April 3, 2025

Book Reveals Celebrity Product-Placement Ploys

Why have we seen a dozen paparazzi photos in recent weeks of celebrities wearing Current/Elliott’s leopard-print “ Stiletto” jeans? Surely it’s not a coincidence that Sarah Jessica Parker, Nicky Hilton, Mandy Moore and Isla Fisher all have the same jeans. More likely, it’s that a publicist “seeded” them, meaning the jeans were gifts to famous fashion influencers. […]

The Business of the Academy Award Red Carpet

This time of year, signs of Christmas abound.  If you work in fashion, it is also the count-down – and the race – to dress celebrities attending the annual Academy Awards and the red carpet’s style parade. Shipments of designer and fashion house attire arrive to be viewed, tried and worn on Hollywood’s biggest night.   […]

Britney Spears – A Celebrity Wedding

Congrats Britney Spears! I had the honor to work with her when client Monique Lhuillier designed her last wedding gown. In a room full of beautiful dresses, she knew exactly what she wanted. Her wedding put my client “on the map” and a favorite of many other celebrity brides.

Jeopardy Champ Trends in Pearls

Love that Jeopardy champ Amy Schneider always wore her pearl necklace. The fashion accessory was a gift from her girlfriend, Genevieve Davis, “And so having that was just a nice, sort of comforting reminder that she was at home waiting for me”. It turns out people noticed the pearls! Fans wore necklaces while watching her […]

Zendaya’s Red Carpet Choices Demystified

© Bang Showbiz Zendaya Zendaya was dressed in a “bunch of stuff” from Target at her first movie premiere. The ‘Dune’ star felt “fly” in the pieces from the US budget superstore and insisted “that’s all that matters”. Asked what she would tell her teenage self at the time in an interview with the November issue […]