backstage beauty

Scott Sternberg's Boy by Band Of Outsiders collection for Fall/Winter 2010 is a cozy and preppy array of knits and patterns that are perfect for the New York girl who wants to look stylish in...

A Renaissance vibe was in the air at Nanette Lepore this morning, where the hair and makeup looks perfectly complemented the vibrant colors, full skirts and structured sleeves of the designer's collection. Hairstylist Esther Langham...

Stylists backstage at the BCBG Fall 2010 show give us a step-by-step guide on getting their look for the season. Watch and learn!...

During Fashion Week, when I was backstage at Brian Reyes, I met the amazing Bobbi Brown. I have a huge sentimental soft spot for Bobbi--when I was 13 my best friend, Jane, and I had...

I'm a huge fan of Richard Chai, so I jumped at the chance to go backstage at his show. When I saw the designer himself giving interviews backstage I once again mustered up my courage...

The Tour de Dick Page continues as I caught up with the Shiseido Artistic Director yet again at Zero + Maria Cornejo to talk about the seriously bold eye-makeup. Inspired directly by the collection, Dick...

Beauty was elegant and refined but slightly undone at Carolina Herrera's fall '09 show, with hair inspired by the designer herself. Orlando Pita gave the models updated chignons to keep the hair off the clothes,...

The look at Coventry was all about that classic woodsy, just in from the cold look that always feels appropriate for fall. Coventry designer Matthew Terry said that for his first runway show he wanted...

Leave it to Lela, purveyor of pretty, to deliver on feminine, ethereal beauty. "We were inspired by the rainforest," Drugstore.com makeup artist Tina Turnbow told me, "and by the shiny, irridescent shell of a beetle."...

Any other Vena Cava devotees out there? I, for one, LOVE the brand and usually get one of their gorgeous silk dresses every season. Backstage at their recent presentation, the designers' supercool aesthetic was evident...

"The look is uptown-girl-gone-downtown-to-Danceteria, circa 1982," Lancome makeup artist, Daniel Martin, notes. "She's a prim and proper girl who finds refuge in the discos in the early 80s."  Daniel gave the models matte skin and...

Backstage at Lacoste, I found Rose-Marie Swift, the make-up artist for Lacoste, touching up a model's pimple (undetectable to the untrained eye) and eager to talk about the look. "The clothes are a little bit...