Haven't seen your favorite bartender in the bar or nightclub you usually hang out at in a while? You might want to check out a red carpet event near you, she might have elevated her status to celebrity arm candy. Bartenders are a hot commodity in the eyes of celebrities and lately superstar golf athletes. Here's a list of some noteworthy celebrity-bartender hookups.
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1. Take Hollywood hottie, Matt Damon, for instance. In 2005, he married Argentinean girlfriend Lucianna Barroso during a private ceremony in New York City. They met while she was working as a bartender in Miami Beach, Florida. They remain happily married.
   
   
2. Other Hollywood heart-throb, George Clooney, ended his relationship with ex-barmaid Sarah Larson after nearly one year of romance.  They met while she was working at The Whiskey Bar in Las Vegas but things didn’t allegedly get serious until June 2007 when they ran into each other at the premiere of Ocean’s Thirteen. The cocktail waitress turned model had been enjoying a loftier lifestyle with Clooney, hobnobbing with the likes of the Dalai Lama and Mikhail Gorbachev. No worries, Larson seems to have rebounded nicely when she attended the Sundance Film Festival in 2009 and was seen fraternizing with Ryan Cabrera.
   
   
3. Ryan Seacrest has been romancing L.A. bartender Jasmine Waltz. They met during a night out at Guy's, a West Hollywood lounge. Waltz had previously worked at other L.A. hotspots including Les Deux and the Italian restaurant Bella. For the moment, they are still together.  
   
   
4. At 19, Drew Barrymore married bartender Jeremy Thomas, 12 years her senior. Her romance was short-lived and she filed for divorce two months later, in 1994.
   
   
5. Neve Campbell of Scream, Scream 2 and Scream 3 infamy met Jeff Colt, a bartender at the theater in which she performed. They soon fell in love and moved in together in 1990, when Neve was 17. They were married in 1995 in England's Westminster Cathedral, but amicably got divorced three years later.
    
   

These unlikely pairings may seem to be on opposite ends of the spectrum. At first glance it may appear to be a means to an end for the bartender or the appeal of "keeping it real" for the celebrity. I beg to differ. Bartenders and celebrities have a lot in common--they both need to feel comfortable putting on a show. Just as an actor draws the audience into a dramatic world, a bartender creates a theatrical experience for those sitting at the bar. Whatever the case, who are we to judge celebrities and their hall of foam?  

 

Clearly, clubs which require patrons to dress in fetish clothing pose no ambiguity in terms of dress code. If you don your black latex catsuit and thigh-high boots at a leather-only nightclub, you'll be a shoo-in. For nightclubs that have a dress-code which may be subject to interpretation, allow me to spell out 8 club wear don'ts:[more]

 

1. You’ll get hot from dancing. Silk shirts are nice but keep in body heat like a sauna suit. Wear fabrics that are sweat-friendly: rayon, nylon and polyester blends are good as they allow you to breathe and sweat doesn't stain as easily.
2. It’s safest to wear dress slacks to any nightclub since a nice pair of jeans (read: not torn, rugged, baggy) may not get you past the club door-Nazi.
3. T-Shirt, jerseys, and tank tops don’t have a chance of getting in. Nobody cares if it is Versace and costs $200. An option is to wear a trendy jacket or sport coat over it.
4. Perish the thought of pairing white socks with dark colored shoes—that rule applies to attending a club, church, bar mitzvah or any other event on planet Earth.
5. Anticipate dancing the night away. It’s entirely possible to wear comfortable yet fashionable leather or dress shoes. Avoid shoes with huge logos on them.
6. Ladies, weather permitting, if you're wearing open-toed shoes, please get a pedicure.
7. Wearing sunglasses to nightclubs screams “I’m trying too hard”. Leave them at home.
8. Some clubs will let you in wearing a hat if it is considered a “fashionable one” (rimmed or beret), but you’ll never gain entry wearing a baseball cap.

If you go to a nightclub and see someone wearing a tank top, Timberland boots or an over-sized shirt, you need to keep in mind that they probably knew someone at the door. Be prepared and do a little research about the club before going out. If you get rejected in line for some reason, pull a Superman…just leave and change. Don’t start arguing about what you’ve seen walk in, you will just get the boot.
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If you think you’ve got to jump through hoops to get into Club Marquee, then you’ll practically have to do back flips to get into Provocateur Nightclub. Newly opened in December 2009, Provocateur embodies the splendors of international nightlife as only New York’s cobblestoned Meat Packing District can provide. “It will be like getting into Fort Knox” claims club owner Mike Satsky to Bizbash New York.

Its ambience infuses style and class with lush purple banquettes, a garden with a retractable roof and a sultry lighting scheme. There’s also a catwalk that overlooks the bar set about five feet above the bar. Ladies, remember to lose the panties before stepping onto the catwalk. That should infuse a bit of debauchery into their celestial theme. The pièce de résistance is the giant angel wings hovering over the lounge. [more] Provocateur Nightclub would definitely need guardian angels at their doors to prevent a recurrence of the mêlée that ensued when the starlets of MTV’s reality show Jersey Shore graced another nightclub across the Hudson last weekend. In any case, if you’re one of the 200 beautiful, famous, or lucky ones to get in, you just may wonder if you’ve died and gone to club heaven. 

Women can never get enough of bags. Stripy, leopard, stylish, small bags, big bags… Once a Calvin Klein’s cover girl and a muse to many famous fashion designers such as Gucci, D&G, Roberto Cavalli, Louis Vuitton, Versace, Dior, Chanel and Yves Saint-Laurent, Kate Moss, collaborating with company Longchamp, decided to launch her collection of stylish handbags.
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Kate’s handbags follow three different styles which somehow describe the personality of this 36 year old Goddess - zebra-patterned purse for a “wild girl”, hip shoulder bag for “forever young” and a sturdy tote she calls Gloucester, suitable for the English countryside.

Could this be a new step in Kate’s career? Definitely… yes!

Kate has a clear vision when it comes to her designing career. She knows bags, she loves bags and she has a precise vision on how a bag should look & feel. “A bag needs to be functional and comfortable” Kate says, and she’s right! Well, we have to admit… who would know better than a famous catwalk girl who wore thousands of different handbags during her career.

 

 

Everybody thinks that New York’s nightlife is the kick-ass spot of the North East. Cruise farther downtown, across the Hudson River, and you’ll find that New Jersey’s nightlife also knows how to pack a punch.

Montclair's 501 Lounge in North Jersey has figured out how to draw a crowd. According to the Associated Press, last Friday, “The cast of the sensational MTV reality show Jersey Shore put in an appearance (while earning a cool $10,000 from nightclub appearances) when some 2000 fans decided to crash the party. The problem: the club has a capacity of only 800. [more]

Four people were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and drunk driving, while the cops had to eventually shut the street outside the nightclub for at least a couple of hours”. Hey, if Montclair's 501 Lounge is good enough for starlets, then that’s endorsement enough for us, right? So who cares if Jersey clubs close a bit earlier than the New York club scene? Find yourself a hot partner and continue to enjoy the rest of the night well after the lights go off.

 

Truth be told, not everyone can fit into a size 0. While I was clubbing in DC last week, I noticed that many of our plus-sized ladies were skankily dressed. Let's squash that popular myth that big girls can't get dressed to kill, shall we? Here are a few tried & tested fashion tips for today's plus-size woman:  Undergarments are important for giving good shape. Investing in skintight innerwear will provide your body with a much needed streamlined base for your outerwear. If possible don't wear flowing capricious fabrics. Various colors, materials, layers and patterns can make you look heavier and stocky. Complementary colors are dark grey, deep silver, wine, plum, jade, russet, midnight blue, cocoa & cranberry. Avoid clingy outerwear. Tight is not right! Don't wear smaller-sized garments. Choose good quality fabric that hangs elegantly. Ideal length for short, plump ladies to get a slim look is above or just on the knees, while tall women should wear longer hemlines.

• Tapered trousers are chic but can make the hips look big and legs short and stumpy. Wear boot cut style trousers to render leg length.
• Stilettos lengthen the look of legs.
• Lengthy straight skirts/dresses elongate the body which in return will have you appear slimmer
• Vertical stripes are a good choice for short, stout women.    
• Sport dresses or tops with empire waist for the longer look.
• Low necked dresses and long jewelry chains/necklaces help lengthen the look of the neck
• Avoid chokers and polo neck sweaters. This will give you the hunched look.

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The big girls can definitely steal the limelight on any given night out in the club. Following these hot tips will provide you with the feel-good factor you need to achieve the desired look. You’ll be paving the way for the rest of us. As always, have fun stepping out confidently!

You've worked hard for your money all week, it's the weekend and you deserve to hit the town. You don't want to expend energy primping for hours on end. Save it for the dance floor. Here's what a little weekday planning & execution will do to help you kick things up a notch:
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1. Admit it- you want to look better than everyone else. Use your cell phone to take a few quick pictures of your wardrobe for reference. While on your morning commute, don't indulge in mindless activities. Use your mind's eye to figure out how to coordinate your clubbing outfits for maximum impact. You really don't need to squander hard-earned cash on a brand new outfit. Divert those funds for drinks at the bar.  
   
   
2. During your break, don't waste time eating street meat. Down a nutritious liquid lunch like Ensure while getting a mini mani-pedi. It's imperative that dancing feet and groping fingers are well-groomed.
   
   
3. Having special event lunches with your coworkers is played out. Get creative. Utilize the services provided by EventOrb to execute a memorable night-time event. It'll certainly help the workweek seem to pass faster plus provide more entertaining stories to rehash at the watercooler on Monday.
   
   
4. Coffee doesn't just keep you going during the work week. Caffeinate your [closed] eyes using cotton pads dipped in espresso. The caffeine shrinks blood vessels and minimizes dark circles giving you the desirable dewy-eyed look.
   

My best advice is to toss back the remainder of that espresso shot just before hitting the club. It's sure to jazz you up & dispel your work-week blues.

 

Have you ever been clubbing where it’s de rigueur for the ladies to sport some combination of a Prada handbag, Christian Louboutin shoes, Tiffany & Co. Jewelry, and a Versace outfit all at the same time? They look like walking billboards for our couture czars. Unless you’re earning a hefty commission from each of them, do yourselves and the rest of us a favor and stick to one brand name (if any) for each occasion. Please.

Condemn me if you must, but hear me out first. Our post-modern society is undergoing a seismic shift in our fashion imaging. Consequently, wearing your high-priced goodies all together makes you look like a hot mess. Nothing screams gauche more than nouveau riche. People who come from old money don’t put themselves out on front street (except perhaps Paris Hilton). You don’t need to indulge in an orgy of fashion brand names. It’s wishful thinking that it’ll make you more desirable. Challenge yourselves: dress for the event, be well groomed, but quit being a brand name hoar. The results will be climactic.

 

 

I possess a dire genetic affliction. It’s deeply ingrained in my DNA that I should never pay full price for quality items. In this economic climate, the prognosis is favorable for stocking up on the basics at rock-bottom prices. Most lovers would balk at the idea of ratty undergarments (except perhaps Hugh Grant & Bridget Jones’ granny panties). However, for your night out on the town, assume that, at some point, you're going to have to strip down to your skivvies. Sexy bras, panties, and garters can be purchased for a fraction of the regular price during holiday clearance & semi annual sales. An insidious fashion faux pas is ill-fitting undergarments- it can ruin a gorgeous outfit. If possible, use the staff’s expertise to find the correct sizes and styles. Here’s a hot, free tip: Today, Victoria’s Secret has an 80% off clearance sale on bras & panties. For great in-store & online coupons, feast your eyes. If you’re aware of additional bona-fide lingerie discounts, please let us know since to overpay is humanly possible, but to share discounts is divine. Snap out of your complacence folks, and be prepared to look delectable.

In the embryonic stages of our relationship, my first lover declared, "You are so beautiful, you'll never need jewelry to enhance your looks". In my naitivité, I believed him. I have since matured. I think it's in poor taste to adorn every appendage with jewelry...gone are the 80's Mr. T look. However, one piece of high impact jewelry (not necessarily from Tiffany & Co.) is essential for pulling off a polished air. For example, if you're rocking the army chick look, sport a bonafide dog tag. It effortlessly takes the outfit from mundane to interesting with one simple statement. According to the accessory pundits, critter necklaces are huge this season. This may or may not be your cup of tea. Take a peek. Men's staghead brooches paired with houndstooth scarves are also hot picks for this season. This begs the bigger question: guys, do you have the cojones to pull that off? Exemplary high impact jewelry is all it takes to make a powerful declaration of an independent and confident person. Keep in mind that sweating under a lot of bling while clubbing can get sticky pretty quickly. So, unless you're an Indian bride, accessorize simply. You'll be the belle of the ball.