I got into trouble last night at Shinan Govani’s Worthy 30 shindig. Friends scolded me terribly for not having posted about being on Govani’s 2010 Worthy 30 singletons list for The National Post in February (Staff’s still sniggering in her corner). “But it’s in my blog bio,” I protested. Not good enough, they said. “But I tweeted a little about it,” I protested. Not good enough, they said. … [visit site to read more]

Ashley Koley, frontwoman for “a band comprised of two people: Ash Koley and Phil Deschambault” according to their MySpace profile, may not have known it in advance, but the very best thing she could have done is wear that lip colour during a performance at a press thingie two nights ago. First, it was a cocktail party to celebrate a new launch from Biotherm Homme as well as its new face, Chris Noth … [visit site to read more]

Staff’s freaked because this post has a Friday “F is for” headline and it’s Wednesday. She knew I was waiting for a related link to go live before publishing, but still she’s all jangly about it. She amuses me.

Anyway, I had some digi-camera fun last week, thanks to a Fujifilm FinePix F70 EXR model I was trying out. My first play session was Monday’s Philippe Dubuc campaign shoot on board the docked 730-foot Gordon C. Leitch freighter in Old Montreal’s quai Alexandria. And the above photo of Jesse, Taras and Shawn, … [visit site to read more]

Even now, into the second week of March and after a day of 13-degree-celcius pleasantry in Toronto, I’m a tad wary of making a Spring-is-here declaration. (I remember snow and hail in late April of the year we moved to Canada.) Perhaps it’s safer to say that if not now, soon? Either way, it’s a good time to buff away the last dry flakies and hydrate skin in prep for a warm-weather reveal. … [visit site to read more]

Despite what bronzaholic-commentator-designer Randolph Duke had to say about Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock’s choice of bright pink-red lipstick with her pale metallic Marchesa gown, … [visit site to read more]

Peter Philips, Global Creative Director of CHANEL Makeup, has made a bold move. “I would like to seduce women back into using lipstick again,” he says in the first video below. And to do it, he’s replaced the brand’s Rouge Hydrabase lipstick with Rouge Coco ($38), a new long-lasting moisturizing formula in a range of pretty hues and a luxe case made of lightweight metal rather than plastic. … [visit site to read more]

Staff felt I needed to give you a heads-up about the publishing delay in today’s “F is for…” post, mostly because it gets her goat when I do a Friday F-is-for post on a Monday. For some reason announcing the intention will make her feel better. Me, I’m going along with the idea because it floats my goat to do a “Failure to Launch” post … [visit site to read more]

Is it wrong that my favourite part of this Montreal Fashion Week F/W 2010 is my beautiful new Charlotte Hosten necklace? Mine is the same style as these two above, part of the jewelry designer’s permanent prêt-a-porter collection, and it means I can now stock my wardrobe with … [visit site to read more]

“The inspiration came from a Lady GaGa picture,” said Catherine Laniel, Creative Director of Makeup for Montreal Fashion Week in Collaboration with P&G Beauty, about last evening’s beauty look for vampy-sweet line Coccolily. “Eyes were very two-tone — white, black, very simple, and very precise.” In fact, that GaGa Flare cover served as reference on the beauty boards (see below). … [visit site to read more]

Last night’s Marie Saint Pierre beauty at Montreal Fashion Week F/W 2010 was about ice and shine. Denis Binet, Creative Director of Hair for Montreal Fashion Week and Consulting Stylist for Pantene, played off the soft-yet-structured lines of the collection (which he called “a step before haute couture”), and drew inspiration from the serpentine coils of a nude fabric neck accessory. … [visit site to read more]