New York Fashion Week

At New York's Fashion Week this week two of Stella B's (and Tarina Tarantino's) favorite icons are getting some face time, Hello Kitty and Barbie. Barbie will be showcasing a collection to celebrate her 50th birthday using outfits by designers including Vera Wang, Jason Wu, Calvin Klein and Donna Karan. Hello Kitty will be using the event to launch her cosmetics collection for MAC. Thirty Hello Kitty dresses have also been made by designers which will be auctioned of on eBay in aid of the Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology, Vogue reports. David Blond, designer of The Blonds fashion label adds: "They're both pretty relevant in terms of their fashion. Hello Kitty is edgier, and Barbie is more sophisticated."

Get to know Jessica Kagan Cushman

We can't get enough of Jessica Kagan Cushman at Stella B's.

Jessica Kagan Cushman

As the daughter of renowned furniture designer Vladimir Kagan and needlework queen Erica Wilson design runs in her veins, so it seems only natural that Jessica Cushman’s work is totally unique and fresh.

Having learned scrimshaw from her father, who took up the craft in the 1960’s in Nantucket, Jessica has taken the artform to a new (and slightly un-orthodox) level - creating scrimshawed antique ivory bracelets that lie somewhere between a tattoo and a bumper sticker. Historically practiced by sailors on long journeys hunting for whales, scrimshaw traditionally depicted whaling scenes, ships, women and scenes copied from magazines of the day. Jessica takes quotes and phrases, from movies, literature and in some cases, New York graffiti and transcribes them via scrimshaw onto fossilized wooly mammoth ivory bracelets - combing a venerable traditional craft with wry, modern wit…

Under her mother’s tutelage Jessica learned to embroider and knit at an early age. She has applied these skills to jewelry-making and now creates amazing knitted scarf/necklaces out of 14kt gold and silver chain dripping with semi-precious stones and pearls; and embroidered pieces on double-faced cashmere embellished with pearls, gems and 24kt gold thread.

Jessica graduated from Smith College with a BA in Art History. She has studied jewelry making at the Jewelry Arts Institute in New York and the Silvermine Guild in Connecticut.

Wild Hair

Having worked in the professional hair industry for seven years, I saw some wild hair but nothing like this!!

Magnetic Nail Polis

Makeup house Lancome has a new nail polish called "Le Magnetique" which is infused with metallic particles. Before the second coat of varnish dries, holding the bottle's built-in magnet over your nails will align the particles in a star-shaped pattern familiar to anyone who has played with magnets and iron filings.

This is a very cool product, it came out in 2007.

Valentine's Day Special

Valentine's Day Special. Guys, give what she actually wants this year!! For $150 you can bring your lady to Stella B's for a private shopping event where she can pick whatever she wants (excluding Tarina Tarantino jewelry) and if she wants more you get 14% off of any attentional items. Stella B's will provide a style consultant and champagne.

Spring 2009 Trends

What to know what to look for this Spring? Here is are some trends that we have been seeing a lot of. We are seeing a flashback to the 1980's with neon colors, bold prints, jumpsuits, sheer materials and one shoulder fashions.
Check back soon for more trends.