The hottest accessories for the Hollywood jet set are not jewels, bags, or shoes, but an entire line of dresses and knitwear designed for the starlets’ favourite accessory, her pint sized purse puppy. Specializing in quality fabrics and knitwear apparel for dogs, Fifi & Romeo is the top dog designer on the market. The brand has boutiques in Beverly Hills, New York, and Tokyo. They are also expanding their market with both an online boutique and catalogue this year. The brand has long been known to high end customers through their retail locations, but their expanding presence online will introduce their products to a whole new clientele.

Fifi & Romeo is a specialty brand that counts a number of top starlets as well as Tinsel Town legends among their clientele. In addition, their pet clothing can be seen in a number of box office blockbuster movies and television shows. Any A-lister that has a pint sized pooch is a likely customer of the brand. The design house is also known for their people accessories that coordinate with their pet wear to create a coordinated look for you and your pet. Also popular are the high-end pet carriers that look like designer bags, but are roomy enough for little dogs to ride in style.

There are many different dog costumes ideas available resembling many everyday items, which people really get a kick out of. While Halloween is still the biggest day in America for costumes, people dress their pets in costumes year round.

People love dressing up their pets in pet costumes. Some even do it all year round. But some people think costumes are just for Halloween. Why shouldn’t everyone, even pets, take part in such a festive form of expression?

The well behaved woofer deserves to join in the fun, going house to house, standing guard on the sidewalk with Mom or Dad as the kids scamper up to the door to receive their treats. Naturally, dog Halloween costumes should be worn, too.

Now, you may think,"What? Another costume to pull together?" However, dog Halloween costumes are a snap ... your woofer isn't nearly so particular as the kids about his or her costume! Here we've got some easy ways for your pooch to be a Halloween sensation. Check out : www.dogcostumeideas.org for even more dog costume ideas!

Not everyone likes to dress their pets in pet costumes. But for those who do, there is a wide selection and many parties to attend with others who also enjoy this tradition. In fact, there are many site full of dog costume ideas!

People used to only be able to get pet costumes by sewing them. Costumes were sold for adult and children only. People would have to modify patterns and buy material construct costumes for their pet.

Most dogs like to chase cats. Dress Rover up like a cute little kitty for Halloween. The neighborhood cats won't be fooled, but your dog will never know he's kitty-for-a-day. Another attention-getting dog Halloween costume!

Here's another simple costume that dogs enjoy as much as their human companions: buy a cheap dime store wig and streak it with a radical lime green, fire engine red or cool blue kit from the hair color aisle.

Most dogs don't mind being fitted with some of the kid's old tees or even dresses. Add a tiara or hat and doll jewelry (pop-beads are good), as appropriate and your dog will feel like a million bucks come Halloween. Cinderella never felt better!

Another bonus of dog Halloween costumes is that the well dressed dog may get a few extra treats tossed in the kid's bags by entertained people handing out treats on Halloween night. Don't forget to pick up a box of dog biscuits to reward your party dog at evening's end!

The star will dedicate the entire show to her late cocker spaniel, Sophie, who died in February from kidney failure.

“Sophie gave me 13 years of unconditional love. She was a true love in my life,” Winfrey says on the broadcast scheduled to air Friday.

(this show is) “for anybody anywhere who loves a dog, has ever loved a dog, or just cares about their basic right to humane treatment.”

While Oprah’s own dog, Sophie was not a product of a puppy mill, her three current dogs were adopted from breeders, Winfrey says in the future she would look to adopt from a dog rescue shelter.

“I would never, ever adopt another pet now without going to a shelter to do it. I am a changed woman after seeing this show”

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Her friend Martha Stewart, who lives with horses, miniature donkeys, cats and 200 chickens, also has a love affair with her three dogs — Paw Paw, Francesca and Sharkey — who she describes as “so loyal and such marvelous company” that “I would rather be with them than almost anyone.”

So it’s not surprising that Stewart has joined Close’s charitable shopping program on FetchDog.com (http://www.fetchdog.com/Shop ) to benefit animal welfare organizations. FetchDog is a shopping, education and networking resource for dog lovers.

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is the beneficiary of the recently-opened Martha Stewart Charitable Shop (http://www.fetchdog.com/Shop?dsp=marthastewart ). The shop features more than 20 products personally selected by Stewart — ranging from a design-award-winning dog feeder to a doggy deck chair of sunlight-resistant fabric. When shoppers make a purchase starting on Stewart’s page, a percent of everything they spend on FetchDog.com is donated to the ASPCA.

“We’re very pleased to have been selected as a beneficiary of FetchDog’s charitable shopping program,” says Jo Sullivan, ASPCA Senior Vice President “This is the best of both worlds for dog lovers: they can something good for animals in need while shopping for great products for their own pet.”

Stewart recently previewed the charitable shopping program on the Martha Stewart Show (http://www.marthastewart.com/show/st-patricks-day-show-with-glenn-close ) with the help of Close and her husband David Shaw, one of FetchDog’s founders and Executive Chair of Ikaria — a critical care pharmaceutical company.

Glenn Close launched the Charitable Shops earlier this year as a companion to her FetchDog blog Lively Licks: Profiles of Dogs and their People (http://www.fetchdog.com/blogs/livelylicks ), which features interviews with her dog-owning friends. The blog gives readers a glimpse into just how deeply her interview subjects care about their pets. Among the famous dog-lovers featured in the blog are Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, whose Charitable Shop benefits Little Angels Pug Rescue, and Debra Messing and Dan Melman, whose beneficiary is Animal Rescue New Orleans. Upcoming interviews are scheduled with Sam Waterson and Bernadette Peters.

“We are very excited about the potential for Charitable Shops to benefit these animal charities,” says Peter Troast of FetchDog. “This is truly socially responsible shopping: you choose from a great assortment of high-quality, hand-selected products, and your purchases support a worthwhile cause.”

“And, as one reader commented about Glenn’s latest blog: ‘What connects us — the famous and the not — is our love for our animals.’”

“Memories of Sophie and Gracie: A Puppies’ Memorial” is inspired by the Oprah press releases that announced the passing of Gracie, who choked on a ball last year, and the passing of Sophie, who died in March.

“To represent Sophie and Gracie together, joined in Oprah’s memory as they were in life and in Oprah’s heart, the artist depicted them as conjoined at the hip and sharing a common tail,” says co-director John Leo. The dogs are shown standing on the flowing-maned golden likeness of Oprah’s head, in reference to how the dogs’ deaths may be weighing heavily on Winfrey’s mind. “Losing two beloved pets within a year is likely to take its toll on anybody.”

Last month, Oprah dedicated a show investigating abuses at puppy mills to Sophie, who died from kidney failure. “Sophie gave me 13 years of unconditional love,” Winfrey said on her show.

The Puppies’ Memorial also highlights the overlooked threat of accidental pet fatality by common household products.

“Given the natures of the demise of Oprah’s dogs, we feel the horrors of a puppy mill could be inconsequential compared to the poison hazards pets face in the home. Leaving a puppy mill for a nice home could be like jumping from the frying pan into the fire for some pets,” says gallery co-director David Kesting. “According to the APCC (Animal Poison Control Center), the anti-freeze commonly leaked on garage floors, for example, is sweet smelling and tasting to pets, but it causes kidney failure and death.”

“The memories of Oprah’s pets could serve as a reminder to all pet lovers that this may be a good time to thoroughly ‘puppy-proof’ their pet’s habitats,” says Daniel Edwards.

“Sophie’s kidney failure may have resulted from natural causes, but we hope the Puppies’ Memorial will remind everyone that Gracie’s choking could have been prevented,” says Kesting.

Edwards’s other works include a pro-euthanasia monument to Kentucky Derby winning racehorse Barbaro, The Paris Hilton Autopsy featuring her forlorn pet Chihuahua Tinkerbell, and a nude Britney Spears giving birth on a bearskin rug.

Reception for the PRESS, May 21st at 11:00 a.m. Public reception is May 22nd, 6:00 p.m. at Leo Kesting Gallery, 812 Washington St. Contact David Kesting at 917-650-3760 or John Leo at 917-292-8865 or http://www.leokesting.com/

A source said “The dogs are jealous of each other.

They start barking and snapping at each other whenever Reese takes them for a walk”.

In a desperate bid for them all to live in harmony, Reese has been forced to hire a expert dog trainer to help her beloved dog, Frank Sinatra and Jake’s canine companion Atticus.

It has been reported in a newspaper that Jake moved into Reese’s Hollywood mansion earlier this year. A source reported ‘Marriage is definitely on the cards…They were spotted trying to have romantic break with their beloved dogs’.

Celebrity Dog Artists include: Richard Gere, Katie Lee Joel, Martha Stewart, Rachael Ray, Robin Quivers, Clive Davis, Chevy Chase, Robert Kennedy Jr., Vanessa Williams, Fiona Apple and more!

Thirty life-size, fiberglass dogs painted by a pack of charitable and artistic celebrities, will hit the streets of New York City starting this month at the Jumeirah Essex House. The striking dogs — painted by celebrities like Richard Gere, Katie Lee Joel, Martha Stewart, Rachael Ray, Robert Kennedy, Jr., Robin Quivers, Clive Davis and Vanessa Williams — are part of CELEBRITY DOGS UNLEASHED, a fund-raising art project to benefit Green Chimneys, a 60-year-old non-profit organization that operates a special education school, a residential treatment center for children and a farm and wildlife rehabilitation center in Brewster, NY. The auction for these sought-after Dogs has kicked off at www.CharityFolks.com and proceeds will benefit the children and animals at Green Chimneys. The auction continues through November 1.

CELEBRITY DOGS UNLEASHED is sponsored by Halo Purely for Pets. Alan Kerzner, president, Halo Purely for Pets, comments, “We are delighted to be part of Green Chimneys Celebrity Dogs Unleashed. The organization’s work mirrors Halo’s love and respect for animals and demonstrates the emotional and developmental rewards these animals can provide children and all of us.”

Celebrity Dogs in New York City

Now! Sneak preview at the Jumeirah Essex House, 160 Central Park South, NYC

Oct. 5 Cathedral of St. John the Divine for the Blessing of the Animals – sneak preview

Oct. 10 Celebrity Dogs Unleashed Official Debut at the Jumeirah Essex House

Oct. 13 Marching in the famous Columbus Day Parade on the Green Chimneys float

Oct. 13-31 On display at the Time Warner Center in Columbus Circle

“Through these important relationships that allow for creative expression, Jumeirah is pleased to support the local community,” said Katherine Gass, curator for the Jumeirah Essex House. “We are excited to feature a selection of these unique dogs on display in the hotel. New York City is a dog and art lovers’ town and we believe and support the incredible work that Green Chimneys does in the metro New York area.”

Other celebrity artists include: pop group Menudo, actors Chevy Chase, Glenn Close, Dan Aykroyd and Donna Dixon, primatologist Jane Goodall, Cyndi Lauper, CNN’s Soledad O’Brien, MSNBC’s Maria Bartiromo, film star Jane Powell, actor Jay O. Sanders, late night show band leader Paul Shaffer, Judith “Judge Judy” Sheindlin, actor Stanley Tucci, comedian Joe Piscopo, former NY Rangers goalie Mike Richter, pet socialite and TV personality Wendy Diamond, Annemarie Lucas of “Animal Precinct,” NBA All-Star Bill Walton and local artist Katherine Petitti-Kornel. There will even be a Lego© dog constructed from the colorful children’s toy building bricks and an Art Deco dog painted by artists from the Jumeirah Essex House as part of the hotel’s Artist-in-Residence program.