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Polka Dot 2011 Fall Trend Pics...

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:27:03 -0400

Polka Dot 2011 Fall Trend

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http://www.tightflavor.com/wordpress/?,http://www.trendfashionstyle.org/74/polka-dot-trend-fashion-2011

Bright Colored Pants

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:03:00 -0400

This is another Fall trend I am excited about. I love being able to mix and match colors that usually wouldn’t ”match.” Don’t be afraid of not matching. Keep the patterns solid and be confident that you look amazing!!!!!!!

(Picture Source:http://www.refinery29.com/the-top-trends-from-this-fashion-week)

Colors I Cant Get Enough Of!

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:53:50 -0400

Mustard, Rust, and the Fall 2011 BLUE!!!!!

(looks from 3.1 Phillips Lim Style.com)

Conversation Pieces

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 19:00:00 -0400

Conversation pieces are not only for men’s ties anymore. I am loving pieces that have printed fabric. Here are some cute examples.

Sign me up for the horse dress on the left, I couldn’t pass it up!

So I bought it in Tan.

This little shirt also came in a shorts jumper at bcbgeneration.com

http://www.bcbg.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11248244&cp=4213677.11443776&parentPage=family&clickid=cat_leftnav_txt&parentPage=family

Some pictures from www.bcbgeneration.com

Rockstar Denim

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 02:45:00 -0400

On Monday, I got the pleasure to meet Frank Mechaly, designer and owner of Rockstar Sushi Denim. I met up with him at Rockstar’s corporate office and we chatted about the company, inspirations for designs, his past, and fashion in general. I instantly became of fan of him as a person and the Rockstar Brand as a whole.

Frank’s family has been in the denim industry for 4 generations. He came to California from Paris in 2002. He has been the man behind great brands such as Blue Cult, Sacred Blue, and 575. In 2008, he started Rockstar Sushi Denim. He has grow this business from just denim, to this year rolling out a full collection of Tee’s, belts, cashmere, and jewelry.

THE INSIDE SCOOP

Hitting stores soon:

Rockstar is releasing a complete tee shirt/tank top collection. The pieces are all around bad-ass consisting of clothes pins, carefully made holey look, and acid washed.

My favorite of the womens tank tops. You can order the shirts “Custom” which means the pins will be in the shirt or “Classic” which means the pins will not be in the shirts.

Love the acid wash on this

FLARE JEANS

The second thing I got got to see thats not out to the public was the new Women’s Flare Cut jeans.

The simplisity of this flare made it a great go-to everyday jean.

MEN’S CARGO

I found the men’s cargo pant to be interesting. They are avilable in Nordstroms at South Coast Plaza, The Grove, Seatle, Huston Gallaria, Pentagon City, and Nordstrom.com.

The patch work on these cargos are hand sewn. AMAZING

ROCKSTAR SUSHI’S MOST POPULAR STYLE: THE BIKER

Check out the full collection at www.rockstarsushi.com.

The Tale Of One Dress Shirt

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:07:00 -0400

We’ve all seen the new fashionable patterned mens dress shirt. From news casters to movie stars, everyone is wearing them.

In my experience, men are weary of picking out any dress shirt or tie combination, so the thought of throwing in a patterned shirt with a patterned tie may make some men’s heads explode. I have taken ONE patterned shirt and THREE different ways of wearing it for a variety of occasions.

The patterned shirt that is used in all three looks

For the office

This look consists of a navy Hugo Boss slim fit suit, the Tommy Hilfiger dress shirt, and H&M white tie. This works because you have the suit to add sophistication but have the youthful dress shirt and white tie to give a fashion forward look.

Night Out

Going out on the town? Why not funk things up with a bow-tie? This look consists of a Countess Mara navy and white bow-tie, Dockers D1 slim pants, Converse white All Stars, and Tommy Hilfiger dress shirt.

Casual Prep

This look consists of Dockers D1 slim fit pants, J.Crew boots, Tommy Hilfiger dress shirt and J.Crew tie. The tie makes this outfit color combination come together. The rolled Dockers and loss fitting tie, finishes off the relaxed preppy look.

So whatever way is your style, you too can wear the fashion forward patterned dress shirt!

Some pictures provided by http://rathandco.com/category/dress-shirts/

Great brands I found at the Sassy City Chicks Sample Sale

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:40:00 -0400

My time would have been wasted if it wasn’t for stumbling across these really cool brands/vendors.

Sole Society

Excess Baggage

Sole Society

solesociety.com

I thought this was a VERY cool concept for a shoe website.

1)You take a style quiz and discover your fashion bio

2)A selection of 6 pairs of shoes show up based on your fashion quiz

3)You choose from these 6 shoes that you like

I took the quiz thought it was fun. I did like a couple pairs of shoes that were brought up on my fashion bio. Also, all shoes are Marco Santi and only $49. What a deal!!!! I bought a pair to try them out, REVIEW TO FOLLOW!

The one thing I didn’t like was you couldn’t shop ALL shoes, you could only choose from the 6 pairs Sole Society thought you would like. (The idea is to have your own personal stylist) You could request a new selection but it takes a while (a buisness day) When you click on a shoe Sole Society picks for you it also shows you outfits that could go with the shoe! VERY COOL!

In a different color.

EXCESS BAGGAGE

shopexcessbaggage.com

I found a vendor that buys designer clothing and sells on the Internet for a discounted price. I bought a Factory by Eric Hart dress that was originally $130 for $50. SCORE! The open back with crisscross netting and the 80’s style shoulder pads were too hard to let this piece go.

So, was this a sample sale filled with Gucci, YSL, McQueen pieces? NOOOOO, but if you knew what you were looking for, this event was worth your while!

Megan Downour

Sassy City Chicks Los Angeles Thursday 24th

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:41:46 -0400

Ok everyone, I will be attending the Sassy City Chicks Sample Sale in Los Angeles on Thursday March 24th. This is a traveling “designer” sample sale that visits Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, New York, Miami, Dallas, and Chicago.

Our friends in San Francisco gave it two stars out of five, so not looking very good. Tune in for my review this weekend.

http://www.sassycitychicks.com

Fashion Minga 2011

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:28:42 -0400

How do I say this nicely. This was the worst “fashion” show, if you can call it that, of fashion week. The only thing that was AMAZING, and nothing short of that, were the performances in between shows. There were dancers, singers, violinist, and acrobats. This event took place at the beautiful Boulevard 3 in Hollywood.

I was able to meet amazing fashion lovers like, Brandi Jones

Jewlery Designer Katie Daniels (Right) and Megan Downour (Me left)

First off the fashion. The designers that presented their lines were Brit Boy, Respek Wear, and Candid Intimates.

Candid Intimates

The Candid Intimates show, a lingerie company, was interesting and had some good panties and bras. The bad thing was, there were ONLY panties and bras which didn’t give much of a WOW factor. Candid Intimates is exclusively sold at the Glendale Galleria. I think this is a company that could take off. Watch out Frederick’s of Hollywood.

Brit Boy

This line consisted of one cool British flag bathing suit. The other pieces were poorly fitting and lacked taste. The pieces were very Forever 21 looking.

This dress was made out of velvet. This back fit poorly and the top of the models thong was showing as she walked. This dress could have been GREAT if the fit was better.

The designer is British, if you didn’t know.

I thought this was a cool bathing suit. The British flag again but it’s not as obvious as the jacket! Subtlety is key.

Respek Wear

This show was a little strange because the crowd didn’t know what we were supposed to be looking at. (Just the screen printed tees or the pants as well) It consisted mostly of screen printed tee-shirts so I’m just going to think the pants were not included in the line. The tee were of an Urban flair with sayings such as “HUSTLE HARDER”, “URBAN NERDS”, “ALL WE DO IS WIN”. Didn’t see anything I havent seen before.

The Perfermances

Over-all the show was entertaining because it had something for everyone. However, the fashion aspect was not up to par with the rest of the fashion shows of the week.

(Some pictures by wireimage.com)

Style LA Fashion Week-Future Heretics

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:02:00 -0400

Future Heretics also presented their 2011 Fall/Winter line at Style Fashion Week.

From the court yard before entering the show

Taking our seats before being slightly entertained by a short appearance from Cirque Du Soleil impersonating models on a catwalk.

The Show

The thing I loved about this show was the leather, roughness of fabrics and looks, and the aspect of taking Women’s suiting and making it sexy and provocative. This line had some of the best and most interesting leather pieces I have seen. The quilting technique used in the jackets, pants, leggings, and gloves turned “just another” leather piece into a head turning garment!

Future Heretics made clothes that can easily be taken right off the runway and worn anywhere. Take a look……..

Quilted leather is a cool way to spice up a leather jacket.

These gloves were my favorite piece of the show! I love when a simple accessory, like gloves, becomes the main focus of an outfit.

MEN’S WEAR

Men’s was definaly better then the women’s, in my opinion. Check out the styling and the SHOES, genius!!!!!!!!!

The sexiest pants I have seen in my life. The fit was nice. I liked how they paired the leather with a plain tee and let the pants be the main focus in this outfit.

This all black outfit works! The gray boots and the silver buttons create enough contrast to not make this not just another safe all black go-to outfit. Styling and accessorizing is key.

Hoods are a huge trend to follow this coming Fall/Winter.

Guys, don’t be afraid to play around with pant lengths. The photo above is a great example of “manpris” that look manly and fashionable. If that’s too much for you, try simply rolling your skinny jeans up a couple rolls like in the first photo.

Bryden Lando-Owner/Designer

Bravo Boys, you gained a new fan here!

(some photos from emilyrecommends.com)

Style LA Fashion Week-Gypsy 05

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 16:20:00 -0400

On Wednesday, I attended the runway shows of Gypsy 05 Women’s and Men’s collection and Future Heretics Women’s and Men’s collections. Overall, I thought both shows were not disappointing.

Gypsy 05 Fall Winter 2011

Gypsy 05 is a brother and sister ran company in Hollywood, CA. Since nature is the inspiration behind all their collections, they strive on being an Eco-friendly company. They use organic and natural fabrics, low impact dyes, soy fabric softeners, and seaweed extract for printing.

As we were all expecting, the show was filled with every color in the rainbow from dark sophisticated shades to light fun hues. Flowing light weight fabrics, knits to die for, and COMFORTABLE California style was also present throughout the show.

Lets start out with my favorite piece of the show. The way the sheer fabric fell on this dress is a must have of any body type. The dye on this patterned fabric is flawless. The dress also came in pink hues.

Sign me up for anything Native American inspired. The embroidery on the chest and the arms made this piece very interesting with little need for jewelry. The color and soft silk fabric was a terrific choice for this piece.

The knit sweaters where GREAT! The wide necks and loose fits encompassed California style. You could pair this over a dress, pants, or bathing suit.

Men’s Wear

Calvin Klein did some sweaters with the fading colors a couple years back.

Taking into consideration fit, styling, construction, and story of the show this was one of the best LA fashion shows of the week.

(Some photos by emilyrecommends.com)

STYLE Fashion Week LA

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:25:42 -0400

Tonight I will be attending Gypsy 05 and Future Heretics. Pictures and Reviews to come

Thai Nguyen Couture Fall/Winter 2011

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 02:47:00 -0400

I attended the Thai Nguyen on Saturday. I must say the construction was pretty well done from the other shows I saw.

Minus the boob coming out of the evening gown

And a slip showing from the bottom layer being sewn too far apart from the middle layer

And a string, left from sawing, hanging off of a yellow sun dress as long as two 6 foot models (But LOVED the half hand black leather glove on this look)

It all looked REALLY good from there on out.

The color palette consisted of pale tans, nudes, golds, yellow, red, and Royal blues. I enjoyed the creative and ever changing necklines of all the dresses.

From day to evening to party to weddings Thai created some great dresses. Most were very flowy, constructed of patterned chiffon. A belt was used to accent the models feminine waists on most looks throughout the show. I thought the draping techniques and the bodies used were beautiful and created a very soft delicate silhouette.

I would have to say the best look was the one arm lace wedding dress! The fit, fabric choice, styling, and timeless elegance of this piece left a memorable impression in my mind, that made me forget the other little hick-ups of the show.

I liked how tulle was was used for the design not just for volume under another fabric. I also liked the lace used in some of the wedding gowns, too. I lace was of great quality and made the dresses look very expensive and put together.

I will have to say the all satin fabric made this dress look a little cheap and did notfall on the model correctly. Because of the quality, fit, fabric choice, and not so exciting design this would definitely be my least favorite dress of the whole show.

Fall/Winter 2011 LA Fashion Week

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:11:00 -0400

So….. LA Fashion week started last Thursday and runs through this weekend. Now we all know LA Fashion Week is not as big, glamorous, or consist of the big name brands such as Gucci, Fendi, or Versace but for the fashion lovers in LA it creates a HUGE buzz and excitement!

We get to experience some trend setting local designers lines and an insight to how the West Coast will influence fashion in the next year. LA Fashion is known for it’s bold statements. We don’t stick to monotone blacks, greys, and stuffy suits. From the shows I have seen already, Fall/Winter 2011 in LA is going to consist of Capes, accessories, BIG conversation piece necklaces, Yellow, Blues and Greens, Leather, Gloves, and HOODS GALORE-even on dresses)

Stay tuned for pictures and my comments on the Following shows :

AND MORE!!!!!!!