BeautyKind: A Beauty Site That Gives Back

Buy your favorite makeup, skincare, fragrances, hair and nail products at new site BeautyKind.us and 5% of the purchase price of every product will be donated to the cause of your choice. “Beauty Points” are a loyalty program reward for buying and sharing within their social community. You can even develop your own cause circle through …

Today's Fashion Headlines: Balenciaga Spring Campaign, FIT Museum Honoring Lauren Bacall, Neiman Marcus Expanding Digital

Sasha Pivovarova For Balenciaga Alexander Wang cast the spring 2015 Balenciaga campaign in a softer light than in past seasons. The images, which were shot by photographer Steven Klein, feature Sasha Pivovarova wearing looks in shades of pink and lavender. It’s the first time the model is the face of Balenciaga. Wang also brought on …

RIP Traditional Fashion Trend Cycle

Carol and I have discussed the warp speed trends evolve today as compared to when we started Second City Style nearly 10 years ago. They are pretty much obliterated. Who can keep up? Traditional fashion trend timelines are long gone having given way to one constantly moving stream of newness, fast-fashion and social media. A …

Rumor We Hope Is True: Tom Ford For Gucci Part II

We can only pray. Page Six of The New York Post today reported there is “buzz” that Tom Ford could he returning to Gucci which he previously ran from 1994-2004. Now that head designer Frida Giannini and her partner CEO Patrizio di Marco left, anything is possible. Under Ford, Gucci became hugely profitable and eventually …

Today's Fashion Headlines: Galliano's Maison Margiela Collection, eBay's Retail Associate Platform, FGI's Rising Star Awards

Maison Margiela Artisanal Couture Spring 2015 John Galliano returned to fashion’s stage by pouring his bravado into the clothes and not the set or his own personal flamboyant look fro his bow as he has in the past. There was a quick bow from the Gibraltar-born, British designer smiling in the house’s signature lab coat …