The following interview was quite a fascinating experience for me. Few weeks ago I was given an incredible chance to chat with Allen Edwards the man who created The Farrah for Farrah Fawcett one of the most famous haircuts of our time. I grew up in Israel watching my mom trying to get The Farrah and even me as a child was dreaming of having that flip and layered cut. It felt like I was writing a piece in history. Farrah left Allen Edwards at one point to another hairdresser called: Jose Eber, who apparently also takes credit for creating The Farrah. But, Farrah Fawcett went to Allen first! Read more.

Allen Edwards

For more than three decades the internationally recognized beauty industry icon, Allen Edwards has been styling the tresses of some of the most glamorous women in the world including Farrah Fawcett, Donna Mills, Anne Bancroft, Diane Keaton and Raquel Welch. It was Edwards who fashioned Assistant District Attorney Marcia Clark’s new look during the O.J. Simpson murder trial. Modern Salon Magazine recently named Allen Edwards among 50 most influencial hairdressers in history with industry leaders Vidal Sasson, Jose Eber and Sally Hershberger. Also a must read Allen’s 200-page memoir: “Shear Force: An Image-Maker’s Memoir”, released in 2008. The book details the glitzy Beverly Hills beauty industry over the past 30 years and Allen Edwards tumultuous parallel ride through it all.

In this interview Allen Edwards talks to Marta Walsh about his beginnings as a young hairdresser in Beverly Hills. How one day he met Farrah Fawcett and what led him creating The Farrah one of the most famous haircuts of our time . Talks about the changes in hairstyles and celebrities over the years. The celebrity who he would love to style today. His favorite Shear Force products. Gives advice to aspiring celebrity hairstylists. And talks future plans.

Marta Walsh: When did your interest in hair design begin?
Allen Edwards: I was always into the arts side of the world. I was a musician and a dancer from 8 years old till I was 19. I thought that’s what I’m going to do. After meeting other musicians I’ve realized they really didn’t make much money. When I got out of high school I quit playing trumpet. Around that time I met some people who went to beauty school. That interested me. Since I quite music and career was always important to me, I decided to go to beauty school. It came really easy to me.

Last week ELLE Magazine announced the ELLE Shopping Guide app which is available for iPhone and iPod Touch. The location-based app is a completely new area for the company and taps a new revenue opportunity for local advertising dollars. This ELLE App capitalizes on the power of mobility by creating the ultimate resource for discovering where to shop for the hottest fashion and where to go to get great offers.

In “ELLE Top Shops,” a feature which is also in ELLE magazine, editors select favorite ELLE shops to highlight. In “Offers”, local retailers in the three launch cities – NY, LA and SF with more cities rolling out soon – will be able to more effectively drive consumers into their stores by offering coupons, merchandise info and other store information through the app. The ELLE Shopping Guide’s initial retailers making offers include Diane Von Furstenberg, Intermix, Otte, Flight 001, Iven.tory, Kiki de Montparnasse, AG Adriano and Goldschmied, with more on the way.

I got my hands on the NEW DiorShow Extase Mascara by Dior the Bentley of mascaras and my lashes are loving it! I’m a sucker to a mascara that gives my lashes that instant volume and definition boost. You feel it working right away. My lashes are hitting my brow line at the moment. Fact. 🙂

The first mascara to plump lashes inside and out—wear it alone or pair it with your favorite Dior mascaras. DiorShow Extase ($28) provides built-in treatment benefits and high-impact lashes in a single stroke! The spherical-shaped Black Pearl Pigments create a 3D volume effect and the exclusive Metamorphosis Powders expand in size by up to 50% after application. Also, SR38 Patented Ceramid brings additional care, reconstructing damaged lashes and promoting stronger and fuller lashes.

Another outrageous season of Keeping up with the Kardashians premiered on E! this past Sunday with Kourtney and Scott pitted against her family, who loves to hate Scott. We watched as Kim tried to move on from the love of her life, Reggie Bush, and Khloé tried to convince her new husband Lamar Odom of the Los Angeles Lakers to buy her dream house.

Watch the Keeping Up With The Kardashians! Sunday’s, December 20 at 10:00PM ET/PT only on E!, new episode sneak peek here:

VOGUE January 2010, Hello Gorgeous Article on Lara Stone

At five feet ten and a size 4, supermodel Lara Stone has struggled to fit in. Stone is about 2 sizes larger than her modeling peers, but this has not stopped her career from skyrocketing. “Lara Stone has a gorgeous women’s body,” affirms fan Karl Lagerfeld. Stone has appeared in ad campaigns for the likes of Givenchy and has walked the runway for almost every major designer including Marc Jacobs and Balmain.

Lara Stone photographed by Willy Vanderperre

In the article Hello Gorgeous, Vogue recalls the days when stylists came to a shoot armed with pins to make the clothes fit the models and examines the absurdity of the thought that clothes only hang nicely on super-skinny girls (aka coat hangers). The opposite is also true – some clothes look better on bodies with “boobs,” which is why Stone’s career has flourished. Could her unexpected success mean the return of curves? In the January issue of Vogue, Stone opens up to Rebecca Johnson about how difficult it can be to constantly hear how different she is, her methods of coping, and how she views herself now.