Patty Zimmer, owner of Pattycakes kids’ boutique
Fashion
There you are lounging next to the pool like only a true sun goddess can. You’ve got a cold piña colada in your hand and a hot monokini on your bod. Your hair’s soaking wet from the dip you just took, and the only thing you’d like to know is how much better the good life can get. Fast forward to late August and you’ve got a new question: How much worse can your hair get?
BY DESIGN
Four-year-old Avery Lovell is discovering what it means to be in her element. Clad in a soccer jersey and sporting pigtail French braids, she sits in a room that kids her age usually only see in story time books. Pink tiaras are stenciled on the walls, princess costumes adorn antique curio cabinets, dainty tea cups hang from a sparkling chandelier and frosting swirls smother dozens of miniature cupcakes on the table in front of her.
Achieve one look on two budgets
Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe was here on business. Jill Zarin and Bethenny Frankel of “Real Housewives of New York” were here looking for their 16th minute. But Candy Spelling was at Couture, the luxury jewelry trade show at Wynn Las Vegas, because there’s no other place she’d rather be.
Sak it to Me: Shop the latest pieces from the Montblanc collection today at Saks Fifth Avenue. Refreshments will be served and expert graphologist Paula Sassi will be on site to analyze your handwriting from 4 to 6 p.m.
Fashion and men don’t always mesh. But all that could change, starting this summer. We’ve taken tips from Tom Julian, author of the fabulously functioonal “Nordstrom Guide to Men’s Style,” and applied them to men’s summer staples to get you started on the basics.
• Fashion Talk: The International Academy of Design & Technology invites members of the local fashion and retail communities, along with the general public, to attend its Design Series Friday, 7-8 p.m. This month’s presentation will be lead by local fashion writers Colleen Smiley, deputy editor of Vegas magazine, Leslie Frisbee, editor of Las Vegas Magazine and Xazmin Garza, fashion reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The event is free and open to the public.
The one attribute just as recognizable as Stevie Nicks’ sweet sand paper voice would have to be her wardrobe. The dark and drapey garments she’s known for may look plucked off the pages of an Anne Rice novel, but one L.A.-based fashion designer knows exactly where they derive.
The summer of ’07 brought with it the Beckham bob, the short little ‘do Victoria “Posh” Beckham inspired a bevy of women to mimic. It was hotter than the Vegas sun, but come September everyone realized that growing it out was about as awkward as puberty itself.
Since becoming a mom, we’ve noticed a few alterations to Ashlee Simpson-Wentz’s style. And we like them. She’s reverted back to the edge she first greeted us with when the pop star launched her first album. In taking a step back, however, she’s taken huge steps forward thanks to the drop of sophistication the pop singer has introduced into her wardrobe.