June 5, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
On the day of Yves Saint Laurent’s funeral, I did not receive a phone call from my mother; I received a forward email from his friend Jean Paul who, like her, attended the final rites for the French designer at the Eglise Saint Roch. The email is very touching that it made...
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June 2, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
‘Yves Saint Laurent died last night at 11:10 p.m. Paris time,’ my mother, who was calling from Paris tearfully told me over the phone. It was unlike her to call very early in the morning, but the news was worth it. I looked at in my calendar. Today was June 2. I’ll rem...
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June 1, 2008 by Napster
Balthier who? A character in the video game Final Fantasy XII, Balthier, the sky pirate plays the part of a debonair young man running away from his past but dons the most fashionable threads in Ivalice, the location where the video game takes place.
Why did I...
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May 22, 2008 by Napster
With ‘Sex & the City’ expected in theaters nationwide by the end of the month, I could honestly say that I am not that interested. Watching four women, albeit dressed in the latest fashion is not just my cup of tea.
Yet, as a video gamer, I could not help but think o...
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May 21, 2008 by Napster
With Sex & the City scheduled to hit theaters in a week, I can only imagine the product placements for clothes, accessories and jewelry. Case in point, during the Berlin premiere, Sarah Jessica Parker (photo left) who plays Carrie Bradshaw in the movie was wearing a ...
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May 20, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
Because Milan started this season finale thing, now, I feel compelled to write one also. Since I am fan of all three CSI franchise, let me just say that Horatio Caine (played by David Caruso) lying on the pavement of an airport and the camera looking through his broken s...
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May 19, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
Tonight, I attended my first official fashion albeit backstage and a make-up artist assistant as my official title. Unofficially, I was just a tag along for Imadge who was the real assistant to Red Wolfe, a very unlikely name to a make-up artist, but according to Imadge he i...
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May 18, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
With ‘The Young and the Restless” (“Y&R”) launching an extensive online fashion and lifestyle magazine, www.restlessstyle.com last May 16, the concept of cross-branding across platforms just experienced a major change. In fact, on the Richter scale, I would s...
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May 17, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
Watching the season finale of ‘Moonlight’, which in actuality is its farewell episode because CBS has cancelled the series, makes me sad. With the proliferation of cop shows, Moonlight is a good antidote to all the crime scenes and medical examiners.
Yet, The inte...
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May 16, 2008 by Imadge Mekker
The season finale of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation was also the farewell episode for actor Gary Dourdan who plays ‘Warrick Brown’ in the long running CBS series. Though no one would know until the 9th season whether ‘Warrick Brown’ lives or dies (he was shot in the ...
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