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Past, Present and The House of Balenciaga

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Balenciaga is giving me feva!!! Nicolas Ghesquiere’s S/S 2010 Ready To Wear Collection is insane, for a brief moment its as if we are warped into the future. The Look: Woman of the future…… strikingly beautiful, confident and ready for anything. She wears neon oranges, greens and pinks around her eyes. Long black streaks run from her eyes, appearing as war paint. The woman of the future is Balenciaga! She combines leather with an assortment of materials, making a vicious statement. They remind us of female assassins! Balenciaga went to Paris Fashion Week and gave us all a glimpse into the future. I like what I see!

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Sartorial Lust Part Deux….

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Street Fashion Photographer, Scott Schuman, has published The Sartorialist! Following his immensely successful namesake blog, Scott has published a paperback edition and the coveted Bespoke Edition. The Bespoke Edition is a beautifully bound hardback for those who would use this as a conversation piece and thing of beauty. The pictures of everyday people are simply mesmerizing. These photographs give you a feeling of reality and fabulousness all wrapped into one. People rushing from here to there, all the while looking effortlessly chic. It makes me think about who they are, and where they are going. The expressions on their faces, the way they stand, all paint a picture and convey a message. The Sartorialist has performed the magical feat of truly capturing the realistic beauty of day to day style & fashion!

We love the Sartorialist!!!

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The How To’s…… How To Wear What?!?

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

The founders of the uber-popular fashion website WhoWhatWear.com, have teamed together to create a high fashion tricks of the trade style manual for the everyday gal. Two former editors from Elle Magazine, Katherine Power & Hillary Kerr, are the flygirl duo behind the hugely successful site and now book. They deliver fashion Do’s and Don’ts, helping the fashion perplexed navigate their way past fashion faux-pas. Raving customer reviews of the book show that it is practical enough to be understood while delivering powerful and applicable fashion advice. Rachel Bilson, Nicole Richie, and Rachel Zoe are a delight as celebrity contributors, dishing their insider style secrets.

The Who What Wear book is a witty & clever go to guide for everything fashion, every girl should own a copy…… I do and so should you!!

Photos courtesy of www.whowhatwear.com

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Italian Designer Maria Francesca Pepe

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Italian designer, Maria Francesca Pepe is the new “it” girl. When viewing her line, I immediately think chic with a razor sharp edge. She experiments with triangular shapes in her jewelry,womenswear,bags and shoes. Her Fall/Winter 2009-2010 line displays dark, structural beauty. Drawing her inspiration from 19^th Century fashionable French prostitutes, Pepe forces a different perspective on jewelry and apparel. She has now come out with a collection she calls “jewelry wear.” This line boasts of menswear-inspired tee shirt shapes in wools and washed silks. The soft materials are the direct opposite of her usual metal wrist cuffs, breastplates and armbands. “The clothing is a frame for the jewelry, so I want it to feel easy.” The idea of creating clothes that are intentionally made for jewelry and vice versa is innovative. Maria Francesca Pepe’s vision of merging the conventional with the unconventional is what makes her designs unique.

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