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Alix Kivlin

Alix on the Go - Alix Kivlin is a graduate of the well known Fashion Institute of Technology and has been designing in the fast paced New York City for 9 years, creating collections for design companies such as Calvin Klein, Alice + Olivia, Ann Taylor, Mavi Jeans, Gap and Tommy Hilfiger to name a few. Alix often extends her eye beyond contributing fashion editor and is photojournalist for most of her Fashion Week coverage.

An avid world traveler, Alix trots the globe inspired by worldwide creativity, dressing and new lifestyles. She has a high sense of style, a uniquely creative point of view, and a discerning eye when it comes to the fashion real women want and feel confident in.

Herve Leger Spring 2012 Fashion Show is hotter than hot

Runway Review: I desperately want to be the woman in the room wearing Herve Leger’s Spring 2012 collection pieces.

Sexy, strong, feminine, and very aware of her prowess she is indeed.

And wearing a dress to match the attitude.

The collection is beautifully simple yet intricate – the color palette hardly strays from champagne, silver and soft rose lurex, black and white. The silhouettes overall are fitted, ahem….very fitted, mid-thigh, …
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Diane Von Furstenberg- Spring 2012 Fashion Show

Runway Review: You will be covered with it all in DVF next Spring!

I would like to find myself dressed in the collection next April and May.

The DVF woman will confidently strut in draped silk crepe, crisp wrap skirts with volumous pockets, tailored suitings, oversized, bold prints, and a hint of shimmer.

The runway collection eases us in with a color palatte of soft grey, taupe, pale citron and warm …
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Enough About Kim Kardashian’s Wedding Dress, White by Vera Wang is the Affordable Bridal Collection at David’s Bridal
Wanna gloat about being dressed in Vera Wang but you won’t have the exorbitant credit card bill to deal with- check this out!
Last night’s wedding expo of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries is not quite put to rest. The over-the-top pr and placement shenanigans of every last detail from the three Vera Wang gowns that Kim donned for the big night (Kate Middleton merely wore two dresses for her …
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N.Y.C. New York Color Glams Up Drugstore Make Up
Beauty Products Review: Cheap chic cosmetics
N.Y.C. New York Color is taking their line international and to celebrate its revamped launch they held a handful of intimate makeover sessions in a chic loft space in Manhattan, each session tailored to the skin tones and features of each woman present.

The fact that only four sessions were had, each with roughly 10-12 woman, made it feel very exclusive.

Bare faced upon …
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Fall Preview- Ann Taylor Has a Fresh New Everyday Style
Stylish looks that brim the generation gap!
Ann Taylor held a chic preview party for its Fall 2011 collection at the trendy Beauty & Essex Lounge; an atmosphere fit for the confident, stylish woman AnnTaylor is aiming to project to us. The woman we guests should want to dress like.

Is this the Ann Taylor we all knew? The store my mother went into and I cringed?

It is.

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The Boho Chic Haute Hippie Fall 2011 Fashion Preview
Collection Review: The variety of textures and fabrications is a result of a detailed and sophisticated eye and it allows solid colors to really stand out next to each other.
On a dreary early spring evening in Manhattan, a midtown roof deck was transformed into an intimate setting, glowing softly in warm candle light and plush with worn oriental rugs, to host the Haute Hippie Fall 2011 Preview.

It was …
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Nanette Lepore Fall 2011 Runway Review

New York Fashion Week Highlight: All the prints were oversize but still so delicate and evoking the callings of Art Nouveau, any true girl will love to wear them.

More from New York Fashion Week…A pure and refreshing tone was set with Nanette Lepore’s Fall 2011 collection of airy pieces, complimented with chunky knits, tweeds and leather.There was a streak of black leather and delicate dark prints, otherwise the …
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Anna Sui Fall 2011 Runway Review

New York Fashion Week Highlight: Lively & wearable- you couldn’t have more sweet fun dressing up! Anna Sui has a great ability to always channel a 60′s hippie vibe along with a 60′s rock vibe and a bit of country thrown in for the good girls.

Her Fall 2011 collection didn’t disappoint in any of these areas and continues to stay strong in the bold, bright prints, wacky accessories – the …
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Betsey Johnson Fall 2011 Runway Review
New York Fashion Week Highlight: Fashion is nonsense and should be fun and exercised with creativity and joy. Betsey gets that right year after year. If you can see a fashion show, this is hands down the one to get into.
Betsey Johnson is a performance piece, not just fashion.

And not just the Fall 2011 collection, but every single one of ‘em. The music is revved, the models are …
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L.A.M.B. by Gwen Stefani Fall 2011 Runway Review
New York Fashion Week Highlight: If you don’t want to cross trends, Gwen Stefani makes sure there’s at least there’s a little something for every city treading girl Gwen Stefani is going to give Betsey Johnson a run for her money as far as fashion performances go.

Because the Fall 2011 collection, which was the final show for Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week, was a production of music, video, choreography and themed clothing.

A huge …
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