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Fab Read: Fashion Game Book, Fashion History of the 20th Century

FabSugar — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:00:08 -0800

The next time you and your girls are gathered, add fashion to the mix by bringing along this Fashion Game book: Fashion History of the 20th Century ($35) by Florence Muller. It's a fun little book filled with questions and answers, quizzes, and matching games. Test your, and your friends' knowledge on designers like Marc Jacobs and Zac Posen, and clothing from jeans to heels. If you have friends that think they know more about fashion than you, this is the perfect way to prove them wrong. Or right. Bring it on.

Absolutely Fabulous

FabSugar — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:44:44 -0700

Everyone was yapping about Bazaar's controversial dual July covers - do you prefer fashion or celebrity?
Play our new and improved Fab faceoff game!
This week Carla Bruni-Sarkozy declared herself anti-animal while Hermes decided to breed its own crocodiles; whose team are you on?
Let Sasha Pivovarova lead you on a mystical trip to Morocco.

Peep Chanel's Fall accessory collection - always divine.
Who wore Herve Leger's sexy slash dress better - Heather Graham or Kristin Cavallari?
Chic Cruise '10 sails on.
Check out my June most wanted, which includes my new Bottega!
Get stoked for Summer with Swell's Swim look book.
Revel in J.Crew's flirty and fresh Summer Collection.

Looks of the Week!

FabSugar — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:12:22 -0700

This week's Look Book showed off everyone's unique sense of fashion. All of your styling techniques blew me away. Here are five fun looks. Congrats!

The looks this week range from lilac and lovely to paisley pretty to mod girl to patriot games to boot kickin' fun.

Congrats to jasmin_flower, dlmslp, my bare style, turquoisepassion, and jaimisthejam.

Behind the Seams: Dining With Diane, Revelations With Rachel

FabSugar — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:00:11 -0800

Here's something worth losing my gloves in the taxi for . . .

I had the honor of attending Diane von Furstenberg's postshow dinner. In her fabulous studio next to her store in the Meatpacking District about 200 fashion folks (Ann Duong, Hamish Bowles, Suzy Menkes) and celebs (Molly Sims, Ellen Barkin, Susan Sarandon, Rachel Zoe, Rose McGowan) wined and dined. While I usually leave the celebrity doings to Pop and party talk to Party, it was an exciting, all-encompassing evening. When I wasn't with my new-found friends at Fashion Week Daily, I was taking pictures for you guys and talking to Ellen Barkin. Oh, and sipping bubbly.

Catered by long-time fashion favorite restaurant Indochine, the lady of the hour looked at ease and happy after another successful runway show. There was a giant screen with the Super Bowl playing - it was the NY Giants playing, after all. Amongst all the stimuli, it was also shoe heaven. Party goers had clearly gone home after the shows to change into less comfortable (more fabulous) shoes.

To read about the rest of my evening and see lots of behind-the-scenes pics, read more

Because it was open seating, I chose to sit at the same table as Molly Sims and Rachel Zoe. Molly on one end, Fab on the other. We ate, drank, and chatted, like any normal dinner. Molly ran over when the fashion crowd gave a loud cheer to the game - what?! Fashion and football do mix . . .

Five minutes with Zoe! We gabbed about her new show on Bravo. She said it was more documentary than anything. We will see what she does day to day and she thinks it’s cool for people to see what kind of a job a stylist has. It takes place in LA and NY, even more so in New York with all the designer cameos. But don’t worry - there are plenty of celebrity drop ins.

We talked jewelry. I told her about how since reading her book I’ve tried to wear more. She complimented my earrings - art deco stolen from my mom. Coincidence: One of her gold bracelets was stolen from her mom. Get out! So I said the less-is-more philosophy is not really her thing, she said no way, "more is more." And that’s how she felt about life in general. Here’s where we got spiritual. She expects more from people and life and thinks people should push themselves and do what they want to do. Obviously the woman loves excess, but it was cool to hear how she translates that into her everyday life. She thanked the Sugar sites for saying nice things about her and I thanked her for being so nice to me. Zoe + Fab = BFF.

That's about all I recall from my fashion and celebrity sprinkled evening with DVF's gang. Now I have to go over to Saks when I have a break between shows and buy some new leather gloves. I wonder which ones Rachel would recommend . . .

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Images include: Molly Sims, Rose McGowan, Diane von Furstenberg, Susan Sarandon, Ellen Barkin, Rachel Zoe, Amy Smart

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Fab Site: StyleCareer.com

FabSugar — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:13:33 -0700

If you've ever dreamed of having a career in the fashion industry but don't know where to begin your road to stylishness, check out Stylecareer.com, a Northern Cali-based company that publishes electronic books about fashion related jobs like fashion event organizing, fashion publicity, shoe designing and more.

The e-books, which range anywhere from $15 to $120, are formatted to be viewed and read on your computer using Adobe Acrobat Reader. They are at least 60 pages and offer tips, strategies and web links for the career of your choice.

To read more about the Fab Site, read more

Each book is broken up into four parts:

Answering Basic Questions: clarifying myths and realities
Getting Ready: equipping yourself with the skills of the trade
Career Game Plan: realizing the options
Being Successful: how to achieve and maintain success in the profession

The site also features a blog that addresses questions like "Why are product spokesmodels in high demand today?" and topics like "How to break into and survive as a socialite."

Good luck and remember to wear your hottest designer pumps on your road to success!

Fab Read: Balenciaga Paris

FabSugar — Fri, 18 May 2007 06:55:22 -0700

The famed house of Balenciaga is way more than just the brains behind the ultra-trendy motorcycle bags that almost all celebs such as Christina Aguilera have carried. Balenciaga Paris, $55, by Pamela Golbin, attempts to delve further into the history of the label through photos (200 of 280 are in color!), press cuttings, sketches and other archival material.

The book covers two main periods: 1937-1968, when Cristobal Balenciaga first made his name in the fashion game, and 1996-2006, when Nicolas Ghesquiere dramatically revived the House of Balenciaga with his edgy, contemporary designs. You may recall I went gaga over the Fall RTW collection - it was so unique and fabworthy.

Every aspiring fashionista should read this book and learn about the men behind one of the most influential labels today.