GBK CELEBRITY GIFT AND STYLING LOUNGE

By: Marty Cake

Fashion Week isn’t only about clothes and models, it is also a time for the unveiling of many new products that are important in the fashion world but don’t get the same attention.  The GBK celebrity gift and styling lounge at the Empire Hotel is the place where many of these new and little know products get their opportunity to shine.  For those of you who didn’t have an exclusive invite here are some of the products I was impressed with.

Tweezerman:
The beauty tool experts have perfected all of the grooming tools necessary to stay on top of your game. Some of the products they gave away included stainless facial hair scissors- perfect for brow, ear, nose and facial hair and tweezers with precision point tips. They also sell an array of other tools such as eye lash curlers, eye lash combs, nose hair trimmer kits, and shaving brushes. Tweezerman should also be applauded for their charitable donations to cancer research.

Hard Candy makeup:
They pride themselves on bringing high quality affordable make-up for all occasions, their gift bags included lip gloss, eye shadow, and mascara.

Beyond the Rack gift card:
They were giving away $50 gift cards at Beyondtherack.com, which has all your high end shopping needs at great prices.

Pilot Pen:
Well known and dependable pen maker pilot has introduced the FRIXION erasable gel pen. For so many of us our dreams have been answered, no longer will the curse of poor penmanship affect our daily writing activities. It uses thermo-sensitive gel ink that with erasing friction will remove all traces of our unsightly mistakes, without damaging the paper. This pen is truly functions like a pencil, unlike prior erasable pens that have come along in past years.

BLINKZGEAR bags:
These are highly versatile bags that allow you to change the front covers which is attached via zipper. This gives you the opportunity to have as many new bags as you would like. The bag is water resistant, wipes clean and is extremely durable.

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TADASHI SHOJI S/S 2013

By: Alexis Schroeder
Images by: Rebekah Schott

Simply put, WOW. Tadashi did it again. He took us on an ancient tour around the world all in a matter of minutes and without leaving our seats. Brilliantly, he catered to our anticipatory butterflies with a trance like edgy cool beat. The shows ambiance of breezy blues and blacks that swirled on the walls catered to a mystical oasis setting.

The music took us from Lincoln Center to an upscale exotic paradisiac.  As the show was about to begin, the rhythm subtly pounded throughout the waves of people.  Our first stop on Tadashi’s Spring/Summer collection docked in Venice for vintage Venetian cutwork and embroidered lace.  His desert bloom embroidered banded lace sheath dress was just the right amount of youthfulness, yet sophistication.

As we made our way through the ancient cities, we ventured to Xi’an, China.  Here, after procuring elegantly printed chiffon inspired by the caves of Dunhuang, he mastered the craft of combining materials, creating ethereal gowns.  Models look as if they were floating down the catwalk surrounded by explosions of color.  Particularly, the rose dust chiffon and lace piecework strapless tea length circular skirt dress was an elegantly playful woman’s dream.

Other colors included in his palette consisted of jade, China blue, pale iris, ivory, black, nude, terracotta, and paprika.  Working with light, airy materials he draped his models in lace, gazar, printed chiffon, tulle, silk georgette.  Capturing the audience in wanderlust, Tadashi married antiquity with modernity amalgamating ancient culture with that of the 21^st century.  Truly inspiring his crowd, he not only created clothing that was perfect for Spring/Summer, but he captured our hearts with this purely innocent and cultured collection!

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