A Madonna and Jennifer Aniston favorite

Remember the name Efva Attling because with a new Manhattan flagship and an ever-growing celebrity fan base that includes Uma Thurman, Jennifer Aniston, Sarah Jessica Parker, Christina Hendricks, and Madonna you’re likely to hear plenty of buzz about the jewelry designer in the coming months.

The Swedish designer whose jet-set life has included a successful music career, stints as a model, and even dancing the night away with David Bowie in Stockholm nightclubs, has an incredible eye and keen sensibility for creating dazzling, but understated pieces. Efva is best known for featuring words and phrases on her jewelry (Madonna was spotted wearing the “Human” ring), and her collection includes bracelets, rings, and necklaces for both men and women, as well as [...]

The Samantha jean

Ever wonder how it is that Kelly Rutherford, Halle Berry, Katherine Heigl, January Jones, and Bethenny Frankel look so annoyingly flawless in their jeans when you find yourself feeling either frumpy or like a sausage when wearing yours? We did too…and now we know how the stars do it. Their secret is DL1961.

The premium denim brand’s jeans are all made with an innovative four-way stretch meaning they actually move with your body so you can opt for the most tightly fitted ones and still feel at ease. To boot the brand’s cuts and pockets are super flattering. DL1961’s latest jean style, the Samantha, is made with a waistband that’s inspired by the one found in pregnancy jeans so it moves with your ever-changing waistline (how is it that our width can change radically throughout the day!?).

Sigh of relief. We’ve finally found [...]

Affordable meets luxe fashion

While boarding a flight in London, Kristen Dunst was photographed in an adorable dress from Topshop. With its white, polka-dotted design the Cream Spot Midi Dress ($98) is the perfect summer-to-fall transition piece and it can easily be dressed down with flats, like Dunst did, or dressed up with heels and a statement necklace.

If only the Louis Vuitton suitcase and Celine handbag that Dunst also took with her to the airport were Affordable meets luxe fashion

While boarding a flight in London, Kristen Dunst was photographed in an adorable dress from Topshop. With its white, polka-dotted design the Cream Spot Midi Dress ($98) is the perfect summer-to-fall transition piece and it can easily be dressed down with flats, like Dunst did, or dressed up with heels and a statement necklace.

If only the Louis Vuitton suitcase and Celine handbag that Dunst also took with her to the airport were [...]

Recipes from some of our favorite celebrity chefs

We associate Thanksgiving just as much with family time and a fantastic meal, as we do with shopping and the parade, so it couldn’t be more fitting that this holiday season Macy’s has teamed with some of our favorite celebrity chefs for a new book, “The Macy’s Culinary Council Thanksgiving & Holiday Cookbook.”

Cat Cora, Todd English, Emeril Lagasse, Wolfgang Puck, Rick Bayless, Michelle Bernstein, Marc Forgione, Marcus Samuelsson (we SO hope he wins Food Network’s “Next Iron Chef”), and Tim Scott are just some of the big names that contributed recipes to this book. Aside from the draw of the holiday dishes, desserts, and drink recipes, are the pages and pages of mouth-watering photographs – seriously, when it comes to cooking and especially baking we need visual motivation to get our eggs cracking and this book more than provides it.

As an added bonus [...]

If Oprah approves…

Oh Oprah, time and time again she proves that she (or whoever is doing research on her behalf…), knows her stuff. The latest brand that we’ve discovered who has gotten her stamp of approval is Prepara and they certainly don’t disappoint.

All of Prepara’s tools are designed to simplify preparation time, while enhancing the cooking experience by allowing, for example, to preserve the life of our herbs for up to three weeks longer than they would last otherwise thanks to their Herb-Savor. They’ve also got a nifty Tri-Blade peeler, and Collapsible Veggie Savors to store all kinds of leftovers in one convenient storage vessel that – here’s the kicker – is collapsible so you save space when you’re not using it.

It’s pretty impossible to go on the brand’s website and not lust for nearly everything on it, luckily the prices are [...]