Just Add Water: Seeing Green at These Spring Shows
The grass is always greener at--would you believe?--Holland & Holland, the British firm with a hunting heritage.
Shoppers at its Beverly Hills outpost may kick off their shoes if they are so inclined and sink their tootsies into a carpet of lush green grass covering a 1,000-square-foot showroom on the store’s second floor at 442 N. Rodeo Drive.
The grass was planted on plastic over a hardwood floor last week for a series of shows highlighting H&H;’s spring 2000 collection by Paris designer Jose Levy.
The willow green collection of organza kilts and cashmere tops for evening also called for a wall-to-wall lawn that will be mowed away after the close of business Saturday.
Levy, who uses a snappy grass print for several garments, used Astroturf on the catwalk in London during the spring shows, and put a real grass runway in the New York store. But leave it to H&H; on Rodeo Drive to go Hollywood.
“We just decided to go all out with wall-to-wall grass,†said store manager William Aspinall, who’s been watering twice a day with Miracle-Gro. The flora is doing so well that even the fauna are starting to appear: “The other day†he said, “a worm was climbing up the wall.â€
Soap Stars: Fashion and Hollywood have long been partners, but now it looks as if the beauty industry wants a piece of the action. These days, movie premiere-goers are likely to walk out with a bag of goodies that includes shampoo and skin products. Guests at the premiere of “Happy, Texas†got a big bottle of Kiehl’s body wash. “The Story of Us†and “The Thomas Crown Affairâ€--great hair movies--offered Terax Hair Care products. And Clinique has developed a makeup promotion for the soon-to-be-released “Anywhere but Here.†Makeup artists at Clinique counters will give customers the looks used by the movie’s mother (Susan Sarandon) or daughter (Natalie Portman).
Virtual Neiman’s: What’s next in the dot-com world? Just in time for holiday shopping comes the e-commerce site from department store Neiman Marcus--https://www.neimanmarcus.com--open for shopping as of last week. Neiman’s has had a Web site since 1996, but customers could only e-mail their requests.
Puffy Wear: Music producer and celebrity party host Sean “Puffy†Combs expects to launch a women’s wear line in fall 2000, according to the November issue of W. Combs has a line of men’s urban streetwear--Sean Jean.
Makeup Tips: Makeup artist Laura Mercier, famous for celebrity client Madonna, has added skin care to her self-named cosmetics line. She’ll be at Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday.
