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Get Your Spring On!

Hadrian Miguel

Published: March 22, 2013Posted in: Featured Articles, StyleTags: adidas, art, Celia Birtwell, Derek Lam, DKNY, fashion, Hadrian Miguel, Keith Haring, Kenzo, Kohl's, Reebok, shoes, Show Ayanocozey, Supreme, Uniqlo, Vans

by Hadrian Miguel, Life & Style Director

Some of the best collabos (or collabs, short for collaborations) are now in full bloom!

Collaborations are a way to breath new life into a brand and create interest by joining forces with popular artists, designers, entertainers, and creative visionaries. We’ve mentioned it here before when certain retailers presented successful, exclusive collections by Alexander McQueen, Gwen Stefani, Karl Lagerfeld, Missoni, Lanvin, and Jimmy Choo.

It often makes a once unaffordable designer not just accessible to the wealthy but available to the rest of us at a great value that we wouldn’t lose sleep over. An easy way to determine if the collaboration is a success is whether the the products sell out quickly or if the partnership resurfaces again for later projects.

For me, it’ll always be about top design, and how to shop well and look good at unbeatable prices!

DKNY x Opening Ceremony

DKNY has teamed up with fellow native New Yorker and indie brand Opening Ceremony to create a limited edition collection based on 15 pieces from its archives that has been tweaked, reissued, and updated.

This 90′s-influenced throwback to DKNY’s earlier sporty and streetwear vibe features a selection of cropped tops, hooded shirts, bodycon maxi-dresses, jumpsuits, and iconic DKNY graphics.

Ranging in price from $145 to $665, the capsule collection is available at all Opening Ceremony stores and online.

Check out the DKNY x Opening Ceremony Behind The Scenes Rollerskating Jam Video Shoot

Derek Lam x Kohl’s

Available at Kohl’s on April 5, Derek Lam is the latest designer to participate in their DesigNation series. Influenced and inspired by Rio de Janeiro for this spring collection, it’s a kaleidoscope of vibrant hues and colors at play with a subtle sexiness that goes day to night, all fabulously priced from $36 to $88.

He’s on-trend with the latest in women’s fashion and some of the highlights include bomber jackets, hooded snap trench jacket, cutout swimsuits, draw-string shorts and skirts, maxi-dresses and sophisticated jumpsuits. This mini collection for the mass retailer is a showstopper and will keep you runway ready well into summer and beyond.

Apolis + J. Crew

J. Crew has teamed up with the global citizens of LA-based Apolis and brothers Raan and Shea Parton for two limited edition Men’s chambray swim trunks.

These boardshorts are handcrafted in a California factory that has been making swimwear for lifeguards and watermen since the 1960s.

The trunks are made with a natural indigo-dyed, Spanish chambray that will lighten in color as it is exposed to the elements to create the perfect lived-in, been surfing much look.

Accented with a button fly and drawstring, a cargo side flap pocket with key holder, an Apolis patch, and a bold stripe in royal blue or red.

Available exclusively online at jcrew.com and also at select J. Crew stores in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Costa Mesa, New York, and Boston.

Uniqlo x Celia Birtwell

Celebrating a wicked blend of art, whimsy and timelessness, acclaimed UK artist and textile designer Celia Birtwell teamed up with Japanese brand Uniqlo. Celia was able to go through her vast library from the 1960′s and ’70′s and reference certain moments.

When she met with the team from Uniqlo Japan, they went through the sketchbooks and reference files together where she subsequently developed and re-worked those selected specifically for Uniqlo.

Her iconic and bold prints have been re-imagined for an exclusive range of T-shirts, tunics, totes, shirts, trousers, and stoles. Uniqlo x Celia Birtwell is available at Uniqlo stores in San Francisco, New York, New Jersey, the UK, and Japan and prices from $9.90 – $29.90.

See the bold patterns come to life in the Uniqlo video advert:

For the sole collector, collabos are the ultimate game changer as we take a look at the lively and most sought after kicks in the shoe game.

Reebok X Keith Haring

Reebok’s Affili’Art Program now presents a line in conjunction with the Keith Haring Foundation. Previous collaborations produced collections of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Ryan McGinness.

The partnership of Keith Haring’s iconic and most recognizable works Everyman, Barking Dog and Radiant Baby with Reebok’s classic silhouettes like the Classic Leather, Classic Leather Mid, NPC II, Workout Plus and Freestyle creates a distinctive and bold style, making the shoes a real head-turner on the streets.

The Reebok x Keith Haring Foundation range is now available at select boutiques around the world.

adidas x Show Ayanocozey

Jeremy Scott has previously injected whimsy and freshness to adidas, but now they have tapped into the creative mind of notorious Japanese music artist Show Ayanocozey for the special edition Show Ayanocozey x adidas Superstar.

The Supestar shelltoe is my favorite adidas shoe and my go to sneaker since I first got wind of Run DMC rocking it back in the 80′s. Pulling inspiration from punk and the Bosozoku (Japanese bike gangs), this sneaker is accented by the classic adidas 3-stripe in patent leather and faux studs on the heel counter.

Available in black with black studs, black with gold studs, and white with silver studs. Red on the inner lining adds a surprise pop to the black studded sneaker with the customary white rubber covers the sole and toe cap. The Show Ayanocozey x adidas Superstar is available in limited quantities at select retailers.

Vans

At Vans, some of the best collabos have sprung up this season.

Alien Workshop co-founder Mike Hill completes his Vans Syndicate partnership by utilizing the main color on his Authentics as the accent shade on this hightop release.

The Mike Hill x Vans Syndicate Sk8-Hi Boot ‘S’ is really dope because although it is a sneaker, it ingeniously does double duty as mock-toe workboot with mint & black laces for a nice finishing touch. Added bonus, every pair comes with a DIY rubber stamp sheet, with some Vans Syndicate & Alien Workshop artwork.

Available exclusively at select independent skateboard retailers, Vans Syndicate celebrates the diverse heritage of ideas, attitudes and influences that make up skateboarding’s unique culture.

Supreme is known for its great Vans collaborations, and the collection sporting the well-known New Order album cover with the floral design from 1983′s Power, Corruption & Lies is another smash.

The album art was designed by English art director Peter Saville who interpolated his idea from French artist Henri Fantin-Latour’s A Basket of Roses painting. All of them are brilliant, but I’ll be trying to scoop up the classic lace-up Eras for the warm summery days ahead.

French fashion label Kenzo is back again at Vans with their sixth collection of Vans lowtops. These memorable patterns with the hottest shoe trends this Spring include a fresh take on leopard, florals and rosettes. Available at Kenzo stores, Kenzo.com and at select retail partners.

Let’s face it, collaborations are here to stay, so we’ll just be back to see what’s next!

How will these partnerships and others like them do?

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The Fast & The Savory

Hadrian Miguel

Published: February 1, 2013Posted in: Featured Articles, Tangerine CultureTags: BabyCakes NYC, cupcakes, flavorful, Hadrian Miguel, kosher, los angeles, meatless, seitan, tempeh, The Veggie Grill, vegan

by Hadrian, Life & Style Director

L.A. is a mecca for veganistos, but often when looking for a yummy vegan restaurant, the choices have occasionally been places where the unifying characteristic was a total lack of flavor or imagination, or a fave spot that has come & gone just as quickly as it caught on.

Learning how to find ample variety, nutrition and mouth-watering flavors in a vegan diet can often be complex and challenging, and my eye on L.A. is relishing two great choices that are here to stay, the best in tasty, vegan bites without sacrificing taste and selection.

The Veggie Grill

The Veggie Grill is a vegan resto with mass appeal that specializes in quick, quality meatless meals or mock meat dishes of popular and familiar American comfort foods at a great value (nothing on the menu is over $10).

The heart of the menu and the core of their nutritional philosophy is plant-based foods and vegetable proteins like tempeh (a soy- and rice culture-based food, seitan (aka wheat meat), and their exclusive Chillin’ Chickin’ and Veggie-Steak (a veggie protein blend of soy, wheat, and peas)…all of which resembles the flavor and texture of chicken and beef.

The Veggie Grill’s ultimate goal is to serve you delicious and wholesome food. By wholesome, they mean good calories and good fats that are 100% plant-based. Nutrient-rich, and free of cholesterol, animal fat and trans fat, their food fills you with goodness.

super stacked veggie-steak burger

Everything is marinated and seasoned well, and there’s absolutely no meat, dairy, eggs, seafood, high-fructose corn syrup, refined sugar, or animal products. Other Veggie Grill goodness includes Quinoa, Kale, Portobello Mushrooms, and Red Cabbage. Their menu also offers gluten-free, soy-free, and wheat-free options too if you have some food sensitivities.

The super-delish standouts here are the Thai Chickin Wrap, Santa Fe Crispy Chickin’ Burger, and the Carne Asada Sandwich served on a wheat bun/roll, and the All Hail Kale Salad…and don’t forget the side of Sweetheart Fries (their sweet potato fries lightly-fried in canola (an oil, free of trans fat and rich in polyunsaturated good fats).

The carrot cake is TDF (to die for) with apple sauce, tofu, and evaporated cane juice as some of the natural sources used to create their indulgent desserts that you can really enjoy and feel way less guilty about eating!

Opened in 2006 in Orange County, The Veggie Grill now has several fast-casual Southern California eateries including Santa Monica, Hollywood, West Hollywood, the Farmer’s Market in LA, El Segundo, Torrance, and the original Orange County locations in Irvine. What we also dig is that all locations recycle whenever possible, use biodegradable plastic bags, recyclable and recycled materials which includes their Tectum walls and ceilings. The Veggie Grill locations also utilize highly sustainable timbers like reconstituted Bamboo for flooring and Kiri for the counters.

The Veggie Grill is open from 11 am – 10 pm with the exception of the WeHO location on Sunset Blvd. which is open until 11 pm.

BabyCakes LA

Erin McKenna, owner of Babycakes. Photo Source: Andrew Theodorakis /NY Daily News

It’s on like donkey kong for the perfect treats, which brings me to the local Los Angeles version of Manhattan’s illustrious Lower East Side bakery BabyCakes in Downtown L.A.

There’s absolutely no sugarcoating here at BabyCakes. While most sweet offerings in other wildly popular cupcakeries are ruled by desserts overflowing with sugar, chemical sweeteners, flour and butter cream, Babycakes comes to the rescue with its vegan, kosher, gluten-free, wheat-free, soy-free, egg-free, dairy-free, casein-free, and refined sugar-free fare.

So, now you’re probably wondering WTH is left to bake with then? Well, Babycakes takes advantage of rice flour, a garbanzo/fava bean mix, canola and cold pressed virgin coconut oil, applesauce, flax, and as the sweetener- agave nectar (a natural syrup from a cactus which is low on the glycemia index and often a safe alternative to most non-insulin dependant diabetics) for all their glorious cupcakes, pies, doughnuts, muffins, sweet breads, brownies, scones, cookies, and cakes.

baked beauties of Babycakes

They also sometimes use spelt flour (derived from a grain in some of its non gluten-free items), and occasionally, unprocessed and unrefined sugar is used in certain goods, although very sparingly.

The breakout stars on their menu are the scrumptious baked chocolate covered doughnut, the jam-filled biscuits, chocolate chip cookie sandwich, and any one of their cupcakes, but especially the Red Velvet will all make you drool. All their baked beauties are rich, magicly buttery (without the butter!), dense, and brimming with sweet flavors.

Babycakes LA is located at 130 E. 6th Street (between S. Main & S. Los Angeles streets) and opens at 10am daily and closing times that vary. They also have another LA location on Larchmont.

Although, I’ve given up meat, dairy and refined sugar, there are very few eateries or bakeries that define themselves as vegan that I would hunt out given a range of other delectable choices, but it’s always a joy to find those little treasures like The Veggie Grill and Babycakes that have been a very welcome surprise…and makes it so much easier to stop my my flexitarian / near-vegan ways completely.

Stay tuned for my future journeys into night and the transformations of a vegan life.

You can reach me at hadrian@tangerineliving.com

Back In Black

Hadrian Miguel

Published: September 4, 2012Posted in: Featured Articles, StyleTags: accessories, Acne Studios, Ash Footwear, Binchotan, Black Sheep & Prodigal Sons, Darth Vader onesie, design, GUESS, Hadrian Miguel, home living, Morrissey, NeatoShop, Occulter, Renova, Seung Yong Song, The Mabuhay Gardens

by Hadrian Miguel, Life & Style Director

Modern technology has brought us edgier gadgets and electronics in rainbow brights, big white rooms and white tiles, even plush five star hotel-style towels and designer bar soaps, all kinds of luxe goodies sleeked out in white and bold, pop up colors.

As summer ends, I find myself inspired by a much more moody vibe as I go Back in Black, head to toe and from the outside in.

DARTH VADER ONESIE

Come over to the dark side and let the force be with you as you let your little bambino step out into world and the Galactic Empire in the Darth Vader Onesie.

For the baby and toddler, nothing says fun or FAN-tastic as this lil’ outfit that’s ready for everyday play, show, and Halloween too.

The Star Wars-themed onesie comes with cape, pants, headpiece and booties to complete the look of the Sith Lord.

It’s comfy and cool, and made with 95% cotton and 5% spandex.

Available at NeatoShop.com

FAB MAB TEE

Feeling nostalgic but looking to sport something just as cool as a CBGB tee, then the gotta get, must-have item for Fall is a retro, rock t-shirt that celebrates the Fab Mab in San Francisco.

The Mabuhay Gardens (The Mab or Fab Mab) was a punk rock institution of the late 70′s and 80′s, it was like the CBGB of the West where you could see great shows of established & up-n-coming live bands.

This popular destination for music was originally a Filipino restaurant and bar located at 443 Broadway Street, smack dab in the heart of North Beach right along with the neon lights of the strip clubs, popular dance clubs, and the nights of cruising in lowriders & hotrods.

It didn’t cost much to get in and on many nights it was the home to The Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, The Avengers, Leila & The Snakes, and other acts like Blondie, The Ramones, Devo, Iggy Pop, The Runaways/Joan Jett have all played there.

So, revive the spirit of live music and the glory days of the Mabuhay Gardens because nothing says punk rock & classic San Francisco more than a black and white, vintage-inspired tee.

SEUNG YONG SONG – DAMI

In the world of home living and design, the furniture and lighting of Korean designer Seung Yong Song‘s Dami series livens up design with the popular grille style of Asia which will give your home, a fresh modern look.

His collection consists of basket forms and covers that are available for different and various usage depending on form and size.

The Dami collection portrays the structure of Korean traditional grille with clean lines, and light and sturdy durability.

The combination of new eco-friendly materials like Valchromat (made from forest waste and recycled pine, and organic dyes with a specially-made binding resin and a CNC processing technique make it possible to marry modern objects with traditional beauty.

RENOVA TP

If you really tired of the same ol’ same ol’, then super cool Renova is helping to transform bathrooms around the world with a 3-ply, recyclable & biodegradable toilet paper that comes in black…yes, black toilet paper!

Pamper your bum with their plush & quality paper products that are non-bleached and 100% chlorine free, unlike many white toilet papers.

A little more expensive than the standard white, plain jane variety, I like to dress up my bathroom with black TP any time when guests are expected for a visit or a party because it screams unique, style, and always takes my invitees by surprise.

It just looks and feels good too.

BINCHOTAN

Best known for its benefits in grilling food and in water and air purification, Binchotan charcoal can be found in a variety of everyday uses. Binchotan charcoal from the Kishu region of Japan is activated & refined from oak through a simple process using extremely high burning temperature and a very rapid cooling process.

Whether to absorb chemicals in tap water and the negative ions in the air, stimulate healthy soil in the garden, or to enhance blood circulation in a body treatment or hot bath, Binchotan is a good, natural way to boost overall health and wellness.

The chic, sleek or functional use of Binchotan is the rather stylish and practical toothbrush. It gets the job done well and then some because the bristles of the toothbrush are blended with high-quality Binchotan charcoal powder.

Binchotan charcoal helps to deflect negative ions, has a powerful deodorizing effect, removes plaque and attacks the causes of bad breath. It also helps to prevent harmful bacteria and viruses from growing in the brush bristles.

You can even save the planet by not consuming water sold in plastic bottles and also save energy by tossing out your electric air filters, and just using Binchotan charcoal to purify your water and air .

Since Binchotan has countless micro cavity walls in many directions with one gram of charcoal that has nearly the surface area of an entire tennis court, it absorbs chlorine and other chemicals from tap water while releasing natural minerals. Use a 1/4 lb of Binchotan in a pitcher of tap water. Binchotan helps release alkali ions to increase the pH in water – around pH 8-8.5 – to create naturally made mineral water, it softens and improves the overall taste of water.

In your home, the charged ions in our environment due to unhealthy noise, smoke, odors, and harmful electromagnetic waves result in unclean air. Binchotan introduces negative ions to the environment, to purify and deodorize the air, and to help naturally eliminate unpleasant smells from the air. It also regulates the humidity, absorbs chemicals, dissipates the electromagnetic field from household appliances and by generating negative ions, it is believed to put you in a better frame of mind.

CHOGAN HARNESS

The Chogan harness by Black Sheep & Prodigal Sons is a bold, statement neckpiece. It is part of a collection that draws its inspiration from Navajo Shamanic traditions and the Tisimshian legend accounting for the origins of daylight. The collection introduces large and bold customizable looks using re-purposed traditions and up-cycled salvaged materials.

The harness is a very limited edition item that uses salvaged vintage piano ebony circa 1920 – 1945 with black garment leather cording structure that is customizable and removable via integrated snaps.

Black Sheep & Prodigal Sons call themselves The Purveyors of Dark & Uncommon Goods. Their jewelry and collection has been an inspiration for my own creative wares. Their products are unique, one-of-a-kind, special edition, and handcrafted to order in New York.

ACNE DUKE

Time to get shady with the latest and greatest in sunglasses from Acne Studios.

The Acne Duke in black is definitely not for someone who wants to blend in, keep their heads down, nor to get in & get out without making a scene. A minimalist frame with unisex appeal, these contemporary & wicked sunglasses are for those who want be seen and possibly heard.

Handmade in France, with a 8 mm thick acetate frame, matte finish, and dark UV protected and polarized lenses. Measures approximately 5.31 inches across and 1.6 inches in height

THE LITTLE BLACK WATCH

In the age of mobile phones and portable tablets & computers as the end all be all, telling time has taken a back seat to these objects as the ultimate pocket watch.

Finish off your look and make an impression with the best accessory, the wristwatch. A black watch should be a staple in our wardrobes and is the man’s answer to a girl’s little black dress.

With an homage to the elegance and timelessness of classic watches, GUESS is serving less is more with a series of black watches that updates traditional styles with a modern, bold, minimalistic, forward-thinking aesthetic at a really good price. Ideal for men who prefer to keep a high style profile and standout with a distinctive timepiece.

ASH FOOTWEAR

The hunt to find those bold and cool kicks is over because with these winning designs, it’s high time to express freedom of your feet.

Ash Footwear does a fresh take on the classic high top with all kinds of cool bells and whistles like adjustable buckles, strap, zip side, and a denim or leather upper.

They have tons of styles in black for both men and women, but we especially like the Vincent Bis Sneaker for the guy, and the Bowie Ter Wedge Sneaker for the gal.

Created by Leonello Calvani and Patrick Ithier, Ash shoes come in an assortment of fabrics from leather, denim, suede, waxed nappa, and velvet. Fun, glamour and originality of the styles are always at the base of the philosophy of the brand.

MORRISSEY THE CANDLE

“I wear black on the outside because black is how I feel on the inside,” sang the lead singer of the Smiths on their b-side smash, Unloveable. And, nothing says moody, brooding, and fab than to be backlit and aglow by a Morrissey candle!

The iconic frontman of the Smiths and solo crooner is immortalized (albeit only temporarily) in black wax to light up your life.

The art of the candle is called Half a Person: A Morrissey Effigy. The original sculpture by Sean Burford from which candle molds were made. Morrissey the Candle is a heroic idealization for all of us who braved adolescence and teen angst with his anthemic songs that coddled, empowered, and mirrored our sometimes blue thoughts.

The Morrissey candle has a chest exposed, coy grin and coiffed to perfection, its only vulnerabilities are a band-aid covered nipple and a cotton wick. Bust him out at a dinner party and show all your friends you’ve still got the cool, indie, goth, emo spirit.

Now, only if they could make him last forever as a metal candle sconce so that there is a light that never goes out with this charming man.

The S Factor

Hadrian Miguel

Published: May 25, 2012Posted in: Featured Articles, StyleTags: A.B.S., Annick Goutal, Chubbies, design, Despi, fashion, Hadrian Miguel, J. Crew, Kokon To Zai, Macy's, Michael Kors, Nordstrom, Origins, Saks Fifth Avenue, Style, TopMan, Zara

by Hadrian Miguel, Life & Style Director

The S’s Have It as the end of May kicks off our head to toe style guide with a lot of fun stuff that we just can’t get enough of.

Great finds for your little vacay or weekend trip that will keep you looking super cool and feeling oh-so good at a fine price, no matter where or how you summer.

Shades

Hey Ladies, Aviator sunglasses by Michael Kors gets you to soak up the sun and be made in the shade with his fun and vibrant Aviators.

These sleek frames deviate from the classic aviator style that’s whimsical, playful, and retro-chic now in a rainbow of not-so classic hues. And you can’t beat this— at $99, you’re not skimping on fierceness while bleeding your wallet.

Shorts

For the guys, shorts have really become short again especially if you are so tired of the typical board short, cargo or usually knee-length shorts. Two silhouettes standout for summer: the short shorts and the harem short.

At Zara and Kokon To Zai, the harem short takes center stage by keeping it relaxed, cool, and fun. Something different that will get you noticed anywhere you go.

At TopMan, the short shorts are the latest trend to let you stand out from the crowd in a more tailored, micro fit that’s made to be worn well above the knee while at Chubbies, a San Francisco-based company that are proud of their highest standards for shorts excellence with their comfy, soft, radical shorts for men.

Swimwear

You can take a tropical journey as Brazil is the muse for a collection at Macy’s, with two swimsuits that are inspired by the beaches of Brasil!

The A.B.S. multi-colored animal print bikini has distinctive hardware, adds tropical appeal, and will make any surfside into a wild safari.

You can add Brasilian-inspired sizzle to your beach look with the Despi sequined, mosaic-printed halter bikini top and bottom!

Sneakers

At Adidas, the essential summer slip-on is the sneaker with pops of color to brighten things up. With classic takes of their running shoes from the 1970′s and 80′s that stay true to the original, but give you an updated and way cool retro feel in fresh new colors. It’s just the kind of sneaker to pimp your style.

The Marci by J. Crew / $198

Sandals

The Marci Patent Wedge by J. Crew is our favorite sandal of the summer that packs a punch in glossy patent leather with a sleek and strappy silhouette that works wonders with everything you pair it with.

With colors like Bright Dahlia, Bronzed Clay, Casablanca Blue, and Tangier Orange, a girl can step into the spotlight with a wedge that doesn’t have to be sky-high to boost basics up a notch…a sandal that allows you to rise and shine!

Scents

Nuit Etoilée by Annick Goutal, 3.4 fl. oz /$120

You can go from sunrise to sunset and smell absolutely sexy with Nuit Etoilée by Annick Goutal. The concept behind the fragrance “A Starry Night” is in reference to Van Gogh’s masterpiece. Perfumers Camille Goutal and Isabelle Doyen have created a dream world, inspired by their nightly escapades in pristine open spaces.

Two versions are available for both a man and woman, Nuit Etoilée is like a majestic forest at nightfall that’s citrusy, yet woodsy, and spicy with essences of Citron, Sweet Orange, Peppermint, Siberian Pine, Balsam Fir and Angelica Seeds. In the USA, exclusively at Sak’s Fifth Avenue.

Skincare

The road to perfect summer skin is simple with two products for a smooth, well-balanced, and flawless complexion.

Body Time Radiant Skin Refining Cream, 1.2 fl. oz / $22.50

Let’s start with Body Time’s Radiant Glow Skin Refining Cream.

This extremely concentrated formula sloughs away dull, flaky skin and moisturizes with a balanced complex of 8% alpha hydroxy acids including extracts of sugar cane, orange, lemon, apple and willow bark. It’ll renew and refresh, and reveal fresh skin, as well as, reduce the appearance of uneven tone and age spots by inhibiting excess melanin production and balancing skin.

A rejuvenating blend of seven essential oils including ylang ylang, palmarosa, neroli, linden blossom, lavender and jasmine helps to exfoliate and revitalize the skin while stimulating cell renewal, increasing the rate of cell turnover and reducing dryness. Sea algae detoxifies by drawing out impurities, stimulates skin’s natural healing abilities, nourishes, protects and improves skin’s elasticity, leaving it silky, smooth and younger looking. Oat beta glucan acts as a humectant, anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory agent and forms a protective barrier against pollutants and environmental irritants. Aloe vera leaf juice provides a secondary protective layer, stimulating healing and encouraging the growth of new tissue.

A Perfect World UV Protector SPF 35, 1.4 fl. oz / $27.50

Protecting your skin from the sun’s harmful rays is paramount for keeping it looking youthful, smooth, and radiant. Look for multi-action, antioxidant-rich ingredients that help to boost the effectiveness of your sunscreen. Antioxidants play a role in mitigating sun damage by reducing free radicals and skin inflammation that sun exposure generates.

So, try Origins A Perfect World SPF 35 UV Face Protector with White Tea, which is a lightweight, broad spectrum sunscreen loaded with powerful antioxidants White Tea, Maritime Pine, Resveratrol, Arabidopsis Thaliana Extract and Wheat Germ.

On THE OUT…(only in) NYC

Hadrian Miguel

Published: January 12, 2012Posted in: Featured Articles, Tangerine CultureTags: design, gay, Hadrian Miguel, hotel, nyc, Style, THE OUT NYC

by Hadrian, Life & Style Director

STAY. PLAY. EAT. CHILL.

THE OUT NYC in Manhattan will be New York’s first gay, straight-friendly urban resort located in Hell’s Kitchen steps away from Chelsea and Time Square.

It’s touted as a destination for gay travelers and a social epicenter for the local gay community — a place where gay people, their family and friends can experience the best of lodging, nightlife, food, drink and design.

It’s set to open its doors in March, THE OUT NYC will be moderately priced (starting at $250 a night) and include 105 rooms and three courtyards.

The $30 million project is located at the 512 W. 42^nd Street. With lots of open space and glass planned, the views are sure to be ahh-mazing. THE OUT NYC will also house a 5,000 square-foot wellness center/ gym, a spa, and a 24 hour restaurant.

STAY.

Mega Rooms to choose from, no matter your style or income.

Superior In the middle of New York City’s concrete jungle, overlooking lush green courtyards, our Superior (203-215 Sq. Ft) rooms are the perfect retreat after a day or night in the city. With a courtyard & city views and bespoke floor-to-ceiling mirrored headboards and illuminated bedside cubes, our rooms offer elegant minimalism. An ergonomic workspace and WiFi serve your business and personal needs, while our 40” flat-screen TVs equipped with the latest programming technology make surfing the web or downloading Netflix from your bed, simple.

Deluxe Walk into your sophisticated Deluxe room (231-255 sq. ft) with its clean lines and bespoke floor-to-ceiling mirrored headboards and king beds, then open the door to your own mini urban oasis—the Courtyards. All the amenities include their brand of luxury bath products called SPA, an ergonomic desk with WiFi, or escape the computer screen and watch/use the 40” flat-screen TV.

Executive For the business travelers, the Executive room is 280-315 sq. ft with a king bed and all the Deluxe amenities, including open the door to a private terrace or the Courtyard.

One Bedroom Suite Spread out in the 1 BR, 350 sq. ft suites, which have plenty of room for work and play with plush sofas, broad ergonomic desks and oversized closets, and a king size bed and all the amenities.

Also available is the Deluxe Double 242 sq. ft room with two Double Beds…And if you’re feeling thrifty, and social, and want to canoodle with a stranger, you can opt for a Sleep Share for $99 which will put you in a room with three other people, with your own bed, 22″ TV, privacy curtains and a cubby to store your belongings.

PLAY.

XL Nightclub is New York’s most highly anticipated nightlife venue and re-opening. In this incarnation, it’ll be a sprawling and massive 14,000-square-foot club and 650 person dance floor, and also includes a 100-seat cabaret area, and a lounge. Run by Gay nightlife pioneers John Blair and Beto Sutter, it’s expected to be the biggest, seven night a week club in the city, and will open later this month.

Frequent partygoers who sign up for a membership card can also get free or discounted admission, a 15 percent discount on drinks and discounts on rooms.

EAT.

Great crowds. Great food. Great service. Come in for brunch, lunch, dinner and late-night dining at Kitchen 510 serving New American classics. Brought to you by the founders of the famed eatery nyc, get social with large communal tables. When it’s warm, let us pack you a picnic to eat in the hotel courtyard, or get cozy anytime and we’ll deliver to you in your room.

CHILL.

Whatever your mood, they’ve got an outdoor space for you. It’s what makes this destination, a true urban resort.

The Sun Deck: If you want the perfect place to get your tan on or watch an amazing sunset, there’s no need to go outside the city. At The Sun Deck, they say it’s Fire Island meets Manhattan, where boxwood and stucco surround an sunbathing deck. Along one side is a glass reflecting pool with a water room enclosed by cascading curtains of rain.

The Secret Garden: The Secret Garden is tucked inside serene plantings of black bamboo. It’s a quiet place to bring your laptop and a snack. Work or read at our long sturdy tables. It’s also the right place to bring your yoga mat for quiet meditation.

The Great Lawn They say Who needs Central Park? When their Great Lawn offers everything you need to enjoy the great outdoors. The grass is green. The beanbag chairs are soft. There’s enough green space on the Great Lawn for outdoor games or events. With a hilled stage at the north end, it’s the perfect place for a wedding ceremony, cocktail party or press junket. And whatever the occasion, Kitchen 510 can be there to cater your every culinary need.

While other sites may have mocked or criticized the hotel before it’s even become a full reality, we here support any idea for cool design and an awesome life in our community. It’s never been so good as it is now to be out and open, and this compound is all that, replete with decadence, voyeurism, and cruising to boot.

12 Best Kicks for Chicks

Hadrian Miguel

Published: December 26, 2011Posted in: Featured Articles, StyleTags: Bebe, Brian Atwood, Diego Dolcini, fashion, GUESS, H by Halston, Hadrian Miguel, Jessica Simpson Collection, Nicholas Kirkwood, nine west, Ruthie Davis, Sam Edelman, Style, TopShop

by Hadrian Miguel, Life & Style Director

Has your wardrobe got the Winter blues? Well, some high kicks are in order, so step out with some spark just in time for the New Year.

For everyday eleganza or perfect party glitz, we have a stunning selection of must-have, go-to shoes. Whether you don these dazzlers to dress up casual jeans and a tee or pair them with a cocktail dress, our list of the sexiest shoes will keep your look fierce & festive or impeccably chic.

1- Brian Atwood Maniac Metallic Pump

Move over, silver—bronze pushes other metallics aside as the new neutral for 2012. Just like your favorite heirloom jewelry, this antiqued edition of the best-selling Brian Atwood Maniac pump casts a warm glow that works with many colors. A hidden platform gives you an extra boost of height and confidence.

Crackled metallic leather and tonal topstitching highlight fine construction.
1- 1/4″ platform, 5- 1/2″ covered heel feels like 4- 1/4″ Made in Italy.

2- Ruthie Davis Horizon Strappy Sandals

Make a bold statement and buckle in with this Ruthie Davis shiny strappy sandal pump. Adorned with bolts on a turquoise blue heel, you are sure to kick other stappy sandals aside and turn heads.

Available in Black Patent with shining patent leather straps lash across a towering platform: leather upper, leather lining, leather sole, and side buckle closure, or in Black with Gunmetal, and Rose Gold.

5 1/2″ heel, 1 1/4″ platform. Made in Italy.

3- GUESS Billow Slingback Pump

Fun-loving and sassy, these color-blocked, peep-toe slingbacks make a flirty addition to dressed-up looks.

Try them with a party dress for your next soiree and let the compliments roll in.

Pink patent leather with pink glitter color is suede with shiny leather and glitter contrasts with gold accent and heel.

5” stiletto heel and 1 ½” platform. Made in Italy.

4- TopShop Parallel Tiered Wedges

The innovative shape of wedge will add a dash of excitement to any ensemble with TopShop’s premium metallic gold stack tiered platform with skinny straps and tubular front.

Make sure it has plenty of room to shine and get seen by wearing it with short dresses, skirts, and shorts. Metallic tiered wedge heel with platform. 5″ heel height, 100% Leather. Available in black and magenta suede.

5- Diego Dolcini Fanned Zip-Back Sandal

A scene stealer that requires being shown with something short and sexy. Not just a shoe—an object of desire, a work of art. This Diego Dolcini satin showcases fan-pleated chiffon, articulated with two-tone elegance and discerning crystal embellishments. You’ll make a very bold statement with a mishmash of luxury, texture, and wicked style.

Fan-pleated, arced chiffon vamp with Swarovski® crystals sewn on sides, and crisscross satin straps over open toe.
4 1/3″ metal heel. Made in Italy.

6- Jessica Simpson Evannan Colorblock Heel

Use hues to make news and stay chic for seasons in this jewel toned, color blocked high heel featuring sexy cut-outs, double platform elevation, peep toe and back zip.

4-3/4″ heel, 1- 1/8″ platform. Avaliable in Blue, and Pink. Made with Suede/Patent Leather.

7- Sam Edelman Scarlett Pump

Pump up the glam and give your party dress some punk power with spikes and studs as you dance and dine the night away.

Coming or going, this Sam Edelman pumps make an impression with an alluring peep toe conceals the slight platform of a sassy t-strap pump set on a super-slim, metallic stiletto heel. Stud details at heel cap and 5″ heel, it’s best in Egyptian Gold or Pewter

8- Bebe Fleur Strappy Platform Sandal

You’re pretty in pink and black and have a life outside work. Take it out for dinner and drinks—you’ll find it makes your favorite jeans even more playful.

Take your resort-chic look up a notch with this Bebe platform sandal, featuring strappy design, glossy cone heel, and soft chiffon flowers down front. Zipper at back. 5.5″ heel with 1.5″ platform.

9- Nicholas Kirkwood Suede & Metallic Loafer Pump

Not one for kitten heels? Rock the season’s requisite lady-chic look your own way.

This Nicholas Kirkwood pump exuberantly reinvents the loafer with metallic sheen and a towering heel.

Metallic leather-trimmed suede loafer-pump features dangling tassels and kiltie over peep-toe.

5 1/4″ covered heel with 1″ set-under platform lowers pitch to 4 1/4″. Made in Italy.

10- H by Halston Annice Pump

A statement platform that lifts you up to glimmering heights and let’s your elegance illuminate in this alluring pump.

Feminine with a modern take on the classic Mary Jane that will transition into night with ease.

Available in black featuring an allover glitter design with lace overlay, strap closure, and pointed toe.

Made with 5-3/4″ stiletto heel and 2 1/4″ platform.

11- Caparros Xanto Evening Shooties

Not-so-secret admirers. The Xanto shooties by Caparros is one part pump, one part sheer, and one part bootie.

It will turn heads with their sparkling mesh, peep toe and lace-up detail.

Adding glitter and glamour, this peep-toe evening shooties with 2-eyelet lace-up detail at back comes in Black Sparkle. With 1/4″ covered platform, 4″ covered heel.

Chameleon in Red, Crusader in Black

12- Nine West Polka Dot Chameleon / Crusader

Nothing boring about this basic polka dot Peep toe pump. It’s a heavenly match for a retro-inspired circle skirt and mohair sweater, or complete the look by pairing with different prints and patterns like with bright florals for a more avant-garde effect.

Crusader in Black with bow and buckle detail. With 5″ heel and 1″ platform. Chameleon Polka dot platform sling back sandal with bow and adjustable buckle closure. Cork platform detailing. Available in red or blue with 5.5″ heel and 1.5″ platform.

The Haute List: A Few of Our Favorite Things 2011

Hadrian Miguel

Published: December 8, 2011Posted in: Featured Articles, Tangerine CultureTags: culture, design, Diana Vreeland, Hadrian Miguel, Industrie Magazine, music, Niki & The Dove, once upon a time, Pretty (The Series), revenge, sconces, sons of anarchy, The Black Belles, Verameat

The Haute List: A Few of Our Favorite Things 2011

by Hadrian, Life & Style Director

We sure like to know & tell, and our YES list is full of fascinating & favorite things from 2011.

More cool stuff, people, and music that we emphatically endorse and you can proudly enjoy…guilt-free!

#1 Pretty

The internet provides the real must-see TV with the belly-laughing & compelling web series, Pretty.

Pretty is well, “pretty pretty” as Dawn Davenport would say from the cult classic, Female Trouble. It’s so wrong, it must be right…a drop down, drag out, John Waters-style (pre- and post-Divine) twisted hilarity for the masses and a hidden gem that you may or may not be already watching.

Here is the premise of the series, Michael Champagne (Sam Pancake), a proud pageant dad, only wants to see his 6 year old daughter Annette win the Miss Star Eyes Pageant. It’s not about who wins or loses, it’s about who’s PRETTY.

The kiddie pageant world is so cleverly mocked and ridiculed for this laugh out loud show which centers around Michael’s daughter Annette “Dakota” LaChondra Champagne (excellently played by the very grown Stacy McQueen) and the misadventures of her crazy, mixed up family.

It’s a funny and well written spoof with a stellar cast. Guest stars have included Joan Van Ark, Genie Francis, Kimberly Elise Cox, and Kirsten Vangsness as Meredith Champagne. Created, written, and directed by Steve Silverman and produced by Velvet Candy Entertainment.

Now in its 3rd season (season 2 was on fire!), be sure to watch and support it online at http://www.prettytheseries.com especially if you’re a fan of Sordid Lives, Toddlers and Tiaras, and Absolutely Fabulous, then you’re in pretty darn good company.

Check out an episode here:

#2 Niki & The Dove

Niki & the Dove are Malin Dahlström and Gustaf Karlöf of Sweden. Getting together in February 2010, Malin and Gustaf have spent the time since writing together, figuring out just how pop music works and then discovering new ways to break it.

With their 3rd EP The Drummer, they have delivered great things. Niki & The Dove’s songs are full of magic and light but with an unsettling darkness hidden beneath the surface. It’s pop music but a world away from the production line aesthetics of much modern chart music.

It’s kinda like a cool explosion of Kate Bush mixed with Stevie Nicks over restless electro and decadent synthpop beats…super sexy and wicked!

#3 Dried Green Mangoes

Dried Green Mango is the new fried green tomato. This new take on the classic dried mango has been making us salivate with pure delight.

Made from mangoes that are picked while they are mature – fully grown – though not yet ripe. Much of the world’s mango is picked at this stage. As it travels to its final destination, it continues to ripen, eventually developing the sweetness for which mangoes are renowned.

To make this unique snack, when the mature-yet-not-quite-ripe green mangoes are picked, rather than being shipped and allowed to ripen, they are peeled, sliced, sweetened and dried within 24 hours of harvest. This process results in a very tart, yet wonderfully sweet snack that’s really unlike anything else we’ve tasted.

#4 The Beautiful People

Calling all GaGa monsters and Nicki Minaj followers, it’s time to get schooled on the original style setter, Diana Vreeland.

The subject of the must-have fashion book called Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel (and upcoming biopic/documentary film) by Lisa Immordino Vreeland celebrates the life of the high priestess of fashion, and chronicles Diana Vreeland’s rich life and 50 years of international fashion.

Diana Vreeland (1903–1989) was an American original whose impact on fashion and style was legendary. Beginning in 1936, when she became a fashion editor at Harper’s Bazaar, and as editor-in-chief at Vogue, Vreeland established herself as a controversial visionary with an astonishing ability to invent and discover fashion ideas, designers, personalities, and photographers. She started the Costume Institute, the Metropolitan Museum of Art department responsible for its inventive fashion exhibitions.

Diana in her Park Avenue Red Sitting Room that she wanted to look like a garden...a garden in hell.

She is even more vital and relevant today than at the time of her death in 1989. While her reputation in the fashion world is renowned, the actual breadth of her career and extent of her reach is immeasurable.

The true gold standard of fashion and style credibility, Diana Vreeland is responsible for launching many iconic careers, establishing countless trends that have stood the test of time, and bringing an unprecedented and incontrovertible perspective to the fashion world that has scarcely been seen since.

Real quoteworthy, she coined the terms “Pizazz”, “Youthquake” and “Beautiful People”. A woman with many brilliant thoughts and phrases she is known for expressing the following: “The best thing about London is Paris”, “Never fear being vulgar, just boring” and my favorite “You gotta have style. It helps you get up in the morning. It’s a way of life. Without it you’re nobody.”

Pick up the book, it’s truly fierce and fascinating! Retails at $62 and published by Harry N. Abrams Books. An upcoming Diana Vreeland exhibition at Venice’s Fortuny Museum also opens in March 2012.

#5 Sconces

Jonathan Adler wall sconce

Yes, I meant sconces.. and not scones! Getting under great light never looked so good until now.

New styles and contemporary designs in home lighting update this interior staple with coolness in metal, ceramic, and even Murano glass that offers distinctive styling.

alita sconce

Unique curves and an elegant white glaze finish give the Jonathan Adler Ceramic Reform Sconce its fashionable appeal. Body is crafted from ceramic and covered with a soft white linen shade with rolled edge hem.

Uttermost Alita Collection Silver Leaf Wall Sconce has stylish silver leaf finished metal strips that strike a kinetic pattern up front. An antique stain add drama. A champagne fabric inner shade promises warm illumination.

#6 Revenge

Revenge was all the rage on television and it was a big trend. ABC’s Revenge, Sons of Anarchy, and Once Upon A Time were the most blatant with nothing as you’d expect, lots of drama, and more plot twists and turns.

Getting back at someone or making someone pay, while not the most coveted traits to aspire to or living zen-ly, it did inject new life onto the small screen and the major networks with a healthy dose of obsession, betrayal, intrigue, flashbacks, and backstabbing thrown in that captivated and kept you coming back for more.

Here’s hoping the Ewing clan and Dallas reboot slated for 2012 is equally promising with a more karma-is-a-bitch attitude, and perhaps a more comedic, bigger the hair the closer to God, Texas-sized parody! I’ll keep my fingers crossed with wishful thinking for the latter (or I’ll just tune into instead to other big remake In Living Color on Fox which we know will be funny).

Industrie Magazine since its inception in 2009

#7 Industrie Magazine

If you’re serious about fashion (like WE are), then Industrie is the no-nonsense magazine dedicated to the major players in style. It’s a real front row and in-depth backstage look into fashion.

Industrie aims to shift focus away from current collections and trends and provide a considered insight into the culture of fashion. This magazine is unique because it documents the individuals who influence fashion and critically examines the ideas which shape it.

Industrie goes behind the scenes to chronicle the personalities, visionaries, stories, power brokers and defining moments in fashion and takes readers beyond the glitz and gloss and delves right into the heart or guts of fashion with thoughtful discussions and fresh, exclusive interviews intertwined with snapshots, editorials, and short articles.

Industrie magazine is published twice a year.

#8 VERAMEAT

VERAMEAT is for the adventurous…if you’re looking for some badass jewelry, iconic and twisted pieces, often inspired by animals and popular culture then you’ll most definitely feel this.

Each piece of jewelry mirrors a self-sufficient life form with a sculptural presence. Hand-crafted in New York City from such fine materials as ecologically sound recycled silver and pure 14k gold, VERAMEAT designs are artfully refined contemporary heirlooms to inspire your own individual flair.

VERAMEAT is Vera Balyura, a teller of winding tales in search of the extraordinary. Born in Ukraine, she recalls woodcarving with her grandfather, horseback riding in Utah & moving to New York to be a high fashion model all before the age of 14. Each design reflects a personal (yet universal) inspiration—from traveling the world, making music, maritime sagas, botanical structures of light, futuristic visions of rogue spacemen in beer, and before history.

#9 Scentillating

34 Boulevard Saint Germain

Spice up your life and stimulate your senses with two good aromas for men…34 & Atelier Vanille Insensée are scents that truly last all day, but manage to not overpower. I fell in love with both of these at first sniff.

34 Boulevard Saint Germain by Diptyque is a rich and solid fragrance which is suitable for men and women, named after its first Paris boutique location.

Vanille Insensée

It’s a fragrance that has an innovative and complex signature that is neither feminine nor masculine. This scent combines black currant, tuberose, and eucalyptus and was developed around a chypre backbone, the base notes of wood and balms add comfort and create addiction.

Vanille Insensée by Atelier Cologne has an electrical current runs through the subtle sweetness of Madagascar vanilla, jasmine and fresh lime to bond with rich oak moss, woods and spicy coriander. It’s fresh, and not sweet.

Handcrafted leather cap, and removable pump allows for splash or spray use. Atelier Cologne’s Colognes Absolues are couture aromas which are concentrated formulas with a distinctive and long-lasting presence.

The Black Belles. Photo: Joshua Black Wilkins

#10 The Black Belles

“I wear black on the outside because black is how I feel on the inside” Morrissey once sang, as I and millions of others in a seven nation army sometimes feel.

With jet black hair, makeup, and clothes, The Black Belles are enchanting, kick-ass rock n roll Joan Jett would be proud of, goth/rockabilly girls and garage rock!

Jack White (of The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, and The Dead Weather) has his signature sound all over this album and his influence is everywhere. The Black Belles’ bewitching, garage-rock sound is simple & energetic with crunching, wah wah guitar riffs, fuzz pop distortion, thumpy drums, and dark emotive vocals.

This all-female band are the cat’s meow! There’s no one out there like them right now, and we can’t wait to see what else they have up their black velvet and lace sleeves. Their self-titled debut album is out now on Third Man Records.

Love. Angel. Music. Baby…Mad Mini Bambino Style

Hadrian Miguel

Published: November 14, 2011Posted in: Featured Articles, StyleTags: fashion, Gwen Stefani, Hadrian Miguel, kids, Style, Target

Love. Angel. Music. Baby…Mad Mini Bambino Style

by Hadrian Miguel, Life & Style Director

Missoni is so very last month…and if you thought Missoni flew off the shelves and the racks, then hold on because Target continues it’s cheap chic dominance…this time for all the kiddies with Gwen Stefani and her Harajuku Mini for Target collection.

Gwen Stefani’s playful & charming Japanese & punk-inspired clothing finally gives all the bambinos and tweens a very cool place in the world to be seen and be just too cute for words, and with prices parents can smile about. The collection includes more than 80 exclusive fashion items and accessories – from plaid-print jumpers, fuzzy hoodies and tuxedo-style onesies to bow-adorned headbands, faux-leather jackets and trendy punk pants.

Available in sizes from 6 months to 16 years, apparel and accessories prices range from $3.99 to $29.99. Big fun apparel and accessories for girls and boys, infants and toddlers, and tween girls!

The first installment of this highly anticipated, fashion-forward ongoing collection will be available today at Target stores while the second installment of the ongoing Harajuku Mini for Target collection will be available starting December 25.

T.K.O.verkill

Hadrian Miguel

Published: October 25, 2011Posted in: Featured Articles, Pop FlashTags: Dancing With The Stars, Kardashian, Kardashian Kollection, Keeping Up With the Kardasians, Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner

by Hadrian, Life & Style Director

OK, so I do love me some Kim Kardashian (I admit it here and now for the world to see) for beauty first and foremost…and then, also for the whole family to capitulate and capitalize on their more than 15 minutes, but it’s a one, two punch and quite frankly a knockout and Kadashian overkill now.

When Eight is Enough is Enough: The Kardashian/Jenner Clan

It all started in 2007, first there was the Kim Kardashian (and Ray J) sex tape and her popular Playboy pictorial that thrusted Kim, and subsequently the whole family into the spotlight with the E! reality show Keeping Up With The Kardasians (2007- present) which focuses on the personal and professional lives of the members of the Kardashian/Jenner family.

Next, the success of the show created their spawns and spin-offs including Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami, Kourtney and Kim Take New York, Kourtney, Kim & Khloe Take New Jersey and Khloé & Lamar. Originally, Kourtney and Khloe were coming back for season 3 of Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami but Kourtney confirmed she will not be doing it. Khloe’s bff Malika will take Kourtney’s place and the show has been renamed Khloe and Malika take Miami.

There was Kim on Dancing With The Stars, and now younger brother Rob is ballrooming on the show in its current season. The youngest sisters of the clan, Kendall & Kylie are starting to make a name for themselves on the catwalk. There are Kardashian clothing stores, diet pills, workout vid, fragrance, jewelry, sunless tanner, and even images of them on credit cards. We had a Kardashian clothing collection for BeBe, and now a Kardashian Kollection at Sears, and word out on the street today is that a Kardashian Kollection Home is forthcoming.

The Kardashian goldmine: Kris, Khloe, Kourtney, and Kim

Mama Bear, Kris Jenner is clearly the brains & the brawn of the brood muscled with an innate capacity to market, manage, franchise, and make the cash registers go CA-CHING! for the entire family, but when is enough is enough or when eight is enough?

Hmm, only time will tell because as they say a cat only has nine lives, but for today we apparently cannot eat, sleep, shop, or go pop a squat without a Kardashian in the room.

In Support of the Occupy Wall Street Movement…

Peter Chan

Published: October 10, 2011Posted in: Peter Chan Culture BankruptTags: changes, culture, occupywallstreet

In Support of the Occupy Wall Street Movement…

There are times in human history when we rise up against a system that has gone wrong and make a change for the greater good of mankind. Recent history has shown that we can make real change happen if we demand it non-violently. The Civil Rights movement, the Women’s Liberation movement, the Stonewall movement comes to mind.

In September a group of college kids and concerned citizens went down to Wall Street in New York City without so much of a long term plan but just to make their voices heard. A month after that it turned into a full fledged movement with a cause. There are critics, while supporting the protesters, complained that there are no direct demands. Well the demands will come soon enough, what’s important is the message and there is a definite message. I went down to the protest to support the movement and here are some of the photos. Let’s make some real changes and not let the 1% dictate our future. We are the 99%…

Support Occupy Wall Street and make a difference! Go to the site and donate to the cause or just get the facts.

We are the 99%…

all gallerists I slept with

Miriam Alston

Published: October 10, 2011Posted in: Featured Articles, Miriam European Lifestyle, Tangerine CultureTags: art, culture, European art, gallery, Miriam Alston, pop culture, silke thoss

…the greatest show on earth

An afternoon of art abundance with: Silke Thoss

Occasionally I will introduce artists who’ s work I like. I won’t discuss or comment on their work, nor will I quote biographies, gallerists or reviews. For ultimate viewing pleasure in museum quality click on image in order to start our lovely lightbox and enjoy the artwork.

http://www.magnolia.ch/SilkeThoss/

http://galeriecrystalball.wordpress.com/

HAIRraiser

Hadrian Miguel

Published: September 30, 2011Posted in: Featured Articles, Style, Tangerine CultureTags: art, beauty, fashion, Hadrian Miguel, hair, Moscow, The Alternative Hair Show

by Hadrian Miguel, Life & Style Director

Creation by Carlo Bay. Photo by Sergei Chirikov

Make no mistake, The Alternative Hair Show is the real hair battle spectacular!

The 29th Annual Alternative Hair Show in Moscow’s Kremlin wigged out with the most masterful, fierce, wacky, and innovative tresses to hit the runway.

It’s an incredible show that mixes hair, performance, music, and fashion that stuns and inspires audiences around the world.

Not only is it a display for drama and the most hair-raising styles as an art form, The Alternative Hair Show promotes awareness and raises money for research and people with leukemia and lymphoma.

This year’s theme was called Illusion, and the participating hair teams had been asked to use this concept for their shows, and certainly they showed us their creativity and flair for the flashy.

Design by A-Twins of Hungary. Photo by Sergei Chirikov

Check out video scenes from some of the hair hopper styling teams:

Some of the standouts this year were by the teams of Mario Krankl, Carlo Bay, Mone, Saco, Persona Lab, Dream Team Dolores, Sanrizz, TIGI, and Klaus Peter Ochs.

If you missed you the show in Moscow, the next Alternative Hair Show lands in London at the Royal Albert Hall on October 16th.

Try This at Home!

Hadrian Miguel

Published: September 23, 2011Posted in: Featured Articles, Tangerine CultureTags: Arduino, art, Ben Jorritsma, design, diy, Hadrian Miguel, Karen MacKay, lifestyle, Make Magazine, Maker Faire, nyc, Paul Nosa, SketchChair, Steampunk Hatter

by Hadrian Miguel, Life & Style Director

The Maker Faire soldered, forged, threaded, and stamped its way into New York to celebrate all things arts, crafts, engineering, science, and the DIY lifestyle.

Tangerine Living was there to check out all the freaks n geek coolness, latest MacGyver-style gadgets, modern robots and hobby robotics, and greener life capabilities.

Maker Faire is the premier event for grassroots American innovation. As the World’s Largest DIY Festival, this two-day family friendly fair has something for everyone. It’s a showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness and a celebration of the Maker spirit. A collection of tents, booths, exhibits, artists, and demonstrations to inspire and invent new ways to live, work, play, and dress.

Highlights this year include the 3-D Printer Village, an exhibition which features printer models designed by companies like Shop Bot, Ultimaker, MakerBot, and uber-hobbyist John Abella. These machines and printers are capable of making jewelry, furniture, models and prototypes, toys, and even cookies and cheese treats…yep, that’s right!

Here’s some other cool stuff we saw:

Arduino

Arduino gadget

Arduino is another featured tech-y wonder that was prominently displayed. It’s an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software.

Arduino is intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. In short, Arduino is a little gadget that you can use to connect your computer to electronic projects.

Vertical Theory

Solutions for small scale farming in an urban landscape through vertical farming created by Karen MacKay.

Vertical farming for city living

more Vertical Theory

SketchChair

A software tool that allows anyone to easily design, build, and share their own digitally fabricated furniture that is original and unique.

How to SketchChair

Homebrew Biodiesel

DIY Biodiesel

Homebrew Biodiesel

Ben Jorritsma showed us how to convert used cooking oil into fuel for use in unmodified diesel engines, modified heating oil burners, and tuned turbine engines, and how to make your own processor using commonly available hardware.

A homemade system, consisting of a water heater and several holding tanks, transesterification, and further washing and drying, can convert WVO (vegetable oil waste) into biodiesel fuel that’s ready-to-use in cars, trucks, and farming equipment.

Solar Sewing

Paul Nosa draws and designs on his Singer sewing machine by using alternative energy like solar power and bicycle electric generator to power up his machine called the Solar Sewing Rover, a portable sewing machine table made entirely from aluminum.

A sewing machine (without the light on) is rated at about 50 watts and consumes 1 amp every hour. You can be lucky to get about 4 1/2 amps from the sun for the entire day in a really sunny locale, that’s 4 1/2 hours of sewing per day with just the solar panel, while 10 minutes of biking produces 1 hour of sewing.

Steampunk Hatter

Steampunk Hatter at Maker Faire NYC

Handmade leather hats and headgear with a retro future vibe that developed out of the burgeoning West Coast steampunk movement.

Steampunk Hatter draws design inspiration from various San Francisco Bay Area subcultures including Goth, circus, festival, kink, and rock music.

They are a group of designers and steampunk enthusiasts from Santa Cruz that prides themselves on design and craftsmanship using only top-notch American materials.

Maker Faire was created by Make Magazine in the San Francisco area in 2006, and since then it has expanded into other places like Austin, Texas, Rhode Island, North Carolina, the UK, Canada, and New York. Make Magazine is dedicated to your right to tweak, hack, and bend any technology to your own will.

Dirndl Queen

Miriam Alston

Published: September 23, 2011Posted in: Featured Articles, Miriam European Lifestyle, MiscTags: Bavaria, braids, dirndl, European fashion, fashion, hats, Hugo Boss, jewelry, lifestyle, Munich, Oktoberfest

Isn’t this how German women are perceived in the deep forests of middle land around the world? Well, right now, as we speak, myth turns reality once a year in the Lederhosen motherland Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

I am talking about the infamous Oktoberfest, this huge fair where people from all over the world eat enormous amounts of grilled pork or, mostly and, drink gallons of beer until they wind up half dead in a red cross tent. Though you, as an avid Tangerine Reader, are not part of ‘that’ crowd, I know. Instead you would try to sneak into one of the few very exclusive and highly secured V.I.P. tents like the Käfer one to drink champagne and not eat at all!

How will you get in, if you are not a celebrity you ask? Well, you gotta work your cleavage and what better way, if not the only way to feature bossom than in a Dirndl. Some cliche images to cater to your mainstream dark side before we enter the glamorous world of Dirndls.

Dames do dirndls differently and it goes something like this:

The Grande Dame of Dirndl Design undoubtedly is Lola Paltinger. From Barbie to Paris Hilton, everybody who is anybody, wears her creations. She has different lines like Happy Heidi or Lollipop & Alpenrock.

She even pimps top strollers like Bugaboo or Kult bottles from Sigg.

Dirndlherz is another label that mixes modern elements an colors with classic cuts. I love the generous use of black! It comes as no surprise that the Hot Dog Dress on the right was sold out in seconds (though the shoes are wrong).

I very much adore the creations of Dirndl-Africaine. I thinks it’s fantastic how these two sisters, who grew up in Kamerun, mix original African patterns with traditional Dirndl design; just one great crossover.

Daniel Hiller ‘ s jewelry pairs craftsmanship with childlike, fun sujets! The gold Brezel is his signature piece; the Brezel is a traditional Bavarian snack equally famous in New York. The grilled chicken (called Hendl in Bavaria) rocks!

And there are more Dirndls; fresh and short in your typical country color schemes like these affordable ones from Wenger and Country Line

or long and elegant evening ones from Sportalm which -as you can see- has a modern and sexy touch to their Dirndls as well….

More accessories… these cute felt bags from Ähre & Korn have great names, like gunslinger, amore nero or bonded whiskey (€ 40).

Ophelia Blaimer does gorgeous bridal wear, Schmitt und Schäfer serves Couture and Silk and Pearls is also known for their beautiful work. There is a Dirndl for almost all walks of live, from common to couture.

Before I go I want to show you something of which I am uncertain whether or not i should think of it as cool? Bare with me: Initially it is about the hats, lost innocence and dirndl gypsy, made by dirndlpunk (love the name), but what about the ‘choker’? Judging from her facial expression on the right, she seems slightly tortured. Overall though, I guess it’s o.k. in a Lady Gaga kinda way (there’s a rhyme right there) but remember, you do need a long neck in order to wear two rows of braids…

Last, the ultimate accessory: a man. This one is decked out in Boss Black from head to toe.

You know there is so much more in terms of complete get ups; stockings, hair dos (braids mainly), lingerie, entire looks can fill pages over pages but I didn’t want to go overboard. So consider this a sneak peak into the unique world of Dirndls.

Servus (bye), your Dirndl queen of hearts

http://www.dirndl-africaine.de

http://www.dirndlherz.at/

http://www.lolapaltinger.com/

http://www.aufgebretzelt.de/

http://www.silkandpearls.de/galerie

www.danielhiller.de jewlery

http://www.aehreundkorn.de/ accessories

http://www.idirndl.de/category/styling/ blog

http://www.be-gipsy.de/photos.html vintage shop

http://www.sigg.com/

www.hugoboss.com/Wies’n_&_Wasen

http://www.opheliablaimer.de/

The Men All Pause

Hadrian Miguel

Published: September 22, 2011Posted in: Featured Articles, Style, Tangerine CultureTags: fashion, Hadrian Miguel, J.W. Anderson, Kokon To Zai, London, London Fashion Week, Lou Dalton, men's fashion

by Hadrian Miguel, Life & Style Director

London Fashion Week is in full bloom this week and the men took center stage yesterday with the collections for Spring 2012 from a few of the new and established design darlings.

designer Lou Dalton

Lou Dalton

If you reference Morrissey and the Smiths to describe your signature guy as “This Charming Man” then you’ve already won me over big time! Lou stamps her oh-so-British sportswear collection with a twist and mostly in black, another plus plus!

Her inspiration for the spring 2012 collection was from the play “The Pitmen Painters, the UK Miners’ Strike of 1984-1985, and Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake” and can be seen in the trousers, cargo shorts, and jackets. Other colors on the palette include, navy, camel, and cream.

J.W. Anderson

J.W. Anderson believes things can be borrowed from a man to a woman and from a woman to a man, and his inspirations for this collection are a confident and stripped back look underpinned by the use of artisan techniques mixed with modern technical fabrics, and also influenced by the work of American artist Robert Rauschenberg.

He plays with color, bold prints, and futuristic & geometric shapes on sleeveless shirts, narrow trousers, mesh shorts, jersey tops, and fitted knits and cardigans that double as bottoms.

The collection of J.W. Anderson

KTZ: Kokon To Zai

Kokon To Zai aka KTZ is a collaboration of three designers: Koji Maruyama, Sasko Bezovski and Marjan Pejoski. They are the collective behind the retail network of cult stores Kokon to Zai, combining music and fashion that’s based in London and Paris.

KTZ thinks of themselves as a tribe of people who think a little differently and this collection has bold, colorful pieces with African tribal influences mixed with black to share their multicultural & layered style and bright-eyed vision to the world.

KTZ: Kokon To Zai

Fast Food (n)Asian

Hadrian Miguel

Published: September 20, 2011Posted in: Featured Articles, Tangerine CultureTags: asian, fast food, Filipino, food, Hadrian Miguel, Jollibee, Korean, KyoChon

by Hadrian Miguel, Life & Style Director

Are you looking other fast, quick alternatives to the standard burger, fish filet, and chicken sandwich? Well, as appetites for more savory flavors and Asian cuisine grows, so does our choices for fast dining.

So move over Yoshinoya Beef Bowl and Panda Express, there’s been some new kids on the block and surely making their presence known.

KyoChon

KyoChon is the new KFC…Korean Fried Chicken!

KyoChon signature fried chicken

As the saying goes, “Ain’t no thing but a chicken wing”, and the KyoChon wings reign supreme here, and other tasty Korean delights are the specialty of this popular destination in New York City and Los Angeles. If you love Soy-Garlic fried chicken, Bul-Gogi, Sal Sal, pickled daikon radish, and Korean fiery red-hot Chili Sauce, then you’ve come to the right place.

KyoChon, started in Korea in 1991, has established more than 1,000 restaurants in Korea, China and 10 restaurants in the U.S., including its flagship restaurant in Manhattan, and created the double-frying and hand-brushing techniques that ensure exceptionally crispy chicken with unforgettable flavor.

Jollibee

Jollibee serves up fast food Filipino-style. Their Filipino-inspired dishes specializes in fried chicken, burgers, spaghetti, and desserts.

Chickenjoy is a Jollibee specialty, it’s their crispy, yet juicy fried chicken available in original and spicy. Other Filipino signature food fare include the Spam burger, Palabok Fiesta (pancit noodle dish), and the Banana Langka (jackfruit) pie.

oh so sweet Halo Halo

Jollibee landed in the United States in 1998 and has 600+ outlets in the Philippines, across Asia, which also includes 25 fast food eateries here in the U.S.- mostly on the West Coast, and 1 in Queens, New York.

Most Americans are more familiar with other popular Asian foods like Chinese, Thai, Japanese, and Vietnamese. Both Jollibee and KyoChon help to broaden the range with Filipino and Korean treats.

But these fast foodies better watch out because word on the street is that Steve Ells’ natural and organic Chipotle Mexican Grill is about to jump into the game with their version of Asian fusion and fast-casual called ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen.

what do you do on top?

Miriam Alston

Published: September 19, 2011Posted in: Featured Articles, Miriam European LifestyleTags: accessories, airbag, bike, bowler, Denmark, design, fall, fashion, French, helmets, kids, lifestyle, Paul Frank, safety, uk

what do you do on top?

I am pretty sure that you are riding the bike for both, health and environment, but do you ride safely? I agree, there are tons of hidious helmets out there which you are embarrassed to be seen with so you take the risk and wear nothing on top. Now you can have both, style and safety:

Take a look at the following and note one of my favoureds: Yakkay from Denmark, who just launched in the US. These fabric covered helmets have a mod quality to them and patterns are perfect for fall.

London based Sawako Furuno rocks my little bike world… I am immediately thrown into a clean pool of japanese design brilliance and now look at this: a daring leopard helmet. As a gentleman you might prefer the crocodile one!

Perhaps you would like to work a TOP GUN look this Fall? Then try Diesel Mowie helmet, a collaboration of Diesel Design Team and AVG? Maybe a bit much for Madison Avenue ($215) ?

In terms of coolness I love the Hardnutz Chrome helmet. The chrome finish will increase your visibility in traffic and double up as mirror to fix your face or cruise backwards. Let’s keep shining: At Bobbin Bicycles you can find a gold helmet that is too sexy for words (also available in silver).

The ultimate stunner at Bobbin clearly is Mr. Ben’ Bowler, made by Moody & Farrell! In case you are channeling charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge. Surely you’ll have the streets all to yourself, ha ha…

Check out this futuristic design, a foldable helmet named beetle Cycle designed by Paul Loury.

Another french design Wunder is Jerome Coste with his Les Ateliers Ruby helmet out of carbon fiber shell, genuine Nappa Lambskin and burgundy patted interior. They come with three visors of different tints. Colette in Paris used to carry those in limited editions.

Kevin Goulip designed a cork helmet which has a clean WW2 look, whereas

Julien Bergignat took inspiration from the Amadillo to create the lightweight recyclable Tattoo helmet.

I am sure you all know nutcase, an American helmet manufacturer. Superstar, Daisy Stripe and Stars and Stripes rock. In summer I would totally wear the Watermelon from the gen2 collection and if you want your kids to match go check out the little nutty line…you can have a mini.me watermelon.

Then there is Bell, another well known company. They teamed up with Paul Frank to jazz up kids helmets. Well done!

The poc receptor⁺ is the only helmet worldwide that incorporates three different norms and can therefore be used for cycling, skiing, skating and wake boarding.

By the way, a great site for style is the UK shop cyclechic. They carry some of the cool brands like Sawako Furuno and Yakkay.

I leave you with my all time favored from Sweden (to take our minds off from the brothel visiting King)…the Airbag from Hövding! It totally reminds me of my mother in the 70ies when she ran around the house with curlers blow drying her hair with exactly this helmet on!

I am off riding with scissors….

http://www.bobbinbicycles.co.uk/lookbook.html

http://www.hovding.com/en/how

http://www.cyclechic.co.uk/

Mad for Missoni

Hadrian Miguel

Published: September 12, 2011Posted in: Featured Articles, StyleTags: beauty, design, fashion, Hadrian Miguel, home furnishing, Missoni, Missoni for Target, Style, Target

by Hadrian Miguel, Life & Style Director

You better hurry, it’s a mod, mod, mod world now with the proliferation of colorful zigzags and swirly patterns with the cheap chic collection of Missoni which launches tomorrow for a very limited run at Target.

Since 1953, Missoni has been acclaimed worldwide for its unique knitwear in eclectic mix-and-match patterns, colors and textures. Known for its fashion and luxury goods, Missoni has created many collections sold at 37 freestanding boutiques, leading department stores and retailers around the world.

Although Missoni is well known for its textiles and prints in clothing, I’m much more excited about the home furnishings collection (including bedding, dinnerware, stationery and décor) available in the same colorful patterns and at very cool, moderate prices ( $12.99 for towels, rugs and pillow $29.99, and dishes from $2.99-$19.99)!

Missoni for Target collection is at prices ranging from $2.99 to $399.99, with most items less than $40.

I’ll also probably scoop up the bedding set, the expresso/coffee mug set, and maybe a piece or two in the men’s collection (although press images from that collection were very limited at time of this publication), and the bike, which I’ll snap up and ride up in style at Burning Man next year!

Only available from Sept. 13 through Oct. 22, 2011 at all Target stores and Target.com.

SPOERRY 1866

Miriam Alston

Published: September 8, 2011Posted in: Featured Articles, Miriam European LifestyleTags: europe, fashion, Jamaica, James Bond, Sea Island Cotton

Spoerry 1866, Zeitgeist Redefined

What do Chanel, Queen Victoria, James Bond, the Duke of Windsor, and Louis Vuitton all have in common? The answer later …

This time around, back in July, I wasn’t at all interested in the runway shows at Berlin Fashion Week so instead I chose to visit one of the three Trade Shows, Premium. Dizzy from mainstream fashion mediocrity I came to my senses in a simple space, when seeing a small collection for men which felt like stranding on an island of good taste and understatement. Naturally I was excited to meet the force behind Spoerry 1866, Product Manager Christoph Irnich, who took some time to talk to me about the company and the clothes.

Spoerry 1866 has been the worlds renown supplier of yarn to the luxury segment of the textile industry from day one. Day one, that is the year 1866, when the Spoerry brothers set up a spinning plant in Flums, a small village in the rural valley of Switzerland. Spoerry 1866 is producing the finest, richest and most expensive thread in the world. Sea Island Cotton builds the fundament of their yarn. In addition, the company has been using Vikuna, Cashmere ,Silk or Wool to enrich the raw cotton material according to their customer requests.

Coming from a long line of adventurers (the great grandfather of Mr. Spoerry would travel with his hot-air balloon over Egypt and South America, another flew his own plane, then there was a Spoerry who raced against Steve McQueen in the seventies) Peter Spoerry, who runs the company in

fifth generation, continuous the family tradition. His keen knowledge of the production side based on over 140 years of experience paired with great resources plus his collaboration with leading craftsmen in Italy and Switzerland made the launch of Spoerry 1866 Men’s line two years ago come very natural. His decision, to first introduce his current collection in Kingston during Jamaica

Fashion week back in June was no accident either. Together with local farmers, Mr. Spoerry owns a plantation -that also treats the cotton- in Jamaica (as well as in Barbados) and showing the clothes there was like paying tribute to the homeland, like going back to the roots!

What I saw in Berlin was a small and exclusive line of about 35 pieces of basic Men’ s wear. Colors mostly navy and white… You find a traditional gentlemen spirit paired with a taste for luxury and great ease in those clothes. So I wondered just who would wear Spoerry 1866′ s accoutrement on & off screen? Dickie Greenleaf for instance or let’s say, George Falconer on the weekend, definitely Jay Gatsby, both Danny Ocean and George Clooney , then there is the ever so stylish Patrick Bateman, David Bowie,Russell Simmons, Kayne West, Puff Daddy in Saint Tropez. You get the picture?

On that note; remember my question? Here is your answer: Sea Island Cotton. According to Ian Fleming, James Bond’s shirts were made of fine Sea Island Cotton, Queen Victoria’s handkerchiefs, the former King Edward VIII only wore Sea Island Cotton shirts and nowadays luxury brands like Tom Ford, Vuitton and Chanel -to name a few- all use Sea Island Cotton in their garments.

Sea Island cotton (Gossypium barbadense) grows in the West Indies; Barbados and Jamaica, because the climate there is perfect. But what makes it so exclusive? For one, the answer lies in its extremely long staples (1.5 to 2.5 inches, 35 to 60 mm) Then there is the silky shine, the texture with the softness of cashmere, as well as its durability, long wear and almost no shedding. Beware though, Sea Island Cotton is not a trade mark. Only after WISICA, the West Indian Sea Cotton Association, certifies the cotton with a numbered hologram, you know you have the real deal.

Yearly harvest allows very limited production which makes Sea Island Cotton such a rare commodity. Demands are high and with that, so is the price.

By the way, appropriately enough Spoerry 1866 will be introducing their line during NY Fashion Week in a small and intimate gathering at Core … you might just read about it in Vanity Fair (I heard George Wayne fell in love with the clothes in Jamaica) and here of course, as our editor at large will have the exclusive rights to cover this party… Cheers to quality, taste and tradition!

To see the runway show please visit Spoerry 1866

Love This!

Miriam Alston

Published: September 6, 2011Posted in: Featured Articles, Miriam European LifestyleTags: accessories, European fashion, Jewellery, shoes, TopShop

Leaving my mental monastery (not institution) after a 2 year sabbatical, my lust for shopping has out sized my cravings for sugar… Have a look at my Topshop fall shopping cart and see what I am getting:

Luxury red velvet platform sandals; aren’t they darling? I am having visions of myself twirling with Halston in my white YSL Pantsuit at DVF’s penthouse, Bianca asking me to join her at the bathroom (to freshen up Make up) on our way stumbling over Andy who is just starring at Robert’s Leather Chaps while Liz, Michael and Brooke are playing Charade in the kitchen and Steve is rushing of to Studio where we all wind up later on that night…

J’aime beaucoup aussi les Love Word rings . Since you do not want to tattoo your fingers until both your ultraconservative parents are dead, this is your one and only option. These Love Word rings in old gold will make you feel very ‘don’t fuck with me’ in a karmically good way. Do wear your nails short with dark polish and loose the glitter, shimmer or whatever else you thought was cute this summer. Hurry, already sold out in small.

I am also buying Tortoiseshell Square Oversize Sunglasses By Squint, because I firmly believe in over sized spectacles all year around and since I am getting away from the ‘ all black front row situation’ (these also come in all black in case you are still working that look) what better choice than snake skin paired with lavender tint glasses?

Last, back to jewelry: It seems to me that someone over at Topshop must have opened the book of Genesis for inspiration because you can fill Noah’s Ark with every animal imaginable from scorpion to monkey, frog, hawk, owl, octopus, lamb, polar bear, leopard, swan, ram, bug, zebra, you name it, they’ve got it…mostly as rings, but also as earrings.

My absolute favored out of all of them is the black Eagle Head Ring, simply because it is so chic and chunky. Actually, I think it works for both women and butch men (Justin Theroux for instance, would go well with his horrible tattoos which I kinda like).

Et voila, I also got some vibrant vintage pieces which I might tell you about later this month.

Bis zum nächsten Mal, Miriam

Top Shop item codes: 32L09APNK £58.00, 61D50YGLD £20.00 , 22X33YTOR £25.00, 61R26ZBLK £16.50

The Fashions of Madonna’s W.E.

Peter Chan

Published: August 27, 2011Posted in: Featured Articles, StyleTags: costume, fashion, Film, Madonna, Style

The much-talked about directorial debut from Madonna – W.E., yes that Madonna, will be released in December 9, 2011. Ahead of the film’s release Vanity Fair has released a portfolio of the couture fashion featured in the movie.

Long time Madonna collaborator Arianne Phillips tapped Cartier, Dior and Dunhill for the film’s costume.

W.E. tells the obsessive love story of Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII who abdicated the throne to be with Wallis. The film stars Andrea Riseborough and James D’Arcy.

Check out the full W.E. Portfolio at Vanity Fair. Photos by Tom Munro

Great Scott!

Hadrian Miguel

Published: August 26, 2011Posted in: Featured Articles, StyleTags: adidas, Bjork, fashion, fierce, Hadrian Miguel, Jeremy Scott, Karl Lagerfeld, Kelis, Lady GaGa, Madonna, runway, Style, Swatch

by Hadrian, Life & Style Director

the designer Jeremy Scott

With New York Fashion Week upon us in less than two weeks, we’re anticipating some brilliant collections especially from the likes of Jeremy Scott, the edgy American designer and rising star who is taking the world runway by storm with his fierceness.

Jeremy Scott has a body of work that exemplifies the essence and sparkle of Keith Haring and Steven Sprouse with a smidgeon of the drama of Gaultier, McQueen, Westwood, Galliano and Thierry Mugler— and those are extremely gigantic and staggering shoes to fill.

His use of iconic Pop cultural references has radiated with his audience and has underlined his dashing and daring style. For his very own signature ready to wear line, his creations are often conceptual, well constructed, and humorously emblazoned with social commentary. He believes that you should have fun with fashion and his designs mimic that mantra with a proud, indie, emo-punk, freak flag-waving spirit. His clothing is notorious for its wit, playfulness, irony and eccentricity.

Whether you love him or hate him, one thing for certain is Jeremy is also able to inject a celebrated sportswear brand like Adidas or popular Swiss timekeeper Swatch with some freshness and whimsy.

Jeremy Scott: runway + adidas + swatch

Jeremy’s other notable designer collaborations include Christian Louboutin, Linda Farrow, Longchamp, Swarovski, and Ksubi. He has draped every major music diva from Madonna to Bjork, Lady Gaga to Kelis and most rock starlets in between.

And here’s the pièce de résistance, Karl Lagerfeld has even gone on to say that he envisions Jeremy as his successor at Chanel…wow, now that’s even more impressive!

For more info, visit the Jeremy Scott website

Tangerine Living Fall 2011 Beauty Report

Chantal Moore

Published: August 25, 2011Posted in: Chantal Moore Makeup, Featured Articles, Style, Tangerine BeautyTags: beauty, Chantal Moore Makeup, makeup, Style

Tangerine Living Fall 2011 Beauty Report

Fall is always an exciting time in fashion and beauty. You get to switch it up in the transition between seasons and try new colors which is an easy way to implement some change into your look. Fall fashion leads the way and beauty follows so here are some easy ways to integrate the trends to pay attention to for Fall- with a few product recommendations to help you get the looks.

NATURAL FACE

The neutral, warm, nude face. With a focus on flawless skin, caramel, sienna, taupe, nude, beige and brown are the basis for the color palette on eyes, cheeks and lips.The overall look is muted and mostly bare.

Dick Page chose this look for Michael Kors…..

Charlotte Tilbury designed this look for Chloe….

CHEEK FLUSH

Francoise Nars designed a unique flushed cheek for Marc Jacobs. Whether you rock the low blended look that he created or the always classic “doll cheek” flush focused on the center of the apples of the cheek- it’s a great way to showcase a fresh, youthful, pop of color. I love a bright pink cheek. I always turn to Nars Desire for powder blush and for creme I really love Laura Mercier Creme Cheek Colour in Oleander. Layer the powder over creme and you’ll have a bright flush that lasts.

Nars Desire Blush….

Laura Mercier Creme Cheek Colour in Oleander….

BOLD LIP

There was a bevy of reds and wines on the runway for Fall 2011. Pat McGrath custom blended a blackened burgundy for Gucci. I always love a classic bright red like Mac’s Ruby Woo which was Lucia Pieroni’s choice for Giles, or Chanel’s Rouge Allure lipstick in Entertainment- which Peter Philips used on his models for Jil Sander….

Gucci….

Giles….

Ruby Woo by Mac….

Jil Sander….

I am also loving the deep jewel tone aubergines like Nars Train Bleu….

METALLIC EYES

I love Laura Mercier Sequin Eye Colour in Sterling and Chanel Illusoire. You’ll see a lot of graphic lines with a shimmery silver gray wash blended through it. Chanel showed a beautiful metallic eye for Fall 2011….

Chanel….

Laura Mercier Sequin Eye Colour in Sterling….

Chanel Illusoire….

BOLD BROWS

Alexander Wang chose a bold brow statement for his Fall 2011 collection. So did Stephane Marais when he designed the look for Jean Paul Gaultier. You’ll want to fill yours in if they are sparse and Brow Control by Brow Diva can help keep them perfectly groomed.

Alexander Wang…..

Jean Paul Gaultier……..

Brow Diva Brow Control……..

NEUTRAL NAILS

Fall 2011 nail trends lean towards neutrals…my personal favorites are Glamour Purse and Case Study both from Essie’s Carry On Fall 2011 Collection.

Glamour Purse….

Case Study….

UNDONE HAIR

Fall 2011 hair trends are all about natural, loose, romantic hair. Whether it’s worn up or down-the look is undone, deconstructed, casual, incidental. Even if it is retro inspired- it is not refined. If it’s a ponytail- it’s looser and more casual…. not perfect. I particularly loved the hair at Rodarte which I felt beautifully encompassed this whole mood…..