At first, no one was certain that the Raf Simons head designer takeover at Christian Dior would actually work. When John Galliano left due to scandal, an important role needed to be filled and after months of rumors and false names, Simons was asked to take the spot. He was a popular designer at Jil Sander, known for high fashion [...]

For a Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala that focuses on Punk: Chaos to Couture, we have to wonder…where was the punk?! While some of the celebrities (and the non-celebrities) got it right, we have to wonder why there was so much classic elegance on the red carpet. It was a moment the celebs had been waiting for – [...]

Fashion’s hottest and most stylish red carpet night of the year happens this Monday, May 6th as the 2013 Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala happens in NY. With the theme of Punk: Chaos to Couture and designers like Vivienne Westwood, Alexander Wang, and Valentino taking model Lily Cole, actress Julianne Moore, and actress Gwyneth Paltrow, respectively, we’re sure [...]

The Oscars, it ain’t! You can always count on the MTV Movie Awards to get us excited about fashion in that playful, less formal, statement-making away. Since MTV is made for young adults these days (when did that happen?) it’s no surprise to see the attendees at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards were mainly teens and young adults — looking [...]

It’s true that Second City Style is all about promoting the best of fashion, we also have to make sure we’re letting our readers know what NOT to wear. There are celebrity fashionistas out there who are fabulous, versatile dressers who promote the best of colors, trends, high-fashion and brands. But there are also celebs out there who, with their [...]

  Spring is here! You may not be feeling it yet depending on where you are living (NY for example, had some cold temps recently) but it’s here and the celebritiess are letting you know it with their bold colors, crop tops, and sandal shoes. Among my favorite trends for spring are the ones you didn’t see coming. Leather is in [...]

The 85th Annual Academy Awards didn’t go without its surprises — Jennifer Lawrence’s dramatic fall, Seth MacFarlane’s controversial jokes, and Daniel Day-Lewis’s third win for Best Actor, making him the only man to have won 3 Oscars for Best Actor.  Then, of course, there was the Best Picture win for Ben Affleck and George Clooney’s Argo, basically shunning the naysayers [...]

At the start of New York Fashion Week, when only Ashlee Simpson and Christina Ricci were the biggest names in the front row, I wondered if any A-lister celebrities were going to show up at all this season. And then when celebrities like Hilary Swank, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Miley Cyrus, and Matt Damon started making their appearances, I realized something important. [...]

If fashion editors noticed that there weren’t too many celebrities in the front row for the first half of New York Fashion Week, they certainly couldn’t say that about the second week — as A-listers like Jessica Chastain, Hilary Swank, and Miley Cyrus (yes, I call her an A-lister!) started showing up at the shows. Perhaps it wasn’t the celeb-heavy [...]

Word on the street this season has been that not too many celebs have been attending the shows at Lincoln Center during New York Fashion Week Fall 2013. There could be many reasons for this. One of them could be that everyone who is anyone with street style these days could look at themselves as a celeb. The second is [...]