The day began at 4AM, en route to Los Angeles International Airport with Jason Pomeranc, co-owner of Thompson Hotel Group, once we arrived, we proceeded through Virgin America security to board their celebratory inaugural international flight from Los Angeles & San Francisco to Toronto. The irreverent launch resonated with the Virgin brand’s Canadian roots – Sir Richard Branson and Canadian export Grammy winning musician Drake co-hosted the flight.

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Halloween in Hollywood. There is nothing like it.  The town is filled with thousands and thousands of actors who are just dying for the chance to perform, so a holiday that requires playing a character is obviously popular here and there are tons of options.  West Hollywood hosts thousands on its closed Santa Monica Blvd where costume is mandatory, performances are a plenty and a parade travels through the city.  Locals and tourists photograph all of the action and in recent years make the pictures viral in seconds.  The famed Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel turns the entire hotel into a celebration, Universal Studios houses a Haunted Maze, Knots Berry Farms turns into Knots Scary Farms, the Los Angeles Zoo offers a Haunted Hayride, and celebrities like Hugh Hefner,  Adam Levine, Kate Hudson, and B.J. Novak host annual parties — it’s nonstop and amazing.  Here are some of our past Hollywood party Halloween highlights to help inspire you for this spooky holiday.

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In addition to the incredible music line up, SSD favorites include; Arcade Fire, Cold War Kids, Chemical Brothers, Kings of Leon, The Strokes, Black Keys, Interpol, She Wants Revenge, DJ Sven Vath, Kayne West and also Isabel Lucas’  boyfriends rocker Angus Stone, the scene was all about Coachella style.   While running around drinking VeeV in hand, we were able to dance to these amazing musicans, while also scoping out the fashion scene.

The most popular designers on at the festival were Zadig & Voltare, Current Elliott, Aldo Shoes, Joie, and Rag & Bone. Despite Lacoste, Mulberry and Burberry all having events on hand, the sights at the festival were less familiar this year than others, some up and coming Jeremy Scott designs as well as Camilla & Marc made their way onto girls, along with good old American brand Gap and tons of swimsuits by H&M, Zara and Roxy.

Victoria’s Secret Angel, and recent mother, was dancing to the music with some friends and her fiance Jamie Mazur. She wore a white Rebecca Taylor dress, Tolani Chakra scarf and Benjamin Eyewear Nicole sunglasses.

Kate Bosworth, who was with her boyfriend Alexander Skarsgard, wore a Topshop American Flag tank top, paired with Current Elliott shorts and that eve changed into a flowing black Theyskens Theory Damia Dress with Joie shoes.  Every day she rocked her Ray-Ban aviator style sunglasses and loose hair.

Nicole Richie attended the Mulberry luncheon, wearing denim shorts paired with Mulberry “Annie” blouse and her very own House of Harlow 1960 “Jordana” sunglasses,  “Veronika” strappy wedges and a Mulberry small Heritage Bayswater bag.

Rihanna was in the audience during  Arcade Fire’s performance, wearing a camouflage jacket,  black top and jean shorts. Rihanna Tweeted: “Coachella! Fun times… Arcade Fire, u f**kin blew my mind! Felt like a kid again! U rock!!” And later that night attended Brent Bolthouse, 944 and Armani Exchange’s Carnival party off site.

“Twilight” actress Ashley Greene was with new boyfriend Jared Followill’s best friend, wearing a blue Hermanny by Vix sliding halter bikini top underneath an AllSaints Milla stripe vest with Garage  blue boyfriend shorts, and carried a Hobo Davina vintage leather handbag.

Katy Perry, perhaps the most elegant of all Coachella goers, wore a white vintage D&G lace long dress with a Mercy Delta Marylebone scarf and sunglasses.

Sucker Punch Films lead Vanessa Hudgens wore a crocheted Unif Birkin skirt with Kettle black double wrap belt and a blue Jen’s Pirate booty  tube top, along with a Tori Praver tie, a Natalie B. Tibet turquoise coral pendant necklace and Love Child chain drop three feather earring.

And our friend Just Jared reported and snapped Isabel Lucas and Angus Stone in their Coachella gear, check out justjared.com for more details on their looks.

Overall Coachella has once again proved to be an incredible weekend of music, sun and fun, other Hollywood land attending were musican Kenna, athelte Shawn White, entrepreuner Sean Parker (who threw parties everynight till 5am!), Clint Eastwood, Stephen Dorff, hotlier Jason Pomeranc, producers Alan & Gabe Polsky, Hautelook founder Adam Bernhard and many many more!

We can’t wait for next year.

Every day celebrities are being followed, especially on vacation, but our friend, Real Estate Mogul Michael Meldman, has created a haven where the media at least must be an invited guest or home owner to be anywhere near these A -listers, that is Discovery’s El Dorado in Los Cabos Mexico.

Meldman also has invested in some great projects of some oh small time Hollywood guys like George Clooney and Jerry Weintraub, so it is no surprise that year after year we see Clooney along with other home owners Rande Gerber, Cindy Crawford, Uber Agent Patrick Whitesell, Lauren Sanchez, Angelina Jolie‘s Manager Geyer Kosinski and Producer Scott Stuber, soaking the sun in at El Dorado.  The style there is bathing suit and beachwear, sunglasses and sundresses, all casual, all the time. And if you’re coming in from Los Angeles its only an hour flight, happy carry on only!

This year the tabloids had a field day because Elizabetta and George dined with her family while enjoying the  holiday, along with other guests Cameron Diaz and boyfriend Alex Rodriguez. Check Cameron out below, special thanks to our friends at www.justjared.com for the image.

Jessica Alba and Cash Warren as well as Kid Rock and many others were rumored to ring in the New Year at “some fabulous hotel” but we know better, they were all at the private oceanfront homeowner’s member only community that Discovery Land Company created.  Entourage Producers Peter Sussman and Steve Levinson as well as hotelier Jason Pomeranc were also all laying pool side.

Everyone surely had more privacy than anywhere else, unless of course they were at another Discovery community.  Michael Meldman and his two sons Will and Hunter were as entertaining, generous and hospitable as ever this year, everyone certainly had a very Happy New Year.  Check out www.discoverylandco.com for more information on the communities for friends and family Meldman is continuing to create.

For those of us who are not quite at home buying in Cabo economics just yet, you can also check into two incredible resorts including Capella Los Cabos which is downtown.  Capella is a luxury resort that makes for an incredible weekend getaway with your friends, family or that special someone.

If you’re more interested in being tucked away from the city and closer to El Dorado, just steps away from Meldman’s oasis is The Marquis Los Cabos, its no Discovery property, but it is still a lovely escape from the day to day grind.

One of our very favorite stylists Ilaria Urbinati and Danny Masterson co-own the amazing Confederacy store in Hollywood and tonight, benefiting the lovely Jennifer Howell’s charity, Art of Elysium, they opened their doors to Hosts Riley Keough (this is Elvis Presley‘s Grandaughter if you did not know) & Artist Shepard Fairey to present Mick Rock’s exhibition and launch of his new bok, Mick Rock Exposed: The Face of Rock n’ Roll. Portion of the proceeds go to The Art of Elysium’s Elysium Project, Mick was on site signing books and taking pictures, saying, ” What the Art of Elysium does is incredible, anything I can do to support I will do!”, he added to Jen Howell “I want to do a whole series of photos and benefit your foundation.” Mick’s work is curated by L.A. Gallerist Annie Wharton and will be on display through February.

DJ Momjeans (that’s Masterson) played music that would make any of the rock legends proud, it didn’t hurt that there were tons of real life musican’s out supporting tonight too, including; Juliette Lewis, Perry Farrell, Tommy Lee, Taryn Manning, Duffy, Linda Ramone, Monet Mazur and Cisco Adler.

Sponsors of the night included Mick Rock themed drinks by Absolut Vodka and Thompson Hotel Group’s Co-owner Jason Pomeranc brought Mick Rock images from his famed Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel for display. The party was scheduled from 7-10 but went well past 11 as guests were enjoying the music, drinks, artwork and of course the shopping!

As we enjoyed the evening, we also came across the most adorably dressed guest, recent Berkeley Graduate Jeremy Bamidele who rocked out with his black vintage top hat from the 1800′s, a gift from his friend Jan, owner of Berkeley Hat Store.

We strongly suggest checking out Jan’s blog as its the best place we have ever found to buy a hat! Thank you Jeremy for the amazing tip!

And thank you to Jennifer Howell for making a huge difference in the world through your charity, hundreds of hospitalized children are benefiting from your gift of art and we know that your dear friend Stephen Hatten is smiling from heaven above on how you turned his dream of helping children into a reality. To learn more about Jen’s charity or better yet to donate your time, please log onto www.theartofelysium.org. Come January of 2011, their annual Heaven Gala, dedicated to Stephen, will kick off the new year and you can join by making a contribution by buying tickets to this incredible event.

Check out Confederacy’s blog, or visit them in person at 4661 Hollywood Blvd. (between Vermont Avenue and Hillhurst Avenue); 323-913-3040.

For more information on purchasing a Mick Rock book and benefiting Art of Elysium, please contact The Art of Elysium at 213-389-3201.

Riley Keough & Shepard Fairey Host Mick Rock At Confederacy & Support Art of Elysium

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The Art of Elysium 2nd Annual GENESIS Event

Bring Color and Music to the Lives of Hospitalized Kids

The buzz around Hollywood about THE party to be at was The Art of Elysium’s 2nd Annual Genesis Event held at Milk Studios on Saturday, August 28th.  The sold out event of over 500 attendees included such celebrities as actors David Arquette,  Topher Grace, actress Jessica Lowndes, musician Pink and numerous others.  Highlights of the event included a performance by Fitz and The Tantrums, a Live Art Installation and a JeanBar compliments of Paige Denim.

CHECK BACK SOON to watch Style Seen Daily video from the Fitz and the Tantrums performance.

Genesis is a celebration of emerging talent bringing artists, creative thinkers, and social leaders together in support of The Art of Elysium.  The event committee was led by co-chairs Teddy Karatz and Matthew Kavanaugh and Style Seen Daily was part of the host committee for the event that included actresses Dianna Agron, Lake Bell, and Jamie-Lynn Sigler, hotelier Jason Pomeranc, and musicians Kenna and The Veronicas.

The Art of Elysium is a non profit organization founded in 1997 by Jennifer Howell, which encourages actors, artists and musicians to voluntarily dedicate their time and talent to children who are battling serious medical conditions.  They provide artistic workshops in acting, art, comedy, fashion, music, radio, songwriting and creative writing.

Click here for more Style Seen Daily coverage on the The Art of Elysium.

Click here to find out how you can get involved in The Art of Elysium.

  

GQis perhaps the most powerful men’s fashion magazine, so when their West Coast Editor Chris Huvane threw this year’s Men of The Year Party, many of Hollywood’s elite came out to celebrate. Chris hosted the party at the infamous Chateau Marmont, talented men honored on the cover issues included Obama, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mad Men’s Jon Hamm, and Michael Phelps. When the men arrived, they did their red carpet duties and were swept in the hotel’s outdoor garden area. Sadly Obama could not make it, but the rest of the cover stars were present. Other guests included; Aaron Eckhart, Outkast’s ever fashionable Big Boi, Brian Austin Green, Elisha Cuthbert, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Jason Statham, Jerry Ferrara, Jon Hamm, Jimmy Kimmel, Kevin Connolly, Matthew Fox, Megan Fox, Olivia Wilde, Rashida Jones, Rosario Dawson, Sarah Silverman, and Zac Efron.  We spent the evening with Executive Editor Adam Rappaport who introduced us to a great T- Shirt company, Bassinger, that he swears by, check out the photo below, he shared to Style Seen Daily that it’s the best shirt you could give a guy.

Also, Kelly Gray, who you might recognize as that beautiful face in all of the St. John’s clothing ad’s pre Angelina Jolie. Kelly, who has always loved the music scene, teamed up with Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue and created a new fashion line ROYAL UNDERGROUND. Starworks Co-Founder James Grant” The rocker chic line has some super soft cashmere hoodies we picked up and a full men’s line available in stores like Barney’s and Neiman Marcus. Along with us that night was also hotelier Jason Pomeranc of Thompson Hotels and James Grant, co-founder of Starworks. Men were decked out in Dolce & Gabana, Tom Ford, Prada, Gucci and even some. This is the one night then men really outshine the ladies.
Our dear friend, Degen Pener, Editor in Chief of Angeleno Magazine, was enjoying the evening and talking politics with fellow party goers. We caught up with him and insisted he pose for a photo with us, he did not mention who he was wearing, but we do know that his light blue button down and dark blue blazer really brought out his bright blue eyes!                      

Guests enjoyed cocktails and tray passed Chateau specials like Macaroni Balls, but at the end of the night, as we waited for our cars at the valet, a big In-n-Out burger truck passed out delicious food to everyone! 
Which cover do you like best below?

The Queen of Pop has always reinvented herself, making designers like Jean Paul Gautier, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana quickly grow to worship not only her talent, but her ability to make their clothing world famous. Since the late 80′s, Madonna’s fashion style, along with her music talent and controversial ways, has been a popular subject in media. For nearly two decades she has set trends and on October 18th, Dolce & Gabana along with the Cinema Society and Madonna herself hosted the premiere of her directorial debut, Filth and Wisdom, at Landmark’s Sunshine Cinema in New York City.

Following the premiere, Madonna and her guests headed over to Jason Pomeranc’s newest hotel, the Thompson LES (lower east side), where Madonna christened the hotel and restaurant SHANG with its very first event.

Madonna’s choice to launch her film in the East Village was simply because, as she honestly put it, “it is where my struggle began.”

Her gritty film had guests talking. “It’s an honest reality about human beings,” one guest said.

Madonna, who was wearing a black Dolce & Gabana blouse with a see thru skirt, told reporters: “There is a little bit of me in every character.”

Actress Vicky Mclure’s character helps children in Africa. Eugene Hutz’s character is as aspiring pop star who pays the bills by performing S&M acts. Actress Holly Weston plays a graceful ballet dancer who transforms into a stripper. Weston chimed into editors at the party that Madonna “knew exactly what she wanted andwas actually on set before all of us daily.”

The pop star spent most of the evening with her friend/partner Guy Oseary and uber agent, Jason Weinberg, who made for gracious dates.

Guests at the party included a range of star talent and fashion icons like Brooke Shields, Naomi Watts, Ed Westwick, Diane Kruger, Josh Jackson, Lindsay Lohan, Marc Jacobs, David Blaine, Jeremy Piven, Jessica Alba, and Malin Akerman — all dressed of course in Dolce.

Akerman dotted over Madonna and declared “after her Blond Ambition Tour, I wanted to be just like her.”  Jean-Paul Gaultier designed the costumes for that tour, including the now-infamous cone brassiere.

The Recording Industry Association of America ranks Madonna as the best-selling female rock artist of the twentieth century.  Guinness World Records list her as the world’s most successful female recording artist of all time and the top-earning female singer in the world with an estimated net worth of $490 million, having sold more than 200 million records worldwide. On March 10, 2008, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.