Kate Mara was in town to promote her film, Transsiberian (also starring Emily Mortimer and and Sir Ben Kingsley, who had stopped by TheFindGreen lounge earlier in the day). She was radiant in red, and she checked out TheFindGreen!
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THE CLICK AT SUNDANCE 1/23
HAT HEAD'S IN FASHION
Trendwatching in Sundance is so amusing because it's so separate
from the mainstream fashion axis of New York, L.A., London, Milan and Paris.
Each of those cities has a distinct "look" that celebrities and well-heeled
travelers adhere to when they arrive in said destination.
We've talked about Sundance's amazing and myriad style boots.
Today, let's talk about hats. We've seen knit cap beanie styles, mens'
fedoras on women, shearling and fur lined floppies, and Aviator styles with
flaps to keep ones' ears from ringing and reddening in the cold. There are
even Heidi knit styles that have either woolly braids – or woolly
dreadlocks – depending on how you look at it. The ubiquitous berets of New
York and L.A.are nowhere to be seen at Sundance – they're just not warm
enough.
My hat's off goes to Mischa Barton, who went from a black and
brown fedora she bought at Barneys in LA, to a handknit organic cotton Zola2 tweed hat by L.A. based Kathy Poncher. Check out Mischa in that tall topper. And fedoras on ladies aren't just for the snow – you can rock this boyish bauble through spring. Go to TheFind.com and type in, "Womens fedoras," and
all varieties will come up. Killer Hats has them in felt for $22.00. Windy City Novelties has a red felt fedora for $24. Baron Hats has a dress weight wool felt look with grosgrain detail for $49. And if you want a more deluxe model, try Peruvian Connection for styles that range from $79 to $269 that your boyfriend will covet and no doubt wear.
But the wool beanie look is tres wooly chic – just ask Marcia Gay Harden, who donned a latte colored one, or Mischa in her tweedy version. Mischa's Zola hat can be had at zolahats.com –in wool that's bejeweled, or the basic cotton version. If you go on TheFind.com and type in "Womens beanie hats," dogfunk offers you a Dakine stormy beanie with a cable design for &29.95. Paul Frank offers a pink and red Julius version with pom poms for &10..95 at Karmaloop. And there's a cute turquoise version for $24.95 at Boardtactics.
For fur-lined floppies, two sites on TheFind (type in "fur-lined
floppy hats") have great varieties: e4hats has faux fur bucket hats in black, camel and cream, and dogfunk has a "mcklusky hat" with ear flaps that even Amelia Earhart would have loved to fly high in. These are great buys for next year's Sundance – or any sojourn into the cold and the mountains.
Of course, some photo conscious celebs: Sarah Jessica
Parker, Emily Blunt, Jodie Foster, Charlize Theron, Paris Hilton, Meg Ryan
and Felicity Huffman – didn't don any toppers. These ladies sported either
stick straight sheets of hair or bouncing barrel waves. But that's because
they were traveling with their hairdressers - or they popped into the
Sephora hair and makeup station at the top floor of The Kevin Mazur
Celebrity Portrait Studio, where TheFindGreen suite was located. It's
amazing what a curling iron or a styling straight iron from Sephora can do
in a few minutes. Don't leave home without them. Type in :"Sephora hair
irons:" and grab yourself the ghd (it stands for "good hair day") styling
iron (with bend, so you don't get dead flat hair) for $195 at Sephora. In
the portrait studio, Sephora makeup artist Vanessa Dunn did touch ups on
many female – and male –celebs who came through this week. What were the hit
picks from Sephora at Sundance? Sephora's repair lip balm with SPF, that
covers lips, knees and elbows for extra dry skin. Sephora lipglosses were
also super popular, with shea butter in Golden Glow and Bronze Beauty. Also
necessary in the snowy glare was Sephora's plumping mascara which lengthens
and plumps and volumizes – but so were the Sephora and Makeup Forever
lashes, which Vanessa brought hundreds of – and was left with nary a pair to
be found.
And all of our Sundance efforts this week could not have been
possible without the finesse of Tim Hurley of Vox Entertainment, who
produced not only the Kevin Mazur Portrait Studio, but the St. Ives Lounge
and the premiere party of "Sleepwalking," the John Legend concert and events at Tao, Harry O's and Marquis. Tim – you are simply amazing.
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The reason it's more fun to stargaze at Sundance than any red
carpet or fancy fest like Cannes is that stars are so underdressed –but of
course, being stars, they underdress better than most people. Jodie Foster,
dining at the Stein Erickson ski lodge on Monday night, in jeans and a
thermal t shirt and no makeup, was so undone, she was barely recognizable.
The one common thread in the snowy hills and climate of Park City
Utah is boots – there's been snow off and on –mostly on – and even getting
out of an four wheel drive SUV requires good traction. Plus, there is the
look of leggings or very skinny jeans tucked into tall tough looking boots:
motorcycle with multiple straps, fur lined boots, suede, fringed – boot
watching is a favorite Sundance sport.
Sanaa Lathan, promoting the movie version of "A Raisin in the Sun," (with Sean Combs, who sat cooperatively in TheFindGreen suite –and you'd barely know it was him – except for the very large bodyguards), rocked some serious Fendi black suede and patent trimmed boots with gold buttons over black tights and a white satin dress with a black parka. If you type in BLACK FENDI BOOTS on TheFind.com, you'll find them at Barneys (Fendi button knee suede boots, $795 at Barneys) –but you'll also find some other awesome looking ones from Fendi: a Fendi Tobacco vinyl lace detail book from Bluefly
for $676; a smocked Fendi suede book for $519 at Net a Porter, and the
leather version of Sanaa's gold button Fendi boot for $664 at Neimans under
Tall Platform Boots with buttons.
Sarah Jessica Parker, promoting her new movie "Smart People,"
donned a more practical functional motorcycle version from Italian company
Fiorentini & Baker. If you type "Fiorentini & Baker" in the FIND function
line, a bevy of leathery sturdy beauties come up: the classic weathered
motorcycle boot that SJP trudged around in is $485 at Barneys New York, a
much lighter tan motorcylcle style called called Eternity is $525 at
Madison, and Yoox has a platformed style for only $214.
Lots of female celebs have gone with the much-less expensive
versions, without sacrificing any style or unique-ness.. There are plenty of
bargain boots to be spied late at night at Harry O's worth coveting , even 
during acts like Akon and Maroon Five playing to overstuffed crowds, or while Patti Smith and Train lead singer Pat Monahan play smaller gigs on Main St, at 6 in the evening time slots. We've noticed a lot of great Steve Madden pairs in and out of the Java Cow and Park City Chocolate Shop: Bijou Phillips was promoting the movie "Choke" (that also stars Anjelica Huston ) in Steve Madden's "Cassey" tall boots for $258.95 at Nordstroms. Other great looking SM models are the "Latcch" boot in cognac or brown,that buckles in all different directions, for $138 at Cotton Island. There is also a tall
ranch suede number for $144 from Berkshoes, and the fuzziest Sundance boots I've seen are the fuzzy Eskimo boots in white, natural and black are only
$19.99 – get all three for next year's fest!!! – from Caboulet.com.
And of course, The Uggs just keep on coming –tall, short,
furlined or suede. The crochet knit style looks like a little sweater on
tootsies. And there are other ways to show off them: Patti Smith (promoting
her documentary directed by fashion photog Steven Sebring) had pale grey
socks under her short brown boots –with the grey socks pulled over her
jeans, giving them an almost harem rounded edge. Hey – she's not a style
icon for nothing. - MG
Greetings, Finders! I am blogging to you live from the Sundance Film Festival where TheFindGreen is sponsoring a house right on Main Street in Park City – ground zero for Sundance action – with Nintendo Wii and the Kevin Mazur Photo Studio.
It is absolutely FREEZING here in Utah –no evidence of global warming here – but that doesn't mean these hilly streets aren't lined with celebrities, more arriving by the minute. It just means they're wearing multi-layers and sipping coffee from the Java Cow across the street, the place where Sundancers refuel on ALMOOND JOY lattes, a combo of chocolate, caramel, coconut and coffee. If the caffeine doesn't get you going, the sugar will. But don't think L.A.-based celebs aren't ready for the single digit temperatures –Maria Bello had Chanel send her a Chanel ski parka to wear, and Jessica Alba got high boots by Sergio Rossi to warm up her tootsies.
Celebs are popping in to try out the new Nintendo virtual games – Donovan Leitch and wife Kirsti Hume really loved the virtual skiing game, while their little tow-headed daughter Violet jumped into the house's storefront window and did a little virtual skiing of her own, as half of the movie's indie business passed by on the way to screenings.
"Entourage's" Rex Lee stopped by for a little gaming, and picked up TheFindGreen's giftbag of a hat by Kathy Ponchor for Zola2 in a hundred percent cotton, and a recycled cashmere scarf by hot L.A. label Burning Torch. As to when "Entourage" might be returning this summer, well – don't bet on it being back in June, as usual. "Because of the WGA strike, we probably won't begin shooting in late February like we usually do," Lee noted. "So we're in the dark, just like everybody else. Our writers are the most important part of our show." I say: a summer without "Entourage" is like a summer without iced tea. Sounds like the political conventions might be the big event in tv this summer.
"Blind Date's" Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson came by to have their portraits taken by Kevin Mazur for People Magazine. Tucci co-write and directed this movie, a remake of a Dutch film by Theo Van Gogh, in which he and Clarkson play a husband and wife who have suffered a huge loss, and have to go back to dating – via extreme role playing – to relate to each other. "You know, it's not 'The Devil Wears Prada,'" laughed Tucci. "It's a serious adult film that is also a little funny – a little." He's hoping to find a distributor for it at Sundance, which is also ground zero for indie distributors. Clarkson, in a North Face parka, loved her recycled cashmere scarf by Burning Torch. "It's softer than cashmere and more ecological correct," she said. "That's a very good combo."
Actress Brittany Murphy came over for the hot chocolate with her filmmaker husband Simon Monjack ("Factory Girl," who was shooting portraits himself, for Amnesty International, across the street. She was wearing a cream parent Burberry quilted handbag and a black sheared lamb coat with leather piping from Bally that "my husband bought for me. No animal had to die for this coat, so it's environmentally correct, which makes me really happy!"
Michael Keaton, who barely took his Ipod off his ears (maybe the mike acted like ear muffs), was promoting one of Sundance's most anticipated movies, called "The Merry Gentleman" –but he's also in town for a different reason: his son, Sean Douglas, is playing with band The Hatch at the Hollywood Life House across the street. Keaton's real last name is Douglas, but he had to change it because Michael Douglas got there first.
Upstairs at the Ninendo House – with TheFindGreen – is a makeup and hair room manned with NY based hairstylist Craig Carter, who was using ghd products from Sephora to put the shine back into mountain air dried out hair – and Vanessa Dunn of the Sephora Pro Beauty team, putting Sephora lashes onto Sundancers planning on partying on into the night.
I'll write more tomorrow from our vantage point – in the meantime, I'm off to the Gen Art/Seven Jeans party hosted by Jason Reitman for young filmmakers. Then maybe I'll stop at Harry O's to hear Maroon Five later. Or maybe I'll –, well, who knows? There's like seven other events – and that's just tonight. – Merle Ginsberg
TheFind is going to Sundance! That's the American independent film festival held in Park City, Utah, in the middle of January every year – and all the action starts on January 17th. Originally started by Robert Redford, the festival features amazing indies – such famed ones as "Sex, Lies and Videotape," and "Little Miss Sunshine" – both which went on to get Oscar nominations.
Not only that, the fest features amazing documentaries – "Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man" debuted here, and this year, music docs/concerts films with U2, Patti Smith and Crosby Stills Nash and Young will all be presented for the first time: and yes, all those music stars will be there.
So will Sarah Jessica Parker (promoting a new film called "Smart People") and Charlize Theron (promoting a film she produced and co-stars in, called "The Sleepwalkers") and dozens of other stars. There are premieres, there are parties, there are dinners (there's even a sub-festival called "Chefdance," featuring famous American chefs cooking for stars), there is skiing (is that Robert Downey Jr. up there on the slopes?) – and there are suites.
Hugo Boss, GenArt, Seven for All Mankind, Coach and tons more fashion and beauty brands use Sundance as an opportunity for branding. They "gift" (don't you love "gift" as a verb?) stars jeans, face creams, etc, and then get to have photos of the stars with their products. It's a huge marketing opportunity for many brands, and the stars love it. Everybody has to get new duffle bags to bring home all their swag.
TheFindGreen is the featured sponsor of the Kevin Mazur Celebrity Portrait Studio on Main Street, presented by Nintendo. All the celebs will be popping by, getting their portraits snapped by the famed Mazur (who has shot Dylan album covers, U2 and Streisand on the road). Guests will also get a sneak peek of the highly anticipated Wii Fit™ at Nintendo's Wii™ Lounge on-site. TheFindGreen will be educating Sundancers about how to shop green on-line and how to incorporate ecology and environmental consciousness into their everyday lives. Sephora will also be on-hand to provide studio make-up.
Meanwhile, the Sundance fashion statement – and there is definitely one – is nothing like any look you've ever seen. It incorporates ski looks (UGGS of all variations), parkas, scarves, thermals, with a bit of grunge – old t-shirts, jeans, faded sweaters. Nothing too new or sprucey looks quite right – it's all about quirk and fun.
So I've decided to give you a little Sundance of your own, by going on TheFind.com and putting together your own version of the look by matching some of each of these items. Match them up with some of the parkas I wrote about on last week's blog, and an old cashmere cardi, UGGS, leg warmers and arm warmers.
T SHIRTS AND THERMAL T'S:
- Women's fashion long sleeve tee, $4.75, Marcus Unforms.com
- Lands End Long Sleeves $24.50 (white looks sharp and clean)
- Horny Toad Road Long Sleeves $27.95 at Amazon Marketplace
- Boater's World Pirate Polly Wants a Cocktail black t shirt $19.66 Boaters World – call this your party t shirt!
- Aviva Long Sleeve thermal grey and white t $27.99 teamstore.com
LEGGINGS: 
- Vince striped leggings, $29.99 Destination Maternity.com
- Land's End Stretch Fleece Leggings $49.50 in black (thicker and warmer for cold days on the slopes of Main St in Park City) Land's End
- Gathered Leggings in Navy - $19.50 The Gap
VESTS:
- Down vests by North Face $138.95 at Zappos – white and light blue can really spruce up a look that's mostly black. You can pop a leather jacket over a down vest, and it's toasty – and very Kurt Cobain on the slopes
- Long linen weave vest $69 at Orvis – these long woven vests look good under a long cardigan – the maximum amount of layers wins!
LONG SCARVES:
- Rabbit fur in bright gold $44.99 at Amazon
- Long skinny wool scarves $19.99 at Banana Republic
And I will be blogging from TheFindGreen's suite every day to give you the latest on the celebs, their SD looks, the movies and all the indie action from what's become one of the great film fests in the world – and one of the greatest scenes in American pop culture. Click in every day!
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