We don't know anyone who didn't spend part of the '80s singing Whitney Houston songs (for me, "How Will I Know" got me through my first 8-year-old crush). The only artist with seven consecutive multiplatinum albums, Whitney had one of the most unforgettable voices in music and was incredibly beautiful to boot. Whitney passed away Saturday, just before the Grammy Awards, in an unexpected death Read more

Balenciaga, born in 1918 when Cristóbal Balenciaga opened his namesake boutique in San Sebastian, Spain, became one of the greatest fashion houses of the early 20th century. It invented popular silhouettes, which today are known as the baby doll, the bubble skirt, and the bracelet sleeve — along with its signature sculptural design aesthetic. Fast-forward to 1997, when a young Nicolas Read more

About 15 years ago, Gwyneth Paltrow rocketed to Hollywood stardom with lead roles in Emma and an Oscar-winning turn in Shakespeare In Love; simultaneously, Gwyneth's upward trajectory to style icon status was solidified by her red carpet looks that wowed. Who can forget the young actress in a soft pink Ralph Lauren princess gown at the 1999 Oscars, or the way she could transform a simple Calvin Read more

This weekend, Beyoncé will celebrate her 30th, but already this week Beyoncé had something else to celebrate: she and husband Jay-Z are expecting their first baby! Beyoncé Knowles has been bringing the glamour since her days as a Destiny's Child — but this is a star who continued to shine solo, both professionally and sartorially. Beyoncé's fashion persona has always been one of Read more

The woman who gave us innumerable dance songs, who epitomized the pop-punk vibe of the '80s, who shocked us with her provocative take on sexuality and sex, and impressed us with her Teflon ability to reinvent herself turns 53 today. Today Madonna is a mother of three who has launched a clothing line with her eldest daughter, Lola, and favors '40s silhouettes from lines like Miu Miu. In the Read more

Elizabeth Taylor passed away today at the age of 79. She became a success at the age of 12 when she starred in National Velvet, going on to star in films like Cleopatra, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Taylor's beauty and offscreen exploits helped build her into a Hollywood legend, the kind whose stories of romance and excess could fill a year's worth of Vanity Fair Read more