Pageant auditions and fashion show at The Avenue
If you’ve always been interested in pageants, here’s one to check out.
The Avenue and Miss Oklahoma Plus America Pageant will presents a winter fashion show and free audition for the 2010 competition from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 21, with the fashion show at 1 p.m. at The Avenue, Bellie Isle, 1710 Belle Isle Blvd.
Auditions will be for Teen ages 14-17, Miss ages 18 to 29, Ms. ages 30 and older and Mrs. ages 20 and older. The event will be hosted by Joyce Lewis, Ms. Oklahoma Plus America Lifetime.
Appointments are not necessary.
Sharon Stone … beautiful as ever
Sharon Stone and Elton John
Cheeks: DiorBronze Original Tan in Amber Tan
Eyes: Dior Holiday Collection Makeup Palette for Eyes, DiorShow Iconic Mascara in Black
Lips: Dior Heather Rose lip liner and Rouge Dior Lipstick in Pinstripe Plum
Jewelry designer Diana Warner at The MakeUp Bar
Mark your calendar. Jewelry designer Diana Warner will make a personal appearance at a trunk show Thursday through Saturday at The MakeUp Bar, 7646 N Western. If you need more information, call 810-1226.
Taylor Swift’s new creative outlet: writing greeting cards
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift may be the most sought after 19-year-old. She recently walked away with Entertainer of the Year and three other awards at the Country Music Association Awards. She’s featured in 3-D on the cover of InStyle magazine. She has a clothing collection at Wal-Mart and now she’s writing greeting cards.
The country/pop superstar will create a line of greeting cards, gift packaging, stationery, online photo personalization products and online greetings for American Greetings Corp. Look for them in spring 2010.
The cards and products will reflect and demonstrate not only her personality, but bring her stories and words to life.
“My idea of a great song is a song that says how I feel better than I could. I feel the same way about greeting cards,” she said. “I’ve always been fascinated by feelings and how we express them to each other. Getting to write and design these cards is a wonderful experience.”
Tim Gunn talks “Project Runway,” meltdown and Lifetime
Tim Gunn of "Project Runway"
“Project Runway” faithful have tuned in weekly to see their favorite competitors, judges and mentor. Teasers keep viewers on the edge. A Tim Gunn meltdown? Hmmm.
Here’s a story from the Los Angeles Times.
East Central University to present fashion show
Get ready, it’s almost show time.
The East Central University Family and Consumer Science Department Retail Fashion Promotion class will hold its annual fashion show at 7 p.m. Nov. 19 in the ECU Ballroom.
In keeping with ECU’s centennial year, the Fashion Promotion class will partner with the Ada Historical Society and area merchants to present “A Century of Style from Past to Present.”
The show will include current style trends as well as popular fashions from 1909, which will be provided by the historical society.
The show is free and open to the public.
“Fashion for Passion” style show in Norman
Attend a fashion show and help raise money for Children’s Miracle Network.
Sounds like a win-win to me.
“Passion for Fashion,” a style show featuring clothing from area retailers, will begin at 7 p.m. Nov. 18 in the Ballroom in the OU Student Union. The show is being put together by Dance Marathon, an 8-hour dancing event that raises money for Children’s Miracle Network. The fashion show is the biggest fundraiser for Dance Marathon.
Tickets are $4 in advance and $5 at the door.
On the red carpet during the CMA Awards
Here’s a red carpet video from The Nashville Tenessean’s shopping diva. She was on the red carpet for the Country Music Association Awards, talking to the celebrities about their clothes.
Women want men to do more body hair grooming
Listen up, guys.
According to a new survey by Remington Products, a company specializing in men’s grooming tools, women want you to do a little more grooming below the neck.
The nationwide poll asked 435 males about their personal grooming habits and 440 females about what male grooming styles they find the most attractive. The results: both men and women prefer a clean-shaven face and said grooming is key to making a first impression. More than half the women (57 percent) think poor grooming is a major turn off – if not a total deal-breaker.
But the sexes are at odds about how much to trim. For example:
- Back hair – Nearly three-quarters of the women (71 percent) prefer men at least trim their backs to avoid looking like Neanderthals, and 33 percent would prefer a complete shave. Three-quarters of the men, however, said they don’t.
- The bum – Eighty-three percent of women think men should do a little neatening back there, too, but nearly two-thirds of the men (63 percent) said they don’t.
- Ears, eyebrows and nose hair – Forty-four percent of women find it troublesome when this hair is left untouched, but nearly a quarter of the men (24 percent) said grooming there isn’t even a factor in whether they think they look their best.
- Chest – More than half the women (53 percent) who are casually dating or divorced think a man should at least give his chest a simple trim so it doesn’t look like a sweater. Overall, 40 percent of the women agree. However, 43 percent of the total women surveyed prefer men keep all their chest hair, considering it a sign of masculinity. And 17 percent want a smooth chest without a single hair. For the men, 83 percent said they have just let their chest hair grow.
- The, um, groin – Sixty percent of the women who are casually dating said there should be some trimming around the groin, as did more than 56 percent of the women who are younger than 40. Of the total women surveyed, 42 percent prefer that look, but another 42 percent think any grooming down under would comprise a guy’s manliness. The other 16 percent? They’d like it clean as a whistle. Nearly two-thirds of the men (63 percent) said they’re still as hairy as God made them.
One key take away from the survey: men and women should tell each other what styles they think look best. Fifty-two percent of the men said they would consider shaving if it was important to their significant others, and 34 percent of the women said their men do, in fact, need to spend more time grooming. Yet one in five (21 percent) of the women said they wouldn’t broach the topic to avoid hurting feelings.
Cindi Shelby back at Ruth Meyers
In my column in today’s Life section, I wrote about Cindi Shelby’s return to Ruth Meyers, an upscale women’s clothing boutique. She was a fixture at the store for years, always welcoming and helpful as women sought her advice and relied on her impeccable fashion sense. This time she comes back as owner and president.
Cindi says her return comes at the perfect time — God’s perfect timing. She has raised her children, and now she’s ready to turn her attention back to fashion. Next time you’re near Nichols Hills Plaza, stop by and wish her well. She has lots of ideas, and I am eager to see how she puts her own stamp on the store while keeping the tradition that Ruth put in place 35 years ago.
