by Katja on March 16, 2010
Madonna teamed up with Dolce & Gabbana for sexy sunglasses for this summer!
Not just washing dishes and eating spaghetti in Dolce & Gabbana’s spring 2010 ads wearing romantic lace from D&G’s spring collection, but Madonna also co-branded some sexy shades with the brand.
Madonna’s favorite photographer Steven Klein snapped both, the pictures of the Domestic Goddess Madonna and the Sexy Seducer Madonna in sunglasses.
The Madonna’s codesigned Dolce & Gabbana sunglasses will have a MDG logo, and the collection will go on sale in May at Dolce & Gabbana’s store worldwide and at the Sunglass Hut. The prices will vary from $248 to $289ish.
What is more interesting is that this the first co-branded project Dolce and Gabbana have ever done, and that this is also the first product made under Madonna’s new company MG Icon. MG icon LLC is a joint venture with Iconix, a fashion brand group that owns a variety of fashion brands like Candie’s, Rampage, Rocawear and Ed Hardy. Can’t wait to see the rest of the fashion-related projects MG Icon will be coming out with. I hear there also will be a juniors’ collection called Material World, sold exclusively at Macy’s, launching in August.
Loving the look, and the MDG logo – now my question is.. when are the eyeglasses coming to this collection?
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by Katja on March 15, 2010
Simply having the trendiest gadgets isn’t enough – they have to be dressed in latest fashions as well.
While laptop and phone covers for protection are nothing new, and mobile devices have gotten fashionable additions from Swarovski crystals to hanging jewels for at least a decade, now if ever you have the selection to make your tech gadget not just look cool but also have the technology to protect them. Looking plain pretty ain’t gonna get you far – now you need pretty and smart.
Disney designed a full line of iPhone covers sold at Apple stores. Pick pictures from the newest Disney movies like Alice in Wonderland or from classic Mickey Mouses, something for every Disney fan.
Skinit also has their exclusive Disney laptop and phone covers to pretty much any device. Their collection of gadget skins is probably the widest on the market.
iStyles is another stop to get any device covered in funky style – you can even cover your Wii.
I dropped my iPhone from around 5 feet down on wet concrete last weekend, and there it was sitting on water for a while before I was able to get what I thought was my ex-phone – and it was actually a big surprise to me that the cover I had on my phone was not just a pretty accessory, but it really worked. My iPhone didn’t have a scratch! My iPhone has a ZAGG skin, and while it is super thin, it’s ability to absorb shock is impressive, believe me, I drop my phone once a day.
Oh, and something totally worth to mention – you can choose from ZAGG’s own designs, or you can fully customize the look with your own photo – for $19.99 it is the best your phone has seen for a while.
If you are not set for designing your own iPhone cover, and have hard time deciding which one to get, JOYCE brings you a bunch in a fancy pack so you can do a needed outfit change for your iPhone. Designers like Rick Owens, Dries Van Noten, Marni, Etro, Bless and Anna Sui specially designed limited iPhone cases for JOYCE. My favorites – the ‘rock’ and the Anna Sui’s design!
Of course, there always isn’t a need to beautify your gadget – many of them already come with pretty covers, like the HP Mini 210 Vivienne Tam Edition, which was debuted at the fashion week.
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by Katja on March 14, 2010
These amazing black and white photos of Nicole Kidman were taken by Peter Lindbergh for Italian Vogue.
Nicole Kidman starred in the Rob Marshall’s film Nine, inspired by Fellini’s 8½, and I has been promoting it worldwide. I have to say, that I have seen Penelope Cruz promoting the film much more than Nicole Kidman, but that’s almost what I love about Kidman – even when she promotes a film, she does something like this classy B&W photo shoot, instead of going to Jay Leno show. True star, indeed.
By the way, does anyone think Amy Adams looks like Nicole Kidman..?
Nicole Kidman photos: Vogue Italia
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by Katja on March 9, 2010
9:45 AM
We woke up early on the morning to head to the Oscar® red carpet bleachers, and took a cab to few blocks away from the Kodak Theatre. The Hollywood Boulevard and the few close blocks surrounding the Kodak Theatre were closed. The city was quiet before the storm, and excitement was felt in the smiles of my fellow bloggers and the obvious other tourists walking the famous star-filled Hollywood Boulevard.
10:30 AM
After the security check and getting our bleacher passes, we are shown our seats. Everyone has an assigned seat, and we are so afraid to even think of sitting anywhere else, we don’t want to do anything making The Academy mad. All of us Kodak-invited bloggers are in different bleacher sections, and my seat is right next to the Rock and Roll Mama Lindsay. We are getting so excited and snapping pictures already of the red carpet, and the golden man standing next to it.
12:00 PM
The sun is shining and we are still keeping in good spirits, after just waiting and waiting… But we are in slight sugar high after eating the complimentary Krispy Kreme doughnuts and turkey sandwiches. The red carpet is getting the finishing touches and the last vacuum, and we are just waiting and giddy for the upcoming afternoon.
12:41 PM
Waiting and waiting. And I am getting slightly bored so I keep snapping silly photos, like of my shoes. And hand.
1:15 PM
It starts raining and we are frantically trying to take cover.
It stops raining.
2:30 PM
Finally people start arriving, we get our Kodak cameras snapping photos like there is no tomorrow. I’m trying to remember everyone’s name (”I know she is in that movie with that guy, you know, who was in that other movie with..”) and trying to focus my camera. It’s sort of surreal, and at times we are in euphoria seeing the stars we have been admiring for years. And some make us mad. Like Zac Efron – he doesn’t stop even for one photo for my kids.
3:13 PM
Matt Damon arrives and I realize that I am no good at being a paparazzi. I don’t know if I should just soak this moment in, or try to take photos. People are going crazy at the bleachers next to us. George Clooney just arrived. O-M-G. George Clooney. Even hottie Mattie becomes second next to Clooney’s charisma. Clooney is giving autographs at the bleacher next to us, and I can not focus that damn camera. I am trying to take a picture of a living legend, but I don’t think I even know if the camera is on (it wasn’t).
Then the climax happens and George Clooney comes to our bleacher section and right in the front of me and looks at me.
I know that he is coming to give autographs for the people at our bleacher section too. But my brain has a temporary malfunction, and I can not think of giving anything for him to sign. So I reach out to him.. and give my.. hand? I don’t know what I was thinking, and the brainfart that I am having also makes me unable to say anything. (it was probably best that I just smiled, at that point the words would not have impressed anyone)
George has seen this all before. So he just softly touches my hand, the top of my hand, and squeezes gently. It takes at least 10 seconds, which is in the red carpet world an eternity.
OMG.
George Clooney just touched my hand.
Once I come down from clooneyphoria, all I can think is “I have to tweet this”.
Obviously, the rest of the night was irrelevant, I got The Award Winning Experience of the lifetime.
Disclosure: I’ve been a George Clooney fan for a long time, and never missed a Kodak moment like this before. But I still love Kodak and am forever thankful for them inviting me to the Kodak Red Carpet Bleachers.
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by Katja on March 7, 2010
Yes, this is my Oscars® outfit for the Kodak sponsored viewing party at the El Capitan tonight – the dress is from BCBG’s runway collection, and already worn on a red carpet by Disney channel star Selena Gomez… but thus is life (and my budget).
I am in my hotel room, my shoes already on, ready to go and start the day at the bleachers of the Oscars® red carpet.
I can’t wait for the action, the cameras, seeing the stars arriving to the 82nd Academy Awards®…
You can follow me on Twitter @katjapresnal and follow the stream with #KodakRedCarpet tweets – from all of the bloggers who are attending the bleacher event.
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