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• Posted Fashion Maniac: Metallic Nails to Buffalo Rising
  Photos by: Cheryl GorskiContributing Fashion /Beauty Editor: Kara WeymouthHair by: Andrew Brown for Salon RougeMakeup by: Steven Daniels Styled by: Katie Gariepy Creative assistant & Web Layout by: Alyssa Marzolf Metallic Nails by Kara Weymouth:Whether you're planning to stun at the office holiday party or are escaping to a tropical paradise you'll want your nails to look great.Gel manicures have become immensely popular thanks to their "no dry time" application and long lasting finish. I've found that, unfortunately, your nails end up being under a UV light during application for a long time anyway. It's a costly and time consuming endeavor. So it's...
• Posted Fashion Maniac: Leather and Lace to Buffalo Rising
  Fashion Maniac: Keeping tabs on Buffalo's fashion industry, including models, catwalks, retailers, designers, stylists, visual merchandisers and jewelers.All Photography & Publisher : Cheryl Gorski Managing Editor : Nicole FordBray Alexander: Facebook Social Media Director Creative Assistant & Web Layout : Alyssa Marzolf Contributing Style Editor  : Kara Weymouth Hair Stylists : Whitney Curry Make-up by : Dani Weiser Stylist : Katie Gariepy Accessories Stylist : Marilyn Hammer Prop/Set Stylist: Todd WarfieldCreative Social & Media Director: Kim Cohen Leather & Lace by: Kara Weymouth If the lace and leather trend dominating the spring 2013 runways is any indication, designers are channeling...
• Posted Fashion Maniac: Khaki That Won't Make You Feel Fatigued to Buffalo Rising
  By Chris Story, Crystal Wicker, & Kara Weymouth:Fashion Maniac: Keeping tabs on Buffalo's fashion industry, including models, catwalks, retailers, designers, stylists, visual merchandisers and jewelers. Whether you're a red-blooded conservative or a peace-loving beatnik or like most of us fall somewhere in between, one thing is remains constant: military fashion is here to stay. Don't think it's true? Turn on any television or browse through any fashion site on the internet and chances are high that you are going to see a tip of the hat to military inspired fashion. From the sunglasses Don Draper can't do without in the hit television series...
• Posted Fashion Maniac: "Butterfly Kisses": All Aflutter at the Summer Garden Party to Buffalo Rising
  Fashion Maniac: Keeping tabs on Buffalo's fashion industry, including models, catwalks, retailers, designers, stylists, visual merchandisers and jewelers. TEXT BY PHILLIP D. JOHNSONPHOTOGRAPHED BY CHERYL GORSKI/FASHION MANIACSTYLED BY CHERYL GORSK/FASHION MANIACMAKE-UP BY DANI WEISERHAIR BY JULIE BELLOMOSPRING/SUMMER 2012 NEW YORK FASHION WEEK RUNWAY IMAGES BY CHERYL GORSKIAs we come near to the end of the 2012 spring/summer photo-shoots, we highlight one of the joys ofsummer: bugs. Yes, I was being sarcastic but really, what is summer without bugs, the "bad" ones, Imean? It goes over 80 degrees and you are immediate bug food. It stays hot and muggy for days...
• Posted Fashion Maniac: Lace, A Love Story to Buffalo Rising
  Fashion Maniac: Keeping tabs on Buffalo's fashion industry, including models, catwalks, retailers, designers, stylists, visual merchandisers and jewelers. Text by Phillip D. Johnson Photo Editorial shot by Cheryl Gorski/FashionManiac.com New York Fashion Week Runway Images photographed by Cheryl Gorski/FashionManiac.com Styled by Cheryl Gorski/FashionManiac.com Hair by Julie Bellomo Make-up by Dani Weiser       ...
• Posted It's getting hot in here! Fashion Maniac Showcases the best swimwear trends of the summer 2012 to Buffalo Rising
  Fashion Maniac: Keeping tabs on Buffalo's fashion industry, including models, catwalks, retailers, designers, stylists, visual merchandisers and jewelers.Text by Phillip D. Johnson - Features EditorPhotographed by: Cheryl Gorski - Fashion ManiacHair: Andrew Brown for Salon RougeMake Up: Dani WeiserStyled by: Todd Warfield & Cheryl GorskiSet Designer: Todd WarfieldModels: Emily Nugent & Aaron HoytI don't have to tell you that it's hot as Hades outside. I am wilting like summer flowers as we speak. And the experts are saying that this is just the beginning. This is going to be a very, hot summer and I'm not talking about yours' or...
• Posted Blues in Buffalo: A photographic retrospective by Cheryl Gorski to Buffalo Rising
  By Alyssa Marzolf:Black & White portraits of national Blues Musicians that played at the legendary Lafayette Tap Room, will have its opening debut on July 27, 2012. Canvas @1206 Hertel, a quaint restaurant that's also a new stomping ground for talented musicians, will have Cheryl's retrospective collection on display. Cheryl is an alumni from Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts. She is thrilled to announce Alfonzo Tyson, Henry L. Muhammad, Vincent Fossit, Dave Malia, Don Jones, Brian Wheeler, Zuri Elise Appleby, and Tediyra Barton-Harris - all alumni, along with Chris Alfiero, all of whom collaborated to perform as the opening band....
• Posted POLKA DOTS: High Art and High Fashion to Buffalo Rising
  Fashion Maniac: Keeping tabs on Buffalo's fashion industry, including models, catwalks, retailers, designers, stylists, visual merchandisers and jewelers.Fashion Maniac TeamEditorial: Phillip JohnsonPhotography: Cheryl GorskiMakeup : Mallory StroosHair: Christianna ChristianoSocial Media Director : Cassie Elsaesser Kim Cohen : PR & Multi Media Photograph (Right) by Cheryl GorskiPOLKA DOTS: HIGH ART AND HIGH FASHION   By Phillip D. JohnsonPOLKA DOTS PHOTO-SHOOT PHOTOGRAPHED BY CHERYL GORSKI/FASHION MANIAC 2012 SPRING/SUMMER NEW YORK FASHION WEEK RUNWAY IMAGES BY CHERYL GORSKI/FASHION MANIAC Jewelry (For Photo-Shoot) Provided By AURUM Jewelers www.aurumonelmwood.com      POLKA DOTS IN FASHION People are sometimes amazed at what, from year to year, changes in...
• Posted Fashion Maniac: NEON! to Buffalo Rising
  Fashion Maniac: Keeping tabs on Buffalo's fashion industry, including models, catwalks, retailers, designers, stylists, visual merchandisers and jewelers. Neon!: A Report on the Neon Trend from the Spring/Summer 2012 Runways and the Beauty WorldBy Phillip D. JohnsonNew York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2012 Runway Images by Cheryl Gorski/Fashion ManiacNeon! Photo Shoot Images Photographed by Cheryl Gorski/Fashion ManiacIf you had to use one word to sum up the spring/summer 2012′s hottest looks, that word would be color--oodles and oodles of brilliant, eye-catching, mood-brightening color in clothing, shoes and accessories. And it's not just brilliant, eye-catching color. The spring collections were also an explosion of...