Herve Leger Dress Giveaway

This month, theOutnet.com is offering a once in a lifetime deal… and you could be the winner. Iconic Hervé Léger bandage dress is the latest Giveaway from theOutnet.com. What fashionistas love is a gorgeous dress to wear to the next party. You’ll fall in love with the signature body-con style in forever-chic black – it’s the ultimate wardrobe classic!

Herve Leger by Max Azria captures the allure of the modern, powerful woman with its exclusive couture and dynamic ready-to-wear collections. Each Herve Leger is designed with the iconic “bandage dress” in mind, seamlessly sculpting the female silhouette with signature banding construction. Paying tribute to a modern feminity, while maintaining the house’s heritage, Herve Leger makes an unforgettable statement.

Herve Leger has quickly been embraced by today’s most renowned style-setters, including Kate Hudson, Diane Kruger, Beyonce Knowles, Rachel Bilson, and Victoria Becham. Now you too have the chance to be a trendsetter in an iconic bandage dress from Herve Leger.

How can you win such a fabulous dress? It’s simple; enter to win the iconic Herve Leger dress at theOutnet.com. Once a month, theOutnet.com offers fabulous designer giveaways –with absolutely no purchase. Enter now and have the chance to win Herve Leger dress that is worth $1,350.

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From: http://www.newyorkgirlstyle.com/

Britney Spears has cataclysmically bad hair day with mangled ginger patch

Oops, she's done it again.. Britney Spears has had yet another cataclysmically bad hair day.

She was fuming after spending four hours in a hairdressers in LA, only to emerge like this.

And, judging by the mangled, ratty, slightly ginger mess on her head, we're not surprised.

Our spy says: "Poor Brit was incensed. Her locks looked beyond awful, as if they'd been stuck on with superglue.

"When she saw herself from behind via a shop window, she lost it.

"She was saying she was better off bald."

Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/

Are you being served? We've all done very badly

Long-term view ... Cerrone jewellers sales assistant Niki Jackson helps a client with a necklace. "In a difficult time it comes back to what you have offered to your customers," says owner Nic Cerrone

IT'S the sales assistant who doesn't end her personal phone call when you walk into the store. Or the waiter who rolls his eyes when you ask too many questions about a dish.

Everyone has experienced poor customer service but a survey suggests Australia has a tougher time of it than other countries.

Of the 12 countries surveyed, Australia ranked equal last with Britain on measures of service satisfaction, behind the US, France, Canada and India.

In the Netherlands, 44 per cent of people felt companies were not doing anything extra to keep their business or were taking their business for granted. In Australia, that number was 81 per cent.

''The barometer clearly said customers want superior service and it's certainly not being provided,'' said Christine Wakefield, vice-president of American Express World Service Australia, which commissioned the survey.

''Australians have a laid-back attitude and this might be translating to some businesses having a similar attitude.''

Companies were more likely to reduce service during economic downturns but those that did missed an important revenue opportunity, she said. The survey found Australians were prepared to spend 8 per cent more in return for good customer service.

Brett Whitford, of the Customer Service Institute of Australia, said keeping customers was more cost-effective than attracting new ones in tough times. He said accountants often ignored the ''invisible cost of bad service''.

''They don't track how many people walked in and walked out because there was no one there to serve them,'' he said.

Society jeweller Nic Cerrone credits good customer service as one of the reasons for his cohort of third-generation customers.

His staff have regular service, ethics and product training. ''In a difficult time it comes back to what you have offered to your customers … from five or 10 years ago - and that's when you benefit,'' Mr Cerrone said.

From: http://www.theage.com.au/

Betsey Johnson Shoes Bring On the Fun

Some designers just scream fun. And Betsey Johnson is one of them. She doesn't do anything that isn't considered fun. And what do we consider the most amazing part of her collection? Her shoes, of course!

In fact, we're pretty much convinced that it's impossible not to have fun in a pair of Betsey Johnson shoes. You certainly wouldn't head to the Betsey Johnson corner of your shoe section if you're looking for something plain or classic. Betsey doesn't do plain or classic.

There's simply nothing boring about a pair of Betsey Johnson kicks. Whether it's their bright colors, crazy bows, animal prints, or lacey looks, Betsey knows how to add pizazz to a pair of shoes. And she not only does it with the prints and flair, she does it with the little details, too. Like hearts imprinted on a shoe's heels!

We think there's something to be said for a designer who can make a pair of shoes that completely turn around a whole outfit. You can wear a simple plain black outfit, but if you throw on a pair of Betsey Johnson shoes, your outfit will be taken to a whole new level. While Betsey Johnson shoes are perfect for going out on the town, we happen to think they're totally perfect for the office, too. After all, who doesn't want to add some fun into their office wear? And shoes are the perfect way to do so!

From: http://www.limelife.com/

Anna Chapman: Russian spy shopping life story for $250k...sort of

Anna Chapman, the sexy red-headed Russian spy arrested last month, is reportedly shopping her life story to the media in hopes of an eventual movie and/or book deal. The New York Post reports Chapman wants a quarter million dollars to detail her life. Her attorney was recently quoted as saying, "She felt that the only source of income that she might have was based on her story."
The 28 year old bombshell will reportedly be loose lipped on how she infiltrated U.S. society when she gets a bite. But until then, Chapman's being very secretive about the potential deal - in fact she's not even shopping it. According to reports Chapman, who lost her income after her cover was blown, has asked an acquaintance to approach media outlets for her.
Anna Chapman's also asking that whatever money she earns from the deal be put into a Swiss account in someone else's name. That's because, as her attorney explained, she's forbidden from making money on the Russian spy story. "There is no prohibition against her talking. That would have been illegal," Robert Baum said in an interview with Newsweek. "She just can't make money from it, or else the government will go after that money."
Chapman found sudden fame last month as the most infamous of the 11 members of an alleged Russian espionage ring arrested in the U.S. The public's interest in her "all-American story" peaked when it was revealed the Russian spy was living as a New York City business woman who frequented exclusive bars and clubs and was well-liked by neighbors. Chapman's stunning good looks earned her countless nicknames by the media including "flame-haired beauty", "the modern day Bond girl" and "the stunning SoHo spy." Now, Anna Chapman's hoping she can spin all of that public interest into some much-need cash.

From: http://www.examiner.com/

Who’s the Biggest Fame Hog in Hollywood? Spencer Pratt? Vienna? Kim K? Snooki? Vote!

There’s A New Form of ADD in Hollywood These Days and It’s Spreading By The Millisecond: It’s Called Attention Demanding Disorder!

Whereas the celebs of not-so-long-ago used to flee the paparazzi and plead that they were desperately trying to protect their private lives … the NEW celebrities of 2010, don’t believe in having private lives at all.
Every moment of their lives, and we mean every last moment — from Kourtney Kardashian giving birth on Keeping Up With The Kardashians to Bethanny Frankel peeing in a champagne bucket just moments before her wedding on Bethenny Getting Married, to Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi pointing fingers and calling each other “liar” and “fame whore,” on The Bachelor Breakup special- is just another guaranteed-to-get-ratings moment to turn the cameras on.

This new breed of Hollywood celebs is even proud to acknowledge that they are “famewhores!”

“We love each other but I’m a famewhore and I’ll never grow out of it,” Spencer Pratt admitted to People, on July 18 about his marriage to Heidi Montag.

“I want every kind of press,” he says. “She believes in bad press.” Well, in that case, Heidi must have a different definition of bad press than most of us, since that’s the Heidi who underwent ten plastic surgeries in one day, including F-cup breast implants, and then blabbed on People’s cover, plus numerous TV shows about every last detail of the experience.

Now, Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol and her baby daddy Levi Johnston have jumped onto the famehog bandwagon. The couple reportedly pocketed $100,000 to “announce” their re-engagement on the cover of Us Weekly, BEFORE doing the normal and courteous thing ie telling either of their mothers. And word is — they’re shopping a reality show about their newlywed life. Why not?

“Why not,” actually, is barely a question these days. After Vienna sold the story of HER dysfunctional engagement to Jake to Star magazine, for $90,000 BEFORE even phoning to breakup with him , a new level of ADD had been born.

It was a pretty competitive landscape already in the “famehog” world. When a non-reality star like Jennifer Love Hewitt appears on The George Lopez Show to discuss her “vajazzling” – that’s adding jewels to her “va-ja-jay” — you really need to go to the next level and the next, to get attention these days.

Especially when sex tapes like Kendra Wilkinson’s and NJ Housewives’ Danielle Staub’s are practically becoming a dime a dozen. And Kendra’s new book, Sliding Into Home, is #4 on the New York Times bestseller list, probably because she reveals the intimate details of her sex orgies with Hugh Hefner.

It almost makes Katy Perry with her glittery whipped cream-spurting bras, Lady Gaga’s finger-waving bikini visits to the Mets and Yankees ball games, and Miley Cyrus‘ underage barely-there-wear, seem downright modest!

No wonder that fame haters like Kristen Stewart, Rob Pattinson and Leonardo DiCaprio, who like to keep a low profile, seem almost vintage!

From: http://www.hollywoodlife.com/

Louis Vuitton Jumps On The Temporary Tattoo Bandwagon

Luxury brand loyalty is purchasing the latest renditions of your Chanel 2.55 handbag, Hermes Birkin, or the Louis Vuitton monogram tote. But why carry the burden of love when you can simply slap the famous design where people will really see it? With the sudden buzz surrounding temporary tattoos — thanks no doubt to Chanel’s effort in making it haute — Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton are taking it to the streets and to your neck. That’s right, lets test your brand loyalty now.

Louis Vuitton’s neck tattoo takes a gothic approach thanks to its collaboration with New York-based artist Scott Campbell, according to a news post on High Snobriety. Premiered at the brand’s Spring 2011 menswear fashion show, one design that sticks out in particular is the monogram because really, wouldn’t the line lose its cohesiveness without it?

Our white flags are waving in this loyalty game, because we can’t see ourselves pimping out mock designer tattoos with confidence — but is there a potential market for this? Ask the Suicide Girls or Boston hardcore record label Bridge 9, they’re very familiar and long fond of the been-around-for-ages-art of ink.

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