Latest Glossies

These are the glossies I love reading because they are the real authority when it comes to their respective fields: Vogue for fierce, fabulous fashion; and People for entertainment.



The May issue of People Magazine covered 100 of the most beautiful in the entertainment industry. The list includes (in order of appearance in the magazine): Kate Hudson, Rebecca Romjin, Brooke Shields, Gabrielle Union, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Taylor Swift, Kristen Bell, Zoe Saldana, Elizabeth Banks, Minka Kelly, Vanessa Hudgens, Miley Cyrus, Ashton Kutcher, Mary J. Blige, Whitney Port, Audrina Patridge, Lauren Conrad, Heidi Montag, Norah Jones, Carrie Underwood, Kate Beckinsale, Joy Bryant, Josh Groban, Christina Applegate, Sarah Silverman, Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lopez, Johnny Depp, Jessica Simpson, Alicia Keys, Beyonce, George Clooney, Halle Berry, Brad Pitt, Matthew McConaughey, Caroline Kennedy, Pattie Boyd, Lisa Bonet, Vanessa Marcil, Marisol Thomas, Delilah Dicrescenzo, Kim Porter, Paula Patton, Guy Ritchie, Rumer Willis, Sarah Larson, Amanda Beard, Anna Friel, Jason Taylor, The Cast of Gossip Girl, Tina Fey, Vanessa Williams, Mariska Hargitay, Marcia Cross, Isla Fischer, Amy Adams, Christina Hendricks, Julianne Moore, Lauren Ambrose, David Beckham, Jennifer Garner, Queen Latifah, Rihanna, Salma Hayek, Patrick Dempsey, Ashlee Simpson & Pete Wentz, Eva Longoria Parker & Tony Parker, Jessica Alba & Cash Warren, Rachael Ray, Ingrid Hoffman, Sandra Lee, Angie Harmon, Carrie Ann Inaba, Raquel Welch, and Iman.

Meanwhile in the June issue of Vogue, a number of spreads were featured as a publicity tool for the upcoming Sex and The City The Movie. Photographed by the famous Annie Leibovitz, Carrie and Big sashay down the historic places in New York and pose for the most exciting chick flick of the decade!



p.s. In preparation for SATC The Movie, I had to watch how it ended in the television series. Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha are back! The movie is showing in two days!

Tim Gunn's Guide to Style

I took the day off yesterday due to my yet unconfirmed positional vertigo (a.k.a. dizziness). And so I channelled couch potato the whole day.

Tim Gunn's Guide to Style was on ETC so off I went to watching it. This is another reality show that aims to answer the fashion emergencies of ordinary people in America.


Nicole Appelman, 29, is a mother of two boys, and a school teacher. Tim Gunn and his assistant Veronica Webb helped Nicole to bring her to a fashion epiphany. They did this by first making a list of all the fashion staples according to her age and lifestyle, and then submitting her to the fashion and personality development guru Laura Bennett and lastly, bringing her to famous designer Douglas Hannant.

I felt for Nicole and her struggle to boost her self-esteem and be the fashionable person she once were. In fact, Laura Bennett made Nicole list down the things she would like to do but feels guilty doing because of her responsibilities as a mom.

Concluding the episode was a fashion show of Nicole donning her new wardrobe and surprise gifts from Tim Gunn and Laura Bennett with the presence of Nicole's loved ones on the mini runway show.

Now here's my take-away from the show. I know that a woman has to carry at least these essentials or must-haves in her wardrobe and so I took down some pointers from Tim Gunn.


Clockwise from the top: a good pair of jeans to wear even on dinner dates, this is the style of dress I absolutely love: a Diane von Furstenberg basic black wrap dress, the crisp white shirt of course, a stunning red (or any other solid color) cocktail dress, and a plain cardigan to add a little texture to the shirts.

The more plain and basic it is, the better. Yes, less is more indeed.