WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS DINNER

Kate Hudson in Jenny Packham

Eva Longoria in Marchesa

Kate Upton in Alexander McQueen

Charlize Theron in Emilio Pucci

Kerry Washington in Calvin Klein

Dakota Fanning in Prada (sans the keyhole)

It's always fun to see what everyone wears at the White House Correspondents dinner. Here are this year's more modest looks. It seems like longer sleeves are the thing at the moment. What do you all think of the looks?

2ND BEIJING FILM FESTIVAL

Zhang Ziyi in Alessandra Rich

Fan Bingbing in Tadashi Shoji

Crystal Liu

The 2nd annual Beijing film Festival held this past week was quite a stir in the Chinese media. It was a chance for that country to see all of its stars in one place...a red carpet the size of a football field. And of course the women looked stunning. We've been fans of Zhang Ziyi for quite some time now, so it was awesome to see her do away with the glitz of the night and go ultra cool in her Alessandra Rich dress. And then there was Fan Bingbing. Her red carpet looks have been pretty awesome as you can see here, here and here. But she really hit it out of the park with her 20's glamour Tadashi Shoji look. (By the way Tadashi Shoji is doing some awesome things right now for the modest dressing crowd, and it's not out of this world in affordability.) We like her style best out of  all the young Chinese actresses. Also, the west's fashion world is definitely taking note.
Lastly, Crystal Liu (or Liu Yifei) changed her dress twice for the film festival and this is her second look. We've looked everywhere for the maker of the dress but can't find any info on it (that is, in english). It looks slightly Elie Saab-ish, from his Spring couture line, but not quite. In any case we thought she looked rather nice. I think we may be seeing more from these women in the future as Chinese film continues to make huge strides. By the way, James Cameron and other heavy hitters from the west were there that night and many news articles after the event spoke about how China is like the American film industry in the 20's, in the sense that so much is happening, so fast. It's just exploding onto the scene right now. James Cameron told press that many Chinese cities are just about to get their first movie theaters, and they'll be full 3-d theaters! Kind of a crazy thought there.

THE DUCHESS - "African Cats" Premiere

Kate Middleton stepped out in a Matthew Williamson pre-fall 2012 dress on Wednesday night for the London premiere of Disney's "African Cats" (a documentary done in 2011 which is now being released in theaters to help promote the charity work Disney is doing for wildlife protection in Africa). It's funny how all growing up it was William that was always in the spot light, but now he steps out with his wife and he's very much in the background to everyone getting a glimpse of what Kate is doing or wearing. Don't get us wrong, we've always loved William's poise and eloquence with the media, but now it's definitely a power couple who step out together. We love these guys.

MODEST LOOKBOOK : Leelee Sobieski

Leelee Sobieski has been looking dang chic over the last few days at the Tribeca Film Festival. How pretty and simple are these looks? No frills, just class. So why not wear our pencil skirts with a great, loose-fitting t? We know we're going to try it out. And isn't the simplicity of the Jil Sander white dress amazing? We think we'll have to vote for her in Vogue's 10 best dressed this week....

MODEST LOOKBOOK - Emily Blunt in Carolina Herrera

It's strange that we see some of these looks on the runway and they all kind of blend in. This particular dress didn't necessarily stand out in Carolina Herrera's fall collection, but as soon as someone steps out wearing it, we can't help but think "Ooooh, I love that! Who is the designer?", not realizing that we've already seen it before. Regardless, we think Emily Blunt looks fabulous in it.

ALICE + OLIVIA - worn by Dianna Agron and Krysten Ritter

A look at the Fall 2012 collection...

Dianna Agron looked so cute in her Alice and Olivia sunflower dress on the set of The View the other day. The Actress Krysten Ritter also looked adorable in the designers' lace dress for the screening of her film "Don't Trust the B... in Apartment 23." Separate from those two looks, we  figured we'd show you the most recent fall collection from Alice + Olivia since there were so many fun clothes featured.  Although the make-up and hair is a bit too much for us, the clothing itself is beautiful. We love the shape and cut of the black and white printed gown up top. The print may be loud, but the make of the dress is perfect. The bottom lace dress reminds us of the lace dress we pinned on pinterest that Kate Middleton wore to an event earlier this year. All in all, beautifully tailored clothes.

POPPY DELEVIGNE

Yet another model who dresses impeccably well off duty. If you haven't noticed in these images, Poppy Delevigne and last week's looks from Miranda Kerr both have something sort of similar in common. They're able to take a very simplistic approach to their clothing, yet maintain the cool and original factor. How do they do this? If you look carefully, you'll notice how clean the lines are. Poppy is not overly accessorized, but picks one or two pieces in each outfit that make her different than every other girl on the street. We think this is a great approach to being a classic dresser. Being overly accessorized doesn't necessarily make an outfit better, it really just comes down to the way you put different pieces together. 

MIRANDA KERR - Fashion month looks

We know we're getting further and further from fashion month, but we wanted you guys to see how great Miranda is at putting effortless-looking outfits together. Every outfit worn as a model off duty around the month of fashion weeks was amazing. The Marni coat she's sporting in the images up top is great; the Dries van Noten jacket (middle) is just cool; and the whole look she wore before the Mui-Mui show (bottom) was chic and completely wearable. We really love her edgy yet laid back style.

ELIZABETH BANKS IN MARC JACOBS - Hunger Games Paris premiere

With the release of the Hunger Games today we couldn't resist showing you this fabulous Marc Jacobs dress that Elizabeth Banks wore to the Paris premiere. We kinda hate to admit it, but we're pretty excited to get to a theater sometime this weekend....
   By the way, we had no idea that this Marc Jacobs dress was even shown in the Fall line. It just goes to show that underneath all of the hats, coats and scarves, there are some amazing pieces. We are in love with this dress. It's almost like Dorothy's ruby slippers on steroids. Beautiful.

MODEST LOOKBOOK: MICHELLE WILLIAMS TOKYO PREMIERE

At the Tokyo premiere of "My Week with Marilyn," Michelle Williams looked amazing in this pink Valentino dress. Valentino seems to be her go-to designer these days and we're definitely happy she's chosen them. Soon we'll have to take you through some of the Valentino collections for 2012. As usual they have created some of the most beautiful lines this year. What we've been loving is how so many of their dresses cover quite a bit. So much so, that we're wondering when our luck is going to run out with fashion these days. The most current hemlines are long and sleeves are the thing. We feel like there are so many things to show you!

VOGUE: 10 BEST DRESSED

We were more than a little surprised when we saw Vogue's 10 best dressed for this past week. Seven out of the ten we would consider to be pretty modest (we've seen the girl at the end before, and as was noted before, she could use a slip, but otherwise we were pretty satisfied). Obviously some we like better than others, but we figured we'd let you view the 7 images. We both saw Vogue's list separately; when one of us brought it up for a post, the other had already written it down to use. So we were definitely on the same wave length. But ultimately, what we really enjoyed was Vogue's synopsis for the week...
"While the current street-style trends may lead one to believe that, in fashion, the bigger and more outrageous, the better, what we found this week was quite the opposite. When it comes to modern dressing, to be truly groundbreaking, the forward-thinking woman knows it's all about two very important things: keeping it simple and being yourself."

We couldn't have said it better.

JULIANNE MOORE IN TOM FORD - Happy St. Patrick's!

We figured in honor of the day, we'd give you some green and gold! Tom Ford definitely knows how to keep us on our toes regarding his women's wear line that he just started a year and a half ago. We can view the Spring and Summer collections online but no one has been able to glimpse the Fall collection that he showed privately this past month. Some are wondering if he's using celebrities to gradually show the collection since we saw Gwyneth at the Academy Awards wear his favorite of the collection and now we've seen Jenniffer Lawrence in a black dress from the same line at the Hunger Games premiere in Paris. Although his green dress here is rather low cut, we couldn't resist putting it up here for you guys today. Happy St. Patrick's!

ALL IN A DAY - The Duchess

We know the days where you're due in the morning for some specific event, the afternoon for a completely different affair and the evening for something more formal. How in the world do you make it all work? Well we thought Kate did a pretty good job in her transition from playing field hockey with the Olympic team, to giving interviews afterward, to looking completely polished later in the afternoon for a gallery event. For the gallery stroll, she put her coral skinnies away and donned a more proper dress (by the designer Orla Kiely which is probably sold out by now) and surprisingly went without her nude stockings. Many people have commented lately about the role of pantyhose in politics (mentioning Kate along the way), so it's definitely made mention when she goes without them. All in all, we loved her coral skinnies which went from dressed down to more dressed up pretty easily. And since one of us owns a similar military jacket to the one she threw over her t-shirt, we can tell you how it makes a casual outfit into something more dressy pretty easily. And there you have it...a day in the life of Kate.

MODEST LOOK BOOK - Kate Middleton's thrift store dress

We were kind of excited to read this in the Huffington Post yesterday. Since we're huge advocates of vintage dresses (it's what we tend to wear 50% of the time on stage) you can probably guess why we were happy to see we aren't the only ones. We've known for a while that when it comes to finding dresses that are modest, have a runway look, and are well made, shopping vintage and thrifting is the way to go. So is it any wonder that Kate decided the same? She'll probably be gracing these pages quite a bit since she's got such a similar standard in dressing. She definitely makes others realize there are more possibilities out there. Plus, is it any wonder that more wedding dresses are being made with sleeves? She alone will probably change the wedding dress scene since women everywhere have been asking for dresses like her's. So thank you Kate for shaking things up and making modest so cool....