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Word: Mangénue

Meaning: A male ingénue; an “it boy.”

Usage: “In a town filled with dewy mangénues like Zac Efron and Robert Pattinson, is there any actor who producers can turn to for the Steve McQueen biopic?” — Defamer

Word: Jalousie

Meaning: Well, it’s the French word for jealousy, and everyone knows what that means. But there’s more…

Featured from left to right: Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream skin protectant ($25, at Shoppers Drug Mart) was used to give skin a sheen in A Single Man. Shu Uemura Essence Absolue nourishing protective oil ($68, shuuemura.com) makes damaged strands “shine like baby hair,” says Cornell. Chapstick ($3, at Shoppers Drug Mart) in “Cherry” is offers’ go-to lip tint.

Almost every season, Hollywood has a way of asserting its influence on the runways, with leading ladies from contemporary and iconic films inspiring makeup and hair at several shows. For Fall 2011 alone, makeup artist Val Garland painted a smoky eye at Sophie Theallet to evoke a modern-day Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde, while at Dsquared, she channelled Nicole Kidman in Cold Mountain. And Garland wasn’t the only one mining imdb for muses. Hairstylist Eugene Souleiman had Hailee Steinfeld in mind while he weaved what he refers to as “Amish/True Grit braids” at Kenzo.

Flapper enthusiasts (and R-Patz devotees) rejoice! The much-anticipated romantic drama, Water for Elephants, finally opens next Friday April 22nd. Based on Sara Gruen’s novel of the same name, Elephants tells the story of two star-crossed lovers who bond over their shared care of a circus elephant during the Great Depression. The festooned celebration of circus […]

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Burberry pulled off a neat trick yesterday where they convinced fashion VIPs in New York, Paris, Tokyo and Dubai to watch the live stream wear 3-D glasses. [WWD, sub req’d]

GQ has some choice words for Rpattz regarding his greasy BAFTAs hair: “Please pull it together. Or slick it back. Something.” [GQ]

Some fresh details have emerged in the news that bloggers have been included as voters for the CFDA awards. Turns out that bloggers weren’t just simply sent ballots, but actually had to ask to get them, and only then will the CFDA review the request and make the decision as to whether their blogger status is deemed worthy to vote [The Cut]

Blackface keeps popping up in fashion editorials–on the heels of Lara Stone’s racial transformation and Tyra’s ANTM shoot comes V as the next culprit. [The Cut]

Karl Lagerfeld will star in a short documentary that follows him on September 10th as he worked at the Chanel offices. The film “The Blonde and I” even caught the designer whipping up a quick outfit sketch before speeding off to an airport photo shoot where he remarked, “I look good on the runway.” Of course you do Karl, you look good everywhere. [WWD]

The first-ever Canadian P&G Beauty Awards were handed out last night at Toronto’s Carlu. Nia Vardalos presided over the evening, which had a list of presenters that included Jeanne Beker, designer Joeffer Caoc, CNTM’s Meaghan Waller and Style by Jury’s David Clemmer. FASHION picked up two awards—Best Fashion Feature for Karen Burshtein’s “Diary of a Couture Dress” from our Summer 2008 issue and Best Magazine Cover for our August 2008 cover with Coco Rocha. Other winners included Addison Gill for Best New Face and Janine Falcon (imabeautygeek.com) for Best Beauty or Fashion Blog.

Tamara Mellon is suing her mother for $9.5 million. The lawsuit comes on the heels of the allegation that Mellon’s mum, Ann Yeardye, breached their part verbal/part paper contract in the sale of Jimmy Choo to Lion Capital in 2004. Yeardye was meant to receive only a cash pay off in the deal but she allegedly took $6.3 million in stock. [The Cut]

That Baptiste Giabiconi Wallpaper cover is out. Thoughts? [Refinery 29]

No doubt Twi-hards are thrilled with the opening of Twilightbeauty.com, which hawks the series’ two makeup lines, Luna Twilight and Volturi Twilight. (You’ll have to fill us in on what those mean.) Included in the lineup is the much-hyped Twilight Venom from DuWop lip stain/conditioner, which looks like blood in suspended animation and a lot of sparkle everything. [Spoiled Pretty]