The party girl workout - ELLE Magazine
‘It’ girls on the party and clubbing scene have a new secret weapon for staying in shape and we tell you how...
What’s a busy young socialite to do when the summer party season is just around the corner and her diet of canapés and cocktails has left her a little squidgy around the edges? Those in the know call on health and fitness trainer Alex Reznik, who created The Socialite Workout specifically for high-profile party girls who can’t afford to be camera shy or who, in his words, always require “flashbulb arms and red-carpet shoulders.”
“A lot of clients were showing up for sessions after a night of partying,” says Reznik on his inspiration for the program. “They were clearly in no state to work out properly - tired, hungover or just feeling lazy - but I still had to find a way to keep them in shape.” The solution? He came up with toning exercises that can largely be done on the floor. “They avoid the balance problems that can occur after one too many glasses of champagne and take pressure off the heart.”
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Split Second - Elle Magazine
Couture-wearing avatars: is this the future of fashion?
Last September, Giorgio Armani launched a new flagship store. To celebrate the opening, the tanned, immaculately dressed designer was on hand to greet customers and chat with Candy Pratts Price, executive fashion director at Style.com, about fashion and innovation.
“I get inspired by pushing boundaries,” he told her as they browsed the shop floor, “and this is one of those opportunities to experiment and learn.” But none of their exchange actually occured on Madison Avenue; it all took place in the virtual world of Second Life.
More than 1.2 million people socialize, build property and buy goods and services from one another in Second Life. The number of transactions - from buying designer clothing to selling tropical islands - is about 16.8 million.
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Lip Service - FASHION Magazine
Lipstick, the iconic pigmented bullet, is back. Can you handle giving up your gloss for the season’s deep, dark red? By Vanessa Craft
I am being wooed by an unlikely suitor.
In a black lacquered case that opens with a delicate grosgrain ribbon, my Givenchy Rouge Interdit lipstick calls out from my handbag, persuading me to bring it out for display and reapply my raspberry red colour in full view of everyone.
Let me state something for the record: Proudly preening with a lipstick has never been my style, especially at a crowded restaurant. I’m a dedicated “glosser,” set in my quick, one-slick applicator ways. Call me lazy, but the ease and simplicity of gloss, not to mention my love of the pale neutral lip, has kept me hooked. Until now.
This is an object far too gorgeous to keep hidden away. It actually makes one of my girlfriends gasp when I pull the ribbon tag to reveal the silver metal tube embossed with Givenchy’s quadruple set of Gs.
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Hurts So Good - Zink Magazine
Jet lag, wrinkles and needles, oh my! BY VANESSA CRAFT
On a plane heading back to Toronto, jet lagged and exhausted, I wondered how I thought I could do a Las Vegas weekend and survive mentally and physically intact. I dug out my compact with the aim of freshening up before unleashing my eye bags on the unsuspecting crowds at the arrivals lounge when they appeared, a horrifying presence in the clear, unforgiving, 30,000-feet-above-sea-level sunlight: wrinkles.
My laugh lines looked… so very lined, and oh-my-gawd, was that the beginning of crow’s feet? I thought what happened in Vegas stayed in Vegas?
Since I had neither the budget nor the inclination for surgery, and prefer my botulism in a late night kebab rather than my forehead, I searched alternative beauty treatments and discovered Toronto’s best kept secret: acupuncturist Daniel Kanner and his Cosmetic Facial Renewal miracle.
Major benefits of the treatment are tightened pores, improved collagen production and muscle tone, elimination of fine lines, wrinkles, eye bags and acne as well as double chin reduction and an improved metabolism. However, it requires a few needles in your face. There’s always a catch.
I met Daniel at the Body Clinic in the exclusive Yorkville area of the city. “Acupuncture isn’t going to make someone who’s fifty look twenty,” he says, “but generally it can knock five to fifteen years off a person’s face.”
Like magic, my apprehension disappeared as I began planning my new life as a high school freshman…
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British Invasion - Zink Magazine
As Americans we’ve always had a fondness for anything British (after all, they gave us punk rock, James Blunt and Orlando Bloom), but when it comes to fashion the Brits are rapidly invading our shores - one catwalk at a time. BY VANESSA CRAFT
RAG & BONE
It’s not just women constantly in search of the perfect pair of jeans. Frustrated with the lack of laid back yet beautifully constructed style choices for men, Londoners Nathan Bogle and Marcus Wainwright started Rag & Bone, initially focusing on denim and then branching out into a full men’s collection in 2005. This year, they’ve expanded their classic sportswear to a women’s line.
Rag & Bone is best described as “luxury basics” - accessible in design and extravagant in price (a pair of jeans comes with a $275 dry-clean only tag). Winning this year’s Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation (past winners include Zac Posen and Proenza Schouler) has futher propelled the label into the already glaring media spotlight.
Right now, Bogle is excited by the more modern, minimal elements of tailoring in sportswear. “It feels like we’ve stripped back to essentials,” he says, “and it gives everyone a new platform to develop from…
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Swiss Miss - Zink Magazine
SPAS + TREATMENTS
There is much to learn from celebritites: how to have a Vegas wedding with less than ten minutes planning, when to go from blonde to brunette, and what ridiculously decadent beauty treatments are worth getting up before noon for. My latest in celeb indulgence? Instead of eating calorific chocolate, just have an underling slather it on your face. Favored by Elton John, Stella McCartney, Madonna and Gwyneth, Karin Herzog’s Co-cO2 facial is so indulgent it could only be coveted by the rich and famous.
After studying my skin and discussing my cleaning rituals (falling asleep drunk with makeup on is apparently a no-no), my beauty therapist, Rekha, started with a deep cleanse and drainage massage with cocoa bean-infused Monoi oil. Next, an oxygen-rich mask was applied before adding a vitamin-packed chocolate cream full of of potassium, lipids and antioxidants. The last step in my 90-minuted bliss sesh was having a mask of warm, melted Swiss chocolate slathered all over my face and neck.
By this point, most women are writhing in ecstasy and can’t remember their names. I remained (somewhat) coherent and focused - it takes a fair bit of concentration to lick choclate off your face when the therapist isn’t looking. Results? My skin was super-soft and plumped up with noticeably fainter wrinkles. One warning: Depending on the lifestyle choices (and adult video collection) of friends, be prepared for a multitude of responses when you say - with a blissful expression - that you’ve just had the most amazing chocolate facial ever. The Karin Herzog Co-cO facial is available at the Tallulah Beauty Boutique in London. - VANESSA CRAFT
Hurts So Good - Zink Magazine
Nothing comes between a woman and her hair. BY VANESSA CRAFT
From London to Louisiana, hair extensions are out of the closet and on everyone’s head. Whether it’s to make a statement after a bad breakup, blow away the competition on the red carpet, or signify a new stage in your life, the transformative power of hair cannot be underestimated.
The Hair
If you want the best – and why bother otherwise? – you must use human hair. Synthetic is best left to Barbie. Russia provides the most coveted hair: virgin (never processed or coloured), thick, luxurious, and softer than Asian or Indian imports.
Naomi Campbell waist-length gorgeousity comes with a four-figure price tag, and you’re dealing with hair that has a history. Industry insiders warn that the human hair trade is unregulated and hair can come from underprivileged women in China and Eastern Europe who are forced to sell their hair. Urban legends say the rise of the extension and demand for hair has resulted in more exploitative sources: Russian prisons, mental institutions, even (gasp!) corpses.
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