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StyleBistro.com  is pleased to announce a  Pinterest.com  Contest focused on Fall Fashion Week 2012.  The contest, beginning on Thursday, Feb. 9, invites entrants to log on to Pinterest and curate a board of twenty or more of their favorite images related to Fashion Week. Fashion editors for StyleBistro will review entries and select ten winners based on creativity, composition, and an eye for style. Each winner will receive a prize package filled with $250 of StyleBistro's Top Beauty Picks...Read Full Story

If you've been using the internet today (which you obviously have), it would have been difficult for you to avoid the wide-scale internet protest led by Google , Wikipedia , and other large companies whom many of us love, and who consider themselves vigilant defenders against internet censorship.  So what's all the fuss about?  A proposed law that, if passed, would seriously damage the way we use the internet. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is a bill that was recently introduced in...Read Full Story

(Getty Images) Today, we're proud to introduce the latest annual editorial features from our two sites: The Award Show Awards (the Zimbio feature) and The Award Show Fashion Awards (on StyleBistro). From StyleBistro's introduction: We're pretty sure painstakingly covering every conceivable aspect of all the major (and minor) award shows this year qualifies us to hand out some awards of our own. So here we go. Sit back, click Next and relive the best, most memorable fashion moments from the...Read Full Story

Maria Menounos (Getty Images) This week we're featuring Maria Menounos as StyleBistro's celebrity guest editor .  Maria Menounos has been a staple in entertainment news since early 2001. The celebrity journalist got her start as a student reporter for Channel One News and quickly catapulted onto shows like Access Hollywood and The Today Show . Maria's bubbly spirit and infectious laugh have earned her a spot as one of the top entertainment correspondents in the industry. We swapped seats...Read Full Story

  We are excited to announce that StyleBistro has won an Interactive Media Award for "Best in Class" in the Fashion/Style category. You can see the full list of Fashion/Style winners  here . Launched just over a year ago, StyleBistro is also comScore’s fastest growing style site of 2011 with a US audience of more than 2 million unique visitors and more than 234,000 fans on  Facebook. Congratulations to the StyleBistro team on a great first year! Read Full Story

Dear users, We usually blog about new features (for instance,  Celebrity Places  on Zimbio or the  Runway tab on StyleBistro), but today we're giving you a heads up that we plan to retire a few.  On September 27th we'll disable the ability for members to add or edit linkrolls, video playlists, photo albums, polls, notes, and to edit layouts and settings of zines.  These features are rarely used and retiring them will give us more time to focus on our most important features in order to make...Read Full Story

Getty Chanel Iman is a 20-year-old, LA-born glamazon who started her career at just 13. She has since worked with major fashion houses in New York, Paris, London and Milan where the runways of Marc Jacobs, Dior, Oscar de la Renta and Valentino are her stomping ground. StyleBistro associate editor Tanya Washington sat down with Chanel to chat about life on the catwalk and says that the model's free spirit and low-maintenance vibe are ever-present. Tanya says, " She had just ridden bicycles...Read Full Story

  Lauren Conrad Lauren Conrad is not your average reality TV alum. Thanks to her business savvy and relatable sense of style, this quintessential Cali girl who we watched grow up on The Hills has parlayed her fame into a successful empire replete with clothing, books and a growing online domain. Still only 25 years young, Lauren is a Renaissance gal already being heralded as the Martha Stewart of her generation. StyleBistro associate editor Dominique Streeter recently sat down to talk with...Read Full Story

Kate Upton is a rising star in the modeling industry. She was named Rookie of the Year by Sports Illustrated in her first year as a swimsuit model for the magazine and has recently joined the team of sexy beauties at Victoria's Secret. Plus, Kate is making her design debut Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Swim with two signature suits for Beach Bunny Swimwear. Did we mention she's only 19? StyleBistro associate editor Sasha Moyer recently sat down to chat with Kate about being a model. " It was...Read Full Story

Today, we launched a new feature on StyleBistro that we're simply calling " Runway ". But it's far from simple. As the name suggests, it features stunning photography from runway shows around the world. But I think there's some genius in its organization. For example, from any given show, you can sort by three image types: Runway (full length shots of models on the catwalk), Details (close up shots from whatever show you're looking at), and Backstage (think models in hair and make-up, racks...Read Full Story