Perfect Apparel

Besides Chanel’s gorgeous twist on wingy eyeliner and blush, another makeup highlight from Paris Couture Week has to be the purple shadow at Valentino.

It has me asking myself: Self, why don’t you show the purples more love?

I mean, one could really argue that purple is actually a neutral, because it’s one of those colours that anyone can wear. They really can. (Brown, on the other hand, looks amazing on Hilary Duff, but as someone with a lot of pink undertones in her skin, I’ve never felt completely myself in it.) But purples, or more correctly, PLUMS, can flatter all skin tones—perhaps because they echo the natural hue of our lips. (And you

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Mary J Blige may be known for her killer pipes, but she’s also never been one to stick with the same boring ‘do. This soulful diva changes her hairstyle a million times a year, and like her albums, her hair looks rarely disappoint! Here are some of her most classic styles over the years. http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=976115&pid=976114&uts=1296078738 http://www.aolcdn.com/ke/media_gallery/v1/ke_media_gallery_wrapper.swf Mary J Blige Hair Transformation Check out Mary J Blige’s ever changing hairstyles over the years. Full article…

We all know Kate Moss as our British Queen of style. (Or is that Victoria Beckham?) Never-the-less, Kate’s been spotted in some less than impressive ensembles lately. Causing panic amongst her keen fashion followers!

But fear not fans! The Kate Moss that we know and love is back, and she’s on top form. Dressed in a masculine black and white three piece suit, accessorised with black opaque tights and knee high leather boots, she looked chic as she left the Ritz Hotel in Paris. It follows a succession of celebrities accessorising their red carpet outfits with black tights, at the comedy awards, over the weekend. It Full article…

The recent Paris Mens Fashion Week proved, once again, that black will always be new. As the autumn/winter 11 collections showed us, the deepest darkest of hues is the source of limitless inspiration when set against bursts of color, worked into textured outerwear or cut into the body with beautiful tailoring.

Look first to Ann Demeulemeester and her monochrome palette with dense luxe fabrics. The designer, who practically reinvented the term deconstruction, reworked her signature style from past collections with horizontal cuts that left garments swaying open against the body. Full article…

My goodness, it’s been a while since we did a reader question around here. But after this week’s Golden Globes coverage—and seeing how y’all were so delighted to engage in a bit of celebrity beauty schadenfreude (Stars! They’re just like us!)—I thought it would be a perfect time to highlight a question from reader Kara.

It involves a little problem I like to call “the Eagle.” And the best (meaning worst) example in recent memory was on the mug of the otherwise gorgeous Miss Emily Blunt at last year’s Globes ceremonies.

Do you see it? We’ve talked abou

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