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    Anya Strzemien

    Anya Strzemien

    Executive Lifestyle Editor, HuffPost Live

  • Porn Entrepreneur: 'I Believe You Can Change The World Through Sex'

    Cindy Gallop thinks we think about porn all wrong. "The headline is 'it's not that porn degrades women, it's that business degrades porn,'" Gallop told co-hosts Alicia Menendez and Marc Lamont Hill. "Very ironically one of the things that creates problems is the fact that they're not allowed to do business under the same conditions as everyone else," Gallop continued.

  • Gaga Gets What She Wants & 10 Other Worst-Dressed Celebs This Week

    Every week there's someone who's both a winner and a loser, and this time it's Charlize Theron, who committed the cardinal sin of letting a dress "wear" her. Emma Thompson had something of a wardrobe malfunction, and if you haven't met the nearly-naked Micaela Schaefer this week, you should. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today.

  • Architectural Inspiration: Rustic Wood Walls

    The reclaimed wood walls almost overshadow the fab food and drink at MB Post, a restaurant in Manhattan Beach, California. Stephen Francis Jones, the architect behind the hot spot's design, lets us in on how you can create your own rustic walls. To give the new restaurant a cozy, lived-in feeling, architect Stephen Francis Jones turned to reclaimed wood.

  • How To Paint Kitchen Cabinets

    Yes, you can paint kitchen cabinets...and not be left with exposed brush marks or peeling paint. Kate from Centsational Girl shows us how she achieved these amazing results on her kitchen island. The right way to paint kitchen cabinets has always been a mystery to me, one that I've always been too intimidated to undertake by myself.

  • Stylelist Designer Challenge Contest: Official Rules

    Employees and their immediate families (spouse, parents, children, siblings, and their respective spouses), including those living in the employees' households of AOL Inc., Saks Incorporated (collectively, the "Sponsors"), and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, advertising and promotion agencies, are not eligible to enter or win a Prize. By entering, entrants agree to comply with these Official Rules. Entries received prior to or after Entry Period are void.

  • Q&A With Actor / Bar Owner / DIY-er Anthony Mackie

    Most people know Anthony Mackie from his roles in The Adjustment Bureau or The Hurt Locker and Brooklynites are now getting to know him as the man behind new Bed-Stuy bar NoBar. Read on to see how he stayed on budget thanks to eBay, why (he says) women aren't impressed with his handy skills and his feelings on mass-market furniture in our exclusive Q&A. The bar that Anthony Mackie built.

  • Notes From A Renovation: Bungalow Kitchen/Dining Makeover

    In this makeover, designer Sarai Mitnik of Colette Patterns creates a cohesive look between the kitchen and dining room of her bungalow. Years of other families can mean countless layers of wallpaper (I know of one person who discovered a layer of wallpaper held up by hot glue), paint or, as Sarai Mitnick discovered, linoleum. Below the unassuming flooring was the bungalow's original hardwood floors.

  • PHOTOS: Inside Jonathan Adler & Simon Doonan's Home

    If I could trade places with anyone, it wouldn't be designer/leader of the "happy chic" movement Jonathan Adler or his husband, author/Creative Ambassador-at-Large of Barney's Simon Doonan. Scroll through them out, drool over them, then head to The Coveteur on Monday for the full piece, including Adler and Doonan's terrific quotes (personally I can't wait to see what the guys have to say about that rainbow-colored gun!).

  • Bathroom Makeunder: Notes From A Renovation

    This guest bathroom had potential that was hard to see under that New Yorker cover wallpaper, vinyl flooring and boxy enclosures. When you see how soothing this Portland, Oregon guest bathroom turned out, it's hard not to look at the before photo and go "yikes." The large enclosures around the sink and bathtub ate up a significant amount of floor space and created an awkward layout. The homeowners noted that the vinyl floor covering was impossible to clean.

  • Spackle Your Way to New-Again Walls

    When faced with a wall of nail holes, cracks and random gashes, spackle is your friend. Next you'll need a spatula for spreading the spackle across the damaged area. Now, apply a good sized blob of spackle to your spatula and spread over the crevice to fill, using a smooth stroke.

  • Centerpiece 101: Building A Spiral Bouquet

    Spring flowers practically demand to be showcased in a gorgeous centerpiece, like these by floral designer extraordinaire Grayson Handy of Prudence Designs. This is a very loose technique that creates that pretty domed look in a centerpiece arrangement or bouquet. My friend Brittni Mehlhoff of Papernstitch walks us through the process, which she used to create her wedding bouquet.

  • PHOTOS: Who Was Best-Dressed At The Met Gala?

    *SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOS* It would be an understatement to say that Sarah Burton, the Creative Director of Alexander McQueen, had a big weekend. After it was revealed on Friday that she had designed not one, but two wedding gowns for the newly-minted Duchess Catherine, the British designer ascended the steps of the Metropolitan Museum on Monday night in her own bridal-like sheath to pay tribute to McQueen, the designer behind the eponymous label she now runs. The theme of this year's Costume Institute exhibit and Monday's gala is "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty," honoring the British couturier who ended his own life last year.

  • 3 Steps To Curb Appeal

    Home Rescue: True, you could spend days at a time working on your curb appeal. Curb Appeal Tip #1: Jazz Up Your Mailbox We swear -- it'll impress more people than just your mail carrier. Curb Appeal Tip #2: Focus On Your Front Door Everybody else is doing it already, so you should too! Let this be your opportunity to show that you're serious about style while still remembering that less is more when it comes to this part of your home.

  • How Fashion (And You) Can Help Japan

    Designers, celebrities and fashion organizations are banding together in an effort to help aid Tsunami and earthquake victims in Japan. Some designers, like Rebecca Minkoff, are letting you shop for Japan by donating proceeds from purchases to the country. Others, like Coach, are donating out-of-pocket to the Red Cross and some brands -- Theory, for one -- have set up drop off boxes and sites to donate directly.

  • Giving Back: How You And The Style Community Can Help Struggling Families

    Led by HuffPost Impact -- The Huffington Post's section devoted to service, causes, and volunteering -- every HuffPost section is featuring a group or individual who is taking action and inspiring others during these challenging times. Stone will help the company to create innovative social impact and cause-based initiatives. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today.

  • How Salma Hayek Is Saving The Planet

    Stella McCartney, Jason Wu, Alexander Wang, and more to raise money for the environement. The initiative will launch with one fancy night called Christie's Bid To Save The Earth on March 29th at an event hosted by Francois-Henri Pinault, his wife Salma Hayek, David and Susan Rockefeller, Graydon and Anna Carter and Vogue.

  • Should Fashion Boycott Galliano's Upcoming Shows?

    Update (3/4): The Telegraph reports that Galliano's runway show for his namesake line, which was to be held on Sunday, has been canceled. Previously: With head designer John Galliano fired and already at rehab, the Dior Fall-Winter 2011 show is set to go on at Paris Fashion Week on Friday.

  • 'First Girlfriend' Sandra Lee Talks Cuomo Marriage & Favorite Designers

    In the magazine's March issue, Vogue writer Gully Wells visited Food Network star and First Girlfriend of New York Sandra Lee at her home in Mount Kisco, New York. Governor Andrew Cuomo's better half discussed her "belly," her beau, and her fashion preferences. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today.

  • Fergie NOT INVITED To Royal Wedding

    Fergie will maintain her status as the royal family's persona non grata on April 29th. People confirmed that the Duchess of York will not be attending the royal nuptials. Fergie, the ex-wife of Princes Charles' brother Prince Andrew, most recently brought embarrassment upon the family last May when she was filmed by News of the World trying to sell access to her ex-husband, with whom she is still close, for 500,000 pounds. It is, however, expected that her daughters Princess Eugenie, 20, and Princess Beatrice, 22, will attend.