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Ports 1961- Spring 2011 Fashion Show Punches Up Color With Soft Neutrals

Runway Review: The highlight display of artfully draped garments was the palette of smooth, warm neutrals with shocking flashes of color The color palette was brimming with Spring Fever, and soft fabrics were in full flow at the Ports 1961 Spring 2011 show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Ports 1961 - Spring 2011 The highlight display was the palette of smooth, warm neutrals - charcoal, deep moss green, sandy beige and smokey grey, with shocking flashes of color - deep sea blue, bright purple and grass green. Ports 1961 - Spring 2011 Also a play of soft metallic in fabrication, sequin embellishments or jewelry. Everything had a warm shine to it, like the sun! Ports 1961 - Spring 2011 >> Fashion

Runway Review: Definitely a designer to watch emerge, as it's the first collection and with experience the collections will grow and develop. This tiny capsule of dresses with bursts of coral and watercolor florals is the first women's collection for Silvio Liu, showcased here at Merecedes-Benz Fashion Week. The spring cocktail dresses were chic silhouettes on their own, the light palette was refreshing, but I saw a few key details that didn't sit with the collection. Silvio Liu- Spring 2011 Collection >> Fashion Shows and Runway Reviews The fit and tailoring was perfect and created a flattering feminine look on all the dresses, but I wasn't too keen on the cropped boxy jackets that covered a few of them. Waists

Runway Review: Grunge got girly and there are plenty of sweet florals under the slouchy hoodies and washed out plaid shirts Be prepared to pull out your beat up high school hoodie next Spring. Charlotte Ronson is taking things back to the casual, borderline grungy, utilitarian 1990's dress code with her most recent collection shown at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.e Charlotte Ronson- Spring 2011 Fashion Show This time around the grunge got girly and there are plenty of sweet florals under the slouchy hoodies and washed out plaid shirts. A fine bit of feminism and flower child compliments the super casual look. And for having so many oversize garments there was still a lot of skin showing! Charlotte Ronson- Spring

Ibiza Accessory Trends, The Barest Beach Bodies Are Piled On With Accessories

Clothes may be minimal to non-existent, but accessories are piled on in true Ibiza beach style! Part 2 of 2: Ibiza, the glamorous Balearic Island that has been on the short list for trend-spotting, remains a constant for trend forecasters to seek out what's next. Don't forget to read Ibiza Fashion Trends... Roland Levin brings us more of ethnic, beachy inspiration from the island of Ibiza, Spain famous for big party night and lazy days. Oh, and it's fashion of course!-- S.H. On the beach or on the streets in Ibiza, one is always under sunshine that at times is overbearing. Hats out of straw with trimmings or made out of heavy cotton material have to have flair and color

Ibiza Fashion Trends- Ethnic influences lead the trend spotting

Street style takes to the beach: What's "in" in Ibiza, Spain may be in your closet next year! Ibiza, the glamorous Balearic Island that has been on the short list for trend-spotting, remains a constant for trend forecasters to seek out what's next... Roland Levin reports on the beach chic style of Ibiza and it's simple Euro ethnic influence on fashion styles in this 2-part photography trend spotting series. Today, Ibiza Fashion. Tomorrow, Ibiza Accessories. Stay tuned and wear your sunscreen! -- S.H. Ibiza, an island to itself with music & fashion sensibility that is spreading around the world. Another summer and island dictates its own fashion rules: simplicity, comfort and color. The Ibiza seaport Easy going designs are everywhere,

Back to Old School- Backpacks, Rucksacks, Knapsacks, call it what you want, but they are super stylish now

Back at YOU-- no longer reserved for students & tourists, the backpack is making it's fashion statement again. Not since we all became stylishly exhausted from the ubiquitous 90's nylon Prada backpack, have they made such a strong fashion statement- not to mention, impossible to keep again in stock these days. Alexander Wang - Sydney Velvet Backpack at ShopBop Maybe it's the return of 90's minimalism that's trending now. Maybe it's that a backpack makes absolute sense when navigating the urban jungle on a bike. But from Euro street style to hot off the runways (see the Alexander Wang knapsack that we love, right), the backback is looking so right these days. Erogonomics aside, the right backpack needs to look

Spring Fashion Week Preview- Edition by Georges Chakra

The Paris Couturier returns to New York for ready-to-wear Design Sketch #4: LOVE! Inspiration: "“While studying in Toronto I was always captivated by the curvature of the Absolute Tower…I have used the towers coiled arches as inspiration for my spring 2011 collection by creating a series of bands and straps to lay alluringly against a woman's figure…” -- Georges Chakra Some may know of the collection from the Devil Wears Prada. Others may have spotted it on celebrities like Emily Blunt, Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé, Carrie Underwood, Marcia Cross, Helen Mirren and Tyra Banks. Then there are those of us who have wished that they had the luxury of owning one of his haute couture pieces that are shown during Paris

What Courtney Wore Today, Yes As In LOVE

Rock Queen, Underrated Actor, Tabloid Fodder, and Personal Style Blogger... Yes, THAT Courtney Love! Personal Confession: I find myself flummoxed by many personal style blogs... I have an old school brain where my fashion focus is more about YOU than ME... most of my career spent behind the scenes to create a gorgeous end-product rather than being front and center in a model posing way. Without naming names in the gargantuan genre of personal style blogs, for me, some are absolutely over-rated, others embarrassing, most are mundane, many are sweet, and few simply stand out on their own merit. The personal style blogs that do it well, do very well. I'm also fascinated with this celebrity-obsessed culture where the swag

Cheap Monday is Really Cheap Chic- An Affordable Designer Brand To Wear

Affordable fashion Alert: Love the Spring 2011 collection at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Stockholm & I'm wearing it now- so should you! Forget cheesy fast fashion, get designer style at an affordable price... Ironic, but true, as I'm reviewing runway photos from the Cheap Monday Spring 2011 collection that just showed at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Stockholm, I'm wearing a Cheap Monday T-shirt. Yes, I'm attempting to be on vacation and more casual, but even some of my more urban everyday outfits involve some Cheap Monday. I probably buy a handful of their things every season and they inadvertently become go-to pieces that I mix with much higher end designer pieces from Jil Sander, Maison Martin Margiela, Rick Owens (oh, I want

How to Wear A Leopard Print Dress to Transition Into Fall

I'll Have What She's Having: Lilly Cole in a leopard dress at Gatwick Fashion Week in England Sure, our minds are heading to obsess about fall fashion. But it's not quite crisp enough to start to wear fall clothes-- let alone most of pre-fall -- but I'm craving something new. Lilly Cole, nailed the best transition wardrobe pick right on its very chic head with her leopard print dress and open-toe boots. >> SHOP: Animal Prints Shopping Guide Leopard is one of the strongest trends and adding the more autumn print to a lighter weight dress is the perfect solution to get you through August and all the way into early winter. Sure, leopard can be tricky to wear, you

Guys, Wear Red If You Want a Date

Women love a man of power and that's what wearing red signifies! The color red symbolizes P-O-W-E-R, just ask Donald Trump, the man with the red power tie. No woman wants a drip when they can have a real take charge kind of guy. Researcher Andrew Elliot, of Rochester University was quoted in the dailymail saying that red is associated with power, passion and fertility in the animal kingdom – and people are no different. >> More on Menswear Ladies, you may not like this but Dr. Elliot adds, "‘This suggests that women's thoughts and feelings toward men are, at least in part, primitive." So guys, instead of trying to overstyle your hair or go for the hairy hipster look,

Best of Haute Couture Fall 2010 – The Glamour, The Fantasy, The Allure

As we prepare for the Spring 11 Fashion Weeks, we reflect the unimaginable beauty of what was Haute Couture Fall 2010 Naveed Hussain has spent some time digesting the magnificence of all that is available for only a privileged few. Haute Couture has been a tireless subject of debate. While many like to continually point out it's weak sales across the board and diminishing relevance in society. Although that may be the case, wasn't it always? Isn't couture about that unattainable and highly elusive luxury item we all like to dream of having? Hasn't globalism made "luxury" too readily attainable? The nine designers who showed for Haute Couture Fall 2010 clearly understand the craft beautifully. However, there were four contributions

Wearable Art For Your Feet by Japanese Shoe Designer Tetsuya Uenobe

In Their Words: An interview with the man who sees an animal on every shoe Back in my early club days one of my most coveted pair of shoes was a pair of Tokio Kumagai black suede pumps with funny, little whiskers jutting out all over. At a time when Japanese designers like Rei Kawakubo for Comme des Garçons and Yohji Yamamoto were the must-have uniform for the downtown art set, Tokio Kumagai designs-- particularly the shoes-- were right in step. Often extraordinary and whimsical, the shoes shared the Japanese minimalist fashion aesthetic of the time that still looks modern. The most iconic being most a pair of mouse flats long before Marc Jacobs turned a rodent into a chic

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