Green is Golden at an Oscar Week Soiree
Indoors, outdoors, at the hotel suites and venues all over town, the annual events known as Oscar suites revved up as participants counted down to the big night. The weather was perfect for the Alive Expo Green Pavilion/Mix Media Luxury Lounge held on the rooftop of the Petersen Automotive Museum, with a breathtaking view of the glistening gold Streamline Moderne May Co. building now part of LACMA– and the Hollywood...
LA Hotels Transform into Awards Show Style Lounges
The Mondrian Hotel on Sunset Boulevard was Oscar prep central for the always first-rate Kari Feinstein Academy Awards Style Lounge, which took over part of the property for two days leading up to the big show. The celebrity-heavy guest list enjoyed gifts and services from a select group of vendors participating in the high-energy bash. Okay, perhaps some of that was fueled by generous servings of a new energy drink called Body...
Sleek and Chic for the Oscar Vanity Fair Party
Winter awards season may have ended with the Oscars, but some of the looks are timeless. Take Elizabeth Banks’ classic updo at the Vanity Fair party, for instance. Celebrity hairstylist Daniel Howell created the look of “The Hunger Games” star with the help of Joico hair products, and he shared step-by-step instructions on how to create this chic style. To prep your hair, Howell recommends using an intense...
Enough Angelina and J. Lo: It’s All About the Oscar Parties
Oscar Week is an opportunity for people in Los Angeles to put on their party shoes, mix, mingle, eat and drink for literally five nights in a row, culminating in the granddaddy of celebrations for the big night on Oscar Sunday, the vaunted Vanity Fair post-party at the Sunset Tower Hotel. Here’s a look at some of the select bashes that went on around town: Wednesday night, Global Green at the Avalon: we were not...
Men’s Styling, the Easy Breezy Cruzer Way
The prominent facial hair on performers like Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters might have that effortless look, but were betting a lot of work goes into keeping it well-groomed. Same goes for the guys in other bands like Bon Iver and Mumford & Sons, recently in the world spotlight for the Grammy Awards. Those who are intimately familiar with electric guitars may be less so with battery-operated shavers, but that could...