The 4 C’s of Cougars: Cher, Cattrall, Couric, and Collins

Here are our 4 C’s of Cougars. When you are looking for a good diamond, you are looking at the 4 C’s: Color, Cut, Clarity, and Carat Weight. Well, Celebrity Icing is proud to present our very own 4 C’s: Cher, Cattrall, Couric, and Collins…
Color: Cher
Her relationships, her stage presence, her costumes: Cher definitely [...]

Gossip Girl Icing: Chuck Bass-ed on Vintage Characters

Who is Chuck Bass?
A character like Chuck Bass only come along once in a while and then suddenly the cable bill doesn’t seem like such a useless waste of money after all. We revel in his badness, we feel for his vulnerability - and we’re attracted to him, even though we know it would end [...]

Celebrity Valentines: Sweetheart or Sweet-tart

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, so Celebrity Icing is going to celebrate with some Sweethearts and some Sweet-tarts…
Sweetheart
I don’t always love her movie roles but I can’t help but like Julia Roberts, she seems like a nice person. She is definitely beautiful but manages not to be intimidating at the same time.

Sweetheart
I [...]

Acc-Oscar-ized: Accessories with Star Power

The best accessory at the Oscars is one of those gold statues (only if you actually won it at the show, don’t try to sneak in an old one…). However, if you weren’t nominated, or you were up against Slumdog Millionaire in a category, hopefully you went with one of these winners instead:
Big and Bold
Angelina [...]

Now Toting/Hard-Core Accessories

The work of the Amsterdam-based designer Ted Noten comes with a manifesto: “Jewelry should be famously curious.” His pieces a brooch cast from chewed gum, shattered porcelain cups hanging from a gold chain are not your standard charm bracelet. A few years ago, when Noten, a former psychiatric nurse, was invited to create a piece with pearls for an exhibition, he dressed a dead mouse in pearls and encased it in an acrylic pendant. He recently expanded into handbags with gold-plated guns, pills…

Radical Fringe

Was Austrian drapery RAF SIMONS’s inspiration for this hot JIL SANDER number?.

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In-Store: Going to Carolina

1. CAPITOL, Laura Vinroot Poole’s 6,000-square-foot style emporium, is ground zero for chic Charlotteans, whether they’re looking for a drop-dead evening dress or the perfect cotton T-shirt. “We have an incredibly sophisticated population,” Poole says. “Our clients opt for quality and integrity over fads, so I question every single piece in the store and try to figure out how it fits into their lives.” (4010 Sharon Road, Charlotte, N.C.; 704-366-0388).