Kristin Kreuk - Bare Back and Style

I’ve got to say, I’m pretty happy about the decisions The CW made this fall television season. It kept all of my favorite shows – Hart of Dixie, Arrow, The Vampire Diaries (to a lesser extend) – and picked up the show I’m perhaps most excited about, The Originals. I’m less happy about their decision to cancel Emily Owens M.D. because I really feel it had a lot of potential and left us with a huge cliffhanger in the series finale. Not fair! All the same, I got most of what I wanted so I’m happy. What does all that have to do with Kristin Kreuk? Well, not a lot really. Her show, Beauty and the Beast was also picked up for a second season and while I’m sure fans of the show are pretty excited about that, I didn’t really have much of a reaction. I haven’t gotten around to tuning in yet. Perhaps I will now because I have to say, these photos of Kristen in NYC have me quite interested in learning more about her.

She’s not your typical knockout. She’s got something unique about her look and I really like that. She also has great style. Now, I only need to find out if she can act! Based on the show’s fan base, I’m going to go ahead and assume she can. Guess I’ll tune in and fine out for myself. Glad I’ll have the chance. In an era where networks seem all too eager to cancel shows (Last Resort and Go On hurt especially bad), it’s nice to see a network willing to stand by its shows, even if the ratings aren’t terrific. Way to go, CW!

Happy Birthday : Janet Jackson - Style Icon

Janet Jackson's style evolution from 1982 to 2002.

Happy 47th Birthday Janet Jackson! To consecrate this hallowed occasion.

As a youngin, Janet Jackson was just the cute baby sister of her superstar brother crew, and her child-style was tethered to their garish-ass '70s costumes. Her showbiz debut was at the age of seven on the stage of the MGM in Vegas, and by nine she was performing on the CBS variety show The Jacksons, dressed in gossamer pants and lamé vests over turtlenecks, cutesy ensembles chosen specifically to match her bros' performative bell bottoms. God bless, but GOOD GOD. Soon enough, she ended up as Penny on Good Times and got to bust loose in clothes that didn't make her look like a tiny genie fresh out the bottle, wearing normal-kid flared '70s collars and dy-no-mite wool plaids and, on one occasion, a ruffle sleeved overall that looks like it inspired the entire Free People line. She was, for a time, America's little sis, and America dressed her like it.

But something happened on the way to Diff'rent Strokes, the '80s sitcom about a rich white guy adopting two young black kids (what?), on which Janet played Charlene Duprey, Todd Bridges' fine young girlfriend: she emerged as a style icon. As one of the only black women on TV portrayed in a positive light, girls all across the country started cribbing her inimitable style: a demure bob with gilded hoop earrings and a teen version of that '80 secretary look that was so popular: bow shirts, peter pan collars, embroidered back pockets on jeans.

The early '80s were a time when you could be ten years old and dress like you were 35, but Janet made it palatable and cute, a little bit preppy as opposed to chained-behind-a-desk schoolmarm. And as she came into her own, she broke out, merging Charlene Duprey's style into her own.

Well, with a little more flair: those kiss socks are the most.

Then came Control. The album that established Janet as a pop star was all about growing up and becoming a woman—she didn't want us to look at her as Michael's little sister anymore—so she needed serious rock star estilo to match. The first video from that album was bad-boyfriend dis song "What Have You Done For Me Lately"—and the first time my old ass caught a glimpse of her in full effect. IT WAS A REVELATION. Not only did a mondo-AquaNetted, pre-pop star Paula Abdul play her commiserating homegirl, Janet debuted the new wave menswear look that she'd carry through her life: gigantic hair, shoulder-padded blazer, chambray vest and a reclamation of the gold lamé she was draped in so early in life, in the form of an oxford buttondown and a stack of gilded bangles.

THIS WAS '80s POWER-DRESSING at its least starchy, and for me and all of the other old-ass people who witnessed it, the Control era was an instruction manual in how to become the badass, no-shorts-taking girl next door. Even when she was going casual, she looked super tough—Cassie's "Me & U" video wanted to be the "Pleasure Principle" video so bad, but it was missing the allover denim, kneepads, and Adidas Sambas.

For her second album Rhythm Nation 1814, she took her menswear even further. It was a concept album about a world in which social disparity is eradicated, so Janet went in for the military hardware and the world flipped. "Rhythm Nation," the song, was so influential that in my dance classes at the time, the teacher would dedicate hours to teaching us the dance from the video, and everyone wanted to dress like her—black leggings, military jackets, ballcaps. She had her own personal Rhythm Nation hardware and bondage straps; I can't figure out or remember if she predated the Boy London hardware caps, but both were around the same time, and she was influential enough that it's not unlikely her steez gave them the idea.

This is not to say she didn't have a softer side. "Love Will Never Do" was one of the biggest singles from Rhythm Nation 1814, and the fleshy video, released in 1991, established her as a bona fide sex symbol. She was all draped up in iconic early '90s fashion, in an outfit that could have been in a Guess ad with Claudia Schiffer: a simple bustier and jeans playing up the essential Bardotness of her swept-up hair and bandana. Off-set, though, she couldn't resist pulling together the look with her signature man-jacket (cropped, as they often were) and major belt that probably weighed 42 pounds. Her sexiness always comes with a few rough edges—but that's part of what makes her an icon. No one dressed like her in the business, but everyone wanted to.

In 1993, Janet went back into acting with the era-defining John Singleton movie Poetic Justice, in which she played a Nuyorican-style poetess-slash-love interest for the incredibly fly Tupac and his godforsakenly fine abdominals. (RIP Pac.) Of course she needed a natural look—the film dovetailed with the '90s African pride movement, in which everyone and their Native Tongues wore a leather necklace depicting the mother continent—so she went with long box braids and a floppy newsboy cap. Translated to the street, it was the same deal—baggy Girbaud jeans, boots (usually Doc Martens, aka "the Jodeci boot"), the everloving giant silver belt, and a baby tee, looking like she just stepped off the pages of Sassy magazine. (Bonus points to the woman behind her in the long floral grunge dress and paparazzi side-eye.)

Remember Janet the Sex Symbol? Though she has remained loyal to her signature menswear over the years, when she's got to gussy up, she takes no prisoners. This gorgeous bias-cut gown at the 2002 Essence Awards is the first example of her wearing gleaming white on the red carpet, and she's done it ever since. She knows it looks gorgeous with her skin tone, and it's a nice, formal contrast to her usual uniform of black on black on black (on brown).

OOPS, except for when she's wearing designs by her lifelong friend, Alexander McQueen. (RIP, Lee.) He was the first person to ever invite her to a fashion show in the late 1990s (if the lateness of that timeline seems unusual, recall that back then, runway shows were not the celebrity-pocked s**tshows they are now—the only people who usually attended were fashion editors and buyers). He dressed her through the years, and even got her out of her neutral hues and into this stunning, gradient kimono dress, which she wore to the opening of his Los Angeles retailer in 2008.

Janet's a fashion icon in part because she's kept it consistent, and made certain styles her own. In 2008, on the "Rock Witchu" tour with Nelly, she kept to her military theme, but updated it for the new Millennium. Beyonce may cop custom, extra-padded Stuart Weitzmans to accommodate all the dancing in her performances, but Janet ain't got time for all that. Stuart Weitzman, meet Jacob Bloch. No fronting, just a silvery Tin Man dance shoe and a bodysuit that looks like she just ejected herself from a space carrier on Planet Philip K. Dick. (Why didn't anyone wear this costume to the Met Ball?) The most touching part of this outfit, and the entirety of her fashion archive, is that even after getting away from the matchy-matchy costumes of her brothers, she still hewed close to the style of her brother Michael. They both loved military, menswear, and the color black—and the best example of this is their unforgettable "Scream" video, which cost $7 million to make, at least some of which was spent on matching nubby sweaters and patent leather pants. Its scenes were replicated in videos by everyone from TLC to Missy Elliott to Madonna, underscoring America's fundamental truth: everybody in pop really just wants to be a Jackson.

Source : MTV

Selena Gomez Style Lookbook.

Selena chose this glossy fuchsia color to add some feminine flare to her edgy red carpet look.

Selena Gomez chose a sheer lace tank top for her look while out in Beverly Hills.

Selena Gomez's platform peep-toe pumps simply dazzled on the red carpet.

Selena Gomez unleashed her edgy and sexy side with this long-sleeved red mini that featured attached tattered red strips.

Selena Gomez looked absolutely stunning in a beaded gold, fringed dress.

Khloé Kardashian Talks Weight Loss & Body

Khloé Kardashian may have recently lost 25 pounds and got her body into the best shape ever, but that doesn’t mean she’s not human.

In an interview with On Air with Ryan Seacrest today to promote her and her family’s upcoming E! interview with the American Idol host, the younger sister of Kim and Kourtney talked about her weight loss.

“I definitely don’t deprive myself. I try to eat,” she told Ryan after he pointed out how hard she’s been working. “If I want to eat something, I’ll try to eat it earlier in the day.”

But sometimes that’s easier said than done.

“My problem is I go to a basketball game every other day and you don’t think, ‘Oh, let me just have a handful of that caramel corn.’ You really don’t think about how much it does add up,” she shared [listen below]. “You leave there at 11 p.m. — and sometimes Lamar [Odom] and I will go to dinner after. You just have to pay attention.”

She added, “So I try to eat better later in the day and if I want something sweet like a cookie, I’ll have one instead of eating a whole box of cookies.”

And Khloé knows it’s a work in process, “It doesn’t happen over night, but as long as you’re consistent, I think that’s the key.”

“Khloé looks her best to day,” her trainer Gunnar Peterson raves to Life & Style, “and I’m sure she’ll be even better as time goes on.”