This month, the fun and fabulous,Betsey Johnson was honored by the National Arts Club with a Medal of Honor for Lifetime Achievement. The dinner and award ceremony was held at the historic members-only Gramercy Park club in New York City. Johnson, who has earned a much-deserved stellar reputation within the fashion industry by following her own set of rules, will join the esteemed ranks of previous lifetime achievement honorees including Geoffrey Beene (2003), Oleg Cassini (2004), Carolina Herrera (2005) and Arnold Scaasi (2006).  “I’m so excited, honored, and thrilled! It doesn’t get any better than this,” said Betsey. And it doesn’t get any better than Betsey! 

Since the 60’s, Betsey Johnson has been rocking the fashion industry with her over-the-top, exuberant and embellished unique designs. She began to first make her mark in fashion history as top designer for Paraphernalia (1965) and it was then that she started to apply her childhood aspirations of becoming a dancer and love of costumers to developing her trademark look of sexy silhouettes; hippie inspired flowing fabrics; whimsical detailing; and a fabulous fit. Thirty years later, alongside her friend and business partner Chantal Bacon, Johnson has witnessed the evolution and expansion of the Betsey Johnson label as it continues to rank as one of the top recognizable American lifestyle brands with over sixty retail stores in international markets.

Kate Hudson hit NYC donning all the cool Fall trends–plaids, tinted shades, knee-hi boots, and a fab Obakki trench coat. Cutest accessory? Her kid!

Digg that Navy trench?   $700,  available mid-March!

Some of TV’s most well-heeled women opt for well-priced wardrobe essentials in their real lives: Kelly Rutherford (Lily van der Woodsen on “Gossip Girl”), Jennie Garth (Kelly Taylor on “90120”) and Perrey Reeves (Mrs. Ari on “Entourage”) all love their Martin + Osa cardigans. 

Perrey Reeves recently picked up two M+O cardigans because she loves them for travel between Costa Rica and her work in New York and Los Angeles: “They easily take me from lush and rustic to a sophisticated metropolitan city, and in colors and patterns, they help me out of my black/grey clothing rut!”
 
Best part? They’re under $100 bucks.

 

 
  

Maybe. One of the latest online invitation only shopping sale sites, Gilt Groupe has gone mobile with “Gilt on the Go”  a free iPhone app which lets you  preview, shop and buy your favorite Gilt Groupe looks, no matter where you are.
 
“Gilt on the Go” sends sale alerts straight to your phone so you can get in on the sales action immediately, they say you can check out in under a minute, preview upcoming sales and select your favorite categories in one click. Sounds good to us.

  

 

The former red-head, now blonde super model, actress and AIDS activist, Maggie Rizer models the fab new Juliette bag that retails in Bloomies, Lord & Taylor, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Dillard’s and online at www.dooney.com for $185. Designer, Peter Dooney says “In addition to representing the perfect American girl-next-door Maggie is a dynamic woman, balancing her many projects and her tireless fundraising activities. She lives a hectic life as we all do. Former Dooney and Burke faces include; Mischa Barton, Lindsay Lohan, Emma Roberts and Hayden Panettiere.

We had better seats than Chelsea Clinton to see them rock the house full of 84,000 plus screaming fans, breaking the previous attendance record held by Pope John Paul II in 1995.

Set list:
Breathe, Get On Your Boots, Mysterious Ways, Beautiful Day / She’s A Rainbow (snippet) / Blackbird (snippet), No Line On The Horizon, Magnificent, Elevation, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For / Stand By Me (snippet), Unknown Caller, Until The End Of The World, Stay (Faraway, So Close!), The Unforgettable Fire, Mofo (snippet) / , City Of Blinding Lights, Vertigo / It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It) (snippet), I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight / Miss You (snippet), Sunday Bloody Sunday / Rock The Casbah (snippet), MLK, Walk On / You’ll Never Walk Alone (snippet), One / Amazing Grace (snippet), Where The Streets Have No Name / All You Need Is Love (snippet)
encores: Ultra Violet (Light My Way), With Or Without You, Moment of Surrender

And the winner goes to…Hayden Panettiere
My fab Hair-Stylist, Nunzio Saviano (from Oscar Blondi) was at the HBO Studio suite styling and saw Hayden up close and personal. He says her locks were by far “the best hair on the red-carpet.” But don’t get too excited ladies, he says, the look “is not so easy to get on your own.”

How to mimic it? Pull all your hair back off your face and twist it into a loose bun.
Easy for me to say! Nunzio chopped all my hair off yesterday!

 

Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga and a handful of the Real Housewives of NYC! Just a few of the celebs that came to watch the Spring 2010 collections.