Saturday, March 17, 2012

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!

Friday, March 16, 2012

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.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

TEAL AND BLACK - Jason Wu inspired


When we saw The Jason Wu Pre-Fall line we fell in love. We know Spring is definitely springing around us, but we have a couple of looks we still want to share with you that are inspired by the 2012 fall and pre-fall lines of our favorite designers. We loved the combo of teal and black found in the Jason Wu collection that we couldn't help but recreate a look around it. You can view the looks that inspired us here and here. Don't you just love them? Also, evidently we're not the only ones loving the color combo...The Duchess has sported a similar look herehere and here. And you might ask why so many things are being belted these days? It's because the peplum created by the belting is huge right now (we'll show you in a future post).
(Blouse and accessories are Forever 21, skirt is vintage, belt is Urban Outfitters, shoes are Steve Madden.)

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

MODEST LOOKBOOK - Erin Fetherston


Erin Fetherston is an indie designer that has definitely put out some beautiful collections in her short career (pretty dresses are obviously her specialty). But we weren't aware of her designs until Vogue just recently highlighted a book of photography by Claibourne Swanson Frank called "American Beauty." In it Erin was highlighted as one of the women who possessed what the photographer called "a blend of grit, grace, glamour, and gravitas." We fell in love with not only this photograph, but her beautiful design in it. Hopefully she'll implement more looks like this in her future collections. Love.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE


It was said that Mulberry's Fall 2012  line was inspired by the children's book "Where the Wild Things are." This look of ours also fits into that category. It's a look of fur against color; vibrant brights against duller colored textures.  So next time when you're thinking about what to pair with your tweeds or faux fur elements, think of pops of rich color - golds, purples, burnt oranges and blues. Really, just think of the illustrations from Where the Wild Things Are. 

Monday, March 12, 2012

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While taking part in the blogging world you tend to find more bloggers that have similar aesthetics as you. It's nice to see that they too are making choices that help others feel comfortable in their standards of dress. And of course it helps to see what others are doing outside of our own blog. Obviously we take inspiration from the biggest blogs out there (think The Sartorialist, All the Pretty Birds, etc...) but we'd also like to show you two others that we like to check in on as well. Rachel over at The Pink Peonies has been a fun find for us. We found her through her pretty images that filter through Pinterest. Elaine over at Clothed Much you've heard us talk about. She highlighted us on her blog a while back and ever since we've enjoyed viewing her clothing decisions. So there ya go! Thanks girls for giving everyone the images and 'how to' in dressing beautifully.