MODEST LOOKBOOK - Kristen Bell at the CMA's

So pretty right? Here is Kristen Bell on the red carpet before hosting the Coutnry Music Awards a bit ago. She's in such a beautiful Reem Acra dress, that we couldn't resist showing you. And you know what? We saw such a similar Chanel dress on the famous model Karolina Kurkova in Cannes a couple of weeks ago (we didin't post it since it's awfully sheer). It kind of starts to make you realize how so many clothes that designers make come from similar textile sources.  We didn't fully realize the concept until we saw this and this and made the mistake of saying that one dress's maker was the other. Oh well. Don't you think it would be kind of interesting to be a textile designer? You almost dictate what's going to be in style for the next season. That's kind of cool. 

T-SHIRT AND PENCIL SKIRT

 

 

OK so we told you we were going to try this. Leelee's t-shirt and pencil skirt combo was too good not to try. We feel like you all should experiment with it too. It's definitely effortless. And of course, it leaves room for all kinds of accessories. Who doesn't like that?

BLOG HIGHLIGHT - Hedvig from Northern Light

 

We've been so impressed with Hedvig (originally from Norway, now residing in London) and her blog Northern Light. She's got a really cool mix of class and edge  and you can probably tell we really admire and appreciate when this is done well. It's funny because we've seen her image pop up plenty of times on blogs like Jak & Jil, but never put it together that she had her own blog! So now we get to view the looks straight from her. Yay! Anyway, she's got some great legs, so things can be a bit short at times, but overall we just love her sense of style. We say you should definitely check her out!

MODEST LOOKBOOK - Anthropologie

We love this dress. Melody wish she could splurge and have it for her trip this weekend to Mexico. It would be the perfect resort dress.  Oh well, we can't (and really shouldn't) have everything we want. Plus we may hate the thing in a few years. Best to stay classic when the price goes up....

CFDA AWARDS RED CARPET 2012

Jessica Pare in Jason Wu

Mary Kate Olsen in The Row

Ashley Olsen in The Row


Mandy Moore in Lela Rose

Candice Swanepoel in Valentino

Rachel Zoe in Rachel Zoe

So if you're unfamiliar with the CFDA Awards (Council of Fashion Designers of America), Here's a brief synopsis. It's an awards ceremony where fashion designers attend and are praised for their most recent accomplishments. The event took place on Monday and the big winners of the evening were Reed Krakoff for designer of the year and Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen for women's wear designers of the year. So in other words, the event is kind of like the academy awards for the Fashion world. And we're happy to present to you the more modest looks of the evening....

BLUE COBALT SHOES

As you saw in this post, we're loving some colorful accessories lately. The J. Crew picture in the last post reminded us so much of these shoes it was kind of crazy. We were together at a target somewhere in the middle of Florida when Desirae bought them. We both kept going back and forth about them and finally she decided that having a good interesting flat sandal like this in the city (with the miles and miles of walking) was a good idea. She also figured it was a good color that would probably go with a lot of things. In the end we both knew it would make any more neutral (and sometimes in our minds 'boring') outfit much more fun. So we're happy to report that now after all of these months she is very happy with her purchase. They are being put to very good use in the city. Sometimes having a friend shopping with you helps. Then again, I think I didn't help her much on this one....