While you were having your own Project Runway viewing party last night, Jada Yuan took a camera crew to the TRESemmé party at the Tribeca Grand. Jillian, Rami, and Christian talked about the onset of sudden fame, and Sweet P discussed the ins and outs of being a decoy at Bryant Park. Watch the video for more season-four secrets!
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LinkVideo: Undercover Braids at Carmen Marc Valvo
How do you get your hair to look like the models at Carmen Marc Valvo? It’s complicated — you’ll definitely need another set of hands (or two). New York’s beauty and market editor Aja Mangum took our cameras backstage to learn the secret from stylist Odile Gilbert. Watch the video and practice at home.
Video: Leven Rambin Gets Tough at Tommy Hilfiger
New York's Jada Yuan took our cameras to Tommy Hilfiger yesterday at Lincoln Center and heard from the designer himself as well as his more recognizable fans. Hilfiger's theme was "refined sportswear" with fashion icons Jackie Kennedy, Grace Kelly, and Audrey Hepburn in mind. We chatted with Julianne Moore and Kelly Rowland, but Leven Rambin was scary. "I could knock a bitch down," she said with a grin. Watch the video to see who started the fight.
Get the Look: Bobbi Brown at Brian Reyes
New York beauty editor Aja Magnum ventured backstage at the Brian Reyes show, where beauty legend Bobbi Brown was hard at work, creating an outdoorsy, sporty look for girls who've been out and about in the country. Think gently flushed cheeks, powdery tones, and windswept brows — yes, even your brows can get windswept. Watch and learn.
At G-Star Raw, Good Denim Makes for Good Ass
If there's one thing you need to know about G-Star jeans, it's that they make your ass look good. Or that was the consensus among the attendees at the G-Star Raw show, from Tyson Beckford to Damien Fahey to Duran Duran, who went as far as to note that the denim even makes "your other bits look good." In this backstage video, reporter Jada Yuan surveys the crowd's collective bottom, makes notes of Ryan Adams's $20 shoes, and catches Dennis Hopper's freaky runway narration. Click to watch.
Video: Resurrecting the Flapper Backstage at Monique Lhuillier
New York’s Jada Yuan took cameras backstage at Monique Lhuillier to capture the preparations for the designer’s flapper-inspired show. The makeup artist sought “poetic glamour” with — you guessed it — a smoky eye. The hairstylist nixed short-haired girls. And the designer herself had a preshow freak-out that lasted five days. Watch the video to see the drama for yourself.
Apply the Stormy Eye Backstage at Tracy Reese
What’s the difference between stormy eye and smoky eye? New York beauty editor Aja Mangum and our cameras found out from makeup artist Mally Roncal backstage at Tracy Reese. Watch the video to learn Roncal’s tested “shimmer, shape, and glow” method — she says it “makes you look like you had sex with Johnny Depp.”
Tyra Banks and Vivica A. Fox Speak On the Fabulosity of Kimora
Amid the usual chaos backstage at Baby Phat, Jada Yuan managed to catch up with not only label designer Kimora Lee Simmons, but also Tyra Banks, Robert Verdi, Star Jones, and Vivica A. Fox, who each testified to Kimora's "fabulosity," as Fox put it. "Kimora is big, she's over-the-top, she's a grande dame," said Banks; "she taught me 'off the hook' and 'off the chain' — and the chain is actually diamonds, when it's Kimora's chain," added Verdi. Indeed. Watch the video for more.
Baby Phat Invents ‘Understated Bling’
Only at Baby Phat could black-on-black nails embellished with black crystals be considered low-key. But as Creative Nail Design co-founder Jan Arnold explained backstage before the show, Kimora Lee Simmons decided to go with an "understated bling" look this year. Now there's a contradiction. New York Magazine beauty editor Aja Mangum also caught up with MAC's Nadine Luke, who expanded further on the show's makeup theme — "it's 1920s but a modern 1920s, so instead of a flapper girl, she's a flippin' girl." Watch the video to see the nails and the makeup close up.
Video: Backstage at the Sean John Open Call
Sean John last showed in February 2003. So how can the designer bring his name to the forefront this Fashion Week? Casting all African-American models is a good start. Novelist and New York correspondent Brian Keith Jackson took our cameras to the Sean John open call in midtown yesterday afternoon. Watch the video to check out the hot competition.
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