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Style Book
Sunday, January 16, 2000 Compiled by LaMont Jones
BRIDALBUZZ:
But, unlike most other couples who renew vows, Dion and Angelil did so in haute couture. They wore matching gold and white designs by Givenchy's Alexander McQueen, hers an organza gown with a chiffon stole and his a linen-and-silk caftan with a silk shirt.
TRUNK SHOWS:
Drew footwear will be featured at Best-Made Shoes, 5143 Liberty Ave., Bloomfield, at 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday.
There will be a show of Yansi Fugel's spring suit and sportswear collections at Venetia's City Boutique, One Oxford Centre, Downtown, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, and at Venetia's Boutique in Mt. Lebanon's Galleria 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 next Sunday.
Ingredients.com recently became the first beauty line for sale only on the Internet. Despite the major drawback that you can't touch and smell the products, a sampling of two products indicates that the company just may manage to rack up the $10 million in sales it projects this year.
Launched last month, ingredients.com offers 60 products priced between $5 and $25, including bath and shower gels, powders and oils; body creams, scrubs and lotions; face masks and cleansers; foot balms and soaks; candles and teas. Each product is based on one of 13 key ingredients: arnica, chamomile, grapefruit, green tea, jasmine, lavender, peppermint, orange blossom, seaweed/algae, St. John's wort, tea tree, vanilla or vitamin C.
Samplers said the arnica "jet lag" body lotion ($15.50 for 2.27 ounces) is the perfect antidote to a hard day's work and just as stimulating after a morning shower. The peppermint foot exfoliating rub ($8.50 for 8.3 ounces) is soothing and doesn't leave feet feeling oily or gummy. Both have a mild but refreshing fragrance that men should find nonthreatening.
Denise DeBaun, a founding partner of ingredients.com, created the concept for the product line. She has created body and beauty products for Bath & Body Works, Calvin Klein, Ann Taylor and others.
Clarins is an internationally known beauty-care company with a huge and growing line of skin treatment and body products.
New to the line are products for women at least 40 years old. They include "extra-firming" concentrate, facial mask and foundation for slackening facial skin. The concentrate ($52.50 for 1 ounce) and facial mask ($40 for 1 ounce) contain auxins from sunflowers and sequoia trees that strengthen skin and promote firmness, elasticity and cell growth. The mask, in fact, smells fantastic, thanks to ingredients such as hazelnut, guava and ginseng.
The foundation ($34.50) comes in a pump and 10 color shades. All three products are available now at Saks Fifth Avenue, Downtown, and by February in Lazarus and Kaufmann's.
Ceramide Herbal 12 Botanical Supplement for the Face smells just as if you squeezed a handful of plants -- not too enticing. But once you smooth the liquid over your face and throat, as two samplers did, it feels as if you're rubbing on liquid silk. And it disappears into the skin without an oily trace.
The new product by Elizabeth Arden is a 12-ingredient herbal skin treatment that includes ginkgo biloba, echinacea, Chinese magnolia and extracts of avocado, grapeseed, rosemary, sage and mulberry root. The preservative-free formula is intended to keep skin vibrant and to help prevent visible signs of aging and can be applied under moisturizer and makeup.
Capsules are green and shaped like a gingko leaf. The idea is cute and creative, but it's frustrating to squeeze the last drop out of the small, hard casing. A package of 30 is $35; 60 capsules are $59 at Lazarus and Kaufmann's.
Men's underwear sales in the United States have increased by 10 percent each of the past two years, and research attributes that to the rising popularity of boxer briefs, the fastest-growing undergarment in the men's market. Guys who wear boxer briefs know that they combine the best of both worlds -- the length of boxers and the fit and support of briefs.
Jockey has a new line, "Jockey Performance," that are made with Intera polyester blended with Lycra fiber. Fashion writer LaMont Jones tried on two of the three styles -- fly brief and no-fly boxer brief -- and says they're the most comfortable underwear he's ever worn, including silk boxers.
They are lightweight, cool and don't sag, bag or creep. And they are designed with an understated sportiness that makes you feel dressed when you're not.
The boxers range from $12 to $15 and are sold at major department and specialty stores.
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Exhibits by more than 150 local wedding professionals will be a part of BrideShow 2000 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown, Saturday and next Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. There will be free Cavanaugh's Wedding Planners, opportunities to win gifts and fashion shows both days at 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. The event is sponsored by Cavanaugh Wedding Planner and Kaufmann's Bridal Registry National Network. Tickets are $5 in advance at Kaufmann's bridal registries or $7 at the door. For information, call 412-422-7433 or visit the Web site at www.brideshow.com.