Fashion’s Night Out: A Realistic Guide To Shop-Hopping
September 9, 2010 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Featured, Paints & Potions
Fashion’s Night Out is one more attempt by Vogue Queen Bee Anna Wintour to help the retail industry salvage earnings and for that, we applaud it. But, Trendcetera is about encouraging Americans to be open minded, well educated, smart shoppers and that means shopping for what you need not what you want. Still, avoiding the [...]
Spring – Summer Scents: You Are What You Wear
May 20, 2010 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Featured, Leisure & Culture, Paints & Potions
Fragrance is a stylistic move that can be more important a choice than clothes and accessories because its impact goes beyond the visual. If you’ve ever had an employee whose perfume or cologne takes over the room, you understand the power of fragrance. But, in the best light, an amazing perfume or cologne can become [...]
What We Learned At Fashion’s Night Out
September 13, 2009 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Featured, Leisure & Culture
Does skinny equal pretty? Will carrying a Louis mask one’s fatness? These are the questions that streamed through my mind while shop hopping on the windy Thursday evening that was the world’s inaugural Fashion’s Night Out. The evening was a mass effort to get Americans out to celebrate fashion week and swipe the plastic. We [...]
An Excuse To Visit Bergdorf Goodman!
January 13, 2009 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Paints & Potions
Dr. Dennis Gross, a Manhattan-based dermatologist and the creator of MD Skincare, is offering free consultations on Wednesday January 21 from 4 p.m. through 7 p.m. Once you receive a consult from the man himself, try a free MD Skincare facial offered by MD Skincare estheticians (a $200 value). Head to the beauty department at [...]
Drinkable Beauty
September 30, 2008 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Nutri-Life, Paints & Potions
Nestle is joining the ranks of nutraceutical makers with a new drink that promises to beautify the outside through a supplement drink. The beauty beverage sector was pioneered a few years back by the Borba brand, which is now owned by Anheuser-Busch, the maker of 180-Energy, whose varieties include goji and acai options. So what [...]
Retail & Celebrity Charity News August 25
August 24, 2008 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Current Events
On July 1, 2008, Starbucks announced it will close 600 of its stores in the United States, including several locations in New York and California, as well as five in Las Vegas. Starbucks also released a full list of anticipated closures that will occur during the first half of 2009. CEO Howard Schultz attributes smaller [...]


