10 Tips and Reasons For Teaching Manners


Updated 09/01/11 1:15 PM · Posted by LilSugar · 2 comments

10 Tips For Teaching Your Children Manners and Why

Money can't buy manners, but it can afford some lessons! Lisa Taylor Richey, The Official Etiquette Ambassador for The Plaza Hotel in New York City offers children a week-long course (15 hours of instruction in everything from holding a fork to a offering to perfecting the handshake) at Charm School with Eloise for $495. Fees for the charm school include an Eloise handbook, a catered meal, a Read more

iWant: A Pac-Man Delicacy


Updated 05/23/12 5:10 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Gold Pac-Man Necklace

We'll unapologetically wear our old-school gaming pride on our sleeves, but when the occasion calls for something a little more refined, costume baubles just don't fit the bill. To the rescue — as he always was during Summer days at the arcade — is the charming Pac-Man, who this time adds an adorable edge to a delicate, gold-filled chain ($32). Poised to gobble up a villainous ghost, the Read more

Link Time: Prada Debuts Short (and Sweet) Fashion Film at Cannes


Updated 05/22/12 8:50 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Fashion News For May 22, 2012

Prada surprised Cannes with a charming short fashion film — Styleite Tilda Swinton reveals flowing red locks on the cover of Candy Magazine — HuffPost Style Glam tip: banish spots from suede — Olivia Palermo Eight reasons you should change your mind about cropped pants — Stylelist Pippa Middleton wore the pink version of Kate's Issa engagement dress — The Cut When fashion and Read more

Bachelorette Breakdown: First Impressions From the Premiere


Updated 05/15/12 12:09 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

The Bachelorette Premiere Recap

Welcome to a new season of The Bachelorette, everyone! First of all, is anyone else as excited as I am to see Emily Maynard take the reigns, or roses, as it were? She is sweet as apple pie and I don't know anyone that doesn't love a Southern belle, least of all the gentlemen vying for her affections. I use the term "gentlemen" lightly, as several of them displayed relatively ungentlemanly Read more

What to Rent: New DVDs This Week


Updated 05/15/12 5:31 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

The Grey DVD

In addition to the following releases, Rampart, The Devil Inside, and Chronicle are also available. Albert Nobbs Glenn Close scored an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of a woman posing as a man in 19th century Ireland. Forced to assume the dress and mannerisms of a man to secure a job as a butler in order to survive in the oppressive times, Albert finds his arrangement shaken up by the Read more

How Will France's New First Lady Valérie Trierweiler Compare to Carla Bruni-Sarkozy?


Updated 05/09/12 10:55 AM · Posted by · 4 comments

France's New First Lady Valerie Trierweiler

Outgoing French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, 44, is a singer/songwriter, actress, former international supermodel, and mother of two. But we already know about Carla, who even made a cameo in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris. France's new "unofficial" first lady, Valérie Trierweiler, will bring a different flavor to the Elysée Palace. She's 47, a working journalist, a graduate of the Read more

8 Ways to Make Your Own Career Luck


Updated 04/25/12 10:27 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

How to Get Your Dream Job

People often say that you make your own luck, but how do you make your own career luck and get the job of your dreams? LearnVest shares how you can do so. You sit next to someone on an airplane who later helps you land your dream job. Your dentist’s daughter is a book editor, and wouldn’t you know it, she’d just love to publish your memoir. You have a role model in your industry, and your Read more

The Lucky One: Take This Schmaltz


Updated 04/20/12 12:41 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

The Lucky One Movie Review

The premise of The Lucky One is a little convoluted, but the basics of the story are not: boy meets girl, they fall for each other, and then must overcome some obstacle to be together. If that simple formula is enough for you, you'll enjoy watching the romantic drama, but if you're looking for more than a cheesy love story, you won't find it here. Zac Efron stars as Logan, a former marine who Read more

Zac Posen Talks '90s Fashion, Love of Math, and His Perfect NYC Day


Updated 04/19/12 9:50 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Zac Posen Dress Collection Interview

Last night we flocked to NYC's Lord & Taylor store for the launch of Zac Posen's exclusive Z Spoke dress line. Somewhere along the way talk turned from his new capsule collection to '90s fashion, favorite NYC spots, and where you might find Zac if he wasn't designing. Read on for five things you probably didn't know about the ever-charming Zac Posen. Zac on the return of '90s fashion and his Read more

The Lucky One's Taylor Schilling Talks Love Scenes With Zac Efron: "Not a Bad Day to Come to Work"


Updated 05/04/12 3:47 AM · Posted by · 5 comments

Taylor Schilling Interview For The Lucky One

Zac Efron's The Lucky One costar Taylor Schilling is the lucky one, indeed — the actress plays his love interest in the drama, and when I visited the set of the film, I got to chat with her and a few other reporters about her dreamy leading man. Schilling also joked about shooting their love scenes, and gave us some insight into her character Beth. Is it tough shooting the love scenes with Read more