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The Iconic Australian fashion label called Wish wants to dress every girl in a fashion forward wardrobe that is beautiful, unique, and totally wearable. Wish collections take in the very best of the season and create garments that gracefully walk that fine line between feminine and edgy. This season, studs are in vogue, and Wish has taken notice. Their holiday dresses and tops are priced perfectly for giving as gifts, and Wish clothing can be found at boutiques nationwide.

The Olivia Zip Swing Dress is perfectly feminine yet isn’t afraid to color outside the lines. It’s made of natural fibres and is sheer, unlined, and stretchy. With a scoop neckline, wide straps, and racer back with zip detail, it fits loose and generous. The hem is pointed and curved and falls below the knee. You can get it in black or vintage gray. It’s perfect over tanks, tube tops, and leggings, whether belted or not.

The Melody Chiffon Dress is one-shouldered and made of sheer chiffon in black. The top is semi-fitted with a high waist. The skirt hem lands just above the knee. The flouncy shoulder strap cascades down the front and back, then all the way down the side to the hem.

Wow: talk about glamour! The Encore Beaded Dress is simple in design with wide straps and a scoop neck in front and back. It is fitted and drops to a low waist where it meets the flared, paneled skirt that falls to the mid-thigh. The entire dress is covered with sequins with larger sequins enhancing the skirt. You can get it in black with silver sequins or gold with gold sequins. This is a holiday party dress for the record books!

Here are a multitude of dresses wrapped up in one beautifully draped package. The New Look Drape Dress is low-backed and has a stretchy high waist. Ending in an asymmetric hem, it has two wide, long top parts that cross over in front. It can be worn in many different ways, from one-shouldered to keyhole halter style. It can also be worn as a skirt.

If you need a dress for the holiday season, the Cult Bodice Dress would be a great choice. It’s fully boned, and strapless, made of lightly crushed taffeta satin and is fully lined. The skirt is a ball gown style with a French parachute hem. The top features lovely ruching and a sash bow detail.

This line is for the confident woman who isn’t afraid to be different. Wish fills a desperate void of gorgeous, sophisticated, and decidedly non-matronly dresses for today’s woman.

With starring roles on the hit television show Gossip Girl and the upcoming thriller Piranha 3-D, Jessica Szohr has blossomed from former child model to actress of the moment. After snagging an audition for her breakthrough role on Gossip Girl at a Labor Day barbeque in Los Angeles, Jessica made the leap to NYC in order to commit to the series. She explains that her costars have helped with the transition, “We’re all young, and everyone was new to New York, so we’ve had so much fun. I’ve heard horror stories from other actors about egos, people who don’t get along, but we’re all friends. There are people from this job who will be in my life for a very, very long time.”

That includes current boyfriend Ed Westwick about whom Szohr gushes, “So far it’s going somewhere good. He’s a really rad guy. He’s awesome and smart and talented and adorable, and we make each other laugh.”

In April, Jessica will make her big-screen debut in the spring-break set thriller Piranha 3-D. Filming a thriller was an obvious diversion for the actress who explained that it was easy to produce horror-flick screaming. She laughs, “When you’re working on a lake and it’s dark and cold out and you can’t see what’s underwater, it is freaking scary!”

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With holiday travels in the near future and New Year’s resolutions on your mind, you don’t have to skimp on your fitness routine because of the hustle of the holidays. Whether you are constantly on the go or just don’t seem to have enough time, the creators behind PumpOne and Pulse Yoga help kick your excuses to the curb.

On The Move?

PumpOne, the creators of portable personal fitness trainers that go where you go, has recently introduced their most exciting update yet: FitnessBuilder 2.2: FitnessBuilder SOCIAL, the world’s first workout sharing application available exclusively in the iTunes App Store. FitnessBuilder SOCIAL allows users to make their own workout or access over 500 pre-made workouts that cover every training method and work on any portable mp3 player or Smartphone. Users can send and receive workouts to and from their friends, creating an endless amount of workouts to choose from. Employing state-of-the-art technology with the simplicity of drag & drop or just a touch of a screen, PumpOne’s branded and private-labeled products help users lose weight, gain strength, build endurance, become more flexible and help improve heart health.

Short on Time?

With free time in short supply over the holidays, Pulse Yoga provides you with an Express version of their innovative “Yoga with free weights” routine. You can pack a lot into a 30 minute routine. Pulse Yoga, incorporates weight training into your yoga practice, adding more toning, strengthening, and muscle definition without using machines in a gym. Combining all of the best elements and disciplines of Pilates, Weight Training, and Yoga, this DVD includes micro movements that primarily target areas such as the gluteus muscles, abdominals, upper arms and lower back.

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Not all of us are planning on spending New Year’s Eve in a swanky club in New York or LA, sipping champagne while a celebutante DJ spins the hottest tracks. Every year when the ball drops I’m usually up in the mountains sneaking in some snowboarding and just enjoying a snow-filled holiday. Being in the cold and snow makes wearing a sexy little sequined  dress and sky-high heels rather impractical, yet I still want to have a little bit of NYE flair for the special night. If you’re like me and will be spending the holidays in somewhere cold and snowy, look to chic, warm knits and heavier soled shoes that are dressy, but still snowy weather practical. A knit camisole dress by 3.1 Phillip Lim shows just the right amount of skin while still having a thermal long underwear feel with the henley style buttons and wrap sleeve front. A digital plaid coat is warm and cozy for braving the elements and Tory Burch’s lug soled lace up boots will keep you more anchored than 5 inch Louboutins on icy patches will. But you can’t forget some traditional NYE sparkle and shine– a chunky jewel and chain necklace and some black tinsel striped tights will take care of that.

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He’ll be in Los Angeles, and she’ll be in Miami, but he’ll be thinking of her on New Year’s Eve. Adam Lambert, who was dropped from Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, but got a pretty big gig anyway, playing the annual Gridlock New Year’s Eve concert in L.A. Since he’s the headliner, he’ll be performing at the very moment partygoers ring in the new year. Held at the Paramount studio backlot, the theme for the party is “New York,” and Lambert will be playing on the Times Square stage. But if you don’t have a ticket, you’re out of luck: Lambert’s gig won’t be televised or streamed.

On the opposite coast, Ms. Gaga will play at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach, which is considered the hottest ticket in America for New Year’s Eve. As long as you have the $425 to $25,000 necessary to get in, that is. So far over $1 million in tickets have been sold. She was recently presented with a plaque when her album The Fame sold 8 million copies.

With all the platform pumps and platform gladiator sandals of the past two seasons, it was only a matter of time before cold weather arrived, and with it platform boots. I don’t have to go into the psychological intricacies about why boots – which usually cover you from your toes to  your knees – are nevertheless some of the sexiest footwear there is. It’s one of those facts of fashion that few people (male or female) will argue with. Here are some of the picks from this ultra-sexy, ultra-chic trend.

These faux fur platform boots you can get at Charlotte Russe feature straps with an o-ring detail, and a tab sewn onto the faux fur cuff at the top, Now for the platform part: a 4.5 inch stacked faux wood stiletto with a platform. It has a rubber lug sole to keep you from slipping and the upper is faux leather. This is a very affordable way to get in on this trend.

With a trend this hot, you knew that the Italian designers were going to show us how its done, and these suede round-toed platform boots by Fendi are the perfect example. They have a zip front and the zipper pull is the Fendi logo. Lined in leather, you’ll be standing on a 1.5 inch covered platform and a 5.25 inch heel. These are “bad girl” boots at their best.

You didn’t think Dolce&Gabbana were going to sit this trend out, did you? These fabulous wedge heeled platform boots are suede over the foot and ankle, and then patent leather the rest of the way up. A black leather strap goes up the side of the boot and there is a branded black metal plaque at the top. A more casual take on the platform boot trend.

If you have an outfit that needs to be punctuated with look-at-me boots, then you could do worse than these Christian Louboutin python and black shoe boots. They’re just the thing to wear with this season’s boldly colored tunic dresses and leggings.

Here’s a pair of platform boots that’s definitely not for amateurs. These double platform boots by Gianmarco Lorenzi are leather with a narrow heel in addition to the double platform. People will have to do a double-take to notice the way the platform is made, and their automatic response will be “Cool! OMG!”

Here is a sophisticated take on the “spectator” style in a distressed suede boot with partly hidden platform. The toes are softly squared off, and the heel is 4.5 inches on a 1 inch platform.

We’ve all been there: asking ourselves if we should wear pumps or boots. Pumps are classic, but boots are … well, they’re boots. With these leather look platform ankle boots, you get the best of both worlds: classic pump styling in a short boot so you don’t have to choose!

If you have to choose just one pair of platform boots to take you through this season, then these high shank platform boots from Nine West would be a great choice. The upper hugs your legs and has a partial zipper. You’ll not only be tall, but with its 20 inch shank you’ll have boots up to there.

Winter may bring with it dismal weather, but it also brings us the opportunity to wear seriously fabulous boots like these hot platform boots. Whether your style is simple and classic or “Hey! Dig these boots!” you’ll find something to fit the bill perfectly this season.

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The two Capricorns stubbornly refuse to let a nanny-boinking incident and an inconvenient unplanned model pregnancy come between them as they recently cavorted in Barbados with his children to celebrate their birthdays, on Monday and Tuesday. The two got back together while both were starring in (different) Broadway plays recently. His latest movie, Sherlock Holmes, with Robert Downey, Jr. hit theaters in the U.S. on Christmas.

Reports from those iron-clad sources known as “family friends” have let slip that Law has told both his parents and his ex-wife and mother to three of his four children Sadie Frost that he “wants to make a real go of it with Sienna,” according to the Daily Mail. And it’s clear that he’s serious this time because the family friend reports that he “wants it to work this time around.”

Sure, the two broke up four of years ago when he was discovered cheating on her with his children’s nanny, and earlier in 2009 he had a fling with a model that resulted in Law’s becoming a father once again, and his parents think that the two being together is “a recipe for disaster,” but well wishers insist that the two are basically too good-looking together to be apart for long. Bloggers everywhere sealed the pronouncement of the two’s rekindled romance over the weekend, describing the pair as “looking happy” while being pulled around by a boat on a giant innertube.

The man known for wearing women on each arm like so many cheesy bachelor pinkie rings plans to forsake all the others in 2010 and marry pop superstar Katy Perry.

The two spent the week before Christmas at his pad in the UK, and sources say that Brand, who is “besotted” with Perry, asked her to marry him. “She quickly said ‘yes,’” according to one source. So far the two haven’t nailed down a date more specific than “in 2010.”

As shocking proof that Brand is ready to settle down is the fact that he is selling his home in London and reportedly bought a $3.2 million home in California. The beautiful home features high ceilings and panoramic views of Los Angeles. The house’s Roman inspired pool is surrounded by tall evergreen trees to ensure privacy. And naturally, because one of the bedrooms is “decorated for a child,” speculation is rife that the two plan to start having babies as soon as possible.

However, a recent hiccup in the relationship came when Perry didn’t really like the Cartier engagement ring that Brand bought for her. Brand is now hastily searching for a ring designer to have a new ring ready in time for New Year’s Eve.

Celebrity pundits are torn between hoping the cute couple makes it and starting a Russell and Katy Breakup office pool.