CND Fashion Week Vlog » Day 5

Marc Jacobs! – beauty in the details

Jan Arnold — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:55:38 +0000

….the highlight of the week has arrived! It’s the Marc Jacobs show.

Marc is legendary for his attention to detail and his eye for color. Hours were spent the day before layering, mixing and blending tones of grey, to mushroom to lavender-taupe until at last, 5 shades were selected by Marc himself! Roxanne worked with Elisa Ferri, long time nail professional for Marc and supported her with CND Colour & Effects and the top notch CND team backstage. The color range is now coined as ‘greige’ and each color was specified for each of 50 models walking the show. Want the look now? Turn to Putty with Lavender Sparkle, Asphalt with Copper Shimmer or Chocolate Milk in high shine. The show included day and evening looks in all shades of gray, accented with yellow ostrich shoes, mushroom fur bags and grayed-down lilac ankle socks and pumps. It’s all about the detail…the the show was somewhere over the rainbow!

The day is done and we’re off for a late downtown dinner at Babbo, Mario Batali’s famed restaurant. Yum…we’ve definitely earned this meal!!!

Some fantastic shots from the show!

Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation – Fall 2010 winners!

Jan Arnold — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:52:56 +0000

ECCO Domani Fashion Foundation announced their Fall 2010 winners and featured their brilliance in a collaborative event on the runway! Six designers were honored, including Altuzarra, The Blonds, Organic, Prabal Gurung, Salvor Projects and Siki Im. All the models wore an industrial texturized neutral, created with 2 coats of Putty, one coat of Sapphire Sparkle and Super Matte Top Coat for a clean, modern mannequin hand. We congratulate all the winners and thank them for including nails, the finishing and all important detail!

Monique Lhuillier – China Doll

Jan Arnold — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:50:08 +0000

We stay at the Bryant Park Tents for one of the most celebrated evening gown designers: Monique Lhuillier. The look was ‘china doll,’ with a porcelain, glowing face, a shiny nude eye, a bright matte velvet red lip, hair pulled up tight and in a nest of small braids…and nails were molten liquid fire in Rouge Red. Two coats of Air Dry gave an ever-wet look that played with the light on the runway. The beauty was the perfect complement to the artful clothes that looked more like fine sculpture than anything you dream of wearing. The crowd was breathless by the end of this perfect show.

Carolina Herrera – Chocolate Milk manicure

Jan Arnold — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:44:15 +0000

Our first show featured true ‘Royalty’ of fashion. Carolina Herrera dresses the most tasteful of women who lunch and attend charity events in the most glamorous locations. She is known for the big sleeve, beautiful furs, taffeta and hand-crafted embroidery. She went back to her roots this season with ultra luxurious painterly prints and floral embroideries, mixed with mink details and tons of sable. The long, voluminous trouser and smart waist-tied coat was accented with butter leather gloves…only to then reveal an equally delicious manicure in Chocolate Milk. This is a velvety, mid tone milk chocolate, as rich and creamy as it sounds. We did a double dip of chocolate and a nice thick glaze of Air Dry, for an end result that was smart and city chic.

Take a look!