TIMELESS, not beastly

Timelessly beautiful and absolutely not a beast, wouldn't you agree?

... I mean, no comment, really. Hardly any comment necessary at all. Joan Collins' very own cosmetics range? Irresistible. She's so versatile, right? One moment she sells you a chocolate bar, immediately afterwards it's her own beauty collection... 

So convincing! I'm only wondering - what happens to her mouth when she has to say the word "skincare" for the first time after approximately five seconds? I wouldn't exactly interpret that expression as joy and glee. But then again, who cares...?

So, are we surprised that she has "always done my own makeup for films and photo shoots" (see the little video I posted above)? Well, I am not, quite frankly. Do we believe her? We do believe her every single word. After all she pretty well is Alexis Morell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan, isn't she? 

via Dynasty Wiki

Bathing in champagne and scrubbing her luxurious body with pearls of caviar, always plotting against someone totally innocent. That's how we were brought up to imagine her (us, fashion editors growing up in the 80s that is). Alexis, not Joan of course, but is there really any significant difference? 

 

Lovely, lovely, lovely. And just look at that marvellous nail polish, sorry, "lacquer", in the tiny little bottle that looks like a very corporate very high skyscraper in Denver. Isn't it adorable? Never mind the quality of the product contained therein, I'd almost be tempted to say. Were I not grasping for breath after hearing Mrs Collins state, in the video promoting her "Timeless Beauty" line on sale via QVC: "I believe that looking good and feeling great is the right of every woman. Because beauty is timeless." And so it is and shall forever be ...

NOW screening

"oh, and I had lunch with Karl Lagerfeld!" ... "WHY?"

... at last: a new season of ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS will be aired by BBC One starting on Christmas Day (10 pm UK time), and I must say, judging by the clips that have been uploaded to Youtube, this is all very promising. "... oh, and I had lunch with Karl Lagerfeld!", says Patsy's intern. "Why?", retorts Edina's best friend rather harshly. Adorable, right, and quite understandable, in a way - for isn't Karl the slightest little bit exposing himself too much to whoever it is? And of course, another fashion thingy on TV, this year's edition of the Sapins de Noël des créateurs was made into a programme by producer Marie-Christiane Marek (who I recently talked to for this article), and it will go on air on December 24, 12.30 pm (TV 5 Europe, that is, it'll be on at 5 pm on TV 5 France, Suisse, Belgique) ...

Christmas trees created by Austrian-born designer Barbara Hermé
of the very successful accessory label Barbara Rihl for
Marie-Christiane Marek's annual charity auction in Paris

... Noël à la télé, et le plus beau cadeau, ce sera sans doute la suite de la série si bien-aimée et regrettée "Absolutely Fabulous". A partir du 25 décembre, à 22 heures précises, Eddy et Patsy vont encore avoir plein d'occasions pour s'avérer absolument fabuleuses sur BBC One. Un des premiers extraits à être apparu sur la chaîne Youtube de BBC montre Patsy en parlant avec sa stagiaire - trop trop drôle, je vous dis. Avec même une petite mention du trop omniprésent "Kaiser" Karl L. Et puis, puisque j'y suis, c'est pour aujourd'hui déjà, sur TV 5 (à 17 heures en France, Suisse, Belgique, à 12.30 sur TV 5 Monde Europe) résumé de l'édition 2011 des Sapins de Noël des créateurs, un programme réalisé par Marie-Christiane Marek avec qui j'ai parlé récemment pour cet article. Particulièrement intéressant, je trouve, est l'apparition de la créatrice d'origine autrichienne, Barbara Hermé, qui est la force créative de la marque Barbara Rihl et que vous connaîtrez peut-être ...

that's the rather charming Christian Dior Christmas fantasy ...