NYLA Celebrates Anniversary with Relaunch & Online Boutique

The NYLA Report Celebrates Two Year Anniversary

with Site Relaunch & Online Boutique

LOS ANGELES – January 9, 2012 ­­– After a much needed blog vacay during the holidays, The NYLA (ni*lah) Report is back! Celebrating its second birthday today, NYLA launches a revamped (and much cooler) site. Sure to deliver the latest in fashion, pop culture, and celebrity juice, the site will feature a newer, sleeker and more user-friendly interface.

“Amazing things are bound to happen in 2012. I’m excited about NYLA’s relaunch and online boutique debut,” said NYLA editor-in-chief Asia Willis. She also added, “We have such a dedicated fan base from across the globe and this is our way of simply saying thank you for following us every step of the way for the last two years.”

On top of the revamped site, NYLA was exclusively selected to launch an online boutique through a partnership with StyleOwner called NYLA’s Closet. NYLA’s Closet will showcase ready-to-wear clothes and accessories that Willis describes as “New York street meets LA beach” and will feature some of the hottest labels from Rachel Zoe, House of Harlow 1960 and Rebecca Minkoff.

NYLA is Los Angeles-based blog, focused on delivering exciting fashion news, as the site has covered Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York for five consecutive seasons and has featured top notch celeb interviews with – Kimora Lee Simmons, Tim Gunn, Lauren Conrad and Russell Simmons. NYLA has been featured on numerous media platforms including popular fashion website Fashionista.com and television news station, WJBK Fox 2 News Detroit.

About The NYLA Report

The NYLA Report (ni*lah) is a daily fix of pop culture, fashion, music and up-to-the-minute celeb news from New York to Los Angeles and everything in between. Founded by Los Angeles-based blogger Asia Willis in January 2010, NYLA dishes on the latest in Fashion Week coverage, red carpet highlights, buzzworthy music videos and celeb interviews. NYLA offers the fashion obsessed a user-friendly interface to guarantee immediate access to the latest fashion and celebrity coverage. For more info, please stalk us on Facebook and Twitter.

Three Day of Style Icons: Lana Del Rey

Before she became Lana Del Rey, she was known as Elizabeth Grant. This crooner’s voice will captivate you. Her music is a throwback to the days of jazz and pinup girls. Lana’s style fits right in with her flirty dresses and pointy toe shoes.

Your Look for Less:

Neon Heart Lace Tube Dress, $50 at www.generalpants.com.au

Asos Platform Peep-Toe Shoe, $91 at www.asos.com

Painted Moon Amaryllis Lace Collared Dress, $60 at www.generalpants.com.au

Three Days of Style Icons: Rita Ora

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Move over, Rihanna. There is a new girl in town. Rita Ora is part of the Roc Nation crew. She starred in  her first music video, alongside Drake. Not only can she sing R&B, but she often plays acoustic covers. Rita’s style generally consists of leopard print and red lipstick.

Your Look for Less:

Oasis Faux Fur Coat, $90 at www.johnlewis.com

Black Supersoft Jeggings, $39 at www.dorothyperkins.com

Iron Fist Loose Lips Platform, $75 at www.heels.com

Three Days of Style Icons: Sky Ferreira

She’s part hipster, part Lolita. Sky has been known in the underground music world for quite some time now. She can sing anything from dance music, catchy pop tunes, and singer-songwriter music. When she’s not singing, Sky can be seen modeling for countless fashion designers. Her wardrobe includes vintage dresses, band tees, and high-top sneakers.

Your Look for Less:

Moto Flag Print Western Jacket, $90 at www.topshop.com

Wild Flower Peter Pan Collar Dress, $23 at www.janenorman.co.uk

Doc Martens 1460, $120 at www.Zappos.com

KATY PERRY LAUNCHES MEOW! BY KATY PERRY AT THE GROVE IN LOS ANGELES

KATY PERRY LAUNCHES HER NEWEST FRAGRANCE, MEOW! BY KATY PERRY

This afternoon in Los Angeles, best selling superstar Katy Perry brought her magic to The Grove as she hosted a press conference to unveil her newest fragrance, Meow! by Katy Perry. The fun and sensual fragrance is available exclusively at Nordstrom stores nationwide and Nordstrom.com in 1.7 and 3.4 oz bottles at a suggested retail price of $45 and $65, respectively. “Meow! by Katy Perry” is a companion piece to the recording artist’s first fragrance, “Purr,” which debuted a year ago.

Photo Credit: John Shearer

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To purchase your bottle of Meow! (or Purr by Katy Perry), click here: Nordstrom.com.

Sofia Vergara- Get The Look

SOFIA VERGARA CELEBRATES NEW YEAR’S EVE IN CATHERINE MALANDRINO

“Get The Look” on Rent The Runway.com
Yes – you too can look like Sofia Vergara for Under $100.  Well maybe not quite, but you can rock the same sexy Catherine Malandrino off-the-shoulder number Sofia wears in her latest film – “New Year’s Eve.”  The Catherine Malandrino ‘Modern Queen Elizabeth’ dress regularly retails for $525, but you can rent for just $75.00 on Rent The Runway.  Now that’s a deal worth toasting to. Cheers!

http://www.renttherunway.com/shop/designers/catherinemalandrino_dresses/modernqueenelizabethdress

About Rent the Runway

Rent the Runway is the premier online destination for dress and accessory rentals. With a revolving roster of over 150 top designers, 25,000 of the season’s hottest dresses, and 4000 accessories, Rent the Runway is designer fashion delivered to her doorstep for a fraction of the price. For all of life’s special occasions, www.renttherunway.com provides the Cinderella experience for women everywhere.

*Rent the Runway also offers intimate apparel solutions and beauty items from Lancome for purchase

Spotted: Stephanie Pratt in M2F Brand Denims

STEPHANIE PRATT IN M2F BRAND DENIMS

Photo Credit- Mike Williams, Startraks

Stephanie Pratt shows off this season’s hottest trend, colored denim in her purple pair of M2F Brand Denims. The Hills Hottie paired her colored jeans with a denim parka pulling off a successful Double Denim look! M2F Brand Denims offers eco-friendly, authentic, vintage denim available in an unlimited palette of colors. Their groundbreaking colors and indigo style weathering are made possible through two interrelated, earth friendly technologies known as Made2Fade™ yarn and the Clear H20 Colors™ dye process. Together, these dynamic breakthroughs enabled the company to develop a different kind of denim brand, one committed to preserving the environment and the avant-garde. The Skinny in Purple Rain retails for $130.00 and is available at www.winknyc.com. 

Check out the M2F Brand Denim Collection at www.m2f.com.