Mr. Mickey Takes on Paris Fashion Week: Chanel

By Mickey Boardman

Sitting down front at the gorgeous Palais Royale waiting for the Chanel show to begin, it's easy for a fashion-addicted journalist to feel like he's really hit the big leagues. Honestly, does it get much better or more glamorous? The production of a Chanel show is flawless, period. Chanel is such a gigantic money maker that it dwarfs almost all other fashion companies. Karl Lagerfeld has ruled the house for over two decades, mining the iconic imagery that Coco Chanel herself left behind and walking a thin line between not rocking the multi-billion dollar boat and moving things forward fashion-wise. So we end up seeing some some classic Chanel favorites each season reworked and served up for the legions of Chanel devotees.

Posted Jul. 23, 2007,

Créme de la Créme: Get Your Summer Skin in Order with Hampton Sun Face Cream

By Carol Lee

hamptonsun face cream Hampton Sun is the new cool kid on the sun care block (they launched in 2005) that’s won over the hard-to-please set of fashion editors and celebrities like Kelly Ripa, Sarah Jessica Parker and Renee Zellweger. And for good reasons… Their products are simple, chic and plant-based, and they don’t take basking in the sun lightly. After all, their slogan is “Smart Serious Sunbathing.” This posh sun-care line evokes the feeling of hanging out on the beaches of eastern Long Island -- even if you’re slumming it at Rockaway Beach you can skip the Jitney and fantasize that you’re in the Hamptons.

My new favorite is their daily facial moisturizer that is a yummy concoction of aloe vera, chamomile, peach, grape seed, cucumber, seaweed, ginger, lemon, vitamins A though E and anti-oxidants. It’s creamy and light, smells heavenly and comes in a cute white popsicle-like container with gold trim. Super Hydrating Face Cream SPF 15 does double duty at home (you can use it as a daily moisturizer) and at the beach. At $40 you get what you pay for which is a luxury facial sunscreen. Get it here.

You know what else is really cool? Dior Hydraction Visible Defense Light Creme SPF 20.

Posted Mar. 29, 2007,

Slimane Says Goodbye to Dior

By Kim Hastreiter

So boys, get ready to shed a tear... cause according to an article in today's Women's Wear Daily "The Hedi Days Are Over: LVMH Dumps Slimane," I guess it's official... Menswear guru Hedi Slimane will be leaving Dior. And the boys are crying in my office that's for sure.

After a year or so negotiating, it seems that Dior and Slimane just could not find a way to sign a contract together to continue. I just saw Hedi Slimane this past Sunday night sitting by himself in a couch in the dark at the front bar of Indochine with his eyes closed (napping?). Slimane was in town for Elton John's 60th birthday and has been around town this week stopping into V Man's party with Calvin Klein Jeans at the Box Monday night. So who's gonna step into Hedi's skinny shoes? It seems as though LVMH has been in talks with the cute Belgian menswear designer (who used to work with Hedi) Kris Van Assche -- so perhaps that skinny rocker aesthetic won't be in danger after all (see photos of Assche and Slimane below).

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