Halle Berry Launches New Shoe Line

Halle Berry

Halle Berry, who already has her own fragrance, has now launched her own line of shoes. The ‘5ths Avenue by Halle Berry’ collection, designed for German retailer Deichmann Shoes, comes six months after Cindy Crawford posed with her own range of Deichmann heals. Like Crawford, Berry is 45 and the ad shoot shows off her enviably toned legs as she slips on her new shoes.

"Women have always loved shoes. It's like if your hair is not right and your shoes are not right, the woman is not right. If both of them are right, you're pretty much OK," Berry said in a statement reports The YBF.

Berry's shoe line for spring/summer 2012 will consist of 40 limited edition shoes in stylish designs featuring sexy peep toes with wedge heels, casual mid-heeled sandals with straps and chic high-heeled sling sandals on wedge heels.

Read more: http://www.essence.com/2012/01/28/halle-berry-to-debut-shoe-line/#ixzz1kp232Ehx

Thoughtful Wedding Gestures

Below are some gracious wedding gestures to remember.

• Recycle flowers. When the wedding is over, take or send your flowers to a nearby nursing home or hospital. This small little gesture will do wonders.
• Share your food. Have someone take the leftover food, hors d' oeuvres, cake and nonalcoholic drinks delivered to a local soup kitchen or homeless shelter.
• Make post-wedding visits. Share the excitement of your wedding with sick or elderly family members that are unable to attend the wedding.  Take with you some wedding cake, favors, flowers, photographs, or even your wedding video.

TOP 5 WEDDING TRENDS FOR 2012

Last year’s weddings were absolutely gorgeous! This year’s weddings will prove to be no different. 2012 couples will step “outside-the-box” and create their own wedding trends. Some of the trends are new while some are a twist to old favorites.  I expect to see fancy food trucks, lots of lounge furniture, sparkle, mix and match flowers and square tables mixed with round tables.

1. Yummy greasy food trucks. If you’ve ever come face-to-face with a food truck filled with yummy, greasy grub after a long day (or night) of drinking, you already know how fantastic it is. 2012 couples are taking note, inviting fun food trucks to their wedding receptions and after parties. From ice cream to burgers to pizza, pretzels and hot dog, 2012 wedding guests will be leaving receptions with full and satisfied tummies!
2. Lounge furniture. Before lounge furniture was setup outside for garden weddings.  2012 couples will incorporate lounge furniture on the inside, either around the dance floor, in the cocktail area or as its own separate lounge area.  Wherever its setup, it will make a statement.
3. Sparkle my wedding. 2012 couples will add lots of sparkle (crystal, rhinestones, shimmer and glitter) to their wedding. There are so many places you can add sparkle, (place cards, cake ornaments and stand, centerpieces, guestbook, table numbers, etc.).  Here’s to Glitz & Glam!
4. Mix and match flowers. You can expect to continue to see big glamorous centerpieces this year.   But, you will also see that there will be less of everything looking the same.  There will be lots of variation in color, style and size.
5. Out the door with all round tables. 2012 couples will change the shape of tables by mixing squares with rounds.  This new trend will add an interesting look and more personality to the room.
 

Saks Beverly Hills | Bond No. 9 New York Introduced New Fragrance - DNA

While browsing the perfume department at Saks in Beverly Hills, I spotted a perfume bottle that that had so much sparkle.  I had no choice but to stop, inquire and smell. 

The uber-luxe Bond No. 9 New York perfume house has introduced yet another fragrance called DNA. I have a feeling this is a fragrance that all of you gardenia fiends are going to love (minus the strange name choice)!

DNA is a warm and uplifting scent made from tuberose, gardenia, jasmine vetiver and vanilla. It is housed in Bond No. 9's signature bottle with a chic and modern black and white design.   The fragrance was created exclusively for Saks, where it's available in a 3.3 ounce eau de parfum spray for $185, in an incredible 3.3 ounce 2,225 Swarovski crystal studded bottle for $550 and in a 3.3 oz version for guys called DNA For Him ($185). If you happen to love beautiful smelling perfume and bling, please take a whiff and report back!

10 Creative Wedding Sites

When discussing wedding sites with your fiance', consider the approximate number of guests, activities (dancing, eating--buffet, finger food or sit-down meal?), budget limitations and proximity to your home.  Below are 10 creative wedding sites that you may not have thought about. 

1. Yacht or Yacht Club
2. Art Studio or Gallery
3. Mansion or Historical Landmark Building
4. Ski Lodge
5. Theater
6. Fire Station
7. Lighthouse
8. Mountaintop
9. Botanical Garden
10. Sports Arena

When considering outdoor-sites, see below.

• Accessibility
• Parking space
• Privacy
• Facilities
• Presence of traffic
• Permits, fees
• Inclement weather (rent a tent or having alternate site)
• Noise levels

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