Bold Face explores the cult of celebrity and the styles, trends and brands that stars show off in movies, at events and living their daily lives. To be considered for inclusion please contact Senior Editor, Deirdre Carroll.
What says summer more than a blockbuster movie? In this edition of Bold Face we take an in-depth look at many of the summer’s biggest flicks and the eyewear that adds a little something special to films…
Taraji P. Henson co-stars with Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith in “The Karate Kid.” In the film she plays Smith’s mother who moves the family to China and thus leads to Smith’s character’s introduction to karate. Here Henson can be seen in the Fendi FS5090 from Marchon. “The Karate Kid,” which had a huge $56 million opening weekend, is in theatres now…
“Iron Man 2” kicked off the summer blockbuster season in May. At the film’s world premiere on April 26 in Hollywood, Mickey Rourke walked the carpet wearing the Christian Roth 14302 a.k.a. NEO-GEO. Though still in select theatres, “Iron Man 2” is scheduled for DVD release in October 2010…
The summer is all about sequels and re-makes, the same weekend “The Karate Kid” opened so did the “The A-Team” pulling in a second place opening of $26 million. In the film, which also stars Bradley Cooper and Liam Neeson, you can catch Jessica Biel’s character, Charisa Sosa, wearing the V723 in gold from John Varvatos Eyewear and Base Curve…
In a movie that is so reliant on fabulous fashion it is a given that there would be some spectacular eyewear and “Sex and the City 2” did not disappoint. In an image that has become almost iconic, Sarah Jessica Parker wears the Mykita & Bernhard Willhelm Limited Edition Franz sunglasses in gold in the film and many of its promotional materials…
Carrie, Miranda and Samantha can all be seen wearing Jee Vice frames in “Sex and the City 2” but sex-kitten Samantha, played by the vivacious Kim Cattral, who had her choice of seven different colors of the lines Red Hot sunglasses, chose to rule the town in the deep purple shade shown…
Not to be outdone by the ladies, the men of “SATC2” brought it on the red carpet. Evan Handler, who plays Charlotte’s adoring husband Harry, showed up at the Manhattan world premiere of the movie in the l.a.Eyeworks' El Rey in crystal with custom sun lenses…
Sendhil Ramamurthy, who played Mohinder Suresh on “Heroes,” appears in Gurinder Chadha’s (of Bend it Like Beckham fame) new British comedy “It’s A Wonderful Afterlife” wearing the limited edition anniversary Lacoste LA12431 style in brown from Charmant. Ramamurthy can next be seen as Jai Wilcox in the new USA Network show “Covert Affairs” premiering
July 13…
Angelina Jolie is always great fodder for the gossip rags and while she was in NYC shooting her next big film, “Salt,” the paparazzi had a field day. Here she was snapped wearing the in the Badgley Mischka Active Eyewear Perry in platinum with 18k gold lenses from Sama Eyewear. “Salt,” an action-packed spy thriller, hits theatres on July 23…
Based upon the best-selling novel of the same name, Julia Roberts takes her next star turn in “Eat, Pray, Love” as a woman who takes a trip around the world after her divorce and chronicles what she discovered during her travels. In the film, Roberts' character wears the Ray-Ban RB3136 from Luxottica. “Eat, Pray, Love” is scheduled to be released on August 13.
