A good hostess understands that how you serve up Thanksgiving is just as important as what you serve at Thanksgiving. Proper presentation — and we aren’t talking garnishes — make all the difference in a holiday meal. Think of serveware, table decorations and table settings as the grand entrance for the guest of honor: the food.
Ever considered pulling a Scarlet O’Hara and yanking your living room drapes down to don as evening wear? Or, maybe you’ve found yourself fawning over your couch’s upholstery with the same lust you normally reserve for the display windows at Barneys? The good news is, it’s logical. The fashion fever select furniture inspires is just a side effect from an ongoing trend. As evidenced at last week’s Passport to Glamour event at World Market Center, the furniture industry has no qualms reaching into the fashion bowl of inspiration.
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• Who? Rose Carrion of central Las Vegas
If current troubled times have you staring at an overflowing closet with regret, you might want to change your perspective. The same dust-collecting clothes you pulled from your savings to pay for may just fill your designer denim pocket with cash.
Nothing can ruin an otherwise perfect morning like a glaring deodorant mark. Or a chipped manicure. Throw a sweat stain into that equation and your entire week is shot.
Gina Brooke has created makeup looks for Madonna’s last three concert tours. Each required careful planning, brainstorming and creativity. The “Sticky and Sweet” tour, which makes its way to Vegas on Saturday, was the only exception. It came about purely by chance.
If you have to check your Blackberry just to schedule some time to exhale, you are definitely a woman on the go.
