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Gwen Flamberg

Beauty Director, Us Weekly.  New York

Gwen Flamberg is currently the beauty director at Us Weekly. She began her beauty career at the tender age of 14 as a roller skating hair model for a salon in her hometown. 
Upon graduation from college - George Washington University in Washington, DC - she continued spreading her lipstick gospel at women’s magazines including Ladies’ Home Journal, Woman’s Day and Fitness, and was the editorial director of ulta.com.
Gwen is the author of the Beauty Trend Watch blog on usmagazine.com, and has 12,000 Twitter followers as Gwen_UsBeauty and counting! And her beauty and lifestyle commentary has been seen on The Today Show, E! News, Extra, VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live, CNN Showbiz Tonight, Good Morning America, The Insider, Access Hollywood, Good Day New York, Entertainment Tonight and LX-TV. 
Gwen’s expertise has been profiled on fashionista.com, beautysnob.com and as a celebrity editor on beautyblitz.com.

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These heels are coral suede with the most fabulous heel. I love coffee table books and have collected them forever. I love collections of photography. My mom designed The World in Vogue, I tracked this one down on eBay. I have one with the multi-colored logo book jacket, but this one, the original orange cover with gilded lettering under the jacket, is my fave. This is one of my portraits by Davis Factor. He always makes me look like a better version of myself.

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Bag, CHANEL; Shoes, Nicholas Kirkwood

Loeffler Randall

Mini Bag

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I love scent so much. I usually create my own by mixing a few favorites. For years I blended Kiehl's Musk with Kai, which is gardenia-based. Right now I'm loving By Kilian's Don't Be Shy and Back to Black and also Dior Patchouli Imperial and Oud Ipsahan. Then I touch up throughout the day with Angel. Sounds crazy but people are always asking me what I'm wearing and I think that's because it smells exotic, they've never smelled it before. We all try out products! I learned a long time ago, it's impossible to objectively be my own guinea pig, without getting a rash! For hair, I love Philip B products; the Drop Dead Straightening Balm is awesome, and I love Living Proof's Straight. Couture Colour Pequi Oil is pretty rad too, for smoothing split ends.

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Bag, CHANEL

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I always pop by the Marant shop with my friend Lisa Walker when she's in town from LA; Lisa peer-pressured me into buying this one and I'm so glad she did! I kind of went all out on these shoes; the claw heel, that shape is not a wallflower, so why get it in basic black? I had to have this summer-perfect pattern. And seriously, these shoes are a feat of architecture; they are surprisingly AND amazingly ridiculously well balanced and comfortable.

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Dress, Isabel Marant; Shoes, Walter Steiger

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I think I've only worn this dress once, to the Emmys four years ago. It's the kind of dress that you can't wear much under! These peach satin Brian Atwood Maniacs were given to me by my work cohort, Sasha Charnin. She has the most amazing shoe collection and lucky for me, these were just a smidge too small on her!

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Dress, Tracy Feith; Shoes, Brian Atwood; Bag, CHANEL

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These shoes are older than the hills! They are so comfy, you could run for a bus in them. Love LA! I'm a huge fan of down and dirty Mexican food when I'm there, love El Compadre on Sunset. Otherwise I mostly eat and imbibe at Sunset Tower, which is where I stay. There is no place in that town cooler than the Tower Bar.

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Shoes, Miu Miu

Loeffler Randall

Claudelie platform clog

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I'm obsessed with Anita Ko. I want everything, and I love the rings made by my friend Meredith Kahn of Made Her Think. Interesting, whimsical but always with an edge. Some of these pieces are very special to me: the diamond pinky ring was my Grandmother's 25th anniversary gift from my grandfather; the big Onyx number belonged to my Great Aunt Ella. I love Hermès cuffs and these bangles by Givenchy and Mulberry. My fave bangle is a raw diamond one I bought in India. I wish I had gotten an armful!

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Les Nouvelles

Ines Thin Bangle

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I love this mirrored Parsons desk, it's so simple but so glam, especially when paired with the Kartell lamp and ghost chair. This painting is one of my mom's, it actually hung on the dining room in the apartment where I grew up. I love it and made sure to take it for my home! My best friend, fashion genius Sharon Ainsberg, found this dress at Ina and saw with her amazing eye that it could be tailored for me. I took it to my tailor Mustafa the Magician and the rest is history ? it?s one of my signature sundresses. There was one week-long vacation in Brazil when I wore it three times!

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Dress, Isabel Marant; Bag, CHANEL

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I loved this collection! This nude tulle number was the best piece, girly yet cool. Kind of how I'd describe my style. The peach bag was a gift from my old editor-in-chief Emily Listfield after I helped her navigate her first CHANEL editor's sale! The note she wrote is still inside a pocket.

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Dress, Target x Rodarte; Bag, CHANEL

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This dress is from the Le Shack line. I'm not sure if it's defunct. It was so awesome. The coolest fabrics in the most flattering shapes. Tracy really knew how to cut for a chick. I wear this a lot on vacation, so simple to just throw over a bikini and go to lunch or shopping! Unlike most of the population, I have zero sleeping issues. My bed is awesome, I swear by DreamFit sheet, the duvet and shams here are just WestElm, the leopard pillows are Dennis Basso for QVC. I heart them.

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Dress, Tracy Feith

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I'm a heels girl through and through, being 5'2 will do that. I wish I was that girl who looked effortlessly adorable in Converse, but I don't; they make me walk like a duck. Love heels by Louboutin (of course), Brian Atwood, Sergio Rossi. YSL sandals are the most comfortable. And I'm newly obsessed with the Walter Steiger claw heels. I usually wear a platform pump to the office, flat motorcycle boots for errands and anything goes on date night.

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Shoes, Various Designers

Loeffler Randall

Lucie criss-cross wedge

$375
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