<![CDATA[[FashionRatty] tag: taylor]]> http://www.fashionratty.com/tag/taylor Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:42:23 +0000 iRatty Engine http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[BINSI Birthing Wear gives New Meaning to the Impractical Hospital Gown]]> http://www.fashionratty.com/article/409e0906c07eec3a80f1a20e8ae45e86 http://www.fashionratty.com/article/409e0906c07eec3a80f1a20e8ae45e86 Maternity wear has come a long way since those outlandish tent dresses and ugly elastic pants. Everything from maternity lingerie to eveningwear now comes in designer labels. And the newest garment for pregnant women is the birthing line of clothing. Comfortable tops and practical skirts are made specifically for that time during intense labor.

Typically the pregnant lady enters the hospital and the attendants are quick to clothe her in a hospital gown with which is fine on the front but the back is blowing in the wind, baring all. As if giving birth was not enough of a trial, now the woman must show her bottom to the world as she awaits her new baby. binsi bambooFrustrated with the indiscreet circumstances, Carrie Grimditch decided to make herself a birthing skirt. She then made skirts for other pregnant women and subsequently, Carrie and Kimberly Taylor formed BINSI Inc, the labor and birth apparel company.

Such a simple notion but when you see the pregnant models wearing the cropped tops, tankinis and skirts, they actually look quite fashionable. Women are able to move around the hospital while waiting for the birth of their babies and at the same time doctors and nurses can easily monitor their condition without the intrusion of regular clothing. The newest pieces in the collection are the BINSI® Bamboo made from bamboo and organic cotton with a hint of spandex to hold its cute shape. A comfortable style with below belly fit, breathable fabric with wicking properties, and sexy side slits for optimal movement, coupled with the matching tankini, you would never know the woman was about to give birth.

It is hard to believe that expectant mothers can look fashionable up to and during labor!

More information: birthinbinsi.com!

]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:42:04 +0000 hospital gown hospital pregnant pregnant models birth binsi birth apparel company pregnant lady enters intense labor BINSI Birthing Wear gives New Meaning to the Impractical Hospital Gown <![CDATA[Taylor Lautner]]> http://www.fashionratty.com/article/065c022ec9d6fd175ab12f5b9b854139 http://www.fashionratty.com/article/065c022ec9d6fd175ab12f5b9b854139 Taylor Daniel Lautner, he's a cutie. His laugh makes every girl's heart melt. ^_^ You may also know him as Jacob Black from Twilight. Thought it's about time he'd have his own thread like the other guys. :flower: ]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:25:16 +0000 taylor daniel lautner jacob black heart melt time girl thread twilight flower guys Taylor Lautner <![CDATA[Shipping Deadlines For Stores You Care About]]> http://www.fashionratty.com/article/c604819db85938a5060761a4f26dc0a4 http://www.fashionratty.com/article/c604819db85938a5060761a4f26dc0a4 To ensure your annual gift-ordering procrastination doesn’t actually hinder the gift giving, we’ve compiled a list of order-by dates; For delivery by Christmas (that means you’re safe for Hanukkah too – it starts on the 21st this year), here are the dates by which you’ll need to place your order to receive, for example, pretty red boxes from Red Envelope.

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These dates apply to orders inside the continental US, and times are Eastern Standard unless otherwise noted.

7 For All Mankind
12/17 with FedEx ground
12/ 23 by noon with premium shipping

Amazon
12/18 with standard shipping
12/22 by 6 PM with expedited shipping
12/23 by 6 PM with fastest shipping

Ann Taylor LOFT
12/15 by 3 PM with ground
12/19 by noon with 2nd day air
12/22 by noon with next day air

Arden B
12/16 with standard shipping
12/22 with premium shipping

Armani Exchange
12/18 with standard shipping
12/22 with premium shipping

Barnes & Noble
12/15 with standard shipping
12/22 with premium shipping

Bloomingdales
The following dates are for in-stock merchandise
12/19 by 11:59 PM with standard shipping
12/21 by 11:59 PM with premium shipping
12/22 by 11:59 PM with express delivery

Brooks Brothers
12/16 by 12 PM with standard shipping
12/23 by 12 PM with fastest shipping

FAO Schwartz
12/17 with standard shipping
12/21 with premium shipping

Kmart
12/18 by 11:59 PM with standard shipping
12/23 by 9 AM with premium shipping

Kohls
12/17 by midnight with standard shipping
12/19 by 3 PM with premium shipping

Macy’s
The following dates are for in-stock merchandise
12/19 by 11:59 PM with standard shipping
12/21 by 11:59 PM with premium shipping
12/22 by 11:59 PM with express shipping

Nordstrom
12/19 by 12 PM with standard shipping
12/22 by 12 PM with expedited shipping
12/23 by 12 PM with fastest shipping

New York & Company
12/20 with free upgrade to FedEx Ground
12/22 with 2-day FedEx
12/23 with 1-day FedEx

Ralph Lauren
12/18 by midnight with standard shipping
12/22 by midnight with premium shipping

RedEnvelope
12/15 with standard shipping
12/19 with premium shipping

Saks Fifth Avenue
12/19 by 1 PM with Saturday delivery
12/23 by 1 PM with rush delivery

Sears
12/18 by 11:59 PM with standard shipping
12/23 by 9 AM with premium shipping

Sephora
12/18 by 12 AM PST with standard shipping

Shoes.com
12/19 with standard shipping
12/22 by 12 PM with expedited shipping
12/23 by 12 PM with fastest shipping

Shopbop
12/15 by 11 AM with standard shipping
12/22 by 11 AM with expedited shipping

Singer22
12/17 by midnight with standard ground
12/22 by midnight with UPS 2 day
12/23 by midnight with next day air

Sur La Table
12/18 by 9 AM with standard shipping
12/23 by 3 PM with premium shipping

Target
12/18 with standard shipping
12/22 with premium shipping

The Container Store
12/18

Urban Outfitters
12/9 by 10 AM with standard shipping
12/22 by 10 AM with 2-day
12/23 by 10 AM with overnight

Victoria’s Secret
12/18 by 1 PM with standard shipping
12/22 by 1 PM with expedited shipping
12/23 by 1 PM with fastest shipping

]]> Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:00:55 +0000 standard ground standard 2-day fedex 2-day eastern standard day 2nd day air premium 1-day fedex Shipping Deadlines For Stores You Care About <![CDATA[Laundry by Design On Sale and Going Fast At Your Mothers Favorite Department Store]]> http://www.fashionratty.com/article/390a11ff74b3270f05f6cb021ecd4fd7 http://www.fashionratty.com/article/390a11ff74b3270f05f6cb021ecd4fd7 image

I fell in love with the Melton Spread-Collar Jacket with Wide Belt ($215, was $430). The store was running out of sizes and colors, and the saleswoman told me that online's the way to go.  

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This sleeveless embellished v-back dress ($220, was $275) is an ideal alternative to black for those upcoming parties. 


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For less than $100, this office-appropriate belted empire-waist dress ($95.40, was $265) is a steal. And you'll have cash left over to score some new work shoes to wear with it.

 

]]> Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:00:36 +0000 fabulous winter coats melton spread-collar jacket flirty cocktail dresses sale empire-waist dress v-back dress store laundry shelli segal Laundry by Design On Sale and Going Fast At Your Mothers Favorite Department Store <![CDATA[Ed Westwick & Jessica Szohr: New Couple!]]> http://www.fashionratty.com/article/6814dc555c2abc69fc6bf5e314a45ce9 http://www.fashionratty.com/article/6814dc555c2abc69fc6bf5e314a45ce9 Gossip Girl stars Ed Westwick and Jessica Szohr have taken their on-screen romance off-screen!

According to W, the pair and Chace Crawford were stuck in the Dallas airport yesterday (pictured here). According to a spywitness, Jessica, 23, and Ed, 21, were spotted flirting AND kissing.

“Definitely on the lips,” the snitch reveals. “Not a French kiss, but a smooch definitely. They were being very flirty when people were not paying attention… Ed was carrying a big Brooks Brothers bag, so I think he had probably spent his delay-time in the airport shopping at the Brooks Brothers. Jessica and Ed waited until the very end to board their flight. And then Jessica tried to go get a pizza to take on the plane but they decided they didn’t have time.”

Gossip leads Blake Lively and Penn Badgley have been a couple for quite some time. Leighton Meester is dating Sebastian Stan, who also starred on GG. Who’s left to couple up–Chace and Taylor Momsen?

WHAT DO YOU THINK of Ed Westwick and Jessica Szohr as a couple — YAY or NAY?
]]> Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:17:00 +0000 jessica jessica szohr couple brooks brothers couple upchace brooks brothers bag dallas airport yesterday westwick airport Ed Westwick & Jessica Szohr: New Couple! <![CDATA[So This Model Hops into a Bar...]]> http://www.fashionratty.com/article/bc8a656f66d599df6e54db12ca354395 http://www.fashionratty.com/article/bc8a656f66d599df6e54db12ca354395 caroline trentini hops and artists hop with her.jpgThis week's Downtown Express includes an article on the growing art gallery/bar scene in the Lower East Side of NYC.

They announce that in one of these galleries, Gallery Nine 5, will be a an exhibition called "Makeover" starting this Friday, featuring the work of artist Sali Taylor, who's created "montages of images of contemporary fashion models, female iconography and art history."

An excerpt, at left.

Looks like we're not the only ones enthralled by Caroline's northward pursuits. The piece is entitled "Jump", and we sincerely hope Sali considers Kriss Kross for his soundtrack.


]]> Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:41:26 +0000 contemporary fashion models downtown express includes art gallerybar scene artist sali taylor northward pursuits female iconography lower east art history piece So This Model Hops into a Bar... <![CDATA[Joan Bennett]]> http://www.fashionratty.com/article/fc8a4d636e45b9c8a0efbd2d07b0c0eb http://www.fashionratty.com/article/fc8a4d636e45b9c8a0efbd2d07b0c0eb

Joan Bennett never had any desire to become an actress, she wished only to be a wife and mother. Joan married Jack Fox at the age of 16, became a mother at 17 and was divorced by the time she was 18 years old. In order to support herself and her baby, Joan decided to try acting until something better came along.

Joan went through two phases in her film career. During the thirties, resembling a golden-haired porcelain doll, Joan usually played the innocent ingénue. The most memorable of these roles was her portrayal of Amy in Little Women (1933).

The second phase of her career began with the film Trade Winds (1938) where a new raven-haired Joan appeared. "After that film everyone liked me in dark hair," explained Joan, "so I turned my hair dark and have received much better parts ever since." Many people noted a resemblance between Joan and Hedy Lamarr who would later marry Joan's second husband screenwriter Gene Markey. Joan said, "There must have been something to it because after Trade Winds was released, I was greeted as Miss Lamarr in dimly lit restaurants. Personally, I liked the idea of escaping from all that bland, blonde innocence and thought the whole thing was very funny, but I don't think Hedy found the comparisons very amusing."


Because of her glamorous, new brunette look as well as her exceptional talent, Joan was very seriously considered for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind, Joan claimed the part would have been hers had Vivien Leigh stayed in England.

The 1940s and 1950s were the "film noir" decades. It was during the forties that Joan Bennett, alluring and husky voiced, found her niche as a film noir femme fatale. Fritz Lang directed the films which were among the highpoints of her career beginning with Man Hunt (1941) where Joan gave perhaps her most poignant performance as a Cockney prostitute with a heart of gold. The next two Lang films both co-starred Edward G. Robinson and Dan Duryea, The Woman In The Window (1944) and Scarlet Street (1946) where Joan played "Lazy Legs", a character who was obviously lackadaisical and careless to the point of sloppiness in her surroundings but managed to be unquestionably glamorous at the same time. In The Woman In The Window, Edward G. Robinson becomes captivated by a painting of a beautiful woman and once he meets her, she sends him on the road to destruction.

Joan continued this film noir trend in Jean Renoir'sThe Woman on the Beach (1947) where she was a faithless wife deceiving a blind husband. She teamed with Fritz Lang once again in Secret Beyond The Door (1948) a film somewhat reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca where Joan played a bride terrified of her husband, and like Rebecca the central character of the film is the female star. Joan Bennett carries the film all the way through.

Two of her best films were Ernest Hemingway's The Macomber Affair (1947) again as a devious wife and she gave a multi-faceted portrayal of a blackmail victim of James Mason in The Reckless Moment (1949).

Just one year after giving birth to her daughter Shelley, Joan Bennett became a grandmother at the age of 39 when her eldest daughter Diana became a mother. Marlene Dietrich, consistently referred to as "The World's Most Glamorous Grandmother" sent Joan a telegram saying "Thanks for taking the heat off."

Almost directly from film noir, Joan segued into playing Spencer Tracy's wife and Elizabeth Taylor's mother in the thoroughly charming family comedies Father of the Bride and Father's Little Dividend. It was during this time, that Joan Bennett became involved in a scandal that she once said "destroyed my career in the motion picture industry".

Joan's husband producer Walter Wanger in a blinded, jealous rage shot and wounded her agent Jennings Lang in a parking lot. Wanger went to prison for four months. Lang fortunately recovered and the Wangers eventually divorced in 1965. Joan once said "I might as well have pulled the trigger myself" because after the shooting incident she was virtually blacklisted. Joan made only five films in the decade that followed. Like her sister Constance, Joan turned successfully to the stage.

In addition to the stage, Joan Bennett also found success in television. For five years Joan had a role on the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows which brought a whole new following of fans who remain loyal to this day.

In 1978 Joan married movie critic David Wilde who remained her husband until the end of her life. In December 1990, Joan Bennett passed away at the age of 80. Joan was survived by four daughters, Diana Anderson, Melinda Bena, Stephanie Guest and Shelley Wanger and 13 grandchildren. In her beautifully written book The Bennett Playbill, Joan wrote: "I'm aware of the priceless privilege of having been born into the theater. Although it was a career I rejected at first, the profession has given me an incredibly varied life and more than my fair share of success, failure, love, laughter and despair. I've not a single regret for any of it."

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Pants That Work for Work

    Now that you're feeling braver about making suits from separate pieces, let's all admit that finding pants that fit is one of the hardest parts of filling out a wardrobe. Why? Because most of us suffer from crazy proportions whether our thighs are thicker than our waists, our hips are low (or super wide, or too slim), or we're constantly battling a muffin top pants are ... a problem.

    Since I spend a lot of time trying pants on with women of all different shapes and sizes, here are my recommendations for finding a reliable fit -- no matter what struggles you're having with your bottom half.

    For basic go-to-work pants, Express has a nice-fitting style called The Editor. They're lower rise which can work well with a tummy that's not too large (the pants won't cut you at the widest part of your stomach, and worn with the right top or jacket, that little extra you're carrying will be effectively masked). The wide-leg a-line shape of the pants also works for heavier legs and lower hips. Trust me on this, I've seen these look good on a size 2 and a size 14.

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    Express

    For those of you who insist that a lower rise just accents your muffin top, this mid-rise velvet pant by Old Navy fits great. It's a straight leg, so not great for anyone who's overly hippy, but they will accommodate a fuller leg (because they're not contoured through the thigh) and they come in both small and large sizes. Plus, the velvet makes a great bottom for a winter suit.

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    Old Navy

    Old Navy also carries a fine wail flared leg trouser cord for those with more hip in their silhouette. The rise is classic, a bit higher than you may be used to these days -- but paired with a tucked shirt and jacket, these pants can work great as a suit-like option, or even on the weekend with a longer top and boots. Both dark night and bitter chocolate are rich versatile colors to have for the bottom half of your wardrobe.

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    Old Navy

    Ann Taylor's Loft does a nice job making pants that fit more bottoms than your average designer. These stretch flare faux denim pants are perfect for those who are very curvy on the bottom and need a little smoothing over as hips and bum are incorporated into your silhouette. The lower rise and wide waistband accentuate hips in the right way, while the flared bottom balances out your overall proportion.

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    Loft

    For those with fairly proportioned hips and bum, or for those in need of a little more shape, these flat front stretch flare leg pants from AT Loft are contoured through the hip and thigh and fit great. A very flattering and versatile look overall.

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    Loft

    I can't say enough good things about Michael Kors' line. He understands that real people need to wear clothes too! My mother (nearly 70), my sister (40), and my assistant (24), all wear this line. It's cut really well, no frills to mess with your figure imperfections, and the size range for most items is 2-16. Here's a great petite option by him, the perfect trouser pant.

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    Michael Krors

    And for the more standard sized among you, the Gramercy pant by Michael Kors. They fit great in the whole range of sizes-- really!

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    Michael Kors

    Lastly, for anyone with a post-baby body or who's filling out a little after 30, Kenneth Cole is a spot on designer for simple pants (flat front, non-pleated, low and mid-rise, flared leg, fuller cut thigh, and a little stretch) that come sizes up to 16 -- and look great even at the larger end of the size range. These dark denim trouser options are a perfect example, but you'll find the whole bottoms line is very accommodating.

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    So, just remember, if you're spending a lot time trying to find pants that fit, you are not alone! It's worth holding out for the right pair. I hope this narrows your search!

    Kenneth Cole

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]]> Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:01:00 +0000 pants muffin top top basic go-to-work pants muffin top pants straight leg leg simple pants fuller leg Pants That Work for Work <![CDATA[2008 American Music Awards]]> http://www.fashionratty.com/article/5fe897c604da1a61966213af535a3267 http://www.fashionratty.com/article/5fe897c604da1a61966213af535a3267 Filed under:

Michael Buckner is a fashion and celebrity photographer who travels around the world taking pictures on the red carpet. He gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the hottest entertainment industry events.


Music and fashion came together at the 2008 American Music Awards, where Beyonce, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift lit up Nokia Live.

Miley celebrated her much anticipated sweet 16 as her dad, Billy Ray, talked about getting her the BMW she wants. The teenage pop icon celebrated backstage with Taylor, Jordin Sparks, Ashley Tisdale, Julianne Hough, her parents and an impressive three-tiered cake.

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]]> Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:40:00 +0000 music american music awards taylor swift lit entertainment industry events taylor events miley cyrus scene michael buckner miley 2008 American Music Awards <![CDATA[Yvette Mimieux: The Time Machine (Photos, Video)]]> http://www.fashionratty.com/article/bdb2620fa69a8b61fe5da5d890f5349a http://www.fashionratty.com/article/bdb2620fa69a8b61fe5da5d890f5349a  Yvette Mimieux top photo

Yvette Mimieux, 66, is a retired actress of French and Mexican heritage who was widely regarded as a sex symbol in the 1960’s.   She debuted with two breakout movies in 1960: Where The Boys Are and  The Time Machine, where she played the character “Weena” and co-starred with actor Rod Taylor.

The actress has been married to Howard Ruby since 1986.  She is an anthropologist and real estate investor.  Her husband is a founding partner and chairman of Oakwood Worldwide, formerly R&B Enterprises, a provider of corporate housing.

Photo gallery below and movie video.

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