Blog Posts by Joanna Douglas, Senior Fashion and Beauty Editor

Liv DollsThe Barbie vs. Bratz war died earlier this year, when Mattel ate up the Bratz enterprise along with their bare midriffs. Toy company Spin Master has just introduced the "Liv Dolls" which are supposed to look more like real girls than either of its predecessors and come with changeable wigs and, um, flaws. Yes, each doll has her own background identity like a modern day American Girl. Presenting the Liv girls (from left to right):

"Daniela: Give it up for Daniela! She totally lives for the music and she's dreaming big!

Katie: Katie! That girl lives for the thrill! But take away her wheels and she's a total klutz!

Sophie: She lives for the latest hair style and loves helping her friends change up their looks.

Alexis: Hey! Alexis in the house! She lives for fashion. And loves to dress her friends."

So what do we have here? An aspiring musician/groupie, a skater, a future beautician, and a fashionista. Well, they're wearing more clothing than the Bratz dolls, and though their heads

Getty ImagesEveryone remembers their first paying job--you either loved it or hated it. Jennifer Aniston claims her first paid gig was cleaning toilets. "I'm actually pretty good at it," she says. Really? Cleaning toilets? She's not confusing that with a movie role or something? Though Aniston has come a long way since, she had a handful of other odd jobs while waiting for her big acting break on "Friends." "I loved being a waitress," she says. "OK, I didn't like time-share selling, I hated that job. But people used to say to me, 'You need to focus on having ambition. And I guess sort of following that advice allowed a lot to come to me...There's just been a great ease with that evolvement in my life to being an actress. I didn't change that much, but my bank account changed." Um, yeah.

I grew up helping out in my mom's gift shop by ringing the cash register and keeping things tidy. But my first real job was as a sales associate at Urban Outfitters. I worked there for about two years and one

Anna Sui was recently honored with the CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award and has proven to be still relevant with a "Gossip Girl" inspired collection for Target. While Sui maintains her '60s rock vibe from season to season, her spring collection also had a Big Top motif, the circus scenes in "Doctor Dolittle," which Sui herself dubbed "very Sixties Victorian." This included ringmaster hats and jackets, a fun twist on menswear, Liberty patterns in a classic Anna Sui palette (oranges, blues and purples).

We saw several outfits on the runway that seemed straight-up "Gossip Girl" inspired. "Every girl wants to have handbags and heels and wants to look like Blair and Serena and why not?" explained Sui. "I analyzed each character and realized they are all a part of what I already do. There's the rock chick who wants to be a designer, the girly-girl, Serena, who is sophisticated and sexy, and the Williamsburg girl who's into vintage. These are all elements of my collections."

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Kimora Lee Simmons' Baby Phat show is one of the biggest events during Fashion Week. Besides having the firecest models and the brightest color palette, Baby Phat boats a larger-than-life venue (Roseland Ballroom), a star-studded front row (Kim Kardashian, Estelle, Gerard Butler, Sean Penn, Tracy Morgan, Amber Rose, Lisa Rinna, Serena Williams, Letoya Luckett, Wale, June Ambrose) and the famous DJ Cassidy spinning the freshest tunes ("Sexy b---- " by David Guetta feat. Akon, "Must Be Love" by Cassie feat. Diddy, "Rock Your Body" by Black Eyed Peas, "Dancin' On Me" by DJ Webstar feat. Jim Jones, "I Poke Her Face" by Kid Cudi ft. Kanye West and Common, additional songs by Wale and Santigold and some too new even I couldn't recognize them.) The Baby Phat fashion show is one presentation I'd never miss!

For more behind-the-scene coverage of New York's Spring 2010 Fashion Week, check out my other blogs:

BCBG

Twinkle

Jason Wu

Cynthia Rowley

Herve Leger

Rachel Roy

Erin Fetherston

Max Azria was one of the prettiest shows I've seen all week. There's no doubt in my mind that we'll be seeing much more of these dresses. Well, the gorgeous gowns were no surprise, but you know what was? Seeing Kathie Lee Gifford and Mickey Rourke backstage. Crazy, right? See for yourself!

For more behind-the-scene coverage of New York's Spring 2010 Fashion Week, check out my other blogs:

BCBG

Twinkle

Jason Wu

Cynthia Rowley

Herve Leger

Rachel Roy

Erin Fetherston

Chris Benz

Malandrino

Stay tuned for more, and follow the latest goings on via my Twitter @joanna_douglas

Many of you may be familiar with Catherine Malandrino as she's been a judge on "Project Runway" and designs some of the most stunning, modern pieces on earth. If her garments don't win you over themselves, her beauty and adorable French accent will. This season her collection was inspired by Tahiti, Sudan, Peru and the Sahara, and each locale had a set of styles to accompany them. All four were gorgeous, and you better believe I'll be saving up for several pieces when they launch in early 2010.

For more behind-the-scene coverage of New York's Spring 2010 Fashion Week, check out my other blogs:

BCBG

Twinkle

Jason Wu

Cynthia Rowley

Herve Leger

Rachel Roy

Erin Fetherston

Chris Benz

Stay tuned for more, and follow the latest goings on via my Twitter @joanna_douglas

Model cards line up the looks for the showWe've seen loads of black and white and muted colors so far this week, so imagine how psyched I was when I walked backstage at Chris Benz and saw these neon outfits. Yes! There were all sorts of patterns sequins and polka dots. The designer himself was backstage and told me that there was a lot of athleticism in the collection, and so he wanted the makeup to emphasize the skin. One inspiration of his: "Cheryl Tiegs in Sports Illustrated."





Simple, pretty makeupMakeup artist Daniel Martin for Lancome created a very effortless spring makeup look. He prepped the skin with a moisturizer and then used Shu Uemura Nobara Cream Foundation for a luminous base. He lightly filled in eyebrows, plumped up lashes with lots of mascara and used a pinkish coral lip color that perfectly complimented the collection.

As for hair, Redken stylists played off the texture of the garments and used a 1 1/4" curling iron to haphazardly create curls, back-combing the sections before setting them to give a disheveled look. Afterwards,