Lives of Style Launching

Online, August 11, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Got Style? Want Style?
Lives of Style's "Best of the Best" Lifestyle Show
Airs Sunday August 14th: "Best of Summer" TV Special
7:30 p.m. on KCAL-9 in LA & 8:00 p.m. on KRON-4 in SF

Viewers Meet Famous Icons, Designers, Personalities
Kim Kardashian Shares Style Secrets
Her wedding gown designer--Vera Wang on the Kardashians
with creator & host Elisabeth Laurence

Show Series in SF, LA & NY Set for Fall 2011

Los Angeles & San Francisco Lives of Style, the ultimate style & lifestyle "It" broadcast TV show, will air a "Best of Summer" TV special on Sunday August 14th. Donna Karan begins the show, "Hi, I'm Donna Karan. I lead a life of style. If you want to lead a life of style, watch me on Lives of Style," as scores of other style icons share their own stories and secrets on Lives of Style's Best of Summer show at 7:30 p.m. in LA on KCAL-9 TV and at 8:00 p.m. in SF on KRON-4 TV.

Viewers get a chance to get "up-close-and-personal" with Kim & Kourtney Kardashian and score the first interview with Kim's wedding gown designer and Lives of Style's friend, fashion legend Vera Wang, on the Kardashians.

Famed fashion leader Diane von Furstenberg reveals how she balances her iconic "life-style," Calvin Klein designer Francisco Costa shares "psychic" design secrets, and designers Anna Sui and Vivienne Tam showcase their best looks.

Then Lives of Style's pal-Neiman Marcus's Creative Director Ken Downing-sums up "must-haves" for this season as the show goes behind the scenes with Council of Fashion Designers' 2011 Emerging Talent Winner, Prabal Gurung, designers Peter Som and Milly's Michelle Smith. Then Estee Lauder Chief Make-up Artist Tom Pecheux presents eye-popping make-up tips and Temptu shows how to spray on a fabulous summer look.

And there's more...viewers meet Melania Trump, Donald's wife, at their Trump Tower penthouse, to find out from her what it's like being Mrs. Donald Trump and how she expresses her own creativity, followed by supermodel and Bravo's Fashion Show co-host Iman, wife of David Bowie, who shares her life and beauty secrets.

Ultimate destinations are explored when Elisabeth and Lives of Style's Master Sommelier Gilles de Chambure takes viewers on a rare visit to a hundred-year-old estate that makes wine in the "Grand French tradition"...There's video commentary on how high fashion and fine art were admixed at the recent showing of "Balenciaga and Spain" at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, and teases on upcoming shows, "A Day with Vera Wang," "Concours d'Elegance at Pebble Beach," the San Francisco Symphony's 100th Anniversary, and more.

One lucky viewer who becomes a Lives of Style VIP will win a weekend for two at the fabulous Meadowood resort in Napa Valley.

Lives of Style "Best of Summer Special" airs Sunday, August 14th at 7:30 p.m. on KCAL-9 in Los Angeles and 8:00 p.m. on KRON-4 TV in San Francisco, then regularly on Sundays in the fall.

Lives of Style is the ultimate style & lifestyle "It" broadcast TV show, featuring interviews with hundreds of celebrities, including Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, James Franco, Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga, Halle Berry, Jennifer Lopez, Julianne Moore, Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, Eva Longoria, Sofia Vergara, Christina Hendricks, Adrien Grenier, Kim & Kourtney Kardashian, Vanessa Williams, Jay Leno, Whoopi Goldberg, and hundreds of designers and icons, from Donna Karan to Ralph Lauren, Diane von Furstenberg, Michael Kors, Vera Wang, Narciso Rodriguez, Tommy Hilfiger, Francisco Costa, Jason Wu, Derek Lam, Mark Badgley & James Mischka, Anna Sui, Peter Som, Max Azria, Prabal Gurung, Thakoon and many of the most interesting luminaries, brands and places in the world.

Lives of Style is a TV newsmagazine devoted to fashion, style and lifestyle that features first looks at runway collections from NY, Paris & Milan, breaking news in beauty, skincare and cosmeceuticals, exclusive visits with leading designers, rare jewelry and collectibles, up-close, at-home visits with owners of fine homes & estates, as well as dining with great chefs, food, wine & entertaining, eco-chic, art, antiques & design, exotic cars & transportation, travel & destinations, spas & resorts, events, wellness, financial fitness, pets, children, luxe for less-and philanthropy. The show regularly highlights and links to local charities. Ten percent of net profits are donated.

Lives of Style is hosted and co-executive produced by Elisabeth Laurence, a leading national fashion and style journalist on TV and in print. Laurence has commented on shows from Good Morning America to CNN, MSNBC, Fox and local CBS and NBC affiliates. She's created and hosted almost 100 TV shows, commercials and specials. She's a syndicated columnist-for six years-whose columns have been published in print in the San Francisco Examiner and online, which garners 16.5 million page-views a month.

Co-executive producer Erin Laurence is a 10-year veteran of ABC Network News, where she produced for Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America, World News Tonight, 20/20 and Primetime.

"There's never been a show like Lives of Style," said Laurence. "We will give viewers rare, behind-the-scenes looks at the world's best personalities, products, places and icons-people who built their own success step by step. We'll show viewers how they, too, regardless of their means, can enhance their lives and learn tips about defining their own personal style and creating a life around it."

Contact: Erin Laurence, 310-435-8740