Fashion Matters

I love this iPad clutch by Z Spoke Zac Posen. Now if I just had an iPad. I will as soon as it becomes available through Sprint.  This clutch is oh so chic in red patent.  It also comes in black patent, if you prefer.  The clutch has a magnetic flap closure, back...

For Rachel Zoe’s spring 2012 runway show in New York earlier this month, all the models wore Exude lipstick. Zoe probably had it on, too, because she has said it’s her new fave. Never heard of Exude? It’s new, and guess who’s giving it lots of lip service.  That would be Zoe,...

Balliets has reason to celebrate. Seventy-five reasons — or years, that is. That’s quite an accomplishment, and Balliet’s is throwing open its doors on Thursday. If you still haven’t been in the new store at Classen Curve, now’s the time. There will be cocktails and hors...

Everywhere I go I see wedge lace-up booties. Suede, suede and more suede, too. I’m thinking I might want a pair, and I’m looking at the wedge wedge because I want an extra shot of comfort. I tried on a couple of styles, but I  haven’t pulled out my credit card...

Makeup tips and trends from Lilly Stone of Sooo Lilly Cosmetics, located inside Kokopelli at Northpark Mall. Lilly is a regular on “Oklahoma Live” on KSBI.

Inquiring minds will want to know about the dress Checotah native Carrie Underwood wears when she performs with Tony Bennett on the season premiere of  ”Blue Bloods” at 9 tonight on CBS. Here’s the skinny:  For her duet with the...

Add actress Sofia Vergara to the long line of entertainers and celebrities with a clothing line. Sofia by Sofia Vergara debuted exclusively in Kmart stores and on the website Monday,  just hours after her sitcom, “Modern Family,” won four Emmy Awards. The...

Ralph Lauren’s runway shows are always beautiful. This one for spring 2012 is no different. The clothes are romantic but not too fussy. Watch the runway show here.

Lucky you if you snagged some limited-edition Missoni for Target. At most stores across the country, including Oklahoma City, the shelves were picked clean. On Sept. 14, a day after the launch, I saw a few zigzag patterned ballet slippers and one lone blouse on the rack at...

Tulsa’s Amber Valletta,  former supermodel turned actress, will guest star on the new television series “Revenge” at 9 p.m. Wednesday on ABC. Starring Emily Van Camp from “Brothers and Sisters, the series revolves around a woman who moves to the Hamptons...

Oklahoma prom, pageant and eveningwear designer Sherri Hill showed her 2012 collection in New York last week, with Kendall Jenner (of the Jenner/Kardashian family) walking the runway. Hill’s designs are becoming quite popular with celebrities, including singers Miranda Lambert and...

By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL/AP Fashion Writer NEW YORK - Marc Jacobs closed the curtain on New York Fashion Week with a dance hall theme that confirmed some trends for spring and created new ones with a mix of filmy fringe, Western-style shapes and drop-waist dresses. With a line of models...

People clamor for an invite to Fashion Week after-parties. And it doesn’t get any better than Marc Jacobs’ party. It seems one guest wasn’t so welcome, though. Lindsay Lohan allegedly had already caused a ruckus at a party earlier in the week, and Marc Jacobs’ staff wasn’t...

Actress and dancing queen Kirstie Alley made quite an impression at the Zang Toi spring 2012 runway show during Fashion Week in New York. No, the 60-year-old wasn’t on the front row. She strutted her skinny stuff on the runway,  modeling the finale outfit, a dramatic royal...

By Samantha Critchell/AP Fashion Writer NEW YORK — Pack your oversized, distressed leather bag: Michael Kors plans to take his customer on safari next spring. The heavily textured, mostly muted-colored clothes Kors offered for women and men at his New York Fashion Week show...

NEW YORK (AP) — In a season full of color, Nanette Lepore’ss runway was one of the brightest of them all. Each look Wednesday at the Lincoln Center tents was a more cheerful shade of tangerine, yellow or pink than the one before it. As she moved toward the finale, she mixed them all...

More capsule reports from New York Fashion Week for spring 2012. BY SAMANTHA CRITCHELL/AP FASHION WRITER NEW YORK — An easy spring elegance, deceitfully simple but never sloppy, brought a bit of good clean fun to New York Fashion Week as the twice-annual round of frenzied runway shows...

By Samantha Critchell/AP Fashion Writer NEW YORK  — Season after season, it’s Anna Wintour on the front row and Marc Jacobs as the most eagerly anticipated runway show at New York Fashion Week. Enter: The newbies. Tory Burch held her first model walk at Lincoln Center’s Alice...

By Samantha Critchell/AP FASHION WRITER NEW YORK (AP) — Bursts of sunny, sultry citrus and sexy violet met up with muted sea tones on runways filled with flowers, both literal and reinvented, at New York Fashion Week’s spring previews as Day 3 kicked in Saturday. Color is everywhere this...

BY JOCELYN NOVECK/ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — For inspiration in designing her latest collection, Nicole Miller had to look no farther than her 15-year-old son. “He let me in his backpack,” Miller quipped backstage after debuting her spring collection at Fashion Week on Friday. Her...