SELMA BLAIR: [[APARICIONES PUBLICAS]] Zac Posen for Target Pop-up Shop Debuts in N.Y.C.

15 de abril de 2010

[[APARICIONES PUBLICAS]] Zac Posen for Target Pop-up Shop Debuts in N.Y.C.

(Left to right) Selma Blair, Claire Danes, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Parker Posey show their support for Zac at the launch party of his new pop-up shop for Target. Photo: AP

Zac Posen and his posse of party people kicked off a 24-hour shopping party last night while eager shoppers formed a long line down Eighth Avenue and around the corner of 34th Street.

Posen fans Ginnifer Goodwin, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Claire Danes, Selma Blair, Mena Suvari, Parker Posey, Michelle Trachtenberg, Theodora and Alexandra Richards, Kelly Bensimon and models Coco Rocha, Alek Wek and Sessliee Lopez turned up, mostly clad in the limited edition Zac Posen for Target collection, to support their friend and shop for more.

Zac Posen Selma Blair pop-up shop for Target

Zac Posen (left) and Selma Blair (right) celebrate Zac's new pop-up shop for Target. Photo: AP

Guests were greeted by girls holding trays of masks, noise makers and other festive doo-dads and then were offered the chance to pose for instant pictures in front of a "party" backdrop. Cocktails were passed throughout the space, which is part of the New Yorker Hotel, while party guests shopped and enjoyed a performance from The Like, the band that starred in the short promotional film for the collection, directed by Gia Coppola.

While most appeared to be shopping for themselves with a few garments draped over their arms, there were a couple shoppers early on that literally picked up sections of clothing from the racks and headed to the check out. That explains why there's a decent amount of Zac Posen for Target already available on eBay.

If you are in New York, run – do not walk – to the Zac Posen for Target pop-up store at the corner of 34th Street and Eighth Avenue. This shop is open for only for 24 hours – until 11pm Friday, April 16 – and if you can't get your hands on the whole collection of Zac Posen for Target there, you'll have to wait until it hits the stores and Target.com on April 25.

Shop the selection of designs by Zac Posen in bright spring colors below.

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Personal Trivia

During high school she went by the name Blair because she hated her first name. She is still not comfortable with her age at the name of 36. She says, "I've always thought of it as an old woman's name, so I demanded that everyone call me Blair. In high school, when people found out my name was Selma, they'd call me things like Smell-ma or Salmonella. That stuff basically came from friends, and I never really had any enemies, so I just kind of smiled through it. "I still don't like my name. It does not fall prettily off the tongue. In fact, it's hideous. My middle name is James, and I like to be called that."
She has been romantically linked to Jason Schwartzman of Rushmore Fame.
In her sparetime, Selma collects black-and-white photography. She also enjoys horseback riding, and loves snow jumping.
Blair's intention for her future was to become a photographer. She had some macabre ideas as to what would make a good shot. She explains, "I didn't have many models I was comfortable asking to pose for me, so I did a lot of self-portraits. "I didn't want them to look as if they were of me, so I made myself up like (artist) Magritte's mother, who drowned herself and was supposedly found with her nightdress wrapped around her head. "I took a bunch of self-portraits in that state and some very macabre, victim-y ones, in which I'd torn off my clothes, found a ditch at the side of the road and jumped in."
Selma has a reputation for becoming every publicist's nightmare by talking about anything and everything during an interview.

College Trivia

During her time at the Kalamazoo she did a play called "The Little Theater of the Green Goose"
Selma studied acting at the famous Stella Adler acting school

Movie Trivia

She wore a very large pair of fake breasts to play a stripper in the movie A Dirty Shame (2004), directed by John Waters.
She guest starred as Wendy in an episode of Friends.
Blair is uncredited for her role on Scream 2 (She played a voice on the phone.)
Selma appeared in the USA Network's movie No Laughing Matter
Selma is going to be a producer in an upcoming film called "The 1 Second Film"
Didn't rehearse for the kissing scene with SMG.
Hellboy black Prada dress sold for $178 on Ebay.

Projects Selma did not get

# Dawson Creek :: Joey Porter.
Blair and Holmes were battling it out with another young actress for the part - and the Hellboy star was confident she'd land it.
She says, "Holmes got it fair and square... (but) I remember seeing her walk into the (audition) room and thinking, 'She is just the tallest girl. There's no way they'll give it to her. She won't even fit on camera.' Then I ate my words. She was adorable."

Misc Trivia

Selma likes animals. She volunteered at an animal shelter caring for stray dogs. For their August 2002 issue, Seventeen magazine was doing an article about her and they photographed her with some of these dogs.
She has a one eyed dog named Wink.
Selma & Ahmet'swedding was originally meant to take place at the Ritz-Carlton in nearby Marina Del Rey, but the couple changed locations at the last minute.
According to People magazine, the bride wore a white satin tailor-made Karl Lagerfeld gown while the groom wore a black suit. For the reception, Blair changed into a black version of the same dress as the 70-plus guests danced to disco tunes and dined on grilled salmon and a three-layer coconut wedding cake.
She was ranked #93 on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2004.