“Have a passion for fashion? When someone says “runway” do you think of supermodels and not airplanes? Do you know what “haute couture” means AND how to pronounce it? Then this is the event for you. For the 17th year, Fashion Week El Paseo presented by Agua Caliente Casinos returns to the desert, transforming the […] The post Experience High Fashion at Fashion Week El Paseo appeared first on Gay Desert Guide Palm Springs ..read more

“Susan Stein, the creative producer and director of Fashion Week El Paseo, was honored Tuesday on the Palm Springs Walk of the Stars. This story also appeared in KESQ News Channel 3 Stein received the 465th star on the Walk of the Stars in the category of civic pioneer. Under Stein’s leadership, organizers say that […] The post Susan Stein Receives Star on the Palm Springs Walk of the Stars appeared first on Gay Desert Guide Palm Springs ..read more

“The 2023 award season is officially underway with the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala taking place on Thursday evening, and the Golden Globes scheduled for Sunday. Last night’s event honoured the likes of Emma Stone and Carey Mulligan, and certainly drummed up lots of excitement for what we can expect on the red […] The post The Palm Springs International Film Festival Gala 2024: The 10 Best Dressed appeared first on Gay Desert Guide Palm Springs ..read more

“As Modernism Week October takes over Greater Palm Springs, we dive into what defines mod style and where to find apparel and accessories locally to help you fit in while also standing out from the crowd. Whether you’re taking in a house tour or headed to a VIP cocktail party at a private estate, up […] The post Where To Find Mod-Style Clothing For Modernism Week appeared first on Gay Desert Guide Palm Springs ..read more

“When John Halbach and Kit Williamson decided to take on a top-to-bottom renovation of a 1970s High Desert home, it helped that the project wasn’t the couple’s first rodeo. The multihyphenate talents initially became desert denizens during the pandemic when they transformed what they call El Dorado Oasis, a 1950s Yucca Valley homestead on 5 […] The post How to Put Down Roots in the High Desert appeared first on Gay Desert Guide Palm Springs ..read more

“Being one of the most glamorous soirées on the desert’s social calendar, DAP Health’s annual gala The Chase (presented this year by Eisenhower Health) attracts all manner of fashionistas flaunting their fabulous baubles and threads in the pursuit of eclipsing other guests’ voguish get-ups. I mean, would any clotheshorse worth their weight in leather and […] The post Wondering What to Wear to The Chase? Susan Stein Has Some Ideas appeared first on Gay Desert Guide Palm Springs ..read more

“Fashion Week El Paseo returned to The Gardens on El Paseo in Palm Desert after a two-year, pandemic-induced hiatus for a 15th annual celebration that dropped the runway to floor level and doubled the amount of front-row seating. Designers ranging from the well-known (Trina Turk and Michael Costello) to the far out (Edwin Oudshoorn and […] The post Fashion Week El Paseo 2022: Brilliant Color and Optimism appeared first on Gay Desert Guide Palm Springs ..read more

“If you’re wondering how an agricultural student from rural Ohio lands in Los Angeles and becomes a costume designer for such celestial figures as Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, and Britney Spears, well, it’s a circuitous story. Michael Bush dropped out of The Ohio State University to move to Las Vegas where he worked his way […] The post Desert Resident Michael Bush Made Britney, Michael Jackson Shimmer appeared first on Gay Desert Guide Palm Springs ..read more

“The philosophy behind Boomerang for Modern is simple: If it’s not something the vintage store’s owner, David Skelley, would put in his own 1957 home, he will not sell it in his shop. He has maintained this viewpoint for more than three decades. While working as a waiter at a San Diego restaurant in the […] The post Palm Springs Life Best of the Best 2021: Decor, Furniture, Housewares appeared first on Gay Desert Guide Palm Springs ..read more

“If you can take someone who’s a size 24 and make that person be the envy of everybody in the room, then you’re a true designer,” Aneka Brown opines. “That’s what I’ve always tried to do because that’s where my designs came from.” The fashion designer, who was raised and still resides in the Coachella […] The post Aneka Brown Designs Celebrate Her African Heritage in Palm Springs appeared first on Gay Desert Guide Palm Springs ..read more