On May 14, 2015 Swarovski and The Hollywood Reporter co-hosted a private dinner with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at the 68th Festival de Cannes.
With a lively musical set by DJ Kristen Oshiro, a delicious selection of hors d’oeuvres, and a custom cocktail by Mishi Torgove of Pulqueria, fashion model and blogger Gala Gonzalez released her Spring/Summer ’15 capsule collaboration with distinguished jewelry brand “Tous”.
V Files organized a presentation to show off their fashion selections for the Fall/Winter 2015 season.
TheKnockturnal attended the launch of Joico’s new Hair Shake, a groundbreaking new texturizer at 305 Fitness in New York.
At sundown last night May 4, all eyes were on New York’s The Mark Hotel for a FIRST GLIMPSE at all the most talked about celebrity looks as the fashion elite gathered ahead of the 2015 Met Gala.
Fashion’s elite certainly made the most of their evening at Vogue.com’s “party before the party” this past weekend – a Pre-Met Gala pajama bash held at New York City’s oldest dim sum parlor, Nom Wah Tea Parlor, in the spirit of this year’s “China: Through the Looking Glass” exhibit.
D’usse and Armand de Brignac presented Rihanna’s Met Gala After-Party at Up&Down in the Meatpacking District.
This season Style360 celebrated its tenth anniversary. TheKnockturnal.com was invited the cover the event, which came to an end on Sept. 11.
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and fashionista herself, Angela Simmons took part 
in this 2014 season of NYFW to showcase 3 up-and-coming designers in her Style 360 fashion show Angela Simmons Presents “Back to Basics.”
The star-studded event drew quite the crowd over to Manhattan’s West Side, where the daughter of legendary Hip Hop pioneer Reverend Run, presented the 2015 Spring/Summer collections for independent designers: Muehleder, Smith II, and Big Park. Each designer provided their own flare of chic and fabulous with basics such as tops, skirts, pants, dresses and jackets; bold colors, prints, leather, and zippers, all of which will all be sold on Angela’s e-commerce site, AngelaIAM.com.
The show opened with 3 ballerinas and a violinist whom took their marks on the runway prior to the first model, and closed with big sister Vanessa and new baby in tote – super cute. Celebrity guests included: Tyson Beckford, Erica Campbell of Mary Mary, Atlanta Exes: Monyetta Shaw and Tameka Raymond, and Ariane Davis of Love & Hip Hop; not to mention, her famous family sitting front row in support of it all.
Dressed in a black and white Big Park jacket with some shorts and thigh high boots, Angela was gracious enough to share a few words on this season’s presentation, “I’m really big on giving independent designers a platform that they can use. After seeking these three designers out, I just put on a show, putting them all in one and then BOOM!” She also went on to disclose a little bit about her own up-and- coming endeavor of creating her own line, which is in the works now, so look out.
A-List Communications produced Style360. Sponsors supporting this season included Cointreau, L’Alpina Water, Hello naturally friendly oral care, Carefree, Olivia Garden hair care tools, Shimmer Jewelry Tattoos, Beanitos and Scarlet & Gold print shop, NYX Fusions Moscato by Nicki Minaj and Mona Scott-Young, Bottega Rose sparkling. All fashion shows were styled with Not Your Mother’s hair care products by lead stylist Michele Carrillo. James Vincent was the makeup artist with the official makeup partners, Mehron Cosmetics and Alcone Company. STYLE360’s official hotel partner was the Row NYC.
Fatigues to Fabulous wonderfully kicked off this 2014 New York Fashion Week season with “Salute the Runway” on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, with many thanks to sponsors Little Black Dress Wines and Shout, where some very special women graced the fashion stage.
World-renowned journalist, executive producer and narrator, Katie Couric together with Stephanie Soechtig (director) and Laurie David (executive producer) all attended the New York premiere of their new documentary “Fed Up” on May 6, 2014. They brought many influencers to the MoMA. The evening was presented by Aloha.
It’s been almost 30 years since the obesity epidemic started in this country, and if Americans continue on this path, we may just eat ourselves to death. “Fed Up” is more than just a film, but a movement with a powerful message. The film goes beyond the conversation of the effects of fast food, but weighs heavily in on the actual miscreants behind the contagion, and how the food industry has knowingly used these secret weapons to manipulate what we eat for private profit and special interests.
Ninety-two minutes of video diaries, interviews and some undisclosed legislative doctrines was enough to enlist a brilliant army, and remove every sugary, starched, and processed food item out of your pantry. Sugar is equated to a drug six times more addictive than cocaine, a poison to the liver, and a major ingredient to most American food regimens. We have been bamboozled, misled, taken for complete imbeciles. The film says that instead of strategizing on how to handle issues overseas, we ought to be planning the war against our own food industry right here in the US.
With kids as a target, this generation of Americans will face more sicknesses and die younger than our parents, while the food industry just gets richer and richer. There is a whole business behind the fattening of America, even down to the marketing of diet products, the funding of food health research programs by these corporations, and a product placement system in line to entice further bad eating behaviors.
Notables who attended last night’s screening included Jodi Applegate, Jon Cryer, Yaya Dacosta, Claire Danes, Shep Gordon, Adrien Grenier, Dorothy Hamilton, Bridget Moynahan, Arizona Muse, Norah O’Donnell, Suze Orman, Chuck Scarborough, Mary Alice Stephenson, Susan Ungaro and Naomi Wolf. Afterwards guests headed to Venus over Manhattan for a sugar free supper. The menu was inspired by Laurie David’s cookbook entitled “The Family Cooks.”
Catering was done by Mary Giuliani Catering & Events. Light bites included chicken sausage with caramelized onions on cheesy grit cakes, black bean burgers topped with guacamole with wweet potato fries, miso-glazed black cod lettuce wraps, whole grain quesadillas with crunchy cabbage, quinoa cakes with green Goddess aioli, salmon cakes with cucumber yogurt sauce, kale sesame seed salad summer rolls and for dessert guests enjoyed mini oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and mini almond cake.
In theaters this Friday May 9, “Fed Up” is an important source to uncovering the facts surrounding our food intake. Tell a friend to tell a friend until the truth is bigger than this widespread.