
Joseph V. Amodio
Based in New York City and covering a variety of topics--from health andmedicine to entertainment, travel, fitness and fashion, Joseph V. Amodio is afreelance features writer whose work has appeared in various publications andwebsites, including The New York Times Magazine, Newsday, In Style, Self,health.com, monster.com and more. And if you're channel-surfing at 3 a.m., youmay well have stumbled across one of his blood-and-guts scripts written forseveral true-crime forensic docudrama series on A&E, The Discovery Channel orThe Learning Channel.
Appointment TV
Carrie Underwood is no Julie Andrews — and that's a good thing: Secrets of the new Sound of Music
Dec 5, 2013 | 11:47 am
- Stella McCartney' uniforms for the team from Great Britain has also drawn somebarsToastSA.com
- Ralph Lauren designs for Team USA's opening ceremony attire have drawn flack forlooking too French and being made in China.Photo by Ralph Lauren
- The outfits for the Italian team by Giorgio Armani are a bit austere.DesignScene.net
- Jamaican sprinter (and world's fastest man) Usain Bolt and hurdler ShevonStoddard in Jamaican Olympics team gear by Cedella Marley and PumaPhoto by Mark Zilbert
- Saul Craviotto of Spain tweeted this pic.Photo via Saul Craviotto/Twitter
High Profile
Style Olympics: Top designers take spotlight with team outfits at openingceremonies
Jul 27, 2012 | 1:05 pm
- Johnny Depp at the 2012 MTV Music AwardsTumblr
- John Varvatos channels Depp with this ensemble.
- Depp rarely goes without a hat, so why should you?
- We dig the Dark Shadows styling with that skull on the temple of these AlexanderMcQueen shades.
- Depp is often seeing wearing a wide leather cuff bracelet, and you can go thegoth route, too.
- Rock your own Pirates of the Caribbean vibe with Icon Brand’s “All Smiles HaveTeeth” ring, $32 at urbanoutfitters.com.
- Depp’s shoes are either scuffed and beat up or retro sleek, like these nostalgicspectators and saddle shoes.
Stylish & Quirky
Dress like Johnny Depp: Actor was no-show at CFDA Awards but you can stillemulate his unique look
Jun 6, 2012 | 2:27 pm
- Schiaparelli orange silk organza dress (1935), Prada silk jacquard dress (Spring2004) and a video of Judy Davis as Elsa Schiaparelli in background
- Schiaparelli, in a 1931 photo by Man Ray, wears a gown she designed with faux,painted pleats down the middle.Photo by Man Ray/© 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
- Miuccia Prada earned a graduate degree in political science and then trained asa mime (yes, a mime!) before creating one of today’s most influential fashionbrands.Photo by Guido Harari/Contrasto/Redux
- Luxe lips skirt from Prada’s Spring 2000 linePhoto by © Toby McFarlan Pond
- Schiaparelli was known for whimsical ideas, like this 1937 “shoe hat” (made withsurrealist Salvador Dalí) and suit embroidered with lips on the pockets andlapels.Photograph by George Saad/© Les Editions Jalou, L’Officiel
- Prada’s Fall 2004 line featured computer-generated prints that simulated pleats.Photo by © Toby McFarlan Pond
- Plexiglas, mirrors and video dominate the Met’s new exhibit.
- Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) was a fashion sensation in the 1930s, ‘40s and‘50s, though her business eventually failed.
Best Fashion Exhibit
Thanks to Anna Wintour, new Met exhibit stages "impossible" conversation betweenvery shy Prada and very dead Schiaparelli
Jun 2, 2012 | 5:42 pm