Monthly Archives: December 2010

Trend Report: Top Trends of 2010

BEAUTY:
Dry Shampoo, Braided hair, Colored streaks in hair, Nail polish craze – Minx nails, Cal Gels nails, customizing your own line of nail polish with OPI!

FASHION:
Knuckle rings, Finger rings, Key jewelry, Charlotte Olympia, Nicholas Kirkwood, Miu Miu, Givenchy, Proenza PS1 bag, Chanel long chain bag, Side cross bags, thigh high anything, Hunter rain boots!

PEOPLE:
Anna dello Russo, Abigail Spencer, Armie Hammer, George Kotsiopoulos, Mark Salling, Eva Amuri, Katherine Schwarzenegger, Andrew Garfield, Mia Wasikovska, Chloe Moretz!

POP CULTURE:
Four loko, Silly bandz, Alice in Wonderland, Ipad, 3D anything, Photo booths, Hash tagging on Twitter, Angry Birds, Plants vs. Zombies, Fametown, Wikileaks, Bands doing remixes, Producers and DJs becoming group acts, Electronic music, Boardwalk Empire, True Blood, The Dead Zone, Fashion Police!

CAUSES:
Haiti earthquake, bullying, Chilean miners, Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull eruption.

STILL LINGERING
Louboutin, Jimmy, Choo, The Snuggie, Foursquare, Kesha, Power plate workouts, open toe boots, food trucks, maxi dresses, Jersey Shore!

***We know there are more trends that were popular this year but have kept our list limited to things that were new in 2010 xoxo


Los Angeles Masonic Lodge Appoints New Guard 2010

New Officers Sworn in at Westside Masonic Lodge – a friend of the Truffle and sometimes contributer has just been named Junior Deacon of the L.A. area lodge; we have a story developing about the new Masons soon.

Pics of the ceremony are on BH Courier.


BEVERLY HILLS NEWS: Storms & Double Rainbows in Beverly Hills

Every Facebook user on The Daily Truffle homepage living in Los Angeles seemed to upload the same photo of a rainbow around 4pm today shortly followed by more pics of a double rainbow, signifying the end of the endless storms. Sorry to our friends stuck in Heathrow and JFK!

Quite the change from last week when Beverly Hills Fire Department tweeted that all BH residents should go and get sandbags. I personally was getting buckets to collect fresh rain water after hearing from the EWG that our water sources had been compromised by the “Erin Brockovich Chemical”, known as Chromium-6, which has been found in L.A. tap water – an interesting side note – Erin Brockovich’s daughter went to Beverly and is super cute.

This tree was blow into a house on N. Alta in Beverly Hills last week


New Restaurant Outs Notorious L.A. Times Food Critic

Easily the news of the week in L.A. – an L.A. Times Food critic was turned away from new restaurant Red Medicine for her reputation of scathing reviews; but not before taking her photo and posting it on their website and sending it to the entire food industry and media in L.A. Some say this was a stupid move, others call the owners genius and ballsy and say “good call” to a food critic who has put restaurants out of business. The Red Medicine website says the photo will give other restaurants the opportunity to avoid her owners took a pic of her “unnecessarily harsh reviews.” – Read the LA Times response.


Ad Campaign: Gisele Bundchen for Balenciaga, Spring 2011

The rumors are true! Gisele is the new model for Balenciaga with male model Yuri Pleskun.

Photographer : Steven Meisel
Stylist: Marie-Amélie Sauvé
Makeup: Pat McGrath
Hair stylist: Guido Palau


Four Seasons Christmas Gift to Guests

 

If you happen to be staying in one of the Four Sesaons Beverly Hills’ 36 newly-renovated suites this Christmas, be sure to take advantage of their new partnership with Beverly Hills rent-a-car to try out a new model Rolls Royce Phantom, Ferrari F430, Ferrari California, Bentley Flying Spur, Maserati, Bentley GTC, Porsche Cayenne Turbo, Lamborghini Gallardo, Mercedes-Benz SLS, Mercedes-Benz S600 or Porsche 997 for free, other than fuel and insurance. More details here. The Four Seasons is also offering free apple cider all Christmas! You can pop in and pick up a paper cup and a cinnamon stick! I did!


LA Natives, Los Angeles Social Diary, Weekly Juice

Weekly Juice: Wireimage’s Jeff Vespa opening Pici restaurant in Beverly Hills, Noah Tepperberg & Jason Strauss Jason Strauss bringing Artichoke Basille to L.A.?, Michael Sutton runs Guys & Dolls into the ground, Harry Morton opening Pink Taco in former Miyagi’s, Dolce Group re-opens Les Deux as a restaurant

Michael Sutton Closes Guys & Dolls - Eater LA Harry Morton To Open Pink Taco in Former Miyagi’s Space – Eater LA Noah Tepperberg and Jason Strauss currently scouting locations for Artichoke Basille LA – Eater LA Les Deux in Hollywood more »

Fashion, Lauren Brokaw blog, Obsession of the Moment

Obsession of the Moment: Andrew Yang and His Kouture Kouklitas

I feel in love with Andrew Yang’s hand made dolls a few months ago (doll-gasm!), but was so busy that I did not have time to blog about them… Now I do! Given my mega unhealthy obsession with Nick Knight’s more »

Celeb Daily Photo: Tom Cruise w/ Suri in New York

Tom Cruise steps out of his NY apartment with Suri amidst a pack of paps.


Divine Design Kicks Off with Brooks Brothers Black Fleece Show

Cameron Silver, Magda Berliner, Brooks Brothers' Black Fleece Show, Lily Collins

Wining and dining guests, shoppers, supporters and devotees of Project Angel Food were out in full force Wednesday evening to kick off another Divine Design week of fundraising that includes slashed down merchandise from fashion and housewares to beauty products (yummy scented candles and Kate Sommerville face products are big faves). It’s become somewhat of a tradition to meet Lily Collins and her mom during this portion of the evening as we scope out the best deals that we know are not going to last! (I spy gorg kellim rugs and red coral …). Off in our golf carts to join the rest of the crowd at the Bevery Hilton Ballroom for cocktails and dinner … Booth Moore, Cameron Silver, Darren Star, Brooks Brothers’s Arthur Wayne, Jennifer Egan, Allison Blumenfeld, Craig and Shell Cardon – it was like a locals only reunion of sorts! Continue reading


Erin Wasson’s Low Luv Holiday/Spring Collection Look Book

I am quite obsessed with Erin Wasson’s Low Luv, so naturally, I was ecstatic this morning to read that her new collection Low Luv x Erin Wasson is out! Miss. Wasson, model, Alexander Wang’s muse, and Rvca designer, can now add successful jewelry designer to her repertoire. I met Erin at the Vanessa Bruno Melrose Place store opening event, and was slightly embarrassed at the fact I was wearing a Low Luv bracelet and ring! Continue reading


#LAnatives: Designer Kelly Bergin

As you know on The Daily Truffle, the only thing we like better than a cool L.A. Native is a cool, gorgeous, smart, funny, creative L.A. Native!! She has an exclusive coming up with Net-a-Porter in January with her Resort Collection — and Cameron Diaz & Rachel Bilson are fans!! We sat down with Kelly to get a few notes on fashion, designing and growing up in L.A.! Continue reading


A Raincoat for Your Birkin

It is officially now Winter, and with that comes the inevitable rain.  Most fashion houses have already established  a cuter way to wear rain boots as well as other winter accouterments, but I haven’t seen anything like what I am about to show you. This morning, I got soaked upon walking to my car (with my umbrella that broke due to the strong wind forces and heavy down pour of rain). It was at this time, I wished my purse had a raincoat, because leather and water aren’t besties… It was bad enough that my adorbs boots were soaked, and now my Proenza PS1 was soaked too!

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