As you may know by now, this month is all pink in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness month, and it seems Harrods & Liz Hurley want in on the pink too. The actress and brand ambassador for Estee Lauder will make a grand appearance tomorrow at the world-famous department store, to meet lucky customers, and sign purchases from the limited edition Estee Lauder Pink Ribbon Collection 2010, with £7.50 from each purchase being donated to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. But, of course, being Harrods, that's not enough, hence the evening will end with a fantastic 3d Global Illumination Ceremony which will light the London skies all pink!! This is all in honour of not only the Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign, but the 50th Anniversary of Estee Lauder at Harrods, so we'd get there nice and early to get a good spot, we say about 1pm to meet Liz and 6:30pm for pink evening spectacular. We do love all that is pink!
Harrods & Liz Hurley to turn the skies Pink!
Ralph Lauren launches UK online store!
Polo Ralph Lauren fans in the UK can shout a loud 'yay!' as the high-end brand has finally launched its first online store outside of the US! The designer said “It was in the UK that I opened my first store outside of the United States and it is with great pleasure, then, that I welcome you to another first - our first online shop outside of the United States.”
What's more, it's not only fashion lovers who will get excited, but for those of us who love home furniture, the site also has a gorgeous range of home accessories!
But even if you haven't tried out the brand yet, there is an exclusive online style guide, with tips on how to wear RL, celebrity interviews, and more.
Needless to say Mr Ralph Lauren, that the pleasure is most definitely all ours ; )
Go forth fashionistas - RalphLauren.co.uk
Beauty Tip Of The Day
"For gorgeous natural curls, plait your hair or weave it round your fingers when wet and tie a scrunchie at the end. Leave to dry naturally and then untie, and voila, gorgeous, bouncy curls the healthy way a la Miss Aniston!!"
(Note: larger plaits provide larger, looser curls, and vice-versa.)
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"How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone." Coco Chanel
Dolce & Gabbana The Sicilian Lace Collection For Fall 2010
We think that Mr Dolce & Mr Gabbana really do know what women want and they're proving it with their latest make-up collection aptly named 'The Sicilian Lace Collection'. Every single product from the collection is gorgeous, echoing the nude and lace trends from the runway. We're hoping the collection will be available in the UK in Harrods soon...really soon..fingers crossed!
We ♥ the Dolce & Gabbana Miss Sicily range
*Sigh*, what's not to love about the gorgeous Miss Sicily range by Dolce & Gabbana? The range came out around a year ago and is so popular among celebs and D & G fans worldwide that the designer duo are designing more and more each year! Yay! We heart the bag, simply because it is so Audrey Hepburn chic, a timeless classic. With prices well above the £1000 mark, we say it's a splurge well worth it! Here are a few pics of our Miss Sicily faves...
We're back!
Apologies for our long absence, but we were holidaying and are back to keep you posted and updated as usual. What's more, we want to know your take on diets. As the New Year is steadily approaching, have you kept to your New Year resolutions or will your aim to be lose weight come 2011? Let us know, we'd love to hear your thoughts. You can also email us at couturediaries@hotmail.co.uk .
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50 Cent to star in Eastenders??
The number one American rapper is to leave the Hollywood Hills for a place in Walford Market to make a special cameo appearance in the UK's hit soap Eastenders within the next six months! The singer/actor was introduced to the soap by footballer pal Rio Ferdinand, and admits he is hooked on it.
However, the rapper has admitted to being disappointed that it was too late to appear on screen with Barbara Windsor, who played the legendary Peggy Mitchell and who recently left the soap, as reported by The Mirror.co.uk
50 Cent said: "I really wanted Peggy to throw me out of her pub, but I didn't get it organised quick enough and it's too late now."
“I've performed with Eminem and Justin Timberlake, acted with De Niro and Pacino, had a guest spot on The Simpsons - in the US a sign you've made it to the very top, but I can't fulfil my biggest showbiz dream.”
50 Cent said: "I really wanted Peggy to throw me out of her pub, but I didn't get it organised quick enough and it's too late now."
“I've performed with Eminem and Justin Timberlake, acted with De Niro and Pacino, had a guest spot on The Simpsons - in the US a sign you've made it to the very top, but I can't fulfil my biggest showbiz dream.”
Well, we might not be able to see Peggy 'bar' him from the Vic, but maybe we could see him team up with Phil and pick on Ian! Oooh, we can't wait!
Celeb Nose Jobs - Obvious or Who Would Have Thought?
Keeping in with the theme of plastic surgery ala our previous post, we thought we'd show you some celebrity nose job pictures. Although we do seriously think in each case they all definitely look better after the operation, prepare to be shocked!
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| Tyra Banks Nose Job |
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| Kim Kardashian Nose Job |
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| Naomi Campbell Nose Job |
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| Blake Lively Nose Job |
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| Beyonce Nose Job |
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| Charlize Theron Nose Job |
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| Megan Fox Nose Job |
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| Gisele Bundchen Nose Job |
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| Ashley Tisdale Nose Job |
Kim Kardashian - Botox Injection goes wrong...
If you are a fan of 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' then you know the reality show shows anything and everything in the lives of the Kardashian girls. Well in their latest episode, Kim decides to have botox done after she feels she was being teased about a photoshoot with Justin Bieber recently, where she was branded 'the older lady'.
Kim, 29, has vehemently denied rumours that she has undergone multiple plastic surgery, including breast augmentation, a nose job and butt implants, but she swears by Botox.Kim said: “I am turning 30 this year and I am freaked out. It is so embarrassing. It makes me feel older than I already am. Lines on my face are not acceptable.”
But after having the botox injections, she reacts badly to them and is left with two black eyes! Kim said: “It itches. I don’t know what to do, my eyes won’t stop watering.”
Khloé tells her: “It looks like someone has socked you, Mike Tyson.”
Kim calls in Dr Vaisman, their family doctor, who says: “You’ll be healed up in a week. Hide behind your glasses.” Sometimes we get the feeling that celebs wear their sunglasses even to bed, but no worries Kim, we all love hiding behind our supersized sunglassses too!
Kim, 29, has vehemently denied rumours that she has undergone multiple plastic surgery, including breast augmentation, a nose job and butt implants, but she swears by Botox.Kim said: “I am turning 30 this year and I am freaked out. It is so embarrassing. It makes me feel older than I already am. Lines on my face are not acceptable.”
But after having the botox injections, she reacts badly to them and is left with two black eyes! Kim said: “It itches. I don’t know what to do, my eyes won’t stop watering.”
Khloé tells her: “It looks like someone has socked you, Mike Tyson.”
Kim calls in Dr Vaisman, their family doctor, who says: “You’ll be healed up in a week. Hide behind your glasses.” Sometimes we get the feeling that celebs wear their sunglasses even to bed, but no worries Kim, we all love hiding behind our supersized sunglassses too!
Chocolate heaven! ♥
Who doesn't ♥ chocolate?? Not us! We do like to take the occasional break from bringing you the latest and best fashion news, and during that break - definitely not while we're blogging ; ) , we tend to indulge in a bit of chocolate, ok a bit more than that! So we thought it impossible not to acknowledge Armenia's greatness in producing the world's biggest chocolate bar, as confirmed by the Guinness World Records- yummy! The chocolate bar, which will be on show in the Armenian capital - Yerevan, next month, weighs a whopping 4,410 Kgs (9,702 lbs)!! The bar contains all natural ingredients, including 70% cocoa mass (and we all know dark chocolate is good for you!) As if all this wasn't enough to make us want to book a flight there right now, we hear the chocolate will be divided up and handed out FREE on October 16th. See you there!
Below, some more chocolate pics for all you chocolate lovers...
Below, some more chocolate pics for all you chocolate lovers...
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| World Largest Chocolate Easter Egg by Guylian |
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| Oprah's Famous All Chocolate Set by Godiva |
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| Ouch? You decide... |
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“I like my money right where I can see it... hanging in my closet.” Carrie Bradshaw (SATC)
US Fashion Label Forever 21 Arrives in UK!
Forever 21 has just opened its first store in London, in Westfield Shopping Centre! Yay! The hip and cute fashion label already opened its first European store in Birmingham's Bullring earlier this year, and now Londoners can enjoy the US label aswell! As of yet they do not have an online retail store for the UK, but here's hoping they will v.soon! The clothing and accessories store is really popular in the US and reports are that with the same price range as H&M, the high-street fashion stakes just rose to neck and neck! The brand will also be in direct competiiton with River Island & New Look, to mention a few. We love Forever 21, and if it's good enough for celebrity fans of the label Miley Cyrus and Lauren Conrad (who has been spotted wearing their clothes many a time) then it sure is good enough for us!
For more info on their London store visit - Forever 21 at Westfield
For more info on their London store visit - Forever 21 at Westfield
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| Forever 21 store in Birmingham. |
Lust-Have Of The Week! ♥
Gosh, how gorgeous are the Lanvin Happy bags? We just can't stop lusting over them. Seen on the arms of Katie Holmes, Jessica Alba & Reese Witherspoon, we want one (or maybe 4) too! The bag is great, totally chic and can be worn dressed up or down. Lanvin continues to bring newer editions of the Happy bag, but here's our selection of the ones we love best. Prices range from £860 - £1,870, available at - Net-a-Porter
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Beauty Tip Of The Day
" Store nail polish in the refrigerator to help keeps its smooth consistency!"
Victoria Beckham bans size 0 models from her fashion show!
Rumour is that Mrs Beckham has not allowed her clothes to be worn by size zero models at New York Fashion week which started earlier this week. Victoria, 36, said she wants "realistic and healthy-looking girls" to depict a positive image to her young fans and supporters.
UK newspaper the Daily Mirror quotes a source as saying: “Victoria takes her role as a figure in the public eye very seriously and is well aware young girls look up to her.This is why she gets so angry when people claim she doesn’t eat properly – she does.”
We're glad Victoria has taken this stand, even thought we're pretty sure she's a size 0 herself! Either way, it's nice to finally see a positive attitude to size 2 and up!!
UK newspaper the Daily Mirror quotes a source as saying: “Victoria takes her role as a figure in the public eye very seriously and is well aware young girls look up to her.This is why she gets so angry when people claim she doesn’t eat properly – she does.”
Because life's too short for ugly shoes ; )
Would Dorothy want to click her heels and be back in Kansas if she had been to London's Selfridges? Nope, she'd want to definitely be back in the new Selfridges shoe gallery which fully opens on 16th september. With 55,000 shoes in stock at any one time and 4000 shoes on display from 150 brands, Selfridges has got us wishing we had more feet! There are six unique galleries surrounded by eleven designer mini-boutiques, each designed by the respective designer themselves, and each called apartments!! The Louboutin boutique is a replica of his Paris home, right down to the chandeliers and wallpaper! The Tods apartment is a replica of the Tods' CEO villa in Milan and Tamara Mellon recreated her New York apartment for the aptly named Jimmy Choo Apartment. The gallery will also sell Uggs, Rodarte shoes, ballerinas, heels, you name the shoe and it'll be in the shoe mecca - even Lady Gaga's shoemaker, Chau Har Lee has a section aswell!
"Imagine you are in a gallery", says Selfridges' Director of Accessories Sebastian Manes. "From the entrance you see a succession of doorways, and at the end a huge window flooding the space with daylight. Your journey begins at the front, with shoes from the best of the high street. Slowly you begin to travel through different galleries until you reach the end – the couture designer gallery, flanked by Chanel and Louboutin, and a vision of Eden – the new suspended garden at Selfridges. Shoe heaven!"
We think this is a unique experience for all budgets, as there will be famous names from the high street aswell - including Topshop & River Island. With all this to lure you in plus 30 exclusive shoe styles not available anywhere else, we say get your skates on (and swap them for a pair of Loubi's bought while your there!)
"Imagine you are in a gallery", says Selfridges' Director of Accessories Sebastian Manes. "From the entrance you see a succession of doorways, and at the end a huge window flooding the space with daylight. Your journey begins at the front, with shoes from the best of the high street. Slowly you begin to travel through different galleries until you reach the end – the couture designer gallery, flanked by Chanel and Louboutin, and a vision of Eden – the new suspended garden at Selfridges. Shoe heaven!"
We think this is a unique experience for all budgets, as there will be famous names from the high street aswell - including Topshop & River Island. With all this to lure you in plus 30 exclusive shoe styles not available anywhere else, we say get your skates on (and swap them for a pair of Loubi's bought while your there!)
Beauty Tip Of The Day
" To achieve that 'just stepped out of the spa' look, soak a face-cloth under hot water and wring the water out. Place on a clean face and leave for 30secs. Remove the towel and dampen your skin. Cleanse your face with your regular cleanser and wash with hot water. Once finished, splash your face with cold water, and the end result - gorgeous, clean, glowing skin!"
The hot cloth acts like a mini sauna for your face, opening the pores. Washing with hot water brings all the dirt out of the pores, and lastly, the cold water acts like a seal and closes the pores for a beautiful, glowing face.
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| Coco Chanel |
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