Kim and Kanye take Paris

What an Awesome and wondrous Labour Day gift we received from Kimye: A Wedding Special!

And bless Kim’s heart for trying so hard to make it seem like it was her first. The occasion was supposedly filled with many secrets and surprises. I attribute this to Kim herself being in the dark about most of her own wedding plans, but I digress. Between E! Online, Instagram and every single news outlet on the planet, I felt very few details hadn’t surfaced yet, but just in case you missed them: let's review some of the inside scoop revealed last night:

Un: Kim Kardashian is a Parisian Tourism Ambassador. Thank god we finally have someone to show us all of the hidden gems in this unknown city.

Deux: Having Kanye West, whom you've likely only met sparingly, pick out a dress for you to wear without any input is obnoxious. Also his opinion on slits is final.

Trois: Mr. West understands that best friend isn’t a person but a tier; a classic Mindy Lahiri life lesson. Those three groomsmen looked like a barrel of laughs didn’t they?

Quatre: North West! Oh wait. We’ve seen her already. I’ll buy someone a million Instagram likes if they can logically explain to me why Nori’s face had to be blurred on that iPhone after we had seen her two scenes earlier? KONFUSED.

Cinq: Kendall Jenner is a model. I hadn't heard.

Six: The Kardashians‘ family and friends have iPhones that capture flawless HD Video and high quality sound. Either that or they stole footage they paid paparazzi to capture in-between driving Rob Kardashian out of the country. *

*E! definitely filmed this episode.

Dashingly yours,

Lauren

Mad Men Season 6 Premiere Stills

The premiere of season 6 is this weekend everybody! We are excited and very much open to screening invitations...

Anyway, AMC has released stills from the premiere and they are pretty good. Looks like part of the 2 hour episode will take place at Christmas, how enchanting! For those of you who haven't done your research, here is AMC's synopsis for the premiere:

Don spearheads a new campaign, Roger gets some unsettling news, and Betty takes in a houseguest.

Riveting stuff.

Enjoy these pictures!

The Morning After: Sean's Final Rose

Well sports fans, Sean finally got some clarity! Hallelujah! Of course he may have made the wrong decision and we'll be clear on that when, actually if, that television wedding airs. We think it was foolish of him to ignore the warnings of Catherine's own sisters!

We actually don't have much to say since last night's episode was very boring; so much so that Chris Harrison couldn't even conjure up emotion when Lindsay departed. Viewers have been complaining all season about not being able to really get into this semester of TV love and we can't blame them. Were it not for the grand and all consuming tradition of weekly group Bachelor viewing, we would have been tuning OUT as well.

We did enjoy however the first place and second place dresses (fittingly, gold and silver) and related to Lindsays quick dismissal of those heels. Both ladies looked like Miss America contestants and we liked it!



Brace yourself for another potential snooze fest when Desiree takes over next season. We thought Leslie or Lindsay were a lock, I guess we didn't pray hard enough on that one!

The Morning After: The Inauguration 2013

For many of you last weekend was tough, as it didn’t conclude with an award show on Sunday. Thankfully, as a special treat, President Obama's second inauguration aired on Monday morning. Yes, at first we also thought it could be the Grammys (and that Bill Clinton had once again weaseled his way into a non-political event) but we swiftly realized that this was bigger and better.

Barack Obama took the oath of office for a second term; speaking a lot about freedom and moving forward. However, we couldn’t help but notice he forgot to be forward thinking enough to take time away from politikin, to remind his politico buddies that the event was more about fabulous outerwear than anything else. Let us review:

Style Exhibit A-G:

#drippinswagoo #flawless

#impeccablystylish #accessorieswin

#colorizing

#onpoint #figureflattering

#lovethiscolour #sophisticated

#bold #cutehat

Style Exhibit H-I:

#missedthememo #literallyinthedark

#nobodycalledthebidens #notfeelingthebow

Kardashian Koncern

Last night Kourtney and Kim Kardashian took Miami amidst what felt like a sick joke. I only say this because the happenings on last night’s episode seemed ill-timed and very koncerning.

The episode, basically an hour-long Instagram session set to dialogue, focused on the arrival of Kim's kitten Mercy and her inability to care for anything other than herself. Ok, so this is koncerning for several reasons, but mainly because we’ve just found out that she is pregnant. Bad time to have us watch her not only struggle to take care of, but also misplace, an adorable kitten that she refers to as her child! (Spoiler alert: this kitten, sadly, has in fact met an untimely, and now suspicious, death and was last seen posthumously on the Kardashian Khristmas Kard).

Also koncerning is when Kanye West (gifter of the kitten, as well as father to be) kind of insisted that Kim name the pet after his song entitled Mercy; doesn’t bode well for the naming of the Kimye infant, but we can revisit this conversation when little Jesus Walks West is born.

Lastly, I think we should definitely be koncerned about Kim’s adoption of the phrase YOLO and not just because as a society we’ve decided to stop saying it. I worry she is misinterpreting only living once as an excuse to have one man's baby while still married to another -- yet another ill-timed situation of which Khloe continued to remind us last night.

All things considered, looks like a great season ahead. Should be interesting if the episode where Khloe excitedly finds out she is X-Factor co-host coincides with the confirmation that she is definitely fired from the show. May as well continue this genius-scheduling streak!

Dashingly yours,

Lauren

Morning After: Golden Globes 2013

Last night's Golden Globes were delightful, purely because Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are simply the best hostesses ever. Our ladies were on fire and we’d like to demand that they host everything we watch/do from here on out (I am pretty sure the audience would agree as they were laughing just as hard at those zingers). As per the usual story, everyone tried to look pretty and have a good time (exceptions: Taylor Swift, Joaquin Phoenix, Tommy Lee Jones and a teleprompter who didn't), although we did furrow our brows at a few things and wanted more visuals from the Ben/J.Lo/Diddy triangle, we were mostly entertained. Here are our highlights:


Best-dressed girls: Jennifer Lawrence in Dior Couture, Michelle Dockery in Alexandre Vauthier


Worst dressed girls: Halle Berry in disaster, Sienna Miller in Erdem (errr...is right).


Best-dressed guys: Daniel Craig in Tom Ford (but, of course), Leonardo DiCaprio in unconfirmed, but sexy tux, and Eddie Redmayne looking divine.


Worst dressed guy: Robert Pattinson. We placed him with the losers only because he just looked like one all night. Skulking and drinking his Heineken solo. No offence to the actual custom clothing here.


Best couple(s): Emily Blunt in Elie Saab & John Krasinski and Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner in Vivienne Westwood.


Worst couple(s): Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban and Jennifer Lopez & boy companion.


Best (and by best we mean worst) Lace: J. Lo in Zuhair Murad, Julie Louis Dreyfous in Vera Wang, Julianna Magulies in Puccini.


Best Olympic Sanctioned Ice Dancing Costumes: Kate Hudson in Alexander McQueen and J.Lo in Zuhair Murad


Best maternity, with new mom hair: Kristen Bell in Jenny Packham.


Possible meh, maternity: Anne Hathaway in Chanel (not pregnant but still.)


Best Wedding Party: Amanda Seyfried in Givenchy (bride) Lena Dunham in Zac Posen and Taylor Swift in Donna Karan (bridesmaids).


Best Look-a-Likes: Is Jeremy Irons actually Daniel Day Lewis with slight make-up application to age him?


Best Fan Girls: Jon Hamm clapping and looking elated after Girls wins Best TV Show & Daniel Craig high-fiving Adele. Cute as a freaking button.


Favourite moment: Amy Poehler creeping up on George Clooney!

Most awkward moment: Lena Dunham should have worn flats.


Most Annoying moment (also overall person): Ann Hathaway, your speech was nice, but too clearly researched and rehearsed and you didn’t have to use the Les Mis movie win to wrap it up. Know your moments.


Most endearing moment: Adele having her girls night out and acting genuinely humbled by the win.

Moment we wished had happened!: Audience V-Mars reunion with Kristen Bell, Amanda Seyried and Max Greenfield.

Goldenly yours,

Us

What We Are Looking Forward To in 2013

Well now that we've exhaustively listed our fav happenings of 2012, let us move upward and onward with the new year!

STYLE Going to finally capitalize on the peplum phenom, as well as strong black and white looks.	BOOKS Lena Dunham's rumoured book. Expectations are Tina Fey and Chelsea Handler level literate comedy.	TELEVISION New and reborn season of Arrested Development, and the very much anticipated sophomore season of HBO's Girls. We predict Amy Poehler and Tina Fey teaming up as Golden Globe hosts will prove to be a real hoot.
MOVIES Oz the Great and Powerful and The Great Gatsby AGAIN. Baz Lurhmann, you are walking a fine line. Also, this year we will truly be open minded to anything that isn't a member of the super hero craze (ie. Superman, Iron Man, Thor), featured a tired action star or is related to the Hobbit -- though that seems in short supply	MUSIC New up and coming artist Andy Allo is looking and sounding sharp! Of course can't wait for what the 2013 has to offer ft. Beyonce, Nicki Minaj and Azealia Banks. We also think Ben Howard is about the blow up (if he hasn't already???).	MATERNITY Baby Kimye and the Royal Heir. Also the will she or won't she (gain/lose the weight again, that is) surrounding Jessica Simpson.
BEYONCE Super Bowl half time show, Pepsi Ad, HBO documentary, new Destinys Child music, possible collaboration with JT and everything else imaginable. Can't. Be. Stopped.	SHOPPING Target in Canada, hurrah!	OBAMA INAUGURATION Only if Beyoncé is performing and Obama is being adorable with wifey and children. UPDATE: Beyonce has confirmed her performance, result!
MUST HAVE APP Icon Pop Quiz, we've needed something new to occupy our time when travelling on public transit, waiting in insufferable lines and avoiding people.	LIVING OUR BEST LIVES Getting in better shape and being more virtuous.

Morning After: Girls Season 2 Premiere

So last night it seems like all the cool people of NYC got together to watch the premiere episode of Girls while the rest of us chumps have to wait until Sunday (even worse for the folks without HBO who are forced to catch up on monday...i.e. us). Anyway, our Instagram feeds were blowing up with celebs demonstrating their superior status as attendees. Everyone from Questlove to Hilary Rhoda were boasting about the event. Mozel.

Ignore our bitching and see the cast all dressed up!



We must say that Shoshanna looks adorable and we are dying to know what Zosia Mamet is like in real life. Unfortunately, the talented Lena Dunham can't seem to help herself from looking like a mess. That's harsh we know. But when you are directing, writing and starring in your own show on cable and are NOT Sarah Jessica Parker, hire a stylist for goodness sakes. Marnie looks great!