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Sex and the City 2 Top Fashion Trend is the Maxi Dress. Here’s how to wear it

SATC brought us gladiator sandals. Now SATC2 brings us the flowing, long maxi dress as the fashion must-have in Desert Chic and summer style How to wear a maxi dress and not look like you ran out of the house in your nightgown Desert Chic: Sex and the City 2 Ok, “Sex and the City” fans, I'm not saying that you should show up at the movie theater this Friday dolled up as your favorite SATC character, but I know some of you will (again). Think of this as purely fashion tips to get the look right, and if it happens to be the hottest summer fashion trend to emerge out of SATC2, so be it. In an interview on

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How to Look Chic, Not Cheap. Paris Hilton in a Hot Pink Bikini OR When Paris Isn’t Always Chic

Two blondes, two Chanel classic flap bags, two red carpets, two cities... what in carnation went wrong?! Cardinal Fashion Rule #1: Just because you are wearing expensive things does not mean that you cannot look cheap I am the first to admit that we kinda love Paris Hilton for being the modern day Charo when it comes to hoochie-coochie styleŚ someone needs to be kooky colorful on the red carpet and it may as well be her. But as a fashion plate? Not so much. For all you label queens out there, sorry to report that looking chic is not always in the bag, no matter how luxurious that handbag may be. Marie-Josee Croze in Paris looks stunning and chic

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Best Shopping Site Finalist for FocusOnStyle at juli b Style Awards

We are the Reader's Choice Award Finalist for Best Shopping Site, you know we rock big time! FocusOnStyle has been nominated in fashion as "Best Shopping Site" at the juli b Style Awards. Bravo, bravo to us! Not to sound perplexed, but WE really consider ourselves an online fashion magazine for can-do chic with a some fabulous fashion finds in our editor curated shopping guides as well! Seems like the Style Awards aficionados over at the luxury juli b newsletter agree with our forward-thinking, inspirational and aspirational, high/low mix of shopping online and nominated FocusOnStyle as a Reader's Choice Award Finalist under the Best Shopping Site category. Our Focus On: SHOPPING Guides For those us you not familiar with our

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Armani Red Carpet Fashion Retrospective from Lady Gaga to Beyonce

Lady Gaga fashion firsts lead the must-see Armani Red Carpet Retrospective I highly suggest that you make time on your calendars to see the breathtaking Giorgio Armani Red Carpet Retrospective exhibition. I was delighted to attend it's opening reception last night at the Armani store on 5th Avenue in New York. >> See Oscar fashion red carpet photos 2010. Where else can you see a cavalcade of iconic red carpet fashion up close and very personal? So close that you can even tell which star is a bit on the busty side or which one is ever so tiny. I'm not snitching 'cause you better go see for yourself! Inside the Armani Red Carpet Retrospective For the past 20 years,

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Humor Chic

Witty, cheeky, brilliant, and VERY fashionable It's funny how the fashion flock can sometimes take themselves so seriously. Add some tongue-in-cheek insider observations and it's Humor Chic! Karl Lagerfeld and Vivienne Westwood aleXsandro Palombo (yes, the a is small, the X is a capital as is the P to represent the Latin symbols for Pax Christi) likes to think of himself as the father of fashion satire. He has just the right amount of wit and whimsy to poke a very manicured finger right back at the fashion industry and have them smile all the better for it with Humor Chic, the world's first Daily Society Portrait blog. Palombo is a global foot soldier (Prada or Dior Homme, I wonder)

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It’s “Kell On Earth,” When Kelly Cutrone Puts the Real in Reality TV

The fashion publicist who takes no prisoners also has some words about the future of the Internet 'This is a hardcore show about hardcore chicks who are running a hardcore agency' ---Kelly Cutrone Being on a press conference call with Kelly Cutrone is a lot like being tossed in the center of a cyclone of information, it's a breathless whirlwind of wisdom, no-nonsense sidebars, on-topic free association, razor sharp quips, and provocative opinion. The call with Cutrone, the straight-talking founder of the fashion public relation's firm People's Revolution, and her two business partners, Robyn Berkley and Emily Bungert was to promote their new fashion reality show 'Kell On Earth,' which premieres on Bravo February 1st. In full disclosure, I haven't

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Michelle Obama wears the matching coat & dress trend- hers is by Moschino

First Lady looks rather Camelot-ish in Moschino coat & matching dress Michelle Obama is very smart indeed when it comes to her fashion choices. On the anniversary of the Obama's first year in the White House and the day after the Republican gain for Teddy Kennedy's Senate seat, Mrs. Obama chose exactly the outfit to make the right statement: A matching coat and sheath dress. If I were the First Lady's fashion advisor, I couldn't come up with a better ensemble for today's photo op. If it was Mrs. Obama's choice, she continues to have marvelous fashion instincts. We most associate the First Lady wearing a dress with matching coat on Inauguration Day—that one was the yellow brocade by Isabel

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Golden Globe Awards Red Carpet Fashion Photos 2010

67th Annual Golden Globes Awards Photo Gallery of Red Carpet Arrivals Celebrity Fashion at the 67th Annual Golden Globes Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA Sunday, January 17, 2010 >> READ Golden Globes 2010 Fashion Review Golden Globes Red Carpet Hair Tips Sharon talks to CNN about the Golden Globes fashion comments     Click on each picture for an enlarged view. Julianne Moore in Balenciaga --> Emily Blunt in Dolce & Gabbana --> Julianne Moore --> Heather Graham in Elie Saab --> Gabourey Sidibe --> Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart --> David Duchovny and Tea Leoni --> Sandra Bullock --> Jenna Fischer --> Olivia Wilde --> Lisa Edelstein --> Quentin Tarantino and Melanie Laurent --> George

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Yes, I think I’m Parisian Chic. Maybe!

Some things in Parisare almost a given, a rite of passage if you will. There's that tentative yet boldy self-confident attitude. Polar opposites that when they come together, with a cute accent thrown in, are oh soooo French. Then's there's the love for simple, yet classic pieces, with something bold thrown in to pop. The attitude and the style are almost the same, no? Yes, of course they are! H&M is beginning a style video series and the 'Parisian Chic' street style is the 2nd to roll out today. We think it's very worthwhile to watch and captures the je ne sais quoi of young French style that is a simple, yet timeless recipe for easy chic. Take a look:

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Fashion: Best of the Decade & Its Defining Style Moments

Fashion designers of the decade and their standout looks that will become the hallmark of 00's fashion Our fashion savants, and vintage experts, Andrea Perini and Naveed Hussain of VagabondNYC are like walking encyclopedias of iconic fashion moments from mid-century to today. The fashion industry kids are a go-to source for what's relevant from the past to wear today. Andrea and Naveed have culled some of their thoughts from the past 10 years and let us be a fly on the wall with this quick-study crib sheet of what influences in fashion they feel are worth your remembering and collecting from the decade and why. Is it fair to call this a decade of heavy revivals? Why so? AP: Absolutely.

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Best of 2009, a Focus on Style Flashback

A look back at our favorites stories in fashion beauty, style, wellness, travel, and more 5,4,3,2,1, H-A-P-P-P-Y N-E-W Y-E-A-R!!! And, what a fantastic year it was... I wanted to honestly bring you the best of 2009 from FocusOnStyle- it's our 10th year online and our best yet. Selecting content to highlight became the dilemma of a mother choosing her favorite child. How could I possibly make exception? What about the others? It's more karmic damage than I'm willing to tinker with. Instead, I've culled some of the more timeless and sage pieces that will have you looking in check from now until the time you feel the mood to modify your look-- something you really need to renew, at most,

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Clothing Construction, the Beauty Behind the Seams

American Beauty, Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion on exhibition It's so easy to get the look, but what is the mastery behind its seams? “Knowing the sewing construction is what makes one a designer not a stylist,” Charles Kleibacker, at the FIT American Style Symposium. There's no doubt that I'm a seam queen! I can spot a well-made garment in an instant and appreciate the craft that went into its construction. It comes from a discerning eye and knowing when it matters most to have the best that you can or when a trendier throwaway version is just fine. Or, perhaps, the contemporary combination of the mixing both high and low fashion. Maria Cornejo dress In the modern world of

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