A red, knee-length pencil dress covered in sequins takes center stage at the Bettie Page exhibit. Models wearing a mix of the brand’s dresses while sporting pinup-style makeup promote the clothing to passers-by. Las Vegas fashion players are out and about this week.
Fashion
A white carpet weaves throughout the Las Vegas Convention Center, giving the venue a feel that something chic is happening here. At Mandalay Bay, thousands of young men wearing designer jeans walk the corridors outside the fashion trade shows.
A man wearing a black fedora with a tall turquoise feather sticking out of it walks into the Las Vegas Convention Center on Monday morning. Just ahead of him, another man is wearing salmon-colored casual sneakers.
They’re hallways, not runways. Still, every year at this time, kids compile a list of must-have fashion items and parents do their best to accommodate them.
Eagle Promotions’ client list includes Universal, Yamaha and Wynn Resorts. But you won’t find its logo on most of the merchandise it sells to companies worldwide.
When Romeo Siguenza put his first piece of thread through a needle at age 5, he began to learn the art of embroidery and the value of tradition from his great-grandmother. He hoped to one day pass it on to following generations.
There’s a certain way one must dress as a working prostitute in Las Vegas.
Cara Brook wants women to know she’s just like them. Women might be more interested in knowing, though, that they’re just like Brook. At least they can be, if they follow her hair and makeup tips.
When Deirdre Clemente watches “The Great Gatsby,” which premieres May 10, it won’t strictly be for entertainment purposes. It won’t necessarily be because she feels she knows F. Scott Fitzgerald, either.
Surprise your mom. Get her something she’s never opened on Mother’s Day. Here are a few suggestions.
A few of them came to unwind. Others needed the bonding time. Some just wanted to learn how to turn old T-shirts into rugs.
Introducing new ideas is one thing. Ingraining them is another.
Daniella Capitano is the latest entrepreneur to set up shop in downtown Las Vegas.
The runways for spring ’13 featured Twiggy-like silhouettes at Moschino and Louis Vuitton, kimono dresses from Emilio Pucci and Etro, dresses so oversized that models at Jil Sander were drowning in them, sporty styles from Stella McCartney and Victoria Beckham, stripes from vertical to chevron over at Marc Jacobs, patchwork looks a la Proenza Schouler and Erdem and giant ruffles from Gucci and Chloe.
Robin Eastern works in member services at a Costco in Reno. While watching the door one day, a customer entered her store and inadvertently lit a bright bulb over her head.