PARIS FASHION WEEK FALL 2012 - Street Style

Here are some of our favorite street style photos from Paris Fashion Week (Fall 2012). We'll fill you in on the the shows and collections later (let's just say there was a lot of leather, a lot of black and a lot of layers. You'll definitely see our take on it all eventually). But sometimes we just love to see what people put together on the street (that's including celebrities and models). We're just loving where fashion is at the moment. It's definitely perfect for our modest aesthetic. We can't wait to show you some of our favorite looks from the collections!

All photos are taken from Vogue.com (except for the shot of Mila Kunis)

MODEST LOOKBOOK - Ulyana Sergeenko

This was a beautiful pinterest find of a new Russian designer who just unveiled her second collection for Spring and Summer 2012. You can find her Vogue spread here. We love her old, almost Victorian shapes that are mixed with more contemporary elements like the grey t-shirt shown. Aren't these looks SO beautiful? We are in love....

CHANEL SUIT - (a replica)

Even though this skirt suit was not actually made by Chanel, I was so excited to find two pieces that worked well together and gave off the same look as the pricey Chanel versions. As you can see, the Chanel suit has been around for a while now. It has definitely made its way through many decades since it came on the scene. I like to call this my older lady outfit because I know it looks polished. The statement fur collar is not a new idea either. As you can see here, it too has been around a while. So if something is tried and tested, why not go with it? Jacket is thrifted and skirt is Victoria's Secret.

MODEST LOOKBOOK - Banana Republic Mad Men Collection Spring 2012

Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! The Spring collection of Banana Republic's collaboration with the television series is back in business for Spring 2012.  This is pretty fresh news so it's hard to find the lookbook but you can view what's up as of now here. The two of us at thread ethic are a little Mad Men obsessed, so you can see why we get excited about these things (Season 5 starts March 25 [after a nearly two year hiatus]). Although there aren't a lot of more modest looks from the Banana Republic lookbook, we're holding out in hopes that more will emerge. In any case, we're happy to view the looks coming up from the actual show. Yay for Spring!

SKI WEAR + FUR HAT

After all the formal wear, we figured we'd give you a bit of a casual thursday. Although snow has been more of a commodity this year, we figured we'd utilize some of our ski wear. You'd rarely catch us utilizing our ski coats off the mountain, but why not? Also we weren't the only ones thinking of bringing ski wear into the mix... Lacoste had a whole collection of ski inspired clothing for their fall 2012 line. So we say break out the ski wear! Plus with it snowing where one of us is at the moment, it seems rather fitting.... (oh and the fur hat is from Target)

2012 VANITY FAIR OSCAR PARTY - MODEST DRESSES

 Miley Cyrus in Roberto Cavalli

 Clair Danes in Valentino

 Elizabeth Banks in Chadwick Bell

 Elizabeth Olsen in Christian Dior

Georigina Chapman in Marchesa

Lily Collins in Monique Lhuillier

Some are saying that the annual Vanity Fair Oscar party had a better red carpet than the Oscars. We may be tempted to agree. There were definitely some very stunning dresses seen. For instance, don't you just love the Monique Lhuillier dress at the bottom? SO beautiful. We saw the Valentino gown Claire Danes is wearing in the pre-fall collection and thought it a little princessy. But seeing it actually worn is very nice (even though the top is obviously sheer...remember, we love linings). And it's sort of nice to see Miley wearing something more covered. What do you guys think? And we promise this is the last Oscar post....