We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! You’re a clever gal. Which probably means that your mind can have a, well, mind of its own. You can talk yourself into things, out of things, even over things (he always did look kind of lame in his favorite fedora). When your mind is healthy, strong, and on the angelic side of your shoulder, talking you out of overspending, Read more

For Bare Escentuals' latest campaign, dubbed Be a Force of Beauty, executive chairman Leslie Blodgett and her team didn't look to celebrity spokesmodels to participate in the brand's ads. In fact, they didn't even look at the models to be featured in the campaign. In an approach pretty much unheard of in traditional advertising standards, the beauty company instead chose to run a blind casting Read more

Forbes's list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women has been released, and we're excited to see quite a few techies in the group. Forbes selects candidates within six categories: billionaires, business, lifestyle (including entertainment and fashion), media, nonprofits, and politics. From those categories, each person is ranked upon three metrics: "dollars, a traditional and social media Read more

We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! Trends. They seduce us into buying a hot item, only to leave us a year later with an emptier wallet and a useless widget. But there’s one trend we at LearnVest can get behind: conscious consumerism. At its most basic level, buying consciously just means taking a couple of extra seconds to consider each purchase. It’s a way Read more

Gwen Stefani is launching a kids' collection for Target — InStyle Dolce & Gabbana's satin fringe Miss Dea clutch is flap-tastic — Bag Snob Marks & Spencer axes their advertising campaign — Vogue UK Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's divorce won't affect their Kohl's line — The Cut Fashion that makes us sad: The Row's $39,000 backpack — Yahoo Shine Jessica Stam is filming Read more

I've never been a big fan of vintage advertising posters — particularly the reproductions. But after coming across this adorable kitchen corner, I realized maybe it's not so much the poster I have a problem with but the way they're displayed. The sprightly yellow paint and striped and botanical textiles pull out all of the colors from the poster in a sweet and peppy fashion. The scale of the Read more

After much speculation regarding who, what, or where Carine might be heading to after leaving Vogue Paris, Roitfeld has finally announced her next gig as a guest editor, muse, and stylist for Barneys New York's multifaceted Fall 2011 initiative. "For me, Barneys has always been the biggest name in luxury department stores, so to be able to participate in this project with them, and be visible Read more

This year, Allure celebrates 20 years of covering all things beauty. While shipping the next issue and jetting off to global fashion weeks, Editor in Chief Linda Wells reflected on Allure's two decades of growth. To find out how the magazine has evolved, what Wells thinks about bringing curvier women into the fold, and the best beauty advice she knows, read on for our Q&A. Read more

Average size might soon replace the current sample size seen on the covers of magazines, in fashion ads, and on the runway. But I doubt some altruistic goal or gimmick of celebrating "real women" (aren't the thin women real, too?) will motivate the change. Rather a concern about the bottom line will lead to more diversity in model size, as well as race and age. New data shows that women are more Read more