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January's Magazines: Lady Gaga and Gwen Stefani Cover Stars.

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Lady Gaga takes the cover of Vanity Fair. She tells Vanity Fair: ‘I can’t commit to being an adult- I’m not ready.’

One of the main reasons I subscribe to Vanity Fair is the intelligent articles. I get my monthly dose of politics and economics. This month is no exception, there are brilliant articles to help you understand the economical crisis and a brilliant article on George F. Kennedy.

I really enjoyed Henry Aldord’s article on manners. It’s a sample from his book, Would it kill you to stop doing that?

  • Vanity Fair take Celine Dion out to lunch and she tells them she has over 3000 pair of shoes.
  • There is a brilliant article on Rick Perry, can he comeback?
  • Salman Rushdie on Lewis Carroll’s struggle to write his second book. ‘Follow that syndrome’ and how it helped him. Great piece.
  • The Japanese workers cleaning up Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
  • Rebecca Eaton, who has put her stamp on Downton Abbey and Upstairs Downstairs amongst others.
  • Michael Ovitz and his (alleged) failed takeover of IMG from the late Teddy Forstmann.
  • The wonderful Christopher Hitchens debates whether the phrase ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’ has merit.
  • The Queen and Prince Phillip in love. 16 pages on the blossoming of their love.
  • And P.D. James answers the Proust Questionnaire.

Marie Claire has Kelly Rowland on the cover. She talks Beyonce, men, music and admits she has cellulite.

There is a lot of clothes and shoes that will help you plan your wardrobe for next year, and lots of sparkly stuff for Christmas.

There is also a 2011 in review. Most magazines do this in December, watch out for Frosts.

  • Why famous men cheat, and does it sound like your man? Good article, and Lizzie Cundy tells Marie Claire how it felt when her husband cheated on her. Forgive and forget?
  • Four style savvy women share the party prepping secrets.
  • Janine di Giovanni goes in search of the truth about Aisha Gaddafi.
  • Should you tell your boss if your pregnant?
  • Matt Smith interview.
  • Who finds you the perfect date?
  • Jean Shrimpton’s Life story.
  • Amy Manson on the things she loves.
  • Future proof your looks.
  • Dakota Fanning’s beauty rules.
  • There is a very informative article on hormone problems, their symptoms and treatments.

Florence Welch take the cover of British Vogue and is interviewed inside. She tells Vogue: ‘I don’t think I’ll ever be polished. I’m integrally slightly scruffy. You know, you meet those women who are so cool? I’m striving for that so much!”.

  • In Vogue’s scrapbook there is a guide to flowers and their seasons and lots of floral dresses.
  • Sarah Lund from The Killing is interviews and asked about THAT jumper.
  • Women under siege, stories from women in Libya.
  • The new generation of female drummers.
  • Designing Duos.
  • Michael Kors
  • The Frieze Art; pictures and interviews from the art world’s fashion week.
  • Nomi Rapace interview.
  • Steven Spielberg and the cast for Warhorse.
  • Vogue’s great escapes. A brief history of Vogue shoots in foreign countries.
  • Three beauty hotshots show you how to par-down your make up bag.
  • Fast track your workout.

 

Glamour has X Factor’s Tulisa on the cover. She says ‘I don’t think I am anything like Cheryl, except we can both put a bit of volume in our hair’. She also says that she likes to ‘stick up for other women’. Which makes Frost like her. A lot.

  • Dermont O’Leary interview.
  • Don’t fear your fashion ghosts.
  • Get your dream job in 2012.
  • How to get blogged about.
  • The truth about food intolerance.
  • 3 Health problems you can fix yourself.
  • Can dating pro Matthew Hussey find you a man?
  • Tamara and Petra Ecclestone.
  • There is a good article on the rise of those awful pay day loan companies, beware of them at all costs!
  • Hollywood female stereotypes, a funny article by Mindy Kaling, writer of the US Office.
  • The truth about Hollywood stars selling their bodies when times get tough.
  • Give your closet a January detox with Danni Minogue.
  • Nicki Minaj interview and photo shoot.
  • How to get your s**t together. Sort out your wardrobe, make up bag, and everything else in your life.
  • Josh Duhamel interview.
  • The stars of 2012.
  • Your everything guide to skin.
  • Nicole Scherzinger on health and beauty.
  • The Devil in your diet: The low-down on sugar. Did you know that sugar has 4kcal per gram? There is also no difference between brown and white sugar.
  • 12 dinners for £50.

Tatler has Florence Brudenell-Bruce is on the cover. The girl that got away, Prince Harry’s ex tells Tatler that ‘one day everything will drop and I won’t be able to earn a living in my bikini’.

 

  • Free travel guide.
  • Rigby and Peller give Tatler their Mood Board.
  • What the recent overhaul of the royal succession means for the aristocracy.
  • Santa Sebag Montefiore launches a new skiing clothes line.
  • The Posh Commune.
  • Ella Hughes goes to an orgy.

  • Charles Gilkes and Duncan Stirling launch yet another party venue.
  • Quentin Letts sketchbook: Yvette Cooper.
  • Russian Billionaires at the High Court. Abramovich and Berezovsky go head to head.
  • Emma Freud reviews toasters.
  • Dafydd Jones on 30 years of chronicling the art crowd.
  • Writers on manners.
  • Joanne Lumley on her beauty routine.
  • Jo Malone on what she loves.

Gwen Stefani is on the cover of Instyle and is interviewed. Did you know she is friends with Angelina Jolie?

  • Where style starts: statement earrings.
  • Josephine de la Baume on her style.
  • Actors at the Toronto Film Festival.
  • Fashion insiders reveal what they cannot live without.
  • Tom Ford and Kate Bosworth. Tom has just launched a new make up range and Kate models
  • Instyle Shopping rules; jeans, vintage, lingerie, jewellery.
  • Instyle meets Jenna Lyons from J Crew.
  • Beyonce’s body rules.
  • Christmas Prep.
  • Megan Fox Up Close. Her beauty secrets.
  • Gizzi Erskine is In Style’s new columnist.

Carolyn Schulz On Making Good Jewellery. {Frost Interview}

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When did you start making jewellery?
When I had my son, 25 years ago, I wanted be a stay-at-home-mum but needed to work, so I worked from home representing an American bead manufacturer by looking after their key accounts, in particular, giving support with training and education. I was trained in jewellery techniques as well as how to teach and train others. Teaching and sharing my love of beading is what I enjoy most!

How did you get into designing jewellery?
I think I fell in to it accidentally! Once I had learned the various techniques, I found myself looking at the jewellery other people were wearing or what I saw in the shops. I would mentally take them apart to work out how they were made and then I would go home and try them out with my own beads. I like to mix techniques and I enjoy making jewellery to go with specific outfits that I wear. Sometimes I want something to compliment what I am wearing. Occasionally I want something to draw attention to my jewellery – not my clothes! But when I am designing jewellery to inspire others to create jewellery, I take into account the current fashions in style, beads, colour, textures and fashion accessories in general.

Where do you get your inspiration from?
I love to travel and I spend a lot of time looking at both the components available and the styles and trends of people in other countries. I love the flamboyancy of the Italians. I love the simple use of natural elements that I found in the Hawaiian Islands. I love the rich combination of colours that I found in Mexico and South America. Wherever I travel, I try to visit bead shops and if possible I take a class or two. I learn so much by making friends with the shop assistants and teachers. What are their hot sellers, what do the locals like, what do the tourists like, etc.

Tell me about your show on QVC
My Creative Jewellery Show on QVC UK gives the creative jewellery maker, whether a beginner or experienced, lots of opportunity to use their initiative and creativity but with lots of support with good technique demonstration and a wide range of finished samples to inspire. We offer very few complete kits. By that I mean, we don’t have many kits that make a specific piece of jewellery. Mostly we sell bundles of product, whether beads, tools or findings. For example, we will have bundles of beads and bundles of everything you need when using a specific technique. Some of our best selling bundles include our assortments of real turquoise (large and chunky or small and dainty), basic findings and tools such as the spinning seed bead threader and the Thing a ma Jig! I think the success of the shows is the excellent value for money and variety in addition to the technique support and design inspiration.

Do you prefer designing or teaching?
I don’t think I could have one without the other – but I get the most satisfaction from teaching. I love to share what I learn and I get the biggest kick out of seeing a student create something fabulous – often, much better than mine!

You have a book out soon, tell us about it.
This is my 4th book and it is aimed at women between 18 and 35 with limited experience of beads and beading. It will include more than 25 beading projects with an Asian element. Six of the chapters each has a different technique with a number of variations using that technique. I am already half way through completing the projects. Each chapter keeps growing because when I start designing – I find it hard to stop!

What are your tips for making good jewellery?

* Firstly, attitude – give it a chance!! It is like most things, it take a little practice to learn and perfect techniques.
* Secondly – start with simple techniques. With 25 years of learning and then teaching, I have developed my own fool proof way of learning, where one technique builds upon another.
* Thirdly – be observant! Notice the jewellery other people wear, that you see in the shops, or in books and magazines. Question what it is that you like. When you see things you don’t like, work out what it is you don’t like. You will soon start to build up some personalised design criteria.
* Finally – enjoy it!

You are an American in Britain, what do you love about the UK?
I love British culture. I love the British countryside. I love British history. I even love the British weather!!

What’s next for you?
I want to carry on as I am now – mixing it all up with writing books, travelling, time with my family (I have 3 gorgeous granddaughters!), travelling, presenting on QVC, travelling, teaching, travelling, travelling, travelling.

Little Mistress: Beautiful Clothes – Reasonable Price

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This month, I attended an event held by uber-cool clothing brand Little Mistress.

I looked at their clothes online beforehand and not only were they gorgeous, they don’t break the bank. So, I took myself off to 68 Great Portland Street, W1 and had some champagne while rummaging through the rails and checking out their jewellery. I walked away with a cool arm cuff and will be back to buy more.

Each season, Little Mistress adapts the latest catwalk trends and in-season colours to create covetable collections that are feminine, chic, pretty, affordable and wearable. With a rapidly growing reputation as a ‘must have’ label, it is difficult not to fall in love with the adorable, fun-loving Little Mistress brand. The styles have a strong, brand signature, with pieces for all social occasions and looks that can be worn day and night.

This season’s trends include bold colour and colour blocking, as well as romantic pieces with embroidery, lace, beadwork and a nod to vintage prints. The silhouettes feature structured shapes, body-con dresses as well as romantic feminine styles in a colour palette of neutral shades and jewel colours like jade, teal, red and purple.
The Little Mistress girl loves to dress up according to her mood and she likes to experiment with new styles – she will love the bold, printed maxi dresses, flattering playsuits and chiffon shirts for day and then chose a sexier, body-con dress for a night out partying.


All Little Mistress pieces are designed in-house, flatter the feminine figure and seduce the buyer with their exquisite embellished detailing, lush layered textures and unique prints.

Little Mistress has a growing customer fan base and is quickly becoming a favourite with celebrities, who are all eager to be seen in the latest Little Mistress looks.

Wholesale price range – £12.00 – £18.00

Frost Editor, Catherine Balavage, at the Little Mistress event. Far Right

Cheryl Cole wears Vivienne Westwood at the 2011 Fox Upfront event

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Singer and American X Factor Judge Cheryl Cole attended the 2011 Fox Upfront event at Wollman Rink in New York’s Central Park yesterday. Cheryl chose to wear an iconic pearl orb chocker from Vivienne Westwood’s jewellery collection.

Stars Shine At Met Costume Ball.

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GINNIFER GOODWIN, DIANE KRUGER, LIV TYLER, ASHLEY OLSEN, MARY-KATE OLSEN, GISELE B?NDCHEN, DU JUAN WEAR VAN CLEEF & ARPELS AT THE MET COSTUME BALL.

The fashion event of the season held on the May 2, 2011 in New York for the Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art included fabulous jewels provided by the famed French jewelry House Van Cleef & Arpels. Those wearing Van Cleef & Arpels included the following:

Ginnifer Goodwin was down to earth in TopShop wearing:

* “Art Deco Zip” necklace featuring turquoise, chrysoprase, chloromelanite and diamonds set in white gold
* 1964 “Estate” turquoise and pearl ring set in yellow gold

Diane Kruger in Jason Wu wearing:

* “A Cheval” diamond earrings set in yellow gold
* “Pont Neuf” mystery set ruby ring set in yellow gold

* 1957 Estate “Feuilles Croisses ruby and yellow gold ring.

Liv Tyler in Givenchy Couture wearing:

* “Organdi” large diamond bracelet set in white gold
* “Organdi” small diamond bracelet set in white gold

* Diamond earstuds set in white gold

Ashley Olsen in Vintage Dior Couture wearing:

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* “Conversation” ring featuring a pear shaped orange and white diamond set in white gold
* “Puces” diamond ear studs set in white gold
* Diamond solitaire ring totaling 7.83 carats set in platinum

Gisele Bundchen in Alexander McQueen wearing:

Gisele Bundchen at Met costume gala

* “Lotus” diamond earrings set in white gold

Ginnifer Goodwin – Van Cleef & Arpels ©Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images

Diane Kruger- Van Cleef & Arpels ©Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images

Liv Tyler- Van Cleef & Arpels ©Photo by Kevin Mazur /Getty Images

Ashley Olsen – Van Cleef & Arpels ©Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

Gisele Bundchen – Van Cleef & Arpels ©Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

Jessie J at Teenage Cancer Trust

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Gorgeous singer Jessie J turned up at the Teenage Cancer Trust wearing some gorgeous jewelery. See below for where you can get your hands on the pieces.

1980s Escada Dramatic Charm Necklace £395 Susan Caplan Vintage Collection www.susancaplan.co.uk
1990s Chanel Hoop Earrings £695 Susan Caplan Vintage Collection www.susancaplan.co.uk

A Peak into A/W 2011 – Part Three – Accessories

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So here we are, on the brink of S/S 2011 – engaging our enthusiasm on what’s hot for this season’s primary looks and trends. Fashion is forever changing and reinventing itself. After looking at this A/W’s main Looks and Trends, it’s time to take a little peak into the merging accessories.  Ladies, the aim of fashion is to stay one step ahead!

Hats – BIG this year, and let’s face it, the latter part of the year plays happy to cute knits and a warm palate of colours. From warm woollen in bright welcoming colours, to boyfriend peaker caps, it’s all in fashion. Checks and vintage marked pieces are all splendour, combined with gloves and woollen detailed scarves – it’s all in the mix.

The Eccentric and Bold Hat Statement: We’ve paid homage to last year’s flappy ear inspired hats – so individual and characterised, an illustration of how A/W accessories don’t need to be minimal in mirror of the weather! Russian inspired, these hats will be ever present this A/W. Turn down ears, in sync with vibrant multi colours, embedded with fur and button detail. Fun and chic.

The Chic Downtown Girl: The Cap Accessory – Boyar Mink Cream and dyed jet black winter caps are all dominant this year. Look to Oscar De La Renta‘s line for inspiration.  Feminine, cosmopolitan and eye-catching. Perfectly combined with monochrome scarves from Soft Angora.

P for Pom pom!: The Pom pom hat. Distinguished and adorable – for all women. Presented in a range of colours, the bolder, the better! A reminder of yesteryear trends – the pom pom hat was more than likely worn by most of us at some point, but this 2011 makes the stage for a large pom pom comeback!

Jewellery – Making a figurative fashion statement all year round, jewellery can be effortlessly accessorised from season to season. This A/W, look out for vintage-inspired rings and necklaces. A divine accessory to wear along with patterned, graphic autumn prints, tuxedo jackets and long knits. Think bohemian meets fall chic.

Tangled necklaces, heavily encrusted in a mix of dazzling reds, mustards and greens, in spirit of the Autumn season, as well as browns, silvers and reds for the winter.

Tassels – Remarkably popular through this S/S 2011, tassels will be making their mark this A/W, but unlike the fusion of tassels on handbags, this year will see tassels making a standpoint in jewellery. Delicately derived choker necklaces and bracelets. In addition, the featuring of tassels on ethnic gold and silver mused jewellery.

Knitted Headbands – I’m not talking slim line headbands. More thicker, striking coloured bands – perfectly accessorised with trench coats and printed scarves, again, perfect boho allure.

Knit Legwear – The chunkier, the better. Worn over your simple Osbornes’ or ankle boots, this accessory makes for a brighter statement to any footwear, and equally as comfortable without footwear.

Top handle Bags and Satchels. The trademark cosmopolitan look. Leather enthused, in a mirage of cream, black and mustard palates. For the more adventurous satchel lover, check out the line by Ed Hardy, for creative, illustrated inspiration.

The Skinny Belt – A favourite for most fashion followers, the skinny belt is a great accessory to have in your wardrobe. Versatile and easy to wear – from day to evening. Worn with Navy, Military jackets or longer collar fuelled coats, the skinny belt adds that simple edge to an outfit.

One of my personal favourites – Craft fair inspired bracelets and scarves. If you love vintage shopping, you will love this. Woollen flowered and patch-enthused scarves and bracelets. You can find these individually charactered pieces in vintage stores and markets. If you want to keep your collection exclusive this year – this is a must!