Strut Those Velvet Lashes!

Thanks to the talent of renowned make up artist Frances Hathaway, Agyness Deyn, the fashion industry?s next great supermodel stole the show last night on the red carpet at the ACE Awards in New York City.

What was the show-stopper?
Why of course, it was shu uemura?s Black Velvet Feather False Eyelashes that where applied to the BOTTOM of Agyness' eyes. ?Agyness is a cutting edge girl,? said Hathaway. ?I needed a fashion forward lash with an architectural influence.?

What?s Hathaway?s tip for this daring look? ?When making such a big statement, keep it simple; just make one lash.?

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John Mayer Releases Augmented Reality Music Video

The new augmented reality (AR) music video for John Mayer's single, "Heartbreak Warfare," puts Mayer virtually in the hands of fans. To launch the AR music video, fans hold a printable marker, or "glyph," in front of their webcam and then get to watch the dynamic experience unfold on-screen. As Mayer starts to sing, his fans can then play with the animated living room scene by moving their glyph around - spinning, rotating and even flipping John's virtual world upside down. The video can be played on John Mayer's website at johnmayer.com. You will need to download a PDF file and have a webcam installed on your computer to make it work. You can get an idea for what the AR looks like in the video from Blitz below. There's no sound in this video. Take a look:


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Walmart, Amazon and Target Begin DVD Price Wars

Prices for the hottest hardcover releases at Walmart, Amazon.com and Target have fallen to $9 as the retailers battle for customers. Now prices on pre-orders of hot upcoming DVDs - including Star Trek, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Angels & Demons - have fallen to around $10. The Wall Street Journal says Wal-Mart extended the price war from books into DVDs and Amazon.com and Target quickly followed suit.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. extended its holiday price war into new territory Thursday by slashing online prices on 10 hotly anticipated DVDs, including the new Star Trek and Harry Potter releases, to $10.

Within hours, Amazon.com Inc. and Target Corp. matched some of Wal-Mart's online prices on pre-orders of the DVDs, and Wal-Mart lowered its price by a penny to $9.99, reprising the scuffle that broke out last month when Wal-Mart launched an aggressive $10 book promotion.

For example, the new Star Trek film on DVD can be pre-ordered for $10 at Amazon.com, Target.com and Walmart.com. Hardcovers and DVDs make great Christmas presents. We suspect lots of people will be giving these heavily discounted books and DVDs as gifts this year.

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Plastique Magazine F/W 09

Plastigue Magazine Photographer Nagi Sakai, Model Sheila MarquezPhotos from Ken Baldwin

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Donatella Versace Faces the Challenges Ahead

Donatella Versace is determined to save her company, which has been in the news lately for layoffs and financial problems. Donatella told the media "I AM a survivor." Thrust into the spotlight when her brother was murdered, Donatella discussed with The New York Times the years of drug use, the rehab and how she had to be strong for the company and for her family.

Seated on a sofa in her suite at the Waldorf Towers, where she was registered for privacy's sake as "Mrs. Montez," Ms. Versace was dressed in form-hugging black trousers and the stilettos she removes only at the gym. With her hair bleached to a color one associates with mythological nymphets, and with her heavily accented English, she seemed every bit the exotic satirized by Maya Rudolph on Saturday Night Live -- a characterization that, Ms. Versace said, "I laughed about -- once."

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"In my life I had no other choice than to become a strong person," Ms. Versace said. "I had to do it, at first for Gianni, and also for my children," she said, referring to her daughter, Allegra, who inherited 50 percent of the company in 2004 when she turned 18.

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She points out that, even in the days when she was such a compulsive cocaine consumer that fashion insiders alert to this open secret speculated on whether she would ever leave the bathroom to make an appearance at one of her own dinner parties, she still produced eight collections a year.

"If my problem was as big as everyone says, how did I run this company and create all these collections?" said Ms. Versace, whose 2004 stint at a rehabilitation center in Arizona came about only after a group of friends, Elton John among them, staged an intervention during one of these parties at her palazzo on via Gesu in Milan."I was dressed up, very glamorous, and I went to the bathroom to do a line," Ms. Versace said. "I didn't think anything was strange at the time, but then when I came out, all my friends were sitting in a circle on chairs and they said: 'You have a problem. We love you. You have to get help.'"

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"But you have to face the truth," Ms. Versace said, whether seeking sobriety or reinvention in the global marketplace. "For me, life is about chapters," she said, drawing one of the Marlboro Reds she chain-smokes from a packet customized with her DV monogram."Die and born again, die and born again," she said, striking a match. "It's the story of my life."

Analysts say companies like Versace will have to change in order to survive in the new post-recession world. Luxury sales will eventually increase, but spending is not expected to be as profligate as it once was. Donatella has hired a new CEO who is trimming costs and making changes in the company to comport with the new realities in the marketplace.

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Starbucks Seeing Uptick in Sales

Starbucks has been hard hit by the recession as consumers cut back on items such as gourmet coffee. It has closed many locations to save money. But now the company says that demand is starting to pick up.

Chief Executive Howard Schultz said in a conference call that a "more disciplined focus on operations" helped the company increase earnings and that it is seeing improvements in its surveys of customer satisfaction.During the quarter, Starbucks cut prices on so-called easy-to-make coffees, while lifting prices by as much as 30 cents for larger and more complex drinks, such as a venti caramel macchiato.

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Mr. Schultz said the company is encouraged by the national rollout of its Via instant-coffee product. Via is "resonating with customers" and is having little negative impact on traditional coffee sales at Starbucks, he said.Starbucks began making Via available in September in all its cafes in the U.S. and Canada, as well as in other locations such as hotels and bookstores. The company created Via, which costs $2.95 for a three pack, to try to reach consumers who aren't inclined to splurge on a regular coffee purchase.

Starbucks, which has about 11,000 U.S. outlets, reported $53.2 million in restructuring charges for its fourth quarter, almost all of which stemmed from store closings. The company said it had shuttered nearly all of the roughly 800 U.S. stores and 100 international stores in its previously announced store-closing plans.

The company is cautiously optimistic about the upcoming holiday season.

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California Pizza Kitchen Goes More Upscale With
Wine List

Reuters reports the California Pizza Kitchen has made its wine list more upscale to survive the recession. On October 5th the pizza chain started offering wine for around $10 a glass that includes Cakebread Cellars Chardonnay, La Crema Pinot Noir and Stags' Leap Merlot.

Rick Rosenfield, CPK's co-chief executive officer told Reuters, "This is us going back to our roots. When we first opened CPK, (in 1985) part of the concept was we that we would have familiar wines at unfamiliar prices."

CPK's wine offerings can be found here on the website. They don't list prices on the website.

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Olivia Palermo Style: Name that Bag!

Every single aspect of this look I adore. I have to admit, Olivia Palermo is one of my new favorite people. Whether she has a stylist or not, nearly every time I see her she has her outfits perfectly put together.…

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October Teen Apparel Sales Are Disappointing for
Retailers

Sales of teen apparel missed estimates in October to an extent that surprised analysts. Aeropostale Inc., American Eagle Outfitters Inc. and Limited Brands Inc. all reported sales that were not in line with forecasts.

Sales at U.S. stores open at least a year rose 3 percent at Aeropostale, the U.S. teen retailer with more than 900 stores, trailing the 14 percent average of analysts' estimates compiled by Retail Metrics Inc. Comparable-store sales at American Eagle fell 5 percent, missing a 2 percent projected gain. Sales at Limited, the owner of the Victoria's Secret chain, dropped 4 percent, more than the 3.1 percent estimated decline.

October is a transitional month between the two largest selling seasons of the year: back-to-school and Christmas. U.S. retailers use the month to clear out fall merchandise and make room for holiday floor sets, according to Ken Perkins, president of Swampscott, Massachusetts-based Retail Metrics."The teen apparel space was the biggest disappointment," Perkins said today in a telephone interview.

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Aeropostale, based in New York, fell $5.21, or 14 percent, to $32.82 at 11:29 a.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. Pittsburgh-based American Eagle dropped $2.02, or 11 percent, to $15.84. Limited, of Columbus, Ohio, lost 8 cents to $17.70.Some department stores fared better than the specialty retailers. TJX Cos. and Ross Stores Inc., which both sell designer goods at discounted prices, reported sales gains. Chains including Saks Inc. and Nordstrom Inc. reported sales that topped estimates.

The National Retail Federation forecasts that U.S. holiday sales in the last two months of the year will fall by 1% from last year to around $437.6 billion. Last year's holiday sales were 3.4% lower than the year before that. Retailers are counting on Black Friday and Cyber Monday to help drive sales this year.

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Liv Tyler Hosts Opening of Stella McCartney for
GapKids Pop-up Store in L.A.

Stella McCartney's new GapKids and BabyGap collection debuted earlier this week. A Stella McCartney for GapKids Pop-Up Store opened on Robertson Boulevard today. It will remain open through Saturday, Nov. 28. All the Rage says the space was previously a Gap 1969 denim boutique. Actress Liv Tyler hosted the opening of the Pop-up store at kid-friendly event which included face painting and balloon animals.

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