Simply the Best, Part Deux

Hey sweethearts,
Okay, so today's installment of my Spring 08 Fashion Week Superlatives is dedicated to this season's smoking-hot model du jour, Lady Miss Chanel Iman (that's her backstage, looking twelve kinds of adorable). If Fashion Week is high school, this 17-year-old, half black/half Korean LA-native definitely wins Best Looking, Most Popular and perhaps even the Early Naomi Campbell Award for Naked Ambition (she recently told Teen Vogue that her goal is to become a household name...gotta love her moxie!). In a wildly inconsistent season, Chanel was the one constant, storming down the runways of every designer worth mentioning. I LOVE her. Fashion writers far and wide have devoted words aplenty to the wonder of her sent-from-the-style-gods name, but her raging success is about so much more than her moniker...it's about legs, it's about eyes, and most importantly, her unflagging grace. Last fall, at the Cher Michael Klein show in Paris, C.I. suffered a shocking wardrobe malfunction that earned her the nickname Chanipple, but hot stuff winked and shrugged it off. Damn. When I was seventeen, I had chin acne and a soul-crushing habit of tripping while standing still. Anyway, given Miss Chanel superstar status, I thought it was more than appropriate for her to illustrate the following Fashion Week superlatives. Enjoy!
xoxo,
Tia

TIA'S FASHION WEEK SUPERLATIVES, PART 2

EYES MOST LIKELY TO LAND YOU A ONE-NIGHT STAND SO EPIC THAT, THREE MONTHS LATER, IT RESULTS IN AN ENGAGEMENT: Anna Sui
Purple eyeshadow is not my favorite thing. If done wrong, it can make even the cutest girl look like a middle aged Parisian hooker. But the smoky plum shadow at Anna Sui was so chic, it made me rethink the whole situation. Clearly the look is a little much for day, so I came up with a smashing way to intigrate purple into your daily regimen: First, invest in my new favorite product, Stila Convertible Eye Color in Berry ($20), a soft, plummy eyeshadow stick with a built-in smudger. Blend the stick along your upper lashline, creating a thick line. For a sultry, not-trying-too-hard feel, run the smudger over the line, smoking it out a bit. Finally, line the inside of your bottom lid. Finish up with tons of mascara, and you're Sex Walking.


MOST TIMELESSLY LOVELY HAIR: Behnaz Sarafpour
Isn't it just so pretty? Styles come and go with the tides, but bouncy, glossy, tousled-on-purpose curls are ALWAYS good. And so easy, too. Simply run a dime-sized blob of shine serum like Garnier Fructis Weightless Leave-In Anti-Frizz Serum ($5.99) through dry hair, separate out a small section, and wind it around my Dominican salon's favorite curling iron,
Hot Tools Professional Ceramic Spring Curling Iron ($39). Roll the section into a pin curl, then continue the steps all over until your head's covered in pin curls. Let cool for five minutes, then undo the pins and shake out hair with your fingers. Pretty, pretty, pretty.


LIPS BOUND TO MAKE ANGELINA GROWL WITH ENVY: Oscar de la Renta
Girls, after a season frought with a zillion shades of baby-pink, the nude lip is officially back! But this time, it's with a twist. Instead looking chalky and washed-out, the "new nude" is a downright radiant! Shot through with a warm golden iridescence, this creamy toffee-hued lip is oh-so-flattering on brown skin. And MAC's Moonbathe Lipglass in Crescent ($14) has this luminous, toasty-gold thing DOWN (it looks dark on the website, but I own it...the shade is a perfect match). I've worn it every day since being turned out at the show. Damn Oscar de la Renta for tearing me away from my Raisin Glaze!
xoxo,
Tia

OH, BY THE WAY...: If you're in the New York area this weekend, stop by the Brooklyn Book Festival and watch me blab on a very sexy panel, read from IT CHICKS and sign books! Here's the info:

PLACE: Brooklyn Borough Hall (209 Joralemon Street between Court and Adams Streets)

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: 2, 3, 4, 5 to Borough Hall; R to Court Street; A, C, F to Jay Street/Borough Hall

PANEL: 3:00 p.m.  THE GLAM FACTOR at the Independence Community Foundation’s Young Writers Pavilion:
Behind the scenes of fictional glamour.  Three teen writers read from their novels and talk about their stories set in the rich environs of Orange County, CA and Manhattan high society. Featuring Tia Williams (The Accidental Diva), Antonio Pagliarulo (The Celebutants), and Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez (Haters).  Moderated by author Daniel Ehrenhaft.

Directly afterwards, I'll be signing books! See you there....