the fact that the challenge had been done before (and better) or because the contestants didn't seem that interesting, but it took everything within us not to turn the channel after the first ten minutes.

However, we've never been known to quit something we've only recently just started. So we're hoping tonight's episode of Project Runway will be exponentially greater than last week's. And we have a strange feeling (wink) it just might.

Eco-friendly cheerleader, Natalie Portman, will be guest judging tonight's episode. Cool, right? We imagine the contestants will have to incorporate Natalie's vegan shoes into their looks. Anyways, as we all wait in suspense, check out this clip of a preview of tonight's episode. Tim Gunn's "Holla at ya boy" is priceless.

Ho'roscope for the week of June 30, 2008

Filed under: Celebrities with Style

What do the stars hold for the stars this week? Find out in our regular feature, Ho'roscope. The lives of celebs are much more glamorous and sexy, including their horoscopes. This is a sneak peek into the astrological powers that influence fame and fortune.







This week active Houses include: Entertainment, Positive Press, and Back Payments. Click through to see what's going down in your house this week!

Flip-flops may give you cancer

Filed under: Accessories, Clothing, Shoes, Celebrities with Style


Earlier this week we learned that flip-flops could mess up your feet, and today comes another attack on the summer-friendly footwear: it might cause cancer.

The news, while shocking at first, is really more straightforward that you might think. The outcry over open-toed sandals has less to with some mysterious connection between rubber, leather and sensitive skin, and more to do with that skin's increased exposure to the sun. Especially now that flip-flops -- once a common target of snakry style critics' disdain -- are becoming acceptable among celebs and the fashion elite, doctors are concerned that they'll see an increased number of foot cancer cases (and in fact, some doctors report that they already are).

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Celebrity clothing designers: Who would you wear?

Filed under: Style in the News, Celebrities with Style


Lots of celebrities have taken to "designing" clothing lines. And, while some of them make sense -- who wouldn't want to dress like Penelope Cruz? -- some are questionable, to say the least. Check out this list of celebrity clothing designers and then cast your vote -- who's line would you be most likely to wear?

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From Red Carpet to Your Closet: Natalie Portman at Cannes

Filed under: Clothing, Celebrities with Style, Get the Look


Natalie Portman certainly showed her love of ruffles at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Nearly every dress she wore was covered in them! And while ruffles can be overwhelming, we love so many aspects of this look that we're willing to forget about the fact that you can't tell whether she's got a waist or a baby belly.

We know how you can successfully pull off a look similar to Natalie's -- check out the gallery to get the scoop!

Best of the best: Cannes fashion wrap up

Filed under: Celebrities with Style


We're so disappointed that this 11 day fashion fest film festival ended yesterday. Every day during the prestigious event we looked forward to waking up and seeing who wore what on the red carpet!

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Red carpet disappointments at Cannes

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With the good, you have to take the bad. We just finished our top 5 best dressed list for the first half of Cannes, and now it's time for the worst of the bunch.

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Cannes Film Festival: Behind the scenes with a red carpet photographer

Filed under: Events: On the Scene

Michael Buckner is a fashion and celebrity photographer who travels around the world taking pictures on the red carpet. He gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the hottest entertainment industry events.

Here we go. I've beaten flight delays, jet lag, sharing a room the size of a closet, and driving a scooter for the first time in my life.


Before my Chopard party, I went over to the Hotel Majestic Cannes Barrière to catch some of the Jury Panel leaving to the opening night ceremony for "Blindness." Sat around for an hour with French fans with point and shoot cameras, until Mischa Barton showed up with her over the shoulder glamour. She was followed by the always classy Faye Dunaway, then Natalie Portman in a stylish purple strapless dress. And I don't know who Amira Casar is, but I dig her meter long bow tie and the checkerboard skirt. Is it suitable for Cannes?

After that it was off to Chopard, who hosted a party celebrating Italian designer Alberta Ferretti. Singer/actress and all around lick Juliette Lewis disc jockeyed the party where she played disco, techno and a few of her own tunes. Australian actress Cate Blanchett posed with the designer and a few friends.

Conclusion? Purple is already a graceful theme for ladies this year. We'll see how much more comes out. Also, Alberta Ferretti works well with the larger jewelry of Chopard -- definitely a nice combination.


See coverage of all the films Cannes has to offer at Cinematical.

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