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Jun 12 2013 03:08 PM ET

George H. W. Bush and Mitt Romney: Their sock game is really on point

Tags: George H.W. Bush, Guy Style, Mitt Romney, Politics, politics as entertainment, Ridiculata, News

What do you get the man who has everything — including a résumé boasting stints as CIA director and POTUS, his very own presidential library, and a public policy graduate school named in his honor — for his milestone 89th birthday?

The answer, evidently, is a rad pair of colorful foot cozies.

The awesome toe-warmers George H. W. Bush is sporting in the following photo may not have been a gift from former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, but given the ex-Massachusetts governor’s own psychedelic pedal protectors — seriously, those things are like a Magic Eye game come to life! — we’d like to think they were. See for yourself below:
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Jun 12 2013 12:23 PM ET

Robert Pattinson named new face of Dior men's fragrance, Kanye West's fashion regrets, and more

by EW staff

Tags: Celebrity Perfume, Dior, Fashion, Fashion Faux-Pas, Kanye West, Robert Pattinson, Movies, Music

Image Credit: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Twilight star Robert Pattinson has been named the new face of the Dior Homme fragrance for men. [USA Today]

In a new interview with the New York Times, Kanye West muses on the meaning of luxury, dressing “so super straight,” and his fashion regrets. [Complex]

British label Burberry has teamed up with Google to create Burberry Kisses, a digital experience that allows users to capture and send a real kiss to anyone in the world. [Telegraph UK]

Take a virtual tour of the elegant sets featured on the NBC series Hannibal. [LA Times]

A wholesale clothing company is suing Jay-Z’s Rocawear clothing line for an outstanding bill of $450,000. [The Cut]

Rita Ora will represent Madonna and Lourdes’ Material Girl clothing collection in the label’s autumn/winter 2013-14 campaign. [Vogue UK]

Jun 11 2013 04:45 PM ET

The super-skinny Beyonce sketch, Christoph Waltz models for Prada, and more

by EW staff

Tags: Advertising, Beyonce, Christoph Waltz, Fashion, Game of Thrones, Prada, Movies, Music

A sketch of Beyoncé by designer Roberto Cavalli shows the singer as a super-slim Amazon woman. [Buzzfeed]

Unlikely models Christoph Waltz, Ben Whishaw and Ezra Miller appear in Prada’s men’s wear campaign for fall/winter 2013. [WWD]

London’s Victoria & Albert Museum has hired its first video game designer in residence to create a game inspired by objects representing British design. [Complex]

It’s Cosplay Piano: the Game of Thrones edition! [Mashable]

French designer Isabel Marant will create a capsule collection for H&M. [Forbes]

James Dean’s lucky pocket watch will go up for auction later this month. [Pursuitist]

Jun 11 2013 04:11 PM ET

Gretchen Rossi plugs her beauty and fashion lines on 'The Real Housewives of Orange County'

by Lindzi Scharf

Tags: Fashion, Gretchen Rossi, Hair and Makeup, Product Placement, Real Housewives of Orange County, TV

Image Credit: Ray Tamarra/Getty Images

Is Gretchen Rossi the next Bethenny Frankel?

In addition to the Mexican strippers and Vicki’s bed wetting accident, last night’s episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County featured plenty of products from Rossi’s Gretchen Christine fashion and beauty brand. In addition to the variety of bags from her eponymous line, the pneumatic blonde surprised the group with gift bags containing lip gloss, sunless tanning spray, and other items from her cosmetics collection.

“I wonder if there’s any Gretchen Christine products in there,” Vicki said sarcastically to the camera when the scene cut to her in a one-on-one interview. “Yes, there is.”

Now comes news that Rossi will appear in a commercial for a skincare product called Inance Retinol 1%. The move is a cross-promotional opportunity for the reality star — customers will receive a free pair of Gretchen Christine false eyelashes with the purchase of the anti-aging serum.

By now, fans of RHOC are certainly familiar with Rossi’s growing brand, which, in addition to handbags and cosmetics, also includes hair products, T-shirts, and bedazzled accessories like dog collars, aprons, and baby booties.

In a market oversaturated by reality star brands, just how well is Rossi’s collection selling? READ FULL STORY »

Jun 11 2013 02:59 PM ET

'Pretty Little Liars' star Lucy Hale scores a new job

by Lindzi Scharf

Tags: Beauty Geek, Hair and Makeup, Lucy Hale, Pretty Little Liars, TV

With the debut of tonight’s summer premiere episode of Pretty Little Liars comes news that Lucy Hale has scored a second job.

Hale has been named the latest beauty brand ambassador for mark, a beauty and fashion offshoot of cosmetics giant Avon.

As part of her role, the actress will appear in the cosmetic company’s “magalogs” and various digital platforms. She will also take an active role in the brand’s m.powerment campaign, which focuses on “breaking the cycle of dating abuse and partner violence against young women.”

Hale admits she began dabbling in makeup at a young age. Click on to see the Pretty Little Liars talk about her earliest experiments with makeup in a behind-the-scenes video from mark.

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Jun 11 2013 12:01 PM ET

Lenny Kravitz's design firm creating sets for Queen Latifah's talk show -- EXCLUSIVE

by Lindzi Scharf

Tags: Behind the Scenes, Lenny Kravitz, Queen Latifah, Set Design, Music, TV

Image Credit: Vladimir Rys/Getty Images; Michael Buckner/Getty Images

Grammy winner Lenny Kravitz — who returns to the big screen in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire this fall — will bring his enviable style to longtime friend Queen Latifah’s new talk show.

The singer’s design firm Kravtiz Design Inc. will create the sets for The Queen Latifah Show, which is based on the Sony Studio lot in Culver City, California.

“It’s a thrill to be designing the set for The Queen Latifah Show,” Kravitz told EW in an exclusive statement. “This is the first time Kravitz Design has created an environment for television, which makes it a very exciting project for us.”

Where will the singer turned designer pull inspiration from? READ FULL STORY »

Jun 10 2013 06:39 PM ET

'Mad Men': How Sally Draper dresses in her 'different worlds'

by Lindsey Bahr

Tags: Fashion, Janie Bryant, Mad Men, TV, Wardrobe Notes, TV

Image Credit: Michael Yarish/AMC

It’s impossible to talk about Mad Men without talking about the clothes. Sometimes beautiful, sometimes garish, sometimes voyeuristic, and sometimes teasingly symbolic, nothing is chosen just for aesthetics. On Mad Men, the costumes are storytelling devices that help create a richer and more textual experience for the viewer.

Janie Bryant, the Emmy award-winning (for Deadwood) designer behind the costumes of Mad Men, spoke to EW last month about her theory behind melding the costumes with the development of individual characters, including Sally Draper (Kiernan Shipka). Though cryptic at the time, in light of Sunday’s episode, Bryant’s comments about Sally were suddenly brought into focus. [SPOILER ALERT: We'll be briefly discussing plot points from the June 9th episode "Favors"]

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Jun 10 2013 04:25 PM ET

Effie Trinket's 'Catching Fire' style profile, James Franco cross-dresses in the name of art, and more

by EW staff

Tags: Capitol Couture, Catching Fire, Effie Trinket, James Franco, The Hunger Games, Movies

Designer dress fittings, four-hour salon appointments, endless parties, and ever-present paparazzi — Effie Trinket’s style diary sounds a lot like a day in the life of Paris Hilton. [Capitol Couture]

James Franco takes on the role of Marion Crane (originally played by Janet Leigh) in a partial remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho in his latest art project. [Guardian]

The white suit and string bow tie that Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Colonel Harlan Sanders wore for every public appearance during the last 20 years of his life is going up for auction. [ArtInfo]

See Mad Men star Linda Cardellini’s engagement ring (and prepare to be awwww’d). [THR]

Did George Clooney inspire the hottest new plastic surgery trend for men? [The Cut]

Jun 8 2013 02:00 PM ET

This week on the red carpet: YOU grade the looks -- POLL

by Bronwyn Barnes

Tags: Angelina Jolie, Emma Watson, Fashion, Gwen Stefani, Mindy Kaling, Poll, Red Carpet, Sofia Vergara, Victoria Beckham, Movies, Music, TV

Image Credit: Steve Granitz/WireImage; Alo Ceballos/FilmMagic; Taylor Hill/FilmMagic

This week, Mindy Kaling experimented with color-blocking, Sofia Vergara looked like $5 million, Gwen Stefani rocked a halter top and leather pants, and Angelina Jolie stole the spotlight in her custom-made frock. Also making appearances on the red carpet: Carrie Underwood, Emma Watson, Florence Welch, Rashida Jones, Victoria Beckham, and Emmy Rossum.

Who was best dressed and who needs to hire a new stylist? Click on to grade the looks. READ FULL STORY »

Jun 7 2013 01:18 PM ET

Sarah Jessica Parker is launching her own fashion label (and there's a Manolo Blahnik connection)

by Bronwyn Barnes

Tags: Celebrity Clothing Lines, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City, Shoes, Wardrobe Notes, Movies, TV

Image Credit: Venturelli/WireImage

Talk about perfect timing. Yesterday, on what was the 15th anniversary of the premiere of Sex and the City, Sarah Jessica Parker announced that she’s got a fashion line in the works.

“I really hope people like it. We’ll see,” Parker told Footwear News of her SJP label, which will hit the shelves at Nordstrom early next year.

For her inaugural collection, Parker focused on footwear, no surprise considering that as the well-heeled Carrie Bradshaw she helped turn Manolo Blahnik, Jimmy Choo and Christian Louboutin into household names. “Because I got to play that role, I wore a lot of shoes, and by default I learned an enormous amount,” the actress told Vogue. “It’s hard to – no pun intended – walk away from that.” Parker’s business partner is George Malkemus, who is the CEO of Manolo Blahnik.

The Spring 2014 line will include 35 to 40 styles of flats and high heels priced between $200 and $300. “I have to know that we’re producing shoes I’m going to wear,” Parker told FN. “I’m not going to try and sell someone shoes that aren’t going to be good enough for me to wear myself.” But wait, didn’t Parker say she’d sworn off heels?

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