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[7 Days to Amazing Podcast] The New French Couture: Icons of Paris Fashion with Elyssa Dimant

Did you ever dream of having French couture in your life? Well, I have the closest way most of us can make that specific kind of luxury accessible in our daily life, and it's amazing! Elyssa Dimant, author of The New French Couture: Icons of Paris Fashion, is the 7 Days to Amazing podcast guest this week to share the dazzling history and journey of Paris fashion throughout the 20th century and today. Her new book provides gorgeous insight to the visual and historical details around high fashion in Paris and  how it effects what we wear today. As a matter of fact, if you ever feel like you're in the style doldrums, simply poke around The New French Couture

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How to wear it now? Styling Hacks from Paris Fashion Week Spring 2017

Oh, my chicster, you know the city most known for that certain oh-la-la style... and when they do fashion week, it's time to take notice! Paris Fashion Week Spring 2017 is one of my favorite fashion week stops because there are so many little trends to steal to reshape your wardrobe, NOW. Most significant are the bigger shoulders, leg-o-mutton sleeves, small waist and that ode to 80's glam. So if you are like me and sported a few of these silhouettes the first go round, you know that at a certain time in your life, it's all about the nuance so that you don't look like you were caught in a time warp. But don't fret, fashion works in cycles, and

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Paris Fashion Week Trend Spotlight: Skirt Over Pants at Balenciaga Fall 2014

Balenciaga Fall 2014 was heavy on elegant futurism, and the skirt over pants combo's offered a cozy yet grown-up take on practical layering that was stylish and worth giving a shot at now... And while Balenciaga's versions may be terribly expensive to lust over, consider taking a stab at this ongoing trend which originated at Dior by Raf Simons a few seasons back. Here's how to get the look: >> MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS And TREND SPOTLIGHTS What's great about this trend is how simple it can be! Start with a basic fitted pant, say a slim, chic cropped cigarette style in black that boasts a break of skin to avoid looking like you are wearing too much fabric. By keeping the foundation

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The Bare Midriff – Would You Dare and Try New York Fashion Week’s Top Spring 14 Trend?

Peter Som Spring 2014 It all started with Nicolas Ghesquiere's scuplted white cropped tops at his final Balenciaga collection. The Bare Midriff, one of those zones most of us aren't ready to flaunt, has popped up on almost every runway at the New York Fashion Week Spring 2014 shows, but are you ready to try one on? For starters, they aren't for the meek as donning one is most certainly going to keep all eyes focused on your mid-section while requiring confidence aplenty. But the good news is that from the street style mavens to the runways, we've see plenty of wearable takes to keep you in the loop. >>WHAT TO WEAR NOW: Discover our Biggest Trend Report Ever for

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London Fashion Week Street Style Trend: Structured Bags & Colorful Clutches

London Fashion Week Street Style Trend: Structured bags & colorful clutches
London Fashion Week Street Style Trend: Structured bags & colorful clutches London Fashion Week Street Style Trend, Day 4 is THE bag trend report! It's all about Structured Bags & Colorful Clutches on the streets of London, with everyday shapes in thoughtful finishes to take note of. Day 4 of our London Fashion Week streetstyle series has our roving eye stuck on heritage bags and clutches that have been playfully updated. Sure, the rugged green Celine tote with femme curves is a staple for fans of the hit label. But for a structured bag, its fun nevertheless.  >> More Snaps of the London Fashion Week Street Style Trend: Color Blocked Panels But what about the hologram twin envelope portfolio? Strange as it may sound, we

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Get An Instant Update with These Five Trends Now

Jump into the season in style and get an instant update with some of the easiest trends to incorporate into your look now -at any budget. Get inspired with these attainable styles...  Fall's finally here and if you're up to date with our daily suggestions here at FoS or not, there's nothing to lose with a refresher course on what's current that you can get your hands on immediately. So sit back and take note! >>DISCOVER: Top Fall 2012 Trends Part 1 Since the idea here is to give you options you can quickly adapt for your daily routine and uplift your look with, a pair of retro-glamour evoking sunglasses makes for a good start. Take a pair like DSquared's cat-eye

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Wear It Now: The Sleeveless Blazer Is A Runway Trend To Steal – Spring 2013 Highlights

From the Spring 2013 runways, the sleeveless blazer is back on trend... The sleeveless blazer returned as one of the top runway trends you'll want to covet. In fact who can resist when you consider how versatile they are come the transitional weather we've been facing as of late. So, here's so the 411 on how to have next season, right from your closet. With the Spring 2013 shows bowing in Paris comes a look at top trends for next season to get you on track today. >> NEED AN ARM BOOST? READ: Six Weeks to Sleeveless and Sexy After seeing all kinds of vivid suiting options on the runways over the past few seasons from full-on print to embellished

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Highlights from Paris Runways- Spring 2013 Balenciaga, Celine, Dries Van Noten, Stella McCartney

Get inspired right now with highlights from the Paris Runways for Spring 2013 Too much fashion too fast coming your way during fashion month? While we may agree and said last week with Milan, consider the collections ample reason to bulk up on instant style advice that you can try at home -TODAY! >>DISCOVER: Highlights from New York Spring 2013 Fashion Week Fresh off the Paris runways that just closed comes our seasonal take on notes you shouldn't miss, condensed for you here to hit your closet and go. With all of these ideas coming your way, we can't imagine not getting started. >> MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS What keeps it all exceptional and most certainly refreshing were the new takes on

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Revisit The Best of Pre-Fall 2012 Part 2

Day two of our Pre-Fall roundup for 2012 has us scanning the best collections as they hit shops to help you update your look immediately -why wait? Didn't you love Day 1 of our Best of Pre-Fall styling tips? >>More: Runway Pictures & Shows Balenciaga- Taking his cue from the illustrated works of celebrated fashion artist Antonia Lopez and 80's era French power dressing from the likes of Mugler & Montana, Nicolas Ghesquiere's latest outing didn't abandon his signature takes on 60's sci-fi, cool street wear and Balenciaga-isms -instead, they were super-charged. While the solid pants in off-colors could be the easiest ideas to lift from the outing, there was plenty of new styling tricks to take advantage of this

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Yoox Summer Sale: The Best In Design On The Cheap

Yoox Summer Sale Time: Because who doesn't like a good deal on high-end fashion that we've all been craving straight from the runways? Do you love a bargain, we sure do! That's why we were floored when we saw all of the great designer deals at online retailer Yoox.com that have been substantially marked down to upwards of 70% off. Forget about sample sales and ilk when the going on Yoox is oh so good at the moment. Some top designer bargains in our super fab deal finds below.... Happy bargain hunting! Above, Isabel Marant's coveted rugby dress is now only $160 Here's some more deals to covet: A timeless Mugler Wallet Who doesn't love a designer wallet, and on

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Balenciaga Fall 2012 Ad Campaign

Balenciaga Fall 2012 Ad Campaign Images - First Look We loved every look from Balenciaga's 80's tinged ode to the working girl's wardrobe for Fall 2012 and the just released campaign images are equally seductive. Modern, sophisticated looks are juxtaposed with a faux country setting to highlight each pieces considerate design and hyper-stylized features. >>MORE: Balenciaga And the men's image although shot in a studio, also exhibits a fearless, ultra-stylish mode to boot. It's hard to even contemplate a favorite shot as it all looks too cool as per usual from the house's director, Nicolas Ghesquiere. REVISIT: Fall 2012 Highlights Balenciaga Fall 2012 Ad Balenciaga Fall 2012 Ad Balenciaga Fall 2012 Ad Balenciaga Fall 2012 Ad Balenciaga Fall 2012 Ad

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Men’s Spring 2013 Fashion – Highlights From The Runways

Men's Spring 2013 wrap-up straight from the runways... Just as its beginning to seem like there is a fashion show or presentation of some sort every working day of the year now comes a surprisingly enviable line-up of on-the-mark collections from some of our favorite, go-to labels. From refreshing takes on color-blocking at Prada to on-trend cocoon shapes at Balenciaga, Valentino, Lanvin and more, to the sleeveless sportcoat, the jacket of the season -there was plenty to take note of for Spring 2013. >>MORE: Runway Coverage Prada- Prada Spring 2013 Like many of our favorite men's collections of the season, Prada too worked a palette cleansing, minimal ethos into a range devoted to color-blocking in various 60's inspired silhouettes. What was

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Balenciaga Wear It Now! The New Summer Suit- Resort 2013 Highlights for a spin on Business Chic

The Summer Suit... still relaxed yet sleek from Balenciaga Resort 2013... Just in time for the first scorching hot days of summer here in NYC comes the perfect refresher course on attainable chic from the Resort 2013 collections. >>MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS Day three of our look at extracting the trends from next season for now has our attention on Balenciaga's directional outing. Full of ultra-smart, forever chic options with a real-world appeal, Nicolas Ghesquiere worked the working-girl ease of his stellar Fall 2012 collection into an airy and distinctively re-appropriated series of desirable looks. >>MORE: Business Chic Amidst the selection of references were a mix of smart separates like this natty suit in a rich paper bag brown hue. While

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