Did it! Went to Borders this morning and bought Beauty Confidential by Nadine Haobsh, All You Need To Be Impossibly French by Helena Frith Powell, and Kimora Lee Simmons' Fabulosity: What It is & How to Get It. Yippee!!! Had a horrible weekend (the details of which I will not bore anyone with, so I indulged in quite possibly the best way to soothe rattled nerves and tight muscles: book shopping! Yes, despite my obsession with all things beauty, my favorite possession of all is still my ginormous personal library.
I'll review these treasures on this site as I read them. (I'll review Powell's book on my other blog, My Inner French Girl, natch.) In the meantime, if you've already read either one (especially Kimora's, which has been out for months. Nadine's was released today.), please do let me know what you think!
Showing posts with label Kimora Lee Simmons. Show all posts
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Monday, October 29, 2007
Kimora Lee Simmons
God, I totally heart this woman. I've watched every episode of her Style/E! reality series, Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane, and my husband knows not to interrupt me -- even with the promise of food, or even books! -- when I've parked my fabulous butt in front of the telly to ogle my new heroine.
Yes, I know, she's loud and frequently obnoxious and can be very imperial towards her hapless staff. When interviewed by the media, she can come across as being utterly self-absorbed. (In last night's episode, in the middle of lecturing her children about making noise by the pool during her chat with the
European press in Cannes, she interrupts herself and asks one daughter, "What do you think of my ring? It's emerald!!")
On the other hand, she's also very strong-willed, fiercely intelligent, financially and sartorially savvy, and knows how to work a room. People (like myself) gravitate towards her because of that magnetic charisma that brought her model superstardom and a marriage to one of the wealthiest impresarios in music. Above all, she knows what she wants and is not afraid to get it. That's something that can be said of many, many ambitious women who've "made it," but how many do you know who've made it looking as fabulous as she does? And really, how many of them are Asian-American?
The most prominent Asian-American women I know -- and by "prominent" I mean those who are household names, not powerful but otherwise unknown to the average American on the street, like Avon CEO Andrea Jung -- can be counted in one hand: Connie Chung, Margaret Cho, Lucy Liu, Lisa Ling, and....uh....if you think of another, let me know. They're all in entertainment in one way, shape or form, but KLS has made it in the brutal world of the fashion industry. She started out modeling but has since held her own as the CEO of the Baby Phat empire. Word has it that the company is worth US$750 million. That's a lot of bling for KLS and her two precocious babies.
Yes, I would love to be like her. Hell, I'd love to have her money and power and her f***-you attitude. She's an intriguing mix of no-bulls*** CEO and doting mom, and watching her command her troops to meet her exacting standards of perfection is great fun, as it's not often you see a beautiful woman actually working on TV. I would never want to actually work for her (while assistant Mallory's job seems positively glamorous and fun, especially on the yacht in Cannes, I would probably suffer a massive stroke while running around looking for double-sided tape in some French village, worried as I would be about missing my deadline and having to face KLS' legendary wrath. And those arched eyebrows! Eeeek!!), but on the other hand it's a fabulous way to see a woman -- and a towering Asian-American woman at that -- demand what she wants and make no apologies for it.
Yes, I know, she's loud and frequently obnoxious and can be very imperial towards her hapless staff. When interviewed by the media, she can come across as being utterly self-absorbed. (In last night's episode, in the middle of lecturing her children about making noise by the pool during her chat with the
European press in Cannes, she interrupts herself and asks one daughter, "What do you think of my ring? It's emerald!!")On the other hand, she's also very strong-willed, fiercely intelligent, financially and sartorially savvy, and knows how to work a room. People (like myself) gravitate towards her because of that magnetic charisma that brought her model superstardom and a marriage to one of the wealthiest impresarios in music. Above all, she knows what she wants and is not afraid to get it. That's something that can be said of many, many ambitious women who've "made it," but how many do you know who've made it looking as fabulous as she does? And really, how many of them are Asian-American?
The most prominent Asian-American women I know -- and by "prominent" I mean those who are household names, not powerful but otherwise unknown to the average American on the street, like Avon CEO Andrea Jung -- can be counted in one hand: Connie Chung, Margaret Cho, Lucy Liu, Lisa Ling, and....uh....if you think of another, let me know. They're all in entertainment in one way, shape or form, but KLS has made it in the brutal world of the fashion industry. She started out modeling but has since held her own as the CEO of the Baby Phat empire. Word has it that the company is worth US$750 million. That's a lot of bling for KLS and her two precocious babies.
Yes, I would love to be like her. Hell, I'd love to have her money and power and her f***-you attitude. She's an intriguing mix of no-bulls*** CEO and doting mom, and watching her command her troops to meet her exacting standards of perfection is great fun, as it's not often you see a beautiful woman actually working on TV. I would never want to actually work for her (while assistant Mallory's job seems positively glamorous and fun, especially on the yacht in Cannes, I would probably suffer a massive stroke while running around looking for double-sided tape in some French village, worried as I would be about missing my deadline and having to face KLS' legendary wrath. And those arched eyebrows! Eeeek!!), but on the other hand it's a fabulous way to see a woman -- and a towering Asian-American woman at that -- demand what she wants and make no apologies for it.
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